{"id":315937,"date":"2025-11-29T06:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/315937\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T06:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:49:11","slug":"nfl-mailbag-vikings-maye-hc-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/315937\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Mailbag: Vikings, Maye, HC Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s PFR mailbag explores the Vikings’ QB outlook, Drake Maye<\/a>‘s MVP case, some of the top 2026 head coaching candidates and more.<\/p>\n

Jordan asks:<\/p>\n

The Vikings look to have made the wrong bet on J.J. McCarthy<\/a>. With a few reclamation-project QBs having success in recent years, what options do you think will be there for in-house competition in Minnesota come 2026?<\/p>\n

I should probably start this by stating the obvious: it is way too early to fully declare McCarthy a bust this early into his career. He has made just six regular-season starts to date after not seeing the field at all as a rookie.<\/p>\n

That will rightfully give McCarthy a bit of leeway overall, but it\u2019s undeniable he hasn\u2019t developed as hoped so far. I had relatively high expectations in his case entering the season based not on his college career but rather head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell\u2019s track record of getting the most out of his quarterbacks. In that sense, there\u2019s plenty of time for things to turn around.<\/p>\n


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