J.J. McCarthy and Kyler Murray are competing to be the Vikings\u2019 starting quarterback, and comments by McCarthy have been interpreted by some as indicating that the two have a strained relationship. Vikings coach Kevin O\u2019Connell doesn\u2019t think that\u2019s the case.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connell told reporters today that he sees nothing but positives in the Vikings\u2019 quarterbacks room, not only between McCarthy and Murray but also with veteran backup Carson Wentz and quarterbacks coach Josh McCown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe interpretation of those comments will be what they are. I would just say, in the room, day to day, the dialogue between those guys, the interactions, have been very professional,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cAnd more than that it\u2019s been a positive room. I think Carson has a lot to do with that, as the veteran in the room. And I would never discount Josh McCown\u2019s extensive career as a player in those quarterback rooms and how he manages the room and everybody in there. So I didn\u2019t make a lot out of it. I know there was some reaction to it. That\u2019s probably not the first time there\u2019s gonna be a reaction to those guys answering questions about the situation. That\u2019s what the competition is all about. There\u2019s no hiding anything. It\u2019s going to be displayed on the field, and their teammates and coaching staff and the guys in this building have to feel a conviction about the direction we go, and you do that by your daily habits, and just improving.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connell said McCarthy has done a good job of responding to the Vikings\u2019 decision to bring in Murray to compete with him for the starting job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s handling it really well. He\u2019s been great in the meeting rooms,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cAs a captain and a guy that helps lead our team, he\u2019s been phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n
By the start of the regular season, one of the quarterbacks is going to be disappointed with the result of the McCarthy-Murray competition. Right now, O\u2019Connell likes what he sees from both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J.J. McCarthy and Kyler Murray are competing to be the Vikings\u2019 starting quarterback, and comments by McCarthy have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-685318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}