{"id":792163,"date":"2026-07-29T22:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792163\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:32:13","slug":"kyler-murray-leads-off-11-on-11-work-at-vikings-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792163\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyler Murray leads off 11-on-11 work at Vikings camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings kicked off training camp on Wednesday and that also served as the kickoff for the final stage of their quarterback competition. <\/p>\n<p>Head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell said on Tuesday that Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy will both work with <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kyler-murray-j-j-mccarthy-will-both-take-first-and-second-team-reps-to-start-camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the first team<\/a> as he makes his decision about who will be under center for Week 1. That approach means there will be plenty of attention paid to who gets what repetitions and the first day saw Murray in the lead spot. <\/p>\n<p>Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports reports that Murray was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoriEpstein\/status\/2082563534508966359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the first man up<\/a> when the Vikings moved into 11-on-11 work and that he hit wide receiver Jordan Addison for a 30-yard gain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really too focused on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoriEpstein\/status\/2082549998244200766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the long-term vision<\/a> of it,\u201d Murray said before practice. \u201cI\u2019m focused on the process and that\u2019s day to day, coming out here with this walkthrough and then practice later. . . . Prove to the coaches and guys what I\u2019m capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy will get his chances to prove the same point as well and all of the developments on the field in Minnesota will be closely followed until O\u2019Connell makes his call. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings kicked off training camp on Wednesday and that also served as the kickoff for the final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-792163","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\/792163","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=792163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}