we don\u2019t know<\/a> who\u2019s the number one,\u201d Jefferson said, via Will Ragatz of Bring Me The Sports. \u201cIt\u2019s all about having communication and connection with both of the guys until further notice. Coming out here and getting work with both of them, talking to both of them, making sure we all understand and [are] on the same page.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a competition. It\u2019s all on who comes to practice and who\u2019s the better guy. At this point, it\u2019s still early in training camp for any of us to understand or know who\u2019s the number one guy. It\u2019s all about pouring into both of them and making sure that, whoever\u2019s the guy at the end of the day, we\u2019re not starting over or starting fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jefferson is doing all he can to build a connection with both quarterbacks. If he has a favorite, he isn\u2019t saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love a competition,\u201d Jefferson said. \u201cI always love a competition. I feel like a competition brings out the true dog in you, that true player within you. It\u2019s all about who\u2019s coming every single day with that fresh mentality, that every single day is a new day. Not dwelling on a past day, if it\u2019s a great day or not. Moving on and stacking those days and being consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murray, who turns 29 in August, gets a second chance after going 38-48-1 in seven seasons in Arizona, with 20,460 yards, 121 touchdowns and 60 interceptions. McCarthy, 23, has made only 10 starts in two seasons since the Vikings made him a first-round pick, and he threw 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy are competing for the starting quarterback job in Minnesota. Justin Jefferson doesn\u2019t have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-796579","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\/796579","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=796579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}