The Minnesota Vikings selected former Michigan Wolverines J.J. McCarthy with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft in hopes that he will be their quarterback of the future after parting ways with Kirk Cousins this offseason, but one particularly bad throw from McCarthy during practice over the weekend might have fans a little bit concerned.
During a broadcast of NFL Live on the NFL Network over the weekend, cameras caught a particularly terrible pass that J.J. McCarthy threw to one of his coaches.
It was not a very long pass, but McCarthy missed badly, throwing the ball so far out of reach that the coach was barely even able to get one hand on the ball. McCarthy was visibly disappointed by the pass as he clapped his hands in disgust and looked down at the ground.
JJ McCarthy looks great in rookie minicamp 💯😂 pic.twitter.com/Q5OVBff9Zl
— Buckeye HQ (@RealisticBuck) May 10, 2024
It was a horrible throw from McCarthy, and it quickly went viral on social media as people offered their reactions.
— BroTalk Offseason Mode (@BKsquared7) May 11, 2024
When Vikings fans angrily ask where it all went wrong, we intellects can point to videos like this as the beginning of the end of a sad loser franchise https://t.co/sZX83bHNuV
— Jake Nigon (@my_nigon) May 11, 2024
Is it fair to draw any sort of realistic conclusion from this?
No
Will I?
Absolutely https://t.co/MUUOvA1xeT
— Jonathan Von Tobel (@meJVT) May 11, 2024
I just don’t understand how you could see what happened with Zach Wilson and still draft McCarthy https://t.co/XvCin5O1YV
— Jarnold 🪶 (@Jarnold_Falcons) May 11, 2024
Future backup https://t.co/Nvc11whmPO
— Dawayad (@Dawayad7) May 11, 2024
I truly don’t understand why he flew up the draft https://t.co/jvLQAysSB2
— CARRMA (@chaunceydpoy) May 11, 2024
It’s worth noting that this is just one pass of several that he made throughout his first day of rookie minicamp with the team. Obviously, one poor pass does not necessarily indicate that he will not be successful throughout his career in the league.
