Good things come to those who wait....
I had a feeling that both the o and d needed to knock the rust off, so I kept telling myself to calm down, things would come together.
Whew.
Watcher wrote:
I had a feeling that both the o and d needed to knock the rust off, so I kept telling myself to calm down, things would come together.Whew.
I watched with my dad who is a Bears fan. At no point was he ever remotely comfortable with their lead so that helped to remind me it was still a closeish game and not overreact. Thielen dropping that ball on third down tested my resolve though ha.
StickierBuns wrote:
Ice.....ice...baby.
No lead for the other team will be safe. Oh and this all happened on the road. MNF. In his first game. Dawg. We tried to tell 'em all, Wet.
No bright lights syndrome.
JJ McCarthy is the second player in Vikings history to have a 2+ passing TDs in a debut since Fran Tarkenton 👀 pic.twitter.com/cbpUR1PuPk
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) September 9, 2025
Tarkenton also did it against the Bears.
pattersaur wrote:
I watched with my dad who is a Bears fan. At no point was he ever remotely comfortable with their lead so that helped to remind me it was still a closeish game and not overreact. Thielen dropping that ball on third down tested my resolve though ha.
Yes, it was like they couldn't do anything right. Jets was dropping JJ's fastballs.
But the Bears offense wasn't doing much after their scripted plays ran out.
MAD GAINZ wrote:Ice.....ice...baby. No lead for the other team will be safe. Oh and this all happened on the road. MNF. In his first game. Dawg. We tried to tell 'em all, Wet.
JJ McCarthy showed why he's built different in the 2nd half. Impressive kid after he settled in.
StickierBuns wrote:
Ice.....ice...baby.
No lead for the other team will be safe. Oh and this all happened on the road. MNF. In his first game. Dawg. We tried to tell 'em all, Wet.
We've been saying it since the months leading up to the 2024 draft... This is the guy you want for the Vikings.
BOOM
Speaking of waiting, can't wait to get Darrisaw back. JJ will get even better once the O-line is intact and playing as a one.
Skule definitely contributed to the first 3 quarters malaise.
hogjowlsjohnny wrote:
Speaking of waiting, can't wait to get Darrisaw back. JJ will get even better once the O-line is intact and playing as a one. Skule definitely contributed to the first 3 quarters malaise.
And the rapport he showed with Addison all camp and preseason... he'll be a big addition after Week 3.
MAD GAINZ wrote:
And the rapport he showed with Addison all camp and preseason... he'll be a big addition after Week 3.
Yah, this is pretty big...
He's got to get to that level with JJ and TJH too. I suppose we need to throw Theilen in that too now.
Gonna take time...
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
Yah, this is pretty big...
He's got to get to that level with JJ and TJH too. I suppose we need to throw Theilen in that too now.
Gonna take time...
JJ definitely needs to get on the same page. I think he had 2 drops that looked like he wasn't ready for JJ's fastball.
MAD GAINZ wrote:[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0Z6-7xa0AAr-Bc?format=jpg&name=large[/img]
We've been saying it since the months leading up to the 2024 draft... This is the guy you want for the Vikings. BOOM
MAD GAINZ wrote:
We've been saying it since the months leading up to the 2024 draft... This is the guy you want for the Vikings.
BOOM
Bingo
That game was hard on my brain, my heart, likely a slew of other organs...but nothing heals like a W, especially one where one gets to watch their young QB show big growth within a single event.
The fact that JJM will likely be steadily improving from game to game should be a helluva spectacle...!
WOW, KOC really must prefer retread QBs.
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