The Minnesota Vikings have traded quarterback J.J. McCarthy to the New York Giants in exchange for a 2027 5th round draft pick.
The Vikings selected McCarthy with the #10 overall pick in 2024, trading up to get him. However, from the beginning his time in Minnesota was rough, suffering a knee injury in his first pre-season game that held him out his entire rookie season.
Overall he has a career completion percentage of 57.6 percent, 1,632 yards, 11TDs 12INTs in only 11 games played in Minnesota.
Vikings general manager Nolan Teasley said the decision comes with responsibility to do what’s best for the team…
Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell says the decision to trade McCarthy does not change how he feels about him…
McCarthy is the highest drafted quarterback in Vikings franchise history and he appeared in just 10 games with the Vikings, raising questions as to why things fell apart as fast as they did. O’Connell has a famous quote of “organizations fail young quaterbacks before young quarterbacks fail organizations.”
O’Connell says that quote comes with additional context…
The Giants acquired McCarthy following the season ending injury to their own starting quarterback Jackson Dart.
