{"id":332431,"date":"2026-05-10T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332431"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:22:59","slug":"vikings-kyler-murray-j-j-mccarthy-will-have-true-competition-for-starting-qb-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/vikings-kyler-murray-j-j-mccarthy-will-have-true-competition-for-starting-qb-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings’ Kyler Murray, J.J. McCarthy Will Have ‘True Competition’ For Starting QB Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Vikings entered the 2025 season hoping to easily transition to J.J. McCarthy<\/strong> as their long-term starting quarterback.<\/p>\n

<\/a>That never got here to pass. The previous No. 10 pick accomplished just 57.6% of his passes with more interceptions (12) than touchdowns (11). He also missed time as a result of three different injuries and, overall, didn’t show signs of being a franchise QB.<\/p>\n

Minnesota then brought in Kyler<\/strong> Murray<\/strong> after he was released by the Cardinals, adding one other, more proven passer to their quarterback room. Since Arizona remains to be paying him $36.8MM this yr, the previous No. 1 pick was available for a veteran minimum salary, making him a hot commodity on the free agent market. He quickly agreed to a cope with the Vikings, indicating that he would have a probability at their starting quarterback job. However the query remained: would Murray need to take the job from McCarthy, or would the 2 begin offseason practices on equal footing?<\/p>\n

An initial answer has come via NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero, who said on the Wealthy Eisen Show<\/em><\/a> that the Vikings \u201cenvision it being a real competition: Kyler Murray vs. J.J. McCarthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

On paper, Murray must have a considerable advantage. He has 87 profession starts to McCarthy\u2019s 10 with a significantly higher completion percentage and passer rating in 2025. But Murray can be learning a brand new offense in Minnesota, while McCarthy can be entering his third yr in Kevin O\u2019Connell<\/strong>\u2018s system.<\/p>\n

It’s price noting that Pelissero specifically mentioned those two quarterbacks as a part of the competition and never Carson<\/strong> Wentz<\/strong> or Max<\/strong> Brosmer<\/strong>, who’re also within the team\u2019s quarterback room. Brosmer was abysmal in his two starts last yr, but Wentz statistically outperformed McCarthy nearly across the board. In theory, that might make him a worthy competitor for the starting job, but Minnesota moved in Murray\u2019s direction and seems more inclined to maintain Wentz as a third-stringer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Vikings entered the 2025 season hoping to easily transition to J.J. McCarthy as their long-term starting quarterback. That never got here to pass. The previous No. 10 pick accomplished just 57.6% of his passes with more interceptions (12) than touchdowns (11). He also missed time as a result of three different injuries and, overall, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1261,9756,432,30647,9757,1400,1572,5407,9609],"class_list":["post-332431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-competition","tag-j-j","tag-job","tag-kyler","tag-mccarthy","tag-murray","tag-starting","tag-true","tag-vikings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332434,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332431\/revisions\/332434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}