After trading up to select Michigan football QB J.J. McCarthy in the 2024 NFL Draft, McCarthy's rookie season ended before it ever really got started. After suffering a season-ending injury in a preseason game against the Raiders,

Sam Darnold is gone, and J.J. McCarthy is healthy. The Vikings will be McCarthy's team this season, even if Kevin O'Connell doesn't come right out and say it. In an interview with Rich Eisen on Wednesday,

O'Connell, who said McCarthy is having a "great start" to his offseason program, told Eisen that Vikings fans shouldn't be worried about the number of snaps McCarthy takes with the starters.