00:00The Vikings will have something to say about it.
00:01McCarthy will be the starter for them this season.
00:05He has some pretty high, honestly, prop totals here, Mike,
00:08when I look at it, 36.50 for passing yards, 24.5 passing touchdowns.
00:12That's not a ton for a first-year guy.
00:14Comeback player of the year, plus 8.50.
00:17Boy, I didn't see enough of him to really know, Mike, honestly.
00:21I mean, he was good in college, yes, but basically the reason why
00:26everyone thinks this guy is going to be good is because of the coach.
00:29Now, that's hold true sometimes, but not every time.
00:33Is O'Connell that good of a coach that we could just bank on this?
00:36I don't know the answer to it.
00:37Do you think so?
00:38Well, he's a terrific coach, Craig, but also the assets around him are fantastic.
00:44I mean, you're throwing to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.
00:48They even go strong into the third wide receiver in Naylor.
00:53It's a great group, and I think that's why the numbers for him are so high.
00:58If Sam Darnold can do this, why not a first-round pick?
01:02It's harder for McCarthy because he hasn't played at this level,
01:06and he will face things that he's never seen before.
01:09And that's why I would be a little bit averse to the numbers that are established,
01:17especially the yardage number.
01:19That one worries me a little bit.
01:21But I think they're going to do well with him because they have so much around him
01:29and because they know how to transition.
01:32Darnold was a disappointment before he got to Minnesota,
01:36and I think that what they did, honestly, Craig, was the right move.
01:40I would not have invested big money in what Sam Darnold did a year ago.
01:44You had four or five years of one Sam Darnold, one year of this Sam Darnold.
01:49Even though I loved him coming out of college, I just can't invest hundreds of millions in him
01:55when I've got a guy as gifted as McCarthy and as promising as McCarthy to move along to.
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