00:00Which brings up the quarterback room in Minnesota here, Joe.
00:04Let's hear from the two dueling quarterbacks and what they've been saying.
00:07How would you describe your relationship with J.J. to this point?
00:11It's been great.
00:12It's been great.
00:12Obviously, I know he's a younger guy.
00:14So, any way I can help him, obviously, I feel like, you know,
00:17I've played seven years now, going on eight.
00:19So, I'm considered a veteran, even though I don't see myself as that.
00:22Give him any knowledge that he needs.
00:24Again, you know, we're both competitors.
00:27And I know, you know, we both won what's best for the team.
00:30Has he been receptive to hearing criticism?
00:32Of course, of course.
00:33Yeah, he's overly receptive, you know, and he's always communicating,
00:37asking questions, stuff like that.
00:38So, it's been good.
00:39J.J., what's your relationship been like with Kyler so far?
00:42You know, it's just like two guys in a classroom.
00:44You know, he sits on one side, I sit on the other side.
00:46And it's the coach's responsibility to teach us and coach us.
00:50Is there any awkwardness, like, between you two?
00:54Um, awkwardness, you know, it's just like the same feeling, you know,
00:57when you're in high school and there's another person on the other side of the room.
01:00That's just kind of how it is.
01:01So, I wouldn't say there's any awkwardness.
01:04It just goes down to the point where, like, one kid's fighting for a job with J.J. McCarthy.
01:08First round draft pick.
01:09High expectations haven't worked out.
01:11They brought in a guy to take his job.
01:13Now, the one guy in Kyler Murray, he's been schooled to the NFL game.
01:16Like, look, I'm going to give you the PC answer right now, but deep down inside,
01:21nobody wants to teach the guy across the room here to be a better quarterback to take your own job.
01:25That's life.
01:26We all get mad at Aaron Rodgers going, you drafted a quarterback.
01:28I'm supposed to coach him up so he takes my job.
01:31Stay over there.
01:32We get mad on the outside, but deep down, you do the same thing if somebody was hired to take
01:36your job.
01:37Help this guy, get him up to speed, so eventually he takes your job.
01:40And J.J. is saying, look, this guy sits over there.
01:42Like, I might like the guy, but I'm trying to take his job.
01:45He's trying to take mine.
01:47What do you think?
01:48We go out to eat and it's going to be awesome when he does take my job and affects my
01:52ability to earn at this level?
01:56It's almost like J.J. McCarthy had absolutely zero public relations training, like, in any way.
02:03And yet the guy's a national champion.
02:05He played how many years with Harbaugh at Michigan?
02:09Like, so let me understand this correctly.
02:10Like, Kyla Murray is going through the PR playbook saying all the right things, doing all the right things.
02:15And you come out there 10 minutes later and just throw him right under the bus and be like, yeah,
02:20no.
02:21That's not.
02:21Almost like you've never, ever sat in front of a microphone before.
02:25I love it.
02:26You got to ask.
02:27You know what?
02:28The time to be kumbayas after somebody wins the job.
02:31But until then, I'll take more of this.
02:33Look, again, we say this as, like, looking at it and saying, that's not what you're supposed to say.
02:38But we all want to say exactly what he's saying.
02:41What do you think of Kyla Murray?
02:43He seems like a great guy.
02:44And I hope he never plays quarterback here because that means I'm playing quarterback here.
02:48It's funny.
02:49Like, we want the real responses from athletes until they give you the real responses.
02:54And then we tell you what the heck is he talking about here when you know what he's talking about.
02:58Same thing in real life as well.
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