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PodcastThe Anatomy of an Upset
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J.J. McCarthy is one of four first-round QBs in the past 25 years to start 10 or fewer games for the team that drafted him. The others? Paxton Lynch, Trey Lance, and Johnny Manziel. His stats were terrible, terrible. They were not just like middling or, hey, he's got to learn some things. He was bouncing off the bottom in multiple, I would say, very important statistical categories.
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McCarthy joins worst first-round QB cohort in 25 years; turnaround unlikely.

McCarthy is one of four first-round QBs in the past 25 years to start 10 or fewer games for the team that drafted him, joining Paxton Lynch, Trey Lance, and Johnny Manziel—a historically poor cohort. His stats were described as 'terrible, terrible,' bouncing off the bottom in multiple important statistical categories, making a significant turnaround unlikely. He has one more shot based on first-round status, but if he doesn't play well, he'll be labeled a miss.

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