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[O'Connell] touted JJ McCarthy to us all last year, and talked about his Zoom calls he did with JJ every day and all this stuff, and then JJ couldn't have been worse.

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McCarthy labeled potential first-round bust after poor play despite O'Connell's endorsement

Bill Simmons criticized McCarthy as a first-round draft bust, noting that Kevin O'Connell heavily touted him last year with daily Zoom calls, but "JJ couldn't have been worse." Austen Bundy characterized McCarthy as a "potential first-round draft bust" and suggested O'Connell would give him a final second chance in 2027 if the Kyler Murray experiment fails, with the Vikings potentially acquiring Baker Mayfield as a transition QB and challenger to insulate O'Connell's job.

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