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The Ringer Fantasy Football Show on J.J. McCarthy

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when you read off all those quarterbacks that were just absolutely going bonkers and fantasy and is JJ McCarthy the worst quarterback in the world? What the hell happened?
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JJ McCarthy underperformed Minnesota's QB production trend significantly.

JJ McCarthy's fantasy performance collapsed in 2025 despite Minnesota's historically strong quarterback production; the source questions whether McCarthy is 'the worst quarterback in the world' given the dramatic underperformance relative to prior Vikings quarterbacks in the Kevin O'Connell system.

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