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J.J. McCarthy fantasy football insight from Fantasy Football Advice

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J.J. McCarthy was terrible in his role with the Vikings, breaking the pattern of Kevin O'Connell's quarterbacks performing well, and is expected to be replaced by Kyler Murray.

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Every single quarterback that has played for Kevin O'Connell has crushed it... except for J.J. McCarthy. Um, I thought that McCarthy could be as good as Nick Mullens, as good as Josh Dobbs, but my goodness, he was terrible.

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What did Fantasy Football Advice say about J.J. McCarthy?: J.J. McCarthy was terrible in his role with the Vikings, breaking the pattern of Kevin O'Connell's quarterbacks performing well, and is expected to be replaced by Kyler Murray.
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