Vikings leadership is SOLD on J.J. McCarthy!

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Tyler Forness discusses Minnesota Vikings owner Mark Wilf's comments at the NFL Owners Meetings regarding quarterback J.J. McCarthy!

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00:00The owners' meetings were relatively uneventful for the Vikings,

00:03but Mark Wilf said something that you need to pay attention to.

00:09The NFL owners' meetings were held in Minnesota

00:12like they were last year at this time,

00:14and it feels like Minnesota is going to be a continuous place

00:17where the owners' meetings are held,

00:19because one, May's a beautiful time of year here,

00:22except the last couple days has been pretty rainy,

00:24but it's comfortable, it's not overly hot, not overly cold,

00:28usually in the 70s, very nice.

00:31And there was a lot that came out,

00:33including a potential ban of the Tush Push.

00:36Well, the Minnesota Vikings, well, they voted against it,

00:41but that's not what's important here.

00:42What's interesting is the comments that Mark Wilf had,

00:45and Wilf and his brother Ziggy took control of the team 20 years ago

00:50at these very same owners' meetings.

00:53So there has been a little bit of a history there,

00:56which is why he ended up talking to Paul Allen,

00:59the voice of the Vikings.

01:00And he talked about J.J. McCarthy,

01:02because he was asked, like, what do you think of McCarthy?

01:05And these words I think you really need to take into consideration.

01:08This is what he had to say, and it's huge.

01:12Mark said he has a gravitational pull as a leader.

01:14He really does.

01:15I think the way the players support him, the talent is there.

01:19Coach O'Connell's glowing in his praises

01:21of how he's handled everything today,

01:23and from an off-the-field perspective,

01:25we couldn't be happier.

01:26So all the things are pointing the right direction,

01:28and we're going to be supporting J.J.

01:30to have him be the success we want him to be.

01:33Yeah, that's awesome.

01:34The owner sees what kind of human being this is,

01:37because that's the big thing.

01:38A lot of people can scout talent,

01:40and that's still really difficult to do.

01:42But can you identify the human?

01:44Can you find the right human being

01:48to lead your organization,

01:50to get guys to buy in?

01:53That's hard to do.

01:55It's hard to find the right guy.

01:58Heck, we know now that Peyton Manning is a Hall of Famer,

02:01and Ryan Leaf was a mega bust,

02:03but in that 1998 NFL draft lead-up,

02:06we had no idea who's going to be the better guy.

02:08There were debates up until draft day

02:10was it going to be Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf.

02:12It's an inexact science,

02:14but it's just another piece to the puzzle

02:18that it wasn't going to be Aaron Rodgers.

02:20It was always J.J. McCarthy.

02:22McCarthy was going to be the guy,

02:24and they have full buy-in with him

02:25from the top down.

02:30Get ready.

02:312025 is going to be a wild ride.

02:34I'm Tyler Fornes with AZ Sports.

02:36Skull Vikings.

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