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Vikings' J.J. McCarthy gets QB1 confidence boost from former teammate

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McCarthy's teammate has all the confidence that he'll prove people wrong.

Vikings' J. J. McCarthy gets QB1 confidence boost from former teammate originally appeared on The Sporting News .

Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Ever since the Minnesota Vikings signed Kyler Murray in free agency, the consensus has been that J. J.

McCarthy's time with the franchise as the starter is over. Murray comes in with more to offer, at least right now, and the Vikings are going to give him every chance to win the job as the roster is built to win now. So, the writing is on the wall for McCarthy if he can't beat out Murray for the starting job.

However, not everyone is so sure that McCarthy will lose his seat as the starter. His former teammate at Michigan, Blake Corum, now with the Los Angeles Rams , has full faith in J. J.