J.J. McCarthy didn’t just have a bad game by his standards. It was an awful affair both in terms of the box score, but more alarming how McCarthy played the game. It’s foolish to look at the score and assume McCarthy played “okay,

One NFL coach offered a withering assessment of Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy after the team's 19-17 loss to the Chicago Bears.

He's now 0-3 at home in his career with two touchdown passes and six picks. His passer ratings in those three losses have been 37.5, 54.5, and 47.7. For context, McCarthy came into this game with an NFL-worst 65.8 rating. No one else in the league is below 70.

While Johnson has given Williams some tough love, O'Connell has been particularly protective of McCarthy during a bumpy start to his career.

Not only do these four NFL quarterbacks need to be benched, but their respective front offices should start thinking of offseason solutions.

NFL Week 11 featured plenty of star performances, but a few quarterbacks did major damage to their teams' outlooks with their shaky days.

McCarthy struggled again on Sunday, and now the Vikings should be focused on finding out if the young quarterback can be the guy in 2026.

The Minnesota Vikings will host the Chicago Bears on Sunday, trying to win the regular-season matchup after taking the season opener against Caleb Williams and Co. J.J. McCarthy will play his third game back from injury,