J.J. McCarthy didn’t have an easy time against the Chicago Bears. It was a complicated game, and the first half ended badly for both him and the Vikings. But in the second half, things changed considerably after Kevin O’Connell told the young quarterback that he was the one to win the game.

O’Connell revealed his “secret” message to McCarthy after the game. “I told [McCarthy] at halftime, ‘You are going to bring us back to win this game,’ and the look in his eye was fantastic,” the head coach said. The second half for the rookie quarterback would also start with a pick-six.

Despite the bad start to the second half, McCarthy got lucky, and the Bears only scored one touchdown in the third quarter. The inspiring message from his head coach finally did its job in the fourth quarter when the

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