J.J. McCarthy: It's a "cork about to come off a bottle"

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is a work in progress. But he believes he’s making progress.

“I feel like, for me, I kind of make an analogy of just, like, you know, a cork about to come off a bottle,” McCarthy told reporters on Wednesday. “Just understanding that it’s, you know, one to three little things that I need to change about my game that is gonna make a huge difference in the outcome of every single drive in the game. So, yeah, I feel like it’s really close, but it all comes down to the consistency of the fundamentals and the little details.”

Part of the reality is that he’s not simply getting an advanced degree in playing quarterback. He’s basically taking the Billy Madison approach, starting school from scratch.

“Coming in here, I was taught how to play quarterback in a ver