After a miserable loss to the Green Bay Packers, a game in which J.J. McCarthy continued to struggle, the Minnesota Vikings face an increasingly difficult path with McCarthy’s development. The increased difficulty comes as McCarthy appears to have lost confidence after six games of ongoing accuracy and other issues.

The Vikings’ game plan against the Packers was a conservative one offensively, looking to run the ball and take the pressure off McCarthy after rallying veterans around McCarthy to help boost his confidence earlier in the week. It didn’t work.

The Viking’s scoring drives stalled in the first half resulting in long field goals. McCarthy never really seemed comfortable or in-rhythm when called upon to pass, and had just two completions of significance. In the second half the Vi

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