The NFL Draft’s Most Mysterious QB: J.J. McCarthy

The NFL Draft’s Most Mysterious QB: J.J. McCarthy. Michigan quarterback is rising up draft boards. Use code THATSGOOD120 to get $120 off across your first 4 boxes of Good Chop at http://bit.ly/42WYUtM
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JJ McCarthy the NFL drafts Man of Mystery tonight all new stories on the season premiere of Unsolved Mysteries every year some kid makes a ton of money for doing absolutely nothing no not Sam bankman freed it’s actually a lot of work to scam people what’s up guys I’m

Here with my boy Sam from FTX in every draft there’s an offseason Riser their stock takes a massive upward surge after the football season and before the draft when no new football’s played usually that’s not a good thing sometimes it’s how a Christian Ponder becomes an early

First round pick other times it works out and you trade up for Patrick momes a guy who wasn’t really on anyone’s first round radar during the 2016 college football season other times it’s Zach Wilson this year that man of mystery is JJ McCarthy Michigan Mig National Championship winning quarterback just

Months ago he was a fringe first rounder who became a midir rounder who became a top 10 pick who might be a guy who goes top five if one team gets eager enough he is the most polarizing quarterback in this year’s draft who doesn’t also paint

His nails I’m going to tell you who JJ McCarthy is what he’s done and why he’s such an intriguing mystery for every team who needs a quarterback back in late April going balls deep into JJ McCarthy this is a punch this is a chop and today’s episode is sponsored by good chop and my code that’s good 120 which will get you $120 off your first four boxes what’s good shop it’s a box of meat that you can cust customiz which is then

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Overthrow these failing ideals may I suggest McCarthyism a new Young leader here to bring wins for every everyone in a football Society where every man reaps the rewards of his hard work and if they don’t fall in line they’ll be blacklisted McCarthyism if he openly declares himself to be a communist we

Take his word for it all right anyway here’s the first thing you actually need to know about JJ McCarthy he’s a winner he’s a winner all he does is win and not just at Michigan hailing from lrange Illinois McCarthy’s First Love was actually not football but hockey his

Freshman year of high school when he gave up the puck to focus on football he called it one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make yeah I had to make a really big decision on if I was going to stick with the hockey route or the football route if deciding between

Playing football or hockey is one of the hardest decisions you’ve ever had to make you’re living a very nice and comfortable life but it was also probably the smartest decision he ever made his sophomore year at n Nath Academy McCarthy LED them to a State title in 2018 before transferring to IMG

Academy in 2020 and winning the consensus High School football national championship I do hope McCarthy becomes a Hall of Famer so NFL Scouts start searching for quarterbacks who once played hockey like they did with all the basketball converts Tony Gonzalez Antonio Gates for the tight end position

That was fun it made a ton of sense though for McCarthy to go to Ohio State his favorite team growing up they needed a quarterback to succeed CJ stad and McCarthy could have been the guy unfortunately Ohio State head coach lied to my [ __ ] boyishly handsome face

According to McCarthy I may have thrown in some profanities there Ryan Day allegedly promised McCarthy that Ohio State wouldn’t recruit a 2021 quarterback until the end of the summer and then went back on that Promise by signing Kyle McCord who has since transferred out of Columbus McCarthy

Said quote I used to love them now I want to kill them which perfectly sums up how I feel about Russell Wilson just kidding it’s more like Andy Reid retire you son of a [ __ ] retire credit to McCarthy though because he absolutely stuck to his word he notched a three

And0 record against Ohio State ending the Buckey’s long history of dominating their Rivals McCarthy was more of a gadget player his freshman year year never starting in 2021 but by his sophomore season he had beaten Cade mcamera for the starting QB job now McCarthy was a winner in high school and

He was just as much a winner in college completing his Michigan career with a record of 27 and one he threw 44 touchdowns and just nine picks since becoming the starter and five of those interceptions came in just two games his record is unimpeachable except for one glaring

Question how much did he really have to do with all of that winning at this point he is a College Football Hall of Fame game manager he’s the greatest quarterback prospect Alex Smith has ever seen okay in the last two years of the Jim Harbaugh era at an Arbor Michigan uh

They were a Powerhouse their offensive line was if not the best top three in the country each of McCarthy’s uh years in college the running attack was dominant led by Future 2024 draft picks Blake corm and Donovan Edwards when he did throw the ball McCarthy had a couple

Of future Pros to throw to and Roman Wilson and tied in coulston Loveland here are some of his stat lines from 2023 8 of 13 for 143 yards two touchdowns three picks that was a win against Bowling Green 12 for 16 156 yards and two touchdowns against Nebraska seven completions and eight

Attempts for 60 yards and a win at Pinn state that is an in level Timbo statline if I have ever seen one and finally in The Natty championship against Washington 10 for 18 140 yards and the win there were times where he just didn’t have to do much can you hold that

Against him as a Broncos fan who just wants to see a quarterback come in and throw it for over 300 yards and win yes yes I can as a level-headed football viewer no not really but it makes scouting him very difficult it’s the same same type of leap of faith a man or

Woman marrying a virgin has to make you’re committing to this person for a very long time and you don’t even know if they can [ __ ] good and what if after you have sex they develop some weird fetish like fumbling you know you’re an advocate for uh saving yourself to a marriage I was

Wondering what you think if you have any advice for Russell Wilson now a lot of his college throws were pretty easy the Run game was so tough and effective that play action became kind of a cakewalk for the Michigan offense and the numbers show it according to Pro Football Focus

McCarthy was the highest graded College QB on playaction passes last year with a rating of 92.9 a lot of that is a result of his plus athleticism and ability to throw on the run and I think after the combine you can see he’s a little more athletic

Than we gave him credit for the guy can really move it’s not just the result of a of a perfect scheme in terms of his transition to the NFL my first thought is I hope he goes to a team that both runs the ball well and commits to

Running the ball through the course of an entire game some people don’t have a problem with the small sample size look ladies size just isn’t everything okay ESPN’s Matt Miller spoke to an NFL scout who said JJ McCarthy would be Joe burrow if he were on a team that threw the

Ball I get that a little bit but that’s not really a player pump it’s just using your your imagination which admittedly is a huge part of scouting it’s like me saying Tom Brady would have been an NFL journeyman if the Browns drafted him instead of Spurgeon win McCarthy’s own

Coach at Michigan though Jim Harbaugh said this about McCarthy just the way it attacks with enthusiasm unknown to mankind always happy always positive you know he’s energetic just kidding that was Jim Harbaugh talking about SpongeBob SquarePants who’s the other guy Squidward Squidward Squidward no not a fan here’s what he really said about

McCarthy right here this is this is the greatest quarterback in University of Michigan football college football history now that’s pretty High Praise saying he’s the best quarterback for a school that had a pretty special guy playing quarterback in the late 9s maybe you’ve heard of him yeah his name was

Brian greasy and he dominated there now I’m not going to question Harbaugh but if he thought JJ was that good and their offensive line was that Elite why not let the kid grip it and rip it just a little bit more and you might think that’s the highest praise a QB from this

Draft class is going to get but it’s not my favorite Scouting Report was from JJ’s Michigan teammate linebacker Mike Barrett who said JJ will throw a ball out of his butt you can’t sleep on him when you think he’s down or you can’t uh he’ll throw a ball out his out of his

Butt for real you know like one of them like throw a ball out of his butt personally I think it’s quicker to use your arm but to each their own and wait actually that reminds me that I made a huge mistake in a previous video in my quarterback draft video the major flaws

For every QB draft prospect I said Caleb Williams could throw the football out of his butt he’s literally shot a football out of his [ __ ] to a receiver and it counted for a touchdown clearly I was confusing him with JJ mcarthy and I apologize for uh getting that wrong I

Will be better moving forward specifically with anything butt related if I make another butt mistake just [ __ ] fire me guys I get it we all make mistakes but I am thoroughly embarrassed I got that one wrong all right even though JJ won 27 of his 28 starts those 28 are the fewest of

The quarterbacks projected to go in the top 100 this year of course we’re comparing him to players like Michael bennick Spencer Rattler and Bo Nicks the FDR of college quarterbacks those guys have all of the experience in the world so if you can’t figure out those guys

It’s on you McCarthy is subject to projection hence the gamble the flip side of that is while those guys are old enough to rent cars McCarthy is barely able to drink legally so you can invest a lot more time and development into him in the NFL despite his age McCarthy does

Seem like a pretty mature guy Poss possibly even more mature than his own father he was pretty calm Under Pressure this season and when he did see pressure in games calm still like in the Rose Bowl against Alabama and you might be able to attribute that to his pregame

Warm-up McCarthy meditates for 30 to 40 minutes in the morning and you’ve probably already seen him meditate in front of the goalposts before Michigan games it stms from McCarthy’s senior year at IMG Academy when he started to feel depressed you know I just kept stemming further and further away from

Myself and you know my true nature and I feel like it just I was in a deep rut for about you know a month or two and I was like something’s got to change like this isn’t who I am and I started looking up different practices to help

Improve mental health and meditation was the first one that kept popping up and I just gave it a try and then the rest was history McCarthy is a good vibes kind of guy he listens to Reay and named his dog Marley we get it dude you smoke a lot of

Weed very cool personally I avoid meditation for my mental health the last thing any of you want is me being left alone with my thoughts now McCarthy though classic gen Z right gu am I a little surprised that anyone with his haircut has ever had a moment of deep

Introspection yes I am but I like that this is part of his game and his identity I’m really just jealous that he has 30 to 40 minutes of free time in the morning but if it it works it works you could see it against Alabama especially

On that last Drive of the fourth quarter for Michigan McCarthy converted on Fourth and two to stay alive then found Roman Wilson to get the Wolverines inside the five mental toughness and situational toughness are tough things to evaluate but as I pointed out in the draft uh quarterback video McCarthy is

Statistically the best quarterback on third down by a huge margin in this draft class you know the third down you know success isn’t because of me it’s because of you know the game plan going into the week the offensive line like you said holding up and you know the receivers making the

Catches there’s this old NFL cliche quarterbacks make their money on third down and if that were literally the case McCarthy would be drafted number one overall and immediately given a real contract instead of that rookie payscale poverty scam the NFL currently runs which is another reason you should

Support m cism rookies are on communist pay scales and nobody has the balls to say it but you can still ask the question how much pressure does he really feel if he was playing for say South Carolina like Spencer Rattler or for a team whose defense was consistently folding like Caleb Williams

Defense at USC how would he have responded in those situations does the meditation help you only if you have a clean pocket and Blake Corum behind you or does it also work when [ __ ] really hit the fan I’m not knocking the practice I think it’s cool I just don’t

Have enough evidence for how he operates within the structure of chaos and the NFL is chaos specifically when you end up at the QB position selected early in the first round we’re talking uh typically about teams that aren’t all that Stout up front and will probably require shootouts to win there’s no

Michigan in the NFL that kind of disparity and talent just just does not exist on the highest plane of football but let’s talk about where he might end up at the end of April in Mel Kyper latest mock draft for ESPN McCarthy falls down to number 12 or yeah he’s

Taken by the Denver Broncos the cool thing about the Broncos is they are picking at 12 but have a roster that’s worthy of a top three pick so the chaos will be waiting for JJ at 12 it was awesome you know coach pton coach Webb um coach Lombardi it was just really

Great to be in that room with them and go through tape it it was honestly a really fun time so it was a blessing to just you know pick their brains a little bit personally I am all in I will take JJ McCarthy in a heartbeat but for his

Sake I hope he goes somewhere better now Mel Kyer wrote that he has an intriguing skill set as a passer he will test extremely well during combin workouts he did and impressed coaches and front office execs and interview use he wasn’t asked to carry the Wolverines with his

Arm the past two seasons but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t do it pretty much what I’ve been saying all along so thanks for the credit Mel what Mel didn’t predict is JJ McCarthy missing this one easy throw and then everybody’s [ __ ] on him for it didn’t see that

One did you Mel of course Kyper only has McCarthy listed as his 23rd best prospect on his big board so this would technically be a reach at 12 but as we know you can never reach on a franchise QB if you get your quarterback uh you’re not worried about

Who you passed up on at Edge or tackle or anywhere else it’s irrelevant I don’t value combine accomplishments too highly but if you’re talking about JJ’s ability to deliver the ball with juice at the NFL level he did clock the second hardest throw at the combine and for a

Prospect like JJ that probably helps considering his passing sample size is smaller than Kenny picket hands having zip on your ball is necessary for those Tight Windows on time throws in the NFL Garrett pottle from CBS Sports has McCarthy going off the board for picks earlier predicting that the Patriots

Will trade down to eight and select another Michigan quarterback yeah good luck having him throw to nobody now a lot of people think the best case scenario for McCarthy is to go somewhere he does not have to start right away somewhere he can learn on the bench

Behind an established veteran I get that I really do but maybe the best case for a guy who’s lacking experience and vital reps in college is to get out there right away or at least close to it I think he does make sense in Denver he

Really does but he might not even make it down to 12 and the Broncos just don’t have a lot of extra Capital the deal up to get him I think Atlanta could be a really good situation for McCarthy throwing to some terribly talented players like Drake London Kyle pittz and

Having a security blanket next to him and bejon Robinson and Tyler alers and maybe the Falcons end up with Justin Fields but if they don’t they’re picking at eight which seems to be uh Prime McCarthy real estate right now uh that his stock has jumped up to don’t count

Out the Giants at five either who don’t get it twisted do need a quarterback and even the Minnesota Vikings at 11 are all candidates for JJ McCarthy speaking of candidates did I take the time to tell you about McCarthyism one communist on the faculty of one University is one

Communist too many oh yeah I did if the Vikings signed back Kirk Cousins McCarthy is still in play for them they just watched what the Packers did cousins great mentor but he’s getting old but he gives McCarthy the time to develop how did McCarthy’s stock jump so quickly I started the video talking

About it so I will answer it right now actually I’ll let Dane Brugler from the athletic answer it because he’ll do it better than I can he said McCarthy has projectable physical tools with an NFL arm and an above average Mobility Scouts consistently bring up his intangibles as

A strong selling point for their coaches because of his retention recall and competitive toughness so he’s smart I don’t think that’s all the scouts love about McCarthy I think they love him because he’s a big swing if you’re a scout and you bang the table for this QB

And he works out you look really really smart getting that right perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery you look like the guy with the crystal ball who can evaluate a kid based on 22 attempts a game for two years you don’t look smart for taking B Nick or Michael

Pinnix who have more reps on film than Martin Scorsese he’s a career defining pick for a lot of these guys and I think everyone wants a chance to be the guy who can say I told you so and quite honestly I think he fits the Brandon

Bean philosophy in this draft I me we got criticized a little bit for how much we gave up for Josh and I’m like well if he doesn’t work out I’m not going to be here anyway and if he does work out nobody’s going to give a [ __ ] and there

Are a handful of teams ready for the Red Scare 3 in McCarthyism thanks for watching that SK Sports please Subs subcribe here don’t forget to thumbs up this video I just had a meeting with YouTube and they said thumbs up the video is still very very helpful so do

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