With Sam Darnold joining the Seattle Seahawks and a brief dalliance with Aaron Rodgers seemingly ended — or at least on pause — the assumption is the Minnesota Vikings will enter next season with J.J.

The Vikings have not told J.J. McCarthy that he is their starting quarterback, he said this week in an interview with the "Up and Adams Show."

Earlier this offseason, the Minnesota Vikings allowed their 2024 starting quarterback, Sam Darnold, to leave for a three-year, $105 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Given the structure of that deal,