'JJ better be Aaron Rodgers': Kay Adams has stern warning for Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings have been a franchise for 64 seasons and have won one NFL Championship, which came in 1969, a year before the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Since then, the Vikings have been to four Super Bowls but have never hoisted a Lombardi Trophy. Could this year be their year?

Last season, the Vikings were unexpectedly one of the best teams in the NFL and went on a run, going 14-3 in the regular-season. They were led by quarterback Sam Darnold, who had a career-best year. But they elected to move on from him for J.J. McCarthy, who missed his entire rookie season due to injury. 

Although the unproven McCarthy has never played a snap in the NFL, NFL talk-show host Kay Adams has full confidence in the Vikings’ chances of a Super Bowl run. Speaking to former NFL defensive back Jason McCourty on her show, "Up & Adams," she boldly stated that the Vikings don’t have any excuse to not play for a Lombardi Trophy. 

“I’ve been saying all offseason that the Vikings have no excuse to not win the Super Bowl,” Adams claimed. 

The team has a good roster in place with an unproven quarterback. Making the difficult decision to move on from Darnold, the Vikings decided against pursuing Aaron Rodgers in free agency. 

With the team rolling out with McCarthy, Adams said the Vikings better sure that he’s just as good as Rodgers now, as their window to win a Super Bowl is now. 

“If you weren’t in on that and you didn’t take that super seriously, you better have been sure about J.J., J.J. better be Aaron Rodgers,” Adams said. “The window is right now, and you sent Sam go, so this J.J. better be a big-play big-moment guy, and they better win the Super Bowl.”

McCarthy will basically be playing his rookie year this season. As of right now, his recovery is on track for him to start for the Vikings in Week 1. 

Aaron Rodgers is a free agent and isn't committed to any team right now. Should McCarthy get injured again or fall back in his progression, then maybe the Vikings could offer him a deal to play for them. 

The Vikings, who play in the tough NFC North division, could make the playoffs and potentially another run at a Super Bowl. But to think that they would win with McCarthy in his first season as a starter, might be a far-fetched prediction.