J.J. McCarthy kicks off Minnesota Vikings training camp with explosive highlight bomb that shows how much he's improved

This is the first of many highlights that Vikings fans will be expecting to see over the course of the entire season. With major weapons on the outside in Addison, Justin Jefferson, and T.J. Hockenson paired with Kevin O'Connell's offense, it should become commonplace.

One of the biggest things that concerned me when the Vikings selected McCarthy was his deep ball. It was far from consistent with some issues in both accuracy and the ball dying in the air. Some of that was due to his mechanics, which seem to have been improved considerably.

Over the course of last offseason, the Vikings made a conscious effort to improve his mechanics and it all looks good so far. The biggest issue was how much McCarthy kicked out his right leg on his follow through. It's significantly more under control now, and it looks to be making an impact.

My scouting report from when McCarthy came out highlights just that.

Deep accuracy isn't consistent for McCarthy. Too often the ball either dies on him or it's poorly placed. Did have the second-highest completion percentage over 20 yards, but throws of 40+ yards are where the issue lies. He is lethal in the 10-30 yard range

The intermediate game is where things are going to be massively impactful. McCarthy is lethal in that range, including how head coach Kevin O'Connell likes to run his offense. The amount of in-breaking routes he loves to call suits McCarthy to a T.

Will this translate to the game? There's no reason to believe it won't be. For now, just be excited about what could be.