J.J. McCarthy Week 14 Outlook - Commanders at Vikings

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 4th 2025, 1:35pm EST

If there was ever a week for JJ McCarthy to flash the upside and potential that I think he still has, this is it. Can he do it? We shall see. It's a definite leap of faith when the product on the field to this point has been worrisome. In his six starts, McCarthy has only one QB1 finish. Among 47 qualifying passers, he is 43rd in yards per attempt, 45th in highly accurate throw rate, 46th in catchable target rate, and second in hero throw rate. The Commanders' pass defense looked improved last week, but I still don't think this is a good pass defense. Since Week 9, they have allowed the second-most passing yards per game, the most yards per attempt, the highest CPOE, and have ranked dead last in pressure rate.