The visiting team's quarterback is the former quarterback of the other home team. The one that won a National Championship two years ago. The one that, in the last time McCarthy played a football game in Michigan, saw the Wolverines beat their mortal enemies from Ohio, 30-24.

Why J.J. McCarthy is starting QB for Vikings again and not Carson Wentz originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In the end, the Minnesota Vikings didn't have much choice.

“Shed a lot of blood and sweat and tears here. I’m a Michigan Man through and through,” McCarthy said. “I love this state. I love everything that went into cultivating and crafting who I am as an individual, who I am as a football player.”

Kevin O’Connell gave J.J. McCarthy a quizzical look when he saw his first-year quarterback wear a blue-collared shirt ahead of the Minnesota Vikings’ Week

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After sitting out multiple games with an ankle injury, J.J. McCarthy is set to return as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. His timing couldn’t be better, with Carson Wentz sidelined for the rest of the 2025 NFL season following a shoulder injury.