JJ McCarthy leads Vikings comeback in first NFL start, beats Bears on the road

The first three quarters were not nice for Minnesota Vikings Quarterback JJ McCarthy in his first NFL start on Monday evening, but everything that matters is what happens in the fourth quarter.

McCarthy led the Vikings with an exciting comeback and scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to defeat them Chicago Bears27-24 on the street to start the 2025 NFL season.

Last season, McCarthy was on the sidelines with a meniscus injury at the end of the season in the previous season. He watched Sam Darnold led the Vikings to a 14: 3 record, but McCarthy knew that he was getting into this campaign, it was your turn to do the job at Quarterback in head coach Kevin O’Connell’s dynamic offense.

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McCarthy had some problems This at the beginning of this game, as the defense of the bears, led by the new coordinator Dennis Allen, achieved the right press for the young signal caller. In the first half he was only able to get Reichard in the Field Goal Range, while Caleb Williams and the offensive of the Bears had a hot start under the new head coach Ben Johnson.

But McCarthy replied the crunch in the fourth quarter, when the Viking 17-6 fell.

It all started with a six-play drive, in which McCarthy fired a ball in front of the end zone to find his star recipient Justin Jefferson for his first score of the new campaign. Then the defense of the Vikings held the pressure on Williams to give McCarthy another chance of leading the lead, with a threesome that was forced to hold the following.

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After McCarthy received a generous defensive pass call call, after a successful two-point conversion, he started a perfectly placed deep ball to trace Aaron Jones for the tour.

The dagger in this profit from COME-FROM-HEMP was a nine-play drive that ended with a 14-yard touchdown of none other than McCarthy who held the ball on a third and 1 reading option of the 14-Yard line in Chicago. He drove into the end zone and pushed out a roar with his Viking teammates, all of which pushed around him when the score went to 27-17 with 2:53 in the game.

Williams had such a hot start and ran in a touchdown on the opening trip of the bears. But the offensive of the bears, which is expected to be upgraded with Johnson’s game calculation, in view of his success with the Detroit Lions. You only gathered one field goal in the second quarter, while kicker Cairo Santos missed another in the fourth.

The other touchdown for the Bears was a Pick-Six thrown by McCarthy in the third quarter, who at that time seemed to be a total killer because he played.

But it was Williams who had to do it late to get back into the game, and he was finally able to find the end zone again. The drought of the bears ended with the fact that Rome was open to the one-yard score to reduce the deficit for Chicago to three with two minutes before playing.

The defense of the bears was able to force the Vikings with three and out, but there wasn’t enough music box for a miracle when the Vikings celebrated their hard -fought victory on the street.

McCarthy’s first career start ended with a series of 13: 20 for 143 yards with two touchdowns and one intercept. It was also noteworthy to see how Jordan Mason received the lion’s share of the touch in the run game, a total of 15 for 68 yards, with the veteran Aaron Jones Sr. got eight wear buttons for 23 yards. However, Jones was connected to Jefferson 44 yards in the reception game.

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For the bears, Williams was 211 yards 211 yards with his touchdown pass and his rushing score. He led the bears with 58 rushing yards on just six runs, while d’eRe swift 53 yards had 17 touches in the Backfield. DJ Moore also had 70 meters on only three receptions.

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