"I know I'm ready to start. All the work I put in and the confidence in my skills and abilities, being able to do my job and simplify things. Take it one day at a time, one play at a time," McCarthy said, via Fox9 in Minnesota. "I have a tremendous coaching staff, a tremendous group of guys around me that I can lean on, and they can lean on me."

After an injury brought his rookie season to an end before it even began, J.J. McCarthy says he's ready to be the starting quarterback in Minnesota.

Vikings players came back to the team’s practice facility in Eagan for the start of offseason workouts on April 21. Soon after Jonathan Greenard returned to the Vikings’ locker room, he was greeted by a face that had been around the TCO Performance Center for months.