On Sunday, J.J. McCarthy got the chance to suit up for a game for the first time since Week 2. However, since he was only the Vikings' emergency No. 3 quarterback, he spent the day like everyone else in the stands inside U.S. Bank Stadium: watching Carson Wentz put together a brain-fart performance for the ages that ultimately resulted in Minnesota suffering a loss to the visiting Philadelphia Eagles.
With their loss in the Week 7 matchup with the Eagles on Sunday, Minnesota is now sitting with a 3-3 record after its first six games of the 2025 season.
The Vikings had plenty of opportunities to score and pull well ahead of Philadelphia in the contest, but Minnesota failed to capitalize too many times (1-for-6 in the red zone), and it eventually led to them walking off the field with a disappointing loss.
Carson Wentz proves the QB1 job is still J.J. McCarthy's in Minnesota Vikings' Week 7 loss to Philadelphia Eagles
Heading into the Week 7 game against the Eagles, speculation began to pick up about Wentz possibly remaining the Vikings' starting quarterback for the rest of the season if the team was able to continue its success with him in the starting lineup.
Well, any thoughts about him holding onto the No. 1 job after McCarthy is ready to fully return went straight out the window during Sunday's loss to Philadelphia.
Against the team that selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Wentz seemed to forget which team he was playing for at times during the matchup.
In the first half, he threw an interception that the Eagles wound up returning for a touchdown. Then on the following drive, he tossed another terrible pass that landed right in the mitts of Philadelphia safety Andrew Mukuba.
Wentz was able to gather himself after throwing those two interceptions in the second quarter, but those throws arguably made the difference between the Vikings winning and losing on Sunday.
The veteran signal-caller also made several other questionable decisions throughout the contest that left Minnesota fans wanting just about anyone else to play quarterback.
If what Wentz did on Sunday is how he's going to play moving forward, then McCarthy shouldn't be worried at all about losing his starting job before he's ready to return from his ankle injury.