{"id":1116778,"date":"2025-12-25T20:29:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1116778"},"modified":"2025-12-25T20:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:29:47","slug":"why-max-brosmer-is-playing-qb-today-for-vikings-not-j-j-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/why-max-brosmer-is-playing-qb-today-for-vikings-not-j-j-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Max Brosmer is playing QB today for Vikings, not J.J. McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Max Brosmer is playing QB today for Vikings, not J.J. McCarthy<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>.
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The Minnesota Vikings<\/a> haven’t had the season anyone in that organization wanted them to have.<\/p>\n

They have a massively expensive roster and so much talent.<\/p>\n

Yet here they are, two weeks to play, long-since out of the playoff race.<\/p>\n

Despite that, the Vikings are playing on Christmas Day against the Detroit Lions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their troubles will be summed up at the quarterback position, where Max Brosmer gets the start on Christmas, not J.J. McCarthy.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>The Giants, the Raiders, the NFL Draft order and the Disgrace of Gijon<\/a><\/p>\n

Why is Max Brosmer playing QB for Vikings, not J.J. McCarthy?<\/h2>\n

Brosmer is playing because everyone else is injured.<\/p>\n

The original backup QB in Minnesota, Carson Wentz, is out for the season with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

McCarthy, in a season full of injuries, was hurt again in Week 16, sustaining a right-hand ailment that is keeping him out.<\/p>\n

That gives Brosmer his second start.<\/p>\n

Brosmer is an undrafted free agent rookie out of the University of Minnesota. He started earlier this season in Seattle against the Seahawks<\/a>, and it was brutal.<\/p>\n

The Vikings will hope to at least see improvement out of Brosmer this time around.<\/p>\n

More NFL news:<\/h2>\n

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