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J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in his return from an ankle injury, leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 27-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell got disrespected by Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy after the Vikings win.
A star-studded cast will be in Minneapolis for the Christmas Day game between the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, as the NFL Network is covering the game from head to toe with its top in-house talent and a bevy of special guests. The Vikings and Lions play at 3:30 p.m., and the game will be streamed exclusively on Netflix.
The Detroit Lions were stunned by J.J. McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings in a Week 9 NFC North showdown at Ford Field. Here are the highlights.
Lions QB Jared Goff was pressured on 20 of his 42 dropbacks in Sunday's loss to the Vikings, per NextGenStats.
The play of McCarthy is always under scrutiny, and the latest version of that comes from quarterback grades. Bleacher Report's Brent Sobleski dropped his latest quarterback grades from Week 11 and McCarthy found himself with the lowest grade on the scale, an F.
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