Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell has been honest about needing another team to be “complicit” in their pursuit of a QB in the 2024 draft.
The self-reported “Quarterback Killer ” – a name he says has been jokingly bestowed upon him for his resistance to reaching for the position in the draft – O’Connell could get an assist from an unlikely source.
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim Harbaugh, now Head Coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, could do the Vikings a “solid,” and help J.J. McCarthy land in Minnesota via trade.
“I was talking to someone last week who knows Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh very well, and asked about his over-the-top praise of McCarthy, which has gone well beyond what you’d normally hear from a college coach talking about a quarterback. This person explained it by laying out Harbaugh’s approach with his teams—and how he’s always treated his quarterbacks almost like they’re his sons,” Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer wrote on April 24.
“So it shouldn’t be surprising that Harbaugh, sitting there at 5, could dictate McCarthy’s landing spot, should the Cardinals stick at 4. And if he were to do McCarthy a solid, the most obvious place to send him, of course, would be Minnesota.”
Harbaugh had McCarthy for three years at Michigan. The duo won a National Championship with him at the helm this past season.