Seven-time Super Bowl champion QB Tom Brady dissected his fellow Michigan quarterback on Sunday’s Fox broadcast.

After Minnesota's victory over the Lions, Kuropas took to social media to share a photo of 10 pregame picks for the Week 9 game at Ford Field in Detroit. All 10 favored Jared Goff and company to take down the Vikings, who entered the contest on a two-game losing skid.

Minnesota Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy had an emotionally charged interaction with Tom Brady following an upset win over the Detroit Lions.

That kid who played quarterback for the Vikings on Sunday — the 22-year-old with the frizzy hair, baggy clothes and unspoiled grin — could change everything. Let’s not leap to dreams of Super Bowl championships.

"I'm happy that we got the win, but I'm not proud, to be honest with you," McCarthy said, via the team's website. "There's a lot of meat on the bone, and I feel like I could have played a lot better. But coming into this environment and controlling my emotions, controlling kind of my temperament going into it — I was proud of that."

With McCarthy finally making his return, the Vikings received huge injury news that is great for the young signal caller's return. NFL insider Ian Rapoport revealed inactives and actives for teams heading into Week 9, and the Vikings received some huge updates on two players that the team desperately needs.

J.J. McCarthy completed only 14 passes, but his final one was exactly what the Vikings needed. Junfu Han / Imagn Images (Editor’s note: This is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Nov. 2, 2025.) 3.

After Sunday’s big 27-24 win over the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings fans are back to trusting J.J. McCarthy as the