For most of quarterback J.J. McCarthy's NFL debut , the lights appeared to be too bright for him.

At halftime, he had completed five passes. The offense didn't reach the end zone until the fourth quarter, after he had already thrown a touchdown to the other team. He seemed to be constantly struggling to get plays off in time.

But the faith of his Minnesota Vikings coaches and teammates stood firm, and one of them can even point to the exact moment the comeback that ended in a 27-24 win over the Chicago Bears began.

"We're down, we're in the huddle and J.J. runs into the huddle, think it was after one of the TV timeouts or something, and he looks at all of us and he's like, 'Is there any place else you guys would rather be?'" running back Aaron Jones said. "And we're like, 'W

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