What a week for J.J. McCarthy. After leading the Minnesota Vikings to a historic comeback on Monday night, former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy became a father on Friday.

Rome Micah McCarthy was 8 pounds, 7 ounces according to a social media post.

McCarthy and his partner, Katya Kuropas, announced in May that they were expecting a boy in September. He ended up arriving just days after McCarthy’s NFL debut .

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters on Thursday that McCarthy was the team facility that morning but left before practice that afternoon to be with his fiancée at the hospital for the impending birth.

On Monday, McCarthy had quite the welcome to the NFL. Minnesota trailed the Chicago Bears 17-6 in the third quarter after McCarthy threw an interception that was r

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