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J.J. McCarthy reveals the name, origin of his alter ego

By day, he’s a mild-mannered 22-year old, but when J.J. McCarthy puts on his Minnesota Vikings uniform and steps onto the football field, he becomes “Nine,” an intense, football-throwing machine. Apparently.

After a video of McCarthy looking, well, possessed in Minnesota’s postgame locker room went viral, the second-year quarterback explained how his alter ego has helped him lock in this season.

"For me, I call him, 'Nine,' McCarthy said. "Nine comes out, and I got to understand, like, 'OK, he can't be at his peak performance throughout three and a half hours.' So how do I find little ways on the sideline to get back to my breath, get back to my visualization, that can kind of maintain that intense com

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