With mixed results, J.J. McCarthy is two games into what appears to be a 10-game audition to be the Vikings’ starting quarterback next season.

The way it looks now, unless McCarthy, 22, improves steadily, the Vikings won’t simply hand him the job uncontested next year. They would be expected to bring in a decent veteran — one better than Carson Wentz was this year — to legitimately compete to be starter.

>> Vikings’ ownership, in its 20th season, has to be dismayed over the brilliant season QB Sam Darnold is having for the 7-2 Seahawks, especially after spending an NFL-high $345 million last offseason to improve this team. The Vikings could have retained Darnold, 28, with a $40 million franchise tag.

>> The Vikings face Darnold in Seattle in two weeks.

>> It’ll be interesting to see wh

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