If nothing else, J.J. McCarthy has learned to hold himself accountable, and that’s a character trait that can’t necessarily be taught.

There are veteran NFL quarterbacks out there that still have a propensity to deflect following a rough performance. But McCarthy is at least comfortable owning up to his mistakes, as he did Sunday after spraying the ball all over the place in the Vikings’ 19-17 loss to the Chicago Bears.

McCarthy was his own harshest critic while recalling some of the incompletions that he wished he could have back. It wasn’t lost on him that he had completed 16 of 32 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown with a pair of interceptions. He emphasized that his accuracy simply wasn’t good enough, and followed that up by vowing to do everything in his power to improve.

“I have

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