As the Vikings’ 2025 season gets messy, the starting quarterback’s private position coach has gotten a mop and bucket. But not for anything that happened between the white lines.

Greg Holcomb has apologized for attacking Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter in response to a remark Carter made after J.J. McCarthy’s most recent performance.

It started when Carter responded on Twitter to praise of McCarthy’s “clutch gene” after throwing a touchdown pass with less than a minute to play against the Bears by asking a simple question: “Did you watch the first 59 minutes?” (Carter added a thumb’s down emoji.)

Holcomb responded to Carter with two words: “F’ckn clown.”

The tweet was later deleted, but the damage had been done. Holcomb has now tried to undo it.

“I want to offer my sincere apology

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