Daniel Jones could have stayed in Minnesota. He opted to sign with the Colts due in part to his belief that Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell would work his usual magic with J.J. McCarthy.

Through six starts, there’s nothing magical about McCarthy’s performance.

On Sunday against the Packers, only four days after McCarthy compared his situation to a “ cork about to come off a bottle ,” the bottle may have shattered.

He completed 12 of 19 passes for 87 yards and two interceptions. He has thrown two picks in three straight games, matching Christian Ponder in 2012 as the only Vikings quarterbacks to do it in the past 30 years. He has an interception in each of his six starts, matching only Zach Mettenberger, Blake Bortles, and Deshone Kizer in that regard over the last 20 yeas.

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