This week's Sunday Night Football showdown will feature two second year quarterbacks facing one another for the first time in their careers as the Atlanta Falcons travel to Minnesota to take on the Vikings with Michael Penix Jr. and JJ McCarthy leading their respective teams with McCarthy off to a better start as he and the Vikings are coming off a season opening win over the Chicago Bears.
And while Penix Jr. had the better start to the season statistically, CBS NFL analyst and two-time Super Bowl champion, Bryant McFadden, joined 92-9 The Game's Carl Dukes and Mike Bell and explained why he believes McCarthy may have the slight upper hand and how the Falcons must take one particular advantage away from him.
"I think Atlanta is getting the fourth quarter JJ [McCarthy] and the reason why is because that quarter established so much confidence in him," McFadden said as he explained why McCarthy's performance in the Vikings come from behind win over the Bears on Monday after a shaky first three quarters could be a concern for the Falcons unless they can disrupt the Vikings signal caller throughout the entirety of the game.
"And they're at home which helps him. He has the home crowd in his favor so if you're Atlanta, he's going to be more comfortable than what he was against the Chicago Bears in the first three quarters, but it's your job to make him uncomfortable at some point and time in this ball game and you have to do that early on," McFadden said.