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McCarthy played four strong games, not five, in rookie season.

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McCarthy played four strong games in his rookie season, not five; he did not play against the Detroit Lions. This distinction matters for evaluating his actual performance sample size and trajectory heading into the quarterback competition with Kyler Murray.

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J.J. McCarthy played FOUR strong games, not five: 'It is semantics, I understand, but it was not five, it was four — because he did not play against the Detroit Lions.'
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McCarthy played four strong games in his rookie season, not five; he did not play against the Detroit Lions. This distinction matters for evaluating his actual performance sample size and trajectory heading into the quarterback competition with Kyler Murray.
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STACKED tags this as a neutral fantasy football signal for J.J. McCarthy (QB). McCarthy played four strong games, not five, in rookie season.
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