NFL RedZone — an around-the-horn live highlight show demonstrating all the action on NFL Sunday — is back for Week 9 of the 2025 season.

The jury remained very much out on McCarthy prior to his Week 2 ankle injury. Sunday was a big step in the right direction for the second-year Vikings quarterback.

To help get a better feel for Detroit's Week 9 foe, I turned to Vikings Wire editor (and former Lions Wire contributor) Andrew Harbaugh for a few questions ahead of Sunday's match

J.J. McCarthy was back at quarterback for the Vikings after missing five games with a high right ankle sprain and they looked like a whole new team in a 27-24 win over the Lions in Detroit. McCarthy completed 14-of-25 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns with just one interception,