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Vikings' McCarthy, Darnold benefiting from QBs coach McCown

EAGAN, Minn. -- Josh McCown is still hearing about it, 21 years after delivering one of the most brutal gut punches in Minnesota Vikings history.

"It's funny," McCown said this week. "Somebody will grab me in the airport, and they'll say, 'Welcome to Minnesota.' And then they say, 'Hey wait a minute,' and the longer we talk, the more they think it, and it's not so pleasant. And I'm like, 'Yeah, it happened. But for the course of my career, there's only like five good plays, and that's one of them. So let me have it.