Justin Jefferson spent much of last season living every star receiver’s least-favorite football experience. Justin Jefferson kept checking on Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy“It’s difficult,” Jefferson said of balancing frustrations with football. Jefferson also understood that one complaint from him could become a national story before McCarthy even finished watching the game tape. Those rough outings gave Jefferson plenty to say, but McCarthy heard it in private. That left the weekly quarterback discussion focused on the football rather than another unhappy-receiver storyline.