​The Minnesota Vikings took to the field again today in shells and shorts for another training camp practice at TCO Performance Center. It was hotter and sunnier than yesterday and the pace of practice was a bit slower. There was more special teams work early and another install period later in practice which also slowed things down.So let’s get into it.Quarterback CompetitionThis is probably the point to remind everyone that the Vikings defense allowed the second-fewest passing yards and touchdowns last year, and the passing defense ranked third overall in DVOA. I mention that now because in the competition between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy today, the defense won. Neither quarterback completed anything particularly impressive today. Most completions (and attempts) have been short- under ten yards- and routine throws. And with a relatively few exceptions, that’s really been the case since the start of training camp.Murray has the only successful over-the-top throws against the defense- both against the first-team defense- in Wednesday’s full-pad practice. Murray had a nice deep back-shoulder pass to Jauan Jennings at the sideline today, but Jennings was unable to keep his feet in bounds- but was in position to do so- in team drills. Murray had another deep attempt to Jefferson during team drills where he might have been sacked- it was close- but the throw fell incomplete. It was a couple yards ahead of Jefferson but Murphy got flagged for either a DPI or holding call. So probably not a bad pass by Murray if he got it off in time, given the penalty on Murphy. Murray also had an intermediate pass broken up by Charles Demmings (see below).One other point of interest in today’s practice was that Murray and Justin Jefferson, together with Kevin O’Connell, were trying to sync a back shoulder throw. The first attempt happened in a red zone drill and didn’t connect, which led to O’Connell getting involved and some conversation between Murray and Jefferson after the play. The red zone drill had ended, but Murray and Jefferson tried the same play one more time and connected. But later, in team drills, Murray once again targeted Jefferson on a back shoulder throw which Jefferson got a hand on but was unable to catch. It was difficult to tell if it was Murray’s pass that was a bit off or if Jefferson took an extra step in his route before coming back for the ball, but it didn’t connect. Jefferson was upset that he didn’t make the catch after the play, so perhaps it was on Jefferson. Anyway, that is something Murray and Jefferson are working on as part of developing a rapport during training camp. For McCarthy in 11-on-11 team drills, he had one attempt in which he scrambled and may have been sacked but threw down the field to Tai Felton, who made the catch though the ball was low. However, a flag on the play negated it. He had another attempt to Felton- roughly 15 yards- that was broken up by Charles Demmings. I couldn’t te