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Speaker 1: Brought the curtain and fade to black.

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Speaker 2: Unprecedented, but desperate times called for desperate measures.

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Speaker 1: Have we ever played sad Eyes.

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Speaker 2: When the season technically wasn't over, you know, because they

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Speaker 2: four and eight, that's twelve weeks. That means we got

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Speaker 2: five more games. Have we ever done that? I don't

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Speaker 2: We've been playing sad Eyes at the conclusion of every

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Speaker 2: Minnesota sports season, the ones we really pay attention to,

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Speaker 2: wild Wolves, Twins, Vikings, probably some Gophers, maybe some Frost,

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Speaker 2: I don't know if we've ever done it before the

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Speaker 2: season was technically over. I mean, it's over. It ain't

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Speaker 2: over till it's over, but it's over. But I think

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Speaker 2: this is the first time. And night, I must admit

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Speaker 2: I was a bit caught off guard, but it certainly

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Speaker 2: isn't like, well, I'm appalled, how could you do that?

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Speaker 1: No, it was very appropriate.

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Speaker 3: It mean, here's the way I look at it.

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Speaker 1: It's over. Yeah, and you knew that coming day.

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Speaker 3: Technically, I guess they are still eligible for the postseason

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but.

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Speaker 1: So I figured, well, the season's over, now let's play.

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Speaker 2: I don't think anybody wants to produce it. That's just work.

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Speaker 2: Watch your language in front of my wife.

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Speaker 1: So, yeah, I is it. John Woolford, is that our

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Speaker 2: Now, why not? It couldn't possibly any worse. And I'm

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Speaker 2: the guy that said I thought Roseman was gonna play

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Speaker 2: I mean that means well, no, but that means he

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Speaker 2: But man, you gotta have baby steps. You gotta start somewhere.

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Speaker 2: And even before it he let go, the ball was

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Speaker 2: You know again, I don't think he was nervous, nervous

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Speaker 2: Then they they they went and through the portal or

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Speaker 2: He's like, he probably didn't even He probably thought.

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Speaker 1: It was a buddy pulling his leg.

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Speaker 2: Right, come on, this ain't O'Connell, Jim stop and he

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Speaker 1: This is this is Kevin O'Connell love to have you

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Speaker 2: Not only does he go to the triot, he makes

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Speaker 1: Tough assignment, tough.

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Speaker 2: Place to play, really good defense. But he didn't play

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Speaker 2: that much worse than Sam Darnold did either. But that

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Speaker 1: During the game? I think we have one or two?

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Speaker 3: Well, then when our quarterback occasionally makes a good throw,

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Speaker 3: we can't catch it.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the other part again, both Addison and Jefferson,

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Speaker 2: the throws weren't perfect, but you got to make those catches.

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Speaker 2: the best wide receiver in football, make that catchp Did

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Speaker 2: you see the catch by the Commander's guy yesterday in

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Speaker 1: Looked like Odell? Did you see that highlight?

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Speaker 3: I saw the one? Well there was one like this. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we just go Diddyodell it. Now, this new guy, I

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Speaker 2: But you sent me all of these the Billy Barnwells

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Speaker 2: of the world, these tweets. This one says Vikings finished

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Speaker 2: at minus zero point seventy nine EPA slash play on

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Speaker 2: Those the expected points added. I don't even know what's analytic,

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Speaker 2: know this means it's really bad. I know ours is

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Speaker 2: of what it means. Then there was Alec Lewis sent out,

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Speaker 2: the Vikings are converting thirty six point one percent or

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Speaker 2: third and shorts this season.

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Speaker 1: I know what that means.

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Speaker 2: That's third and third and three or fewer. That's the

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Speaker 2: third lowest of any team since two thousand.

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Speaker 2: Only the twenty fifteen Titans in the two thousand and

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Speaker 2: one Eagles have been worse. League average over this twenty

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Speaker 1: We're thirty six point one.

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Speaker 2: And then there's did the Light Games play their worst

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Speaker 2: offensive game ever by DVA yesterday? Yes, number thirty worst

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Speaker 2: which is now number one again, thirty percent worse than

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Speaker 1: What is DVA? I know what DOA is dead.

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Speaker 3: On a rid offense defense adjusted value over average because they.

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Speaker 1: Were definitely DA.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they were dead on arrival and they're leading the

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Speaker 2: The kid from Thief River who played US football Saint

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Speaker 2: Cloud State no longer by k We'll get into that too.

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Speaker 2: There's plenty to there's plenty to sift through the rubble

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Speaker 2: that is the Vikings twenty twenty five. Notice I didn't

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Speaker 2: say twenty twenty five to twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 5: Sies.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think our last game of the year technically

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Speaker 1: But that's just a technicality.

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Speaker 2: It's not like we're gonna make postseason to make a

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Speaker 2: deep run. We'll break, we'll come back. We got plenty

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Speaker 2: to get to. Pea gets purple as next. It's common

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Speaker 2: One thing we have learned from this Viking season is

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Speaker 2: that when you don't have much of an offensive line.

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Speaker 2: Darris Haaw couldn't go again. I predicted that to Deuce

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Speaker 2: I'm not calling him soft. I just think he's been

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Speaker 5: I know it.

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Speaker 2: And there there there has to be a frustration there, certainly. Right, sure,

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Speaker 1: But and then I do.

442
00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,639
Speaker 3: They basically gave up two drafts for Dallas Turnery and

443
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,399
Speaker 3: JJ McCarthy. So when you talk about not getting a

444
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,879
Speaker 3: whole lot from your free agents, and then you basically

445
00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,600
Speaker 3: have devoted to drafts to those two players, those guys

446
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,360
Speaker 3: got to be hits. They don't have to be hits,

447
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,720
Speaker 3: gotta be home runs. And at least Dallas has shown

448
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:53,400
Speaker 3: signs of life.

449
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:58,359
Speaker 2: You're you're you're spot on, and then you know the

450
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,280
Speaker 2: decision to go the way they went. I was on

451
00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,720
Speaker 2: record as saying I think I would have resigned Sammy Darnold.

452
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,720
Speaker 2: And I know I watched the Lions game last year.

453
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 1: He was bad.

454
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 2: I call it a bad case of the jitters rams game.

455
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,159
Speaker 2: He wasn't great that you know, in the in the

456
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,080
Speaker 2: first round of the playoffs when they when they played

457
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,040
Speaker 2: as a fifth seed. But I think that was more

458
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,960
Speaker 2: the offensive line. The head coach even admitted it. He said,

459
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 2: if you remember, here's chaos here.

460
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 6: Right now, all right overall, absolutely a very disappointing tough

461
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,960
Speaker 6: day for our offense. The you know, the tape showed,

462
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,920
Speaker 6: you know a lot of those things to be what

463
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,280
Speaker 6: we felt, but it also showed some missed opportunities early

464
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,400
Speaker 6: on in the game that might have you know, whether

465
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,920
Speaker 6: it's the third and two conversion to keep an early

466
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,719
Speaker 6: drive moving, or a potential explosive here and there, or

467
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,199
Speaker 6: just sustaining a little bit more. Our run game was

468
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 6: just not a positive part of our early offense. We

469
00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 6: got a lot of our yards late running the football,

470
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,680
Speaker 6: and it's got to be a little bit more consistent.

471
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,720
Speaker 6: I thought our defense battled, They were really outstanding for

472
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,720
Speaker 6: a lot of the day against a good group and

473
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 6: and uh, you know, they were putting some tough situations

474
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,520
Speaker 6: and Specialist showed up again from a standpoint of Ryan right,

475
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,359
Speaker 6: you know, flipping the field and doing some things there.

476
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 6: And we've just got to try to find a way

477
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 6: regardless of the you know, the different guys stepping in

478
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,119
Speaker 6: at different positions. There's a standard that that we have

479
00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,160
Speaker 6: not met offensively, and and it's it's on all of us,

480
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 6: but it starts in a big part of it is

481
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 6: is me getting the best out of this group and

482
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 6: and we've got to do that, and we've got to

483
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 6: make sure we're not only for the present and to

484
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 6: do what you know we need to do to win

485
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,840
Speaker 6: a football game. But it's part of what's made us,

486
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 6: you know, have success around here, and we're not doing

487
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 6: that right now. We're not having success. It is clear that,

488
00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 6: you know, we we all can be better. But like

489
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,800
Speaker 6: I said, I'm gonna personally look at myself and and

490
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,199
Speaker 6: and how I can continue to find a way to

491
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 6: coach coach the details of the plays that are called,

492
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 6: and what type of plays we're gonna call, and how

493
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 6: many plays we're going to take into games, and and

494
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 6: if we've got to limit our inventory and just demand uh,

495
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,639
Speaker 6: you know, execution will do it even more than we

496
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 6: than we already have. Which has been a part of

497
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 6: the process over these last few weeks. As you guys

498
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 6: have seen, you know, we did. We waived Adam theeling.

499
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,199
Speaker 6: I know Quasi addressed the kind of the background on

500
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 6: that and what was behind the move, you know, So

501
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 6: I won't add much to.

502
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 5: That, but what I will say is just how much I.

503
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:47,359
Speaker 6: Appreciate Adam, what he means to me, the organization, me personally,

504
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 6: I think Adam Thinel is a special person and a

505
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 6: special player that has meant a lot to not only

506
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 6: this organization but the career he's had. And I just

507
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 6: wish I'm nothing but the best, you know, over these

508
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,720
Speaker 6: these final few weeks the year, and sounds like that,

509
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 6: you know, might be the final few weeks of his career.

510
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 6: And and we wanted to make sure that, you know,

511
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 6: after some dialogue and and things, that we we accommodated that.

512
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 6: Just injury wise, we do you know, did get some

513
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 6: good news today on you know, Ryan Kelly had a

514
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 6: you know, the hip flexer. He seems like he's going

515
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 6: to be day to day, but with a real chance

516
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 6: to be able to go this week. Aaron Jones reaggravated

517
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 6: kind of the shoulder he's been dealing with. Doesn't seem

518
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 6: to have made it any any worse for the for

519
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 6: the wear, but he'll be day to day. And then

520
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,480
Speaker 6: Blake Brendell did report some discomfort postgame with his head,

521
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 6: and uh, he did show up to so he did.

522
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 5: Go into the protocol.

523
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 6: But I will add he did show up today symptom free,

524
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 6: so we'll see how he progresses throughout the week.

525
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 5: You guys, know how serious.

526
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 6: We take that and we'll we'll defer to the medical

527
00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 6: staff on that. And outside of that, you know, Christian

528
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 6: dar saw as of right now, the plan is for

529
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 6: him to have his normal kind of practice routine and

530
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 6: and uh, you know, hopefully lead that lead into him

531
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 6: playing on Sunday and then Donovan's improven by the day

532
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 6: and and he'll be considered day to day.

533
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 5: This week is.

534
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: Wearing women's underwear. I'm part of your journeys.

535
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 3: And concern frustrations you about his coming time.

536
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 5: No, it was more so, you know, Adam is such

537
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,679
Speaker 5: a good guy. He was.

538
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 6: It was more so just the dialogue of we were

539
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 6: trying to you know, knowing we had pretty remarkable health

540
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 6: in that receiver room this year, we're trying to find

541
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 6: ways to get him tagged in there on some plays

542
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 6: here and there, and just we haven't had a lot of.

543
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 5: Plays as of late. That's been a big issue.

544
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,120
Speaker 6: You know, those ten or eleven or so on average

545
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 6: less plays we're running this year as opposed to kind

546
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,719
Speaker 6: of our previous three years has been a has been

547
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,439
Speaker 6: a major a major part of it. But but he

548
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 6: also Adam also acknowledged, look, speed, he's playing great and

549
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 6: Jordan and Jets are Jordan and Jets, so he kind

550
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,360
Speaker 6: of there was zero you know, Adam and I talk

551
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 6: a lot. There was zero you know, negativity to the conversations.

552
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 6: It was more so the competitor in him and he

553
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 6: wants to, you know, finish this thing off the right way,

554
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,360
Speaker 6: and you know, just figured between him and his representation

555
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 6: that they you know, the conversations we had with Quasi

556
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 6: and his staff and this was the outcome that kind

557
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,560
Speaker 6: of came out of it. But there was no there

558
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 6: was none of that, and in fact, him and I

559
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 6: were texting back.

560
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:34,880
Speaker 5: And forth earlier.

561
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 6: But you know, he's you know, he's one of those

562
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 6: players that will always kind of hold a.

563
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 5: Spot in my heart.

564
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 6: And getting to be a part of that first team

565
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 6: and such an impactful player at the organization. You know,

566
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 6: I care so much about all of our current players

567
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:50,959
Speaker 6: for sure, but our former players too.

568
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 5: That's one of the best parts of this job.

569
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 6: But if you look back on it, like and I

570
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,919
Speaker 6: think it's important to do that sometimes with things like this.

571
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 6: You know, when we acquire that Justin had missed most

572
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 6: of training camp with his hamstring, Speedy was dealing with

573
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 6: an injury where we did not know if we would

574
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 6: have him for the first two weeks of the season,

575
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 6: and everybody knows we were going to be without Jordan

576
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 6: for the first three weeks, and then beyond that, it

577
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 6: was a matter of we felt like we had four

578
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,879
Speaker 6: capable starters and two young guys we really like a

579
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 6: lot in Tie and Miles, who were going to be heavily,

580
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 6: heavily involved in the kicking game. So the point is

581
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 6: we you know, we've had that room and credit to

582
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,360
Speaker 6: those guys, whether it's Justin and and Jordan with their

583
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 6: ability to be you know, every week contributors and the

584
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 6: work they put in off the field to keep themselves

585
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 6: fresh and healthy. And then Speedy has you know, been

586
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 6: a product of four years in our system and building

587
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 6: up to be a guy that we rely on heavily,

588
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 6: and you know, in a big year for him personally,

589
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 6: he's doing a lot of really good things. So it's

590
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 6: it's one of those things where there's really not a

591
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 6: lot of negatives that although this ends with a trans

592
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 6: action like this, it really is something where you know,

593
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 6: the dialogue and the and the positivity of the relationships

594
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 6: and things kind of winning out in the end to

595
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 6: do what's best for for the players the trade?

596
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 5: What was the plan for him?

597
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,640
Speaker 7: Uh, after Jordan knew Jordan's come back up the early game,

598
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,199
Speaker 7: what was the plan for Adam when you made the

599
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 7: trade knowing that that was just gonna.

600
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 6: Assured that was that was a that was a part

601
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 6: of the dialogue at the time. You know that that

602
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 6: obviously would be a major thing the first three weeks.

603
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 6: And then you know, if you know, we haven't we

604
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 6: haven't had a particular season where all three of you.

605
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 5: Know, or your three quote unquote starters.

606
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 6: In this case, the four guys and Adam, Speedy, Justin

607
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 6: and j A that they've been once all available, they've

608
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 6: been all available. So that was communicated and and part

609
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 6: of the reason why throughout the season the dialogue between

610
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 6: my myself and Adam was what it was, and it

611
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 6: just I think he got to the point where maybe,

612
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 6: and I don't want to speak for him, but just

613
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 6: the reflection of this possibly being the final the final

614
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 6: sequence of weeks and possibly his career, and I don't

615
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 6: know if that's an absolute or not, but I think

616
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 6: he thought it was time to maybe to talk about

617
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:17,479
Speaker 6: it a little bit.

618
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 2: When you talk about limiting inventory, how much of that

619
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 2: is just to get more make it easier on the

620
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 2: quarterback that you're putting in there.

621
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, and that's really what we've done.

622
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 6: But but to me, it's more to get the level

623
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 6: of execution even beyond the quarterback position. It's you know,

624
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 6: getting great combinations in the run game. It's handling movement

625
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 6: defensively in the run game so that you don't end

626
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 6: up with unblocked players, you know, at the point of attack,

627
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 6: or in the past game, it's it's maybe where there's

628
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 6: a concerted effort to move justin and and the formations

629
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 6: required for that, you know, where where even if there's

630
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 6: one play in a ten play sequence where if we

631
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 6: don't align properly, whether it's you know, you know, a

632
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 6: backside player split, whether it's on the inside edge or

633
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 6: the outside edge or in a normal split, or if

634
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 6: it's where we want the location of a grouping of receivers.

635
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 6: We just got to do a better job being a

636
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 6: little bit more detailed, and that I do believe that

637
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 6: will lead to a little bit more rhythm and timing

638
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 6: to our past game. And then you know, there we've

639
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 6: got to continue to work through finding ways to still

640
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 6: throw the football where maybe we're using two of our

641
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 6: eligibles to help with some of the things that have

642
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 6: gone on up front, whether it's on the left side

643
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 6: this week, or losing Ryan in game, or at different

644
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 6: times throughout the season, you know, where we've had a

645
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 6: rotation in there, we.

646
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 5: Have not you know, and a lot of our losses.

647
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,560
Speaker 6: You know, we have not had the the same group

648
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 6: of of linemen either that we anticipated and or more

649
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 6: importantly that started the game, finished the game.

650
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 5: And I don't think we've handled that well.

651
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 6: And I don't think I think I've got to do

652
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 6: a better job, you know, finding different avenues to navigate

653
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 6: some of those challenges where you know, maybe it's not

654
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 6: just about hey, we didn't we didn't make the block

655
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 6: on this player, we didn't handle this on this play.

656
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 6: It's you know, are we doing everything but still finding

657
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 6: ways to activate a guy like TJ. Hockkinson, who you

658
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 6: know showed up yesterday, you know, when he wasn't trying

659
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 6: to help on the edges. You know, we were trying

660
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 6: to get him involved in the past game, and that

661
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 6: obviously helped, But that doesn't mean that we can have

662
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 6: you know, a day for for justin like it was.

663
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 7: It's kind of in the WIEZ but on that fourth

664
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 7: and one is Lawrens coming unblocked like something that is

665
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 7: expected with the play like that.

666
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 6: It's one of those things. He's a he's a little

667
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 6: bit of a tighter technique right there. You know, you know,

668
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 6: he made a good play to avoid kind of uh

669
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 6: you know Oliver, you know, helping secure that edge to

670
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 6: at least give Max the run pass threat. I didn't

671
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 6: you know, ultimately, I didn't like to play call. That's

672
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 6: it's totally on me in that moment. I think at

673
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 6: that point we were right around you know, uh, you

674
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 6: know one car, you know, a one yard average maybe

675
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 6: and uh, you know, in that moment, you know, we

676
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 6: better have a a schematically more sound play.

677
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 5: And that's totally on me.

678
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 6: It's not on Josh, it's not on Max, it's not

679
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 6: anybody that one that was on me.

680
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 5: And it was a massive play in the game.

681
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: Before Kevin was Jordan's supposed to run with the sticks.

682
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 6: It was right about I think it was a third

683
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 6: and six at the nine and uh, you know, if

684
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 6: you look at it, they're doubling justin and man coverage

685
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 6: and Jordan's got leverage on the route chance to maybe

686
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 6: you know, put your back foot in the ground and

687
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 6: throw that without the hitch there or speedy you know

688
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 6: to the back pilon. Both those guys have leverage to win.

689
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 6: Core concept, core staple thing we've done really since rookie

690
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 6: Mini Camp year one. And it just was a you know,

691
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 6: a bang bang play down there. You run into those

692
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 6: those kind of third downs where they're not goal to

693
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 6: go down there in the in the low red zone

694
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 6: sometimes where you're kind of sometimes right on the line.

695
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 6: Whether it's a uh, you know that route you know

696
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 6: in our playbook might say four to six yards based

697
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:14,719
Speaker 6: upon the release and whether you're whether you're in man coverage,

698
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 6: zone coverage, those things. But we've seen that play many

699
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 6: many times. We caught you know, in stride and and

700
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 6: get the final yard or two needed. But but yeah,

701
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 6: in that case, defender made a good play on it

702
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 6: and and probably a quarter of a second you know,

703
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 6: ball placement out in front. You find a way to

704
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 6: make that or you progress, you know, and Max, you know,

705
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,959
Speaker 6: you look at that early third and two where Lawrence

706
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 6: gets the sack and and we got beat pretty quick there.

707
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 6: But you know, that play was really there to be

708
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 6: had and what could that be? And then the you know,

709
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 6: the Jordan Addison in cut on the I believe on

710
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 6: the next drive on second and nine, you know, just

711
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 6: the did that play that was his previous pass, Did

712
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 6: that play speed him up to the point where the

713
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,719
Speaker 6: normal rhythm of that play, maybe that ball's caught just

714
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 6: just outside the the near hash there and we're you know,

715
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 6: we're throwing that ball a little bit early, maybe, and

716
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 6: it's just it's kind of what it's been for us

717
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 6: on offense. One play effects the next, and you look

718
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 6: at it where you know, if if you're telling me

719
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 6: those plays that coverage, those those two plays, you're probably

720
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 6: talking a third down conversion on the first one and

721
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 6: probably an explosive with Jordan Addison running with a lot

722
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 6: of grass out in front of them, and both of

723
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 6: them end up being in one case of sack and

724
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 6: then and the other a third nap nine on.

725
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 5: The next snap.

726
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 6: So that's a micro cosm a little bit of our

727
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,919
Speaker 6: pass game right now, and just the plays that aren't

728
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 6: made early in games that could potentially set the table

729
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 6: in the course for the entire rest of the game.

730
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 4: When you talk about looking inward and find success for

731
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 4: the offense, What exactly does that look like for you?

732
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: I guess you're trying to figure out ways.

733
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 6: To Yeah, I think, you know, I think there has

734
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 6: been an element of, for you know, in our efforts

735
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 6: to commit to the run game, when when you are

736
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 6: efficiently running the ball, it becomes easier to stack those runs.

737
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 5: But where maybe.

738
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 6: Historically we've whether it was you know, twenty two, twenty three,

739
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 6: or twenty four, the explosiveness of our past game and

740
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 6: being a top five or six passing offensive league was

741
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 6: kind of always the standard, and we just haven't we haven't,

742
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 6: you know, been anywhere near our standard of doing things.

743
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 6: And a lot of them are kind of little, tiny

744
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 6: examples that we just talked about with Darren, but you know,

745
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 6: some other ones are just you know, me trying to

746
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 6: understand maybe we're not going to be a statistically impressive team,

747
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 6: but we do have to find a way when you're

748
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 6: playing a really good football team in that kind of environment,

749
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 6: to get the game to where we need to get

750
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 6: it to. And if you look at the last two weeks,

751
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 6: two tough road games against teams that are playing really

752
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 6: good football, we had first half fourth downs where you know,

753
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 6: I'm trying to be aggressive recognizing the need for seven

754
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 6: points specifically yesterday off of that turnover great to turnover

755
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 6: forest by defense, and you know we end up with

756
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 6: with not only no points, but they end up with

757
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 6: points off of it. Where the last thing you're thinking on,

758
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 6: no matter the my like or which I've told you

759
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 6: already dislike of the play call, looking back on it,

760
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 6: you're really not thinking that's going to end up though

761
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 6: the movement keeper game kind of those types of plays

762
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 6: are normally relatively safe from a turnover risk reward proposition,

763
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 6: and it went back the other way. So regardless, it's

764
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 6: a catastrophic playing the game. But I think overall it's

765
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 6: just kind of figuring out exactly what we need to

766
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 6: be where you know we've we've tried to do that,

767
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 6: and then in moments where you know, maybe you're trying

768
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 6: to get justin going or covered, the biggest thing is

769
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 6: what you're seeing coverage wise, is just taking it needs

770
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,439
Speaker 6: to take a back seat to what is the best

771
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 6: thing for for our offense in that moment. If I'm

772
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 6: you know, in in full transparency of that things that

773
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 6: I may see chances to maybe get in cut screaming

774
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 6: or you know, high crosses, running or vertical chances that

775
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 6: that have kind of always gave us the lift in

776
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 6: games where maybe the consistency wasn't always there, we we

777
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 6: found those plays. That's where I think it's just a

778
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 6: continued understanding of exactly you know, we called a lot

779
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 6: of screens yesterday didn't have uh, didn't have the success

780
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 6: we thought we would have on all of them. We

781
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 6: had a few decent, decent chances.

782
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 5: With uh, you know, called a lot of you know, kind.

783
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 6: Of ball out plays as well, quick game kind of plays,

784
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 6: and you know, and and those are great from a

785
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,240
Speaker 6: completion standpoint, but if number one is not open, those

786
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 6: those those plays can become uh kind of wasted opportunities

787
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 6: as well, or when we don't hit the backside incut

788
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 6: for whatever reason that is, those become you know, just

789
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 6: another Chane's to huddle up and play a third and

790
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 6: longer situation, which we had too many of yesterday.

791
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 7: On a personal level, how difficult has it been for

792
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 7: you to kind of acknowledge that that there's things that

793
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 7: might in very begettable that they just can't be executed

794
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 7: right now. And someone has come from an offensive background

795
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 7: and you know, took a lot of ride in this, Like,

796
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 7: I'm just curious how this is all hit you in

797
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 7: the past couple of weeks.

798
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 6: You know, it's it's it's really something Kevin, where I

799
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 6: don't I don't really think it it hits you. You know,

800
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 6: my job as a coach is to acknowledge it and

801
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 6: and and and understand a how to coach it better

802
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 6: and still try to strive to see the improvement and

803
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 6: and and try to stay true to who who or

804
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,279
Speaker 6: really what our offensive philosophy is and has really helped

805
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 6: us have a lot of success. And but at the

806
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 6: same time, it's you don't really get mired down in

807
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 6: the in the feelings of it as much as just

808
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 6: what's the what's the best path moving forward? And we've

809
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 6: tried to, you know, coming out of the last few games,

810
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 6: we've tried to put together plans that that did that,

811
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 6: whether it's making sure you're play pass protections, have an

812
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 6: ability to get you know, to block the teeth of

813
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,240
Speaker 6: whatever pressure you may get, whether it's you know, double

814
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 6: you know, corner cat nickel coming, or it's an overload

815
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 6: from one side or the other. And schematically, you're just

816
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 6: trying to make sure you eliminate some of the negative

817
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,720
Speaker 6: variables if you're going to attempt some of those plays,

818
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,439
Speaker 6: and we're just even when you know, all those things

819
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 6: go right, we're just not seeing the benefit of it

820
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 6: on the back side of it right now. So it's

821
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 6: it's becoming much more difficult than it has been at

822
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 6: times for us to function for the course of four

823
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 6: quarters where the defense is going to make some plays

824
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 6: here and there, especially the level of defense we've played

825
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 6: the last two weeks. Those are those are two pretty

826
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 6: good groups, and I think it's just a matter of

827
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,760
Speaker 6: adjusting to what is required to win, you know, throughout

828
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 6: the course of a season. But even in the midst

829
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 6: of where we're at right now, which is not even

830
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 6: remotely acceptable, still finding a way to press onward.

831
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 4: When you're struggling, you know, struggling, you listen as much.

832
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 4: Are there any unexpected challenges playing at home?

833
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 5: Like, I mean, look at it.

834
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 4: I had never heard Pittsburgh bow and the Steelers and

835
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 4: they heard it yesterday. Is there any challenges that you

836
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 4: have to prepare for?

837
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 5: Like, no, I don't. I don't think you prepare for it.

838
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 6: But look, I trust me, we uh you know, we

839
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 6: this this this standard we talk about of offensive football

840
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 6: around here. You know, our fans have seen, at least

841
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 6: since I've been here, a certain way that h no

842
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 6: matter no matter what, you kind of know, you should

843
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 6: be seeing some things when you show up to watch

844
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 6: the Vikings play.

845
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 5: And so I understand, uh.

846
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 6: When when the frustration sets in, I understand how passionate

847
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 6: our fans are and how much they love the Minnesota Vikings.

848
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 5: And that is not lost on me in one moment.

849
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 6: If anything, you feel a total complete obligation to you know,

850
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 6: our our team first and foremost, you know, everybody that

851
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 6: puts so much hard work.

852
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 5: In at this organization.

853
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,800
Speaker 6: But it's not lost on me how important our fans

854
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 6: are to us and how much they mean to us

855
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,919
Speaker 6: from an energy standpoint and the support we do get.

856
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 6: And you want to probably you want to provide them

857
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 6: with reasons to to cheer and reasons to be excited

858
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 6: about their team. And and not always the easiest thing

859
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 6: to do when you're kind of having to transform you know,

860
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,879
Speaker 6: kind of what you are, you know in your current

861
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 6: state as an offense. But also it's about winning football games,

862
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 6: and that's what we need to continue to do and

863
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 6: put everything we have into uh, you know, winning a

864
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 6: game on Sunday at home, and and uh, we've got

865
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 6: five opportunities left, and I really look at it like

866
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 6: opportunities to you know, take every moment we have, sign

867
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 6: up to sundown all day every day to see the

868
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 6: fruits of the improvement show up so that we can

869
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 6: play complimentary with a defense that's you know, health getting

870
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 6: healthy and and and should be in a good place

871
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 6: with some I didn't want to you know, end today

872
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 6: without talking about Dallas Turner and the game he had yesterday,

873
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,240
Speaker 6: Eric Wilson having another great game. We saw Jay Ward

874
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 6: get out there and play his role you know that

875
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Speaker 6: that he's found kind of as of late in our

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Speaker 6: defense from a physicality standpoint, tackling all those things like

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Speaker 6: there's a lot of bright spots and we're just not

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Speaker 6: doing enough that you know, offensively to allow some of

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Speaker 6: those bright spots to help us win. And that's what

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Speaker 6: we've got to try to continue to work towards. I

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Speaker 6: know this, everybody's going to be totally all in on

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Speaker 6: whatever needs to get done, and we're going to continue

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Speaker 6: to work to do that. Cards uh symptom free And

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Speaker 6: now the last phase I believe of the protocols just

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Speaker 6: he needs to just have a full practice day and

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Speaker 6: that should come on Wednesday. So, like I told you, guys,

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Speaker 6: I think yesterday expecting that, you know, barring any unforeseen

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Speaker 6: changes to where he's at today and and uh, you know,

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Speaker 6: hopefully he can have a I think just having that

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Speaker 6: Wednesday will allow him to have a normal full week

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Speaker 6: and likely be able to go in as as our

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Speaker 6: starter on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And there you go.

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Speaker 2: There those are the comments of the head coach of

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Speaker 2: the soon to be in Big Game World champion Minnesota Vikings,

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Speaker 2: Kevin O'Connell.

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Speaker 1: Takes us to the.

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Speaker 2: Top of the hour, so we'll take a short pause

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Speaker 2: all of our reaction to all of the news conference

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Speaker 2: action break down some more Vikings.

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Speaker 1: There were other.

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Speaker 2: Teams in action this weekend. Wolves have won a few

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Speaker 2: in a row. The Wild continue to be the best

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Speaker 2: team in the National Hockey League. Golfers and the regular

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Speaker 2: season on a winning note. I think the Frost started

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Speaker 2: their season off with the victory. If I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 2: did they or did they lose?

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Speaker 1: I thought I know they wanted Seattle, Yeah, they wanted Seattle.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I don't think that's the first

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Speaker 1: game of the year, though, oh okay, and then.

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Speaker 2: Wolves won a few games, so we got plenty to

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Speaker 2: get to five, three, four on the other side of

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Speaker 2: the break, ten.

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Speaker 1: To be what a guy. The small ball spurred the

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Speaker 1: Wolves last night.