1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Quite an eventful weekend, and we still have the border 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: battle yet to come. High noon, right here on the 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: fan Vikings and Packers one hour edition of Sunday Sermons 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Barrero and Blake Moore until ten, and of course Vikings 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Football Sunday takes over at the top of the hour. 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: I'm looking at some Texas came in during the parentis 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: Spare podcast? 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: No wait, that's a podcast, go for Football Sunday. 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: Can you comment on how hard it is to recruit 10 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: to Minneapolis against places like Iowa City, Ames, Bloomington, Indiana, 11 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: Champagne or Banna, Not to mention Fargo, give PJ time 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: to work those nil numbers. That is he saying that sarcastically? 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: It sounds like that sarcasm. Is that satire or is 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: he being serious? I'm trying to figure that out. Uh 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: like Ames nine five two? Guy, Well, I mean, you 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: can make the argument that big city isn't necessarily an 17 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: advantage when you have some really nice campus towns, you know, 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: you think of in terms of university towns. But I'm 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: assuming there's some sarcasm there. We will get to the Gophers. 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: You know. It's interesting because I through much of the 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: game at the point where the Gophers built a I 22 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: think it was a twenty eight to thirteen lead. I'm 23 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, the story of this game is all 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: as well in Gopher Land again, because the team has 25 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: returned to its element. In other words, you're playing a 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: mediocre team. And as long as we're playing mediocre teams. 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: Somebody said it was it on the broadcast Big ten 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: network or was it on the pregame show, and it 29 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: was meant as a compliment, But for me, it's the 30 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: ultimate indictment. PJ beats the teams he's supposed to beat, 31 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: and that's fine as far as it goes. But it 32 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: also if that's the headline, then, as we've talked about 33 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: many times before, your ceiling is not very ambitious. And 34 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: it felt to me like, okay, after you know, on 35 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: the road, playing three good to very good teams and 36 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: getting killed on all those things, those on all those occasions, 37 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: they're back in their element where, oh, yeah, we can 38 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: beat Northwest, we can beat these guys. That's how it 39 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: felt to twenty eight to thirteen. Unfortunately, the Gopher defense 40 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: had something else to say about that, and the Northwestern offense, which, 41 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: by the way, this might surprise you based on what 42 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: you saw yesterday if you watched, but we were reminded 43 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: that going into a game in which it scored thirty 44 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: eight points and in the second half had drives of 45 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: seventy nine, seventy, seventy and fifty nine, the Northwestern passing 46 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: offense ranked one hundred and eighteenth nationally, one hundred and 47 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: tenth in scoring offense, and one hundred and sixth. 48 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: In total offense. 49 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: That's the rather scathing indictment of the current condition of 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: coaching and executing when it comes to defensive side of 51 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: the ball for your Golden Gophers. We will get in 52 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: a more Gopher conversation in a bit border battle coming 53 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: up as well. You're in Minnesota, wild? Are we now? 54 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: Officially? Are we at the hottest team in hockey? May 55 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:50,119 Speaker 2: as well? 56 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: We have to be pretty close at this point, right. 57 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: We got another shutout? Was that Friday night? 58 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: I think so wasn't even close? Five nil? 59 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: Score first again, that's all we do is score first, 60 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: and they never scored. 61 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: Our league leading. Is it fifth shutout or fourth? It's 62 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: one or the other. 63 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: But we are on a shutout roll a goaltending role, 64 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: it's all. It's seemingly coming together, as we discussed with 65 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: Bill gharrin late in the week as well. And meanwhile, 66 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timber has had one of their worst late 67 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: game collapses in the history of the franchise, which indeed 68 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: is saying something against the I believe the opponent was the. 69 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: I think it was the Phoenix Suns on that occasion. 70 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: And eight point lead fifty seconds to go, that's hard 71 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: to do. 72 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: They end up losing the game. They even get it 73 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 2: to overtime. 74 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: They lose the game in regulation, a couple of bad 75 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: turnovers down the stretch, ant misses, a couple of free throws. 76 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: How was your game experience, by the way, you went 77 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: to see them play? 78 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: Who the Wizards? Oh the Wizards? That's yeah, Yeah, it 79 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 3: was pretty much over yeah as it started. Yeah, that's 80 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 3: that's very true. Fun though, Yeah, that's okay. You had 81 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: a good time. 82 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: I'm sure you did. So all those are going to 83 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 2: be on the table. 84 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: The branch on Bent Bryan Cafe in text line is 85 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: open at six four six, eight six, whichever direction you 86 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: would like to to go in. Somebody's writing with PJA 87 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: can beat Wisconsin all is forgiven. I'm not sure All's 88 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: going to be forgiven. But I'll tell you what, man, 89 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: I watched a little bit at Wisconsin Illinois game. Badgers 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: are feeling pretty good, but they remind me a little bit. 91 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: It's a little bit like the Penn State story in 92 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: that the Penn State season disaster coach gets fired and 93 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: it's like, now they're almost playing with house money, where 94 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: we got nothing to lose, Let's just try to salvage something. 95 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: Let's have some fun. 96 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: And last night they did it at the expense of 97 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: the Nebraska Cornhuskers. As we continue, as the Gopher's victory 98 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: over Nebraska continues to be devalued week after week. 99 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 2: Uh, And I. 100 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: Feel it's the same with Wisconsin right Their season has 101 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: been a mess from the start, uh, people leaving early 102 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: at Camp Randall, the whole bit. And what they have 103 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: discovered is they've got they've got a legitimate defense, and 104 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: they're getting a little more offense at this point and 105 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: they dominated. They ended up winning going away against Brett 106 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: Bilima and the University of Illinois. So I'd be very 107 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: wary if I were a Gopher fan of this this game, 108 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: because you'd you'd like to think a team with Wisconsin's 109 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: record that last week, even as a in a rivalry game, 110 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: is so beaten down that they're they're not gonna be 111 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: a factor. No, they're kind of I think, feeling their 112 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: oats a little bit, saying, okay, let's we're maybe we're 113 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: maybe we're we're picking up the scent a little bit. 114 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: Maybe we got something we can carry it to next season. 115 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't sleep on this game next Saturday at 116 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: at the original bank Huntington Bank Stadium. 117 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: Did you see the heart breaking development on the text line? No, 118 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 3: rose bul guy? Oh, he sends in Dan and blakemore. 119 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: You aren't going to believe this, but I'm not going 120 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 3: to defend PJ after yesterday's loss. 121 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 2: Oh I see it now, you're right. Oh my god. 122 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: Blowing another lead after going down early yet again is 123 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 3: emblematic of a bigger problem in succession on HBO refuses 124 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 3: to pass CEO role because the son he's not a killer. 125 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: You got to be a killer, which I've been fearing 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 3: is the case with PJ and what's holding us back. 127 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: As a program. We're taking the next step. Rose Bul guy, 128 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: what's happening. That's shocking. He's turning. 129 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: He's undoubtedly brought our program to a place of stable, 130 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: consistent success, but his lack of aggressive, attacking boot on 131 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 3: the throat's mentality is infuriating. But then he goes on 132 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: to say he's earned the right to show us he's 133 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 3: capable of changing things, but has to start with him. 134 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: And then in PJ and Drake we trust and better 135 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: dead than Red. Well, certainly, certainly Drake was not the 136 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: problem yesterday. He threw very well. But the defense, as we. 137 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: Said, was a was a completely different different story. You know, 138 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: on this program when it comes to players under siege, 139 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: teams under siege, the cliche that I've invoked many times 140 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: before that I think applies again today as it pertains 141 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: to Border Battle, Vikings and Packers is that the players. 142 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 2: Always have the last word. 143 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: And to that extent, this is fairly simple equation the 144 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: way it works week to week in the National Football League, 145 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: where you can go from you know, from cataclysmic to 146 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: exuberant in the. 147 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 2: Blank of an eye. 148 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: Literally one game if the Vikings, no matter what it 149 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: doesn't guarantee regarding the Vikings playoff chances, if the Vikings 150 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: go to Lamba today and win the game, it will 151 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: there will be a great d joy and exuberance. It'll 152 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: be I'm not going to look beyond this game. I'm 153 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: just gonna look for we want it. We weren't supposed 154 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: to win it. Everybody's down in the club. Everybody's down 155 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: on the quarterback. And even if I love the quarterback, 156 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: I'm starting to get a little bit worried about the quarterback. 157 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: It's all takes is one professional performance from JJ McCarthy 158 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: to at least ease a lot of the angst and 159 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: the frustration. 160 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: That's what has to happen. At some point. 161 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: You have to have one, and then two and then 162 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: a series of performances that take the heat off a 163 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: little bit. So no matter what's been I mean, there 164 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: is no quarterback in terms of mechanics is mechanics. I 165 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: don't remember a single quarterback who has been analyzed nationally, 166 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:59,599 Speaker 1: forget locally, with the intensity that JJ. 167 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: McCarthy has been analyzed. 168 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: And none of that matters if he goes to Lambeau 169 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: today and plays a good to very good ballgame. 170 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: How do we define good to very good? 171 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: Well, I guess probably more consistent, less error prone, and 172 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: even one would say perhaps a little more accurate. You know, 173 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: one of his there's a million metaphors and similes out 174 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: there right now regarding what has to change with his 175 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: either his mechanics or his style, whatever the case may be. 176 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 2: One of I think JJ's was. 177 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: Will you find the one where he talks about the 178 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: cork we're really close to the cork being. 179 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 2: Exploding off the bottle. 180 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: I don't remember the term that he used for, but 181 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: see if you can find it, either online or we 182 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: don't have to have the audio necessarily, And I would 183 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: my gentle comeback would be no, the problem is the 184 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: cork to height. 185 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 2: You gotta loosen the cork a little bit. The idea that. 186 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: You know, we're just so close, and then once that 187 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 1: cork's off the bottle, you know, God knows what defenses 188 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: aren't gonna be. 189 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 2: They're gonna be crying uncle. 190 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: I think there's too much pressure, you know, want that 191 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: that cork to explode. 192 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 2: Off the bottle. That's I think kind of what's been happening. 193 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: Everything just needs to be calmer, everything needs to be 194 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: a little looser. 195 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: Did you find the core quote? Here's the quote I 196 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: feel like for me. This is the quote I feel 197 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 3: like for me. I kind of make an analogy of 198 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 3: just you know, a cork about to come off a bottle. Yeah, 199 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 3: just understanding that it's gonna make this Whoever wrote this 200 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: article put all of his ums and ah's and it 201 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 3: makes me really hard to read. Uh, Just understanding that 202 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 3: one of those little things I need to change about 203 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 3: my game is going to make a huge difference in 204 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 3: the outcome of every single drive. So yeah, I feel 205 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 3: like it's really close. It all comes down to consistency 206 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 3: and fundamentals and the little detail. 207 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: There's too much. 208 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: I don't think if the court comes off the bottle 209 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: the wrong way, they're like, there's too much pressure building. 210 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: I think at that point, you've got cats and dogs 211 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: living together. You've got a mess on your hands. I 212 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: don't think you want that. I think there's too much 213 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: pressure right now. And again, I feel like the best 214 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: way the head coach can help is safe play after 215 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: safe play after safe play. It's not very sexy, it's 216 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: not very ambitious. And by the way, when I say 217 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: safe play doesn't have to be just runs, it could 218 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: be passes. On the other hand, if even on short throws, 219 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: McCarthy's gonna be as inaccurate as he has been or 220 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: as inconsistent as he's been then I'm not sure there's 221 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: any coordinator or any play caller that's going to be 222 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: able to fix that. Do we know who's in and 223 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: who's out for you in terms of your lengthy injury 224 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: report Green Bay Packers wise, I don't think. 225 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 3: I think Matthew Oldham is trending in the wrong way, 226 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 3: and it sounds like Josh Jacobs is going to be 227 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 3: just game time. We'll find out at ten thirty if 228 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 3: he's active and we'll go from there. So but for 229 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: the most part, I think everyone's in, but Jacobs is 230 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: the big one. 231 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: Body base balance baby Steps that's from Hugo gos Wolves 232 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: and five body base balance baby Steps. Brosemer, Yeah, that's 233 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: pretty much it. Yeah, I mean, that's that's what you're 234 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: kind of looking for now. It doesn't hurt because I 235 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: know part of the Salisbury theory is, you know, he 236 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: thinks that they're throwing too much stuff at him in 237 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: terms of all the cliches to explain his fundamentals being off, 238 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: and there's mind is too cluttered during the week and 239 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: they got to sort of let they got to clear 240 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: some of that clutter out and it's almost like all right, kid, 241 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: just we're gonna just there's a lotch of flame a 242 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: little bit. Now, the danger of that is that could 243 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: mean five interceptions and a half. So that sounds better 244 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: in theory, but I think let's face it a. 245 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 2: Let's just say that. 246 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: Let's just say for the sake of argument, the first 247 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: time the Vikings get the ball on first down, it's 248 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: play action fifty seven yards down the field for JJ Jefferson. 249 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: That's the kind of play that can also take the 250 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: pressure off where you say everything doesn't get fixed on 251 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: the basis that one play, but it feels better. Everybody 252 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: goes can take a little bit of a deep breath. 253 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: So as much as I'm saying conservative, conservative, safe throw, 254 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: check down, don't don't apologize for a two yard pass 255 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: that Aaron Jones can turn into a nine or eleven 256 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: yard play. Every once in a while, what can really 257 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: take the pressure off is just a nice big play 258 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: that is well defended, as in well protected, and then 259 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: the quarterback makes a nice read. Maybe you didn't even know, 260 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: I mean that's the wrong. Maybe you don't even want 261 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: to make a read. Here's where you're going to on 262 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: this play. We don't care what you see. You fling 263 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: it receiver makes a good play or the ball is 264 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: actually accurate. 265 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: That's part of what you're what you're looking for. 266 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: Where's the other text I wanted to get to before 267 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: first pause here? Cork popping can be dangerous or take 268 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: an eye out, very good call to see you need to. 269 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 2: Ease it off. 270 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: I'm not a big, you know, wine guy, cork guy anyway, 271 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: so I don't know. I don't have a lot of 272 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: experience in that regard. But we'll leave that to others 273 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: who have maybe a better idea. All right, let's get 274 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: a first pause in more Vikings packers to discuss a 275 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: little more NFL to get to, and that's going to 276 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: be a mix the rest of the way of the 277 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: Wild the Wolves. 278 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 2: And the beleaguered Gophers. 279 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: Who found a way to lose in a game in 280 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: which on the road down early ten to nil, they 281 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: had built a twenty eight to thirteen lead and didn't 282 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: even come close holding on to its states. 283 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 2: Sunday Sermons brought to you by J. C. R. 284 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: Ruffin so Blakemore tells me that Jonathan Gernard is officially 285 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: out for today's game. 286 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: Correct Breaking News. 287 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,119 Speaker 3: Dot Com, Tom tom Pella, Sero Vikings Pro Bowl linebacker 288 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 3: Jonathan Gernard will be inactive today against the Packers. Coach 289 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: Kapda College just told me second straight game Garnnard is 290 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 3: missed because of a shoulder injury. 291 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not helpful to your favorite club. Did you 292 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: tell me you expect Jacobs to play? 293 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 2: I think they're leaving it up to game time. 294 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 3: Okay, so I very I'm gonna have to wait until 295 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 3: you in actives come out, gotcha. But they did call 296 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: up some for the practice squad, I believe, so there's 297 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 3: doubt for sure, but they're leaving it up until the 298 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 3: last time. 299 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, fair enough, And the weather again looks favorable. 300 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: I think same as here. Right, relatively balmy for late 301 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: November and no presep so the conditions should not be 302 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: a big issue. 303 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: I don't know how your field is. 304 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: Do you guys do some Do you guys cheat on 305 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: your field to try to mess with the opposition? 306 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: I don't know. It's funny. It seems like the only 307 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: team slipping is the opponents. I don't know. 308 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: Got to get the right spikes. Yeah, well that's that 309 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: might that might have something to do with it. Brat 310 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Shawn Bryan Cafe in text line is open at six 311 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: four six eight six. Jeff from Richfield. I have no 312 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: evidence to back this up, so take it with a 313 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: grain of salt. But I think we're using too much, 314 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: too much play action. JJ has seemed more comfortable when 315 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: he's just executes a normal pass. Play either five step 316 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: dropper from shotgun made great place to finish the game 317 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: last week. There was no play action involved as quick passes. 318 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: Play action makes him turn his back to the routes 319 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: developing downfield in this process. Isn't there yet It's not 320 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: a bad point. Eventually, there's too much lost if you 321 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: do not have the court, in my opinion, over the 322 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: course of a long season of course of a quarterback's career, 323 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: to keep him in the shotgun the whole time, or 324 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: to move away from play action. But if you are 325 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: acknowledging the obvious, which is he's not ready to be 326 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: handed the keys as early as we thought he was, 327 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: but we're still handing in the keys because we have 328 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: no choice. Then until you get to more offseasons and 329 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: have chances to work longer and more repetitively with all 330 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 1: those fundamental issues base balance, Brozemer, the whole bit, then 331 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: you do try within it in stretches of a game, 332 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: I think to simplify as much as possible, and maybe 333 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: there could be some help there. Ultimately, it's like playing 334 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: the position with one well. I think, in fact that 335 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: quote's been used that he's right now playing the position 336 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: with one hand tied behind his back because of poor fundamentals. 337 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: But you have to be able to play action. You 338 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,479 Speaker 1: have to, especially in this kind of offense. You have 339 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: to be at the line of scrimmage, and you have 340 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: to be able to learn defense even as you have 341 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: to turn your back. You know, that's what the best 342 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: quarterbacks do, and in fact, it is fair that part 343 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: of the evaluation process that gets in the way is 344 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: a lot of college quarterbacks are not accustomed to that, 345 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: and so either they're never going to be capable of 346 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: making the switch, or it is going to take them 347 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: some time, because it's an art that must be mastered, 348 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: and very few of them do. From the beginning the 349 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: old I'm not being able to see the defense the 350 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: whole time as I would be in the shotgun. 351 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 2: You guys, how much shotgun do you? Guys? Do? 352 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: I don't even remember quite a bit you do? I mean, 353 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: you got him at the line of scrimmage. 354 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: You have Jordan. 355 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 3: It's under center, too, don't you. Yeah, they do they 356 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 3: I'd say they do an equal bit of both. Probably 357 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 3: a little too much running out of the shotgun for 358 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 3: a lot of people's taste, but. 359 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, And I don't always love that either, 360 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 1: especially in short yardage situations. 361 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 2: For sure. 362 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: The only reason to watch the Purple at this point 363 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: is to evaluate McCarthy. But if when he finally becomes watchable, 364 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna have to put up with Koc's unwatchable 365 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: play calling, not doing the kid any favors. What's the 366 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: point Dan McCarthy meditated run game overrated? 367 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: Thank god, I'm medicated. That's whim flan. 368 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, we're perilously close to that being the only 369 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: reason to watch, right, And maybe again, it takes the 370 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: pressure off at that point. You don't have to quite 371 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: obsessed to the same level about each result each week. 372 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 2: If you go, well, we're this is a gap year. 373 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: We didn't intend it to be a gap year, but 374 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 1: it's turning into a gap year. So now it's get 375 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: him out there, try to find the sorts of plays 376 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: that work for him that he's most comfortable with then 377 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: occasionally try to mix in some stuff that's harder but 378 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: that he's going to have to master, and we'll just 379 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: see it. By the end of the season, we get 380 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: a better read on his future whether he has a 381 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: future at the position. Because let's face it, no matter 382 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: what the Vikings and McCarthy say, the evaluation is constant. 383 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: So even if they say this is our guy, we 384 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: stand behind our guy. 385 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 2: The truth is you're evaluating as you go. 386 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: So how many games we have left, seven games less season, 387 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: whatever it. 388 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 3: Is, Seattle, Washington, Dallas, New York, Detroit, Green. 389 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: Bay, Okay, So the rest of the season, it's you're evaluating. 390 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: And if at the end of the season you have 391 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: all those offseason, you have all those opportunities to have 392 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: those meetings, and you go, gentlemen, or we're convening to 393 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: talk about something we don't want to talk about and 394 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: we never thought we'd have to talk about. Can we, 395 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: with a straight face go forward under the belief that 396 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy can be our starting quarterback again next season 397 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: without competition, just as the guy did. We see enough. 398 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: That's what this evaluation is all about. And what I'm 399 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: saying is there are times where teams go. I know 400 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: what we said publicly. I know we thought, we believed, 401 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: but we've got too big of a gap here, and 402 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: we can't afford another gap year because we're not convinced 403 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: that maybe all the things we thought we projected in 404 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: him he's capable of doing now it can also go 405 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: the other way. That's what I like, That's what I 406 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: saw on tape in college. That's what we thought could 407 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: get better. Then you have your answer, because I know 408 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: for a lot of people it's well, just bring in 409 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: at the very least, you're gonna have to bring in 410 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: another option to compete for the job. I doubt the 411 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: Vikings are going to do it that way. They may 412 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: be interested in trying to get a more established backup 413 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: veteran quarterback than they had starting this season or before 414 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: they ended up, you know, switching off from Howell and 415 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: going to uh to Wentz. But I I will still 416 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: be surprised. It's it's just the way. It's not just 417 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: the Vikings, it's it's the way it tends to work 418 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: in the league. We go, well, no, if we still 419 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: see enough, we think he's the guy. We're not turning 420 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: it into a competition. We're still going to play it 421 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: out like he is our number one quarterback, So indeed 422 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: we uh we can. We'll see all of that. Which 423 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: number will be higher today, writes Clayton from Rochester. JJ 424 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: completions or gerb Schmidt beers drank? Would it be beers 425 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: drank or beers drunk? What would be the proper usage there? 426 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: Gerschmidt beers drunk, drink drank drunk? I'm not sure somebody 427 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: would be. We have linguists, grammarians who listened to the 428 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: program who'll be able to answer. 429 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 2: That drunk is what he will be after the first 430 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 2: That's true. 431 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: It's a very good point. It might be before then. 432 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: Tom from Savage, I'm re training my neurological pathways to 433 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: look forward to the draft. Very well played bottom of 434 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: the hour, get some wild conversation going see what Blakemore 435 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: saw in our most recent shutout. 436 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 2: That's what we do. We shut teams out. 437 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: Now we suddenly become a defensive juggernaut between goaltending and 438 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 1: the play in front of whoever is in net for us. 439 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: Wolves collapse in Phoenix. Not a good finish at all, 440 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: and we'll get to some gopher conversation as well. The 441 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,360 Speaker 1: proper grammar McCarthy. No, that's not the one I'm looking 442 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: for already. Yeah, No, it is proper grammer McCarthy. Completions 443 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: are how many beer rescripshon will drink? Drunk is an 444 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: adjective describing one's condition. Drank as a verb a past 445 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: tense for drink. But isn't it drink drank? I mean 446 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: he drank, but he had drunk. I thought that drunk 447 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: could be used in that form as well as I'm 448 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: well aware that it describes Gerbstreet's condition at any point, 449 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: including often during the prediction segment on Fridays. 450 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 2: All of that I understand to be very, very true. Davy. 451 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 2: Here's two texts on the McCarthy. 452 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: I guess you could call it saga crisis at this point, 453 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: but these kind of size up the positions here, I 454 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: think largely. First, this is from six to one guy, 455 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: where the hell is six four to one? That's uh 456 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: some of iowa oh, kind of seems like when you 457 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: have the third oldest team in the league and built 458 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: to win now, it makes no sense to play a 459 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: first year QB and expect to win in the playoffs 460 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: because there's never been a rookie quarterback to win the 461 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. Further now, technically it's not a rookie. Furthermore, 462 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: there was never there's never been a rookie quarterback make 463 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: it to the super Bowl. They should have either kept 464 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: Donald or Jones. Now, the other Texter points out, well 465 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: that maybe we should remember. Isn't the way people were 466 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: talking until they saw the outcome to this point, So 467 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: it's too easy to say it now. This is from 468 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: six to one to two. Guy, I think I know 469 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: that area code. Why you keep ignoring the Darnald conversation 470 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: last year you had a hard stance. He wasn't the 471 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: Vikings QB and JJ is the future? Why not talk 472 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: that point as many fans loves him and now he's 473 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: lighting up the league as in Donald is seems now 474 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: we're looking for a new QB. When we had a 475 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: franchise QB and you said Donald's not a franchise quarterback, 476 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: they rarely come around own up to your negative Donald comments. 477 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: What I said then, well, there's he's leaving a couple 478 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: things out. What I said then was that it would 479 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: be very difficult to justify signing Donald to a long 480 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: term contract on the basis of the way he finished 481 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the season as promising as he was, but I did. 482 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: I always said I could be convinced to consider the 483 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: franchise tag. 484 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 2: That was the sneaky way out of it. 485 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: That a lot of people know that's too much money, 486 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: even for the one year it would have been a 487 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: lot of money, and then you can't make the other 488 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: moves you made. But I was not automatically opposed to 489 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: considering franchising him, even if it was hard not to 490 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: feel queasy on the basis of what we saw late. 491 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: But what Texter Guy's also leaving out is I spent 492 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: the entire offseason saying, go get Aaron Rodgers. It's crazy, 493 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: it might not work, but it's a crazy enough idea 494 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: that it might, and play it out because I think 495 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: he's better than he looked in New York. 496 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: He wants to be here. 497 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: That's a big part of it that I thought made 498 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: it less likely that it would be a soap opera 499 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: once he was here, and that can easily be found. 500 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: I was on record, and I as I was saying, 501 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: I'd even admit it, it could blow up in your face. 502 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: Cause again, if if you bring Darnoald back and for 503 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: whatever reason he struggles here, unlikely at least in regular season. 504 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 1: Or you go Daniel Jones, which we probably didn't discuss enough, 505 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: in part because we didn't even really even know if 506 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: they had the money, if they had even offered him anything. 507 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: As it turns out, they did offer him pretty decent money, 508 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: but they never offered him a chance to compete for 509 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: the job. 510 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 2: Or you go Rogers. 511 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: Maybe that's he's awful, and then what's the comeback it's 512 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: going to be? 513 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 2: He just started the clock on JJ. What do you guys? 514 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 2: Why did you do this? 515 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: You drafted him. He was supposed to be the guy. 516 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: So the second guest can play either way. But he's 517 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: leaving out a lot. And part of my feeling on 518 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: Rodgers was the way you built this roster, how old 519 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: it is, how ambitious you've been building. Then you don't 520 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: have to apologize for saying we are going to wait 521 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,479 Speaker 1: at least one more year. That's a lot of I 522 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: think what he's leaving out. But the first Texter is 523 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: making the central point that we have for a while. 524 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: As it has played out, it just does look like 525 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: this packed with the devil. 526 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: We're going to do both. 527 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: We're going to be old and established and be ambitious 528 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: in the offseason, and we're going to expect a quarterback 529 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: whose fundamentals are not yet established to not be the 530 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: reason we can't win games. 531 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 2: Doesn't add up. 532 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:36,959 Speaker 1: It's two conflicting objectives, and they thought they could get 533 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: away with it, and so far this season they've not 534 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: come close to being able to do exactly that. 535 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: I'm going to give you a couple stats regarding. 536 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: The Gopher pass defense. 537 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 2: Want you to pay attention to these numbers. 538 00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: Gophers are zero to five on the road this season, 539 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: starting with Cal, most recently Wrigley Field against Northwestern yesterday. 540 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: Five quarterbacks in those five games, five opposing quarterbacks. Here 541 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: are their numbers. One eleven for one hundred and forty four. 542 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: That's seventy seven percent pass completion, one eleven out of 543 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: one forty four for one thousand, three hundred and fifty 544 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: one yards, eleven touchdowns, zero picks. Now that's that's I 545 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: don't even know how you describe. That's whacker esque in 546 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: terms of defensive performance. 547 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 2: And I mean. 548 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: Good quarterbacks have looked good against this team. Un Impressive 549 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: quarterbacks have looked good against this defense. Mediocre quarterbacks have 550 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: had the game of their lives against the Gophers. Second, 551 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: I was gonna say secondary, but a lot of it. 552 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 2: Also is no pass rush to speak of. 553 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:22,239 Speaker 1: I mean almost zero pressure again yesterday against Northwestern. And 554 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: the other ongoing indictment of the defense is the game 555 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: is tied, the Gophers have come back to tie it 556 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: again late after losing the lead. 557 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 2: The game is tied eight to eleven to play. 558 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: Northwestern takes over with eight minutes eleven seconds on the clock. 559 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: Most of you by now know when the Gophers finally 560 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: were able to rest the ball away from Northwestern, there 561 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: was forty five seconds. 562 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 2: Left to play in the game eight eleven. 563 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: That drive started and they kept it for almost eight minutes. 564 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: And then, of course you have very little margin for 565 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: error at the end of the game for the golfers 566 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: who did drive. 567 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 2: And then well, I feel sorry. 568 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: I do feel sorry for Brady Denniburgh. He had two 569 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: kicks yesterday. The forty eight yard or earlier. You can't 570 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: even call it wide right. I mean, that's a that's 571 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: an insult to wide right to call it wide right. 572 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 2: And then the shorter one, which I think was look 573 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 2: it up. 574 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: I think it was forty yards at the end of 575 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: the game that one goes familiar in a familiar direction. 576 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 2: The other direction wide left. 577 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: But I I mean, I again, that's that's why, as 578 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: much as it's it's an itch that the head coach 579 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: likes to scratch, you know, just because that's how he is. 580 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 2: PJ. We're still a really good football team. 581 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if he had the temerity to say 582 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: it after the game, but you're not a really good 583 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: football team. 584 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 2: If you allow. 585 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: Opposing quarterbacks to complete one hundred eleven out of one 586 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: hundred and forty four pass attempts for almost fourteen hundred yards, 587 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: eleven touchdowns, zero interceptions. That's by definition a bad football team, 588 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: or it's certainly a bad defense. There's no other way 589 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: around it. I mean, you see the point totals. I 590 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: think we're on the road, we're averaging giving up thirty 591 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: eight points a game. So we pretty much matched that 592 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: against Northwestern. 593 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 2: Is there. 594 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 3: It was a forty yarder at the end of the game. 595 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 3: Forty yard at the end. Forty eight was one on 596 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 3: the thirty eight, but yeah, forty eight. 597 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: And I know there was some discussion on Go for 598 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: Football Sunday. 599 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 2: They they they've been laying this. 600 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: Ryan Burns has been laying this out for a while 601 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: on Denniburgh even before this, but uh, he came from Syracuse. 602 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 2: Here's his totals. 603 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: Forty yards and further out, so other words, forty to 604 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 1: forty nine and fifty plus. Here are his totals from 605 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four at Syracuse. So so his second, his 606 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: last year at Syracuse, and his only year here. He 607 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 1: is zero for two, two for five. That's two for seven. 608 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: He's two for nine, forty yards and further out. Now, 609 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,879 Speaker 1: in all fairness to the rest of the team, that's 610 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: not sustainable. That's not tenable. That's not That just means 611 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: you may be a hell of a kid, but you're 612 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 1: just you shouldn't I put that on the coaches. That's like, 613 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, we talk out a time about our coaches 614 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: who want to put players in succeed you know, in 615 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: a play, in a position to succeed and to win. 616 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 2: Well, you're not doing that with this kid. You're leaving. 617 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: He's just he's obviously just not good enough kicker or 618 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. Two for nine, I mean, 619 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 1: come on now, again, college kicking is not as good 620 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: as pro kicking. But it's even college kicking. The percentages 621 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: of extended to go up distance has gone up same way, right, 622 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: two for nine. I mean, you're not even giving yourself 623 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 1: a chance. Now, again, they got a million other issues. 624 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: Defense is a defense, but despite the defense yesterday, they 625 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,839 Speaker 1: were in a position to send the game into ot 626 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: with a Again, forty eight, I go, okay, that's a 627 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,439 Speaker 1: little long in the tooth, even for a college game. 628 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: But forty then that that shouldn't be. And again, the 629 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: wide left wasn't as wide as the one right, but 630 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: it was pretty wide. It wasn't even like it just 631 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: missed going inside the left upright. 632 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 2: It was not good. 633 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 3: I'm breaking news with NFC North repercussion. Oh Steelers quarterback 634 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers. This is from Rappaport has been pushing to 635 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 3: play against the Bears, but in the end it was 636 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 3: too quick. Rogers should play next week. Mason Rudolph starts 637 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 3: against the Bears. 638 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: What a break for the for the Bears. That's unbelieve 639 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,839 Speaker 1: because it means it is you know, a rog I 640 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 1: own I own the you know the I own you guys. 641 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: He did so, uh yeah, that's a huge you know, 642 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: the Viking the Bears schedule has is the last play schedule. 643 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: They've enjoyed it, they've taken full advantage of it. 644 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 2: But you're you're looking at the schedule. 645 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: But before okay, starting to heat up a little bit, 646 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to They're gonna have to play prove 647 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 1: they can play better or well against good teams, starting 648 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: with Pittsburgh. Right and now, uh, the starting quarterback has 649 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 1: gone and I'm not who's the backup? Rudolph Mason? 650 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 3: Rudolph And my pregame segment for Vikings pre game that 651 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 3: previews all the games. 652 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,800 Speaker 2: Is now outdated. Ye, that's true. All right, your wild club? 653 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 2: What do we? What do you? What can you? 654 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: Can? 655 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 2: You file a live report from our latest shutout? And 656 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 2: all I do is win? 657 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's suppressive. I mean, it's you've mentioned it, I 658 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 3: think Friday. It's not like a quarterback controversy where you 659 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 3: have two quarterbacks. You have no quarterbacks. This is a 660 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 3: solid one two punt, no doubt. And this is what 661 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 3: the dream was when they drafted Valstet all those years ago. 662 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 3: And it looks really good. And then the top line 663 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 3: is just firing. You're off is fit right in the 664 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 3: prisof's taking him under his wing. They're getting points galore, 665 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 3: Boldie is getting points. It just when they're at their best. 666 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 3: It is just a thing of beauty and capriceoft one 667 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 3: of the prettiest redeflection goals I've ever seen. 668 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,919 Speaker 1: And they look as solid as ever. So they must 669 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,919 Speaker 1: have played pretty good in front. You only had Gush 670 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 1: only had nineteen stags. Yeah, right, so they must have 671 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: play pretty good in front of them. And it is 672 00:37:55,120 --> 00:38:00,359 Speaker 1: a It was the team's NHL leading fourth shutout, five 673 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,719 Speaker 1: nil against the Penguins. Didn't we have a disastrous game 674 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: against the Penguins earlier a couple of weeks ago, Yeah, 675 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't that long ago. 676 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,439 Speaker 2: Was that Areno's four to one final and the team 677 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 2: looked lost? Yeah? That was that shows you how quickly 678 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,400 Speaker 2: things can change. 679 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: And again that shows you was what we talked about 680 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: earlier in the show, the opportunity any game, including a 681 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,720 Speaker 1: Sunday game in the NFL, offers a team that seems 682 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 1: to be, you know, headed in the wrong direction on 683 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,439 Speaker 1: the precipice of not even being a factor at all 684 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: in the postseason. You've got road games against Green Bay 685 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: and then Seattle. I'm not predicting this you find a 686 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 1: way to win both of those games, you're back to 687 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,760 Speaker 1: five hundred and people go away. Every anything seems possible 688 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: at that point, But that's a lot to ask. Your 689 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 1: team is not, as I said, Friday is desperate. So 690 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: if you believe in the desperation factor, that's one in 691 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: the Vikings direction. But you have to be capable of 692 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 1: doing something with your desperate and right now we don't 693 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 1: know that we can count on that in terms of 694 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: the certainly of the passing offense. Now, what I will 695 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: say to the brosmu Brownstone folks, I think, barring injury, 696 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: it is my belief there is zero chance that true 697 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,799 Speaker 1: guy plays the rest of the season. I think they're 698 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 1: utterly and completely committed, and I think they have to 699 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: be to the idea of playing and finding out more 700 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 1: about McCarthy. And you could say, well, if we were 701 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 1: hanging in this race, and you say, right now, I 702 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: think you know for the next quarter and a half, 703 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: Broseman might give us a little bit of a lift, 704 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: that's different. But I don't think they view it that 705 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: way at this point. So I don't think. I'm not 706 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: saying your guy can't get on the field, but I 707 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: think it's only injury, another injury to JJ McCarthy that's 708 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,480 Speaker 1: going to get him on the field. And now, sadly, 709 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,959 Speaker 1: I think there's people not rooting for anybody to get hurt, 710 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: but they're curious enough because the slate is clean on Brosmer. 711 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,760 Speaker 1: We haven't seen him as a pro in any meaningful time. 712 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: So the assumption, as it is with any backup quarterback, 713 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: but especially this one because he used to play here, 714 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: is you project the best of what you think that 715 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: that QB offers. 716 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 3: This could be a preposteros saying I think Green Bay 717 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 3: has more to lose today than I understand that the Vikings. 718 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 3: If this is all NFL analytics, yes, their current playoff 719 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,359 Speaker 3: percentage is Green Bays. This is Minnesota, Minnesota over five 720 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 3: percent five. If they lose, it goes down to two percent. 721 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 3: If they win, it goes up to twelve. Meanwhile, green 722 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 3: Bay it's currently at seventy two, but if they lose, 723 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,919 Speaker 3: it drops all the way down to fifty five. Then 724 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 3: you go to the kiddies to litterbox on Thursday. 725 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. That's another. Then you're looking at a six, 726 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,040 Speaker 2: five and one tier basically five hundred. 727 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 3: That's fair so I think this is more of a 728 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 3: must win for Green Bay than it is I understand. 729 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 3: So in a way, yeah, yeah, as we talked about earlier, Oh, 730 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 3: the course of an eighty two game season, you're gonna 731 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 3: win some and lose some that you shouldn't and in 732 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 3: the end, if your good enough team. 733 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: It really won't matter. But it is undeniable that some 734 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:14,319 Speaker 1: losses feel weightier than others, I would say, don't you think? 735 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 2: And the. 736 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,960 Speaker 1: Gophers, or should say the Timberwolves most recent loss in Phoenix, 737 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,400 Speaker 1: where they blow an eight point lead with fifty seconds 738 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:31,239 Speaker 1: to go, absolutely feels like it was five losses. They 739 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: appeared to be finally in complete control of that game, 740 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,760 Speaker 1: yet players coming off the bench. What was the play 741 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,399 Speaker 1: that had several players coming off the bench, A good 742 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: hustle play on the offensive end, I don't remember what 743 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:51,120 Speaker 1: it was, but they seem to be in very good 744 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: position and then they got I mean well, I think 745 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,959 Speaker 1: the quote from Finchy was we lost our minds, which 746 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,799 Speaker 1: pretty much sizes the performance up. 747 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:01,160 Speaker 2: It was. 748 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 1: It was not good and is I think it has 749 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 1: to be worthy of the calendar calamity. 750 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 2: I absolutely, I know. 751 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 1: Dan Wennesota said the committee would review the game the 752 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: morning after, but I absolutely think it would have to be. 753 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 1: And look, they've had some worse meltdowns for sure, but 754 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,480 Speaker 1: eight point lead forty nine seconds left you lose in 755 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: regulation too, That's pretty astonishing. 756 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 2: Now we've had some others. 757 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: We blew in twenty sixteen a seven point lead with 758 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,759 Speaker 1: forty five seconds left, but we didn't lose that game 759 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,840 Speaker 1: till lot right. And on one twenty seven, twenty twenty, 760 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 1: we blew a seventeen point lead with three minutes left, 761 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 1: but again lost in OT. To blow an eight point 762 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: lead with forty nine seconds left and not even get 763 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,279 Speaker 1: the OT that's cataclysmic. 764 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, a very bad loss. 765 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: And we're back to in that sort of situation. Do 766 00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: they need to have different people on the floor to 767 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 1: sort of steady things because nothing was steady about the mistakes, 768 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: the turnovers and again two big misfree throws by Anthony 769 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: Edwards as well. 770 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,360 Speaker 2: More on that coming up early next week. 771 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: Vikings Football Sunday is around the corner, as we said, 772 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: with all the injury updates you could be looking for, 773 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,680 Speaker 1: and also then tomorrow guards you I think should be 774 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: back on bumper to bumper. We'll have the usual array 775 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: of Monday, a day after Vikings games guests as well, 776 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,640 Speaker 1: and that'll include Johnny Athletic, who I don't think was 777 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,680 Speaker 1: in Phoenix but I know watch the meltdown. Thanks for watching, 778 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:38,160 Speaker 1: thanks for texting today, and as I mentioned, Vikings Football 779 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:43,200 Speaker 1: Sunday is coming up next here in the fan A 780 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:47,520 Speaker 1: need