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Speaker 1: Healing, Welcome back to Shields and Toys for Tops and

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Speaker 1: at them one hundred point three k F A N.

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Speaker 2: And also those of you watching at the Viking Stock.

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Speaker 2: This is the time each and every week Tuesdays around

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Speaker 2: eleven o'clock we do x's and o's generally from the

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Speaker 2: TCO radio studio, but yours truly is here at Chiels

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Speaker 2: for Toys for Tots and Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell

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Speaker 2: joins us now from TCO PC round up applause for

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Speaker 2: the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Please Kevin Ocano

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Speaker 2: who can see us and we can't see him, but

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Speaker 2: that's okay. It's the Kevin, It's the Toys for Tots

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Speaker 2: drive here annually at Shields and you you are a

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Speaker 2: person that is very generous with your time, very generous

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Speaker 2: with your means, So days like this, especially for kids,

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Speaker 2: I would imagine it resonates with you in good morning.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, and hello to everybody out there. And I

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Speaker 3: just wanted to, you know, highlight Toys for Tots and

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Speaker 3: some of our players being out there today. They we've

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Speaker 3: got one of the best groups, I believe in the

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Speaker 3: whole NFL of giving their time, giving their energy, giving

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Speaker 3: their joy back to the great community, not only here

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Speaker 3: in the Twin Cities, but in many of the cities

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Speaker 3: that our players come from from around the country. And

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Speaker 3: I know how much it means to those guys that

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Speaker 3: time of year. To bring joy to anybody's face, anybody's

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Speaker 3: life is a special, special thing, and it's not lost

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Speaker 4: So sorry I can be there.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to try to make it out there, but

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Speaker 3: as you can imagine, we are hard at work here

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Speaker 3: at tco.

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Speaker 2: Kevin O'Connell face and the Vikings face, the three and

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Speaker 2: nine Washington Commanders here Sunday at noon on FM one

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Speaker 2: hundred point three KAM, and this is a Toys for

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Speaker 2: Tots drive, so we have opted to have some tots,

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Speaker 2: some kids ask Kevin O'Connell some questions, an opportunity to

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Speaker 2: chat with head coach of the Minnesota Vikings coming up

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Speaker 2: here Connor, and I got excited about it.

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Speaker 5: The first one, your name is Connor? Where are you from?

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Speaker 6: Arlington?

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Speaker 5: Arlington? Okay?

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Speaker 2: Look right there, the head coaches on the other side

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Speaker 2: of the camera. That's Paige Iyager from the ve and

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Speaker 2: waiting at you. And what is your question for head

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Speaker 4: If you had a superpower, what would it be, Connor?

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Speaker 3: That is a great question. I think I think it

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Speaker 4: I've got four of them.

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Speaker 3: One of a couple of them actually don't look all

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Speaker 3: Would be my would be in the superpower. But it

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Speaker 4: Would be another reason, but great question, Connor.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Connor High. Bye Man, round the applause for Connor

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Speaker 2: So we got to takes takes from Tot's so to speak.

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Speaker 2: For the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O'Connell. Jacob,

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Speaker 2: where are you from Burnsville? And what's your question for

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Speaker 5: Could play golf? Of three other people who were to

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Speaker 3: Why Man, Well, unfortunately, Pa would not be one.

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Speaker 4: Of those people.

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Speaker 2: I'm the one that arranged the distraction known as the kids.

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Speaker 5: I mean, not the distraction the kids.

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Speaker 3: But but Jacob, I would say, I would say one

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Speaker 5: Probably tell your woods?

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Speaker 3: You haven't seen me golf, Jacob, You haven't seen me golf.

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Speaker 2: Actually has that's why he wants to play with you.

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Speaker 2: So there you go from Minnatamka. Thank you up here, Charlie.

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Speaker 2: Last one takes from Tots Toys for Tots, Charlie. Where

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Speaker 6: My question is just that the past few weeks have

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Speaker 7: Next week?

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Speaker 5: We're getting in the weeds?

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Speaker 3: And we've got to get back to doing the things

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Speaker 4: Not going to do much to do it.

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Speaker 3: So we've got to get to work and continue to

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Speaker 2: Charlie, ladies and gentlemen. Hi by Bud, Great job, great

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Speaker 5: Good job Charley.

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Speaker 2: You guys can watch all of that backup vikings dot

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Speaker 8: five games less than this season, how do you balance

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great question, Eric, and hopefully you get

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Speaker 4: But no, I think I think you know.

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Speaker 3: The way I look at it right now is although

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Speaker 3: But in the midst of the struggle, in the midst

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Speaker 4: All well known. We've got to improve the football.

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Speaker 3: We've got to get the football right, We've got to

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Speaker 4: I tell our team that all the time.

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Speaker 3: And we've got to be able to look inward right now,

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Speaker 2: Coach Eric Connor, Jacob Charlie round of applause for all

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Speaker 2: Coach of the Minnesota Vikings back at the vastin never

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Speaker 2: expandingdco Radio studio, Vikings Entertainment Network. Let me get the

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Speaker 2: head coach from Pineapple right now now. Kevin in twenty

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Speaker 3: And those those two guys, I mean, Drown Payne was there.

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Speaker 2: Now, you you Kevin has been here longer than any

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Speaker 3: It is hard to win. We've learned that first hand

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Speaker 3: specifically in regards to last Sunday, I mean, you're playing against,

443
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Speaker 3: if not the best defensive front across the board. They're

444
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Speaker 3: right up there with some of Green Bay we played

445
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Speaker 3: the previous week. And what happens is you've got to

446
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Speaker 3: make some sacrifices to try to help who's ever stepping in,

447
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Speaker 3: in this case justin school there on the left side.

448
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Speaker 3: Try to help him as best we can. Maybe that

449
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Speaker 3: you know, mitigates the impact that TJ. Hockinson can have

450
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Speaker 3: is a you know, a rhythm part of our past game.

451
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Speaker 3: And although TJ eventually made his impact.

452
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Speaker 4: On the game.

453
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Speaker 3: It was not without risk of trying to maybe not

454
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Speaker 3: do everything we could always for the sake of protection,

455
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Speaker 3: you're trying to activate as many eligibles as you can.

456
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Speaker 4: Christian darrisol is a force in the run game. You

457
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Speaker 4: get him and Josh Oliver working together over on that

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Speaker 4: left side.

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Speaker 3: We've we've had some real, real impactful plays this year

460
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Speaker 3: in the run game behind those guys.

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Speaker 4: So you just look at it. He's one of our

462
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Speaker 4: best players.

463
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Speaker 3: There's a reason why those franchise caliber left tackles aren't

464
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Speaker 3: on every roster in the National Football League, and the

465
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Speaker 3: loss of those players is felt. Not only last year,

466
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Speaker 3: you know, when we were able to overcome it, winning

467
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Speaker 3: a lot of games without CD once he went down

468
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Speaker 3: in the fifth game. It's been a little bit more

469
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Speaker 3: difficult for us this year to just kind of overcome

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Speaker 3: just the ebbs and flows of CD's recovery, as he's

471
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Speaker 3: been able to come back and be on the field,

472
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Speaker 3: but just not to the level at which we all,

473
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Speaker 3: you know, have come to expect, just because of the

474
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Speaker 3: natural progression of that rehab process. And he's getting better

475
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Speaker 3: and better every week. He's gonna have a good week

476
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Speaker 3: this week and We're absolutely hopeful. CD himself included in

477
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Speaker 3: that that he'll be out there in the seventy one

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Speaker 3: Jersey at left tackle this weekend.

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Speaker 5: I mentioned Dallas Turner.

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Speaker 2: Your defense at Darnold all messed up pretty much the

481
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Speaker 2: entire game Sunday, when you graded the defensive performance outside

482
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Speaker 2: of Darisaw, what did you see? I mean, outside of

483
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Speaker 2: Dallas Turner, what did you see?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I think what I saw was great disguise. They were

486
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Speaker 3: doing a lot of things to try to cause some

487
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Speaker 3: confusion pre snap for not only Sam, but the play

488
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Speaker 3: caller there and the rest of the guys on the

489
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Speaker 3: offensive team there. For the Seahawks, there was great disguise,

490
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Speaker 3: and then there was a play style there that encompassed

491
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Speaker 3: we wanted to be a good tackling team, and I

492
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Speaker 3: thought they were on the field a lot. They were

493
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Speaker 3: on the field too much and maybe wore down a

494
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Speaker 3: little bit as the game went on, but they continued

495
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Speaker 3: to find a way to force some of those third

496
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Speaker 3: downs where there was potential for the ball to get

497
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Speaker 3: turned over and give us a chance to get back

498
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Speaker 3: in the game. There was a chance to make some

499
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Speaker 3: impactful plays, not only by Dallas Eric Wilson had a

500
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Speaker 3: very nice game. Blake Cashman. We saw Van Ginkel continue

501
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Speaker 3: to impact the game. Doesn't always do it in the

502
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Speaker 3: stat sheet where people can see it, but he's so impactful.

503
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Speaker 3: Getting Jonathan Gernard back I think he played fifteen snaps

504
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Speaker 3: is obviously huge as one of our best player. And

505
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Speaker 3: then how about a guy like Jay Ward stepping in

506
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Speaker 3: and bringing a physicality and a level of play style

507
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Speaker 3: and tackling to that corner position. Flow and his staff

508
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Speaker 3: have come up with ways to get Jay Ward on

509
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Speaker 3: the field, which I love because I love watching just

510
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Speaker 3: the way Jay Ward plays football and that.

511
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Speaker 4: He does it in the kicking game. But now we're

512
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Speaker 4: starting to see it a little bit on the defensive side.

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Speaker 2: Yeah you so Rogers comes out for a few plays,

514
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Speaker 2: in comes Jay Ward. I mean, just well, welcome to

515
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Speaker 2: the show Man. Is a corner your opposite Jackson Smith

516
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Speaker 2: and Jigba and you know, defenses disguise so beautifully it

517
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Speaker 2: initially looks like, wow, that might be one on one

518
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Speaker 2: and then of course there's a little help, but I

519
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 2: think they would call that baptism by fire. Yeah, Jay's

520
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 2: giving you some good reps this year. Lastly, football being

521
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 2: the ultimate team games. It's very difficult at least for

522
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Speaker 2: me to hone in on one thing and say this

523
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Speaker 2: is the most important thing, But arguably Kevin is the

524
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Speaker 2: single most important thing with the twenty twenty five minutes,

525
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Speaker 2: the vikings moving forward, the improvement and maturation of JJ McCarthy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I just think it's the quarterback position and the

527
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Speaker 3: ability to play at a consistent level that allows the

528
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Speaker 3: other guys to have an impact on the game. Everything

529
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 3: goes through the quarterback position. And we've seen some moments,

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Speaker 3: you know, you go back through our season, you see

531
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Speaker 3: some moments where uh, JJ gets in a great rhythm

532
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Speaker 3: and we're able to really see the fruits of the

533
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Speaker 3: special players we have on our offense, like Justin and

534
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Speaker 3: Jordan and TJ and Jalen Naylor and and and I

535
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Speaker 3: think just the consistency factor of not only JJ doing

536
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Speaker 3: his job, but the detail of everybody around him, the

537
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Speaker 3: ability to make sure we're limiting any and all self

538
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Speaker 3: inflicted causes that either eliminate our chances for success on

539
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Speaker 3: a given play. UH sequencing of a play on a

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Speaker 3: drive a critical third and two?

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Speaker 4: Can we get third and three? Third? Can we get

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Speaker 4: all eleven?

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Speaker 3: Guys doing their job and find a way to get

544
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Speaker 3: those new set of downs and then see if we

545
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Speaker 3: can stack more positive plays.

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Speaker 4: On that all.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know this PA is as well as anybody.

548
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Speaker 3: We've got to try to find a way to generate

549
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Speaker 3: some of those explosive plays that help you not have

550
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Speaker 3: to drive at twelve, thirteen, fourteen plays every time you

551
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Speaker 3: touch it. And it's been kind of a hallmark of

552
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Speaker 3: our offense over the course of our time here.

553
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Speaker 4: Even when maybe we've.

554
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Speaker 3: Hit a stretch during a game where we don't consistently

555
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Speaker 3: have positive plays, we've been able to overcome it by

556
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Speaker 3: generating those seven to ten explosive type plays in the

557
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Speaker 3: game that either flip the field, put you in the

558
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Speaker 3: scoring zone, or ultimately provide the lift needed to then

559
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Speaker 3: stack whatever's required to go get a win.

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Speaker 4: And even if that's coming but from.

561
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Speaker 3: Behind a fourth quarter comeback, you know, one score games

562
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Speaker 3: that we've been pretty successful at. Those plays are just

563
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Speaker 3: something that we've lacked and we haven't had enough of

564
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Speaker 3: this year. And the continue to growth and development of JJ.

565
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Speaker 3: Coming back hopefully with a full week of practice this

566
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Speaker 3: week will be uh will be a real positive and

567
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Speaker 3: I can't wait to watch him play.

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Speaker 5: When you're foreign eight.

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Speaker 2: As you know, there's a lot of noise all over

570
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Speaker 2: the place speaking for one hundred or so here, specifically

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Speaker 2: the kids and the families with whom I've chatted, Nordo

572
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Speaker 2: and yours truly, ma'am. They all love and they all care,

573
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Speaker 2: and they want you to win every single game. And

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Speaker 2: we'll be pulling for you and the team hard this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Kevin. Have a great day, Kevin O'Connor.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you guys. Man. We got the best fans in

577
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Speaker 4: the world.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Pa Da. Have a good day, mans. Kevin O'Connell,

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Speaker 2: head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. This is nine to

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Speaker 2: noon at kf A n back after this, sir, all right,

581
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Speaker 2: how about some takes for tots for those of you

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Speaker 2: listening and have been one hundred point three kfam You kids,

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Speaker 2: you wacky kids, you children, you tots. You want to

584
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Speaker 2: be the smartest at your school, in the lunch room,

585
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Speaker 2: in the classroom, in the hallway, or wherever you are.

586
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Speaker 2: Yearly when we are at Shields for toys for tots,

587
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Speaker 2: So we will offer up some takes for tots.

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Speaker 5: And Donordo has a couple guys.

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Speaker 8: Well, I'm gonna hit you with with this one off

590
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Speaker 8: the conversation with the head coach.

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Speaker 7: I've kind of been focused with him a couple of times.

592
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Speaker 8: But if you're sitting at the lunch table, the key

593
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Speaker 8: is is, I think the Vikings are going to be

594
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Speaker 8: better next year. Okay, well that's awesome, that's optimistic. We

595
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Speaker 8: appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but you.

597
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Speaker 7: Gotta go big and you got to hit something.

598
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Speaker 8: So we've heard a lot about Dallas Turner today a

599
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Speaker 8: couple of different occasions.

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Speaker 5: TJ.

601
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Speaker 8: Hawkinson praising him. You heard the head coach last segment.

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Speaker 8: When you're in the lunch room today, you're going to

603
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Speaker 8: hit your buddies or maybe later this week, you're gonna

604
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Speaker 8: hit your buddies with Dallas Turner will lead the Vikings

605
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Speaker 8: defense in sacks a year from now. You're gonna ride

606
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Speaker 8: this wave the three games we've seen in a row,

607
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Speaker 8: and I anticipate a positive finish to the end of

608
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Speaker 8: this season. And the key to this is it's different.

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Speaker 8: Jonathan Grenard. You heard the head coach say one of

610
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Speaker 8: the best players on our team. He certainly is, and

611
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Speaker 8: the gink.

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Speaker 7: Is on fire.

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Speaker 8: Who expected number forty three jerseys to be prominently displayed

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Speaker 8: here at Shields. We love the gang, but number fifteen's

615
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 8: coming to play, and number fifteen is growing up. Number

616
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Speaker 8: fifteen has found maybe might you say a little swerve

617
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Speaker 8: or a swivel, as PA would.

618
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Speaker 7: Say, because he's getting a second move.

619
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Speaker 8: He's answering questions in front of him with the offensive line,

620
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Speaker 8: which has led to some splash and some success. So

621
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Speaker 8: Dallas Turner will lead the Minnesota Vikings in sacks next year.

622
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Speaker 8: And the cool thing about this kid's takes for tots

623
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Speaker 8: you're from not No one's gonna remember that.

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Speaker 7: You said that at the lunch table in December twenty

625
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Speaker 7: twenty five, So right or wrong?

626
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Speaker 8: Hit him hard with that, Dallas Turner leading the squad

627
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Speaker 8: in sacks a year from now.

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Speaker 5: All right, Well, being the I think he's tied for.

629
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Speaker 7: The lead in sacks right now as well.

630
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Speaker 5: So yeah, four and a half maybe something like that.

631
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Speaker 2: Now, being racetrack raised and they're racing at Canterbury Park,

632
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 2: being a racetrack raised, he goes down that road. I

633
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 2: immediately think, all right, well, I'm gonna make a morning

634
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Speaker 2: line for him and see which way, because I'm big.

635
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Speaker 5: Put your money where your mouth is loud mouth. Okay.

636
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Speaker 2: I face a lot of that in my life, So

637
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Speaker 2: that generally is the line of delineation in the conversations

638
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 2: is like, Okay, I hear what you're saying, and you're

639
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 2: kind of taking me deep here. Let's put our money

640
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 2: where our mouths are and figure out how that works out,

641
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 2: because then people don't really like to get into their

642
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Speaker 2: pockets and they back off. So I'm gonna lay these

643
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Speaker 2: odds on what you said, right, leader in Sacks on

644
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings in twenty twenty six. Yes, your even

645
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 2: money favorite is Jonathan Grenard. I agree, your nine to

646
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 2: five second choice, that's slightly under two to one. Your

647
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 2: nine to five second choice is Andrew Van Ginkle. Your

648
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 2: three to one third choice is Dallas Turner, and then

649
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 2: at five to one is pass Rusher Dujore, who will

650
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 2: be drafted? Oh, which, uh wait, I'm not even gonna

651
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Speaker 2: go free agency. Just I guess I could say new

652
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Speaker 2: shooter in the conversation, but I understand, Yeah, let's just

653
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Speaker 2: make a new shooter, because a new guy then you

654
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 2: get free agents or drafted players. Grenard even money, Dan

655
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 2: Ginkle nine to five, Dallas Turner three to one and

656
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 2: new player Dujore five to one.

657
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Speaker 8: So am I Am I splitting up a mythical one

658
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Speaker 8: hundred dollars or let's say.

659
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you would be betting against yourself.

660
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Speaker 8: Though in some ways, yes, So I actually I will

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Speaker 8: continue to put my my mythical I'd put half a

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Speaker 8: honeybe I'd put my mythical honeybee, half my mythical bank

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Speaker 8: role on Dallas Turner to lead the team in sacks.

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Speaker 8: I would brace myself with maybe a twenty or a

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Speaker 8: thirty percent hedge on Grenard, And that's where I would

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Speaker 8: place my cash new guy, given how this defense is operated, PA,

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Speaker 8: we've seen Dallas Turner not only just have to improve

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Speaker 8: and get better, but how's he going to get on

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Speaker 8: the field behind Grenard and Van Kinkle. Now number fifteen's

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Speaker 8: working on that new guy touted via free I mean,

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Speaker 8: unless you're talking, I mean, if new guys Miles Garrett,

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Speaker 8: then I'm just going bus.

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Speaker 2: Well, new guy can be corner Doujore in free agency

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Speaker 2: or the draft, right, And yeah he's athletic, yes he's fast,

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Speaker 2: Yes he covers well, but holy cow, he's one of

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Speaker 2: the best blitzing corners in the twenty twenty six draft.

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Speaker 8: Well, unless this blitzing corner is going to have nine sacks,

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Speaker 8: which Dallas Turner will eclipse in twenty twenty six, I

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Speaker 8: don't see that as an option.

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Speaker 7: We could talk about, you will.

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Speaker 8: How has Eric Wilson been deployed by Brian Flores this year?

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Speaker 2: We do this bit this time last year and say, well,

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Speaker 2: we know Wilson's on the team. Yeah, for twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 2: he's twenty to one. Well not just twenty to one.

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Speaker 2: We're doing odds on number of snow apps. He's even

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Speaker 2: freaking playing in games, much less what he's been able

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Speaker 2: to produce.

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Speaker 8: Really usurping. I mean, he just walked in and said,

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Speaker 8: love you, Ivan Pace. I think they're both Cincinnati Bearcats. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: we'll catch you at the team reunions and the cool

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Speaker 8: dinners down in Cincy. I'm taking your job, Eric Wilson

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Speaker 8: when I took it, Ivan, when you played for the Bearcats,

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Speaker 8: had a really really good run.

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Speaker 2: But I was the one playing there that they used

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Speaker 2: as an example with all the film, and the same

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Speaker 2: thing's gonna happen here. With all due respect, all right,

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Speaker 2: hit me a final take for tot because it's very

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Speaker 2: important for the future of humanity. Teach the children and

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Speaker 2: let them lead the way. Copyright Whitney Houston. May God

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Speaker 2: rest her soul. What's the last one? Well, I mentioned

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Speaker 2: this earlier is with Lavelle. Go to the lunch room

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Speaker 2: and find them, identify them.

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Speaker 8: The rivals, the enemies of the North have infiltrated and

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Speaker 8: in some ways infested, are otherwise super peaceful, vikings, loving community.

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Speaker 8: So you got a couple of kids, maybe they're from Iowa.

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Speaker 8: In fairness, you know Iowa. You can go all kinds

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Speaker 8: different directions, but you might see some Bears fan go

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Speaker 8: up to them at school and tell them.

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Speaker 7: The Bears are the fakes team in the NFL. And

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Speaker 7: in fact, I mean they're.

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Speaker 8: Building hopes and dreams, and the coach is cool, and

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Speaker 8: they're beaten on bad teams, and so they're getting believed.

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Speaker 7: That's cool.

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Speaker 8: They're going to get worked in their first playoff game,

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Speaker 8: and the Grinch will steal the soul of every Bears

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Speaker 8: fan in the Windy City and predict that they have

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Speaker 8: a regression to the mean and find themselves third in the.

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Speaker 5: North next year. Oh that's beautiful.

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Speaker 2: That is a hardcore take for a tot. That's more

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Speaker 2: high school asque. Let's not take that one via middle

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Speaker 2: school or elementary school. People might not understand it. You

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Speaker 2: might want to get punched, you might get punched. Nine

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Speaker 2: to Noon does not condone violence. He's Nordo. I'm Paul Allen.

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Speaker 2: Our final segment from Shields is next