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Speaker 2: Happy birthday, Thank you, Ben.

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Speaker 4: There was a moment there where you were you were

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Speaker 3: those who help us, So let's begin here. If your

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Speaker 2: Morning, good morning. Yeah. I would think that he's going

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Speaker 3: this would be a lateral move for Brian. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: And it worked spectacularly well, and you've seen teams start

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Speaker 3: Quacy and Kevin have thee have their season recap presser Thursday.

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Speaker 2: Yep. Do you think we'll let Flora's clarity by then?

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Speaker 2: That's typical. I don't know the language in his contract specifically,

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Speaker 3: I make McCarthy heavily favored to start Week one next season.

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Speaker 3: Do you see it that way? Like I'm like minus

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Speaker 2: The big reason Daniel Jones left, right, Yeah? I mean

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Speaker 2: I do in Minnesota.

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Speaker 4: Well they were honest with them, they were, but we

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Speaker 2: But you also have to have some options because he

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Speaker 3: we don't care about the law. No, yeah, we don't

436
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,200
Speaker 3: care that you think refs are going to drop more

437
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,080
Speaker 3: flags in our games because of these lawsuits and we

438
00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,919
Speaker 3: hired this guy. We don't care about that subterfuge, you know.

439
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,160
Speaker 3: So it's Vegas when I say seventy five twenty five.

440
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,520
Speaker 3: Most of it for me is that Las Vegas job is.

441
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Speaker 3: If Flores were to be hired as a spot coach,

442
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,280
Speaker 3: I think that would be the spot because they can

443
00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,679
Speaker 3: get a quarterback, whether people like Mendoza or not, they

444
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,639
Speaker 3: can draft a quarterback. They have Max Crosby. He's shown

445
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:27,440
Speaker 3: what he can do with perceived middling individuals, middling players,

446
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,719
Speaker 3: and the Davis family forever has rolled that way. So yes,

447
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 3: that's kind of where you know, I cast my gaze

448
00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,200
Speaker 3: if he were to get a head coaching job.

449
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Speaker 2: You think that Mayor is an iconoclassic streak in the

450
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 2: Davis family that I think would probably play into this.

451
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 3: Yes, I think that that, plus the relationship with Brady

452
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,440
Speaker 3: does make sense. Ben Gaslin' Star Tribune Star Tribune dot Com.

453
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Speaker 3: Thank you Standard Heating and Air. When we return, Nordo

454
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 3: is going to guide us through a Vikings free agent

455
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Speaker 3: related segment we think you'll like. It's ten thirty, Good morning,

456
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Speaker 3: it's nine to nine.

457
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Speaker 2: You're listening to the fan.

458
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Speaker 5: Happy birthday, Pa, another year on the clock.

459
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Speaker 6: Boom, and you're still delivering legendary calls that echo across

460
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Speaker 6: Vikings Nation Man from kickoff to the final horn, your

461
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 6: voice brings the purple to life, wishing you a birthday

462
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:38,080
Speaker 6: filled with big plays, great health, and nothing but victory

463
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Speaker 6: is ahead.

464
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Speaker 2: Skull, Amen, thank you, it's no good again. Get the

465
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Speaker 2: hell out of here.

466
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 3: Brian missed it, put eleft again and the Bikings only

467
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,439
Speaker 3: lead by two. Come on, so it's it's too early

468
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 3: to ponder what they potentially have up their sleeves for

469
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Speaker 3: a veteran.

470
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Speaker 2: Backup, right, I think so? Yeah, I mean, we just

471
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 2: see what the market looks like. It's ridiculous. I even

472
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 2: asked that question.

473
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 3: But what's not ridiculous is Nordo has a list of

474
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Speaker 3: Vikings free agents, and these are quick twitch reactions with

475
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 3: the right to change things after it gets steamy at

476
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 3: the combine for you, more so than me, and then

477
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 3: up to free agency and the draft and stuff like this.

478
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 3: But Ben and I are going to respond with either

479
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,639
Speaker 3: like the player returns, the player is gone, or pass

480
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Speaker 3: because we're not sure you okay with that?

481
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Speaker 2: All right?

482
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 4: So we have a total of nineteen names here by now.

483
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 4: Most of them will be on UFAs, and then a

484
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 4: couple are restricted and then some exclusive rights.

485
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 2: You guys, get all that yelling for me is going

486
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,440
Speaker 2: to be not to hedge enough and say, well, it

487
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 2: could be this, it could be that it's time for

488
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Speaker 2: us to get through all nineteen of these before the break.

489
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Speaker 4: I'll save some of the more emotionally charged, indoor equity

490
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 4: laden names towards the bottom, but we're going to start here.

491
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Speaker 4: Jeff Acuda, the reclamation project didn't necessarily go as plan.

492
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 2: He's a UFA gone gone, yep.

493
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 4: Tavier Thomas, Tavier Thomas, all special teams and filling in

494
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 4: where he can get in. Tavier Thomas led them in

495
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 4: special teams tackles.

496
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Speaker 2: I'd say gone. I could see him back on a

497
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 2: cheap deal just because of the special team stuff. So

498
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 2: I'll save him back cheaply.

499
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, I could say back, It's I'm not saying that

500
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 3: you can, you know, find a Tavier Thomas at every

501
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 3: seven to eleven copyright Mike Zimmer, Right. But nevertheless, he

502
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 3: you know he Tavierre Thomas because so few had heard

503
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,440
Speaker 3: of him. It's actually been in the league like seven

504
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 3: or eight years.

505
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:40,719
Speaker 2: He has been.

506
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so previous with the Bucks maybe yeah, the Cardinals

507
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 3: for sure, Maybe the Bucks, maybe the Panthers. But he's

508
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 3: been around, He's been around the block. So if he

509
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Speaker 3: I'm quite fond of him. I hope he returns very

510
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 3: good at what he does. But you just never know

511
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 3: what that spot.

512
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 4: Justin's School having to fill in. Of course, we added

513
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 4: him for insurance with the Darrisaw injury, and it was

514
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 4: tough to go. Had some good moments middle maybe it

515
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 4: just wasn't going to work towards the end. But all

516
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 4: the same, Justin's School being put on the field for

517
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 4: a lot of snaps this year given what we expected.

518
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 2: I mean, they like their backup tackles, so I would

519
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,959
Speaker 2: I mean, can they do better? I think it's the question.

520
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say he's back with the possibility that I

521
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 2: say he's back, because they want to staff that position.

522
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Speaker 2: The heads there is do they find somebody else to

523
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Speaker 2: do it.

524
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna pass because I honestly

525
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 3: have no idea.

526
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, but when when Eric went down.

527
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 3: That road, my first thought was, all right, well, before

528
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 3: figuring out what you're going to do with school, you

529
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,879
Speaker 3: better get squared away. Was seventy one. I mean because

530
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 3: the inn and the out and the ten plays and

531
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Speaker 3: then then ir out of nowhere.

532
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, maybe not game day workouts. The whole thing unknown

533
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,280
Speaker 4: was a problem, so that that has to be squared away.

534
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

535
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 4: Yes, Ron more technically is the UFA, but sadly due

536
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,239
Speaker 4: to injury, never really was here in totality gone. I

537
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 4: think gone, Ryan right plus size punter. We need him

538
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 4: back only extension, Yeah he had. I think he's back.

539
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,119
Speaker 4: He had a great year, fantastic year. Of all the

540
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 4: QB names that will pop up, we'll be asked more

541
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 4: than once about the NDSU cat Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz

542
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,919
Speaker 4: shoulder is going to be healthy maybe enter twenty twenty six,

543
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 4: and maybe that's an answer.

544
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 2: A full off seat veteran backup. Yeah, was mostly fine, right.

545
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,959
Speaker 3: You know, plays through pain clearly full off season. Really yes,

546
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 3: likes it here, right, I mean that's I have to pass,

547
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 3: because I think they're gonna sniff around, right, a bunch

548
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 3: of other options yep, including potentially some very high end

549
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 3: options yep.

550
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 4: From a sniff around standpoint right, all those fans in

551
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 4: the seven to one they bought the number eleven Jerseys.

552
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 4: I mean, gosh, we're mean an investment.

553
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 3: If he came back as the backup quarterback, I wouldn't

554
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 3: be surprised and I wouldn't be offended.

555
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 2: No, I think if you decide we need somebody that's

556
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 2: a veteran that is not necessarily straight out fifty to

557
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 2: fifty competition with JJ McCarthy, but can get us through

558
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 2: if needed. Now that he's had time in the scheme, yeah,

559
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 2: I think I could get down with that. I will

560
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 2: also pass, but I will I would not be surprised

561
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 2: if he's back under the circumstances we just laid out.

562
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,439
Speaker 2: I like the way he ben put that. I can

563
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 2: get down with that. We need to get down with

564
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 2: that too. We need to keep the battery in place, right,

565
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 2: so Depaula. Can we get another year of elite long

566
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: snapping from Depaula? He wants to be here old, Yes, Yeah,

567
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 2: he's in if he wants to be.

568
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 4: I think Matt Nelson reserve tackle, wasn't really familiar with

569
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 4: his activities. Brett ripping the in and out aspect of

570
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 4: the QB. Can we say gone on that? I think

571
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 4: gone gone. Ty Chandler interesting name or maybe not interesting.

572
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,360
Speaker 4: It is an interesting name because he's fast. O'Connell adores him,

573
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,719
Speaker 4: he's very good on special teams.

574
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 3: He's got some kick return to him. They got Miles Price.

575
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 3: So what are we looking at here with Jones? Like

576
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 3: Jones future because of the injuries and where he is

577
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 3: in his career.

578
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 2: And the money he's expensive. Visit void years, but they

579
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 2: could save some money. It's one more year like eleven

580
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,120
Speaker 2: or twelve. Maybe, Yeah, there's void years, so you can

581
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 2: mess with the cap number if you want to, But

582
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 2: then you're kicking money down the road, which I say,

583
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 2: I say ty Chandler back return. I think I will

584
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,200
Speaker 2: say that as well because of the special teams and

585
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 2: they have put a lot of time into him, that

586
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 2: the past protection has been the issue. But if they

587
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 2: feel like, hey there's enough upside here, maybe that he's

588
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 2: helping as the running back a little, but certainly the

589
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 2: special teams because if you lose, you're gonna Lucy j Ham,

590
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 2: Tavi or Thomas if he's going to like, you need

591
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 2: special teams, people you can trust. So yeah, I think

592
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 2: he's back. Yeah. Ive In Pace is an interesting one.

593
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 4: Lose restricted, unrestracted, no excuse me, restricted.

594
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 2: Mut if you put the rite of first refusal on

595
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 2: him's an undrafted free agents so you don't have draft

596
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 2: back compensation tied to it. I think they gone. I

597
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 2: would tend to go that way as well. I could

598
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 2: see them putting that tag on him and saying somebody

599
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 2: else go take him. I think if if you take

600
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 2: all of the how do they feel about him stuff,

601
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 2: if you just go on that basis, I think he's

602
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 2: probably going.

603
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 5: Well.

604
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 3: The layering of it with zero is fascinating because the

605
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 3: guy who took his job well, I mean he had

606
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 3: by far the best season of his life. Yes, and

607
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 3: you know when Duverney got that season changing kick return.

608
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 2: Yes, if you believe.

609
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 3: Ivan Pace Junior was the major culprit who went free

610
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 3: will on it and outside of the plan and I

611
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 3: kind of changed the season. And then you look at

612
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 3: his snap counts. Yeah, moving forward where they diminished greatly,

613
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 3: the team will have to get past that moment. Yes,

614
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 3: they'll have to just cost them the division. And let's

615
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 3: be clear, as it were doubt across in the division.

616
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 3: It well, I mean that's assuming the other games win. Yeah,

617
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 3: it is, they would see the Packers would have played starters.

618
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 3: You're a ninety four and a half percent winner in

619
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 3: that game if you can just stop a kick, right,

620
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 3: and so if you believe that it was his fault

621
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 3: and if they can't get past it, then zero becomes

622
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 3: a zero center.

623
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 4: Yeah for the old return Ben Simms restricted whatever, I mean,

624
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 4: best of luck to him, but all the same, bull Richter.

625
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 4: Kind of interesting, but not I think I think Ben'll

626
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 4: be on the team. You think Ben Simms will be

627
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 4: I like him.

628
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they'll.

629
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 3: I think they'll bring him back for organized team activities.

630
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 3: But yeah, I see what you're saying, bull Richter.

631
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 4: Maybe a similar spot risk special exclusive rights opportunity chap

632
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 4: back into the rosters back Xavier Scott did he did

633
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 4: he offer enough in his single year as an exclusive

634
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 4: rights to potentially get another another shake at it.

635
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 2: Exclusive rights sealers are so cheap.

636
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say yes me too, Jalen Red exclusive rights,

637
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 3: I mean you got we got to do something with

638
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 3: that here when they go to cutting whatever money they save, yeah,

639
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 3: he gets part of.

640
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,479
Speaker 4: It, and he's probably in mind as part of some

641
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 4: of those moves, Yes, that might be taking place.

642
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 2: At the end here.

643
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 4: How about this name Jalen Naylor. Jalen Naylor. So I

644
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 4: was thinking about it, and for some reason it popped

645
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 4: in my head when we were talking about this Pa,

646
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 4: the Christian Kirk when he became a free agent out

647
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 4: of nowhere, minimal production at times more than what Jalen

648
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 4: Naylor's offered in Minnesota thus far. But suddenly he's getting

649
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 4: eighteen million dollars a year from the Jags, and until

650
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 4: injuries bid him the last couple of years, he was

651
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 4: actually living up to that. And I don't know what

652
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 4: the you know, sometimes we fall in love with our

653
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Speaker 4: draft picks in terms of is it the scheme, is

654
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Speaker 4: it the team? Is it the environment that kind of

655
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 4: put him in that spot to thrive? Would he be

656
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 4: so thriving elsewhere? I don't think it's going to be

657
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 4: eighteen a year for Jalen Naylor. Feels like, I mean,

658
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 4: you could get him for seven ish million maybe if

659
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 4: he's going to go market value and free agency. But

660
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 4: he will be unrestricted here pretty quick.

661
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Speaker 2: I think it only takes one team to see what

662
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Speaker 2: somebody saw on Christian Kirk. I think that team will

663
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Speaker 2: be there. I think he's gone. I think he plays

664
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Speaker 2: for the LA Rams next year.

665
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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and that would if it's a scheme thing,

666
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 4: it's an opportunity thing. It's not a bad spot for him.

667
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 4: I think that makes sense.

668
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 2: C J.

669
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Speaker 4: Ham unrestricted lights out, he's retiring, retire there, Yeah, and

670
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Speaker 4: we've we've talked about twenty two.

671
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Speaker 2: Will he won't? He may.

672
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Speaker 3: That's still that's still not a zero. But I don't

673
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 3: think it's a zero. I don't think it's it's still

674
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Speaker 3: very Flores tied though Flora certain Flores goes to Vegas

675
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 3: as the head coach. Harry ain't going to Vegas. No, No,

676
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 3: He's playing here nowhere. Yeah, right, So, but I still

677
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Speaker 3: would say Smith retiring.

678
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 2: I would too. I think Flora's being back makes it

679
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: maybe a little more likely. You could try the like

680
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,959
Speaker 2: ye Stefan Gilmour thing where you bring him back in August.

681
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: He has to decide he wants to stay in shape

682
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 2: that long, though, I mean, it needs a matter of

683
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: saying am I keeping myself in football shape that long?

684
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Speaker 2: I'm not sure he's gonna want to do that. I

685
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 2: think he's done. I mean the number of people that

686
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Speaker 2: were there Sunday, I think everybody has the belief that

687
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Speaker 2: he's done.

688
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Speaker 4: Is hit Man the type of guy that would be

689
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Speaker 4: open to that anyway, Like, Hey, if I'm going to

690
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 4: be staying in high end shape, I'm gonna wait till

691
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Speaker 4: August to have this conversation. Can I just come back now?

692
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 4: I can use the cryo chamber and the facilities inside,

693
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 4: catch a free meal once in a while in the cafeteria,

694
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Speaker 4: Like do you think he'd really just be working out

695
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Speaker 4: on his own and twiddling his thumbs and then yeah,

696
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Speaker 4: mid August, I'm gonna rejoin the fold is medieval torture

697
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Speaker 4: device for him, get his body limbered up.

698
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Speaker 2: Yeah he's done. Yeah, I just don't think he's going

699
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Speaker 2: to want to go through OTA's mini campbell. I mean,

700
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Speaker 2: the reason he wants to go through the scribe and

701
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 2: everybody asking him, yeah, well wait a second. Those final

702
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 2: two games, it's yeah, like all the bally hood pomping circumstance.

703
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 2: He strikes me as like the vibes on Sunday, and

704
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Speaker 2: just knowing him as well as we both do, I

705
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Speaker 2: think when he decides to go, he's gonna say, Okay, yeah,

706
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Speaker 2: I've closed the door. I'm not doing the will I won't.

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Speaker 2: I think I think.

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Speaker 4: Kind of two years in a row of that too.

709
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Speaker 4: I mean it was a bit muted a year ago,

710
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 4: but it was very strong as we heard over the

711
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 4: last days and weeks. Last one here would be Eric Wilson,

712
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,919
Speaker 4: which you know part of that is the Ivan Pace conversation, etc.

713
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 4: But Eric Wilson, you know, contract year as it is,

714
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 4: has a career year in Flores' defense plays.

715
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Speaker 2: A guy out of a job and maybe even out

716
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Speaker 2: of town.

717
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Speaker 4: Eric Wilson if he was gone, and if they're done

718
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 4: with Ivan Pace, that would leave a pretty nasty hole

719
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Speaker 4: there in the linebacking corps for the Vikings defense.

720
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Speaker 2: It would.

721
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 3: It's one of the better routes Kasia Dolpho has made

722
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Speaker 3: by telling him, well, we're gonna double your salary from

723
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Speaker 3: what Green Bay was paying you. Because then they moved

724
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Speaker 3: into Isaiah McDuffie, who he's fine, but he didn't have

725
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Speaker 3: as good a year as Eric Wilson. Eric sitting on

726
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Speaker 3: something very very nice into his tenth year.

727
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that move probably did cost him a comp pick

728
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 2: as it worked out, because of the playing time. The

729
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 2: contract in the playing time probably cost them a compick.

730
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 2: But you can't operate, you know, saying well, we might

731
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 2: lose out on this. I mean, he this was a

732
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 2: good problem. This is a Champagne problem, as Quacy or

733
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 2: perhaps Taylor Swift would put it. Yeah, he had a

734
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 2: great year and that made it so that they lose

735
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 2: a compic. But it also made it so that you

736
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 2: had a guy that you really needed. Yeah, he's sitting

737
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 2: on a nice opportunity. The question is did they end

738
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Speaker 2: up getting out priced for him? I think he's back

739
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 2: if the number is okay, well, what's okay? Well, I

740
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 2: mean seventeen eighteen tackles for loss with all those sacks,

741
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 2: you know where he It's like when it comes to

742
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 2: Flores defense, what's identifiable that every casual can know what

743
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: they do with Harrison Smith, what they do with Van Ginker,

744
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 2: what they do with Grenard Win theo Jackson's in, what's

745
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 2: happening when he's out?

746
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 3: The Dallas was in you know, so there's Nuance Wilson.

747
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 3: I mean, he just made it's obviously he was important. Yeah,

748
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,439
Speaker 3: but I'm not saying that he was the most identifiable thing. Yeah,

749
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 3: on a weekly basis from a splashing standpoint, yet he splashed.

750
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

751
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 2: I just mean that unless he gets some team that

752
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 2: throws the bag at him, which you know at age

753
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,879
Speaker 2: what thirty one, and I think it's probably not terribly likely.

754
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,479
Speaker 3: So it's got to be five million minimum. Yeah, yeah,

755
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 3: but I think they do it for that. I mean,

756
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 3: I think you can make it work for that. So

757
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 3: unless it's something crazy that he's like, hey, this is

758
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 3: too much money for me to turn out somewhere else, heya,

759
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 3: I think there's a good chance.

760
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 4: But even that would be like, I mean, like a

761
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 4: two to ten, two and twelve type of frint.

762
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Speaker 3: I think they'd will be the first two year deal

763
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 3: in ten years for him. Yeah, if he were to

764
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 3: get it, which is happy with that first deal? Man

765
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 3: is his signing bonus was ten grand?

766
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Speaker 4: Right?

767
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: He was another free agent and they liked him. Yeah.

768
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 2: I mean even I remember back then talking to like

769
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,240
Speaker 2: Jeff Howard and he was like, hey, this is underap

770
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 2: to linebacker from Cincinnati. He's got something to him. And

771
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: he had the year with Zimmer where he had a

772
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: bunch of picks, yep, but it wasn't like this where

773
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 2: he was this big of a factor. So this is

774
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 2: the best ser of his career.

775
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 3: Yes, if he leaves, what do you think of Dallas

776
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 3: Turner moving inside with Grenard and Van Ginkle. Now they've

777
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: tried Turner inside a little bit. Yeah, his rookie year,

778
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,720
Speaker 3: they tried him inside against the Lions. With all due respect,

779
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 3: took Ben Johnson five seconds to figure out where the

780
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 3: bones were bearing, and Dallas didn't see the inside the

781
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 3: rest of the year.

782
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 2: Right, Ben does that? But what do you think of that?

783
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,399
Speaker 2: To close? I don't love it. I mean, I think

784
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 2: his speed off the edge of we we saw it Sunday.

785
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 2: I think that's where you want to use him, and

786
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 2: you have to get him to the point where he's

787
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 2: in every down player there because it also makes it easier.

788
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 2: And then in twenty seven, if those Grenard van Ginkle

789
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 2: numbers get a little high, especially those guys into the thirties,

790
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 2: he's ready to kind of take over one of those spots.

791
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 4: So I don't like taking those reps off, right. I mean,

792
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 4: when we're looking at the best defensive fronts in the NFL,

793
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 4: you're looking at guys that are there too.

794
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 2: Deep at each spot, right, So yep.

795
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 4: Having Turner as that third guy still and hinting at

796
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 4: the idea of being in the top two and evolving,

797
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 4: that'd be nice.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, bless you brother, and we're here any Tuesday you

799
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Speaker 3: want to stop that, I we'd love to have you

800
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,359
Speaker 3: around during the postseason and after that we'll throw caution

801
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Speaker 3: to the wind.

802
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 2: Hang out for your birthday today and my birthday next Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Awesome, come back, come back next Tuesday if you're around, okay,

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Speaker 3: Ben Gestling Start Tribune, Start tribune dot com. Thank you

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Speaker 2: Benny is the best. We'll be right there.

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Speaker 7: Happy birthday, Pa, Happy Birthday, Box of the Vikings. Happy Birthday,

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Speaker 7: mister Paul Allen, Happy birthday.

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Speaker 3: Too.

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Speaker 2: Happy be your birthday, Pa.

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Speaker 7: You absolutely rock. Voice of the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: Scold Baby Matt from.

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Speaker 8: Mankato West High School, listening to you and Puffy as

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Speaker 5: The bridge out in fan Cato.

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Speaker 8: Hey love hearing you guys on the radio twenty plus

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Speaker 8: years only skipping you on the national broadcast for Kevin Harlan.

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Speaker 4: to two to the La Kings. It just feels like

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Speaker 4: be on Thursday night before they return home after a

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Speaker 4: seven game road trip. This is the first game they've

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Speaker 4: lost on said road trip, by the way, in regulation,

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Speaker 4: but there are wild tickets attached to it. At the

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Speaker 4: end of the show, I'm going to pick a winner

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Speaker 4: and one of you will get a pair of wild

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Speaker 4: a happy birthday.

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Speaker 2: Pa.

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Speaker 4: We had head coach Chris Finch on this Seed this

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Speaker 4: morning to open the show. Miami Heat the Wolves on

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Speaker 4: a road trip part of front end of a back

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Speaker 4: to back beat Miami over the weekend by ten down

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Speaker 4: in South Beach, they get to see Tyler, hero and

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Speaker 4: out of Bio and everybody again tonight at Target Center

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Speaker 4: the Wolves with an opportunity to double up on those

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Speaker 4: Heat what'd you enjoy about your conversation with Finchy other

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Speaker 4: than hey, it's cool, he's a great dude. Love talking

860
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Speaker 4: to him. About tonight's game and where this team's headed.

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00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 3: Well, I enjoyed a month and change ago he decided

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Speaker 3: to match my I hop total from the feast for

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Speaker 3: Second Harvest Heartland, So the forty three hundred dollars that

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Speaker 3: he's sending their way would be the a topic for me.

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Speaker 3: B They missed Tyler Hero when they beat the Heat

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Speaker 3: a few days ago.

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Speaker 2: Tyler's been out for a little while.

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Speaker 3: After coming back after being out for quite some time,

869
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Speaker 3: Finchy believes Hero probably will play tonight. For those who

870
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 3: are basketball snobs looking for the best to go in

871
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 3: against the best, I'd like for Tyler to play tonight too,

872
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 3: because he's fun to watch. I enjoyed that piece of

873
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 3: information and how he broke down a quote that I

874
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: shared yesterday nine to noon from Anthony Edwards secured by

875
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 3: Johnny Athletic when the team had lost to Atlanta before

876
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,439
Speaker 3: they beat Miami, where Edwards basically was like, we I mean,

877
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 3: I don't want to paraphrase it like I did yesterday,

878
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 3: but Anthony said, most of the time we don't listen

879
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 3: to the game plan.

880
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 2: When we listen to it and execute it, we're pretty good.

881
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 3: So then I followed up with how as the coach

882
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 3: worker his way through that piece of honesty.

883
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 2: Edwards then said after.

884
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 3: That, I don't ask why they don't follow the plan

885
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 3: more frequently.

886
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 2: Anthony's like, I don't know. We're hard headed. We want

887
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 2: to make the game harder.

888
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 3: We listened tonight, which was against Miami the other day,

889
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,439
Speaker 3: and it worked out. So I really enjoyed that part.

890
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 3: I don't generally taut the podcasting of nine to noon.

891
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 3: If you're meant to find it, you'll find it. But

892
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 3: if you like benchendor the Wolves, that interview interview has

893
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 3: some good podcast ability to it.

894
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it'll be podcasted and available around a quarter

895
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 4: afternoon today with the free iHeartRadio app. And that's where

896
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,879
Speaker 4: you're going to listen to the Howl this evening at

897
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 4: seven pm. Big ten Basketball is on the fan Tonight

898
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 4: pregame at seven thirty, tip off seven ish go for

899
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 4: Men's and Iowa, so little border battle. You'll get to

900
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 4: hear that right here on the fan. I saw this.

901
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 4: That's kind of interesting. So at eleven twenty again we're

902
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 4: going to bring up just a little segment just would

903
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,720
Speaker 4: flow go as in Brian Flores and maybe some open

904
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 4: opportunities that are presenting themselves in the NFL. Now part

905
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 4: of this, I really think that flow is going to

906
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 4: go to the team I'm going to bring up today. No,

907
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 4: I really don't, but it's intriguing and it's an opportunity

908
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 4: for us to break down really some teams that are

909
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 4: in turmoil and in transition. And we'll get to that

910
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 4: eleven twenty. The reason I bring that up, though, is

911
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 4: they have a big quarterback thought, a big quarterback quandary

912
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 4: in front of them.

913
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 2: And so you'll hear that name later.

914
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 4: But this name now speaking of quarterback conundrums, to a

915
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 4: tongue of Ioloa, get in a fresh start in twenty

916
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 4: twenty six, quote.

917
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 2: Would be dope.

918
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 4: So I saw that, and his quote here, let me

919
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 4: see here the he's got the twouner and twelve million

920
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 4: dollar extension. He was asked after the events of this

921
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 4: season that if you would be interested in a fresh start,

922
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 4: that would be dope. He said, I would be good

923
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 4: with it, and he actually went on even to confirm

924
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 4: with the Miami Herald he is indeed referring to a

925
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 4: fresh start with another team, though he did not go

926
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Speaker 4: so far as to say he would request a trade.

927
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 2: You can read more about that at ESPN. But now

928
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 2: I jump over to spotrack. Bite fits. Yeah, spot Rack.

929
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 4: He has three more years left on that two hundred

930
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 4: and twelve million dollar extension, including salaries of thirty nine

931
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 4: next up, then thirty one and forty one. As a

932
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 4: matter of fact, there's an additional option bonus of fifteen

933
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 4: million that's going to pop first few days of the

934
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,240
Speaker 4: twenty twenty six league year, So some of that starts

935
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 4: to drop off in heavy numbers over the final year

936
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Speaker 4: or so void years whatever.

937
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Speaker 2: I'm not Rob Razinski. I don't understand all of it

938
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,839
Speaker 2: down to the penny. But in the end, if he.

939
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 4: Did get a fresh start somewhere else, if it was

940
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 4: with your favorite team, would you be happy about that

941
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 4: taking on that potential financial incursion with additionally what you've

942
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:47,760
Speaker 4: seen through his stint in Miami.

943
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't rare tough.

944
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 3: I don't like saying this about people, but I really

945
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 3: don't want anything to do with him. And you know,

946
00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 3: his brother in Christ nature I believe is absolutely authentic,

947
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 3: and he does a lot of things for a lot

948
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 3: of people that a lot of people don't know about

949
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,760
Speaker 3: that are of the philanthropic variety. I love that about Tua,

950
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 3: but there are facets of his game I just I

951
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 3: couldn't I just couldn't handle. I mean, and I'm not

952
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 3: trying to be, you know, like offensive coordinator or head

953
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 3: coach here. I just don't think he's very good. I

954
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 3: just don't know what he does well. I've never liked

955
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,880
Speaker 3: his deep ball, and you know, then things started to

956
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 3: get weird with the McDaniel covenant, and Tua completely fell

957
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 3: off and got bench for somebody nobody's heard of.

958
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 2: So no, I really wanted nothing to do with him.

959
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, And it even felt like remember the Flores audio

960
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 4: where he was kind of talking about just how toxic

961
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 4: it was with Florio and as if the breath of

962
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:48,879
Speaker 4: fresh air was created when he would leave, and now

963
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 4: he's with Mike McDaniel and everything's hunky dory. But then

964
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 4: there were issues and I'm trying to decide and I

965
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 4: don't know the guy, but it sounded like whether it

966
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 4: was vias A podcast appearances and how he was kind

967
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 4: of explaining maybe some inadequacies in the offense, was he

968
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 4: being honest with Tyreek and Waddle as he was kind

969
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 4: of chiding them, like you need to come back to

970
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 4: the ball.

971
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 2: This is how I do it.

972
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 4: Is he blaming others or is he being honest about

973
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 4: his own limitations as a quarterback.

974
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Speaker 2: You mentioned his deep question.

975
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill can run just outrun when he was healthy

976
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,879
Speaker 4: and pre that nasty injury he took earlier this year,

977
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill could outrun just about everybody's deep ball. So

978
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 4: is it to us saying, you guys got to change

979
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 4: the way you play to accommodate me because I know

980
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 4: how to play, or is it you guys got to

981
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 4: accommodate me because damn it, Tyreek, I can't throw it,

982
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 4: so I'm not Josh Allen. I can't throw it seventy

983
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 4: five yards down the field. You got to help her

984
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 4: brother out. So, but the combination that kind of that stuff, well,

985
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 4: how the money is ridiculous, the money's insane, and him

986
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 4: kind of really trying hard to leave any problems that

987
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 4: existed early in his career at the feet of Flores.

988
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 2: I kind of just like I forgot it about that

989
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 2: best of luck. Yeah, that's right. I hated. I hated

990
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 2: how he did that and it was just super easy.

991
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 2: It really did not like that with the fact that

992
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 2: Flores was.

993
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,720
Speaker 4: He was never going to respond, might you say in kind?

994
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,839
Speaker 2: And was all in. He's instantly has to.

995
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,399
Speaker 4: Be on the defensive, off for some pleasantries and move

996
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 4: on right now that he's with the new team. I

997
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 4: didn't like any of that, So, well that's news. We

998
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 4: got Wolves tonight. Wild loss last night. Get a chance

999
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 4: to kick the crack in a couple of days from now,

1000
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 4: which will lead us, of course to our eleven am

1001
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Speaker 4: gues pa.

1002
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 3: And that's going to be Alex Staylock, former Wild goalie,

1003
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 3: also also high school hockey star in this market, and

1004
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,399
Speaker 3: I played for the Dulude Bulldogs. Well, I head out

1005
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 3: to Seattle to chat with Alex Staylock about the Wild.

1006
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:45,919
Speaker 2: When nine to Noon

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Speaker 3: Continues on FM one hundred point three, it's Kfan