1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: Fairy. 2 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: Hey, everybody having a good time. 3 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 3: Now? 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 4: Our final guest for this Friday Football is a staple 5 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 4: with fan Dual Sports Network North, specifically with the Twins 6 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 4: in the Minnesota Wild. Can we get a witness and 7 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 4: a raucous round of applause for a dear friend of 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 4: mine for quite some time, Ladies and gentlemen, Audra Martin, Hello, 9 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 4: elk River? 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: What's going on? 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: Ondra Martin? 12 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 5: Thank you guys for having me. 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: Great to see you and you always. And you know what, 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: when we were texting this week, You're like, I'm a 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: being elk River. I know, right. 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 4: I'm like, well, I mean you got to come on 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: the radio. So here we are about eleven ten with 18 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 4: a bepy of things to talk about. But you you 19 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 4: show up in this Minnesota Viking shirt. 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 5: I was prepared for you. 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 2: You had to have bought that within five days. Last 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: five days? 23 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 5: Absolutely not? 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 2: Are you kidding? Okay, Viking. 25 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 4: I'm not trying to to you know, flood at Oudra 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 4: underscore Martin at Odd underscore Martin via the X machine. 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 5: Think about it. I think that's my handle is. 28 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: With hate and stuff like that. But I mean, I've 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 2: never known you to be and if you're not a 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: Vikings fan, it's okay, because aren't you from Chicago or Illinois. 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 6: I'm from Chicago, but let me tell you, never, once 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 6: in my life have I ever been a Bears fan. 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: We are? Ever, how about that? This is let's bubble 34 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: down on it. 35 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 6: So one of my best friends is here. Unfortunately, Tony 36 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 6: wanna call you out. He is also from the Chicago area, 37 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 6: is a Bears fan. But also I know but. 38 00:01:59,200 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 5: Here's the thing. 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think he actually is secretly a huge Vikings fan. 40 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: Are you down? 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're you know what, his team's probably gonna be 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 4: six and three, so he should probably then, I mean, 43 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 4: you're an elite sports mind. So therefore, if you're from 44 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 4: the Chicago area not a Bears fan, high level of 45 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 4: appreciation for the Minnesota Vikings Bulls. What what do you 46 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 4: think of the Green Bay Packers? Audra Martin, Well. 47 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 6: Okay, being from Chicago, even though I was not a 48 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 6: Bears fan, really really strong dislike for. 49 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 2: Girls, fire and bullets right now. 50 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 6: Sorry, you know I love the Bears to know that 51 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 6: I don't like the Packers. And again, my best girlfriend, 52 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 6: Lindsay Hayes, who you know, is a huge Packers fan. 53 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 6: So we have got to Packers and Vikings games together 54 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 6: and we have a real hard time sitting next to 55 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 6: each other. It's real tough when your best friend is 56 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 6: one way and I'm this. You know that is you know, 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 6: it's like the house divided. Love you, girl, but not 58 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 6: right now. 59 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 4: Alec Lewis the athletic Audraa Martin Audre Martin Alex Lewis. 60 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 4: We've reconfigured the feast chart move to Utah. So we 61 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 4: got to Alec in the mix thanks to Steve's appliances 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 4: and Steve's appliances dot com at producers in the mix. 63 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,399 Speaker 3: And here's oder guys, talk about some baseball. You want 64 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: to talk baseball? I don't know, do you? 65 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: She covers baseball and knows a lot about it. 66 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 3: I covered the Kansady Royals for three years. Okay, so 67 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 3: I'm somewhat familiar. The Twins just hired a manager. 68 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 6: Yeah Shelton and my boy LaTroy Hawkins, Like, come. 69 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: On, isn't he like Patrick Mahomes Yeah? 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 5: Godfather? 71 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh he is yeah, godfather yeah. 72 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 3: So Derek Shelton, yeah your thoughts Yeah, I'm pumped now. 73 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 6: That is selfishly because I have worked with Derek Sheltons. 74 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 6: So it makes my job that much easier to have 75 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 6: that familiar do you guys all know what it's like 76 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 6: when you have to talk to a manager when times 77 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 6: are tough. When you have a good relationship with said manager, 78 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 6: it makes your job a little easier. 79 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: You know. 80 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 5: Dereck Shelton is in a tough position. There's no denying that. 81 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 5: You guys know. 82 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 6: I'm a homer. I love the Twins. He's in a 83 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 6: tough spot. He was in a tough spot in Pittsburgh. 84 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 6: I don't think that anybody really would have gone into 85 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 6: Pittsburgh and had immediate success given what the situation was 86 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 6: in Pittsburgh. He's coming into the Twins not an easy situation. 87 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 6: But Derek Shelton is a brilliant baseball mind. There's a 88 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 6: reason that he has always been in the conversation for 89 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 6: managerial positions, and you look at you know, his track 90 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 6: record being part of the Yankees organization, going to Cleveland, 91 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 6: that comes with a lot of clout, and I am 92 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 6: really really excited to see what he will do now 93 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 6: having learned maybe not what to do, you know, I 94 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 6: think everybody, I don't care what job you have, right 95 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 6: you learn from your mistakes, you learn from adversity. 96 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 5: It makes you better. 97 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 6: And I'm really excited to see what Derek Shelton will 98 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 6: do given what he has gone through in the past, 99 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 6: and the familiarity with the organization and a clean saint 100 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 6: and whatever people's expectations are, let's say, knocks it out 101 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 6: of the park. 102 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 5: How exciting is that. 103 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 6: Going to be for somebody who has given an opportunity 104 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 6: to have a second shot and do well with it. 105 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be great. So I'm excited, LaTroy. 106 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 5: I just was texting with LaTroy about it. I'm pumped. 107 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 5: I'm already looking forward to March. 108 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: I should have asked you about Dan Hayes and Aaron 109 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 3: Gleaman before I asked you about Derek Shelton. Really, those 110 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: are my boy, those two I met a watch out. Yeah. 111 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 5: So, speaking of baseball, can I tell you guys a story? 112 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: Pa? 113 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 6: Can we talk about Denver? So there are certain ballparks 114 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 6: right where where I'm like sitting in the camera. Well, 115 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 6: sometimes I'm not close to the fans removed well in 116 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 6: Denver and that was the first time I'd ever worked 117 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 6: a game in Denver, and I'm sitting there, and all 118 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 6: of a sudden, I hear somebody come up behind me 119 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 6: and is like, I don't even remember what you said 120 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 6: at race Fale. I didn't know it was Pa, but 121 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 6: you said something. 122 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 3: You blew me off this field. 123 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 6: I literally all I hear is somebody, oh drama, and 124 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 6: I'm like, oh, here we go. 125 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: Oh god, it's not like it was you. 126 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 6: Okay, Yeah, you threw me off so hard to understand. 127 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: You were working. So I went back to my seat, 128 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: which which you had to. 129 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 4: Walk all the way up to the top, never in 130 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 4: it actually five roads behind you, and. 131 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 5: I would see you in Denver. 132 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: Right, damn? 133 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 3: Why were you at forest Field? 134 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 4: Daughter lives in Denver. I just graduated from Colorado, helping 135 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 4: her get squared away from Boulder to Denver. 136 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: You just graduated from Colorado. 137 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 4: She did, so, yeah, I thought I knew the twins 138 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 4: were in town, and so therefore I thought i'd surprised 139 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 4: my dear old friend and she basically had no time. 140 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: For your boy. Well I didn't know. I fans. 141 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 5: It's not nice. Yeah, that's okay, it's not what I 142 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 5: want to hear. And again, I don't remember what you 143 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 5: said that. 144 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 4: I just was like, oh, Yeah, go see that ballpark. 145 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 4: That ballpark is buy a bunch of dispensaries. So I 146 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 4: had to climb through a bunch of walking down a 147 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 4: zombies just to get to her in the camera. 148 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: Well, so I was a little flustered myself. 149 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 5: Made my day absolutely movemented well. 150 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: As baseball would go. And Alec, like you said, he's 151 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: covering lo Caine and the Kansas City Royals for three 152 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: years and you've been on the Twins Beak quite some time. 153 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: How long? 154 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, this is going to be my eleventh season. 155 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 5: Isn't that crazy? Yeah? I just feel like I moved here. 156 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 6: What like to me, it feels like it was three 157 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 6: years ago when we were talking about this in the 158 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 6: commercial break. The last time I was on a Friday 159 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 6: football feast was my first year, and Pa was kind 160 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 6: enough to invite me to come down to Misstic. 161 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 5: Lake and it was meet you in. 162 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 6: Church and Pa, bless your heart because I was new 163 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 6: and I was taking over for Jamie Hirsh and I 164 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 6: felt like I couldn't even fill her shoes. I was 165 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 6: so insecure and terrified of this new opportunity. And PA's like, 166 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 6: come on my show, give the fans a chance to 167 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 6: get to know you, and I have never forgotten how 168 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 6: quin do you were to me at the very beginning, 169 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 6: and so I appreciate you. 170 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 5: And then we did the. 171 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: Box in the Box with Rachel Rams. Yeah, the Ponytail. Well, yeah, 172 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: correct me if I'm wrong here. 173 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: And job. 174 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 4: You know, there are certain jobs could that all jobs 175 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 4: can be different, Certain jobs can be difficult. That is 176 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 4: more difficult than others. That baseball grind when when you're 177 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 4: covering baseball, whether you're sideline analyst, sideline reporter like Audra 178 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 4: or your beat rider like Alec, that is it tough? 179 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 2: The grind that can be baseball. 180 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, tell me if you agree with this. 181 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 6: I think the craziest thing about baseball season is at 182 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 6: the beginning flies by and you're like, oh my gosh, 183 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 6: all of a sudden, we're at the end of May, 184 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 6: and then July hits and you're like. 185 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 5: Oh god, it's only July. We still have so much 186 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 5: more to go. 187 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 6: And this is even like, I mean, I covered the 188 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 6: Bomba squad right, which was like one of the most 189 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 6: exciting baseball seasons to ever be a part of. But 190 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 6: even that season, July girls around you're like, oh, and 191 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 6: then all of a sudden, you blink and it's September 192 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 6: twentieth and you're like, oh my god, we have ten 193 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 6: days left. 194 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 5: It's the weirdest. 195 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 6: It is a grind, but it's you blink and suddenly. 196 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 5: It's over those people. 197 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 3: Every day. Yeah, it's actually kind of like silly. It's like, hey, 198 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 3: you I talked to the manager three times a day. 199 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 3: I talked to you three times yesterday. Have any talked 200 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: to my parents three times? And a week? Like baseball 201 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: is honestly for the people who do baseball day and 202 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 3: day out every year. That is that takes a different 203 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 3: level of commitment, frankly, like it just does. 204 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 5: It's very different. 205 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 6: And I think back to my time in Tennessee covering 206 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 6: the Titans, and I used to get really excited to 207 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 6: go on road trips and but you know, it's like 208 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 6: I also was kind of bummed because you're. 209 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 5: Only there for like a day. You know, you can't 210 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 5: really take advantage of it. 211 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 6: Well, then the flip side of baseball is suddenly you're 212 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 6: on a three city road trip and you wake up 213 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 6: in San Francisco and you think that you're in Kansas 214 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 6: City and your timing is all off and I'm like, oh, 215 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 6: wait a minute, I'm in San Francisco. I I'll leave 216 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 6: right now, and you don't know where you are. And then, 217 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 6: like me, I had a hard time getting into my 218 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 6: hotel room a couple weeks ago because I was using 219 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 6: my Starbucks gift card to try to get into the 220 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 6: hotel and I was like, oh, that's wrong, and then 221 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 6: I was like oh, And then on top of it, 222 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 6: I wasn't even at the right room. I was getting 223 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 6: into the hotel room number of the city that I 224 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 6: was in previously. Now I should just start over. I 225 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 6: should just go to bed and try again tomorrow. 226 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am. 227 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 6: It is a grind, right, you kind of become delirious 228 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 6: because it just is a lot. 229 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 7: Well you were you were talking about it with me 230 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 7: off air, though, is that it does? It does have 231 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 7: that midsummer slog. But then when it's gone, you kind 232 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 7: of miss it. Yeah, I can just tell like, yea, 233 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 7: even as you've talked about it here on air, I'm 234 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 7: sure they can tell it as well. 235 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 2: Like you're pad like you love what you freaking do. 236 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 6: I literally already cannot wait for March. Are there twins 237 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 6: fans here right now? Do we have I know Vikings right, 238 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 6: but I literally as much of a grind and as 239 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 6: difficult as this season was for a multitude of reasons, 240 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 6: I literally cannot wait for March. 241 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: And March what about the hockey team? I mean, they're 242 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 2: in play right now. 243 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 6: I know, and I know you guys know that I 244 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 6: haven't been around, but I will be back on air 245 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 6: for Wildlive in a couple of weeks. 246 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 5: I've been very excited. 247 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 3: Maybe that's why it's been a struggle. 248 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 6: I was gonna say, what is the difference right now? 249 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 6: They're having a tough time. Uh, maybe I'm a good 250 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 6: luck term. What happens if I go back to work 251 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 6: in a couple of weeks and they rattle off like 252 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 6: sixteen wins in a row, do I feel like I 253 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 6: get like a finder's fee or something right, maybe like 254 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 6: ten percent of ticket sale or something gold. 255 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 5: I'm ready. 256 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: You've been the whole thing for all of us. 257 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 6: Well, but I am it's been tough. I really really 258 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 6: miss my hockey people. I miss the game and the excitement. 259 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 6: There is nothing let's be honest, I love baseball, but 260 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 6: playoff hockey there's nothing like it. Right, And so there's 261 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 6: the dog Dames of the hockey season when things aren't 262 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 6: going well, it's tough, but I cannot wait to get back. 263 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 6: It's been tough, it's been hard to be away. But 264 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 6: now they're only like a couple of weeks out and 265 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 6: way back and it will be awesome. 266 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 7: But back to you know, with that baseball team, eventually 267 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 7: pictures and catchers report and they're there's the there's the 268 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 7: obvious new with the coach, with Shelti and La Troy Hawkins. 269 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 7: You're clearly pumped about that, and that's awesome, But but 270 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 7: what is it, you know what, whether it's whether it's 271 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 7: just optimism or just appreciating the ability to wipe the 272 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 7: slate that was twenty twenty four? 273 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 2: What what does really. 274 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 7: Excite you about turning that page and and and getting 275 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 7: into the Twins again. As as Twins fans, you kind 276 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 7: of heard us smattering applause. There are a lot of 277 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 7: Twins fans in this room, but there are a lot 278 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 7: of Twins fans that want a better opportunity and they 279 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 7: want a better product, right, So you know, it's just 280 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 7: you know what, when you're turning the page, what pumps 281 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 7: you up about March and getting into that rhythm again? 282 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 6: I hope this hasn't come across wrong. But a season 283 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 6: where there aren't a whole lot of expectations is exciting 284 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 6: because we don't know what's going to happen. There's a 285 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 6: lot of young players that I'm really excited about. And 286 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 6: as tough as it was, y'all have to understand when 287 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 6: I when I flew into Cleveland the day after the 288 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:13,359 Speaker 6: trade deadline, I walked into the clubhouse and I was like, oh, yeah, 289 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 6: this is different. 290 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: Now. 291 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 5: Luckily, so many of the players that had. 292 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 6: Been brought up to, you know, fill those spots where 293 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 6: players already in the organization that I was familiar with. 294 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 6: And granted, I know it didn't go the way that 295 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 6: everybody wanted to, but even that first week after the 296 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 6: trade deadline, when there was that excitement at POP, I 297 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 6: think of Austin Martin. I mean, the kid just was 298 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 6: phenomenal the second half of the season, and he probably 299 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 6: wouldn't have given been given that opportunity to shine had 300 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 6: what transpired. So I look at people like that and 301 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 6: I get excited for the fact that it is a 302 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 6: clean slate. Who knows what's gonna happen. It could be 303 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 6: tough baseball as a grinds. I grew up a Cubs fan, y'all. 304 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 6: So when I was young, there's always next year was 305 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 6: part of my vocabulary. 306 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 5: Really, It's better than being a White Sox fan. 307 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 2: Right. 308 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 4: Well, wait, with the Cubs, it wasn't like Ryan Samberg 309 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 4: Mark Mark Grace that. 310 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm forty years old and I still have a 311 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 6: Mark Grace poster. 312 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 7: Remember that was my guy with Sean Dunstan the Animal teethought. 313 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 314 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, So I mean I I got used to the 315 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 6: grind of baseball. I'm like, okay, well, there's always next 316 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 6: year with the Twins right now, the young talent the 317 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 6: farm system, to me is exciting. I love that part 318 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 6: of baseball, especially with the Saints being across the street. 319 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 6: You can watch these players develop here in town and 320 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 6: then see them get the opportunity at the big league level, 321 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 6: which I think is awesome. And so yeah, I'm excited. 322 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 6: It may be tough. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. Last 323 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 6: season was really tough, but you know, you go into 324 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 6: the season everybody does, with no expectations. 325 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 5: You never know. 326 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: I was listening to you real quick, like when you 327 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: said you're excited for March. 328 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, you do. 329 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 3: When you're around those people every day, and then it 330 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 3: is like removed. It becomes like your community in a 331 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 3: lot of ways, and it's not like there's so much 332 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 3: downtime where you are just messing around with people, whether 333 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 3: it's execs or scouts or media or whatever. So like 334 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 3: you do, I would imagine I've always felt this way 335 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 3: of like you missed the community that you create with 336 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 3: that entire group. 337 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, and that's one of the reasons that I am 338 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 6: actually really excited about Twins or the Wild because I 339 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 6: don't know if you guys have noticed, but now our 340 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 6: pre and post game show is on the road, which 341 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 6: means that I will. 342 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 5: Be traveling with the Wild. 343 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 6: I've never traveled for hockey before, so it's and it's different. 344 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 5: Right You're gone for a week and only playing three. 345 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 6: Games in a week, whereas baseball you're working every single day, 346 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 6: so that familiarity and getting to know the player is 347 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 6: even better. And getting to talk to the coaches on 348 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 6: the plane or on the tarmac or on the bus 349 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 6: whatever is an element of my job with the Wild 350 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 6: that I've never had before, and the thought of having 351 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 6: that now is really exciting, and I'm excited to see 352 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 6: what I can do with that and make the shows 353 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 6: even bet kind of it's it's like a new challenge. 354 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 5: We'll see how it goes. 355 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 4: But yeah, I remember when when fan Duel came up 356 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 4: with that idea. It was during the summer because I 357 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 4: worked with Kevin Gorg three four days a week at 358 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: Canterbury Park and kg is kind of the so like 359 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 4: when you know when when when Audra does the pre 360 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 4: and the post say it's from if FanDuel had a 361 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 4: studio or when it had studios, it would be West 362 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 4: Walls or it would be I don't know, Harrish So 363 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: so that would be the analyst kind of the one 364 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 4: a on the show. Well, Kevin Gorg is that with 365 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 4: with the with the road game so and and I 366 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 4: have not just because of football season some other things. 367 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: I've watched a lot at this stage of the equation, 368 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 4: So I don't really know what the It must look great, 369 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 4: I mean being on the road with the pre and 370 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: the post. Kevin does the between between aid interviews and 371 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 4: stuff like that, but like what goes into that, like 372 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 4: like like where you set up stuff like that. 373 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,479 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, and that's the challenge I think that And 374 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 6: it's not even just us with the wild at fandual 375 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 6: Sports Network North. You know, a lot of the other 376 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 6: regionals are having to adapt and make changes like this. 377 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 6: I will say, I think the biggest benefit is that 378 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 6: you're in the building. You know, when we would do 379 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 6: studio shows, it's hard. You can't you can't fake the energy. Right, 380 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 6: you're in the building and you're getting ready for a 381 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 6: hockey game, and the sirens and the music and all that. 382 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 6: It is a different vibe. So now to be able 383 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 6: to do that on the road, I think it's it's 384 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 6: it's exciting, right, It's very different. You guys know, it 385 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 6: doesn't matter what realm of sports broadcasting, there's nothing better 386 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 6: than being well yeah, or being in Buffalo Wildwing's Elk River, 387 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 6: my people, my neighbors. 388 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're bigging it. Lastly, and you're gonna think I'm 389 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 4: joking with this, but I'm not. Tobo Oddrop is a 390 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 4: really good singer. Okay, why didn't you advance your singing career? 391 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 4: I mean, like at a younger age eighteen, nineteen twenty whatever, 392 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 4: because you're a really, really good singer. 393 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 5: Thank you. I appreciate it. It's tough market to get 394 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 5: into our yea business. 395 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 6: I mean, working in sports broadcasting is a tough market 396 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 6: and a tough business to crack. I thought about it. 397 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 6: I did some theater, musical theater post when I lived 398 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 6: in Atlanta. To me, singing is a fun thing. Yeah, 399 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 6: get to I don't need to make it my job, right, 400 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 6: I can do it for fun. I don't need to 401 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 6: make my whole life based on if I get a 402 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 6: gig singing. 403 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 2: So like doing it for fun at Buffalo Wild Wings? Right? 404 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 2: Who wants to hear Augurs sing? Who wants ninety seconds? 405 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: A free show? Yeah? Can we get when they need 406 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 2: ninety seconds? Can we get ten seconds? This isn't fair. 407 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 2: You got to give us something, right to. 408 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 5: Be serious, Tony, what do we usually sing? 409 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: Queen? 410 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 5: Can anybody. 411 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: Bine me? 412 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 5: Somebody too? It's the morning, y'all. 413 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 4: I can't thank you. That was fantastic. We can't wait 414 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 4: to watch Hi. I love you, I love you, and 415 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 4: thank you very much for coming. Bye, Odra, Martin. 416 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 6: Fan hel Grim, love you guys, thanks for having me Network. 417 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 4: Nor We'll be right back. 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We have 429 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 4: about seven to seven and a half minutes for this segment. 430 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 4: Alex loves Kyle Hamilton. 431 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: Why yeah. I mean this guy is a do everything player. 432 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 3: He's got unbelievable instincts. He's athletic. He looks slight, but 433 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 3: then he finds his way. You know, he's physical enough. 434 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: He uses his arm length really well. I said this 435 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: at the top. Two weeks ago, the Ravens acquired a 436 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 3: safety from the Chargers, a Looie Gilman. What that allowed 437 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 3: them to do is move Kyle Hamilton from the safety 438 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: spot to the box, and it's transformed their defense. I'm 439 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 3: not gonna act like it's a top five unit in 440 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 3: the NFL, but they are a very commendable defensive group 441 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: and Kyle Hamilton just call he just problem solves like 442 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 3: Andrew van Ginkle, like he just finds where to be 443 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 3: and is able to be there when he needs to 444 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 3: be there. And I didn't you know there's a lot 445 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 3: of hype for Kyle Hamilton nationally until I watched the film. 446 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 3: I'm not sure if I really credit, you know, understood 447 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 3: why people hype him the way they do. 448 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: The name Andrew van Ginkle is mentioned from one of 449 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 4: Alex's stories during the course of the week. I don't 450 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 4: think it was the document, it was the story. Alec wrote, 451 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 4: watching Andrew Van Ginkle play is a privilege, and he 452 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 4: also wrote, Andrew Van Ginkle's role in containing Lamar Jackson 453 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 4: in the Pocket will be outsized. I don't know what 454 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 4: the outsized part means. But Van Ginkle, I mean, you 455 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 4: got him sounded like a cross between Lawrence Taylor and 456 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 4: Scott Studwell. 457 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: I mean, he's so good. He is so good like 458 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 3: he Andrew van Ginkele. It's crazy because if he's just 459 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 3: like look at the athletic traits, you might not be like, man, 460 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 3: this guy is just a super athlete, but mentally it 461 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 3: feels like he is playing at an entirely different speed 462 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 3: than everybody else. He sees things that guys shouldn't or 463 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 3: don't typically see. He anticipates where to be in a 464 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 3: way that I just don't think many people in this 465 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 3: entire league would be able to anticipate. And he just 466 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 3: transformed like he just makes this defense. What you don't 467 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 3: see is he's communicating stunts, he's communicating when to drop, 468 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 3: like he is doing things that between stats aren't being 469 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 3: the cameras aren't trained on him, and he's just able 470 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 3: to change the game. 471 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 4: So okay, now, in watching the Vikings defense against the Lions, 472 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 4: you watched all the plays, right, yeah, all right, So 473 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 4: do you think this is an envelope pusher or do 474 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 4: you think something Van Gankole did that led to the 475 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 4: jail in Redmonds? 476 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: Act? 477 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 2: I can't say I've ever seen. 478 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 3: At the spin. 479 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 4: I mean, if they got him, if they have players 480 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 4: spinning off players to intentionally run into other offensive linemen 481 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 4: to free people for sacks, it's. 482 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 2: It's about one of the most brilliant things that I've seen. 483 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 2: Do you understand what we're saying here? Yeah? 484 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 7: I do, In terms of just finding those matchups and almost. 485 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 2: The the decoy you're creating, trap I mean he's spun 486 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 2: off purposely to crash into Tate Ratledge, Yes, to get 487 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: to get Redmond. It was unbelievable and it. 488 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 3: Was it was purposeful. It was one of the I uh, 489 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: it was one of the first things I did after 490 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 3: I've watched the film. I texted a coach and I'm like, 491 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 3: is this you guys actively doing this? 492 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: I thought it was an accident. 493 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 3: Andrew Vin Giggle, by the way, is calling that on 494 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 3: the field. 495 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: Wow. 496 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: So he's, oh, come on, deciding on the field this 497 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 3: is gonna work. And then it it becomes a Jalen 498 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 3: Redmond stunt. Just it just playing at an entirely different place. 499 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 7: You saw multiple different versions of that with the twists 500 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 7: on the other side. You saw it and Pace coming 501 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 7: free multiple times, Cashman coming free on the blitzing. All 502 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 7: the things that happened up front. Van Ginkle certainly an 503 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 7: a topic is part of that. Uh that that that 504 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,479 Speaker 7: comes to fruition with five sacks on golf. Now, I 505 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 7: want to ask you about how we can their defensive 506 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,959 Speaker 7: front's big dude, like like Matt Abuque for is one 507 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 7: of the best, one of the better interior d line 508 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 7: guys in the NFL. He's gone, and they've replaced him 509 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 7: with a bunch of names that frankly, I'm not that 510 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 7: familiar with. 511 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 3: Travis Jones, John Jenkins, Yeah, and I don't know much 512 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 3: about him, but they're tough man movers. 513 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 7: Like how do we how do we run against these guys? 514 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 7: What kind of task is in front of our own line? 515 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 3: It's a great question, and it's gonna be you know, 516 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 3: I or is it speed to the act? I'm of 517 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 3: the opinion it's gonna be difficult to run in this game, 518 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 3: both on the interior and on the edge. I would 519 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 3: be I would prefer to make those cornerbacks and Marlon 520 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 3: Humphrey and Nate Wiggins tackle, like you know, tackle on 521 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 3: the run game. That would be the preference. But they 522 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 3: play the run game since Kyle Hamilton's moved down, and 523 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 3: again you're gonna guys are gonna think I'm making this 524 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 3: guy out, but I mean, he really is an unbelievable player. 525 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 3: Their run defense has really taken a step, so, you know, 526 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 3: I don't I really think if JJ McCarthy can be 527 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 3: accurate and get the ball out, they can throw on 528 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 3: this group because the edge rushers of Baltimore are not 529 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 3: that dynamic. It's David Ajabo, Mike Green, Kyle van Noy, 530 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: who's really really old. 531 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 4: However, because I said this yesterday to Ben Lieber, and 532 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 4: I don't like being uninformed, you know, with things like this, 533 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 4: so I put time into it. Last night I watched 534 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 4: the first half of the Ravens and Dolphins because I 535 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 4: didn't know who Teddy Buchanan was. I had no idea 536 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 4: who he was. Ted yee, yeah, ted D. Why where's 537 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 4: number forty? 538 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: He's a demon though he is a demon on wheels, 539 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 2: Holy cal is he fast and all over the place. 540 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: He's their leading tackler. 541 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, Rokwan two has come back, and Roquan 542 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 3: Smith looks like the Roquan Smith that got paid like 543 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 3: he does. So this is why, like, broadly, this Ravens 544 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 3: team is three and five, and you just look at 545 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 3: the record, and you look at some of the advanced 546 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 3: that throughout the course of the year, I don't think 547 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 3: those describe or depict the level of challenge that this 548 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 3: game really is. That's just how I feel about it. 549 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 3: You know, I'm not gonna be surprised that the Vikings 550 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 3: are very up for this challenge, but it is going 551 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: to be that in a lot of respects. This Ravens 552 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 3: team is just talented. 553 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: Alan Lewis, Nordo, Paul Allen. 554 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 4: Final segment Buffalo Wild Wings, Elk River after this, now 555 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 4: closing the Friday Football Feast the right. There are a 556 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 4: couple of former Gophers who play with the Baltimore Ravens, 557 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 4: where Shad Bateman is one of them. He's a wide 558 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 4: receiver and they're right guard. I think he's in his 559 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 4: fourth year from the University of Minnesota. Daniel fa Leiley, 560 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 4: He's a creature of a human being, just a big man. 561 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 4: Didn't really play at all the first two years that 562 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 4: started most stiff, not all of them the last couple 563 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 4: of years. Uh In in Alex prep that he sends 564 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 4: us his toll Stoy. He just laid it out like 565 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 4: Daniel fall is not very good. 566 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 2: Watch out. What do you mean by that? 567 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 3: I didn't know You're gonna just just verbade him? Yeah, 568 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 3: I just you know, Yeah, rich as a local kid, 569 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 3: he's not doesn't have the most wiggle. He's a massive guy. 570 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 3: But I just feel like one on one matchups, if 571 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 3: you get like a Javon Hargrave on him, you can 572 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 3: get to them. So, yeah, their offensive line, I didn't 573 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 3: you know the left tackle Ronnie Stanley's been there forever, 574 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 3: has been a good player, but he wasn't that impressive 575 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 3: on film. And then the right tackle Roger Rose Rosenngarten 576 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 3: thought like he was a solid player, but I you know, 577 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 3: this front can be gettable. And if they go heavy, 578 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 3: you gotta stop the run. And they're gonna try to 579 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: throw out a heavy like every team in the NFL 580 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 3: is trying to do right now, and can you cover? 581 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: It's gonna be interesting, Ken Javon Hargrave, you know the 582 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 2: way Pas laid it. 583 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 7: Out and just kind of going down the road of 584 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 7: the week kind of the idea of as this team 585 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 7: has gotten healthy, the way that we lauded Andrew van Ginkel, 586 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 7: like how much that meant maybe to what we saw 587 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 7: from a Javon Hargrave against the kiddies? 588 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 3: Is it? 589 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 7: Is this team equipped to play the contained game? With 590 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 7: Lamar We can talk about it that this is what 591 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 7: they need to do. Probably most teams talk about it. 592 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 7: Some are better at it than others. Are we equipped 593 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 7: if we get what we saw out of Detroit? Are 594 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 7: we equipped to play the contained game? On on Lamar 595 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 7: this weekend. Yeah, I think they are. 596 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 3: I mean I really Andrew Van Ginkle and Jonathan Gernard 597 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 3: are selfless and smart on the edge, and then Jonathan 598 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 3: Allen and Javon Hargrave. These guys are disciplined and then 599 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 3: you know they know how to Javon Hargrave the same thing. 600 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: The one thing with Javon Hargrave that went a little 601 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 3: under the radar. He exited a game a few weeks 602 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 3: ago with a chest injury and we didn't really talk 603 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: about it. Then it snaps dip and everyone you know, 604 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 3: maybe it's performance related Bengals game. 605 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 7: In fact, because it was it was so lopsided that 606 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 7: he did come in, we just kind of brushed it 607 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 7: off as in the side of victory. 608 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 3: Then it's honestly, I didn't even know what happened his 609 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 3: snaps dip, And yeah, some of it may have been performance, 610 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 3: but I also have to imagine the performance is probably 611 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 3: tied to the injury thing. So yeah, do I think 612 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 3: they're equipped for contained? Yes, I have a bigger question 613 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 3: of can the corners and the safeties and coverage be 614 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 3: sticky enough on their receiving core like that would bother 615 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 3: me a little more than the front being able to contain, 616 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 3: and both of them are going to be critical. 617 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 4: Well in closing. Hopefully we have time for thirty seconds. 618 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 4: Is Lamar in his first year he played sixteen games 619 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 4: through for twelve hundred yards. He didn't start all of them, 620 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 4: but they used him in all of them. Completion percentage 621 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 4: fifty one, fifty three. Last year he's going for four 622 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 4: thousand and change sixty six on the completes And people 623 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 4: are like, well, what change, what change? 624 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 2: What changed? 625 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 4: Well, you got better personnel around him. A but B, 626 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 4: it's what you wrote in your dock. In my opinion, 627 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,959 Speaker 4: it used to be he sometimes would run with his 628 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 4: eyes down the field. Now every scramble his eyes are 629 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 4: down the field. He feels the pressure of the rushers, 630 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 4: but he also knows where his guys are to try 631 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 4: to dagger you. 632 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, and this offense, he's gotten good with the passing. 633 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 3: The offensive coordinator Todd Mounkin was at the University of 634 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 3: Georgia and was critical to them becoming the national championship 635 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 3: contender that they've become. The Ravens hired him to be 636 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 3: the OC and he's empowered Lamar like they've given him 637 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 3: latitude at the line of scrimmage. He makes checks depending 638 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 3: on what he sees. 639 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 4: So yeah, Lamar offed that layoff against the Dolphins. He 640 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 4: was rusty as bleep the first quarter. 641 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 3: And a half he was, and then he came alive 642 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 3: kind of down the stretch. It's it's just a it 643 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 3: is an immense challenge. And again, if you don't stop 644 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 3: Derrick Henry, it's it. It becomes kind of, yeah, it 645 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 3: becomes kind of a breaking point. But I expect this 646 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,479 Speaker 3: to be a dog fight. If the Vikings can get 647 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,959 Speaker 3: a lead early and get the crowd into it and 648 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 3: play from ahead, you probably feel pretty you know, like 649 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 3: this is pretty fun coming out of it, But I 650 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 3: you know, it's gonna be a really tough one. We're 651 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 3: talking about guys. 652 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 7: Getting healthy as Hitman gotten healthy because I think about 653 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 7: like the way they used Laporta and finding those soft 654 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 7: spots specifically early and Flora shut him down basically after 655 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 7: that first drive. But just like Hitman has kind of 656 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 7: been ramping himself up in snaps, ramping himself up in productivity, 657 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 7: and what we saw on Sunday, like more of two 658 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 7: to two in the mix, battling with all those big 659 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 7: physical tight ends. 660 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 2: That's something I'm looking at. 661 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 3: Yea, yeah, he's he looks healthy. He looked healthy in 662 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 3: that game. He was blitzing off the edge more than 663 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 3: I've seen the while. So yeah, I just I'm excited 664 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 3: to watch Lamar in person against this Flora's defense. 665 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 2: Nice John Boyce, that was fun. 666 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 4: Alec Lewis Nordo a part of the Friday Football Feast. 667 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 2: Hey, the street team there to serve you. In second 668 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 2: and none. 669 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,239 Speaker 4: Fashion, Jared Well saved the day for those of you 670 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 4: here at Buffalo wil Wings up River. We had no 671 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 4: sound for a half hour and then it was booming 672 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 4: because he's the round. 673 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 2: Mound of sound and I'm Paul Allen. 674 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 4: God bless all of you. Thank you very much. I 675 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 4: have a wonderful weekend. All right, thank you for coming. 676 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 2: Bye bye. 677 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 6: M podcast Today's Paul Allen Show, or listen back to 678 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 6: previous show and interviews 679 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: By going to the iHeartRadio app or kfa N dot com.