1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,600 Speaker 1: You know the failure. 2 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:05,359 Speaker 2: It's time for Vikings Country, brought to you by Miller Lte. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 2: Now here's your host of Vikings Country from KFAN and 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 2: the Vikings Radio Network. 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 3: Must Welcome to Vikings Country, Live back, Carbonies and a 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 3: Rosemow makes some noise. 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: Carbonies. Appreciate y'all coming out here tonight. 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 4: By the way, we are presented by Miller Lte, the 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 4: official beer of your Minnesota Vikings. 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: Tons of lovely people in. 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 4: The crowd tonight, make some noise for yourself. 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: Who I am not one of those beautiful people. I'm 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Max Fuller filling in for mus you know. 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 4: I'm Max full Ak Max kil O'Neil ak Froby Bryant 15 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 4: and listen. 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: Fries are usually the side, but. 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 4: Tonight it's the main course because I got my man, 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 4: my very special guest, the right guard for the Minnesota 19 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 4: Vikings Will fra. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 5: Ah, Thank you, thank you well. 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: No, I just I just made some some food references 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: in your intro. 23 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 4: You gotta be sick of that, dealing that with that 24 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 4: your whole life, right, did you just roll your eyes 25 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 4: where you're like, God, this guy? 26 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 5: No, I mean like it's very fitting for the place 27 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 5: that we're in right now, and I think anytime you're 28 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 5: in a bar pub and you know, pizza's rolling the 29 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 5: fries like it's always a good thing. So I'm like 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 5: got a little hungry myself. Yeah, I could definitely use 31 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 5: some French fries right about. 32 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: Absolutely. What's your French fry ranking? 33 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 5: Uh, French definitely like waffle French frow, Curly is number two, 34 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 5: Curly is underrated. 35 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: And then like it was like. 36 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 5: Fin like shoestring like roughly kind of ones that. 37 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, yeah those are pretty good. Those are those? 38 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: What are you seasoning? What? 39 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 5: What kind of what kind of deal you got with 40 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 5: the I'm definitely dip the fry in a Mayo in 41 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 5: ketchup mixture. 42 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I kind of like that you. 43 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 4: Got from the crowd. Shout Mayo, Yeah, make some noise 44 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 4: for Mayo, y'all. 45 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: Amazing? I love I love Mayo. 46 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 4: So yeah, listen, we don't talk a whole lot of 47 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 4: exes and house as you can probably tell about the 48 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 4: start of this interview, I have vikings country. 49 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: But I do you know, I want to get the 50 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: hard part over with. 51 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: I got to ask you, so I looked it up 52 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 4: before before the game or before the interview, You've played 53 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 4: and or been involved in something like fifty three professional 54 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 4: games in your NFL career. Yep, Sunday had to be 55 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 4: dead last, right ranked fifty third. 56 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: That was that was That was tough. 57 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, that was extremely tough and not fun to play 58 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 5: in it at all. But I think the good thing 59 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 5: is when you go through something that tough, like you 60 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 5: can obviously only go up from there. I think that 61 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 5: we have a really good locker room and team still, 62 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 5: and that anytime you're kind of fitting to pieces of 63 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 5: you know, new guys and a new team, and it 64 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 5: takes a while for those things to come together. And 65 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: with the extreme disappointment that you know, we probably all felt, 66 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 5: you know, I think that it becomes a new driving 67 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 5: force of like, Okay, it's time to figure this thing out. 68 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 5: Time to you know, put a little bit extra in, 69 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 5: do a little bit more that you know, it'd be 70 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 5: something we could build on, you know, for the rest 71 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 5: of the season and then the next upcoming years. So 72 00:02:57,919 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 5: as disappointing as as it was, I think we need 73 00:02:59,919 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 5: to find the positives and things that we did do 74 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 5: well and you kind of keep building off of it. 75 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 4: See there you go hardest part of the interview completely done. 76 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 4: We don't even have to we don't just put that away. 77 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 4: We don't even have to talk about that, because we wanted, 78 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: we want to get to know you. 79 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: Mister. 80 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 4: Is it William William Fries William. You're brand new to 81 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: the team. It came here over the summer. You grew 82 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 4: up in Jersey, right, that's correct? So a Jets fan 83 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 4: growing up? Yeah, and be honest with this brother from 84 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 4: New Jersey. I was a Jets fan. 85 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 5: Dad and uncles had season tickets, so you know, grow up, 86 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 5: went to the tailgates and watched. 87 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: A lot of losing football in there. 88 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, So yeah, that was It was fun of being 89 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 5: a just kind of growing up. But I think kind 90 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: of when you realize, you know, in college and at 91 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 5: some point you have a chance to maybe play in 92 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 5: the NFL, these feelings kind of go away, and it's 93 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: kind of weird. 94 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: Now. 95 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 5: I feel like that part of my life is so 96 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 5: long ago. It's like I have no allegiance to any 97 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 5: team but to where you're at right now, right like 98 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 5: you don't. You're not going to watch a Jets game 99 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 5: on your Sundays, No, never, unless we're playing or preparing 100 00:03:58,600 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 5: for him now never. 101 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 4: Now're you're something like six six, three hundred. 102 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: But did you did you grow up? Were you a 103 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: big dude growing up? 104 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 4: Are you one of those dudes that was like I 105 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 4: was five to five and then I hit a growth 106 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 4: spurt and grew into a B sixty six in high school. 107 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 5: No, I've had a growing up. I've had a weird 108 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 5: kind of growth journey. I've always kind of been this 109 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 5: build and then there's gotten progressively wider and wider. I 110 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 5: grew to something like six four when I was in 111 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 5: eighth grade, and I was like a skinny two five 112 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 5: but kind of had the same build. But I was 113 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 5: so uncoordinated. I mean, couldn't shoot a basketball, couldn't hit 114 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 5: a baseball. So I got delegated to, you know, football 115 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 5: being the main priority, but. 116 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: You tried out the other sports. I had a multi sports. 117 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 5: I was on the basketball team, mostly playing against other 118 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: tall guys, and was good for a hard five fouls 119 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 5: and the rebounds brought you in for the last thirty seconds, 120 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 5: yeah right, file, And uh learned how to throw the 121 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 5: shot puts. So uh, you know, some of the sports 122 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 5: I grew up loving, didn't I being good at them, 123 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 5: but kind of found my path in that way. 124 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: So how how growing up in Jersey? 125 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,119 Speaker 4: How accurate is the show Jersey short of how people 126 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 4: are in Jersey? Is that like a documentary? 127 00:04:58,279 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: Basically? 128 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 5: Uh, it's a definitely a poor insight to New Jersey. 129 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 5: I mean there are those people that is certainly, you know, 130 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 5: a small subset, but I would say something more like 131 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 5: The Sopranos is maybe more accurate to the area of 132 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 5: Jersey that I grew up in. A great show. It's 133 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 5: not my favorite show, my favorite show of all time, He's. 134 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. They don't they don't make him 135 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: like that. No, No, absolutely not. 136 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 5: I mean I think there was a time period I 137 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 5: watched it in college and I probably rewatched it every 138 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 5: year for like six years, so I've seen every episode 139 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 5: six or seven times a leak. 140 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like everybody. The first time you watch 141 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 4: the show, you don't learn any lessons. You just want 142 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 4: to be like Tony Soprano, you know, like I just 143 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 4: I just wanted to be like Tony Soprano. And then 144 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 4: the second time you watch Shody're like, Okay, I don't 145 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: want to be like Tony Soprano. 146 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: He's kind of a bad guy. He is a bad guy. 147 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 5: And you know, I think that when you rewatch the 148 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 5: show multiple times, you kind of get a little more 149 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 5: insight to obviously the struggle that he goes through, and 150 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 5: you're like, oh, this is kind of a cool guy. 151 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 5: You're rooting for the bad guy and you realize he's actually, 152 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 5: you know, a bad guy, right, But I mean you 153 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 5: also was it's a pretty hilarious show. There's a lot 154 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 5: of funny one liners in the show, funnier than you 155 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 5: think it is when it does not get a credit 156 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 5: for how funny you no it is. 157 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: It is basically essentially a comedy. 158 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 4: Now, outside of watching the Sopranos, what do you like 159 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 4: to do for fun outside of football? Because must Musk 160 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 4: told me that the normal host of the show, he said, 161 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 4: offensive linemen are the most interesting people that you could 162 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 4: talk to. He said, also, he added the cab Yet, 163 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 4: you guys are also the grossest that okay that we'll 164 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 4: get to that a little bit later, but he said, 165 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 4: you guys are the most interesting people that you could 166 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: that you could interview. 167 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: So what do you What do you like to do 168 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 1: outside of football? 169 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 5: I have a couple of hobbies, number one being Minnesota 170 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: is great for these I like love the fish. Oh 171 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 5: heck yeah, yeah, so this is great being here. I've 172 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 5: just got into hunting while i've been here, so that's 173 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 5: kind of been my introduction of Minnesota. 174 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I got that gotta wou. 175 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 5: I like to cook a lot, you know, me and 176 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 5: my wife Dang, Yeah, we like to some New Friday's 177 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 5: kind of a tradition, you know, we will cook like 178 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 5: a pasta dish or something like that. She's a much 179 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 5: better cook than I am, but I would like to 180 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 5: have a little bit you Are you a decent cook though? 181 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 4: Where? 182 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: What would you rate your skill? 183 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 2: Like? 184 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 4: If you if you had to cook for all these 185 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 4: fine people out here at Carbonies and Roseman, what would 186 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 4: you what would. 187 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: You chef up? 188 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 5: I think I would do some sort of spicy vodka 189 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 5: pepper dish I like to do, and then maybe maybe 190 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 5: like a flash fried fish or something like that to 191 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 5: pair with it, a little squeeze of lemon and capers 192 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 5: on top. 193 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: I think it'll be one of my go tos. 194 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 5: That's fancy, doc, It's it's fun. I like you can 195 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 5: get a little creative juices flow when when you're. 196 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 4: Great for sure, because if you would asked me that 197 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 4: I'll just put some chicken nuggets in their frior a 198 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 4: little side of ranch. 199 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: That happens a lot too. But so you've gotten a 200 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: chance to explore the the outdoors here in Minnesota a lot. 201 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 5: So yeah, I've been up north a couple of times. 202 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 5: I got to see Trout Lake and did some fishing 203 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 5: up there and kind of hung out. And that was 204 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 5: a cool Labor Day weekend adventure. I got to go 205 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 5: to the north shores of Minnesota. We spent some time 206 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 5: in Duluth, drove up the coast there. You've been all around, Yeah, 207 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: it was it was awesome. Got to see Lake Superior 208 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 5: and do all that kind of fun stuff. We did 209 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 5: a sawn up there. We could jump in the lake 210 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 5: after and you'll kind of get frozen in the lakes. 211 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it was great. It was super fun. 212 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 5: So I'm kind of gett to see all the sights 213 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 5: and sounds of Minnesota. 214 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: It's beautiful. 215 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 4: Because I think a lot of guys when you ask him, 216 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 4: like when especially you know athletes, they're like, I don't 217 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: really leave the crib, you know, I just stay at home. 218 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 4: I'm playing video games and whatnot. But you you've been 219 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 4: all around Oh yeah, I. 220 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: Like to get out. 221 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, being in a new stating into exports been awesome. 222 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 5: It's super fun and so it's a cool state. 223 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: What do you what do you hunt? 224 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 5: I did pheasant hunting, okay, yeah, shot, No, I was 225 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 5: shooting a lot, but not knocking a lot of birds down. 226 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: So I need some more more time on task there 227 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 5: to get better. 228 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: But it's the same thing as fishing, right, It's just 229 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: about the vibes. 230 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 5: It's not the results when you're all about when you're 231 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 5: just out there in the lake and you know, you 232 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 5: just kind of get that peaceful quiet yeah, or maybe 233 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 5: you're just kind of chopping it up with your buddies. 234 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 5: You can't eat it, So it's it's a good, uh 235 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 5: turn off from from reality in life. 236 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: Are you going to hit the ice fishing at all 237 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: during the during the winter. I would like to try it. 238 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 5: I've seen, uh, I've seen a lot of these tents 239 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 5: that are pretty warm. It seems like a good, like 240 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 5: you said, vibes time just kicking around. I know this 241 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 5: is a PG show, but looks like you know, there's 242 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 5: some people having some beers and stuff that looks fun. 243 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 5: So yeah, so that's that's really what I It's just 244 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 5: the sky is drinking. 245 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, drinking. 246 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 4: That makes you feel a little bit more productive. This 247 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 4: is Vikings Country presented by Miller Light Live here at. 248 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: Carboni's in Rosemount. 249 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 4: Max Fuller here hanging out with Will Fries, the right 250 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 4: guard for the Minnesota Vikings. That's I was getting ready 251 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: for this, for this interview. 252 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: I hope that was a woo, not a boo boo woo. 253 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what that was, but 254 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 1: I hope we're gonna We're gonna assume that's a woo. 255 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 4: I was. I was looking at you Wikipedia, as one 256 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 4: does before doing doing some research. I was asking you 257 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 4: off the air, like, have you ever been to your 258 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 4: own Wikipedia? 259 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: Because it has almost nothing dog like. 260 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 4: It's literally like Will Fries was born, Will Fries was 261 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 4: drafted by the Indianapolis Colts, and Will Fries came to 262 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 4: the Minnesota Vikings during the summer. And the only one 263 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 4: tidbit about your personal life is that it's about you 264 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 4: and your wife. 265 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 5: Is a bell that sounds always suspicious, like maybe she went, she. 266 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 4: Might, we might, we might not get It's a bell 267 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 4: up here to talk about your cooking skills and if 268 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 4: she made the Wikipedia or not. 269 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 5: I would be interested to see if you know, if 270 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 5: the Wikipedia page is so barren, maybe my life is 271 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 5: really boring. Or maybe we can get some people that 272 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 5: know me to kind of fill the apps and put 273 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: some interesting tidbits in there. 274 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 4: Well, maybe after this interview, we'll know you a little 275 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 4: bit more. We can fill in that, we can fill 276 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 4: in the gaps there. But as I was reading about you, 277 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 4: you and your wife, you guys got married over the summer. 278 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 5: How what was that experience? Like, Oh, it was awesome. 279 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 5: You know, we engaged in Ocean City, New Jersey last year. 280 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: How did you do the proposal? 281 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 4: Did you do did you just do the classic just 282 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 4: one day to do the whole romantic thing? 283 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: You had planes in the sky, fireworks and all that. 284 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: What was the What was the proposal? 285 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 5: I thought it was extremely romantic, but she'd probably say 286 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 5: it was different. 287 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: Uh, easy and tell them the truth after, you know, 288 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: Memorial Day weekend. 289 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 5: You know, the beach has become very crowd in New Jersey, 290 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 5: and uh when I went to propose, I had lost 291 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 5: my photographer in the crowded people, so we didn't have 292 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 5: any original pictures and there was a lot of people around, 293 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 5: which probably wasn't the preferred method, but uh, you know, 294 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 5: we just did it anyway and end up saying yes anyway. 295 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: So it worked out. Spontaneous. That's the real that's the 296 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: real love, though it doesn't have to know doubt a condition. 297 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, I was really trying to, you know, drag it out. 298 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 5: I was looking photographer and I'm walking down the beach 299 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 5: looking at my left, look at my right. 300 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, I can't find him like this. 301 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 5: I'm trying to find distractions, like, hey, isn't that beautiful 302 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 5: over there? 303 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: And eventually I'm like, I just have to do this. 304 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: I gotta do it. I just had to pull the 305 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: trigger on. Were you nervous? 306 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 4: I mean, you're a guy that that goes out there 307 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 4: in big spots every single week, playing out there in 308 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 4: the national football legue. 309 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: But that's something that that's a universe. You gotta be 310 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: a little nervous, right, Oh definitely. 311 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 4: Yeah. 312 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 5: I was nervous concerning the fact that I lost my 313 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 5: photographer and I was trying to hide the box in 314 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 5: my you know, front pocket, Yeah, with a pizza box. 315 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was a little nervous, but uh, it worked out. 316 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: How'd you guys, do the wedding. Was it a big 317 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: affair fan you know, just oh we only you got 318 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: island destination kind of wedding. What was the wedding? 319 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, wedding was awesome. I got married back to New Jersey, Pleasantdale, 320 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 5: shut show. Shout out to Fred Fog he do good, 321 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 5: a great job putting that thing together. 322 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was awesome. 323 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 5: We both have big families, so you know, we had 324 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 5: to to fifty three hundred people something like that, tons 325 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 5: of great food. I mean, the dancing, the band was great. 326 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 5: I mean, the whole thing was just amazing. It was 327 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 5: dream come true for for me, I'm sure for her. 328 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: Like it was. It was the best, you know, night 329 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: of our lives. It was. It was amazing. Shout out 330 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: to it. 331 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: Well, she's in shout out tonight here at Carboni's en Bros. 332 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: Mount. We love that. 333 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 4: I'm curious. I was reading an interview with with some 334 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 4: of your teammates. It was kind of like your introductory 335 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 4: thing on Vikings dot com and and one of your 336 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 4: teammates said that you postponed the honeymoon just because you 337 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 4: were so locked in on the NFL season. Is that 338 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 4: is that true? Yeah, it is true. You looked down 339 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 4: as you say that the temple, and I looked down 340 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 4: as you say that. 341 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 5: You know, she's probably not too happy about it. But uh, 342 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 5: you know, credit to my wife. She uh, you know, 343 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 5: sucked it up and we're gonna do something fun this year. 344 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,599 Speaker 5: But uh, last year, you know, through free agency, that 345 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 5: was coming off of a fracture tibia and wasn't fully healed. 346 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 5: You know, obviously, you know, things didn't really go as 347 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 5: playing in the off season. You know, you have a 348 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 5: big wedding and all this stuff, and you're kind of 349 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 5: trying to navigate coming back from you know, a pretty 350 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: significant injury. 351 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: You want to get back to the start of the 352 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: year even think about that. So you we weren't down 353 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: there when you were down the aisle with the Okay 354 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: you did that. 355 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 5: It was pretty close to crushes, but you know, we 356 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 5: found a way to get healed up enough to walk 357 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 5: down the aisle. 358 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 4: That's a goal, right, I don't want to go down 359 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: on the crutches. 360 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 5: But at that point, there was still a lot of 361 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 5: work to do to get back for the year. So yeah, 362 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 5: we just ended up going to avalon New Jersey for 363 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 5: a couple of weeks, and you know, trained down there, 364 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 5: did some pet down there what I could, But it 365 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 5: was all worth it because I was able to go 366 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 5: back for the year and start the year off healthy. 367 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 5: And uh so, yeah, she shout out to my wife 368 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 5: for putting up with me. For that shout out to 369 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 5: and yeah, you mentioned it. You you went through a 370 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 5: broken like. 371 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: I got it. 372 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 4: When people when you hear the phrase go out there 373 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 4: and break like you WinCE a little bit now and 374 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 4: you're like. 375 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny. 376 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: As I was coming up here, my wife told me 377 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 5: to go up there and break a lot guys, So 378 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 5: that's not that funny. 379 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: But not again with that healing process. 380 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 4: That had to have been the most significant injury of 381 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 4: your Yeah, it was kind of one of the most 382 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 4: significant injuries you can have, period. 383 00:13:58,920 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: No doubt. 384 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 5: Had never really had a long term injury before, so 385 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 5: it was kind of new to me. And when you 386 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 5: break your leg in that time go into the freegency, 387 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 5: you don't really know what's gonna happen. Yeah, but it's 388 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 5: kind of weird, how you know, just the kind of 389 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 5: I guess my personality whatever. It's like you find this 390 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 5: new goal of like, Okay, all I have to do 391 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 5: is rehab this leg and right, so it becomes kind 392 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 5: of your new mission in life. And you know, for 393 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 5: nine months to a year, that's all it could was 394 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 5: focused on was rehabbing the leg the best I could do, 395 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 5: multiple treatments a day, multiple rehabs, doing everything I could could, 396 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: reaching out to different resources to figure out how to 397 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 5: help as fast as possible. And you know, the Vikings 398 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 5: training staff here, you know, Matt dew Hammill and Tyler 399 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 5: Williams and those guys did a great job of, you know, 400 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 5: help me get back on the field, so that you know, 401 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 5: they're the real kind of you know, m vps of. 402 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: This year. 403 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 4: And it's kind of it's been your hard work has 404 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: paid off because you've been you've been like the face 405 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 4: of stability for this Minnesota Vikings team so far. I 406 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 4: saw your teammates and your coaches referred to as a rock. 407 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: Not the rock that's Dwayne Johnson, but a rock on 408 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 4: the team. And because of your ability to stay on 409 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 4: the field kind of consistently for the team to played 410 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 4: every game so far the season, I believe do you 411 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 4: find yourself even though you're a new guy, do you 412 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 4: find yourself in kind of more of like a leadership 413 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 4: role because of that consistency being on the field when 414 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 4: there's been so much shuffling with the offensive line this season. 415 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll say, first thing, if you're gonna start calling 416 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 5: me the rock, I'm not gonna stop you there. That's 417 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 5: I think Wes Phillips called me a tree stump at 418 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 5: one point, so that was funny. 419 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, But all jokes aside. 420 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 5: Like, you know, I do take a lot of pride 421 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 5: in being on the field and playing as you know, 422 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 5: as much as I can. You know, obviously I don't 423 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 5: take it for granted basically everything that's happened to me. Yeah, 424 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 5: and I take a lot of party in being a 425 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 5: leader on the team, like I you know, like you said, 426 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 5: new guy to the team and still learning the guys, 427 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: and but like it's important that you know, no matter 428 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 5: who's out there, you know, you're always encouraging your teammates, 429 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 5: and you know, I think offensive linemen are no one's 430 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 5: harder on ourselves than us. And obviously at the position 431 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 5: you face a lot of criticism and no one really ever, 432 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 5: you know, cheers you on. 433 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: It's kind of right a good and nobody anything. 434 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, but that's okay, that's what we sign up for Yeah, 435 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 5: but you know, I think we they're just within the 436 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 5: community of guys like, Okay, we know what we're up 437 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 5: against and we just try to do our best every 438 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 5: week to help the team and no matter who's out there, 439 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 5: and we've had a lot of different line combinations and 440 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 5: it's it's been tough. But I think every time that 441 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 5: you go through those tough things, you get a little 442 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 5: bit better, a little bit better. And those guys that 443 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 5: are you know, playing maybe for the first time and 444 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 5: they get their chance again, like, they just get a 445 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 5: little bit better every time. So right, Yeah, we have 446 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 5: a good group and it's just, you know, like I said, 447 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 5: kind of where it's still coming together and gelling together 448 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 5: as a whole cohesive thing. 449 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 4: Right because there's all these different guys in and now 450 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 4: and like you said, there's a lot of new guys. 451 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 4: You're getting to know each other and stuff like who 452 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 4: when you when you first came to the Vikings, who 453 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 4: is your first friend on the team? 454 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, I had a kind of a built in friend, 455 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 5: Ryan Kelly, also covered with cold though, you know, coming 456 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 5: in with him was was pretty cool. 457 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: You know, it was kind of a cheat. 458 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 4: Code, right, Yeah, Right, at least you have one, like 459 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 4: when you're in that one class and you don't know 460 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 4: anybody who was, like, at least I. 461 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: Got my one. That's exactly what it was like. 462 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 5: But the good thing about this team is there's so 463 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 5: many good guys, like it becomes you've become integrated really fast, 464 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 5: like between Brian O'Neill and Blake Brandle, you know, Christian 465 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 5: Deisol like all those guys. They bring you in so quick, 466 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 5: but you know there they've been the main stays here 467 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 5: and been here for a while, and you know, they 468 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 5: brought me in like one of their own. So it's 469 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 5: become pretty fun, like becoming friends with them and playing 470 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 5: with them and oh, you know all those kind of things. 471 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 4: I think so far you've lived up to what the 472 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 4: usual host Mike Musman says. You're a pretty interesting guy. 473 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 4: Will he said, offensive Lineman, some of the most interesting 474 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 4: guys you can talk. 475 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: To, but also the grossest. What's the grossest thing about you? 476 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 5: I'm definitely a heavy sweater, pretty gross, I think, you know. 477 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 5: Brian would say the same thing. Playing next to me 478 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 5: isn't always the most fun because of how sweaty I 479 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 5: I could get in the huddle, So I would say 480 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 5: that's probably the number one grossest thing about me is 481 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 5: it's just a profusively heavy sweater. 482 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 4: What's like one of the grossest things about one of 483 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 4: your one of your offensive line. 484 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: Mates that that's really tough. 485 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 5: I think just as being big, sweaty guys during the 486 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 5: summer and like the training camp, like just the stench 487 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 5: of gloves and elbow pads. Like, I don't want to 488 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 5: ruin anyone else's meal here while they're eating. It's like 489 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 5: there's a lot of really pizza being had. But that's 490 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 5: probably as far as we'll go with it. Yeah, that's 491 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 5: probably That's probably where we're today. 492 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,239 Speaker 4: We've got people eating all types of good food here 493 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 4: at Carboni's in rose Mount. Once again, this is Vikings 494 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 4: Country presented by Miller Lite. 495 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: We got the five. 496 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 4: Typically stupid Vikings Country questions. Don't say that five times fast. 497 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 4: We might get in trouble and have to bleep something out. 498 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 4: We got that coming up next. I know that's a 499 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 4: fan favorite. Must usually does that. I don't want to 500 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 4: change anything up. That's our next segment. It may be 501 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 4: our last, but you still got time to come out 502 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 4: here to Carbonis in Rosemont. 503 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: Stop on out here and try to win a little 504 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: some some. 505 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 4: We got all types of prizes, including tickets to this 506 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 4: weekend's game I believe against the Washington Commanders. So come 507 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 4: on out here. 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Sign 513 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 4: up now at startribune dot com slash strib Varsity. 514 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: This is Vikings Country. 515 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 4: We got plenty more where that came from right here 516 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 4: on the fence, and. 517 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: It's time for Vikings Country, brought to you by Miller Lite. 518 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 2: Now here's your host of Vikings Country from KFAN and 519 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: the Vikings Radio Network. 520 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 4: MUSS Welcome back to Vikings Country, presented by Miller Light, 521 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 4: the official beer of your Minnesota Vikings Max Full here 522 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 4: live at Carboni's in a rows mound. Bunch of beautiful 523 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 4: people in the crowd tonight, including my good friend I. 524 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 4: I think we're good friends. Now it's not first right 525 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 4: become good friends. 526 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,959 Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah, right guard for the Minnesota. 527 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 4: Vikings, Will FRI's number seventy six, and there's no there's 528 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 4: no meaning behind the number. Some guys, you know, it's 529 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 4: like that this is my number from from high school 530 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 4: and blah blah blah. 531 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: But you were, you were seventy five with Indianapolis. There's 532 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: no special meaning behind the number. 533 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, so they just gave that to me. It was 534 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 5: a seventh rounder. I think you kind of get where 535 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 5: you can take it right when when I got here, 536 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 5: I picked seventy six. Was close seventy five. But also, 537 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 5: you know, really great guard for the Vikings, Steve Hutchinson, 538 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 5: you know, try to make the number proud and play 539 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 5: the best I can. So hopefully, you know, I can 540 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 5: try to live on that legacy of good guard play 541 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 5: from him. So yeah, that was kind of the thought 542 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 5: process behind picking seventy six when I got here. 543 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 4: Heck, yeah, and I want I want to ask you 544 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 4: about about getting picked late in the NFL draft, But 545 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 4: real quick before I say that, I just want to say, 546 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 4: join a pa in Alex Lewis this Friday, December fifth 547 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 4: at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Savage for the Friday 548 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 4: Football Fees presented by cores light. Visit Vikings dot com 549 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 4: slash b w W for full schedule and details. Now 550 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 4: will before we get into the five typically stupid Vikings 551 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: Country questions, what was that? What was that experience? Like 552 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 4: getting picked so late in the draft. Was there a 553 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: point where you're kind of like it's awkward? 554 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if I did you ever worry that 555 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: you weren't going to get that call? Yeah? 556 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 5: So, I mean I watched the entire draft start to 557 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 5: finish with my wife. You know, I was like, I 558 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 5: knew I wasn't going in the first or second round, 559 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 5: but I watched it anyway. Yeah, and the third day 560 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 5: was extremely long. 561 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: And did you have like a food on at the 562 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: crib just in case? Did you have like a good 563 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: outfit ready to go? 564 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 5: We had a small draft party with my family, uh, 565 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 5: you know, my wife, my couple of my friends, and 566 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 5: you know, you're kind of watching, you have an idea 567 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 5: of what teams might pick you, and then starts going 568 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 5: to fifth and the sixth round like maybe I got 569 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 5: a chance here, and then the call start coming in 570 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 5: of like oh this maybe you're getting drafted. They're trying to, 571 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 5: you know, recruit you to to sign free. So at 572 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 5: that point, you know, I was getting kind of sick 573 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 5: and I was like, dang, this might not happen, but 574 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 5: it was obviously lucky enough. I think it was picked 575 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 5: two thirty something pretty far towards the end there. I 576 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 5: was the last lineman picked in our draft, and I 577 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 5: will never forget that because when I was finished up 578 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 5: my first year with Indy, I was talking to Chris 579 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 5: Ballard and kind of our end of the year meetings, 580 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 5: and he said to me, you know, you were the 581 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 5: last line and picked, but I think you have a 582 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 5: real shot out beating the best. 583 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: And wow, that kind of had to go a long way. 584 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: It did. 585 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 5: It was kind of one of those things where I 586 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 5: feel like the way I'm motivated is I like to 587 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 5: prove people wrong that didn't believe me along the way, 588 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 5: and I would also like to believe, you know, kind 589 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 5: of proved people the right that did believe in me. 590 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 5: And he was somebody that you know, obviously drafted me 591 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 5: and had my back, and I really wanted to prove 592 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 5: him right and become the best lineman that I possibly 593 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 5: could for not only the team, my teammates, but to 594 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 5: kind of prove him right so well, You've proved the. 595 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 4: Doubters wrong, all the all the haters are wrong, and 596 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 4: we're happy that you're here, Will, but you might not 597 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 4: be happy that year after these five typically stupid vikings 598 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 4: country questions, and we only got a couple of minutes left. 599 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 4: Brett Blake Moore's probably laughing back in the studio. I'm 600 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 4: notorious for this type of stuff, So I'm gonna try 601 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 4: to get to I'm gonna try to get to the 602 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 4: most interesting one quick. 603 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: Okay. 604 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 4: The Oxford Dictionary they revealed recently that their word of 605 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 4: twenty twenty five is rage bait. 606 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: Now, for the old people out there, that's not anything dirty. 607 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: It just means. 608 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 4: It just means to intentionally anger somebody, teasing, you know, 609 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 4: purposely saying something controversial that you know is going to 610 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 4: get people mad, or maybe even trash talking, which leads 611 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 4: me to my question, who is the best trash talker 612 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 4: that you've experience in your NFL career so far? 613 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 5: Oh, that one's pretty easy. I think it's Jeffrey Simmons. 614 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 5: Really yeah, Jeffrey Simmons, the d tackle Fornes for the 615 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 5: Tennessee Titans, is a very good trash talker. So anytime 616 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 5: anyone's preparing to play him, No, he will talk to you. 617 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: That's in the profile. Yeah. 618 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 5: Brandon Graham was also a very good trash talker. We 619 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 5: put the Eagles in twenty twenty two. He talked NonStop, 620 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 5: so that was pretty funny. I usually don't trash talk 621 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 5: or say how's your trash talking about? Does it? 622 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 4: It's gotta come out every now and then, though, right 623 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 4: pancake a guy, it's like yeah. 624 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: And sometimes it can. 625 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 5: I think it drives the lineman workers when you don't 626 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 5: say anything back to that and then you just good 627 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 5: point give them a dead stare. 628 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: Who's the best trash talker on the team on. 629 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 5: The team, man, I think Donovan Jackson got going pretty good, 630 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 5: you know, for a rookie to have that kind of 631 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 5: much fire and energy. 632 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: You know we're playing Detroit and get a big win. 633 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 1: There he was. 634 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 5: He was talking some good trash so he was used 635 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 5: pretty funny. I'll give it to Donna the Donnie there. 636 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 4: We only got through one of the five typically stupid 637 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 4: Bikings country Quest, but we appreciate you either way for 638 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 4: joining us out here. Right card for the Minnesota Vikings 639 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 4: Will Fries. 640 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: Everybody give it up for Will Fries. 641 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 4: Thank you, it's nice to meet you, dog NICs for 642 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: coming out here tonight. 643 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 1: How's your dat game? You gotta have a good DAP game, right, oh? 644 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: You and that you gotta have a good dap game. 645 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 4: Dog. Thank you for joining us for this week's edition 646 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 4: of Vikings Country, presented by Miller Lite, the official beer 647 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 4: of your Minnesota Vikings. 648 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure Mike must will be. 649 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 4: Back in action wherever Vikings Country is at next week, 650 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 4: but for now you'll be listening to the Minnesota Wild 651 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 4: on k f A and peace out, y'all.