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Speaker 1: Ackroyd and Candy Come of John rest in peace. But

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Speaker 1: Nordo went for PA sixty five to one, carpet studios

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Speaker 1: also any of you listening via the free iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure many of you are, and you have the

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Speaker 1: And part of that I want to do that today

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Speaker 1: as we want to hear from you. But to that end, Brett,

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Speaker 1: Brett Blakemore is producing this morning a little bit of

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Speaker 1: potpourri and a nine to noon Tuesday, as the Vikings

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Speaker 1: There are other sports and other events taking place, including

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Wild opening their season Thursday night in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 1: W Welcome back to the Minnesota Wild as they embark

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Speaker 1: on their own journey to twenty twenty five twenty six

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Speaker 1: campaign Thursday night in Saint Louis. I've actually tasked Brett

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Speaker 1: into the season. I must ask you and derail my

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Speaker 1: own opening segment here. Connor McDavid signs the two year

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Speaker 1: The idea that you know was, was Carill going to

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Speaker 1: Am I gathering that correctly, Brett? So that's essentially what

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Speaker 2: It's a two year win it now or we move

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Speaker 1: Year, a lot of money. Yeah, but there's no can

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Speaker 1: that from Brett. Also popa re style on a Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Lavelli Neil the third, of course of Star Tribune fame.

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Speaker 1: last night, I want to start here the Jaguars, the

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Speaker 4: I told you, Kevin, strange things happen when there's a

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Speaker 1: Ben Gesling, Star Tribune. He's going to be in studio

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Speaker 1: at ten lavell As I mentioned at eleven. So, but

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Speaker 1: because of the O line, because of what he wasn't

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Speaker 1: able to do with the pieces that he had to

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Speaker 1: play with. And so I don't know if it was

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Speaker 1: a final acknowledgment. Is is any coach potentially stubborn in

431
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Speaker 1: their philosophy, certainly, but what I felt is a coach

432
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Speaker 1: that I mean, it sounds odd to say it. In

433
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Speaker 1: some ways, he needed to come home, just like the

434
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: team needed to where that was an absolute grind to

435
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Speaker 1: get past Stefanski and the Browns, and yes, in some ways,

436
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Speaker 1: altering and that game plan in a vacuum for one

437
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:53,360
Speaker 1: game to get by Cleveland was probably infinitely more difficult

438
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Speaker 1: than he ever wished or thought that it could be.

439
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Speaker 1: When the schedule comes out and he thinks he's going

440
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Speaker 1: into work with an old line that he doesn't have,

441
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Speaker 1: he thinks he's got a running back he doesn't have.

442
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,200
Speaker 1: He's got a wide receiver who misses three games because

443
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Speaker 1: of a suspension, and they can't. I mean, he's in

444
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 1: a captive environment, in a countryside manner and he misses it. Walkthrough,

445
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: How does that happen? But all the things that went

446
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Speaker 1: into it, Yes, I think there's an acknowledgment on his

447
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: end that to win games they're going to have to

448
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Speaker 1: do it a bit differently than maybe initially that he

449
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Speaker 1: would have considered. So thanks for the talking and I

450
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Speaker 1: got a bunch more to play here. But I did

451
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Speaker 1: tell Brett I want to know what's up with my

452
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Speaker 1: favorite hockey team as they enter the twenty twenty five seasons.

453
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Speaker 1: We are indeed going to skate over to the NHL

454
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Speaker 1: for a couple of nuggets on the hockey team? What's

455
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Speaker 1: going on with the Wild?

456
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Speaker 2: While opening nights not too far away Thursday night Saint

457
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Speaker 2: Louis Blues in Saint Louis, the line combinations look like

458
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Speaker 2: they're cemented, and that's my favorite thing to do. When

459
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Speaker 2: we talked about the Wild is rip the line combinations

460
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Speaker 2: and why aren't we doing this? Marco Rossi centers the

461
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Speaker 2: top line between priest Soft and Boldie. Oh we love

462
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Speaker 2: that because we love that because Zukerolo's out.

463
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Speaker 1: That's a pretty strong top line.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, second line, Eric Snick love that centering Tarasenko and Fellino.

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Speaker 2: You have to look down the sheet to find young

466
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Speaker 2: guns Jurov and Ogrin. They are on the fourth line

467
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Speaker 2: Shak Horror with a Nico Sturm, who we do love.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Here's John, So would you say that second line Tarasenko, Jule,

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Speaker 1: Eric Shinak and Felino.

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Speaker 2: That's that's our speed line. That's the offensive powerhouse line.

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Speaker 1: That's what that is.

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Speaker 2: Here's John Hines talking about why Felino's on the second line.

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Speaker 1: He's had a good camp.

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Speaker 4: I know there's been some some camerasry with with Ecki.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know, I think those two guys can get in

478
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Speaker 4: on the puff as well and see what see what

479
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Speaker 4: that that combination would look like. So it's just, you know,

480
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Speaker 4: we're still trying to figure out a little bit who's

481
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Speaker 4: in that spot if we were to keep the lines together,

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Speaker 4: which you know we probably will, uh for the seeable

483
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Speaker 4: future to see how it goes. So, you know, I

484
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Speaker 4: think we looked at og and Ogre and you're off there.

485
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 4: Joe Hanson can play there. So take a look at

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Speaker 4: Moose now.

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Speaker 2: Now before we get to opinion, he was asked again,

488
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Speaker 2: what about you're off? What about Ogrin? Because this seems

489
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 2: like a picture perfect opportunity. Was Zugarrella being out, there's

490
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Speaker 2: a spot open for one of those guys to get

491
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Speaker 2: a look there, and they're not going to get it

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Speaker 2: in the regular season.

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Speaker 4: We knew coming into the year that that was going

494
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Speaker 4: to be a little bit of an audition spot. And

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Speaker 4: you know, we feel like we did give guys, you know,

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Speaker 4: good opportunities and long looks there and different looks, and

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Speaker 4: you know, I think that taking a look at at

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Speaker 4: Fellino there, now you know he adds a different element

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Speaker 4: than those other guys do. But it still could looks

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Speaker 4: like a line that could be very difficult to play against.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm shaking your head, Brett.

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Speaker 2: I'm here to tell you a couple of preseason games

503
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Speaker 2: is not a long audition. Okay, It's just not. And

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Speaker 2: we've seen Felino's a good player. This is not a

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Speaker 2: Fellino hate piece at all. I love him on the

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Speaker 2: third line. I love him on the fourth linal of

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Speaker 2: the energy brings. He's sort of great shorthanded goal on

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Speaker 2: a break in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: It was awesome. You love him specifically on the bottom

510
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Speaker 1: sick correct, Okay, And I think that.

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Speaker 2: And it's not even because you're of an ogre on

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Speaker 2: the same line, so they could generate something. But they're

513
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Speaker 2: on the fourth line. They're gonna get a handful of

514
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Speaker 2: minutes and that's gonna be it.

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Speaker 1: So are you are you discouraged by the idea that

516
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Speaker 1: either you didn't have a couple of young guns take

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Speaker 1: that opportunity, or are you saying that we didn't get

518
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Speaker 1: enough sample size? We don't know it.

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Speaker 2: Definitely the latter, they didn't get a lot of size.

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Speaker 2: And this I mean this coaching staff and this team,

521
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Speaker 2: well I'm not saying that. I'm just saying I've been

522
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Speaker 2: harping on this for years. I feel like this coaching

523
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Speaker 2: staff doesn't like giving these young guns and young players

524
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: enough of a chance. It's like they see one dad

525
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 2: shift from and just kick them to the curb in

526
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Speaker 2: favor of a guy like Joe Hanson who's above them,

527
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Speaker 2: who they gave like the vet minimum to. He was

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Speaker 2: He's stunk in the playoffs last year, but that's fine

529
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Speaker 2: because Eurov didn't go or a goal in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: Therefore he's kicked to the fourth line. I just don't

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Speaker 1: understand why are your thoughts, Well, my thoughts are is

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Speaker 1: that I was kind of framing it up like you

533
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Speaker 1: were going to hit us with some stuff to be

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Speaker 1: excited about.

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Speaker 2: Well, this is how I've talked about the wild I'm

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Speaker 2: kind of.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of pumped about our second our speed line

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Speaker 1: and Moose. He's gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 2: Nothing says speed more than Marcus Flino and Vladimir Tarasenko.

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Speaker 1: I've said that for years, But but with with Eric

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Speaker 1: Zinek and Fellino, I mean you have maybe your strongest

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Speaker 1: line there, right, I mean that would that be an

543
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Speaker 1: literally strong? Would that be an abnormally tough second line? Yeah,

544
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Speaker 1: but that's not what you're looking forward your second stand.

545
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: You're looking for some goals. I'm trying to look at

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Speaker 1: the positives here. I'll give you some positives. I've got

547
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: plenty of them. Hit me with some positives. Please.

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Speaker 2: How about a contract extension for gust Of sim the

549
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 2: gust Bus. Yeah, that's sweet. He's absolutely solid. It's five years. Uh,

550
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Speaker 2: I love it. I don't think it blocks out Wallstead

551
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Speaker 2: at all. Because he's now the backup and they're gonna

552
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 2: split games. He's going to get time. So that's my

553
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 2: I don't like when guys are blocked out, and I

554
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Speaker 2: think there's a perfect way to it's term for him,

555
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Speaker 2: but it's also an opportunity for walst at being the backup.

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Speaker 1: I love it. Do you have optimism for Yes, we're volstat.

557
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Speaker 2: I've been a Walstet denier for or non denier defender

558
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Speaker 2: for a long time. I thought that the teams down

559
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 2: there and I wouldn't really help him out in front

560
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Speaker 2: of him. I think he's going to be a really

561
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Speaker 2: solid piece for this team. And I love Gus Buss

562
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Speaker 2: as well. I think our goaltending is solid. How about

563
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Speaker 2: our defensive Cordnordo z Boyem gets a shot.

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Speaker 1: I was a little concerned.

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Speaker 2: Zeez, little concern that he got pulled from the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: basically just saying we'd rather have John Merrill there. He

567
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Speaker 2: is second line with Jared Spurgeon. I thought he was

568
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Speaker 2: good running the power play in the preseason. I love

569
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Speaker 2: the upside of this kid, and I love young players

570
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Speaker 2: getting opportunities.

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Speaker 1: Zeve's getting it, so I'm very happy and Bro Brodan,

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Speaker 1: we're feeling good about him not missing a ton of time. Right,

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Speaker 1: he's he's in the mix or I've got him listed

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Speaker 1: as day to day Yeah whatever that means, okay, because

575
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Speaker 1: we've seen that go which way.

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Speaker 2: Day to day can be longer or shorter. So it's

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Speaker 2: really a to me, it's a mystery on that. I

578
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Speaker 2: noticed you didn't mention you're a check so you're still

579
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Speaker 2: down on him. I actually was a year check defender

580
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 2: as well, just because of the price they paid for Right,

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Speaker 2: it's a first round round pick. They ended up getting

582
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Speaker 2: the guy back. Do they trade four anyways? And David

583
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 2: hunts so you know he slotted in on that third line.

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Speaker 2: But again, that's a guy I want to see more

585
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Speaker 2: of a sample size of to see if he really

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Speaker 2: takes that spot. That's not one that I'm going to

587
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Speaker 2: die on the hill of like eurovn Ogrin, But I'm

588
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 2: excited to see what he does. Because they paid a

589
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Speaker 2: price for him. I get first round and draft picks

590
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Speaker 2: in the NHL are different than the NFL because you

591
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Speaker 2: don't see him right away, and it's really more of

592
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Speaker 2: a crapshoot than it is in the NFL, but it's

593
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Speaker 2: still a high price to pay for someone.

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Speaker 1: It shows that you believe in him. If he doesn't

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Speaker 1: pan out, that stinks. Where do you think the Wild

596
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Speaker 1: sit as of now before any games have been played

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Speaker 1: in terms of the Central Division?

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Speaker 2: I think there's no reason with the way that they

599
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Speaker 2: started last year, and if capriesovs, which is the world's biggest,

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Speaker 2: If if Caprice often Coast stay healthy, there's no reason

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Speaker 2: they can't compete for the division.

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Speaker 1: All that, they had one of the best records in

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Speaker 1: the NHL until he got hurt.

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Speaker 2: He was a heart trophied odds favorite in Vegas. So really,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't say the team lives and dies with Caprice

606
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 2: sof because they have a little bit more scoring depth

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Speaker 2: than they did last year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they kind of do, But they kind of do.

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Speaker 1: They kind of do. As a matter of fact. Well,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate that. That's awesome. Yeah, Wild opening up in

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Speaker 1: Saint Louis and that's a seven pm pregame. Joe joe'

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Speaker 1: donald on the call, Tom Reid, and you know they

613
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Speaker 1: don't Joe Donald doesn't need my he doesn't need my help.

614
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Speaker 1: But like a little bouya bum. I mean, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: you can throw it down there or just workshop is Zeve. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's why I don't do play by play ladies and gentlemen,

617
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Speaker 1: because because I'm not good at it. That's that's actually

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Speaker 1: the frame of it. Let's do some vikings talkbacks here

619
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Speaker 1: with a bit more time left in the segment again,

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Wild opening on Thursday night. I think we are

621
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Speaker 1: going to have have some Russo inclusion, whether it's tomorrow

622
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: or Thursday, some hockey heavy opportunities here, as both PA

623
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Speaker 1: and I will not be in the mix the next

624
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Speaker 1: few days, so somebody that actually knows puck. You'll get

625
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Speaker 1: to talk with them, Brett, instead of just staring at

626
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Speaker 1: me while I'm trying. Okay, Yeah, this guy's on the team.

627
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Speaker 1: Give me some excitement, give me something to be excited about.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure Falmus is very excited about everything that

629
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Speaker 2: I disagreed with this segment. I'm sure he's fired up

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Speaker 2: and I can't wait to talk to him to the

631
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Speaker 2: talkback machine.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Nordo, Max Remeigan here. I know we're three and

633
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Speaker 7: two and it's looking okay at the moment, but honestly,

634
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Speaker 7: we have not played that well we could easily be

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Speaker 7: one in four play the murmur.

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Speaker 1: I know if we didn't play.

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Speaker 7: The Browns and the Bears this season and played above

638
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Speaker 7: average teams in both those games. We didn't play winning

639
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Speaker 7: football in those games, and we found a way to win,

640
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Speaker 7: I know, But the team as some.

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Speaker 1: Work to do unfortunately, see you later, Hey, thanks for

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00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: the talkback, Max, And that's in. And then I also

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Speaker 1: got a text from Greg and Lakeville, and I'm just

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Speaker 1: going to kind of mix those two. I agree with you,

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Speaker 1: first of all, Max, that this team hasn't played well,

646
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Speaker 1: and whether that's injuries, circumstance, all of those things, it

647
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Speaker 1: all matters in the scope of games that count. So

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Speaker 1: teams three and two into the by but very easily

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Speaker 1: in some circumstances, save for the go ahead drive at

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Speaker 1: London at Tottenham or even week one against the Bears,

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Speaker 1: you require, after three quarters of malaise to engineer three

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Speaker 1: scoring drives. The kid QB comes through, he's NFC player

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Speaker 1: of the week and you nip them at the wire

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Speaker 1: at sold your field against the Bears. So the team

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Speaker 1: has not played well. Injuries playing a part in that, certainly.

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Speaker 1: But then I get this text from from Greg and Lakeville,

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Speaker 1: which I also understand. Hey, Nordo, only problem with your

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Speaker 1: logic regarding McCarthy the idea, I'm just I'm pumped. See

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Speaker 1: I'm completely re emboldened, and I'm just I'm finding that

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Speaker 1: place I was in before the Monday night opener where

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for McCarthy to get back on the field.

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Speaker 1: But but Greg his his text, The only problem with

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Speaker 1: your logic regarding McCarthy is that we are an older team.

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Speaker 1: We're supposed to win now. Older veterans can't wait around

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Speaker 1: too bad. Donald wasn't still here as the Quicke aside,

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Speaker 1: which we are. We are known to do. Darnald's looked

667
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Speaker 1: almost better in Seattle thus far than he did in

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Speaker 1: Minnesota last season. Unbelievable resurgence to his career. What he's

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Speaker 1: doing with the Seahawks, to shootout with Baker. I know

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Speaker 1: they were on the wrong side of it against the

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Speaker 1: Bucks this last weekend, but that that ain't Donald's fault.

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Speaker 1: Donald was awesome and has been really through the first month.

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Speaker 1: In the game of the season, and and they did

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Speaker 1: find that l to Tampa, but to luck to Darnold,

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Speaker 1: the plan was to move on to to JJ McCarthy.

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Speaker 1: I keep seeing that the roster is built to win

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Speaker 1: now that we are supposed to win now. The only

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Speaker 1: reason that we are a veteran laden team to the

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Speaker 1: degree that we are is because we haven't been effectively

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Speaker 1: drafting for the last half decade, which potentially plays into

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Speaker 1: why some of these injury issues and where and and

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Speaker 1: the the O line with what they did, with what

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Speaker 1: this team had. The performances on Sunday across that O

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Speaker 1: line were very impressive. Joe Huber, not starting guard caliber

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, held up in moments again one v

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Speaker 1: one I mentioned yesterday one of my favorite plays from

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Speaker 1: the game was sadly it ended in that field goal

688
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: ball may have hit wire fiasco, but the thirty a

689
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Speaker 1: yarder to Justin Jefferson where Carson didn't get happy feet,

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Speaker 1: he didn't bail out of the pocket. He stood in

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Speaker 1: there strong and usin school one v one, the guy

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Speaker 1: that at times had felt like a month ago was

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Speaker 1: potentially getting JJ McCarthy killed on the left side of

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Speaker 1: the O line. He stood tall one v one won

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Speaker 1: that rep against Miles Garrett and gave Carson that extra

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Speaker 1: split second he needed to deliver it to Jefferson. So

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Speaker 1: the performances require and have earned the respect and the

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Speaker 1: tip of the cap. But the fact of the matter

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Speaker 1: is this is an older team because we have not

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Speaker 1: I mean, Donovan Jackson I think is going to be

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Speaker 1: an absolute stud. Excited for him to get back again.

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Speaker 1: These health issues, they always pop up in any conversation

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Speaker 1: we have. This is a veteran laden team because we

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Speaker 1: have been so ineffective at producing draft domestic, homegrown, organic

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Speaker 1: talent to this team to the point now where we're

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Speaker 1: even also having that conversation. Can't wait for Van Ginkel

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Speaker 1: to come back because of how important Van Ginkel is,

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Speaker 1: and the reason he's so important to come back is

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Speaker 1: because the kid we drafted a year ago, in his

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Speaker 1: second year, splashed a couple of bit men and made

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Speaker 1: a couple of nice tackles in specifics, one near the

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Speaker 1: boundary on Judkins I believe, and in a good game

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Speaker 1: in a vacuum again from Dallas Turner. Now that doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean he's a bust again. We can need Van Ginkle

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Speaker 1: back and Dallas Turner can still have a terrific career.

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Speaker 1: But Dallas Turner as a first round pick has not

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Speaker 1: panned out and is not producing at the level that

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Speaker 1: this team needs from him. So the inability to draft

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Speaker 1: has this out with these measured spending spreeese, you trade

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Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips, you let Jonathan Bullard go because you're pumped

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Speaker 1: again veterans again coming off of injuries in Hargrave and Allen,

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Speaker 1: and I would say, you've seen a few splash moments,

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Speaker 1: but in the end, we've seen our run de suffer mightily.

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Speaker 1: And that's not just up the middle in the absence

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Speaker 1: of Van Ginkel. A lot of teams they're running at

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Speaker 1: Dallas Turner and it is working. So the built to

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Speaker 1: win now? Are we? On paper? In August it felt

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Speaker 1: like that, But I think now as we enter the bye,

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Speaker 1: I think the combination of health and just looking pragmatically

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Speaker 1: at the roster, we are a veteran laden roster. I

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Speaker 1: am no longer necessarily convinced that this is a built

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Speaker 1: to win now and it's whatever we can possibly do

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Speaker 1: to hold this thing together. And once we get Cashman back,

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Speaker 1: who I'm excited to get back, once we get Aaron

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Speaker 1: Jones back in the mix, and that tandom redevelops and

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Speaker 1: re emerges because Mason now is fumbled in two games

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Speaker 1: in a row. Can't have that. But everything's just going

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Speaker 1: to run like clockwork. Again, I'm seeing this roster and

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Speaker 1: I'm seeing what this team has a little bit differently

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Speaker 1: in October than I did in early September. So I

741
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Speaker 1: think it's difficult to look at it and just say, well,

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Speaker 1: you can't play JJ McCarthy because we're supposed to win. Now.

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Speaker 1: I mean maybe we're supposed to. I'd like us to,

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Speaker 1: but can we are true built in that fashion? That's

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Speaker 1: one question that I do have.

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Speaker 8: My feeling on the Viking quarterback situation is you gotta

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Speaker 8: roll with Carson Wentz. Okay, he is playing winning football.

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Speaker 8: We all saw what JJ McCarthy was doing on his

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Speaker 8: first two outings. Let's say the Vikings do put him

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Speaker 8: back in and he continues to play the way that

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Speaker 8: he played before his injury. Well then what then you

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Speaker 8: pull him in and what does that do to his confidence?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and what does that do? It would be It

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Speaker 1: would be bad. It would if he comes in and

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Speaker 1: the offense continues to sputter and is just mired and

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Speaker 1: full on impotent destitution. Well then we start to learn

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Speaker 1: something about the quarterbacks. Again, If you know getting him

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Speaker 1: fully healthy, getting him practicing, finding that rhythm, the trust

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Speaker 1: that you have in the head coach who chose this guy.

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Speaker 1: This was the plan. A. You see seven cores orders

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Speaker 1: of mediocrity with one quarter of brilliance at Soldier field.

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Speaker 1: It has us all wondering. There's no doubt about that. Yes,

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Speaker 1: once he comes back into the game, I agree with

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Speaker 1: you from the sentiment standpoint. He is playing when he

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Speaker 1: is healthy and he takes that field again. You're doing

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Speaker 1: it under the idea that this is your guy for

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Speaker 1: the remainder of the season. But we need to see

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Speaker 1: what this kid has. So when do you play him?

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Speaker 1: I don't that's so you're you. You're either going to wait.

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Speaker 1: So Carson Wentz needs to continue playing, continue being the

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Speaker 1: warrior that he is at this journeyman stage of his career,

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Speaker 1: and then he has to fail miserably. I don't think

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is bad enough to fail miserably, but he

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Speaker 1: will make mistakes. He will he will struggle at times.

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Speaker 1: So I don't see him going MVP on the bit

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Speaker 1: for the remainder of the season. I don't see him floundering.

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Speaker 1: So at this point we just say, eh, see you

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Speaker 1: next year. And so then now, in the first two

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Speaker 1: seasons of a kid's career, somebody you invested in via

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Speaker 1: the draft, somebody you believe in, somebody that was your plan. A,

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Speaker 1: he's going to get eight quarters of work. I do

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Speaker 1: believe that that's a problem. So I just it can't

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Speaker 1: necessarily be predicated on Carson's play overall, because I just

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Speaker 1: don't believe Carson's ever going to be bad enough to

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Speaker 1: the point where, oh, all right, guys, it's all over.

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Speaker 1: I guess it is time to bring the kid in.

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Speaker 1: I think you need to remain consistent in the development

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Speaker 1: of this kid, and at some point he has to

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Speaker 1: come in and play, and of course associated with that

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Speaker 1: is the risk that he's not good, and then you know,

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Speaker 1: and then you again act accordingly. Thanks for the talkbacks.

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Speaker 1: We're going to roll back and continue having this conversation.

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Speaker 1: Six four six eighty six Bratshaw on Bryan Kfan text

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Speaker 1: line talkbacks with the free iHeartRadio app at that microphone.

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Speaker 1: Give us up to your best thirty seconds. First hour

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Speaker 1: rolls on Ben Gestling in studio at ten it's Nord

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Speaker 1: to one for Pa with Brett blakemore nine to do, Hey, Nordo.

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Speaker 6: A couple of topics here quick for you. On McDavid contract, Yeah,

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Speaker 6: good on him for doing that. People need to realize

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Speaker 6: it's not a knock against Bill Garon. People that do

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Speaker 6: what McDavid did are going to be making probably three

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Speaker 6: million dollars more per season on their second contract. On

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Speaker 6: the Wentz McCarthy debate, it's not a debate, it's Gottathy McCarthy.

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Speaker 6: Otherwise it's a wasted season. Wentz is way too inconsistent.

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Speaker 6: We're going nowhere with him.

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Speaker 1: We have to at least see what McCarthy has. Thanks

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Speaker 1: Doug for the talk back. I also got I got

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Speaker 1: a text message specifically for Blake Moore. When Eck is

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Speaker 1: out there against the opponent's top line, do you honestly

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Speaker 1: want ogrin or y're off going against McDavid and McKinnon

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Speaker 1: out of the gate or a guy who won't get

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Speaker 1: caught out of position in Felino, Maybe the ch line

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Speaker 1: will be more considered as much the third line, and

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Speaker 1: the playing time will be more equally split than you think.

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Speaker 2: Why don't you let the coaches coach Brett Well? Thanks

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Speaker 2: k Fondness for the text. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't falling this. No, No, he's a civil servant.

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Speaker 1: He's delivering somebody's mail on the east side of town

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Speaker 1: right now.

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Speaker 2: Understood, If you want your second line to be a

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Speaker 2: shut down line, that I guess that's your choice. I

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Speaker 2: would rather have my second line be an ancillary scoring line,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's more of a traditional way to go.

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Speaker 2: It's a great shutdown line. I won't deny that it

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Speaker 2: will be a great shutdown line. If you remember, I'm

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Speaker 2: old enough to remember, the grief line was that Felino

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Speaker 2: U Greenway and eck.

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Speaker 1: That was a great shutdown line.

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Speaker 2: They played him against McDavid all the time, and it

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Speaker 2: had a lot of success. I don't think that was

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Speaker 2: their second line at that point in time. So I'm

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Speaker 2: all for a great shutdown line, and I think that

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Speaker 2: there are spots on this team for those types of lines.

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Speaker 2: I just think you're not You're not putting your young

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Speaker 2: prospects in a position to succeed if you're only gonna

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Speaker 2: give them seven minutes of ice time.

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Speaker 1: I dig it to the talkback machine Viking Centrico.

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Speaker 9: Jamie from Holly, he just wanted to I love Carson Wentz.

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Speaker 1: He's done a great job.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, he is the veteran leader we needed at that time.

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Speaker 9: But give JJ a healthy old line, give him Addison,

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Speaker 9: get Jones back, Hawk's now recovered, stroke the post. Let's go,

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Speaker 9: let's see what the kids got, all right, let's go,

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Speaker 9: Purple Skull.

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Speaker 1: So I'll admit when I saw it, because I read

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Speaker 1: the transcripts of these talkbacks. Yes, and I'm reading it

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Speaker 1: while reading that. I'm kind of reading that while I'm

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Speaker 1: reading the text. So it's yeah, it's a bit of

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Speaker 1: a schizophrenic operation here in the big chair this morning.

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Speaker 1: Sorry about that. But when I saw it out of

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Speaker 1: the course, the peripheral hawk in the transcript and then Stroke,

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Speaker 1: I thought we had been infiltrated by it was a

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Speaker 1: leftover from by the Power Trip morning show. So I

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Speaker 1: just want to thank you for staying stayed on topic.

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Speaker 1: Out of the talkback machine.

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Speaker 10: Hey, guys, Craig from playing Hey, if you bring in

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Speaker 10: the kid and he's terrible, well then you're kind of

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Speaker 10: stuck playing him for the rest of the year, aren't you. Yeah,

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Speaker 10: let's say he loses the first three games. What good

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Speaker 10: at that point is it to bring in wins? Our

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Speaker 10: season's over? So you might as well stick with the kids,

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Speaker 10: so I hope they keep wins in. I don't know

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Speaker 10: why they're such a rush to bring the kid in

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Speaker 10: and get him going.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I appreciate it. Hey, Nordal, Aaron Hero and Cottage Grove.

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Speaker 1: I think you're spot on with your tike on JJ.

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Speaker 1: The kid just haven't had a big enough.

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Speaker 2: Sample size with the two games, and he trained his

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Speaker 2: ankle in game two, hasn't had a healthy offensive line.

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Speaker 4: I think you give the kid.

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Speaker 9: With a couple of pieces going back after the bye

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Speaker 9: a healthy addison that we never had because of the supession.

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Speaker 5: I like the kids chances.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't work after two or three game. Yeah, thanks, yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks for the talkbacks. A couple of text message here

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Speaker 1: before we pause, Ben Gesling starts tribute is next markin Duluth.

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Speaker 1: What does he say putting the way McCarthy played on

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Speaker 1: him is ridiculous. The old line was garbage for the

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Speaker 1: first two games. When Wentz came in, the line and

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Speaker 1: running game played far better. Dari saw was a huge

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Speaker 1: reason for that. Give the kids some time and you

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Speaker 1: will see a big difference in my opinion. Thank you, Mark.

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Speaker 1: Another text message, don't have a name on it, but

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. They can't put McCarthy back in until they

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Speaker 1: know the line can and will protect him. It has

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Speaker 1: all to do with that and little with JJ. People

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Speaker 1: making these sweeping judgments and predictions about JJ are childish.

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Speaker 1: Jason from Bismarck. Of course, I'm a huge Carson Wentz fan.

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Speaker 1: Of course you are probably went to high school with them.

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Speaker 1: There's got to be a lot of there's got to

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Speaker 1: be a lot of carryover and connections like I played

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Speaker 1: with him in this Pop Warner league or youth football league,

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Speaker 1: saw him in high school, knew this new that between

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Speaker 1: the fan loving audience and JJ, and excuse me and

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Of course I'm a huge Carson Wentz fan.

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Speaker 1: I agree we need to see what JJ has, but

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Speaker 1: I just don't think he can read defenses at this

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Speaker 1: point in his career. Tough spot for the coach, tough

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Speaker 1: for me necessarily to say that he Kenner cannot read

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Speaker 1: defenses because he was running for his life a fair

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Speaker 1: amount of those eight quarters that we got to see from.

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Speaker 1: But I'm glad that that so many people are indeed

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Speaker 1: hitting on the offensive line. You know, Roster built built

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Speaker 1: now versus, in my opinion, a veteran laden roster because

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Speaker 1: we have not been drafting effectively. That's kind of where

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Speaker 1: I'm sitting with it. Through five games. I have a

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Speaker 1: little different perception of what this roster in totality looks like.

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Speaker 1: Need to see it fully healthy. Still waiting for that,

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Speaker 1: but my perception of that has changed a bit. But

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Speaker 1: the ability to see McCarthy behind what would be I

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Speaker 1: guess fully healthy would be at this stage, given now

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Speaker 1: that Ryan Kelly's on IR, it'll be Darrisaw hopefully off

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Speaker 1: the pitch count ready to play full games with this

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Speaker 1: knee thing, into a healthy Donovan Jackson post the wrist

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Speaker 1: procedure into well Will Fry's a right guard, Brian O'Neal.

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Speaker 1: He's weak to week, but we need that cap back certainly.

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Speaker 1: And then at center man Blake Brandel, though I mean

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Speaker 1: Blake Brandell was terrific on Sunday in London. Michael Jurgens

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Speaker 1: has had his ups and downs, initially not even playning

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Speaker 1: to play. It was Ryan Kelly's job, so how they

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Speaker 1: put that thing together. I want to see McCarthy behind

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Speaker 1: a healthy Minnesota moving company, and I do believe it's

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Speaker 1: not like you know, the soft benching things and some

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Speaker 1: of the ways that this has been reported on or

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Speaker 1: written about, or thought about or spoken of on social media.

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Speaker 1: I just I wonder the combination of getting the kid

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Speaker 1: in a rhythm and then also getting the right pieces

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Speaker 1: in front of him to protect the kid, and then

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Speaker 1: we get to see does he have it or does

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Speaker 1: he not? That We'll continue this conversation, whether it's the

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Speaker 1: text messages or talkbacks, We're going to continue this for

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Speaker 1: a large part of the ten am hour is Ben

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Speaker 1: Gesling's going to be in studio the Star Tribune, Star

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Speaker 1: Tribune dot Com. It's into the bye week. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of things to talk about from a health perspective.

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Speaker 1: Just through five games, how do you sum up? Maybe

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Speaker 1: Guesstline will have a different perception of this veteran laden

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Speaker 1: roster than I do, and I'm excited to get his

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Speaker 1: opinions on that and a whole bunch more. As we

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Speaker 1: kick off the second hour around the corner, It'snorto win

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Speaker 1: for PA with Ben Gesling next on the fan