1 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? 2 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 2: Welcome back to nine to noon and X AS and 3 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: o's with Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell from the 4 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: vast and never expanding Vikings Entertainment Network t CEO Radio 5 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: Studio off two in a row four ko, or don't 6 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: give me one, two in a row four kow in 7 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: row four ko. Trying to make it three in a 8 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: row this weekend against the New York Giants. Couple of 9 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: cameras here for Vikings dot Com. Don't forget paid Jaeger's 10 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: new camera right there. It's very important. And the head 11 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: coach of the Minnesota Vikings joins us, Now, what's going on? 12 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell, What up? 13 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 3: Pa? 14 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: How are you guys? 15 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 4: Uh? 16 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: You're you're your generally smiley uh, but I bet you 17 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: I can make bet you, I can make you smile. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: You ready, I bet you can. 19 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: Uh that that McCarthy keeper fold the heck out of 20 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: your announcer on a hot mic, So you smiled. 21 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 4: I called the play and the fake was so good 22 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 4: that it almost got me for a second. 23 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. 24 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 4: The only guy that could get JJ on that tackle 25 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 4: Jordan Mason. So as long as Jordan didn't still have 26 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 4: the call. 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: I thought we were in good shape. You I'm gonna 28 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: make you smile. You want to hear the highlight? Sure 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: Devin three to two two in the backfield, Mason and 30 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: Ham corp and goal from the one. McCarthy under center snap, 31 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: Mason handoff. 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: Know McCarthy keeped it beautifully and the doctors under the 33 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: end zone. Bikings touchdown. 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: J McCarthy with his third rushing touchdown, and that baked 35 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: out everybody at AT and T s Jadium, including the announcer. 36 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: I was about to get mad that we got stopped. 37 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 2: You probably weren't to it, but you know what the 38 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: play was. 39 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: I was about. 40 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: I was like, I mean that, how long have you 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: had that one in your back pocket? 42 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: The old keeper gotcha? Yeah, it comes up. 43 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 4: It comes up sometimes depending on the look. You know, 44 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 4: you need to make sure you don't end up with 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 4: a couple guys standing back there. But it felt like 46 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 4: the it felt like the right time for the call. 47 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 4: And with JJ's athleticism and then he's been really really 48 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 4: good with the ball handling on some different play passes, 49 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 4: different fakes, different ways of trying to get him out 50 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 4: on the perimeter, different ways and really allow him even 51 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 4: the touchdown throw to Naylor. I mean, there's you're not 52 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: calling that that type of action with a continuation kind 53 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 4: of keeping to his left, off of that kind of 54 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: straight handoff action playside. But I actually called one late 55 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 4: in the Commander's game to the left for the first time. 56 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: Different play and he threw a good ball at Addison. 57 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 4: We didn't end up completing it, but I said it 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: on the headset, I want to take a look at 59 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 4: this and see what this looks like to the left, 60 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: And right after he threw it, I hit the headset. 61 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: I was like, that was. 62 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 4: Pretty smooth, man. I'm like, maybe we'll call something like 63 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 4: that next week. And sara first touchdown pass came off that. 64 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 4: But he's you know, he's he's got, obviously, you know, 65 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: some some real good traits with the ball handling of 66 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 4: some of those play fakes and the cell and he 67 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: put that thing right on his belt buckle and con 68 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 4: he got everybody at at and T, which was which 69 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 4: was good, so including you. I. I you know, from 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 4: your vantage point with the binoculars, I thought there was 71 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: no way we could get one past you. 72 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: You know, Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys. I 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: mean he gets tagged left and right for the GM 74 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: work and some bombastic things he says, and like you'll 75 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: speak before the coach speaks after game, stuff like that. 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: We when we go to AT and T Stadium, we 77 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: call the game in that corner where Ham and McCarthy 78 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: scored in a suite that has a bathroom and it 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: has beverages. 80 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: It's so And then I was who was I chatting with? 81 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 2: Oh, Brad Sham, the forty seven year vox played by 82 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: play guy for the Dallas Cowboys. For his fortieth year, 83 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: Jerry Jones flew his entire family, his best friends, with 84 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 2: his private playing from all over the country for the 85 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: guy's fortieth forty years of calling Cowboys game. So yeah, 86 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: Jerry Jones takes a lot of slings and arrows, and 87 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: sometimes rightfully so for football stuff. But I've heard countless 88 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 2: stories about how he helps families and does things like that. 89 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: And he certainly helped your announcer with that suite and 90 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: most importantly a bathroom given ob sixty in three weeks. 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 2: But that was right in front of me, right below 92 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: pede nine. It's still it was just me. You have 93 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 2: that thing in your back pocket. Yeah, it was a 94 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: wonderful time right place right. I have an inside football 95 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 2: take for you. I know you enjoy those, So tell 96 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: me what you think with McCarthy. I love how he 97 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: gets small in tight quarters and gets away more than 98 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: he doesn't when things get hot. 99 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's good at getting small. 100 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 4: Well, I thought, you know, one of the things we've 101 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 4: we've been talking about is he does have the ability 102 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 4: and kind of a real nice innate pocket movement, you know, 103 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 4: trait to him. And the biggest thing for a young 104 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 4: quarterback is trusting to go forward, whether that's up and out, 105 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 4: like he did on the first completion of the game 106 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 4: to Hockinson, which you know, we we had a negative 107 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 4: run there. 108 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: Where get back on track. 109 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: He throws that thing out to the flat as kind 110 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 4: of an outlet throw and we end up getting twelve 111 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: back or eleven whatever it was for the for the 112 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 4: first down. I thought the play that before his touchdown 113 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: run where they you know, they played kind of a 114 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 4: heavy man coverage defense, double safety defense. Nobody account for 115 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 4: him and he takes off up up through the increase 116 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 4: in the pocket and had a chance to score, but ultimately, 117 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 4: you know, goes down inside the one and then we 118 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 4: score the next play, and he's he's done that a 119 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 4: couple of times a game here the last two weeks, 120 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 4: and he's really done it at times. You think back 121 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 4: to that Commander game, that ninety eight yard drive twelve minutes. 122 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: Everybody's highlighting that. 123 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 4: That drive, you know, after nineteen nine home plays, and 124 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 4: but that first third and seven where he gets US 125 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: eight and gets that whole drive going was a big 126 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 4: time play. And he's you know, I'm obviously very happy 127 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 4: with the way that he's really grown throughout this time 128 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 4: and in these last two games, and he's he's it's 129 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 4: about stacking positives for him, and boys, he doing that 130 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 4: right now and I can't wait to watch him play 131 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 4: against the good Giants defense this Sunday. 132 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 2: Likewise, we are we're going to get to the Minnesota 133 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: Vikings defense and special teams here momentarily. But it is 134 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: a Tuesday with the head coach, which means it's a 135 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: talkback Tuesday. 136 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: And here's what we have this week. 137 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 3: Hey, coach, Jason to Madison, Wisconsin. I just got a 138 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: question as far as what's more difficult to game plan 139 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: against an elite corner or an elite pass rusher. There's 140 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: kind of in this debate for a long time as 141 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: far as what's more important. I know PFF was kind 142 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 3: of in the corner camp. I've always thought pass rusher 143 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 3: was more important. But just who's harder to game plan 144 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 3: against a guy like Miles Garrett, maybe a Patrick's or 145 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: ten or does it just matter on your own roster? 146 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 3: Thanks coach, go. 147 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: Ahead, Jason Nice. 148 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, great question, Jason. I actually agree with Jason. I 149 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 4: think it is it is the pass rusher, just because 150 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 4: even the elite corner, you go through the layers of defense, 151 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 4: right because if that elite corner you want to let 152 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 4: that guy play man coverage, there's going to have to 153 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 4: be four other guys that are playing man coverage too, 154 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 4: where you can use different tools and tricks of the 155 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 4: trade formationally, stacks, bunches, motions, ass motions to try to 156 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: make that guy's job hard to cover the player he's 157 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 4: covered more than likely, justin Jefferson against US and and 158 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 4: and we have ways of trying to help, you know, 159 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 4: justin you know, find some space and get on edges 160 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 4: and run away from people, or they're gonna play zone coverage. 161 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 4: And and maybe that elite corner has you know, great 162 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 4: ball skills or great zoning eyes. But in those instances, 163 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 4: you can get your best player away from that player 164 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 4: by motioning and understanding that he may match to the 165 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 4: side of the field that he's on. But how many 166 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 4: games have you called where you say, Jefferson motions from 167 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 4: left to right. We're doing that to get him away 168 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 4: from some of those better corners that maybe aren't playing 169 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 4: man coverage and and and then being able to tilt 170 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 4: the scales and in our favor. But the pass rusher, 171 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 4: if you knew where they were gonna line up every play, 172 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 4: if you knew, you could, you know, get four hands 173 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 4: on that guy every single play. But the elite pass 174 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 4: rushers in the NFL, they're moving around, They're they're lining 175 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 4: up inside, they're lining up off the ball and rushing 176 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 4: the center one on one. They're they're switching sides from 177 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 4: right to left. And to really have a you know, 178 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 4: it takes a lot of time and effort to make 179 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 4: sure you build a scheme that, hey, we're going to 180 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 4: go find that guy. 181 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: Wherever he is. 182 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: But to do that, you're probably limiting your ability to 183 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 4: then with the said motions and the different bells and 184 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 4: whistles you can put on your pass game to then 185 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 4: help people get open. 186 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: So uh that that. 187 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 4: Player can have such an impact not only getting to 188 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 4: the quarterback and getting hits on the quarterbacks, speeding them 189 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 4: up at times moving them off the spot, but also 190 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 4: schematically of being able to have your full repertoire of 191 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 4: things you want to do to a defense. So I 192 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 4: would definitely say the pass rusher. But at the same time, 193 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: an elite corner can can do a lot of things 194 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 4: in the game, especially depending on who you're playing schematically 195 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 4: as well. 196 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: When when you won that Super Bowl with the Rams, 197 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: like like Jalen Ramsey he was he wasn't the follow 198 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 2: so and so every where he goes was he because 199 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 2: they're like no corners like that anymore. 200 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 4: It depends, It depended on who the game if it was, 201 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 4: I don't believe when we played Cincinnati in the Super Bowl, 202 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 4: I don't believe he was matching one guy over the other. 203 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 4: But you know, when we played some teams with a 204 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 4: really good slot receiver, for instance, he would go from 205 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 4: playing outside corner in the base defensive groupings with just 206 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: two corners on the field, but then he would match 207 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 4: that slot receiver and if he was in the slot, 208 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 4: he'd go in there and technically be playing the nickel 209 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: by alignment, or if that player lined up outside, he 210 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 4: would be still playing outside corner. So his versatility was 211 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 4: massive in the defensive scheme we ran there. And I 212 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 4: think it's just, you know, it depends the player, the 213 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 4: skill set, the every down skill set. 214 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: You know, if they're going. 215 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 4: To be truly versatile piece, they're going to have to 216 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 4: be able to tackle as well, and all those things 217 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: lead to how you can. 218 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: Use those players. This is Kevin O'Connell. This is is 219 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: and O's weekly on nine to noon FM one hundred 220 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 2: point three k f a N. And if you're listening 221 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: back on Wednesday evening, it's the k f a N 222 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings Audio Network. Now with off the the scholarly 223 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 2: Approach to Football, off the Acumen and or DBS Harrison Smith. 224 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 2: What what goes into Harrison Smith being so well prepared 225 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 2: for games? 226 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 4: Well, first and foremost is the experience he has. He's 227 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 4: seen it all. You know, he's been in every style 228 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: of game, every kind of game where you know you 229 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 4: need to do some different things to potentially win the game. 230 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: But what I mean last Sunday Night was one of 231 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 4: my favorite games that I've watched him play, and it 232 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 4: really wasn't a lot of you know, statistical impact. You're 233 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 4: not sitting there saying he had three sacks or two 234 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 4: picks or pick six or whatever it was. It was 235 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 4: more about, you know, between the snaps, the game within 236 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 4: the game that was going on with him and Dak Prescott, 237 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 4: the best back and forth of really two guys with 238 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 4: a ton of experience. Yeah, really both guys having the 239 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 4: keys to do just about whatever they wanted at the 240 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: line of scrimmage, and the game between those two guys 241 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 4: of essentially, Harry is you know, deciding in the moment 242 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 4: with the way flow kind of empowers him to do. So, 243 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: whether we're going to send six or seven guys on 244 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 4: a pressure, whether we're going to show that look and 245 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 4: drop out and play a certain kind of coverage, you know, 246 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 4: that's really totally in Harry's command, and he's gauging it 247 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 4: off of what he feels instinctually the offense and most importantly, 248 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 4: the quarterback is trying to get to as that play 249 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 4: clock goes lower and lower and lower, And it was 250 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 4: fascinating to watch the way the back and forth went 251 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 4: and Harry did a phenomenal job. 252 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: Was fun to watch. 253 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 2: So being somebody like that, I mean I've heard it 254 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 2: a million times. Maybe it's like this here there's a 255 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: play for the quarterback, and then like five tentacles off 256 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 2: of it. You know what I'm saying, give or take, 257 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: you know, hopefully I'm explaining to that the right way. Yeah, defensively, 258 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 2: is that the same thing? Hey, you know green doc 259 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: guy or hit man. Here's the call and five off 260 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 2: of it. 261 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really I mean, at one point in time 262 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 4: in the game, the way Flow was calling it, you know, 263 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 4: Harry had a menu of things to get to off 264 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 4: of the initial look, and if the initial look presented 265 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 4: itself where Harry liked staying in the initial call, great, 266 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 4: but then he could roll a deck some things. 267 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: Off of off of the looks we were getting. 268 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 4: So it very much was as close to you know, 269 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 4: you hear the term quarterbacking the defense. It was I'd 270 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: like to see anybody else in the league, you know, 271 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 4: as far as total command and control of how we 272 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 4: were playing defensively, I don't know if it exists, you 273 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 4: know in our league. Between what Flows built defensively and 274 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 4: then the ownership that Harry has over. 275 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: How we play, and dak Man he was playing to 276 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 2: that microphone Sunday Night with the here we go like 277 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: all that. 278 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: And then you have Cam. 279 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: Newton back in the day with the ready yep, like 280 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 2: when you were at San Diego State, what was your 281 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 2: bet I sixteen or. 282 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: Something that was a long time ago? Like did your 283 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: voice ever crack? Of course? Yeah, I know. I mean 284 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: that's taxing on the voice that here. 285 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 4: We are playing in front of those packed houses in 286 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 4: the Mountain West. You really had to have the voice inflection. 287 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: No idea how it grated out in totality. 288 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 2: But the moving Company offensive line, the moving Company Sunday 289 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 2: Night personified, in my estimation, a proud, proud group of 290 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: men swinging first and pushing them around when required. 291 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. 292 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 4: We knew it was going to be looked, you know, everybody. 293 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: It's very easy to look at a stat sheet and say, hey, 294 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 4: the Cowboys giving up this many runs or this much 295 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 4: yard dig your game running. But things changed when they 296 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 4: acquired Quinn Williams. Yeah, they now had you know, they 297 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 4: have three interior d Linman. You know, I believe over 298 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 4: twenty million dollars. 299 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: Each I had no idea how good and fast o 300 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: Diggy Zoo wasting and. 301 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 4: Then Vikings fans know Kenny Clark very very well obviously 302 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 4: may be one of the best interiors, if not the 303 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 4: best and. 304 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: Footbpecially when they let him jump off side of the 305 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: first play of the game. So I believe or not 306 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 2: he was he was not off side really, yeah. I 307 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: watched slow. 308 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: Mo which he just absolutely won a game, especially early 309 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 4: before we could kind of get the buildings settled down 310 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 4: with some Vikings you know, execution. 311 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: It was. It was loud early, yeah. 312 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 4: And he jumped that kind of silent cadence from underneath 313 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 4: the center and. 314 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: He was not off sides. 315 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 4: But we knew it would be hard to run against 316 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 4: that front, and we knew that there would be moments 317 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 4: in time where we were, you know, really running the 318 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 4: football for the sake of balance and and to potentially 319 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 4: set up some of those explosive pass opportunities which we 320 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 4: were able to get in the game. And I thought 321 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 4: that was critical to still have that many rushing attempts 322 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 4: and a commitment to it. And then I thought we 323 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 4: had some ways unique ways of getting the ball on 324 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 4: the perimeter. C J. Hammond there at the full back 325 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 4: position and kind of pseudo showing some inside run but 326 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: then then flipping the ball to get it outside, and 327 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 4: different ways of trying to keep them off balance where 328 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: it's not a very easy to just run straight downhill 329 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 4: on that front. It's not that kind of front anymore 330 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 4: since they've stacked that interior. 331 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: So well, that's why I was walking around Saturday and 332 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 2: Sunday going, oh diggi zuo, oh diggi zoo odiggi zoa. 333 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 2: It's a different kind of name. But you ninety seven, Yeah, well, 334 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: you're right. You can do that on radio. 335 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: We can't. 336 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 2: Is it insulting if somebody says to you, okay, now 337 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 2: where the record is with no playoffs on the horizon, 338 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 2: is it insulting if somebody says to you, quote, hey, 339 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: great job, you really have them playing hard end quote 340 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: in a season with no playoffs or making the playoffs 341 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 2: has kind of been a long shot for weeks. 342 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: Do you find that insulting? 343 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: No? I mean what I what I view it as 344 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 4: is it's it's absolutely a critical part of who and 345 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 4: what we want to be. We you know, this is 346 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 4: the first time that we've been at this point in 347 00:16:55,520 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 4: the season where we're technically now officially eliminated. It hasn't happened. 348 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 4: Even even in twenty twenty three, we were playing all 349 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 4: the way down the stretch with a with a chance 350 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 4: to you know, have some some things go your way 351 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 4: and get a little help and possibly win that last 352 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 4: game and get in. 353 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know, to me, it's it's about. 354 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 4: You know, we've talked a lot about culture, you know, 355 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 4: during this time we spend together, and in the end, 356 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 4: you've got to build an organization with a bunch of 357 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 4: guys that love playing football and love playing with each other, 358 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 4: and it's it's got to be about more than ultimately 359 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 4: every year you come into this, you want it to 360 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 4: be about, you know, getting in the dance and having 361 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 4: a chance to to bring our fans a Lombardi Trophy 362 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 4: and and for a lot of reasons and and things 363 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 4: that we've got to own this year. That's not gonna happen. 364 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 4: But that doesn't mean we don't want to win every 365 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 4: last game we play. These next three weeks. We got 366 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 4: a chance to play our third NFC East team in 367 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 4: a row and go on the road and get a 368 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 4: win this week before hosting, you know, to to really 369 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 4: good teams from our division back at US Bank Stadium, 370 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 4: that we're gonna want to go try to win football 371 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 4: games and finish off. I never think it's a bad thing. 372 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 4: Regardless of last year we went five and oh in December. 373 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 4: This year we've got a chance to go five and 374 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 4: oh in December, and winning in December is not just 375 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 4: a year to year thing that can have a massive 376 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 4: impact on years to come for our organization, especially with 377 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 4: some of our younger players that maybe haven't experienced, you know. 378 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: December football before. And you'd love it. 379 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 4: To mean the most, and you'd love it to mean 380 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 4: you're in the playoffs if you win this game or 381 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 4: if you keep stacking those wins. But this has to 382 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 4: be experience of time on task and going to win 383 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 4: these games that will lead to really positive things in 384 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 4: the future. 385 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 2: And I'm glad you framed it up the way you 386 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 2: did personally speaking to use the word culture, because I 387 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 2: would look at it as a compliment if somebody said 388 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 2: something like to you and the players and the staff, 389 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 2: because that's part of culture and giving fans a good 390 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 2: show no matter what the circumstances are. And I bring 391 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 2: it well, I bring that up because there are teams 392 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 2: every week of late this time of the year just 393 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: clearly lacking attention and detail, just getting killed, you know, 394 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 2: And I just know that that's the culture here is 395 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: very very important. Your Kickers and to Paula, Andrew de Poullen, 396 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 2: and I noticed we got some bagel shop advertising on 397 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: you right now. If you get back to Baltimore, probably 398 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 2: can get yourself and everything bagel with some cream cheese. 399 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 2: But Andrew de Paula and to the Kickers have been 400 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 2: just terrific and at a high level all year. It's 401 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 2: like Ryan Wright's like taking out all of the frustration 402 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: or anxiety from the Asses and the Portland State guy 403 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 2: and Reiker might be kicking himself into the Pro Bowl. 404 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 2: I'll kicking Aubrey the other night. It's it's been fantastic 405 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 2: with that battery. 406 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 4: No, they've been great, They've been you know, Ryan Wright's 407 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 4: had an unbelievable year. You think back on so many 408 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 4: moments in games where we've needed to whether we're backed 409 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 4: up here or we're needing to flip the field. After 410 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 4: a slow start to the game the other night, and 411 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 4: Ryan ends up pinning him down in the deep and 412 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 4: defense gets a stop and two plays later we score 413 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 4: a touchdown. It's all complimentary football, but those guys have 414 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 4: been weapons for us. And I've had you know, whether 415 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 4: you're thinking about late late in a half, letting you know, 416 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,239 Speaker 4: letting Will kick a long field goal, or even at 417 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 4: the end of the game playing it in a certain 418 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 4: way where if we get it, you know, we get 419 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 4: it in his range, which is you know, as you mentioned, 420 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 4: you know, there's there's no better kicker in football from 421 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 4: kick it from anywhere in the building than Aubrey. And 422 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 4: Will stepped up toe to toe and made some huge 423 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 4: kicks in the game to help us win that thing 424 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 4: and get that lead to eleven points there, Layton. The 425 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 4: game was all part of how we were trying to, 426 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 4: you know, make sure we came out of there with 427 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 4: a win. 428 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 2: Maybe Aubrey got tired on the fake field goal. I 429 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: mean it's possible. He never miss his kicks, might have 430 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 2: gotten tired on that thing, all right. A couple a 431 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 2: couple more here for Kevin O'Connell, Eric Wilson, Okay, first 432 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 2: and foremost watching these things back, Eric Wilson and Blake Cashman. 433 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 2: I mean they just bring the proverbial would when they're 434 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 2: hitting people in these games, right. But Eric Wilson, and 435 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 2: you probably know this is Eric. You know, when he 436 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 2: came here, I was calling games, undrafted from Cincinnati, and 437 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 2: he's been affable, you know for many years. His first 438 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 2: deal twenty seventeen to twenty nineteen with the Vikings five 439 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty eight thousand dollars a year. He's got 440 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 2: a ten thousand dollars signing bonus on draft. Let's go 441 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 2: e Will then six years of one year, one million 442 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: dollar deals. You guys doubled his pay from one to 443 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 2: three at Green Bay to two six here and we're 444 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 2: right now. He'll he'll he'll play more than a thousand 445 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 2: snaps again this year with some special teams mixed in 446 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,959 Speaker 2: fifteen and a half tackles for loss. That's sixth in 447 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 2: the NFL. Is he just exhausted after games? 448 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? He plays so much and 449 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: he plays so hard. 450 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 4: Well, first of all, you've seen him, you know, walking 451 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 4: around here. He's yeah, maybe his arms, you know, yeah, 452 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: just he never misses a day in the weight room. 453 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 4: It seems like, you know, that's a good joke that 454 00:21:58,320 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 4: I walk by him every day and ask him if 455 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 4: he's he skipped leg day. 456 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 2: And but but people can lift weights every single day, 457 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: like maybe you did back in the collegiate days. 458 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: Point no, you didn't. That was more when it was 459 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: the beach season. 460 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 2: But still to get that that look where it's like 461 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: there's a band or tied around your arm, the superman luck. 462 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 4: But you know what people, you know last year in 463 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 4: Green Bay, he played a lot of defensive snaps. We 464 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 4: played against him in two games where he played almost 465 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 4: significantly as a starting linebacker with some of the injuries 466 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 4: that they had, and it just always stuck out the physicality, 467 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,479 Speaker 4: the instincts. He was exactly where he was supposed to be, 468 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 4: defeating blocks, you know, making tackles, and he's been everything 469 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 4: we had hoped and and a lot more when you 470 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 4: think about the versatility. 471 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you've seen him line up on the line 472 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. 473 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: You know, he helped us really weather the storm of 474 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 4: Andrew Van Ginkel's time where he missed right and then 475 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 4: you know, whether it's when cash is out he takes 476 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 4: over the green dot when it's you know, he's really 477 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 4: filled multiple roles and he still had a dynamic role 478 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 4: in the cicking game. 479 00:22:59,080 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: As well. 480 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 4: So he's had a huge year. I'm glad you're noticing. 481 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 4: And lobby Will deserves a ton of credit. Yeah, like 482 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 4: with him and Jalen Naylor. Man, I mean there's some 483 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 4: decisions in the offseason that they're gonna be easy, you 484 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 4: know what I'm saying. All Right, A couple to close 485 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 4: here for Kevin O'Connell, Bira Murphy Junior needs a pick, 486 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 4: all right. Eighteen consecutive without one, nineteen is a career 487 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 4: long for him from Arizona to hear you think maybe 488 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 4: he gets one in this final road game, and. 489 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: I think maybe you just spoke it into it. He 490 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: almost did against Dallas too. I'm calling for him, man, No, 491 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: he's been he's been close on a few. Yeah, we've 492 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: ben playing a lot of snaps. 493 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 4: We got we got our hands on a footballer too. 494 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 4: We got a couple of chances at some tips and overthrows. 495 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: We just got to keep on forcing some of those 496 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 4: ops to come our way and our guys will make 497 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 4: those plays. 498 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 2: The Giants have lost four of six, all right, but 499 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: beat the Chargers and the Eagles and almost beat Denver. 500 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: What's going on there with them? 501 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 4: Well, I think you're seeing a team that you know, defensively, 502 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 4: they're very very talented. I mean you talk about up 503 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 4: front with Dexter, Lawrence and Burns, and obviously they've draft 504 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 4: car high in the draft, and they've got some other 505 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 4: really impactful interior guys, you know, good middle linebacker and 506 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 4: and Bobby and and and then you look at the yeah, 507 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 4: and then they've got you know, really talented safeties that 508 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 4: show up, you know, both in the run game in 509 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 4: in the past game, and so defensively those guys are 510 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 4: keeping him in games. And then offensively, I think they've 511 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 4: got you know, Jackson Dart's been you can see it. 512 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: It jumps out on the tape. 513 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 4: He's he's he's shown demonstrated some really really high level throws, 514 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 4: you know, the ability to you know, to attack the 515 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 4: deeper part of the field. And then his athleticism is 516 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 4: real and they'll run him too. I mean, you're seeing 517 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 4: designed quarterback runs that go beyond the realm of just 518 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 4: zone reads and things like that. They're running quarterback counter, 519 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 4: they're running they're asking him to be a major part 520 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 4: of their run game. And uh, they've done a nice 521 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 4: job running the football this year and they're at their 522 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: best when they can be efficient running the ball and 523 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 4: stay ahead of those those distances where then they're not 524 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 4: in third and lungs, they're not asking that old line. Yeah, 525 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 4: very long, they're getting the ball out of Jackson's hands. 526 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 4: And and you know, obviously it's a it's a team 527 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 4: that's you know, transitioned, and you know, on the coaching 528 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 4: staff a little bit on really with you know, Dave's 529 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 4: you know, being let go and then there you know, 530 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 4: a new play caller on defense. So you're you're seeing 531 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 4: some new aspects of maybe how they want to play 532 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 4: and trying to match that with what they've been in 533 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 4: the totality of the season. But it's gonna be a challenge, 534 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 4: you know, it's a they're gonna go play hard, They're 535 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 4: gonna it's you know, it's another road game for us. 536 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 4: We just want to continue stacking playing good football, and 537 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 4: that's what we've done the last two weeks and we've 538 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 4: got to do it again this week. 539 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 2: Lastly, I save this for a last Purposely Jonathan Bernard 540 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 2: and the shoulder. He's gonna miss me. He's going to 541 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 2: miss the final three. What what does he mean to 542 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: you as a captain for your team? 543 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's Uh. 544 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 4: I tried to, you know, make note of this yesterday 545 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 4: at the presser. But just when you when you when 546 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 4: you have players like JG that are are willing to 547 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 4: come here and truly establish them themselves as a foundational player, 548 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 4: and he's so talented and he's so explosive and impactful 549 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 4: on the edges, it doesn't you know, it's it's hard 550 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 4: to get the quarterback on the ground these days with 551 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 4: you know, both the athleticism of these guys at the 552 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 4: quarterback position, but then the rules that are set up 553 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 4: as well. But he's he's getting the quarterback off the spot, 554 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 4: he's making an impact in the run game. You're feeling 555 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 4: his presence when he's out there. But it's even more 556 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 4: so with what he's brought to this building every single day, 557 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 4: you know, a professionalism of focus, he's he's brought guys 558 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 4: along with them. He's you know, there's very very few 559 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 4: times where you see JG and you don't see Dallas Turner. 560 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 1: Walking right there with him. 561 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 4: And the way he brought Dallas along, which is going 562 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 4: to be huge for these next three weeks because Dallas 563 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 4: is you know, gonna once again as he has at 564 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 4: times this year really you know, assumed an every down role. 565 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 4: It was when Gink was out or in the couple 566 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 4: of weeks JG was out, and and I think Dallas 567 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 4: is ready to really assume that role and try to 568 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 4: pick up for the huge loss that will feel not 569 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 4: have and JG out there. But h and also want 570 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 4: to commend him for, you know, really fighting through that 571 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 4: injury and rehabbing it and getting his strength back and 572 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 4: then getting back on on the field. And you know, 573 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 4: I thought he played one of his best teams of 574 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 4: the season against the Cowboys. Unfortunate we're not going to 575 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 4: have him, but he'll get fixed up and he'll be 576 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 4: back good as new. 577 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: And no time the best. That was fantastic. Thank you, 578 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: appreciate you man. Yeah. 579 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 2: YouTube Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, and 580 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 2: I'm Paul Allen. That's ex'es and o's and we're back 581 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 2: after this. I got a lot about the Minnesota Vikings 582 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 2: offense from the head coach, Kevin O'Connell. What about the 583 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: defense at this time? Weekly B flow. We just got 584 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 2: two in a row, four B flow. Two in a 585 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 2: row four B flow. We're speaking areas. 586 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 5: You know, I think every player will say, hey, that 587 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: play and you know has some players they'd like to 588 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 5: have back. I'm sure he does as well. You know, 589 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 5: we've talked about you know, some of those, but you know, overall, 590 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 5: I think he's brought you know, toughness, physicality, uh, pressure 591 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 5: on the quarterback playmaking. You know, oftentimes you know he's 592 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 5: getting the initial pressure and somebody else is getting the 593 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 5: sack and kind of making the play without making the 594 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 5: play from a disruptive standpoint. You know, the numbers and 595 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 5: the stats, you know, they don't always tell the full picture. 596 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 5: I feel like we talk about that, you know, every week. 597 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 5: But I think he's he's certainly been impactful. 598 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: I think it's the pressure rate. 599 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 5: I want to pass pressure rates, and there it is. 600 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 5: You know, I think he's certainly been the impactful and disruptive. 601 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 5: So let's sit at most in the game, just the 602 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 5: backs and forths of that honest crew stuff. What did 603 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 5: you like the most? What what did you think kind 604 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 5: of aspect? Yeah, I mean I think it, uh, it 605 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 5: kind of turned in or morphed into that type of game. 606 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 5: You know, they did, uh, they were doing some you 607 00:28:55,120 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 5: know a few good things, as they always do and 608 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 5: it just felt like you know, sometimes when you're you're 609 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 5: in the game, you know, the the people who see 610 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 5: it best for up you know, on the field, and 611 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 5: so you know, we try to give our guys, uh, 612 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 5: you know, the kind of freedom autonomy to uh, you 613 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 5: know potentially, hey, well here's one of three calls, you know, 614 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 5: choose one. And so we kind of went that route, 615 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 5: and you know, it gave them them some issues. You know. Still, 616 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 5: they made some plays. I mean, you know, the the 617 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 5: one where he scrambling and it looks like we got him, 618 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 5: he flips it, we got a one hand catch him, 619 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 5: and those those plays happen. Uh, you kind of go 620 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 5: into it knowing that they happen. They're still they're still like, 621 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 5: oh my gosh, I can't believe that happened. Uh, when 622 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 5: you're in game. But you know, when you're playing against 623 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 5: an offense like that, players, you know that with that 624 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 5: uh you know, with the with that kind of you know, explosiveness, 625 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 5: you know, they those things happen. But you know it 626 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 5: was good. It's fun. It's it's fun to kind of 627 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 5: able to you know, coach, you know, a group of 628 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 5: players to say, hey, you know, we have the uh, 629 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 5: faith that you're going to make the right the right call, 630 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 5: and execute it the right way. I think ultimately that's coaching. 631 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 5: You know, that's you know, teaching so that they have 632 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 5: you know, the information, but also the kind of knowledge 633 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 5: and understanding too to make the right reads and make 634 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 5: the right calls. And you know that's prior of the 635 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 5: guys for doing that. 636 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: Brought up the situational defense. Just why are you guys 637 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: playing so well on the red zone this year? 638 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 5: I think it was a point emphasis. I think it's 639 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 5: something that you know, I think that's you know, I 640 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 5: tell our guys all the time. You know, games in 641 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 5: the nash Football League oftentimes boil down the third down 642 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 5: red zone in two minutes, and so you know, every 643 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 5: game pretty much boils down to that, you know, and 644 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 5: if you know you're getting off the field almost possession downs, 645 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 5: third down, fourth down, holding teams to three instead of seven, 646 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 5: you kind of keep yourself in the game. And you know, 647 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 5: that was kind of a point of emphasis, and you know, 648 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 5: something we work on. It's always a point emphasis with 649 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 5: something we certainly work on and talk about. And I 650 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 5: think our guys are executing in those areas, uh, at 651 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 5: a pretty high level. Uh, we'll continue to work in 652 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 5: those areas. 653 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 2: Learn about the Red Zoe with b flow, learn about 654 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 2: the Red Zoe. Would it below back after this? 655 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 5: M m m. 656 00:31:52,360 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: Hmm. I'm gonna watch that NBA Cup tonight. Are you 657 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: kidding me? Absolutely? 658 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 6: I'm annoyed it doesn't count towards LFL. I think that's 659 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 6: preposterous and stupid. But yes, Wemby, Wemby the Unicorn. It's 660 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 6: just in certain areas where we're we're enamored with greatness. 661 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 6: I think we should be in sports. This is like, 662 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 6: this is something I just haven't seen before, so I 663 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 6: haven't done enough of it. Early on in the season, 664 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 6: he was out a bit with the calf. But anytime 665 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 6: he's on prime just prime time on national TV, I'm 666 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 6: gonna find a way to get It's gonna be awesome. 667 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 2: What do we think about Thursday night? That's a you know, 668 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 2: we will talk about the Sam Donald related pressure moments, 669 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 2: and there have been some this year. That Vikings game 670 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 2: for Sam Donald, even though the Vikings had a losing record, 671 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 2: believe it or not, was a pressure game for Sam 672 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 2: against his former team, and you know, he got sacked 673 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 2: four times in the game, had a game earlier this 674 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 2: season against the Rams, pressure game through four picks, and 675 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 2: now he has the Rams on Thursday Night football. But 676 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 2: the Rams could be down some some of their key 677 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: offensive players. But that that Thursday Night football game man 678 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 2: for the one seed in the NFC was still with 679 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 2: two to go after Thursday. But WHOA, that's a nice one. 680 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 6: No, that that is the key And and we've talked 681 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 6: a bit about this in terms of what the what 682 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 6: the lot in life is for the NFC playoffs and 683 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 6: just you know, the the a team like the Rams 684 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 6: if everything goes through so far, a team like the Eagles, 685 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 6: if everything goes through Philly the way that first game ended. 686 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: And and Darnold, in fairness to him. 687 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 6: Despite those four picks, was driving at the end to 688 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 6: try and find that late field goal to beat the 689 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 6: Rams in the first matchup, just couldn't get it done. Uh, 690 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 6: not having DeVante Adams, I wonder how much that matters. 691 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 6: So he's not gonna play. I don't think so, especially 692 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 6: and I forget. I think it's lower body. It's like 693 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 6: a hamstring or something that he'd been dealing with. Short 694 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 6: though Thursday turnaround's gonna be tough. But you know, puka, puka, 695 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 6: puka till we're satisfied. We saw the Seahawks, now we 696 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 6: were a little undermanned and comparison from specifically at the 697 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 6: quarterback spot versus what Matt Stafford's gonna be. But I 698 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 6: think the Rams play this game just as intently because 699 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 6: of them knowing what's at stake as well. So to 700 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 6: say that this is Seattle's chance to get back, or 701 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 6: it's Donald handling a pressure moment, like, I think the 702 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 6: Rams put a ton of focus and a ton of importance. 703 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 6: They know what's at stake on Thursday night. It's going 704 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 6: to be these sorts of matchups. That's why when you 705 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,720 Speaker 6: hear you know, the mahomes Is of the world getting 706 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 6: injured or good teams being out of the mix, some 707 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,240 Speaker 6: of that's stolen from you in terms of the ability 708 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 6: late in season are teams on the negative. It's six 709 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 6: win radio sadly right now, but to this end on 710 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 6: a Thursday night, to be able to soak that in 711 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 6: just as an NFL fan, it's awesome. And but I 712 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 6: still like the Rams in this spot, and I can't 713 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 6: get off of it at this particular point where I 714 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 6: just feel like, you know, and Philly could be on 715 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 6: the come and all of those things. 716 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: I just feel like the. 717 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 6: Rams are the best in class in the NFC, and 718 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 6: you just have a ton of trust in the veteran 719 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 6: leadership there with Stafford. But then at McVeigh from a 720 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 6: coaching standpoint, I think he has the answers on Thursday 721 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 6: night to handle Darnold in the Seahawks. 722 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 2: Mitt McVeigh is one of those Coxshore coaches and I'm 723 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 2: a Sean McVay fam He's one of those competitively arrogant 724 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,839 Speaker 2: that's a compliment in Coxshore coaches, where like he looked 725 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 2: at the Lions last game and he's like, and I 726 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 2: don't have this for confirmation, but hey, you guys are 727 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 2: really good using your running backs all over the place. 728 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: Gives them Montgomery. Yeah, So what's he do? 729 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 2: He puts Kyron Williams and Blake Krum on a combined 730 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 2: one hundred and forty nine rushing yards and three touchdowns. 731 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 2: Guys are pretty goodt earbacks, watch me now. 732 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,959 Speaker 6: He's one of the masters in scheming and finding those 733 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 6: matchups and he's he's terrific at it, and I think 734 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 6: they'll be good on Thursday night at it. 735 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 2: Hey, Thanks everybody for listening to nine to noon if 736 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 2: and or when you do. Likewise, for kfam and for 737 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 2: Devin Ward who was a guy in the Great Ship 738 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 2: Left Govenant doing a great job, and Nordo. 739 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: I'm Paul Allen. 740 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,719 Speaker 2: God bless all of you and your families, and have 741 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 2: a wonderful Tuesday 742 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,280 Speaker 3: Podcast Today's Paul Allen Show, or listening back to previous 743 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 3: show and interview site going to the iHeartRadio app or 744 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 3: kfan dot com.