1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:00,600 Speaker 1: A fan. 2 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: Work perfect. 3 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: Here comes Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings 4 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 3: for x'es and O. The Minnesota Vikings hosts the Baltimore 5 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: Ravens at US Bank Stadium Sunday at noon. Ravens are 6 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: three and five and more on the Ravens coming up 7 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 3: soon because the Lamar Jackson's back. They've won two consecutive 8 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 3: and it's the National Football League, which means National Football 9 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: League Trade deadline day today, and the head coach of 10 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 3: the Minnesota Vikings joins us. 11 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 2: Now, guys working on any whoppers up. 12 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 4: There in the old second floor, Mister O'Connell, I would say, 13 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 4: the whoppers are more on the whiteboard right now with 14 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 4: the coaching staff drawn some plays, more so than me 15 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 4: being involved. 16 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: Directly right now with any of that stuff. 17 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 5: But I know there's a lot of calls going on. 18 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 5: Quacy and his staff do a great job with that. 19 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 5: And see where the day. 20 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: Goes all done. 21 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. 22 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: The locker room after the Alliance win, wild, loud and joyous, 23 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: and it reminded me it's like you got four wins. 24 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: Locker room after the Bengals game. 25 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: Cool after the Browns game everybody's tired, wants to get home. 26 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: Cool. 27 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 3: But after the Bears win and after this win kind 28 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: of reminded me of each other there, and you know, 29 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 3: with the joyous nature of the locker room after that victory, 30 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: you could just tell that those guys worked really, really 31 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: hard during the week and during the day to win 32 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: that game, didn't they. 33 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. 34 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 5: It really started the Monday after we got back from 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 5: you know, played on Thursday, gave the guys the weekend off, 36 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 5: and then when they came in on Monday, you know, 37 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 5: I was I'd spent a lot of time thinking about 38 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 5: the direction we needed to go last week, and I 39 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 5: was pretty direct, and I told them exactly what where 40 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 5: I thought we were at and where we needed to go, 41 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 5: and how wildly capable we were to do the things 42 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 5: required to win the football game last Sunday, And just 43 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 5: so proud of the guys, proud of our leadership. It's 44 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 5: just one game in this league, you know, obviously, the 45 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: NFC North battles always seem to mean a little bit more, 46 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 5: especially on the road, and we're two and zero on 47 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 5: the road this year in the division, right, and we've 48 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 5: got we've got to keep having many of the same 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 5: principles that we were able to kind of put in 50 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: play and really envision for this team, you know, many 51 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 5: many days and months ago, we got to put it 52 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 5: into action every single week. 53 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: In this league. 54 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 5: The hardest thing, the true measure of teams is their 55 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 5: ability once they find their rhythm, once they're through some 56 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 5: of the adversity that we went through early on in 57 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 5: the season injury wise, can you be consistent? 58 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: That's the hardest thing. 59 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 5: Is week in and week out, teams are game planning 60 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 5: coaching at a high level. You're playing against another great 61 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 5: quarterback this week, and a team that has really found 62 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 5: themselves again. And when they have, you know, their team 63 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 5: built the way they want around that quarterback and a 64 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 5: defense flying around with a bunch of talent. This is 65 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 5: one of the best teams in football. So we're gonna 66 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 5: have to make sure that we don't just you know, 67 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 5: expect that feeling that locker room postgame. 68 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: A lot goes into it. 69 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 5: Players deserve all the credit, and now I'm going to 70 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 5: put it on them to try to make sure we 71 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 5: can repeat well, I'll repeat those performances well. Also, I 72 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 5: think there's a lot of things we can still do better. Pa, 73 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 5: you know, as we continue to grow. And it sounds 74 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 5: crazy to say that after playing eight games, but it 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 5: does feel like in many ways a new season for 76 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 5: our team, just the feeling of, you know, wanting to 77 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 5: continue to grow through getting guys back on the field, 78 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 5: really finding that formula of what the twenty twenty five 79 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 5: vikings are going to be when it's all said and done. 80 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: Kevin, I'm really glad you said that about the division, 81 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 3: the NFC North, because into that game, okay, it's you 82 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: guys were either perceived underdogs or pointspread underdogs into that 83 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 3: game on the okay. 84 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: Right off place to go play. 85 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 3: However, I'm rarely stunned when a perceived underdog wins a 86 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: division game, yep, because of the familiarity, you know what 87 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: I mean. 88 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you just I mean, you know them well, 89 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: they know us. Well. 90 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 5: There's a there was new coordinators on that side, but 91 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 5: obviously Dan's done a heck of a job, you know, 92 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 5: building a staff that can kind of transition from losing 93 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 5: both coordinators and kind of keep guys that we're very 94 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 5: much aware of how they've had a lot of their 95 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 5: success on offense and on defense. 96 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: So but yeah, it's. 97 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 5: They always mean a little bit more, but it also 98 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 5: means a little bit more because in both the Chicago 99 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 5: and Detroit wins, we know we're going to see these 100 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 5: guys again, and we're going to see them at US 101 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 5: Bank Stadium, but that doesn't mean we're gonna let one 102 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 5: get away from. 103 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: Us today and just try to play good football. 104 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 5: And it helps to have a team that you know 105 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 5: well and you know some of the big cast of 106 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 5: characters that you've got to basically, you know, try to 107 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 5: win matchups against and see if you can win enough 108 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 5: of the one on ones across the field throughout the 109 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 5: game in all three phases that they add up. 110 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, division wins are the bomb, and really the underdog 111 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 3: status kind of gets thrown out the window no matter 112 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 3: the records, because they know each other so well, not 113 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: all the time, but sometimes. Now to the meat and 114 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 3: potatoes and McCarthy portion of the way, and from a 115 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: meat and potatoes standpoint, and I'm gonna have to read 116 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 3: this because I don't want to mess it up. Is 117 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 3: they get down there, Laporter goes three sixty six and one, 118 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 3: all right, places loud. 119 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: They're up seven zero. 120 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 3: Yep, you get that kick return, which so well timed 121 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 3: to like get people to sit down for a second. 122 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: Ford Field's become a place that said this during the 123 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 3: radio broadcast, where the fans are always up. I mean 124 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: they're just really really into it. The stands are close 125 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 3: to the field, so it can be a really really 126 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: daunting home environment. Miles gets that sixty one, But on 127 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 3: that play with that kick return after Laporter scored, Baddie 128 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 3: and Felton, I mean, what wonderful meat and potatoes work 129 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 3: they did to help free him. And then you get 130 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 3: Eric Wilson, all right, the same Eric Wilson who's tied 131 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 3: for the team lead in sacks, messing with a guy 132 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 3: late where Miles price that gave him a chance to 133 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 3: get clear. I was just so impressed by that, the 134 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 3: meat and potatoes aspect of Baddie and Felton, but then 135 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 3: leading sacks guy out there trying to free him for 136 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: a touchdown. 137 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, it was a It was a huge play 138 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 5: for Miles, who's a guy that we think every time 139 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 5: he touches the ball's got a chance to do something 140 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 5: with it, especially because of those guys he's had on 141 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 5: that unit in front of him. And really we've had 142 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 5: some really, really good execution, specifically in the kick return 143 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 5: phase and punt return phase. But many of those opportunities 144 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 5: you've seen that yellow flag come flying on the field. 145 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 5: Just as guys it's a different play. Guys are a 146 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 5: lot closer together. There's a lot bigger bodies out there. 147 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 5: The change of direction with all those bodies clumped together 148 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 5: basically five yards apart, you've got to know when, as 149 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: we learned on the touchdown later in the game, you 150 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 5: got to go know when to let go. But you 151 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 5: win those one on ones in those in those blocking 152 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 5: battles with guys like Baddie, you know Felton and then 153 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 5: obviously he will it will give you a chance to 154 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 5: very at the very least flip the field, at the 155 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 5: very least give us a little shot of life there 156 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 5: after they did score, and then what I loved about 157 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 5: that is the offense getting the ball in the end 158 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 5: zone and then the defense going out and getting to 159 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 5: stop and we go right back. And for the first 160 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 5: time and since I've been the head coach here, it 161 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 5: really felt like we had total control the football game early. Obviously, 162 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 5: against a really good team like that, you can lose 163 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 5: it in a heartbeat, but it just felt like our 164 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 5: teams kept on stacking plays when we needed them to 165 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 5: have them happen to maintain the momentum pay that we 166 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 5: had in the game, and then that allowed us to 167 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 5: play things like field position that still matters in twenty 168 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:31,559 Speaker 5: twenty five in the NFL. 169 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people have lost sight of 170 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: what it's like to. 171 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 5: Win that battle, Ryan, right, you know, keeping those guys 172 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 5: inside the ten and then obviously us being able to 173 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 5: have short fields coming back for a variety of different reasons. 174 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: And at meet and Potatoes than McCarthy more Meet and potatoes. 175 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 3: The Jones long one, the one that they took from 176 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: a pass to a run. Nice floater by McCarthy. You 177 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 3: hit on that at your press conference yesterday. It was 178 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 3: a really nice touch floater. Hockinson did enough with Branch, 179 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 3: all right, so that was fine. Jordan Addison, Yeah, demolished 180 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 3: Arthur Mallett, the cornerback, legally demolished him. And I think 181 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 3: Terry and Arnold wanted to fight Jordan Addison during the 182 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: play until he saw Jones whipping down the side up 183 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 3: the sideline. Hey, I got to go get him, but 184 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: you know, you know what I'm talking about. Addison crushes 185 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 3: Mallett and uh then like Terry and Arnold took umbrage 186 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 3: to it right there, and. 187 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: I thought he was going to go after Jordan. 188 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. It was a play we we We 189 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: didn't have. 190 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 5: A lot of plays up in the game with both 191 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 5: Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones on the field, So when 192 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 5: I called that personnel grouping, everybody knew what play was coming. 193 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: But it was the execution. We got the exact look 194 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: we wanted. 195 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 5: Jordan actually was being covered by Terry on Arnold on 196 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 5: the play, so he gets you know, he trails Jordan 197 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 5: down in there as he's blocking Mallet and when he 198 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 5: makes that block and puts him on the ground, you're right, Terry. 199 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 5: I didn't know whether to you know, stick up for 200 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 5: his guys, go try to run down the play. And 201 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 5: I did think that was a big time throw by JJ. 202 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 5: Not an easy one, not for you know, to get 203 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 5: that up and over the defensive end right there and 204 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 5: give Aaron a chance to. 205 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: Be out the gate for what was a huge play 206 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: in the moment. Thought it was pass yards. 207 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: You know, JJ's would have been in the one seventies 208 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 5: if that was past yards. 209 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: But I helped the yards for attempt the whole thing. 210 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 5: I watched it. I watched it really cold stand, I 211 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 5: watched it really close. It is as as close as 212 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 5: you can possibly be. So whoever was scoring the play 213 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 5: on the day, I think they were more of an 214 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 5: Aaron Jones or maybe not a JJ McCarthy fan who 215 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: knows well. 216 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 2: Keeping momentum obviously is key. 217 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: And we have a talk back each and every Tuesday 218 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 3: for Viking's head coach, Kevin O'Connell. 219 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 2: And here's this weakes good morning order on PA. It's 220 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: Mike from Tampa. 221 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 6: This is for the head coach koc person and foremost 222 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 6: congrats on a great win, a great team effort from 223 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 6: coaching on down, firing on all cylinders. A couple of 224 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 6: things for improvements where we can tighten up. I think 225 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 6: the biggest question that fans and myself have is how 226 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 6: do you keep the team on a high off a 227 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 6: great win like that at Ford Field with a strong 228 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 6: Baltimore team coming in and keep them focused so that 229 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 6: they keep firing on all cylinders upcoming. 230 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,599 Speaker 5: Yeah, Mike, I think it's a great question, and you 231 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 5: think a lot about those things as many times as 232 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 5: in minutes and hours. 233 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: You plan. 234 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 5: Like I mentioned of having the team back after that 235 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 5: long weekend where we had some time off, you spend 236 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 5: a lot of time thinking about what is the direction 237 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 5: that I need to make sure I present, and then 238 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 5: actively hold our. 239 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: Guys too throughout the week. 240 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 5: After a win like that, you absolutely have to give 241 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 5: it the same amount of care and concern. But what 242 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 5: I would say is the journey we've been on this 243 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: year has been filled with many, many moments where it'd 244 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 5: be easy for these guys to just say, you know, 245 00:11:58,960 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 5: maybe it's not our year. 246 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things going wrong. 247 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 5: There's a lot of things injury wise where we just 248 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 5: need that guy or this guy and we just don't 249 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 5: have him, maybe in game, losing linemen, right tackle, left, haack, 250 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 5: whatever it is. We've kind of taken a journey up 251 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 5: until this point that I think has kind of calcified 252 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 5: us as a team to know, uh, these guys are 253 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 5: really it's a different kind of it's a different kind 254 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 5: of vibe in a good way, where hey, we get 255 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 5: off to a five and oh start. Last year, we 256 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 5: lose two in a row and it's hey, let's rite 257 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 5: this ship and get back to where we were. We 258 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 5: really never felt, you know, outside of you know, beating 259 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 5: Chicago in the opener, and even then we didn't play 260 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 5: a good game in the first half, specifically on offense. 261 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 5: We never have really felt like we have earned the 262 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 5: right to feel like we've arrived. And through that time 263 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 5: we've had to really look inward and have a little 264 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 5: grit and and and a different kind of feel to 265 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 5: how we go about our business and persevering through some 266 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 5: adversity directly starting you know, the season where it hasn't 267 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 5: really been like that always for us. I know we 268 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 5: started zero and three a couple of years ago, but Pa, 269 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 5: what I mean by that is, I think these guys 270 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 5: are showing back up in the building with kind of 271 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 5: a workmanlike approach now of understanding the margin of error 272 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 5: is razor thin and we need to do everything in 273 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 5: our power to prepare for every every game each week 274 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 5: like it is the only thing that matters, and then 275 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 5: do it with our same culture and guys having an 276 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 5: absolute you know blast competing daily and getting better and 277 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: all those things that we do around here. 278 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: But in the end, there is a level of edge 279 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: to this team. 280 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 5: Now that I think Vikings fans, you know, hopefully can 281 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 5: appreciate because of the journey we've been on that we 282 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 5: have not been happy about up until this point in 283 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 5: the season. But nine games left and I feel like 284 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 5: this team is now prepared to do a lot of 285 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 5: the things required and have the personality. 286 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: Of a football team that can go do those things. Well. 287 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 3: That's beautiful because you, like, I don't know if what 288 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: I'm about to say is exactly why Bira Murphy Junior 289 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 3: might have been having a rough time in the locker 290 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 3: room after the game wheneverbody else was jumping around, but 291 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 3: with all due respect, because I love him. He had 292 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 3: some rough moments in that game, specifically with open field tackling, 293 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 3: and the team won and everybody's going nuts. But I 294 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 3: just got the feeling with him because I've gotten to 295 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 3: know him pretty well since he got here, that he's like, 296 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 3: I got one or two things I could do here. 297 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: I A'm going to be jumping up and down and 298 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: stuff like that, because there are things on I may 299 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 3: have almost messed this thing up a couple of times, 300 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 3: but he was just in his feelings, is what the 301 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 3: kids would say. Was just introspective about the game he 302 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 3: played compared to how the whole thing worked. 303 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: Out. That's leadership in my opinion. 304 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think it also goes to a lot 305 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 5: of the things that the leadership talked about throughout the 306 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 5: week and the night before the game, where it was 307 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 5: about doing your job every single play to the best 308 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 5: of your ability and beyond from a standpoint of the 309 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 5: expectation that we have for each guy on each call. 310 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 5: And there's a thousand layers to all that, but the 311 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 5: moral of all that message was do it for the 312 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 5: guy next to you, do it so that somebody else. 313 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 5: If you're not going to make the play, do your 314 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 5: job so well that somebody else can. Jordan Addison didn't. 315 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 5: You don't necessarily have a big statistical game, but he was. 316 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 5: It wasn't just that Aaron Jones throw. I mean he 317 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 5: was blocking all night long. He was first level, second level. 318 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 5: Jalen Naylor didn't have a catch until the very end 319 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 5: of the game, but you should see Jalen Naylor throughout 320 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 5: that film and and tape winning against one on ones, 321 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 5: blocking in the run game. That is how our team 322 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 5: has kind of continued to forge together. And I think 323 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 5: that's what you probably felt from Byron, and it's just 324 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 5: an eagerness to completely get another opportunity to even be 325 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 5: in better because he had some quality. 326 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: He had some really good plays as well. 327 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 5: He had some competitive coverage reps, you know, tying that 328 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 5: Russian coverage together. But that's what these guys are striving for. 329 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 5: They're not striving for just being Okay, we're trying to 330 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 5: take this in some times where not very many people 331 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 5: maybe think we're capable of it. But we're trying to 332 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 5: get to what we believe the potential of this team 333 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 5: can be. And it's kind of the days and in 334 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 5: times of talking about it, Pa even No, that's my 335 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 5: contractual responsibility with my good friend here this morning, I'm 336 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 5: kind of done talking about everything, and I just really 337 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 5: want our and I think our team is as well, 338 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 5: and it's time to just go put plans into action 339 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 5: and go play football with the type of urgency and 340 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 5: focus that this talented team is capable of doing. 341 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 3: And Jordan Addison is I mean, that's an entire seventeen 342 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 3: minute segment talker if we had time. Yeah, you know, 343 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 3: we talked about the block on the corner on the 344 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 3: Jones what ended up being a run. How about his run? 345 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 3: I mean it took an army to bring him down. 346 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 3: It took Aiden Hutchinson. You know, Aiden, he's so smart 347 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 3: and those three who got through and they're like, hey, 348 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: there's nobody here, probably a runner, a screeners, and so 349 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 3: he sprinted down and ended up getting him, but Jordan 350 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 3: would not go down. It's as tenacious as I've seen 351 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 3: Jordan Addison Black. 352 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, Jordan is pretty dynamic with the football 353 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 5: in his hands when he can have that kind of 354 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 5: space and that kind of running start and the move 355 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 5: he made, you know it might have been Arnold chasing 356 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 5: him across the field. Yeah, the move he made putting 357 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 5: that foot down and really you know, avoiding two lines 358 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 5: DB's and almost I mean he was a shoe stringer too, 359 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 5: or maybe an Aiden Hutchinson chasing the play down from 360 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 5: walking that ball in the end zone and on what 361 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 5: was you know, a long yard situation in a big 362 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 5: moment in the game that allowed us to continue to 363 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 5: most importantly eat clock in that moment, and we didn't 364 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 5: ultimately punch it in for seven, but you could feel 365 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 5: that play was a huge moment and play where it 366 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 5: could shift right back the other way. You're in a 367 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 5: third and long maybe a longer field goal opportunity and 368 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 5: those are the things that the Lions needed in that 369 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 5: moment not to happen, to kind of capitalize and be 370 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 5: able to come back in the game. 371 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 3: And to me, with that first touchdown you scored. What 372 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 3: makes Jefferson's one handed catch touchdown so not good? 373 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 2: Not very good? Elite? Is McCarthy fired that sucker in there? 374 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 5: I was just gonna say, Kelly, it's probably the velocity 375 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 5: of that football. You know, it was on Justin pretty 376 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 5: quick now, and we you know, we work on throwing, 377 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 5: you know a lot of those different types of throws, 378 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 5: especially down in the red zone where our guys have 379 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make the play on the football. Justin 380 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 5: got the one hand on it, and he was He 381 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 5: spent some time with me yesterday just in my office, 382 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 5: and I was asking. 383 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: Him, did you did you even need the other hand. 384 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 5: Because he basically caught the ball clean with that kind 385 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: of velocity on it. 386 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: And these guys have gotten used to the fact. 387 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 5: When number nine stone the ball, it's probably gonna have 388 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 5: some revolutions and some and some juice on it. 389 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: So he was ready for it. And that was a 390 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: huge play where. 391 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 5: You know, anytime we can get a one on one. 392 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: You know, no matter what the play is, what you know, 393 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,479 Speaker 5: run pass screen, whatever it may be, is we we 394 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 5: continue to try to find ways of making sure that 395 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 5: he's getting his one on one opportunities when they present 396 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 5: themselves up. 397 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: Well. 398 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 3: So with McCarthy moving forward, is adding a change up 399 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 3: to the fastball heart of the growing process. 400 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 5: Oh it has been, and the way I would look 401 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 5: at it is not necessarily a change up, but I 402 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 5: look at look at it as the throw required to 403 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 5: give our guys the best possible chance to not only 404 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 5: make the catch by being accurate, but make yards after 405 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 5: the catch. And there was a few plays, even some 406 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 5: of our better completions the other days the other day 407 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 5: were our guys. 408 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: Even JJ himself said it. 409 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 5: He felt like he was making the guys work a 410 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 5: little bit too much and maybe limited some of our 411 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 5: chances for some big explosives with some run after catch 412 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 5: or possibly touchdowns. And and I think that's all part 413 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 5: of it, but it's he had some other moments that 414 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 5: throw to Justin on the right sideline to the field, 415 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 5: kind of a two man. 416 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: Show there and drum the left Hash Yeah. 417 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 5: From the left, Hash moving to his left, keeps his 418 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 5: base as much as he can, and it almost forced 419 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 5: him to have to layer that ball and tempo it 420 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 5: because he just couldn't step into it. But that's why 421 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,120 Speaker 5: JJ McCarthy was a first. 422 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: Pick, and that's the champion quarterback. 423 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 5: I mean, he's got those throws in his bag. It's 424 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 5: just a matter of how do we make the throw 425 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 5: to Naylor. You know, at the end of the second 426 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 5: quarter when speed he's got a step or two on 427 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 5: that on that corner chasing him. I think it's not 428 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 5: as much of a fastball as let's make sure we 429 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 5: just throw it right down the middle and make it 430 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 5: make sure it's a strike with some touch, and we 431 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 5: call it a runners ball, whether it's a shallow cross, 432 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,719 Speaker 5: a high cross like Jalen Naylor was on on that play, 433 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 5: or down the field. How many times can you deliver 434 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 5: long handoffs that are runners balls? Because Addison, Jefferson, Naylor, Hockinson, 435 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 5: these guys can all be pretty elite with the ball 436 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 5: in their hands after the catch. 437 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 3: A few to close here for Kevin O'Connell, Lex's and 438 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 3: O's per nine to noon at Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center. 439 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 3: Good morning, the same five with the Moving Company played 440 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 3: all sixty two snaps Darrin saw with O'Neill. It just 441 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 3: changes everything, doesn't it. 442 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 5: I Mean, there's these guys. It's hard to put into 443 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 5: words just what they mean to our offense in the combination, 444 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 5: to both those guys together, I thought Christian had one 445 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 5: of his, you know, one of his best games he's 446 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 5: had this season. 447 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: And and just the fight. 448 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 5: I mean, he's he's he's still in a position, PA 449 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 5: where you know, the reps as they stack up and 450 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 5: and and he gets into a game where it is 451 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 5: a mental test for him, you know, every single week, 452 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 5: but he's passing it and and he is continuing. I 453 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 5: love the way he handled himself from the football game. 454 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 5: He was one of the first on the field out 455 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 5: in the huddle, set in the tone for those guys. 456 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 5: And then I thought Brian O'Neill, you know, had a 457 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 5: really tough matchup ended up having Hutchinson on him quite 458 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 5: a bit on that right side, and he fought a 459 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 5: heck of a battle against what you know. 460 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: As now, I don't know whether he is or not. 461 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 5: I haven't done the math on it, but feels like 462 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 5: they made him a pretty well compensated pass rusher last week. 463 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 5: But somehow about the block on the early screen against 464 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 5: the zero pressure, Yeah, where he gets out on the corner, 465 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 5: and just some of the other things he did. 466 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: Uh, those guys are so so or to what we do. 467 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 5: And and also you know, Donovan Jackson played a really 468 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 5: great game having seventy one in there right next to him, 469 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 5: and then Will Fries with bo and just how the 470 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 5: Nick Finett's blocking in the run game at stepping in 471 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 5: for Josh Oliver and next to those tackles. 472 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: They have a lot to do with a lot of 473 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: our success. 474 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 3: All right, Ravens to close here with By the way, 475 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 3: did Christian Christian exit the game? 476 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 2: Okay? 477 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: Yes, Garrisaw came out of it. Okay, good the Ravens. 478 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 3: What does the number five fifty two mean? 479 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: Do you? Five fifty two Ravens. 480 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. 481 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 3: It's the combined weight of Derek Henry and Patrick Ricard, 482 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 3: which means that's a two man jumbo package runner right at. 483 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: You, right right. Yeah, we're gonna see it. We're gonna 484 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: see it. 485 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 5: We've seen bigger droopings from people just about in every 486 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 5: game we've played this year. You hear the official announcing 487 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 5: either somebody as an eligible, an extra linement as an eligible, 488 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 5: or you've got you know, some of the big fullbacks 489 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 5: and tight ends, you know, washing from Pittsburgh, who I 490 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 5: think is you know, if he's not close to three 491 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 5: hundred pounds, I'd like to see the scale, you know. 492 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 5: And then just some of the people are choosing to 493 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 5: try to get bigger with our defense and try to 494 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 5: play that kind of game to avoid some of the 495 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 5: risk factors that you know very well, Pa. When you 496 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 5: play against Brian Flores and you want to spread him 497 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 5: out with a bunch of skilled people on the field, 498 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 5: you know, you know you're signing up for some potential problems. 499 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 5: And so people are going the other way. They're trying 500 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 5: to get bigger, they're trying to play physical. That's why 501 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 5: I love the fact that we had the type of 502 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 5: knockback we had won the line of scrimmage in the 503 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: interior of the D line. The edges were set by 504 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 5: Grenard and Turner and Van Ginkel, and then obviously Cashman 505 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 5: and Eric were flying all over the place, making a 506 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 5: lot of tackles and many. 507 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: Of them for loss. 508 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,719 Speaker 3: Oh you mean Eric Wilson, who has four sacks, one 509 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 3: of your leading sackers, so super important on kick return. 510 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:50,239 Speaker 1: That's right. 511 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: Oh that fifty five Cole Redford, Michigan, twenty minutes away 512 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 3: from Detroit talk to his mom before every game. I 513 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 3: say him, Shehanna's her name, I believe, And they had 514 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 3: about twenty five people there. They were super excited. That 515 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: was really cool. I don't know who the best player 516 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 3: in the Ravens defense is at this time of the week. 517 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 3: Rokwan Switz Smith, I've looked at that. Kyle Hamilton, just 518 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: the Notre Dame safety. How does he play like Kyle Hamilton? 519 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 3: What do you think about him? 520 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 5: Yeah? 521 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: I think you know, they've kind of throughout the season. 522 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 5: You know, he really was playing a lot more of 523 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 5: the safety position. 524 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: Early on in the year. 525 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 5: They make a trade for a third safety, Gilman from 526 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 5: the Chargers, who is a very good player, and that's 527 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 5: really allowed Kyle Hamilton almost Josh Mattelis like to get 528 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 5: down near the box a little bit more and be 529 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 5: a major factor as a blitzer, major factor around the 530 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 5: line of scrimmage. You know, they want to get him 531 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 5: closer to the ball. Derwin James like that we saw 532 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 5: a couple of weeks ago, because he's that kind of impact. 533 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 5: I think he's one of the best defensive players in 534 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 5: the National Football League right now when you really think 535 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 5: about his impact at all levels of the defense, running pass, 536 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 5: affecting the quarterback as a pressure player, but then matching 537 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 5: up with the like of you know, Puka Nakua or 538 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 5: DeVante Adams when they played the Rams, and you look 539 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 5: at him against the Bears receivers and we know those guys, well, 540 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 5: you just see a guy that's got a total complete 541 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 5: skill set football IQ off the charts and a physicality 542 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 5: to how he plays as a big, old, long, you know, 543 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 5: strong player in the middle of the defense. Now that 544 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 5: we've got to know where he is at all times. 545 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 5: Rokwan's obviously a very very good player, and I think 546 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 5: they've got some really good corners. They're very big and 547 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 5: physical in the interior. Their d line challenge for sure, 548 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 5: and I think they're doing a really good job figuring 549 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 5: out exactly who they want to be. They've been a 550 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 5: lot better against the run the last two three weeks, 551 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 5: and they can always turn the ball over with the 552 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 5: type of scheme they play if you're not really tight 553 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 5: with your operation and how. 554 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 2: You're playing dan. Lastly, Lamar Jackson his rookie year. All right. 555 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 3: He played sixteen games his rookie year through for just 556 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 3: twelve hundred yards fifty eight percent on the completions. Six 557 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 3: years later, last year, four and seventy two yards sixty 558 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 3: six and a half. Where has he grown as a 559 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 3: passer over the half decade, Yeah. 560 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 5: It's been I was on the field when he worked 561 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: out as a quarterback at the combine. I was on 562 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 5: the field working out, you know, some of the other quarterbacks, 563 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 5: and then watching the workout up close, and I remember 564 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 5: that day vividly and talking to him after that workout. 565 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 5: What you knew about Lamar Jackson has been proven to 566 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 5: be correct, which is this guy is an ultimate competitor, 567 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 5: one of the most gifted quarterbacks you know in our 568 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 5: league right now, both as a runner, clearly in the 569 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 5: way he dynamically changes the game. 570 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: But he is making. 571 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 5: Throw after throw from the pocket in rhythm, great fundamentals, 572 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 5: seeing coverage, seeing the field. They do a really good 573 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 5: job of marrying things all together with a pretty elite 574 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 5: run game with him included in that. That makes it 575 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 5: very hard constantly putting defenders in pass run conflict. And 576 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 5: then they've got flowers and obviously a whole cast of really, 577 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 5: really good skilled players. 578 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a challenge. 579 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 5: I know talking to Flow yesterday, you know everything you 580 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 5: know starts with obviously Lamar Jackson, but then Dereck Henry 581 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 5: is a guy that at any point in time you 582 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 5: give him any kind of space, he's proven to be 583 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 5: able to take at the distance. So we've got to 584 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 5: have our sharpest, most impactful defensive game of the season 585 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 5: with them coming to US Bank Stadium on Sunday. 586 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: Thank you for the time, Appreciate it. 587 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 3: Appreciate it man Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, 588 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 3: and I'm Paul Allen. 589 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 7: That's x's and no's back. After this, I remember that 590 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 7: one teacher made a difference. Believe it has challenged us. 591 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 7: So just made learning fun. Well, now your chance to 592 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 7: say thank you in a big way with iheartradios. Thank 593 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 7: it teacher. 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That's part of what the week looks 607 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 3: like nine to noon, you. 608 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 9: Know, listening to your conversation with Ko, and I mean, 609 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 9: there's so many positive things to pluck from the type 610 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 9: of win you get it at Detroit, and we were 611 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 9: talking earlier just kind of you know, I framed it 612 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 9: up the damn kind of broke at SOFI against those 613 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 9: Chargers first game of the year, where it's just so 614 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 9: many patchwork aspects of the team and you just didn't 615 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 9: have a shot in that game, and then you do 616 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 9: what you do ten days later at Ford Field, loving 617 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 9: that and I had also talked a bit about prior 618 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 9: to this week, just kind of the adversity that the 619 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 9: coach had had really been experiencing, given the health of 620 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 9: the situation and what was at stake, and making the 621 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 9: decision to put JJ McCarthy on a platter to begin 622 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 9: the twenty twenty five season. You know, I just listening 623 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 9: to him talk about JJ during your chat was interesting 624 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 9: to me because if there was a deep breath or 625 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 9: a moment of celebration in the locker room after that game, 626 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 9: I just wonder what the like how the coach handled 627 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 9: it where you know, we mentioned him getting out of 628 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 9: the huddle a little bit quicker, which meant that communication 629 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 9: was a little more specific static concise. Kid goes out, 630 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 9: he's checking out a plays. You see the decision making 631 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 9: you waited seven weeks to put this kid back on 632 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 9: the field. He's taking heat over how you know the 633 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 9: Carson thing ends at so far and then he goes 634 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 9: out and does that Like it's just you know, in 635 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 9: some ways, whether it's a moment of we want to 636 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 9: keep the team on a high as that talkback said 637 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 9: to go forward with with ball Baltimore around the corner. 638 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 9: I just wonder how if the coach might be on 639 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 9: some form of high as man. Weird ass season, weird schedule, 640 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 9: weird travel, Everything that I anticipated had gone wrong. 641 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: I just need this kid to kind of take a 642 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: step and look the part at Ford Field and not 643 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: get my team blown out. And then he goes out 644 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: and plays the way he does. 645 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 9: I mean, ko, it's not you know, he's not in 646 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 9: the business of taking time mid game planning week to celebrate. 647 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 9: But there has to be an aspect where even the 648 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 9: coach maybe Sunday night he allowed himself. 649 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 3: To just go no chance. I mean you what you're saying. 650 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 3: It happens in normal walks of life. Okay, you finish 651 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 3: your work week. It's Friday five, five oh five. Yeah, 652 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 3: you got Isaac and three others for a happy hour 653 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 3: that's going to start into the weekend. Okay, and Saturday, 654 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 3: this Sunday, that back at it on Monday. But there 655 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 3: was accomplishment along the way, maybe bonuses were hit or 656 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 3: things like that. This is not a normal walk of life. 657 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 3: The hours aren't normal, the pay is not normal. There's 658 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 3: nothing normal about this walk of life compared to to 659 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 3: normal walks of life. And that would include even giving 660 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 3: yourself a fifteen second moment to smell a rose off. 661 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: You know. 662 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 3: I mean, McCarthy wasn't great, but he was, but he 663 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 3: took a positive step. 664 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 2: So the. 665 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 3: Only way to answer it is is no, I don't 666 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 3: believe that he would do that, because I don't believe 667 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 3: any coach does that. 668 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 2: I believe they're wired that way. 669 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 3: If but after the Chargers game, that sucker is going 670 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 3: to stick around ninety six hours. That's human nature. Well, 671 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 3: that is of normal walks of life. 672 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 9: Where the loss is in some ways hurt or they 673 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 9: remain or takes more feeling than even great wins. 674 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 3: So if if somebody loses a job and goes on 675 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 3: the grind, in outside of football, if somebody loses a 676 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 3: job goes on the grind to find one, well that's 677 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 3: going to provide consternation, anxiety, and hurt more so than 678 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 3: celebration when you get the next one. Yeah, yes, honey, 679 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 3: blah blah blah, great, Hey, this let's add on here 680 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 3: gone in a week. You see what I'm saying. I think, 681 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 3: so there's some human nature side of it. Two, where 682 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 3: the negatives and the losses and things like that stick 683 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 3: with with people generally longer than the successes. 684 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 2: But with coaches. 685 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 3: I mean, it's this is the super Bowl winning coach 686 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 3: we're talking about here, and I think I think he said, 687 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 3: you know, nine to noon or said at some point 688 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 3: on this radio show that you know, because of when 689 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 3: they won the Super Bowl at so far and then 690 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 3: the comb and then free agency, you know, oh by 691 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 3: the way, no head coach, new head coach. So yeah, 692 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 3: So he immediately was yes, Sky you mob, this is fantastic. 693 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 3: High five Sean, Bill, Suzanne and Leah. I got to 694 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 3: empty out my office and now. 695 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 2: I gotta go. 696 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 3: So now it's to the this is great. I'm here 697 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 3: to give my best. One of my best is required. Yeah, 698 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 3: all right, how much money we got spending free agent? 699 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 3: Just all that, you know what I mean, So that 700 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 3: that would speculatively and just guessing the answer would be no. 701 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 3: On McCarthy's progress and actually allowing yourself to appreciate all 702 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 3: the work you've put into it and you're starting to 703 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 3: see some of the fruit of the labor. But secondly, 704 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 3: here is Kevin O'Connell. Is Kevin O'Connell is one of 705 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 3: the most detail oriented, organized people with no stone unturned 706 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 3: I've ever met in my life. Personally or professionally, And 707 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 3: I don't need to say that comes with all due 708 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 3: respect to everybody else involved. He is now coming into 709 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 3: that Lion's game. I wouldn't be surprised if you've got 710 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 3: Kevin to open a vain and if you were sitting there, 711 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 3: you know, talking with him the night before the game. 712 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 3: We are up, yeah, night before the game, about what 713 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 3: to expect the next day. If he were to be like, 714 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 3: I have no freaking idea, No, that would be too far. 715 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 3: I'm trying to think in the middle from the most 716 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 3: detail oriented squared away all eyes or dotted teaser cross too. 717 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 3: I have no idea what's coming If somewhere in there 718 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 3: is the right answer where I don't really know, but 719 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,479 Speaker 3: it could be this, it could be that, it could 720 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 3: be this, be that. So there could be joy out 721 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 3: that because there was a w associated with it and 722 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 3: the quarterback had a lot to do with it. But 723 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 3: why I would say no to your first answer about 724 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 3: even spending half a day one playing flight back smelling 725 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 3: a single rows of accomplishment is not because Lamar's on 726 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 3: the horizon, Not because John Harbaugh is on the horizon, 727 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 3: Not because you're still coming from behind in the Land 728 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 3: of Opportunity Classic at four and four. It's because now 729 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,800 Speaker 3: what's next. Okay, we did this. I don't worry about this, 730 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 3: this hockey kid being the one who's gonna get too 731 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 3: much of a fat head because you know, people are 732 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 3: on his jock and he did quite well. No, that's 733 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 3: not the concern. Well, the concern is now the Ravens 734 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 3: have tape off of it. So now you know that 735 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 3: I know that, you know that, I know that you 736 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 3: know that, I know that you know that I know 737 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 3: that you know that I know that just doesn't stop. 738 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 2: So now you've got to work around it. 739 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 3: So it's another Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's gonna work 740 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 3: this way, and I'm pretty sure this should go this way, 741 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 3: But you don't know. With Darnold or with cousins, against 742 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 3: certain teams, you most likely knew what you could get, 743 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 3: when you could get it, and how you were going 744 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,959 Speaker 3: to get it. With a twenty two year old making 745 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 3: his fourth start against a Super Bowl winning coach and 746 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 3: and a quarterback who can change, can hold the ball 747 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 3: thirteen minutes of one quarter and manipulate games, yeah, so 748 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 3: that's it's fascinating. It's fascinating. What's happening here with this 749 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 3: young quarterback, and like the consistency that is expected, the 750 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 3: best that is required because the next one you got 751 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 3: to have your best when your best is required or 752 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 3: Lamar is going to run all over you. 753 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: Well, and it's got to be part of the way 754 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: that we framed it up. 755 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 3: Sorry to go so a long winded there, but it's 756 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,320 Speaker 3: all good. Question you answered, you asked was outstanding. 757 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 9: Yeah, just you know, the inability maybe to take a breath, 758 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 9: and that plays into busy week. 759 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,720 Speaker 1: It also plays into the idea of what we talked. 760 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 9: About yesterday and earlier today is now you got to 761 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 9: go do it again, right, So it's you know, maybe 762 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 9: for the first time all season, he felt like, Okay, 763 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 9: there's signs of life from the QB. 764 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 2: I'm basically as healthy as of it in the O line. 765 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 9: And we just handled this division rival on the road. 766 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 9: We're now two and zero on the road in the division. 767 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 9: Loving all of that. But the kid did trip up 768 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,760 Speaker 9: the following Sunday night at home against the Falcons. 769 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: And I have not seen this team really play two 770 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: games in a row. 771 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 2: Right. 772 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 9: Every week it's been good times and then bad times, 773 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 9: and good times and then bad times and then ultimately 774 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 9: the dam broke it. So far the inability to take 775 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,840 Speaker 9: a breath must be exhausting at times. 776 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,879 Speaker 3: But see we but no daris On, no Addison in 777 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,440 Speaker 3: the win at Chicago or the loss against Atlanta. Yeah, now, 778 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 3: plenty of Darisa On, plenty of Addison, plenty of it 779 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,239 Speaker 3: at and McCarthy for. 780 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,320 Speaker 2: The full game. 781 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 3: He just played his best full game in his National 782 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 3: Football League career. He did that fourth quarter at Soldier 783 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 3: Field may be the best moment moments that he's had. 784 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 3: You won the game, but this was a full game 785 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 3: where he constantly came through. So that was a great 786 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:15,359 Speaker 3: question you asked. And we'll be right back all right. 787 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,239 Speaker 3: Sorry for the truncated segment, but thank you very much 788 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 3: for listening to nine to Noon today. Thank you Brett 789 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 3: Blake Moore for the production, and we thank Eric Nordquist 790 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 3: for producing. And I'm Paul Allen. John Hines, coach of 791 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 3: the Minnesota Wild joins US tomorrow and quite likely Finchy 792 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 3: at nine am tomorrow. I can't wait talk to you then, 793 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 3: have a wonderful, wonderful day, God bless all of you. 794 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: But podcast Today's Paul Allen Show we're listening back to 795 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,800 Speaker 1: previous show and interviews, so I go into the iHeartRadio 796 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,880 Speaker 1: app for kfan dot com