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Speaker 1: Here comes Ben Geslin covers the Minnesota vikings for the

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Speaker 1: we call Ben the scribe here nine to now.

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Speaker 2: But like if Snoop.

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Speaker 1: Doggie dog were doing the show, he would welcome every

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Speaker 1: buddy back by saying, here comes the squizzle. And I

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Speaker 1: understand there's a Snoop Doggie dog tie to something that's

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Speaker 1: transpiring in your household today and good morning.

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Speaker 2: Good morning. Yes, my my daughter Greta turns eleven today.

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Speaker 2: Happy birthday, Greta h Button. Yeah, that's Button weekly newsletter. Yes,

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Speaker 2: so she's she is not a fan of Soop Dogg.

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Speaker 2: Just I think during the Olympics last year when he's everywhere. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: she's like, oh my gosh, why a Snoop Dogg everywhere? So,

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Speaker 2: you know, typical father that I am like, Okay, this

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Speaker 2: seems like something that could be kind of annoying.

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Speaker 1: So I probably she's not a fan of Snoops. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Like you know, if you see him and do you

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Speaker 1: call her grizzle?

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Speaker 2: I haven't, but I might start to because she won't

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Speaker 2: like it, right, So you know, she's getting that age

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Speaker 2: where you know, I've got a thirteen and an eleven

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Speaker 2: year old now, so it's like the payoff of diaper

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Speaker 2: changes is now when you're teenager tween, I can annoy you. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's kind of fun. So Happy birthday, Greta. And I'm

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Speaker 2: sorry for the additional Snoop Dogg references that may be

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Speaker 2: coming your way in the near future.

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Speaker 1: So so with birthday dinner tonight or whatever goes into

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Speaker 1: Greta's birthday.

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Speaker 2: Happy Birthday, Greta.

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Speaker 1: I always love entertaining her at Canterbury Partner in the

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Speaker 1: course of the summer.

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Speaker 2: She seems to love that. Yes, if you were to

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Speaker 2: want the kids race one of those years, Oh that's right,

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Speaker 2: the Guesstling girl is going great. Guns was her. It

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Speaker 2: was her for Yeah, she went up in class. It

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Speaker 2: was her first year in the eight and older division

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Speaker 2: and she dusted everybody and then we had this up button.

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Speaker 2: But if you roll in tonight and say rolling down

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Speaker 2: the street with grad sivanon Jen and Juice late bad

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Speaker 2: dad Da, it'd be dad da yep stop.

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Speaker 1: Bob Ben and I met met at Irving Bible Church

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Speaker 1: early Sunday morning.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad we did. I'm really glad we did that.

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Speaker 1: And it always is interesting seeing other soula script to

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Speaker 1: our churches and how they run the show with their

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Speaker 2: Did you enjoy that? Yeah, it was good. It was

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Speaker 2: really fun. It was I learned how to sing a

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Speaker 2: little bit of angels we have heard on high in Spanish,

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Speaker 2: which I didn't know. It was a kind of multi

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Speaker 2: racial church. It was very cool. Yeah, it was. It

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Speaker 2: was fun to be there and just kind of fun

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Speaker 2: to see how different people do it. Yeah, it was

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Speaker 2: fun to and fun to be there with you, and

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Speaker 2: fun to just kind of be in a larger setting.

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Speaker 2: And I loved it. Had a guy I when I

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Speaker 2: when I was walking out, a guy says to me,

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Speaker 2: skull Vikings Yeah, And I was like, okay, so you

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Speaker 2: obviously must recognize me from something. I mean. He said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I saw you guys there, and I said, was Pa

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Speaker 2: and Ben? Yeah, And so we ended up talking for

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Speaker 2: a few minutes. He was from Iowa, had just moved

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Speaker 2: so wasn't going to the game, but I said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: they'll be back in a few years. That's cool. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was fun to chat with him a little bit.

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Speaker 1: And if my man's listening now, thanks for saying hello

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Speaker 1: and thanks for listening.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Should the Minnesota Vikings shut down Darrosaw and jettison this

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Speaker 1: weekly cat and mouse game?

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Speaker 2: That's a good question. I mean, the cat and mounts

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Speaker 2: game has become something that is weekly, and the fact

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Speaker 2: that we are still doing that fourteen months after the surgery.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think a lot of this for him

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you see this, whether it's Patrick

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Speaker 2: David Bachtiari with the Packers a few years ago. When

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Speaker 2: injuries occur, major injuries occur at this point of the year,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't just affect that season, it affects the next

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Speaker 2: think they planned to shut him down, but the question

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Speaker 2: whether they should, I mean, it has an effect on

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Speaker 2: JJ McCarthy if you do it, Although they protected quite

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Speaker 2: well on Sunday Night without him, I could see an

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Speaker 2: but if they were to say, let's just make sure

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Speaker 2: be behind us, if we could go on with a

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Speaker 1: Nordo has asked me the same question three times this year,

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Speaker 1: and he just asked Pete Bursich about Will Fries. And

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Speaker 2: What do you think?

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Speaker 1: So it could be an obvious somebody ran around him

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Speaker 1: to answer it. And my answer is with twenty two

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Speaker 1: Ryan Kelly really starting to play well now, and meaning

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Speaker 1: he just missed a bunch of games with those concussions.

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Speaker 1: Is I praise Will Fries without going all twenty two

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Speaker 1: So just from there to now, you know, not trying

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Speaker 1: to make him sound like Steve Hutchinson, Ree and Karne here,

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Speaker 1: but to play them all specifically with what's happened here

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Speaker 1: this year, I think that that's praiseworthy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it puts him in a group of

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Speaker 2: to play every week. I mean, every single other member

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Speaker 2: then Brian O'Neil. It's been knee and I think you

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Speaker 2: know things lately, yes, but yeah, I think the durability

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Speaker 2: especially because it was a question coming into this year

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Speaker 2: fact that he's been in there for every one of

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Speaker 2: those I think is noteworthy. I think there have been

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Speaker 2: moments in past protection, especially where he has gotten beat

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Speaker 2: got Turnstile pretty bad on one. I think maybe it's

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Speaker 2: against Seattle, But when you're seeing all of these different fronts,

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Speaker 2: I mean, this is kind of an extension of the

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Speaker 2: pure progression conversation from last week, only in the sense

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Speaker 2: that the defenses are so complex that you're getting more stunts,

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Speaker 2: more blitz designs that make you play in a way

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Speaker 2: It's a lot of Hey, are you protecting the first

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's a lot of this. I thought you

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Speaker 2: had him, No, I thought you had him. So when

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Speaker 2: you have all of these different combinations in different spots,

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Speaker 2: the potential for miscommunication, the potential for something to fall

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Speaker 2: all his fault or yeah he needs to be better.

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Speaker 2: I think there have been moments of that, but I

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Speaker 2: this is one percent what should have happened. I think

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Speaker 2: the fact that they have had as many different combinations

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Speaker 2: the different blitz designs and stunts and games, he has

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Speaker 1: The McCarthy keeper touchdown was the best gotcha play man

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Speaker 1: we've seen all season, was extremely well done. So I

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Speaker 1: mean I didn't go to the press conferences after the

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Speaker 2: I was doing dry bys.

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Speaker 1: Why didn't Why do you think the coach didn't like

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Speaker 1: the dance into the end zone?

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean I actually going off if I was

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Speaker 2: listening to it afterwards. I think it was probably I mean,

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Speaker 2: you know, so he caught astray a little bit there.

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Speaker 2: But I think it was just getting the end zone.

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Speaker 2: And let's not open the possibility up that it's justin

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Speaker 2: can't imagine. I mean no, and you know, the length

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Speaker 2: of the memory and the detail of the memory of

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Speaker 2: this particular head coach as well or better than I do.

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Speaker 2: It's elephant like, it is extremely and I'm somebody with

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Speaker 2: a pretty long memory as well. I am not in

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Speaker 2: can remember, like the cake from my third birthday party,

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Speaker 2: Black Forest with Cherry's on it was great. But the

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Speaker 2: head coach is on a different level from that. So

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Speaker 2: I would not be surprised if some of these things

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Speaker 1: But that makes sense. But you know, if you're looking

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Speaker 1: to kill the alter ego nine thing, yeah, that could

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Speaker 1: be that too. Then that's probably not needed either. I

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Speaker 1: mean it doesn't have to be. Barry Sanders always flipped

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Speaker 1: it back to the rep and never said anything right

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Speaker 2: Well, and yeah, they're not a team that discourages celebration obviously.

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Speaker 2: You know Cam bininge them. CJ.

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Speaker 3: Ham did the great on his touchdown. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 3: that's what he got into the end zone, correct. I

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Speaker 2: I mean we've seen worse, right, shout out mi Kiseki.

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Speaker 2: But we've seen better, yeah, certainly as gasoline, standard heating

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Speaker 2: But just what do we want.

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Speaker 3: Over the over the final three more of the same,

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Speaker 2: Is what he was talking about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have. I think the heavier personnel you bring

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Speaker 2: Well, it was funny because I think when people were,

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Speaker 1: He's not going George Pickens on it correct or even

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we twenty nineteen when he leaves the

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Speaker 2: He pretendity was sick, and that was the there's truth

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Speaker 2: I was like, Okay, he's here and then yeah, basically

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Speaker 1: Well, the historical stuff matters, period, Yes, but it matters

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Speaker 2: It does, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: Specifically, you know when like back in twenty twenty is

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Speaker 1: Well, Connell, it's uh he had two catches Sunday, right, yeah, okay, two.

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Speaker 2: For twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Well it tell me if you think this matters, because

439
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Speaker 1: I would make Sunday in the production meeting or you know,

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Speaker 1: pre get wherever Kevin wants to make it.

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Speaker 2: Operation four.

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Speaker 1: He's four receptions from the most of any player through

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Speaker 1: six seasons in the history of the NFL. I mean

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Speaker 1: he's I mean, I think he should be a cinch

445
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Speaker 1: to get it, but he'll pass Jarvis Landry. So that's

446
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Speaker 1: that's the that's the most receptions of anybody in the

447
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Speaker 1: history of the NFL through six years. And he's pretty

448
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Speaker 1: close to Moss for yardage wise. Two he's within one

449
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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty some yard of Moss. Of Moss most

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Speaker 1: receiving yards through six.

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Speaker 2: Yar the NFL.

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Speaker 1: So let's start with Operation four. It was Operation six

453
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Speaker 1: into Dallas. It's Operation four. So it's Operation four as

454
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Speaker 1: you go play it, play the New York Giants and

455
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Speaker 1: to get yourself covered by Cordelle Flott and the likes

456
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Speaker 1: of a Deebo Paulson.

457
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think, you know, but the grandas for

458
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Speaker 2: it could be done at the end of the first half.

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Speaker 3: What's frustrating about this year just watching it, whether you're

460
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Speaker 3: in the room or out of the room on the

461
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Speaker 3: outside like I am, is you know that eighteen also

462
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Speaker 3: creates a lot of those opportunities that JJ is taking

463
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Speaker 3: advantage of, and you also see issues I think it was.

464
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Speaker 2: After it was the false start on the touchdown. I mean,

465
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Speaker 2: how brutal was that. He brought that up as soon

466
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Speaker 2: as I asked him about the drops on Sunday night too,

467
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Speaker 2: so I was frustrated by that. It was also frustrated

468
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Speaker 2: by that, yeah, because I didn't get to do the gritty.

469
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Speaker 3: Formation penalty rather, But then that very next play he

470
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Speaker 3: threw a ball that Jefferson had zero chance of ever

471
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Speaker 3: contending for. There was one down the far sideline where

472
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Speaker 3: I think Bland was on him. Probably could have been

473
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Speaker 3: a penalty because he never turned around. Bland didn't, But

474
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Speaker 3: the forcing it to him actually has been ending in

475
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Speaker 3: more negative situations than positive. So just kind of balancing that,

476
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Speaker 3: like you're getting these other guys open, I'm trying to

477
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Speaker 3: get it to you, but I'm finding it in bad spots.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, it is difficult because, and I've made this

479
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Speaker 2: point a few times and asked people about this a

480
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Speaker 2: few times, that getting used to playing for this team

481
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Speaker 2: is not just learning a complex offense. Ryan Kelly talked

482
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Speaker 2: about again on Sunday Night that it is a lot

483
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Speaker 2: to put on a young quarterback. It is getting used

484
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Speaker 2: to the fact that you were going to scout opponents

485
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Speaker 2: and say, okay, they're they're in man coverage sixty percent

486
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Speaker 2: of the time, we're going to get a lot of

487
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Speaker 2: single high safety. And then you go on on a

488
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Speaker 2: Sunday knowing at this point they know this. They discovered this,

489
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Speaker 2: I think a few years ago, but at this point

490
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Speaker 2: they know whatever scouting we do, whatever pre work we

491
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Speaker 2: do on how they're going to cover, is not going

492
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Speaker 2: to apply because they're going to have a different plan

493
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Speaker 2: for Justin Jefferson that we have to figure out as

494
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Speaker 2: we go, and some of that creates openings, but some

495
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Speaker 2: of that's also for a young quarterback saying how do

496
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Speaker 2: I navigate this the right way and get the ball

497
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Speaker 2: to Justin when I have opper tunities, but also figure

498
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Speaker 2: out the fact that they're going to flood a lot

499
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Speaker 2: of coverage his way and I have to counteract that.

500
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Speaker 2: So I do think there's a learning curve with that,

501
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Speaker 2: and Jefferson has talked about that. The Cousins went through it,

502
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Speaker 2: Sam Darnold went through it. It's a lot of this

503
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Speaker 2: message of trust yourself and trust me, but then figuring

504
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Speaker 2: out what that looks like when you are a young

505
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Speaker 2: quarterback and one who's still figuring out how to put

506
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Speaker 2: balls in tight spots against the NFL coverage. I think

507
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Speaker 2: there's an adjustment period there too.

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Speaker 1: ever fakes field goals Dallas, Dallas did it and it worked.

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Speaker 1: Why does nobody fake field goals?

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Speaker 2: It's I think some of it. This is a good question.

523
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Speaker 2: I haven't thought about this this much, but I wonder

524
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Speaker 2: if it's because we've made the transition and this is

525
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Speaker 2: the old school where you said the backup quarterback is

526
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Speaker 2: the holder. Yeah, and now it's almost exclusively the punter.

527
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Speaker 2: So one of the trade offs from that, I suppose

528
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Speaker 2: is if it's not the backup quarterback, you don't have

529
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Speaker 2: somebody who's gonna throw as effectively as you would if

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Speaker 2: it was the backup quarterback out there. So I think

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Speaker 2: that maybe part of it. I assume some of it

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Speaker 2: is everybody's going for it more on fourth downs and

533
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Speaker 2: and people say this just isn't worth the risk. But

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Speaker 2: I mean, that was awfully well done. I think I'll

535
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Speaker 2: Connon even said yesterday, like I got to give them

536
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Speaker 2: a give them credit for that. I'm sure we'll talk

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Speaker 2: to Matt Daniels about it a little bit more today.

538
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Speaker 2: But that was one that you know you're able to

539
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Speaker 2: flip it and it was almost like a no look

540
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Speaker 2: over the head. Flesh was pretty impressive. It was very

541
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Speaker 2: well done. The rhythm and timing on that was was

542
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Speaker 2: pretty good. Well, they got us with the surprise.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't as good as JJ's fake, but it was

544
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Speaker 3: a pretty good fake. You're thinking, I mean, that's an

545
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Speaker 3: automatic three points from Aubrey right there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, although he was nothing too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was not exactly automatic, but in that stage,

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Speaker 3: I think it was a fourth and four, and we're

549
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Speaker 3: in Viking's territory obviously, because you set up the field goal.

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Speaker 2: I would always think you would.

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Speaker 3: Prefer the offense versus any number of things that could

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Speaker 3: go wrong on a fake field goal. That's what kind

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Speaker 3: of surprised me is I want the offense that puts

554
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Speaker 3: up thirty points a game on the field, not relying

555
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Speaker 3: on the kicker.

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Speaker 2: And he ran for six and then.

557
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Speaker 3: He's like, oh, these these football players might hit me here.

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Speaker 2: I better get down very smartly. That's what kind of

559
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: shocked me there. Though. Yeah, that's always a thing too.

560
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Speaker 2: I mean you talk about, you know, the backup quarterback

561
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Speaker 2: is not the holder anymore because they're probably worried about

562
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Speaker 2: needing the backup quarterback and what if he gets hurt

563
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Speaker 2: and you know, I suppose that the back of quarterback

564
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Speaker 2: is hurting the game, then he can't be the holder either.

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Speaker 2: But if you lose your punter, you don't have another

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Speaker 2: guy on the roster typically at least that's up on

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Speaker 2: game days, that would be able to do that either.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, there's probably an element of get what you

569
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Speaker 2: can and don't get clovered because we need you later

570
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Speaker 2: in this game. They must have thought they had, and

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Speaker 2: I don't know if they've run that before. I would

572
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Speaker 2: assume that was probably something they put in for this game.

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Speaker 2: I would think that's probably not something that they've shown,

574
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Speaker 2: so they probably figured this is unscouted, we can get

575
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Speaker 2: them here. This is going to be something that hits because,

576
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Speaker 2: like you say, to take the offense off the field,

577
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Speaker 2: you have to be pretty confident that what you were

578
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Speaker 2: going to do instead was going to work.

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Speaker 3: Do you think that there's any element to some of

580
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Speaker 3: that stuff where and maybe it's just with the Cowboys

581
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Speaker 3: or just in general. It's like bright lights Sunday Night.

582
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Speaker 3: They definitely have not run this before. I don't recall

583
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Speaker 3: an Aubrey toss.

584
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Speaker 2: No, I think we probably would have heard about it.

585
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Speaker 3: But it's just I wonder if they have some of

586
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Speaker 3: that stuff in their back pocket. Like it's primetime, we're

587
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 3: gonna have a little fun with it. We're six point

588
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 3: favorites against these cowboy these vikings.

589
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,439
Speaker 2: We're probably going to smash them anyway, So why don't we.

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Speaker 3: Throw a little trickery into the bit and let the

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Speaker 3: primetime fans enjoy something.

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Speaker 2: There could be some of that. I mean, you know,

593
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Speaker 2: everybody knows that that's the game that gets more eyeballs

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Speaker 2: than any of the NFL the Sunday night game is

595
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Speaker 2: at this point, So yeah, there could be a little

596
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Speaker 2: bit of that where you're trying to just you know, say,

597
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Speaker 2: let's let's bring our best and the nation is watching,

598
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Speaker 2: let's have something that gets a little shine on our

599
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Speaker 2: special teams coordinator and our special teams units.

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Speaker 3: So over the final three we mentioned last segment, just

601
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Speaker 3: you know, whether it's Operation one ninety now it's Operation

602
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Speaker 3: of Bucks sixty eight, and just kind of the importance

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Speaker 3: of you know, and I think more important than the

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Speaker 3: Buck sixty eight.

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Speaker 2: I think it's just finding that connection. Right.

606
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Speaker 3: But in terms of getting run you know, somebody was

607
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 3: asking you're rarely via Vikings fan line.

608
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,400
Speaker 2: It's always the A topics, and that's good.

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00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 3: You know, win or lose, the fans care and they

610
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Speaker 3: know what the most important issues are with the squad.

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Speaker 3: But somebody's hit me with like a ty Felton question.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I mean he's a.

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Speaker 3: Third round rookie. You never see him. He's only played

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Speaker 3: like twenty nine snaps. I think he has a couple

615
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Speaker 3: catches all season. He's a special teams guy like Are

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Speaker 3: there certain things that you're looking at over the final

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Speaker 3: three where it goes beyond just the WORL And now

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Speaker 3: we're digging into the weeds of evaluation into the off season.

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Speaker 3: Is there anything that's just hit me atop ahead?

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Speaker 2: Maybe, Well, Felton's actually a great place to start that

621
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Speaker 2: conversation because Jalen Naylor, who's had a really good year,

622
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 2: had a big game Sunday Night, is a free agent

623
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Speaker 2: after this year, and you get to the point where

624
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 2: he's done this enough, especially on Sunday Night, where people notice,

625
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 2: and I would imagine that if he gets some decent offers,

626
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 2: the Vikings are going to have a hard time matching those.

627
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 2: Knowing the cap is so ty, Felton may play a

628
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 2: bigger role next year. So if they see anything from

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Speaker 2: him these last few that make them think, okay, I mean,

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Speaker 2: I know they've been impressed with what they've seen in practice,

631
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Speaker 2: but having a transfer to games, I think that's actually

632
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 2: a spot where that could be useful for them going forward,

633
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Speaker 2: knowing that they may lose Jalen Ellen free agency.

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Speaker 1: Miles Price has the most kick return yardage of Anybodking ever,

635
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: passed Cordery Patterson Sunday night for rookies.

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Speaker 2: For rookies that is yeh.

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Speaker 1: Is he dynamic or the product of receiving a bunch

638
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Speaker 1: of return opportunities?

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00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 2: I think both. I mean, certainly the return opportunities are

640
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 2: there now in a way they were not before. The

641
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 2: dynamic kickoff has opened that play back up, and I've

642
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 2: become a fan of it. I think the fact that

643
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 2: we have kickoff returns again is a positive for the game.

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Speaker 2: And if you can do it in a way that

645
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 2: people aren't getting hurt, that's good. It also is partially

646
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Speaker 2: I think he's been good at it. I mean, they've

647
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Speaker 2: seen the speed, they've seen some of the elusiveness that

648
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 2: he brings to that play, and he's also at some

649
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 2: moments where it's come back to bite them with some

650
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 2: of the turnovers and the muffs and that kind of

651
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 2: thing as well. But I think when you have that

652
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Speaker 2: play and if you figure out how to block it

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Speaker 2: and create angles and create openings on it, it can

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Speaker 2: be something that's a weapon again. And they obviously feel

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Speaker 2: I mean they've given him enough green lights that I

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Speaker 2: think they feel pretty good about the ball in his

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Speaker 2: hands and what it can do. We've seen some spots,

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Speaker 2: even if it's burned them, We've seen also seen some

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Speaker 2: spots where it's helped them out where if you get

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Speaker 2: a big return, I think the first driving is the

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Speaker 2: commanders was that way you got a big return, and

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Speaker 2: then everybody feels better about the field position where they're

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Speaker 2: going from, and the.

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Speaker 1: Offense can kind of spring off of that. Lastly, Brian Flores.

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores has has his weekly approach to defense mostly

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Speaker 1: been nothing short of masterful this season. I mean hasn't

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Speaker 1: been you think, well, I just think that he and they,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, have done a really good job.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they have. I mean, you've had some

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Speaker 2: injury they've had to work through, and everybody deals with

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Speaker 2: certain things, but they have had to manage whether it's

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Speaker 2: health or whether it's being on the field a lot,

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Speaker 2: or being in some tough situations a lot where it's, hey,

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Speaker 2: we need another stop. They've been able to go out

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Speaker 2: and make things happen. So yeah, I think for them

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Speaker 2: to do what they did against that offense on Sunday

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Speaker 2: Night is a big deal because a lot of teams

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Speaker 2: have struggled to shut that team down and they really

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Speaker 2: did not get tested. I mean George Pickens did not

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Speaker 2: have a good game. But Dak was jumpy. Yeah, Dak

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Speaker 2: was jumping Williams. He did, yeah, and he came out

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Speaker 2: with the shoulder injury for a little bit. But yes,

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Speaker 2: Dak being as rattled as he was by the pressure

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Speaker 2: I think changed that game. And you know, it was

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Speaker 2: not the type of game I think. I said this

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Speaker 2: before the game with must that I don't think it

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Speaker 2: was going to be one that would suit them well

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Speaker 2: if you had to trade points with that team, and

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Speaker 2: they were able to do that to an extent, but

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Speaker 2: they probably also didn't have to trade as many points

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Speaker 2: because the defense came up with and rattle back enough

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Speaker 2: to kind of help things out there. So that's how

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Speaker 2: it's all supposed to works, supposed to be complimentary, and

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Speaker 2: it was. There. Have a good day, my brother, and

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Speaker 2: thank you very much. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's Ben Gestling, courtesy of Standard Heating and Air Hit

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Speaker 1: fifteen minutes from now and we like to play a

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Speaker 1: Tuesday talkback for the head coach. So go to the

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Speaker 1: leave a talkback for the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings,

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Speaker 1: and we'll play it back somewhere between eleven and eleven

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Speaker 1: thirty nine to noon continues after this.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back nine to noon ten twelve minutes from now,

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Speaker 3: we're gonna have head coach Kevin O'Connell in studio here

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Speaker 3: at TCO for x'es and o's with head coach Kevin O'Connell.

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Speaker 3: The Pittsburgh Steelers in the Monday night game last night

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Speaker 3: twenty eight point fifteen is the final the Steelers in

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Speaker 3: the AFC North, which has just been walking. It's been weird,

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Speaker 3: and the Ravens getting Lamar healthy but then continuing to

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Speaker 3: lose bad games, although they won most recently. Nobody wants

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Speaker 3: this AFC North but Rogers in company and Adam Feeling.

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Speaker 3: How about Adam Feeling, He had a catch for seven

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Speaker 3: yards last night. They just outclassed what is just not

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Speaker 3: a very good Miami Dolphins team.

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Speaker 2: It's cold weather up in Pittsburgh the whole bit.

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Speaker 3: So now they're they're in charge by an entire game

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Speaker 3: in the AFC North. Still looking like it'll come down

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Speaker 3: to that Week eighteen matchup at Pittsburgh for the AFC

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Speaker 3: North Division. But Rodgers and company just kind of toying

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Speaker 3: around at times about Rogers looked comfortable in a cold

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Speaker 3: weather environment, just handled business.

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Speaker 2: It was a professional victory.

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Speaker 1: I think last night by the Steelers and with our

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Speaker 1: friend Adam Feeling. I don't know how many snapsey blade

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Speaker 1: and learning a playbook may be easier for some than others,

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Speaker 1: and it's quite easy for Adam, but it was I

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Speaker 1: don't Honorary starts not the way to look at it.

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Speaker 1: It's like you're a veteran, we traded for you, you start,

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Speaker 1: because they started him slot right and then didn't do

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Speaker 1: any thing his way, and then he was out whereas

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Speaker 1: out for the rest of the series, and then he

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Speaker 1: was out to start the second series. Then they brought

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Speaker 1: him in for two or three plays, he blocked a

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Speaker 1: little bit, and he was out again. Still not exactly

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Speaker 1: sure what his lot in life is there. But if

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh can get some defensive play, because your one seed

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Speaker 1: is probably going to be the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 2: And I mean they, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean I shouldn't say probably, but I mean their favor

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Speaker 1: to be the one seed Broncos.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's good to do.

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Speaker 1: Do you think so for sure? How far I just

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Speaker 1: don't know how far ahead they are of AFC East Terriors.

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Speaker 2: Well, they're they're a game ahead and I can find

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Speaker 2: okay here in a moment, but they, I mean, they've

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Speaker 2: won twelve in a row.

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Speaker 1: You know, to a certain extent, there is horseshoe esconced

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Speaker 1: of Booty.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know who's a game behind them, Oh

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Speaker 3: Ravels Patriot. Oh wow, So it's tight, yes, but but

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Speaker 3: they're beatable. They've been beatable almost every game during this

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Speaker 3: twelve game winning streak, but prohaps to the Broncos. They

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Speaker 3: find a way to close where other teams, including good teams, don't,

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Speaker 3: So I understand why they're favor But you know, Rogers

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Speaker 3: is throwing the ball really really well right now.

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Speaker 1: And he's on fire. I mean, he that that whole thing.

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Speaker 1: He's just in charge of that whole thing now. Man,

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Speaker 1: It's taken a little while, but he's in charge. And

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Speaker 1: and they if they can get some defensive play man,

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Speaker 1: they could be sneaky in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: Is it fire fire?

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Speaker 3: He's on fire. Yeah, it's the fire. Hit the button

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Speaker 3: will be fire tonight though. The a topic for for

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Speaker 3: hockey fans in this state. And by the way, props

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Speaker 3: to coach Finch. He joined us earlier today open the

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Speaker 3: show and the Wolves and hopefully Anthony Edwards.

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Speaker 2: Is back after a two game absence.

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Speaker 3: They're hosting the Memphis Grizzlies, who are having an awful season.

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Speaker 3: How about just breaking the news to me, Nords, the

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Speaker 3: Ja Moran twisted his ankle last night, so.

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Speaker 2: We got LFL terrorism.

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Speaker 3: But Hoops is back in the mix tomorrow at Target

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Speaker 3: Center for the Minnesota Wild. They are on the back

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Speaker 3: end of a four game home stretch here and a

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Speaker 3: chance to sweep it.

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Speaker 2: It's a couple of third play squads in the mix.

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Speaker 3: Here, you're Minnesota Wild, third in the third in the

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Speaker 3: Central and then on the East coast side of things,

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Speaker 3: the Capitals and Ovechkin.

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Speaker 2: And everybody are in town now.

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Speaker 3: The Caps themselves, I think they've lost three out of

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Speaker 3: their last four, but those were two of those were

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Speaker 3: in shootouts.

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Speaker 2: I just got housed by Winnipeg the other day over

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Speaker 2: the weekend five to one. Oh does.

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Speaker 3: But they come in it not the Wild and they

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Speaker 3: come into Grand Casino Arena here against well, it's it's

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Speaker 3: Capris off and Boldie and Quinn Hughes and will it

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Speaker 3: be Gus Buss or Yesper, yes sir, yesper. We shall

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Speaker 3: find out. And maybe that's already been reported and that's

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Speaker 3: my fault.

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Speaker 2: But excited for this game tonight.

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Speaker 3: It's a seven pm puck drop, whether you watch ESPN

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Speaker 3: Plus or you listen to it with mister O'Donnell and

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Speaker 3: mister Reed.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Joe for joining me yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Pump for that puck drop seven pm ish right here

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Speaker 3: on enough.

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Speaker 1: I am yeah, I haven't done. I've yet to see

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Speaker 1: Quinn Hughes. And he only played one game, right.

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Speaker 2: Just one game on Sunday. Yeh, yep, Quinnesota. That's where

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Speaker 2: we're calling it, Quinnesota. I saw that on social media.

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Speaker 2: It's Mike Lever.

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Speaker 1: But with that, but I'm I'm looking forward to to

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Speaker 1: I mean, I've I've seen him during his career analytically speaking,

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Speaker 1: if you're if you're into the analytics of hockey, which

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Speaker 1: I'm not, but nevertheless for those who are, he is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he he charts near the top or at

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Speaker 1: the top of so many important analytics for blue liners

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Speaker 1: and they're still young.

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Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to watching him this evening, last

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Speaker 2: thing and then we'll pause here.

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Speaker 3: You can catch it on Prime the NBA the nd

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Speaker 3: season Cup bit is we got coach about eleven oh five.

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Speaker 3: The Championship is tonight. It's gonna be San Antonio and

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Speaker 3: the New York Knicks. I think you watch it on

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Speaker 3: Prime if that button. You know one thing, I'll tell

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Speaker 3: you, you know, not seeing a lot of Quinn Hughes.

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Speaker 2: I haven't seen a lot of wemby this year.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to just sit in the chair and just appreciate.

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Speaker 3: Of course I'm rooting for kat and yeah we got

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Speaker 3: Brunson and Josh Hart, et cetera. But Wemby the unicorn

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Speaker 3: that he is now back from injury and he's working

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Speaker 3: through a few games here. He is, as you heard

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Speaker 3: it from from Chris fincherly on two, he's ascending. He

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Speaker 3: will be the best player in the NBA. It's just

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Speaker 3: a question of when. And we're going to get to

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Speaker 3: see that isolated single game spot tonight at seven thirty.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he Wemby for the Spurs is on. There's some

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Speaker 1: pitch count terrorism taking place right now. With the minutes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: just half right. It came back from a calf and

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Speaker 1: I said it to Chris Finch earlier and it just

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Speaker 1: blew me away that he played seven minutes and during

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Speaker 1: his seven minutes, the Spurs were plus twenty in the

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Speaker 1: plus minus. I mean to beat plus twenty in just

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Speaker 1: seven minutes, that is amazing. But his impact in the

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Speaker 1: game in a short amount of time was unbelievable. I

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Speaker 1: think the Knicks are going to beat the Spurs tonight

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Speaker 1: because what I saw from the San Antonio Spurs.

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Speaker 2: The other night.

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Speaker 1: If you have a better effort than that in you

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Speaker 1: may God bless you, May God be with you, because

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Speaker 1: they went to Okac. Well, nobody beats Okac if you

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Speaker 1: were win at Okac. And and thirdly they took it

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Speaker 1: to Shay Gilgess, Alexander with with with uh Stefan Castle

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Speaker 1: and Devin Vessel. I mean they really took it to

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Speaker 1: s g A, super physical with him and Okase looked

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Speaker 1: like like, you know, we got you whenever we want you,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't. The Spurs played a wonderful, wonderful game

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Speaker 1: Saturday night. I don't think they can play better tonight.

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Speaker 1: And I think I can't say I think the Knicks

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Speaker 1: are dramatically better team than San Antonio, but I think

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Speaker 1: the Knicks win the NBA Cup tonight.

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Speaker 3: And as we wrap up, news News de Nord presented

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Speaker 3: news News de Nerd.

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Speaker 2: How about that news.

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Speaker 3: De Nerd news you actually actually yes, presented by Canterbury Park,

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Speaker 3: the casino at Canterbury Park. Actually Chiefs Mahomes has indeed

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Speaker 3: had surgery on the torn A c L and torn

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Speaker 3: L c L.

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Speaker 2: So the rehab starts now.

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Speaker 3: And gosh, there was one thing going back to it

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Speaker 3: was Guestling talking about with darisaw and just worried about

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Speaker 3: this time of year and that any additional injury would

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Speaker 3: potentially bleed.

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Speaker 2: Into the rehab.

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, what about six weeks ago and so,

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Speaker 3: But but to that end, this time of year is

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Speaker 3: indeed an awful time to sustain these injuries. Michael Parsons,

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Speaker 3: who was confirmed it's an ACL as well. So just

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Speaker 3: kind of the injuries that have taken place, and I

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Speaker 3: don't have the whole list in front of me. It's

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Speaker 3: a conversation that comes up every couple of years.

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Speaker 2: Are we seeing more ACL tears? Is it the turf?

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Speaker 2: Is it the training? What is it?

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Speaker 3: Human body evolution versus the supplement and the work load evolution.

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Speaker 3: But whether it's neighbors, I mean, how cool I mean

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Speaker 3: in a lost season, sadly, it would have been cool

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Speaker 3: to see neighbors, right, and all the concussions with Jackson Dart,

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Speaker 3: will he play Scatabow and that ugly injury he took place,

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Speaker 3: We don't get to see Scataboo this weekend. It's just

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Speaker 3: stealing the greats from the whether they're with our rivals

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Speaker 3: or not, is just awful from a fan perspective, there's

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Speaker 3: too many of them this year.

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Speaker 1: I say, by the way, you have a chance to

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Speaker 1: have a talkback offered up to Minnesota Vikings head coach

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell. He's around the corner here at the TCO

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Speaker 1: Radio studio. Go to the free iHeart audio app and

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Speaker 1: to do your thing for up to thirty seconds, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna play one back for Kevin O'Connell and x's and

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