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Speaker 2: All right, as I mentioned, Guardzi is in Arizona tracking

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Speaker 2: the Golden Gophers. I can't remember the name of the

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Speaker 2: after today, but our good friend Sam is here to

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Speaker 2: give us a little late to Top five at five

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Speaker 2: because liber obviously always goes to about five point fifteen

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Speaker 2: what we used to call back in the day, the

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Speaker 3: Where would you like to begin.

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Speaker 4: Well, the Gophers are playing in the Rate Bowl for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's good.

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Speaker 2: I think I kind of knew that, but I'm glad

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Speaker 4: Let's start with the Timberwolves, who had a pretty busy weekend.

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Speaker 4: On Friday night, they took down the defending champs they

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Speaker 3: The way, yes he was.

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Speaker 4: Then last night the Wolves beat the Giannis less Milwaukee

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Speaker 4: Bucks one o three to one hundred. The Wolves get

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Speaker 3: The Return of a Cat.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, the Knicks are playing very well, although I think

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Speaker 2: And again, the Friday night game, which we talked a

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Speaker 3: That not only in that game.

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Speaker 3: The second round is set.

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Speaker 6: Let's listen JJ McCarthy out of the shotgun on third down.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he had an opportunity to kind of bend that

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Speaker 7: What an absolute beauty of a catch by Justin Jefferson.

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Speaker 2: Here Field Museum is not a bad spot. Yeah, it

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's pretty much how it went.

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Speaker 3: Because that that's how it felt.

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Speaker 2: It felt like, well, we're not we're not even you know,

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: By the way, the money I game. Look who's on

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Speaker 3: And that's what's going on right now, our guy cam

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Speaker 2: I'm assuming Philip Rivers is starting again, right he is? Yeah,

440
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Speaker 2: so that's the angle tonight. I didn't get to see

441
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Speaker 2: much of his work last week. I think they lost

442
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 2: ended up losing a close game, but lost of the Seahawks.

443
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:30,919
Speaker 3: That's what it was.

444
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think and I think the Seahawks had

445
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 2: to score late to get the victory for them. So yeah,

446
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,959
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm curious to see how he looked. I mean,

447
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,959
Speaker 2: I think he was not great in the last game,

448
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,840
Speaker 2: but he didn't look inapt. He didn't look like he

449
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 2: shouldn't be out there. So and the Colts are very desperate,

450
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,879
Speaker 2: obviously for for a victory victory as well. I'm assuming

451
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Speaker 2: that's on the fan tonight right when football uh gotta

452
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Speaker 2: be I would think. So, I don't think we have

453
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Speaker 2: any have any wild and we have any Wolves, I

454
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Speaker 2: don't believe.

455
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Speaker 3: Yeah, let me double check, double checks, Yeah, double check.

456
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 2: They're they're taking on for the record the brock Purty

457
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 2: and the San Francisco forty nine ers as well. The

458
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 2: worst game in NFL history may be played next weekend

459
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Speaker 2: Giants Raiders.

460
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Speaker 3: Is that a matchup? My god, that could be very

461
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 3: very bad.

462
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 2: Lots of discussion around the RODA corul on who gets

463
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,399
Speaker 2: that Vikings win JJ or Max?

464
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Speaker 3: What's say you?

465
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 2: It's probably a distinction not worth spending all that much

466
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 2: time on. But he did lead them on the the

467
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Speaker 2: alt what was ultimately the game winning drive, I believe,

468
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 2: so that would be Max, including that beautiful out pattern. Well,

469
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 2: you got to have some zip on the ball on

470
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Speaker 2: third and seventeen. That was a that was a very pretty,

471
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Speaker 2: very very pretty play. Let me get to a couple

472
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Speaker 2: of other well, actually, you know, I'll say the rest

473
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Speaker 2: of the talking points. I think we have like two left,

474
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Speaker 2: and let me get to a couple more texts as well.

475
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, because somebody had asked any interest in to

476
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Speaker 2: Night's Tilt and Indie. Yeah, because mainly because of the

477
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 2: quarterback thing. That's that is the main thing for me,

478
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 2: and you know, the forty nine ers backup is we've

479
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:20,160
Speaker 2: talked about the vikings. I believe are should be obligated

480
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 2: to add a veteran quarterback to the competition before next season.

481
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 2: I think whatever plans they had of anointing JJ should

482
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Speaker 2: be out the window, not necessarily because of his in

483
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 2: you know, his sort of spotty second season been a

484
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,960
Speaker 2: little better lately, but has been overall statistically still pretty bad.

485
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,960
Speaker 2: Not because of that, but because of availability. I still

486
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 2: believe you can't. You're not doing your due diligence as

487
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 2: an organization. You're not really protecting the assets you do have.

488
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,119
Speaker 2: If you are simply saying we're going to close our

489
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,560
Speaker 2: eyes roll the dice and hope that JJ McCarthy not

490
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,959
Speaker 2: only can continue to improve, but to stay on the field.

491
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: I don't think you can do it for second straight year.

492
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 2: The question again is who do you get, what's the price?

493
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,400
Speaker 2: How much does that affect you contractually? All those things

494
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 2: are fair points, but I believe that you're letting your

495
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 2: own organization down if you do not add a veteran

496
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 2: quarterback who can who is given an honest opportunity. I

497
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 2: might add to win the job. I don't mean he

498
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,199
Speaker 2: has to win. It doesn't mean he's going to win it.

499
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:41,000
Speaker 2: But I think that's if nothing else, if we've learned

500
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 2: nothing else about McCarthy, even if you're a mcbowbo and

501
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 2: love them, what's undeniable and inescapable right now is he

502
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 2: has not been able to stay on the field.

503
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 3: So you got to head your bet.

504
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 2: You have to give yourself any kind of insurance that

505
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 2: is more than just the average backup quarterback, but a

506
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 2: quarterback that you at least envision as being a starter

507
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 2: and being a guy that the quarterback whisperer can work with. Again,

508
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 2: and I know the whole bit of the whole point

509
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 2: of drafting McCarthy was to get out of that miras,

510
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,119
Speaker 2: to get off of that hamster wheel where we're constantly

511
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 2: just trying to bring in veterans and patch it together

512
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 2: and keep it together. The whole idea was, here's our

513
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 2: franchise quarterback. We're going to be done with this problem

514
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 2: for the next ten years, the way they are able

515
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 2: to do a generation after generation, for example in Green Bay.

516
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 2: That makes sense, and that ultimately still might take place.

517
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 2: But if you, as I said, miss as many as

518
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 2: much time as he has missed over the course of

519
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: the first two seasons in the league, I.

520
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 3: Just don't know. I don't know how you can you

521
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:50,400
Speaker 3: can stay with it? Now?

522
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 2: He played half of the game yesterday, So he played

523
00:26:54,400 --> 00:27:00,440
Speaker 2: in or started in nine games.

524
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 3: So far over two seasons.

525
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,640
Speaker 2: So that's going to be if he didn't play again

526
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 2: this season, out of thirty four possible regular season games

527
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 2: he played, he would have played in nine of them.

528
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 3: I can even do that math.

529
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 2: I think that's twenty five that he will have missed,

530
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 2: and that's not a good percentage, that's not a workable percentage,

531
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 2: and that, to me is what opens the door to

532
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 2: thinking of this philosophically differently than they might have when

533
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 2: they thought, we don't really want any kind of competition.

534
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 3: We think this is the guy.

535
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 2: Maybe he'll play the rest of the season without missing

536
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 2: the rest of his career, without missing another game. That happens,

537
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,359
Speaker 2: it can change, but it's not a good look right now.

538
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,119
Speaker 2: Four different injuries over that period of time. That's just

539
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 2: simply not workable. Top of the hour, break a couple

540
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 2: more Vikings talking points to get to. We will be

541
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 2: going the distance till six thirty right here on a

542
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 2: ball met Monday afternoon and evening here in the field.

543
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 2: We will have Niners Colts on our flagship FM one

544
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Speaker 2: point through the fan after as usual a day after

545
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Speaker 2: Vikings games, Viking rewind final half hour of the Bumper

546
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Speaker 2: Bumper program for today bratch On Bryant KFN text line

547
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 2: is open at six for six eight six.

548
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 3: We've been talking a lot about injuries.

549
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 2: I don't believe there's any evidence that JJ McCarthy was

550
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 2: injured on this play, but this was the play that

551
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 2: ended his afternoon and quite possibly ended his season for

552
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Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings.

553
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 6: As Ben Leeber on the sideline mentioned only touched down

554
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 6: in the game, JJ McCarthy is fourth rushing touchdown and

555
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 6: he goes back to.

556
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 3: Packlick out, he's buried by Brian Burns.

557
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 6: And it's picked up by a giant for a defensive touchdown.

558
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 6: Tyler Nuban, the former go fer, scores against the Minnesota

559
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:23,479
Speaker 6: Vikings on a Brian Burns sack and it's thirteen nine

560
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 6: Vikings Brian Burns.

561
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 3: Holy cow, there it is. Yeah.

562
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 2: It is one of those weird ended halves things where

563
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 2: you go, what do we do? How aggressive do we

564
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 2: want to be? And Koc being Koc's usually going to

565
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 2: be pretty aggressive. But on the other hand, the feeling was, well,

566
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 2: we're in the early part of the JJ McCarthy awakening,

567
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 2: so let's not push our luck too much. So it

568
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 2: was kind of an in between her Leeber thought that

569
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 2: he was already losing control of the ball before he

570
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 2: got hit. He got hit hard, and originally I think

571
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 2: there was some feeling, well, did he get hurt or

572
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: jarred or even concust on that play because it was

573
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 2: a very hard hit. It turns out it was something

574
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 2: hand related. We still don't have specifics on it. No

575
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 2: update today on his availability, but you saw many of

576
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 2: you saw the sideline shot where he was being examined

577
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 2: by either a doctor or a trainer, and almost seemed

578
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 2: to lose his mind when any pressure was put on

579
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 2: somewhere on that hand, whether it's the wrist or a finger.

580
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 2: I think it might have been a finger. Whatever might

581
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 2: have been the old hit that earlier hit his finger

582
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 2: on the helmet and a follow through on a pass attempt,

583
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 2: but that falls under the classification of the kind of

584
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 2: play at the end of the half where you're kind

585
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 2: of in control of things that just can't happen. There

586
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 2: has to be either better recognition or a better ability

587
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 2: to hang on to the ball, whatever the case may be.

588
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 2: I mean that to me, that felt like the freest

589
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 2: seven points that a team one team could possibly give

590
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 2: the other. And by the way, that's the the better

591
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 2: team giving to the inferior team. Now, ultimately it didn't

592
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 2: matter because they are, after all, the giants, but it

593
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 2: was not a very helpful play. Then he has trots

594
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 2: out or who actually walks early to the to the

595
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 2: locker room, the visiting locker room, and at that point

596
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 2: you could pretty much tell there was a good chance

597
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 2: that it was going to be a Brozemer second half

598
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 2: for your favorite football team. Speaking of injuries, and we

599
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 2: did talk about this with Lieber. This one, in some

600
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 2: ways maybe is being underrated and has a great deal.

601
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 3: Of significance because it goes.

602
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 2: Back to really one of the you know, offseason designs

603
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 2: of this team was we're going to go out and

604
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 2: spend some money on some veteran players and we're going

605
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: to remake this offensive line pretty much on the fly,

606
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 2: and that included the signing of center Ryan Kelly, and.

607
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 7: We got a Viking offensive alignment. Now it looks like

608
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 7: Ryan Kelly who's slow to get up, but I think

609
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 7: it was Drew Philps. He's going to draw this penalty

610
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 7: because it was thrown way before Aaron Jones. Hopefully the

611
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 7: Vikings will get another three fifteen yards on this. But yeah,

612
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 7: Ryan Kelly being down, it's not good.

613
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's had myriad concussions during his career, cost him

614
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 5: some games this year due to concussion related symptoms. You

615
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 5: got Tyler Williams, who runs the sports performance and training department,

616
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 5: talking to a side judge saying we need a little

617
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 5: more time. Aaron Jones and Drew Phillips still jawing at

618
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 5: each other from AFAR and Michael Jurgens is warming up

619
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 5: to fill in for Ryan Kelly, who still lay.

620
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 3: On his back.

621
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, none of that is good, and it's difficult to

622
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:49,719
Speaker 2: believe that Ryan Kelly's career is going to go beyond

623
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 2: this season and probably shut down we all would assume

624
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 2: for the rest of the year. But when you have

625
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: the concussion history he does, Ultimately it's the player's choice.

626
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 3: Think it's difficult for.

627
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 2: Me to believe that he is not going to choose

628
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 2: discretion at some point being the better.

629
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 3: Form of valor. And we did.

630
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 2: You know, the one thing that was discussed at the

631
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 2: time that the that this team made those offseason moves

632
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,719
Speaker 2: and got very aggressive with, in this case two members

633
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 2: of the Indianapolis Colts, was whether you're running the risk

634
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 2: of adding players who are, shall we say, not done

635
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,959
Speaker 2: but towards the back end a decent amount of mileage. Now,

636
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 2: I don't know how much information we were made aware

637
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 2: of regarding his concussion history, but in general, I think

638
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 2: there was some concern about that part of it, and

639
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 2: I think we've seen now the extent of why there

640
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 2: may have been a bit of a gamble. Even as

641
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 2: ambitious as those moves were, We're getting some veteran offensive

642
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,719
Speaker 2: linemen who know what the hell they're doing with some

643
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 2: beef to them and some size to them. But the

644
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 2: question was always going to be at what expense?

645
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 3: Right at?

646
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 2: At is the money going to be worth it? Are

647
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 2: you getting players that you're going to be able to

648
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 2: hold on to for a you know, an extended period

649
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 2: of time. That's also the question, and his case, it

650
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 2: is very difficult to see a scenario where you're going

651
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 2: to be able to continue to count on him at all,

652
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 2: And so then you're back to, well, do you have

653
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:27,720
Speaker 2: to go some other direction?

654
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 3: Maybe what other direction would that be?

655
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 2: I'm not sure, but it's hard to believe that it

656
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 2: would not be the end of the road for an

657
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 2: individual who's had as many concussions as he has had.

658
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 2: And it's too bad because he's obviously he's been a

659
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 2: good to a very good player. A couple of texts

660
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 2: here to wrap up this segment of the program. Injuries

661
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 2: to players as Viking squareterbacks last three seasons, Cousins, Mullins,

662
00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 2: Haul Dobbs, Darnald, although he didn't miss any, Wentz McCarthy.

663
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 2: Maybe it's not a jmac problem but a Vikings O

664
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 2: line problem. Though it was solved this year, but they

665
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 2: haven't been available themselves.

666
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 3: O L still a big problem.

667
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 2: Solve that and maybe jjc's upright for more than three

668
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 2: four games in a row. It's part of it. I

669
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 2: just don't think it's all of it. I think that's

670
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 2: too easy. I think we've had I think research indicated

671
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 2: that some of the sacks were on the quarterbacks themselves,

672
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,240
Speaker 2: especially in the case of McCarthy holding onto the ball

673
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 2: too long. So I again, could the line be more consistent?

674
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 3: Could it? Could it stay? Could be healthier? Yes?

675
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 2: Might you make better decisions in terms of players who

676
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,479
Speaker 2: give you a better chance to have better health?

677
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 3: Yes? Some of that's bad luck as as well. Dan,

678
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 3: this is the.

679
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 2: Second time KFC has gotten a key player injured by

680
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 2: being cute for a halftime life season was running a

681
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 2: play right where the half against the Rams, and that

682
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 2: played Derris towards Aco just take a knee. Well, yeah,

683
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 2: I get that, But then a lot of times you

684
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 2: have people who say that now, but also the same

685
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 2: ones who say, well, you're not being aggressive enough. You

686
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 2: know that can play both ways. I'm not all that

687
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 2: offended by it. If you're Let's remember something at the

688
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 2: point where McCarthy, as far as we know, is still healthy.

689
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,439
Speaker 2: You're still trying to use these games to get him

690
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,919
Speaker 2: the reps in various situations and circumstances.

691
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 3: In one of those would be all right.

692
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 2: We were kind of wanting to play it halfway here

693
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 2: at the end of the half. That means we're going

694
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 2: to try to make a couple of plays and if

695
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 2: we can get something going, we're gonna keep going. If

696
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 2: we can't, then we probably will sit on the ball. Now,

697
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 2: the unknown is that this is where it's goofy to

698
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 2: me on communication. So if he didn't get hurt on

699
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:00,240
Speaker 2: the sack the strip sack, then presumably he had something

700
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 2: going on with his hand previous to that. Isn't that

701
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 2: something that might then impact how aggressive the head coach is.

702
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 2: That's to me where there's there's more to this story

703
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 2: that I'd like to get told than I hope it

704
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 2: will be will be told. That is the one area

705
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 2: where information probably should dictate a more conservative approach. And hey,

706
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 2: we're they're not going to be able to score, so

707
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 2: we're just going to get the hell out of dodge

708
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 2: for the For the half, I got a quarterback whose

709
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,280
Speaker 2: right hand is a little bit funky and a little

710
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 2: bit iffy on the basis of whatever had taken place sooner.

711
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,240
Speaker 2: So that's what I'm hoping the Jackals will able to

712
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 2: garner more information on, perhaps as soon as tomorrow.

713
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 3: I forget.

714
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 2: This is a big Christmas week for your favorite football team.

715
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 2: They will take on the Lions on Thursday, Christmas Day.

716
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 2: I think that's the Is that the second game on?

717
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 2: I think I think it's the second game of the three?

718
00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 3: Correct? Is a three?

719
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 6: Yes?

720
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's the middle one.

721
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 4: Did you see the halftime announcement?

722
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 3: By the way, I did? I did. I can't wait,

723
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 3: it's it's I was. I asked this earlier. I mean

724
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 3: we bought. I mean, maybe we don't.

725
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 2: Even need to play the game, you know, because there's

726
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 2: not as much a stake for the Vikings and not

727
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 2: that much for the Lions. So maybe we just have

728
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 2: a concert, don't even worry about playing. You know, it's

729
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 2: a possibility, I'll you. Well, my my fantasy, what I've

730
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,280
Speaker 2: what I've clamored for is I want a third quarter

731
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 2: with Snoop in the cafe and press box or the

732
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 2: kfan booth in the press box, working the game with.

733
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 3: Pa and versage that would be that would be outstanding,

734
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 3: wouldn't it. It'd be very good.

735
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 2: All right, one last break and we'll come back. Wrap

736
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: things up, remind you what you might have missed and

737
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 2: what's coming up the rest.

738
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 3: Of the week. It's the bumper to bumper show. Wrap well.

739
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: I want to thank our outstanding array of guests today

740
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: that included John Athletic at four two and Ben Leeber

741
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 2: joined a four forty seven Vikings talking points a big

742
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 2: part of the conversation today as well. We were not

743
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 2: graced by a current member of the Vikings. Some weeks

744
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 2: we've been able to have a Vikings guest, even after

745
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 2: Adam Thielen decided that it was time for him to

746
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 2: go elsewhere. A short week this week, so no guest there.

747
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 2: I also want to thank Sam Byrd kind enough to

748
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 2: help us today with guards the already landing I think

749
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 2: in Arizona. Blake Moore, I'm assuming he's on vacation somewhere.

750
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,839
Speaker 2: It's a holiday season, so I appreciate your help today

751
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 2: as well, sir.

752
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 3: It was fun. Thank you, Dan.

753
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, this is a pleasure. I'm pretty sure, by the way,

754
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 4: you and I are the only two people in this

755
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,240
Speaker 4: whole building.

756
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 2: That's about You're about right. I think that's very, very true.

757
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 2: Everything's kind of been shut down. Altho it feels even

758
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 2: sometimes like regular weeks, it can be a little bit

759
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 2: like a ghost town as well. A couple of people

760
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 2: had said, you know, you're talking about the availability issue

761
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 2: for McCarthy, why aren't you bringing this up with Joe Burrow,

762
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 2: a guy that we've talked about earlier, that if you

763
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 2: could get a hold of him, you'd have to at

764
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 2: least entertain the possibility he never plays either. Well, it's

765
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 2: there's a couple of differences here, like, for example, this

766
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 2: year he's missed a bunch. I think Burrow played in

767
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 2: six games this year and he's done I think, or

768
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 2: close to it. Last year he played in seventeen. The

769
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 2: year before that he played in ten. The two years

770
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 2: before that he played sixteen apiece, and that was in

771
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 2: the sixteen game seasons. If I'm not mistaken, So I

772
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 2: wouldn't go too much on just what's happened this season

773
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 2: on Joe Burrow. Also, the difference would be he's Joe Burrow,

774
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 2: and to that extent, you're gonna give him a little bit.

775
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,760
Speaker 2: He's got a little bit more equity than JJ McCarthy

776
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 2: at this level, and so to that extent, you're gonna

777
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 2: maybe be more willing to pray and hope that that,

778
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 2: for example, this year was an anomaly because he's so

779
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 2: damned effective as a passer and he's so good. That's

780
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 2: part of the sticky wicket with McCarthy. It's, well, I

781
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 2: don't care how tough it is. He's so damned good

782
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 2: at what he does, or has already shown how good

783
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 2: he can be. We got to hang with it, man,

784
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,439
Speaker 2: We got to hang with it. He hadn't been good

785
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 2: enough in this short amount of time we've had a

786
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 2: chance to see him. And what the better part of

787
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 2: nine games he's he's played. He played better the last several,

788
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 2: although again I thought this last game was just okay

789
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 2: compared to the previous two.

790
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 3: But you got a factor in.

791
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 2: You gotta look, you gotta have your your your your

792
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 2: purple colored lenses out of your eyeballs a little bit

793
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 2: and just say, well, given him the extra mile or

794
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 2: going the extra mile with him on the basis of

795
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 2: what we've seen. That's not as easy as maybe taking

796
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 2: the gamble, as it would pertain to a guy like

797
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow, who's not going to end up here. Realistically,

798
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 2: I don't expect that. I don't even know if necessary

799
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 2: that the Bengals are going to move on from him,

800
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 2: because that would be quite a surrender as well. But

801
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 2: those are two I think those are two completely different

802
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 2: animals that should not at all be related. And I'll

803
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 2: say again that whether the Vikings agree with this or not,

804
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 2: we'll find out, I think soon enough. I think you're

805
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 2: letting down your whole team, the other players on your

806
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 2: team if you do not give yourself a better option,

807
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: and that doesn't have to be any sort of statement

808
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 2: about that. Do you think JJ McCarthy is a failure.

809
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,839
Speaker 2: It's a statement that JJ McCarthy to this point has

810
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 2: not been available. And if that problem goes away next year,

811
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 2: in the next five years, the problem will take care

812
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 2: of itself. But in the short run, for this upcoming season,

813
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 2: I just don't think you can go in and roll

814
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 2: the dice the way they did coming into this year

815
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 2: that you look back on it and you think they

816
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 2: really took a lot of gumption and gall to just

817
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 2: assume that you're going to be able to pick up

818
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 2: where you left off with a kid quarterback, and now,

819
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,800
Speaker 2: especially with the amount of time that he has missed,

820
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 2: I give yourself a chance with another viable quarterback who

821
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 2: you view as more than just another backup, but a

822
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 2: guy who has a chance that you think to actually

823
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 2: keep your team in it, even if he has to

824
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 2: play four, five or six games. And maybe you go

825
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 2: a step further and you say, as circus like as

826
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 2: this can get, and I know that's what the vikings,

827
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 2: like a lot of teams want to avoid. You say,

828
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 2: we're having an open competition. We're just gonna let the

829
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 2: chips fall where they may and we'll see where it goes.

830
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 2: And if they're confident enough in JJ McCarthy, it'll end

831
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 2: up being JJ McCarthy who keeps the job. But if not,

832
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 2: maybe you learn something and you say, well, we got

833
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 2: to go with what we got to go. So we'll

834
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:59,800
Speaker 2: see a lot of that, again depends on who's available,

835
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 2: what it'll cost, what you're willing to give up, the

836
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 2: amount of money, all those sorts of things I think

837
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 2: have to be entered into the into the mix. Tomorrow,

838
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 2: I'm assuming we'll get a little bit more information on

839
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 2: when the injury took place, because I think that's still

840
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 2: an open question. I've heard a lot of stuff has

841
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 2: been sent about videos showing him hitting his hand on

842
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 2: somebody's helmet. That is often the case in a situation

843
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 2: like this, and maybe it'll be We'll all be surprised.

844
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 2: Maybe he'll end up recovering quickly and whatever it is,

845
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:37,320
Speaker 2: it's much much better now. And he'll start on Christmas

846
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 2: Day against the Detroit Lions. I wouldn't count on it necessarily,

847
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 2: And then guess what, brozmerg gets a start, his second start,

848
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 2: and who knows, maybe he's better equipped to handle this

849
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,760
Speaker 2: opportunity than he was the first time around.

850
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 3: When you're on the road, you're.

851
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 2: Planning difficult conditions, you're playing Seattle, a good defensive team.

852
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 2: The Detroit Lions are not very good defensively. The fan

853
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 2: has learned. I don't believe. So that to me is

854
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 2: where it would get delicious. Actually, is if brozmer starts,

855
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 2: and unlike in Seattle dazzles, everybody a little bit is

856
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 2: pretty ends up being pretty good. And then, of course

857
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 2: we finished the regular season against the Green Bay Packers,

858
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 2: who are still licking their wounds after somehow blowing that

859
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 2: ten point lead late to the Monsters. The Midway the

860
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 2: Chicago Bear, so we will see the plan. By the way,

861
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 2: the rest of the week, I don't even know who's on.

862
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 2: I'm out for the holiday purposes the rest of this week,

863
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 2: so I don't know if guards he's on from Arizona

864
00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:00,760
Speaker 2: some for I know it could be Dave Sinnecon other people.

865
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 3: Maybe Russo's hosting a show. I'm not exactly sure.

866
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 2: And then a few of those days or holidays anyway

867
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 2: where I think we're doing best of or we're doing games.

868
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 2: Christmas is obviously all the action of the Vikings game

869
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 2: will be on the on the fan as well, so

870
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 2: we'll regroup on the other side and well into Hard

871
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 2: to Believe Man twenty twenty six as well. What are

872
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 2: your Christmas plans? Do you hang here? Do you go elsewhere?

873
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:28,760
Speaker 2: What's the Uh?

874
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll be I'll be in town. I'll be doing

875
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 4: stuff with my sister and her family.

876
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:34,839
Speaker 3: So are you from here? Yes?

877
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 2: Okay, so you you grew up in the area, so

878
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,880
Speaker 2: you're just hanging okay? Yeah? And the Chicago was it

879
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 2: what the Chicago Tribute said was some business and then

880
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 2: also just pleasure, just a weekend sort of get away,

881
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:45,440
Speaker 2: a little bit exactly.

882
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's funny too because I was in I was

883
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 4: in Elgin on Saturday night. I was at the Grand

884
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 4: Victoria Casino. Oh, just a riverboat casino, and they have

885
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 4: a sports book there, and that was the closest thing

886
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 4: to a Vegas sports book I've I've seen a lot

887
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 4: of time. I mean, they were, they were all about it.

888
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 4: The no kidding, Oh yeah, I mean the Bears fans were.

889
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 4: I mean, it's you know, you're behind me lines at

890
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 4: that point. But yeah, we're very much into it.

891
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Speaker 3: Interesting.

892
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 2: Well, Happy holidays, Merry Christmas to you and yours and

893
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 2: your family as well. Thanks for helping us out today,

894
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 2: as I said, and to the Rubes and the listeners,

895
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Speaker 2: I hope this whole week, whole holiday period goes very

896
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 2: very well for you. We appreciate your continued support of

897
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 2: the station. I hope most of you've gotten most of

898
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 2: Christmas shopping done. The bad news is if you like

899
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 2: Christmas atmosphere is I think it's supposed to be balmy,

900
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 2: like forty is forty five on Christmas Day than I read? Yeah,

901
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 2: mid thirties, but no more snow. I don't think I

902
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 2: don't think there's any snow on the forecast right now. No,

903
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,799
Speaker 2: we're not going to get all the snow melted, are.

904
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Speaker 3: We by then? I hope it'd be very messy, that

905
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Speaker 3: part is for sure.

906
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 2: So here's the deal coming up next right here on

907
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 2: the fan, it's Vikings Rewind and then it is I

908
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 2: think a pretty interesting matchup Monday night football, San Francisco.

909
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,919
Speaker 2: Forty nine ers in Indianapolis. Stick on the Colts Philip Rivers.

910
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,880
Speaker 2: They're showing him on the screen right now.

911
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 3: And look at that.

912
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 2: He still has a full head of hair, and he's

913
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Speaker 2: about fifty six years old. Still looks good to me.

914
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Speaker 2: I'll look forward to that tonight. Enjoy the holidays. We'll

915
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Speaker 2: talk to you soon.