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Speaker 2: And now the vox of all voxes ever to vox.

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Speaker 2: He he's a rochch He's Alan Roach from out Mile Highway.

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Speaker 2: I understand, heading to the cities for the Christmas life changer.

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Speaker 2: And he's also a Slaton, Minnesota native, so he's probably

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Speaker 2: gonna reconvene with some family and friends. And here comes

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Speaker 2: the voice of US Bank Stadium and Ball Arena, Alan

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Speaker 2: Roach at Mile High Roach via X. What's going on there? Roachi? Oh,

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Speaker 2: good morning, Pa Green Giant. Did did you did you

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Speaker 2: pull over on the side of the road heading to

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Speaker 2: that windy airport out Denver Way.

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Speaker 3: I'm on my way to Denver International Airport, home of

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Speaker 3: the eleven year construction plan, and I'm currently at I

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Speaker 3: seventy in.

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Speaker 2: Federal Have you have you ever when you when you

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Speaker 2: go down those escalators or got ready to head up

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Speaker 2: the escalators and you're buy those trams and you hear

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Speaker 2: I don't know what you say. The white zone is

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Speaker 2: for loading and unloading only, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever been talking to somebody and then they

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Speaker 2: hear your voice on the overhead and they're like, wow,

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Speaker 3: Kind of purposely avoid that whole thing. I don't ever

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Speaker 3: talk when my when my kids were little, when they

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Speaker 3: and I'm standing on the train holding their hand as

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Speaker 3: we're coming up to a stop, I would reach down

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Speaker 3: and look at them and say down please ask. Then

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Speaker 3: right after that the hold on please would come over

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Speaker 3: the intercom and the train, and I'd get some pretty

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Speaker 3: good looks, and of course my kids would.

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Speaker 2: Go, Dad, that's so good. But I mean, you you're

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Speaker 2: you're prompt. I mean you're all squared away and stuff. Man,

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Speaker 2: I don't think you like to rush, and I know

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Speaker 2: I don't, but I mean at Denver International Airport sometimes

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Speaker 2: at I seventy, traffic can just sneak up on somebody,

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Speaker 2: and so maybe you're running a couple of seconds late.

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Speaker 2: So if you ever had to bellow for a tram

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Speaker 2: from like twenty feet away, ma'am, can you please hold

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Speaker 2: that door? I'm running late, And then they hear hold

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Speaker 2: on that would be so sweet.

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Speaker 3: There's there's a message that says if the doors are closing,

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Speaker 3: first to hear that the doors are closing. And then

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Speaker 3: if somebody you know is still in the way or

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Speaker 3: hus a message that says, you are delaying the departure

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Speaker 3: of the stream. And so every every now and then

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Speaker 3: I'll stick my foot in there just because I like

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Speaker 3: to hear that one.

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 2: The the worst thing about Colorado sports teams doing well

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Speaker 2: is when you get on those trams and I'm out

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Speaker 2: there several times a year, it's instead of hearing hold

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Speaker 2: on tight, ma'am, get your foot out of the door.

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Speaker 2: You hear Hi.

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Speaker 5: This is Cale mccarr and welcome to Denver International Airport.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for coming out and supporting all the sports teams.

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Speaker 5: Or you know, Hi, this is Haven Moses, or Hi,

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Speaker 5: this is Jamal Murray. You know, when the teams are

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Speaker 5: doing well, we lose the vox on the tram.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a message that is that is always there

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Speaker 3: and always changing, and you know, maybe sometimes it's Rick

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Speaker 3: up Church, maybe it's Carl Mecklenberg, some former Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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Speaker 2: I Alan roach at my OHI roach Vax. He's eyes

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Speaker 2: on the side of the road by ready to go

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Speaker 2: to the airport. So the game's Thursday. This is Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: You don't normally come back to Wednesday. So the assumption

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Speaker 2: here is we're gonna have some Christmas Eve festivities down

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Speaker 2: Slayton Way with friends and family and maybe the Winter family.

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Speaker 3: Not Trevor Winter. Yeah, I'm not sure. Where do you

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Speaker 3: shock for that guy. I'm not going to Slayton. I

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Speaker 3: have a sleigh full of Christmas goodies as we speak,

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Speaker 2: Indeed, and a week from Friday, sources indicate to me

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Speaker 2: before the Green Bay Packers game, we're going to have

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Speaker 2: am Buffalo wild Wings Egan for the Friday football Feast.

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Speaker 2: That's a week from Friday. Can you confirm or deny.

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Speaker 3: I will be I'll be flying in on the first

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Speaker 3: I hope to bring my lovely Brian alone.

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Speaker 2: Please do it's it's I mean, Buffalo wildlies might put

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Speaker 2: you to work. I mean we might hear ma'am your

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Speaker 2: six lemon pepper wings already, but I won't let.

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Speaker 3: Him do that.

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Speaker 2: But I can't wait to see you. Nordo is excited

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Speaker 2: to talk to you. I'm battling a little something right

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Speaker 2: now with my throat and uh Nordo has a couple

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Speaker 2: of questions for you, and here they are.

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Speaker 4: You know what I filled in a week ago, mister roach.

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Speaker 4: You you were texting me during a segment as we

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Speaker 4: were talking about respective blue line pairings Macarr of course,

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Speaker 4: and Quinn Hughes doing the matchup. How happy are you

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Speaker 4: ABS fans? You just got to roll in. You caught

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Speaker 4: us on a back to back. Yeah, absolutely, wax this

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Speaker 4: the other day. Nobody's ever going to catch the AVS

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Speaker 4: ball Arena, home of a Stanley Cup. Yet again, where

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Speaker 4: where's your head at with with your favorite hockey team

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Speaker 4: and our favorite hockey team?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Rochie, So are you writing that one off as

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Speaker 3: a schedule loss? Is that what that was?

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Speaker 4: It was back to back, it was tough, it was

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Speaker 4: took care of business in the shootout. So yesterday it's

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Speaker 4: I mean, we're we're gearing up for April and May games.

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Speaker 2: You guys can have all the mid December ones you want.

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Speaker 2: Be careful with that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's exactly right. I mean, I'm a broken record.

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Speaker 3: I know I've said it on this show before, and

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Speaker 3: I say it to everybody, no matter what what sport

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Speaker 3: you're in, what season you're in. In the hockey, you

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Speaker 3: don't want to be the best team in the league

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Speaker 3: in October, November and December. That gets you absolutely nowhere.

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Speaker 3: Maybe it gets you, you know, at a better playoffs,

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Speaker 3: but you need to be the best team in the

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Speaker 3: Lord Stanley. So you know this team, Yes, they're they're

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Speaker 3: off to a dynamic start, a record breaking start, a

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Speaker 3: I'n't a number the other day. The Avalanche, I think

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Speaker 3: are plus sixty in gold differential. What have we played

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Speaker 3: gold differential is thirty. So yeah, the Avalanche right now

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Speaker 2: For those of you not clued into this, Alan Roach

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Speaker 2: the voice of US Bank Stadium, so you've heard it there.

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Speaker 2: He's also the voice of ball Arena, does Super Bowls

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Speaker 2: and every big spot event in the history of the world.

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Speaker 2: Allan is done and with a ball arena. That's where

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Speaker 2: the Colorado Avalanche play and outside of the Vikings that's

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Speaker 2: his favorite team. And we're not mad at any four

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Speaker 2: the Avalanche on Black Friday and Valstat had a little

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Speaker 2: of all boxes ever Devox so much so that we're

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Speaker 2: five minutes before the Washington Commander's Minnesota Vikings game. I'm

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Speaker 2: taping my stuff up. I'm highlighting the game calling depth chart.

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Speaker 2: All of a sudden, I hear PA, I've arrived in

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Speaker 2: walk up there. Oh no, this was actually at Brian

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Speaker 2: Harper's going away party last week. That's what it was

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Speaker 2: at the Vikings at the Vikings Museum. PA brought something

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Speaker 2: Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning rings. Come on that Roachie

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Speaker 2: do they have any of these in Quinnesota? I mean, Minnysea.

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Speaker 2: It was just fa, You're fantastic, Allen, get you get

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Speaker 2: a ring. Mister Roach had multiple rings.

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Speaker 3: I have a ring from two thousand run and a

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Speaker 3: ring from twenty twenty two, and I'm being fitted for

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Speaker 2: All right, now, here's the deal. All right Now, I'm

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Speaker 2: on a higher gun ten ninety nine. That's not preferred,

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Speaker 2: But it's the lot in life God has given me.

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Speaker 2: And I love calling Vikings games. So if the Vikings

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Speaker 2: win a super Bowl and the Wilfs waffle, the rings

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Speaker 2: you and I will have for doing fan line and

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Speaker 2: boxing the game from Continental Diamond will have. It'll have

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Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson looking at it saying, dog, bro, where'd you

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Speaker 2: get that thing? That's unbelievable? Andy? And revetology. Oh someday,

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Speaker 2: we just got to win the game. First. Hey, you

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Speaker 2: know last year year, Alan, your Minnesota Vikings have not

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Speaker 2: allowed a passing touchdown six consecutive games. Prey good during

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty five Covenant where yesterday Nordo and I

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Speaker 2: were kind of like, where did we go wrong? I

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Speaker 2: mean six in a row for b Flow with no

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Speaker 2: passing touchdowns? Jefferson cracks Jarvis Landry's receptions over six years.

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Speaker 2: He's going to get mosses Christmas Day receiving yards over

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Speaker 2: six years. I mean Cashman has like ten to sixteen

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Speaker 2: tackles every single game. Jalen Redman has six acts. Damn man.

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Speaker 3: Box Yeah, And I think it speaks to the locker room.

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Speaker 3: It speaks to what everybody wants to call culture. And

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Speaker 3: you know what Kevin O'Connell brought to the team and

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Speaker 3: looked at the schedule after the Sunday was over and

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Speaker 3: there were like eight teams that were out of the

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Speaker 3: playoffs already, and all of those teams lost except the Vikings.

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Speaker 3: And you know, it takes a lot to play this game,

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Speaker 3: to put your body basically out in the middle of

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Speaker 3: to go. At the beginning of the season and the

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Speaker 3: Minnesota Vikings have done that way forever. When we have

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Speaker 4: Twelve days of a Vikings Christmas. We played at about

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Speaker 2: Twelve days of a Vikings Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Thanks as always.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to say it's unique, but there's just

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Speaker 1: I was very panicked after the collapse where the pack

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Speaker 2: You maybe you guys said this while I was down

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Speaker 4: Lion's got to win out Packers got to lose out

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Speaker 2: Went out, there'll be NFC South Division champs.

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Speaker 2: So that's where we're at, playoff wise, And let's chat

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Speaker 8: I will talk about Christmas. I had probably my one

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Speaker 8: of my favorite moments last week where I felt like

435
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Speaker 8: a My wife asked me to put together one of

436
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Speaker 8: his his toys and I kind of waited to the

437
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Speaker 8: last second. She's like, I'll have somebody else do it,

438
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Speaker 8: and I was like, you will not have somebody else

439
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Speaker 8: do it.

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Speaker 6: I'm going to do it myself.

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Speaker 8: So I get home at probably ten o'clock after a

442
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Speaker 8: long day and I'm it looked like a stick figure drawing.

443
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Speaker 6: I don't know what the instructions were.

444
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Speaker 8: I was like, I'm set up to fail here, and

445
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Speaker 8: she's she's like, you should just go to bed, which

446
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Speaker 8: was the wrong thing to say because I was like,

447
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Speaker 8: I'm never going to go to bed until I finished this.

448
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Speaker 8: So I'm up till one thirty putting together this. This

449
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Speaker 8: was it like, actually, I don't want to say just

450
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Speaker 8: in case my son says this got he's got to

451
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Speaker 8: be surprised on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 2: But so did you put it together the right way?

453
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Speaker 8: It is functional, It is really functional, and it works

454
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Speaker 8: and it's rare. It's crazy how proud of yourself you are.

455
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Speaker 8: And then also like this connection you feel to like

456
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Speaker 8: I just wanted to go up to every dad and

457
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Speaker 8: be like, hey, man, hey, me too.

458
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Speaker 2: What if your wife had said, honey, honey, your hey,

459
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Speaker 2: the world needs white collar people too. The next door.

460
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Speaker 2: We need somebody blue collar like vern next door. Let's

461
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Speaker 2: have him come over and put this thing together. That

462
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Speaker 2: would have gone over.

463
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Speaker 8: I would have tried to fix things in the house

464
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Speaker 8: that have been really bad for everybody.

465
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Speaker 2: Speaking, so that when I was putting this thing together.

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Speaker 5: YEA.

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Speaker 2: The The Beginner's Manual to Learning Predictive Analytics for Business

468
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Speaker 2: Forecasting and Planning by Eric Wilson, Well that's why I

469
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Speaker 2: used it because it was Eric Wilson, but not our

470
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Speaker 2: Eric Wilson. But speaking of our Eric Wilson. You know,

471
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Speaker 2: we Nordo and I last week because he's just been

472
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Speaker 2: he's been awesome, man, And you know it's we're going

473
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Speaker 2: to get into culture. And the way I'll phrase it

474
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Speaker 2: outside of culture is, hey, human nature gets to win too,

475
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,280
Speaker 2: you know. And you see some scores and some things

476
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 2: from around the league from teams not going to the playoffs,

477
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Speaker 2: and you don't see it here. And that's culture and

478
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Speaker 2: that's Eric Wilson and Holy Kyle the way he and

479
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Speaker 2: Cashman are hitting right now. But with Eric, you doubled

480
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Speaker 2: his pay and it's not my business to be like,

481
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Speaker 2: is that what it took to get him here? But

482
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Speaker 2: he's won three in Green Bay after a handful of

483
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Speaker 2: one year deals, got one here too. His first bonus

484
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Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen was ten thousand dollars. See it makes

485
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Speaker 2: me smile too, you know, five hundred and change a year.

486
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 2: And Quasi and crew roll in like we want you,

487
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Speaker 2: we need you. Let's take that one three and make

488
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Speaker 2: it a two six. And he came over here. That's

489
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Speaker 2: great when things like that work out so well.

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Speaker 8: Nice hit on Eric, Yeah, you know, the great job

491
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Speaker 8: by the pro staff and the coaching staff when that

492
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Speaker 8: time of year, we've got to make sure that you're

493
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Speaker 8: aligned and especially that position. And Eric has just been

494
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 8: an awesome addition. You're talking about somebody who also loves Minnesota.

495
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Speaker 8: He had actually better offers and that he could have taken.

496
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Speaker 8: He ended up coming here because he loves it here,

497
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Speaker 8: had a great first experience here.

498
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Speaker 6: A lot of guys can can relate to that.

499
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Speaker 8: But you know, the versatility on the ball, off the ball,

500
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Speaker 8: how they use him is just a kind of a

501
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Speaker 8: chess piece and probably the most well conditioned athlete I've

502
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Speaker 8: ever been around.

503
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm playing, they can't make up the arms.

504
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Speaker 8: All defensive snaps, but special teams. I mean at practice

505
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Speaker 8: he's he's taking all the reps of practice, he's helping

506
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Speaker 8: the alignment. After practice, he's shooting hoops afterwards. He got

507
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Speaker 8: a little game to him as well. So he's a

508
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Speaker 8: he's a unique person. We're really glad glad to add.

509
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Speaker 2: Him with the well just to give you a snapshot

510
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Speaker 2: into Quasi Adolpho Menso's life, Burstitch and I day of

511
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 2: the Cowboys game. It's a night game. We're sitting in

512
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Speaker 2: one of these nooks at this cool hotel. The team

513
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 2: stayed at and Quays walks by, and he stops and

514
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 2: he's cordial and he says hello, and you know, we're

515
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Speaker 2: chatting about a bunch of different things. But then as

516
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Speaker 2: he ended, yeah, he and and Okay, the Browns were

517
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,679
Speaker 2: big underdogs at the Bears. But just the way you

518
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 2: ended it, I'll never forget because it gives us a

519
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 2: glimpse into your life where you're like, you mentioned three

520
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 2: or four things that could happen, and maybe the Browns

521
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 2: will beat the Bears and keep playoff hopes alive, and

522
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: it was a long shot. And so you went from

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Speaker 2: that to like, all right, well, I got to go

524
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Speaker 2: look at some people for the draft coming up. You

525
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Speaker 2: said a specific position. I'll stay away from that. I

526
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 2: gotta I gotta go look at some guys with the draft.

527
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Speaker 2: That right there, in a nutshell is your life.

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Speaker 8: Yep, yep, it's it's it's awesome. It's you're living in tomorrow,

529
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Speaker 8: living in today, living in two weeks.

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Speaker 6: It's uh. You know, that's the job.

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Speaker 8: A lot a is asked of you in that sense,

532
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Speaker 8: but you've got to make sure that you're in the

533
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Speaker 8: right time space for the person who's in front of you.

534
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Speaker 8: And what I mean by that is, you know sometimes

535
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Speaker 8: with keV, you know the way my mind works, I'm drifting.

536
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 8: I want to talk about long term things, and he's

537
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Speaker 8: just trying to get through Wednesday practice, Frisday practice. And

538
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 8: I always have to make sure I adjust to meet

539
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Speaker 8: him in that space.

540
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: And that's analogous for a relationships. No questions like men

541
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Speaker 2: and women or question marriages or whatever. It really is right,

542
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 2: no question, honey, I don't feel well. I don't want

543
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 2: to talk about Jill with all due respect.

544
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Speaker 8: This this this job, and as probably in my my relationship.

545
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 8: Obviously they go together just to help you be better,

546
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Speaker 8: a better person for both.

547
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Speaker 2: Quasi's here with us for x'es and o's with the

548
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Speaker 2: with the final two and and and you can finish

549
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Speaker 2: with a winning record by insert seven and eight, finished

550
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Speaker 2: finished nine and eight, got a winning record. The fan

551
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 2: has learned. Why is that important? Given no playoffs for

552
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 2: the team or on the horizon this year?

553
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Speaker 8: You know, it's and obviously it's disappointing that we weren't

554
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 8: going to be playing in that tournament because you know,

555
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Speaker 8: we talked earlier this year before the season starting being

556
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Speaker 8: the team that kind of probably needed to get going,

557
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Speaker 8: but will be that team that nobody wants to play

558
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 8: coming down here behind the stretch and look the way

559
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 8: our defense is playing, where we are offense starting to click,

560
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 8: and we're close to maybe being that. But you know,

561
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Speaker 8: it's a credit to Kevin and the culture he's built,

562
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Speaker 8: how he can keep guys motivated, the people that we

563
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Speaker 8: brought in here who love football. You know, that's a

564
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 8: that's a cliche that I think it's said. But when

565
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Speaker 8: a Josh Mattelis decides to play through multiple injuries for

566
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Speaker 8: multiple games for his team and comes in, you know,

567
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Speaker 8: doesn't want to be shut down. Like those are type

568
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Speaker 8: of people that set programs, and so I do think

569
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Speaker 8: it is important for us to continue to play good

570
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Speaker 8: football because also we're gonna have a lot of a

571
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Speaker 8: lot of these same players gonna be here next year.

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Speaker 6: So we're building something.

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Speaker 8: I think all momentums, all momentum is you know, contained

574
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Speaker 8: and it's real. And we got a lot of players,

575
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Speaker 8: young quarterbacks, ring received, young young this, young that veterans

576
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Speaker 8: who are going to be here next year, and we're

577
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Speaker 8: all building that cohesion towards you know what, we want

578
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Speaker 8: to be a better result next year.

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Speaker 2: And Brian O'Neill is analogous to what you just said.

580
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 2: And here we are at MetLife and it's two and

581
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Speaker 2: a half three hours, two and a half hours before

582
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Speaker 2: the game. When I get down to the field two fifteen,

583
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Speaker 2: maybe there he is down there with Tyler with a

584
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Speaker 2: medical staff, and Cooper might have been there, the offensive

585
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Speaker 2: line coach, whomever. That's about twenty five percent those guys

586
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Speaker 2: play when they're doing that before the game. Oh by

587
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: the way, you're not going to the playoffs. Oh by

588
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,479
Speaker 2: the way, it's called Oh by the way, it's Wendy.

589
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 2: Oh by the way, whatever hurts. And then I chatted

590
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Speaker 2: with him with a drive by as I call him

591
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Speaker 2: after the game about that. I mean, that's it phenomenal, man.

592
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Speaker 2: I mean, you talk about personal pride, pushing through things.

593
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Speaker 2: Not for yourself. That might be a little bonus there,

594
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Speaker 2: who knows, but it's for others. It's a y not

595
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 2: eye approach to his career. He's become one of my

596
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Speaker 2: favorite players in all my years calling games because of

597
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Speaker 2: things like that.

598
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Speaker 8: Absolutely, you know, I try never to throw this term

599
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 8: around too often, but program player, that's what we mean

600
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Speaker 8: by program player, the type of ability he has, but

601
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Speaker 8: also the culture setting what he does to uplift others

602
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Speaker 8: and what he does to have that personal responsibility that

603
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Speaker 8: I'm sure that was built long ago with his parents,

604
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Speaker 8: his family, and I've never I haven't really met the

605
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Speaker 8: people that ever in his life with that type of accountability.

606
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Speaker 2: I met him in New Orleans, yeah, yeah, a couple

607
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Speaker 2: of years ago. And their dad and mom are straightforward.

608
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Speaker 2: That's where it comes from. And I actually I have

609
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Speaker 2: met his dad actually in the hotel one time. But

610
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Speaker 2: that's where that probably comes from. Just that accountability, the

611
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: self and and too team. That's that's awesome. Can you

612
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Speaker 2: imagine if, like your job at the highest level was

613
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Speaker 2: the way high school parents for like hockey players, the

614
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 2: absoletes and stuff, or they all got an opinion. They're

615
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 2: always yelling, They're always like, hey, play my some more

616
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 2: playing do this dude? Can you imagine like if somebody

617
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Speaker 2: came up to you and is like, my son's up

618
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Speaker 2: at the end of the year, what are you thinking, Well,

619
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Speaker 2: what would you do if that happened?

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Speaker 8: I mean, the parents just get replaced by agents. My

621
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Speaker 8: job is probably not different than than than than that

622
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Speaker 8: in that sense, right, But you understand, it's human nature.

623
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Speaker 6: Everybody wants to play.

624
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Speaker 8: They believe in that they've gotten to this place where

625
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Speaker 8: they're the one percent of the one percent of the

626
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Speaker 8: one percent because there's a belief.

627
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Speaker 2: There's a belief that they should be out there.

628
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Speaker 8: So just because they're on a field with other great players,

629
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Speaker 8: I mean, they don't think they should be playing, right.

630
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Speaker 6: So it's just the job.

631
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Speaker 8: It's great because you know what happens, it happens, It

632
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 8: absolutely happens. It's just a great dynamic. To me, I

633
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Speaker 8: was kind of those one of those self. I was like,

634
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Speaker 8: I don't think I'm as good as that guy. I

635
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 8: don't think I should be playing. So, you know, I

636
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Speaker 8: was kind of one of those realistic players.

637
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Speaker 6: So it's good to be around the opposite.

638
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've I've met some moms and dads this year,

639
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 2: probably more this year than I have from the sideline work.

640
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 2: Donovan Jackson's mom and dad. I mean, you can tell

641
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: that why he squared away. Well, Justin's dad too, Jefferson. Absolutely.

642
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 2: I mean, and that's like, you know, with with all

643
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 2: the media reports and social media, like Justin's handling this well,

644
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 2: and you see this in Seattle, He's sitting on a

645
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 2: helmet and he's not happy. Okay, maybe in that moment

646
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 2: he's not. But with Justin when you really get to

647
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 2: know him behind the scenes, man, he gets it. I

648
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 2: mean he yeah, he wants more. Sure, he doesn't want

649
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 2: to have two touchdowns, but he gets it from a

650
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 2: Y not I standpoint. And it never was a problem

651
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 2: with Justin behind the scenes. The way the season is

652
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 2: gone just unreal.

653
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 8: I think, you know, adversity reveals character, and you know,

654
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 8: a lot of the great things he's done, you know,

655
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 8: we can talk about at nauseum. You could do a

656
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 8: whole show and multiple shows on it. But a lot

657
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 8: of stuff like this is what you know. But I'll

658
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 8: remember where the you know, everybody talks about the one

659
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 8: catch in twenty twenty two, but Buffalo, buff not Buffalo.

660
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 6: What was the game where he had it.

661
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 8: We didn't end up winning the game, but he had

662
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 8: a he recovered a fumble, he hustled back thirty yards

663
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 8: of recover Funbell then made a great fourth down catch

664
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 8: the next play. Things like that people don't remember, but

665
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 8: that's the ultimate competitor. So when they see the downsat

666
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 8: sitting on a cool or whatever, it's the same person

667
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 8: who the fire to win is just in him.

668
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 6: And then the.

669
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,479
Speaker 8: Joyful guy off the field up where that comes from

670
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 8: his family, the upbring, the great life that he has. Yeah,

671
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 8: he's a special player to get another program player that

672
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 8: we're so glad to have.

673
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,239
Speaker 2: Now, Kevin O'Connell speaks today Spearfish about one o'clock one

674
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 2: fifteen somewhere around there, twelve fifty and we're going to

675
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 2: carry it on KFA and we say Spearfish. Yes, he's

676
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: from Spearfish out Dakota's my nickname for that it's his

677
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 2: first time I should play basketball with him, and that

678
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 2: there was a basketball player named James Johnson who played

679
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 2: for the Miami.

680
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, really good martial arts guy, some big time yea.

681
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, he might be a little off guilter sometimes, but

682
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 2: they played against each other when James played in Montana

683
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 2: and Sam played in Spearfish. And Sam was a really

684
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 2: good South Dakota basketball player. I found this picture of

685
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 2: James Johnson just dunking on him. It's not true, okay,

686
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 2: but yeah, nickname Spearfish between us. So the point being

687
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 2: here is that Kevin O'Connell, when he speaks, probably will

688
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,800
Speaker 2: offer some clarity on the quarterback situation into the Christmas

689
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 2: Day game at three point thirty, My quarterback question for

690
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 2: the general manager is despite the finger, what what are

691
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,479
Speaker 2: you starting to see in McCarthy. You know you're going

692
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 2: to like moving forward.

693
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 6: It's just there has big growth moments, you know.

694
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 8: I try and make sure that my dialogue with him

695
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 8: is weighted incredibly positive because you know, if you think

696
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 8: about this world on thee, the external world, who's always

697
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 8: going to be negative, and then you've got coaching who

698
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 8: are going to be positive, but they're also going to

699
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 8: coach him. So me, I try and always make sure

700
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 8: i'm highlanding. Hey, man, this is a great thing that

701
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 8: I'm seeing. You're doing things like really playing up in

702
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 8: the pocket. You know a lot of young quarterbacks when

703
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 8: they get pressure in their face, they're trying to bail

704
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 8: out the back. He's very good about getting up in

705
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 8: the pocket either to make scrambles or make good decisions.

706
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 8: Some of those great plays that Kevin's already highlighted where

707
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 8: you know it's a play action shot play where he

708
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 8: just says, hey, it's not here, I'm going to check

709
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 8: it down to Aaron Jones for eight yards growth plays.

710
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 6: Those are growth plays.

711
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 8: And then you see the special plays where he's rolling

712
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 8: out to his left and he hits nailor on an

713
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 8: aggressive decision or a playing the scene to TJ. So

714
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 8: you're seeing the plays where he you know, quarterback position.

715
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 8: To me, you know, it's a person who's maybe not

716
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 8: an expert, just kind of an evaluator and kind of

717
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 8: a big picture thinker about it. It's about being Clark

718
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 8: Kent superman. It's right, how many times you're going to

719
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 8: put the cape on, But sometimes you just need to

720
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 8: keep the glasses on and be that guy and kind

721
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 8: of do those things. And that's the balance these have

722
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 8: because the great ones are wired to want to put

723
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 8: the cape on all the time, and I think that

724
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 8: we're seeing him put the cape on a couple times,

725
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 8: three times four times a game, but also do the

726
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 8: Clark Kent things, the boring things that really just matriculate

727
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 8: offensive football down the field. So those are the things

728
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 8: that I'm really excited to see. Just the preparation, showing

729
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 8: up a week of practice, getting the game plan, doing

730
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 8: all those great things, being there for his team is

731
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 8: really exciting to see.

732
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 7: So that's why a.

733
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 2: Few games ago when O'Connell at a press conference or

734
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 2: here at X's and O's when he said, I was

735
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 2: so proud of JJ he took the check down. I

736
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 2: didn't get it. I'm kind of always there, but the

737
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 2: Clark kept bit. Yeah, that's a wonderful analogy by Quasia

738
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 2: Dopa mensa general manager for the Minnesota Vikings. It's X's

739
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 2: and O's the Jaalen's first redman. It can be argued

740
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 2: he's the defensive MVP. That's my opinion. Nobody maybe nobody

741
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 2: else in here, but that's my opinion. How did you

742
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 2: guys find him last year?

743
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 8: So that was you know, Ryan Grigson, As he's obviously

744
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 8: an accomplished history in this league. He will share he

745
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 8: loves looking at other leagues. He loves looking where he

746
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 8: doesn't think other people are. One of his first jobs

747
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 8: was in the CFL, so he's got an affinity to

748
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 8: other leagues and so he's really hard in our pro group.

749
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 6: He's like, hey, I don't want you to don't just.

750
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 8: Closs over those UFL guys or whatever, because because the

751
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 8: NFL miss and the markets aren't always perfectly efficient, there

752
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 8: are guys that slip through the cracks. Uh, so they

753
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 8: elevated him to RG and then RG and he's excitable guy.

754
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 8: So once he gets excited about something, he's making the

755
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 8: cut up. He's that big, big shadow figures in my doorway.

756
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 8: He's like, hey, we got to sign this guy. I

757
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 8: remember standing over his shoulder looking at the cut up

758
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 8: and he's you know, he's describing to me, and I'm like,

759
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 8: for a for a twitchy passwords guy, I feel like

760
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 8: the run game is better than you're you're giving on

761
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 8: and you know, and so that time of the year,

762
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 8: I think it was a May something like that. It's

763
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 8: you're not looking for Reggie White, You're you're looking for

764
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 8: a good player to come in and compete for your

765
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 8: ninety man.

766
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 6: And see what happened.

767
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 8: He had some unique circumstances coming out where blood clot

768
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 8: yes and some things like that, and so really ran

769
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 8: ran a really good combined time, really good athlete. As

770
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 8: you see the play style show up on film and man,

771
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 8: credit to that, to Marcus and that in the staff

772
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 8: of marj everybody this really put their hands on him.

773
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 6: He's gotten a lot better.

774
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 8: He's really really physical in the run game, has kind

775
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 8: of worked on his pass rush and then just a

776
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,879
Speaker 8: play style. I love his play style, love the play

777
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 8: style in that room. So he's been excited to see him.

778
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 8: And the credits to personnel, credits to coaching. That's that's

779
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 8: one of those aligned success stories.

780
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 2: And he's available and he's one of those I was

781
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 2: with the Dallas Renegades a year and change ago. You

782
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 2: can't make the club and the jub I'm playing through

783
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 2: this thing and he's come through six sacks, like eleven TFLs.

784
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 2: Then you get to the other Jalen Nailor, and he's

785
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 2: set to be an unrestricted free agent after the year.

786
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 2: So welcome to the microcosm of the life of the

787
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 2: general manager. It's like, yes, great sack by Wilson, Oh great, hey,

788
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 2: look at Nailor. Great. You know what I'm saying, is

789
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 2: you in the now and what's coming and how do

790
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 2: you handle that?

791
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 8: You know, I first start with all these guys you

792
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 8: bring in, you call him on the draft day and

793
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 8: or you sign him in May. You're not lying when

794
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 8: you say you want them to achieve whatever their dream is.

795
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 8: You want the best version themselves, for their family, for themselves,

796
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 8: and obviously in the hope of helping the Viking so

797
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 8: first and foremost and really happened for daily Jalen. I

798
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 8: think when we drafted and we saw this coming, and

799
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 8: that first year he had a really good special teams role,

800
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,720
Speaker 8: he had some good gunner reps and we were healthy

801
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 8: in that room, so he didn't get the time on offense.

802
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 6: That next offseason he was amazing and it just got hurt.

803
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 8: So I think some of this stuff we're seeing was

804
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 8: delayed a year because the injuries last year. Kind of

805
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 8: inconsistent with some things, but really works hard. I mean, Keenan,

806
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,720
Speaker 8: I think is the best in the best in the NFL.

807
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 8: And you know that's just hands down how it is.

808
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 8: And so when he was going through some of those things,

809
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 8: they're in the indoor work with them, working on some

810
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 8: things and building up the confidence. They knew this was coming,

811
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 8: and so just proud of him, happy of him he

812
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 8: saw in college. It's it's difficult. Sometimes there's a guy who, Man,

813
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 8: this guy looks like he's getting open. He's just not

814
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 8: getting the ball. If you're looking at counting stats, maybe

815
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 8: the numbers weren't weren't there, but we're seeing a guy

816
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 8: who's getting open on tape, and he played on the

817
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 8: other side of a pretty good player plays for another

818
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 8: team or a division I won't name, but you know

819
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 8: we really liked him obviously, the combine stuff. An explosive player,

820
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 8: really good early speed in the forty and then just

821
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 8: a really great worker. Just and again if we mix

822
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 8: that with the room, the environment, a room led by

823
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 8: Justin Jefferson, you get to watch him take India every day.

824
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 8: You're gonna learn some things and you're going to listen

825
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 8: to Tony and Keenan and all the great environment.

826
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 6: Kevin.

827
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 8: I mean, he just gets such great coaching that this

828
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 8: is really happy for him. And look what, we'll cross

829
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 8: those bridges when we get to the off season. We'll

830
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 8: have those conversations. I know he loves it here and

831
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 8: we love him. We'll deal with those economic realities when

832
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 8: they come. But first and foremost happy for him.

833
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 2: It is Will Reikerd a human or a machine.

834
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 6: You know, it's fun.

835
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,240
Speaker 8: We remember the conversation about that, and you know hat

836
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 8: all our scouts we just love the guy. And you

837
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 8: know we talk a lot about kickers need to be

838
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 8: you know, everyone knows like closures in baseball. I'm always

839
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 8: just like you gotta be some messed up kind of dude,

840
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,359
Speaker 8: three three guys. The stadium is yelling you got one

841
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 8: run three guys on. You kind of just look around

842
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,879
Speaker 8: and it's like the joker almost like this, and you're

843
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 8: kind of kickers.

844
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 6: Got to be the same, you know, And I just

845
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 6: admire people like that.

846
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 8: So in the process, obviously we have all the expected

847
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 8: points added and all these metrics about how good he was,

848
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 8: and he.

849
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 6: Was top three in the class to us.

850
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 8: But the story they told about him at the combine

851
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 8: workout and some of the stuff we had heard it,

852
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 8: but from the school about the competitor and how he's wired,

853
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 8: that was the stuff that was like, oh, I think

854
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 8: this guy has that machine or the joker, the lover

855
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 8: of chaos, and just you know, he makes a field

856
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 8: goal when he's doing the carmelo at the three point thing,

857
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 8: and it's just it's awesome to see that stuff. From

858
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 8: those ideas we had a couple of years come and

859
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 8: then and then to the player he is now.

860
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 2: Lastly, your analogies are great. By the way, Harrison Smith,

861
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 2: they hit man. If he's done after fourteen years, so

862
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 2: be it. He's not playing like a guy who's done.

863
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Speaker 2: I mean, okay, So we have the cat and mouse

864
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 2: with Dak. That that I mean flummox Dak. Let's just

865
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,760
Speaker 2: put it that way. And Dak's im last game darts

866
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 2: Young running up there here, I come here, I come

867
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Speaker 2: back pedals, messed everything up. But when he did come

868
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 2: in there, he's faster now than he was at this

869
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 2: stage last season, don't you think.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, he's I mean, he puts so much into it.

871
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 8: I'm sure if you interviewed him, he'd tell you about

872
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 8: that crazy machine he uses to extend his career.

873
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 6: But he's you talk.

874
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 8: About the mental game and how you're able to faster

875
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 8: because his mental game. I think Flow calls him probably

876
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 8: the smartest player he's ever been around.

877
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 2: Wow, it's Brian Flores says that.

878
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Speaker 6: I'm pretty I'm pretty sure it was an offhand comment out.

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Speaker 2: Of rings with a lot of Patriots. Yeah, you know

880
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 2: what I mean. It's the ultimate compliment.

881
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Speaker 6: Yeah, And he's just that that level of player.

882
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 8: And so you know, again, I've only been a GM

883
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 8: with Harrison Smith here, right, He's gonna be involved in

884
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 8: some way what he's done. I'm gonna make him great

885
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 8: to come here and just just give me the knowledge

886
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 8: and the lifeblood that he's given me just this organization

887
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 8: has been lucky.

888
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 2: To have him. Sam Newton's holding a sign up for me.

889
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 2: I know you have Pat McAfee three minutes from now,

890
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Speaker 2: and that's going to be an hour fifteen, so we're

891
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 2: gonna let you go. Okay, Hey, my man, appreciate you

892
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 2: a little very much. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

893
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Speaker 2: Chris do Fo mensa general manager for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 2: That's Xes and OS