1 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: Welcome back final hour nine to noon, awaiting the arrival 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: of head coach Kevin O'Connell. Weekly show of course, x'es 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: and o's with head coach Kevin O'Connell for your Vikings 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: as they head out for a mid afternoon affair in Seattle. 5 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: We're going to get to see that defense, We're going 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: to get to see an eight and three squad, we 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: get to see former Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold, and a 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: lot to a lot to discuss this morning nine to noon, 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: right Pa. 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: Indeed, as the head coach Kevin O'Connell assumes his spot 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: for x'es and o's on this Tuesday, Hey, we have 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: a new camera for Vikings dot com, so we want 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: to welcome those watching through our new camera to x'es 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: and o's at Vikings dot com, those listening at FM 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: one hundred point three KFAM, and most importantly, we want 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: to welcome the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O'Connell, 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: to the Equation and begin by wishing you Leah, Bill, 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: Suzanne and everybody in your covenant and early happy Thanksgiving. 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: Four and seven makes it look to some like there's 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 2: not much for which we can be thankful, but really 21 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: there is and this collaboration with X's and O's our 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: friendship work that I've done at a Veil Academy because 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: of your family, I just want to give you publicly, 24 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: give you thanks. 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: Appreciate that. 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 4: Happy Thanksgiving to you and obviously everybody at KFA, N. 27 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 3: NORDO, the gang. 28 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 4: You know, we very much appreciate the relationship we have 29 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 4: and Pa, you know how I feel about you. You're 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 4: very Yeah, You're a very special friend of mine and 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 4: somebody I really enjoy working with. 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 2: I appreciate you. 33 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: Now. 34 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: The we have the If Kevin weren't here, we'd call 35 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: them the super Chickens, but we're going to call them 36 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks. Three oh five for the boom f 37 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: M one hundred point three k F a M KF 38 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: an Audio Network free game at one with Muss and 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: through it all, through it all, through these eleven games 40 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: and nineteen offensive line combinations, whatever we're up to. Multiple 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: quarterback stuff like that, Old Jalen Redman continues to help 42 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 2: Old Jalen Redmond. Just guys like that, sticking out when 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: things may not be at their best. 44 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 4: You know, yeah, and I think you get to this 45 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: time of year and you start getting some of the 46 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 4: documentation for the Pro Bowl and things like that, and 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 4: you just hope Jalen Redman gets his due for the 48 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 4: type of season he's had. And I know there's a 49 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 4: lot of great players in the D line position in 50 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 4: the NFL, but I would argue his tape and his 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: play to play impact that he's had for us this 52 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 4: year is right up there with a lot of the 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 4: players you know that maybe have a little bit larger 54 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 4: name recognition. And obviously Jalen's got a lot of great 55 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 4: football out in front of him, so those things will 56 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 4: come his way. But can't say enough about what he's 57 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 4: meant to our team this year. 58 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: And Jalen had as what Kevin would call it a 59 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: blocked shot in the game at lambeau Field, a pass 60 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: defense to buy a defensive lineman. Yep, those are just 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: I mean, I know you want more, I know everybody 62 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: wants more, but those are so important but not really 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: that easy to come by, right. 64 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 3: It depends. 65 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 4: I mean, it depends the type of the thrower you're 66 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: going against, and you know, release points. And I will 67 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 4: say Jordan Love has done a really nice job over 68 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 4: the years of he's got a high release point. Every 69 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 4: once in a while he'll get leaning backwards a little 70 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 4: bit depending on the rush, and he's still got the 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 4: ability to make some really nice throws over the middle 72 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: even when that happens. So the block shot is a 73 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 4: huge thing, and we're going to continue to preach. I'm 74 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 4: trying to force those tips and get some of those 75 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 4: overthrows where maybe the turnover ops will come our way, 76 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: because I know it's been they just haven't come like 77 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: they have in previous years, all those extra possessions, and 78 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: I know our defense is doing everything in their power 79 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 4: to try to force those things. 80 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: The pump returned to backle that led to Green Bay 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: second touchdown. It was ten to six when that happened. 82 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: So like yesterday at your press conference, no excuse me, 83 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: this was after the game Sunday. When you say paraphraising 84 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: the way things currently are constructed, the margin for air 85 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: is razor thin. That's a high end example. Right, When 86 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: something like that happens, then they score, make it a 87 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 2: two score game. 88 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, and the whole the way we finished the second 89 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 4: quarter and Will making the fifty nine yarder and making 90 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 4: that a ten to six game, a lot of the 91 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 4: messaging at halftime was defense is gonna get a stop, 92 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: and then we're gonna put together the drive that we 93 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 4: need offensively off of the momentum of the end of 94 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 4: the first half. The stop the defense is going to get, 95 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 4: and then we're going to find a way to put 96 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 4: the ball in the end zone and see what this 97 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 4: looks like the rest of the way if we're able 98 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 4: to do that, and you know, the offense is gearing up, 99 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: getting ready to you know, kind of make the second 100 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 4: part of that plan come together. Defense got the stop 101 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 4: we needed, got him into a third and long, and 102 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 4: got off the field, and then you just have a 103 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 4: mistake made, you know, by a rookie that has had 104 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 4: such an impact on our team from a return standpoint, 105 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 4: both the kick return phase and the punt return phase. 106 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 4: And he's trying to do what he believes is the 107 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 4: right thing. And I think what we have to you know, 108 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 4: take a look at is just clean clearing up and 109 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 4: cleaning up some of the some of the do a 110 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 4: little bit more. 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: You know. It's I thought he did made a nice decision. 112 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 4: He's been a great decision maker back there, specifically on 113 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 4: those sky punts. You know, knowing when to kind of 114 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: you know, Deek the the gunners out and actly he's 115 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 4: catching the ball, but we're gonna let that thing bounce. 116 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 4: And what I told him and and our coaching staff was, 117 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: you know, if they end up downing that ball at 118 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: the one yard line, you know, more power to them. 119 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 4: But what we can't possibly have happened in a game 120 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 4: like that where we kind of went into it knowing, Hey, 121 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 4: we're gonna we're gonna run the football, We're gonna keep 122 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 4: this thing close. I feel like our defense will play well, 123 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 4: maybe make this thing stay where we want it. Forced 124 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 4: the Packers to expose themselves to a little bit more risk. 125 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 4: Possibly they ran the ball a lot. They were playing 126 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 4: very similar and a lot of ways throughout the early 127 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: part of that game as we were, and it was 128 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 4: it was a ball control kind of game. The time 129 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 4: of possession was very close throughout the first half. We 130 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 4: had no turnovers in the first half, very limited penalties 131 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 4: by really either side. And uh, you know that one 132 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 4: play in a game like that, especially on the road 133 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 4: in the NFC North, all of a sudden you're down 134 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 4: eleven and you're it feels a lot greater. Uh, you know, 135 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 4: of circumstances against you just on one play, one bounce 136 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 4: of the ball. But what did we do to avoid 137 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 4: the negative in that moment by you know, playing smart football? 138 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: And that's what I've got to do a better job 139 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 4: of making sure our entire team feels that. 140 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 2: Kevin O'Connell x's and O's per nine to now and 141 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: the KFA Minnesota Vikings Audio Network also Vikings dot Com. Uh, 142 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: Kevin and I, well, well we'll chat after his press 143 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: conferences pretty much each and every Friday, sometimes recording a 144 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 2: pregame interview, sometimes just chatting. And uh, this week we 145 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 2: chatted right before you spoke to the Dinah High School 146 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: football team and they went out won the title that night. 147 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: How did that go and what did you guys talk about? 148 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 4: Well, it was the first thing I noticed was it 149 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 4: had been a long time since I had been in 150 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: a high school kind of locker room setting. Yeah, they're 151 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 4: not washing the football pants and pads as much as 152 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: they probably should be. 153 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: You know, my son Kate and I walked in and 154 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: it was noticeable really right away. 155 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 4: But I told the fellas, I said, this takes me 156 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: back right here, just that that aura, if you will, 157 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 4: that they had the stench. Yeah, the stench that's a 158 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 4: better word, but it was it was fun talking to 159 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 4: those guys. I mean they were in they were already 160 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 4: kind of suited up and in their uniforms, getting ready 161 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 4: to get on the bus to head the US Bank 162 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 4: Stadium and you know, getting a chance to talk to 163 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 4: some of the individual players and ask them some questions 164 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 4: and you know a funny story though, I kept on 165 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 4: talking to them about sixty minutes and you know, really 166 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: in a football game, what separates our our game is 167 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 4: you know, really when you look at it, the players 168 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 4: that play the most, you're probably only looking at about 169 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 4: ten to twelve minutes of actual activity, you know, between 170 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: all the play clock going and the huddle calls and 171 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 4: all those things. So I kept telling them if I 172 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 4: if I told you had ten to twelve minutes for 173 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 4: a possibility to hoist a state championship trophy tonight on 174 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: the field at US Bank Stadium, what would you be 175 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 4: willing to do? 176 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 3: And it circled back to sixty minutes. 177 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 4: In sixty minutes, and every time I said that, the 178 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 4: you know, the fellas on the team would kind of 179 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 4: smirk a little bit, and I was like, what am 180 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 4: I saying that, you know, is it some. 181 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 3: Pop culture reference? 182 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 4: I'm making six seven whatever it is, and they're laughing 183 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: at me. Or and then I get to the game, 184 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 4: had a blast, took my two boys and wanted to 185 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 4: make sure they got to feel such an unbelievable atmosphere 186 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 4: both sides. And I look up at the clock and 187 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 4: there's twelve minutes on the clock to start the game. 188 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I best for forty eight minutes. 189 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 4: And I said I might have been asking them for 190 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 4: twelve minutes too much, and nobody was willing to tell 191 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 4: me in the moment. 192 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 3: But congrats to those guys. What a season. 193 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 4: And you could feel a lot of special things with 194 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 4: that team and their journey throughout the year. And once, yeah, 195 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 4: you know, you're just so happy to this game is 196 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 4: such a wonderful game. It can be it can be 197 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 4: tough sometimes like we felt this season, but make no 198 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 4: mistake about it, this game has provided so many moments 199 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 4: in our lives to all of us, and moments of 200 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 4: triumph and moments of overcoming adversity. And that's what we're 201 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 4: going to attempt to do right now on a daily, 202 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,119 Speaker 4: minute a minute. 203 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: Basis around this building. 204 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 4: But anytime you can see a collection of guys go 205 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 4: accomplish something like that, it was special. 206 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 2: Well, what if you slip in the pregame talk Saturday 207 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: night in Seattle's like guys, I need your best forty 208 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: eight minutes here, and then like somebody doesn't play hard 209 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 2: for five minutes, Like, well, you only said you need 210 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 2: it forty eight. 211 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 4: I told our team the story and everybody, of course, 212 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 4: you know, they were laughing at me, just like the 213 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: Dina Hornets were. 214 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: And the Hornets had a running back in the game 215 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 2: named Chase Bjorgard, who I've known his father Eric for 216 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: many years. Yeah, General manager Metropolitan Ford. I've known Chase 217 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 2: since he started middle school and it's just been great 218 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 2: to watch him mature and get bigger and stuff like that. 219 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 2: My man had six touchdowns in three hundred and fifty 220 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: one total yards. Now, Chase and his dad were in 221 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: studio on my radio show with Nordo yesterday. Nice little 222 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: father son, fun off the state championship and stuff like that, 223 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: and so talking to Chase, you know, he shared that 224 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 2: he also plays baseball and he's a goalie for the 225 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: Dinah High School hockey team. Did you play multiple sports 226 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 2: in high school when you were when you were growing up. 227 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 3: I did. 228 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 4: I played basketball and football were my my main sports. 229 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 4: But I really I always played baseball, you know, in 230 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 4: the springtime, and say a pitcher, I was, And my 231 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 4: problem was, unlike football, I threw it right down the 232 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 4: middle at a very tempoed pace every single time. So 233 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 4: as the hitter started to get better and better, the 234 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 4: ball went further and further, and I started to feel 235 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 4: little bit more like batting practice. 236 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: And this is so too right. Oh yeah, so CAW 237 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 2: High School baseball, cal State Fullerton for college up there. 238 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 4: It's unbelievable, no question, but but yeah, so I and 239 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 4: then you get into the spring football and the year 240 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 4: round aspect of some things which I am. 241 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 3: Highly highly four kids. 242 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 4: Uh, you know, my kids are playing everything that they 243 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 4: could possibly imagine. I think they need to play everything, 244 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 4: they need to try everything. 245 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: Why. 246 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 4: I just think every sport has a positive effect in 247 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 4: some way on on on the other and whether it's 248 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 4: change of direction, long speed, hand eye coordination, uh, you know, 249 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 4: depending on if you're a thrower or baseball versus a 250 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 4: football versus anything else. And you know, and I think 251 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 4: the different dynamics of five man sports, you know, there's 252 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 4: nine guys on the field on baseball, eleven in the 253 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 4: huddle on in football, and they're just different dynamics of 254 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: team building and teamwork and then the individual aspect of 255 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 4: growth and development from a from a standpoint of for 256 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 4: I think we all forget at times as we start 257 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,599 Speaker 4: to see high school kids making nil money and we 258 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 4: are finding a way to turn a lot of this 259 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 4: into a business, when really the most important thing is 260 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 4: is you know, learning about yourself and the passion you 261 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 4: have to do something for reasons greater than yourself in 262 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: many ways is what makes sports so special and helps 263 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 4: you grow as a human being long you know, outside, 264 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: you know, much further outside the lines than. 265 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 3: Just playing those games. 266 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: And I you know, I told the guys the other 267 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 4: day some of my I still talk to some of 268 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 4: my high school football teammates, you know, on you know, weekly, monthly, 269 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 4: whatever it is, because those bonds will last a lifetime. 270 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 2: So so let the place in Florida McCarthy whin I 271 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 2: AMG academy. Yep, you know a lot of people have gone, 272 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: They're gone to the NFL stuff Like that stupid question 273 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: is is I AMG strictly football? 274 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 3: They well, know they do. They have a lot of 275 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 3: I think they have a lot of like Olympic, Yeah, athlete. 276 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: I'm not saying it eliminates what you just said, but 277 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 2: like Carlsbad, Glendora, Mancato, Topeka, Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, no matter where, Chicago, 278 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: no matter where you're growing up, it's like when you 279 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: get shipped off to something like that, it just has 280 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 2: a factory feel to it. 281 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 3: You know. 282 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 2: I'm not saying it's bad and that you can't have 283 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 2: bonds that last forever, but I'm just never going to 284 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: forget the story JJ McCarthy told into the season about 285 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 2: when he was at IMG Academy and COVID hit and 286 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 2: he couldn't get home and like depression set in and 287 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: it was significant. I mean, I'm not over sharing. He 288 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: has shared him now. 289 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 4: I've talked to him a lot about that time and 290 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 4: it was a difficult time, and I think I think 291 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 4: it was a difficult time for a lot of people, 292 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 4: you know, at a lot of levels of not only 293 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 4: sports but school as well, just being disconnected from you know, 294 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 4: some of the best parts of being a young person 295 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 4: growing up as those relationships you make in person around 296 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 4: people not necessarily over a computer screen. 297 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 2: In neighborhoods with Billy Johnny and that whole thing growing 298 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 2: up and stuff Christy Susie to make Antwan twenty twenty. 299 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 2: Your best friend was the person in the bio reference van. 300 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 3: That's right. 301 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: Let's see on a daily basis, all right, Kevin O'Connell 302 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: x's and o's best and never expanding KFA and Audio network. 303 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: Do you or do you guys have anybody who chats 304 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 2: with players about time they spend on social media? And 305 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 2: you know, I know it's a tough guy game, and 306 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 2: mental tenacity is required, so let's be tough here mentally especially, 307 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 2: but sometimes that stuff can just overwhelm people, specifically in 308 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: their low twenties, you know. 309 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 310 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: I learned going on about eighteen years ago from my 311 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 4: first coach in the National Football League, Bill Belichick used 312 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 4: to it said, in big words, right on the doors 313 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 4: you walked in, ignore the noise. 314 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 3: And the noise has changed over the years. 315 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 4: And I was talking a little bit about this with 316 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 4: Harrison a few weeks back, Harrison Smith on Friday mornings 317 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: and I get together, uh, and it's kind of old 318 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 4: guy talk, you know, all things considered and just the 319 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 4: way the dynamic of it has changed. But I say 320 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 4: this as all the time as well. You can't have 321 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 4: the popularity of our game, the great fan base that 322 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 4: we have, uh here in in Minnesota for for the 323 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 4: Minnesota Vikings, and then not take both sides of it. 324 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: It's it's part of it. It's part of what we 325 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 4: all signed up for. 326 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 5: You know. 327 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 4: That passion that our fan base has is something that 328 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 4: I always want to feel. And it's not always going 329 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 4: to be positive, but uh, you know, part of what 330 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 4: we signed up is being able to overcome that. But 331 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 4: I think the younger player is a little bit more 332 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 4: tied to it than than maybe at times they should. 333 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 4: So we talk about is it really worth engaging? Is 334 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 4: it really worth you know, uh finding uh, you know, 335 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 4: finding it in yourself to give responses to things when 336 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 4: either you're being personally attacked. 337 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 3: Or you know, some of those things cross the line. Sometimes. 338 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 4: We've had examples of that with some of our players. 339 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 4: And that's what I care about more than anything, is 340 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 4: you know, the times where things cross the line a 341 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 4: little bit and then you really kind of have to 342 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 4: hit the reset button a little bit of what's important 343 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: and that's all part of it. And that's part of what, 344 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 4: like I said, we all have to understand that with 345 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 4: how much this game has provided to us, both professionally 346 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 4: and personally, that the passion fans have for it is 347 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 4: what makes our game in our league so special. 348 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 2: Well well, said McCarthy with the concussion related news yesterday. 349 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: Outside of the concussion, it's it's with JJ. Do you 350 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 2: ever feel he cares so much, he puts too much 351 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: pressure on himself and even feels he needs to carry 352 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: the burden of like the entire team. 353 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 4: I you know, I think what I have felt from 354 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: him at times is a previous play where maybe he 355 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 4: had the possibility of making a play and for whatever 356 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 4: reason sometimes not you know, not anything having to do 357 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 4: with his doing on the play. The play's not made, 358 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 4: the throw is not made, maybe the completion's not there, 359 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: the yards don't come, and then he will, you know, 360 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 4: kind of circle back on that play in the execution 361 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 4: of maybe something similar, maybe something different later on in 362 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: the game. And that's when you've seen some of the 363 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 4: you know, kind of second half forced throws where all 364 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 4: were attempting to do every single snap is treat each 365 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 4: snap as its own, obviously acquiring experience and applying the 366 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 4: techniques and fundamentals and the do your job mentality of 367 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 4: what playing the quarterback position for the Minnesota Vikings is 368 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 4: all about, and really any offense for that matter, but 369 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: really trying to at times do a little bit too 370 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 4: much based upon some things that he thinks are the 371 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 4: you know, the right way to go about things. But 372 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 4: it all circles back to those little details of it 373 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 4: might not be the same exact look. It might not 374 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 4: be worth predetermining throwing this ball down the middle on 375 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 4: this look just because maybe Jaalen Naylor was running down 376 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 4: the middle open in the second quarter. Each thing in 377 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 4: this league has a way of circling back. But you 378 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 4: got to do it with the right principles, and you 379 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 4: got to do it the right way. And if if 380 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 4: you're ever forcing things or trying to force something to happen, 381 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 4: many many times it'll come back to get you. 382 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 2: And I love when you say, not only with JJ 383 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 2: McCarthy who's twenty two years of age, but when you, 384 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 2: like you'll say at press conferences are here. You know, 385 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 2: I talked with the guy that Sunday night, and I'm like, 386 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 2: got my phone in my hand. Lee is like the 387 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: kids are running around and stuff. But it was important, 388 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: you know, at that moment to especially when you're that young, 389 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 2: in that inexperience, because as the absolute leader of this 390 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 2: football team with what takes place specifically in the season 391 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 2: off the season too, off season two is when they leave. 392 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 2: I mean you got to kind of have it in 393 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 2: the back of your mind, like how do they feel, 394 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 2: how hard are they going to be on themselves? What 395 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 2: are they looking at? What are they thinking about? It 396 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: just never stops, you know, to who much is given 397 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: much as an expected, no doubt about it, and certainly 398 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 2: not painting you with some kind of martyr or. 399 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 3: Anything, please don't. 400 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 2: But like on a Sunday night when you're like I 401 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 2: talked to JJ or homever it was until eleven o'clock. 402 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: That's all part of it, right. 403 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, And there's there's fifty three guys just like that. 404 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 4: It's obviously the twenty two year old quarterback somebody that 405 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 4: I'm going to be trying to, you know, be there 406 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 4: for as much as possible. 407 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 3: He needs to feel my support, he. 408 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 4: Needs to feel obviously the purpose of that coach the 409 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 4: player relationship, but also it also fuels what takes what 410 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 4: takes place Monday through Saturday, as we lead into another 411 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 4: opportunity and the growth and although you know, right now 412 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: there is a and rightly so, there's a magnifying glass 413 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 4: on him, our team, where we're at in our season, 414 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 4: and as we get further and further away from you know, 415 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 4: that win in Detroit or going back even for you know, 416 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 4: further than that, you know, the opener in Chicago, it 417 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 4: starts to be a question of consistency and take those 418 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 4: next steps of you know, elevating his own personal game 419 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,239 Speaker 4: for the greater good and purpose of our team. And 420 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 4: he's right in the thick of that right now and 421 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 4: working through some things. He's doing well, he's working through 422 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 4: some things that we've got to continue to improve on, 423 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 4: and that is that is the life of a young 424 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 4: quarterback on this journey in the National Football League. 425 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 2: Well, as Kevin shared to this press conference yesterday, Max Brosmer, 426 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 2: the undrafted rookie from Minnesota, he's going to get the 427 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 2: first team reps until JJ is out of concussion protocol. 428 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 2: We'll see how along that last. During the course of 429 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 2: the week. Our talkback for Kevin O'Connell, head coach of 430 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings, I understand involves Max Brosmer and here 431 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 2: it is. 432 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 3: Good morning, nine to noon coach. This has been he 433 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 3: from Monts View. 434 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: Say, if Max is a starter this week, how does his. 435 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: Skill set differ from jjson even Carson's And are you 436 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: going to have to tweak the preparations at all to 437 00:20:59,000 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: match his skills set? 438 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 3: Thanks? 439 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 2: You guys have a happy Thanksgiving. Thanks Bob. Good question. 440 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know if you tweak the preparation as 441 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 4: much as maybe some of the things that we know 442 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 4: Max does well. And I think I heard the turn 443 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 4: signal or the hazard lights in the background clicking there 444 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 4: from our talk back question. 445 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 3: But the details that matter. 446 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, why he pulled off to the side, he didn't. 447 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 2: We always preach don't talk back and drive. 448 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 4: It's very very smart speaking of you know, you can 449 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 4: carry over that analogy to playing quarterback and what it's 450 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 4: going to be for Max this week is keeping it 451 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 4: laser focused like he's done throughout this season. And really 452 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 4: he's been a snap away now going on three four 453 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 4: five weeks or so, and his preparation has been fantastic, 454 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 4: his questions, his dialogue. 455 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: He is wise beyond his years. 456 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 4: He obviously has some experience at a couple of different 457 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 4: schools in college, different offenses, different levels of play. And 458 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 4: what really caught Ori I in training camp is his 459 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 4: ability to do things, you know, at a pretty high 460 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 4: level without getting a lot of time on task or 461 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 4: reps to build into that. You know, watching JJ take reps, 462 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 4: watching the other quarterbacks take reps, and when he got 463 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 4: his his opportunities, he always made the most of it. 464 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,239 Speaker 4: And what I've challenged Max to do throughout this week is, 465 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 4: you know, whether he ends up playing or not, let's 466 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 4: have that same level consistency. Let's envision not having to 467 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 4: do anything more then go in there and execute each. 468 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 3: Play as its own. 469 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: You know, what's my what's my footwork and where's my uh, 470 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: where are my completions? And what Max has shown as 471 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 4: a twitchy, quick release with you know, the ability to 472 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 4: be pretty accurate not only underneath but in the intermediate 473 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 4: part of the field. And I think there's you know, 474 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 4: gonna be some opportunities for who's ever playing quarterback in 475 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 4: this game to just hunt completions all day long. Really 476 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 4: good pass rush athleticism. You're going to notice it up 477 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 4: in the booth. You and Pete will the speed at 478 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 4: which their defense plays with if Mike McDonald's got them 479 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 4: flying around. So we really need to be disciplined when 480 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 4: we are throwing the ball, whether no matter what. 481 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 3: Level or phase of our offense. 482 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 4: That is, we have to be air tight with getting 483 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 4: the ball out of our hands, throwing completions and really 484 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 4: getting Justin and Jordan Speedy and obviously TJ Aaron Jones 485 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 4: and the rest of the group involved in the game 486 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 4: by getting the football in their hands. 487 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 3: And how many times can we do that? 488 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 4: Stack those plays without the negatives that really doomed us 489 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 4: in the second half the other day, and we didn't 490 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 4: give ourselves any chance whatsoever, regardless of the fumble punt, 491 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 4: regardless of what took place on the other side of 492 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 4: the ball, And that's got to be the starting point 493 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: against a good football team on the road. 494 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 2: Well, I mean with Brosmer, I just you know, the 495 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 2: recall is back to things you said in the offseason 496 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 2: about processing quickly and just the voluminous amount of study, 497 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 2: the scholarly natured things, always walking around with a laptop 498 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 2: looking at something or the micro the surface pad, whatever 499 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 2: you call looking and stuff, and that came to fruition. 500 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 2: I think it was the Tennessee game. Yep, Birstich and 501 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 2: I were walking out with Max. He threw a touchdown 502 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: back left of the end zone. Just asked about it, 503 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 2: you know, preseason, asked about the touchdown. It took him 504 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 2: thirty seconds to explain, well, something with cover two when 505 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 2: it was actually manned. And then you do this and 506 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 2: then you put the green dot here and you push 507 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 2: the red button and just kept going and it's like 508 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 2: it's it's like we look at each other like wow, 509 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 2: holy cow. I mean, that's some pretty good dissecting right there. 510 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 2: All right, Topeka, Kansas is telling me that we need 511 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 2: to go. I got to get in one or two more. 512 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 2: If you mentioned getting to a tack mode yesterday, and 513 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 2: clearly that's been a calling card of yours since you arrived. 514 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: What are some keys to returning to, as you would say, 515 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 2: attack mode. Well, we'll make that the last one. 516 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 4: I think a lot of times you know that mentality 517 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 4: and that mode can be something where it can you know, 518 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 4: you're trying to be a little bit more conservative, maybe 519 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 4: you're trying to run the football more. All your doing 520 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 4: in those situations is hopefully setting up opportunities to get 521 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 4: a little bit more bang for your buck in the 522 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 4: play action game in some of the phases of our offense, 523 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 4: and I thought we missed some opportunities in the game. 524 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 4: There was a play where, you know, Michael Parsons goes 525 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 4: out of the game. You know, we've we've kind of 526 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 4: had something teed up and might have been early on 527 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: in the game, and we end up bobbling the snap 528 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 4: coming away from center and ending up on the turf 529 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 4: for a minus three yard loss. But that play, when 530 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 4: you're calling the game and you're operating as a team 531 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 4: the way we are right now, trying to navigate your 532 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 4: way to you know, at the very least a stalemate 533 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 4: in the turnover battle, the very least running the football 534 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 4: for the sake of staying efficient for some of the 535 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 4: third downs that have caused us problems when we get 536 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 4: into those longer yardage dn ds, okay, and then when 537 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 4: you don't make those plays, you know, those are wasted 538 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 4: opportunities that in many ways they're still happening. There's still 539 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 4: the defense is still having to go over and talk 540 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 4: about some of those things, whether the play was made 541 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 4: or not. We just aren't making enough of those plays 542 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 4: to complement the rest of the way we're trying to 543 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 4: play as a football team. And as we continue to 544 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 4: progress forward and we continue to learn more about this 545 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: year's team, we're gonna have to find those plays because 546 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 4: the best parts of our team in many ways are 547 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 4: our guys named Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison and TJ. Hockinson, 548 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 4: and they have to have an impact on the football 549 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 4: game to go along offensively with our ability to run 550 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 4: the ball, our ability to control the football, the clock 551 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 4: and hopefully the time of possession and field position. 552 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: Oh oh, John, look over there is Jackson Smith and 553 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: jigbas still strictly a slot guy, and no he's not 554 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: not anymore, but he was like last year, right he is. 555 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 3: He is a fantastic player. 556 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 4: I mean really watching him and and you know, I 557 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 4: you know, speaking to I remember a few weeks back 558 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 4: when they they played the Rams and leading into that game, 559 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 4: I got a chance to talk to Sean McVeagh a 560 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 4: little bit about, you know, their preparation and it was 561 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 4: going to be obviously a big game for them in 562 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 4: the division, and he was just blown away by the 563 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 4: player and what he's you know, obviously grown and and 564 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 4: kind of you know, continued to progress forward in his 565 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 4: career early on here. But you're seeing an explosive guy 566 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 4: that can win outside, win, inside, run after catch, making 567 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 4: some of the most dynamic catches in the league. And uh, 568 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: you know he's finding his ops because you know Sam's want. 569 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 4: Of Sam's great qualities is that intermediate to deeper passing 570 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 4: game and really activating the intermediate to deep part of 571 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 4: the field with his arm. And we saw it a 572 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 4: year ago and he's picked up right where he left off. 573 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 2: Good Thanksgiving, man, we'll see out here for practice this week. 574 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 3: From Toddy all right, Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. 575 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 2: I appreciate you. Kevin Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the 576 00:27:38,400 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings. That's EXAs and O's back after this, ladies 577 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 2: and gentlemen. Nine to Noon has learned. Sam Darnold's quarterback 578 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 2: for the Seattle Super Chickens. He has ten interceptions, five fumbles, 579 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: he's lost four of them. Amazingly, he has fourteen giveaways 580 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 2: for an eight and three team. Maybe even more amazing 581 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks are minus seven in the take given 582 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 2: they're eight and three, that's just incredible. But their offense 583 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 2: can be high powered with Kenneth Walker and Jackson Smith 584 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: and Jigba who the coach just talked about. Let's hear 585 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 2: Brian Flores up share a little bit of what it 586 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 2: may be like going against Sammy d and this defense 587 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 2: in this offense. 588 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 5: Almost rackus stadiums in a league. So looking forward to. 589 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 3: What have you seen about how they've may ably get 590 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 3: Jason open? 591 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 5: Feed him some volume. 592 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 6: They're not like a huge passing volume off as you say, 593 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 6: but like and he's obviously the big target. 594 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 5: And how do they do that? Oh well, I mean 595 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 5: they do it in a number of ways. 596 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 6: I think it's schematically every you know he moves, you know, 597 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 6: is he's a Z or the X, Well he moves, 598 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 6: he's Z and the X and he plays. Uh, they 599 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 6: move him quite a bit. And you know, let's just 600 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 6: talk about him. He does a great job of getting 601 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 6: himself open, you know, understanding the coverage, understanding leverage of 602 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 6: the receivers, understanding where the soft spots are on zones. 603 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 6: Sam's obviously looking for him and knows that he's gonna 604 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 6: find an opening. 605 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 5: If it's man coverage. 606 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 6: You know, he not necessarily beat the leverage, but you 607 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 6: know Sam will put it in a spot where he 608 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 6: can only he can catch it. You know, They've got 609 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 6: you know, Cup and they just got Shaheed who opens 610 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 6: things up from a speeds endpoint and uh, you know, 611 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,479 Speaker 6: Shaheed taking the top off of it and just creating 612 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 6: some space from in you know, in the intermediate to 613 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 6: you know, short passing game if you want to call that. 614 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 6: But he's also a deep threat, So I think there's 615 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 6: layers within the offense that allow him to be a 616 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 6: short you know, receiver. When I might I say that, 617 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 6: I mean catch passes in the short range, the intermediate 618 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 6: part of the field, and the deep part of the field. 619 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 5: They've got other players who. 620 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 6: Can you know, help him, uh create you know, I'm 621 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 6: thinking about Shahat, who you know takes the top of 622 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 6: the defense, you know, and then creates boys an intermediate 623 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 6: and short part of the field. And you know, they 624 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 6: just do a really good job schematically. And then when 625 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 6: you tie that in with the run game, it's, you know, 626 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 6: you bring a guy down in the run game, there's 627 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 6: more space in the back end. 628 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 5: So they do a lot of those things. They've got 629 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 5: to you know, uh a good plan. 630 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 6: It's obviously thoughtfully designed and constructed and uh, you know, 631 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 6: he's done a great job. 632 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 5: He really has be a great challenge for us. How 633 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 5: was Sam grown since he left her? I mean, you know, 634 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 5: Sam's one of my favorites. You know, how great dialogue 635 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 5: when he was here. 636 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 6: And I thought he grew tremendously when he was here, 637 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 6: for sure, just from a leadership standpoint. From a obviously 638 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 6: he's played was what it was, pro bowl level, pro 639 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 6: Bowl level last year, but you know, his his leadership, 640 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 6: I mean, it's his routines. You know, I'm sure he's 641 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 6: still in the same routine. And I walk up there, 642 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 6: he's in there, breakfast, the coiler, quarterbacks at. 643 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 5: You know, this time, the meeting at this time, and. 644 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 6: He's, uh, he did a lot of great things and 645 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 6: he's here and clearly those things are continuing to show 646 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 6: up for him. 647 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 2: Uh. 648 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 6: Out there in Seattle, he's doing a great job. You know, 649 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 6: he's throwing throwing the ball, he's leading the Team's got 650 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 6: command of the offense. He's getting the men and out 651 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 6: of plays. 652 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 5: Uh. 653 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 6: And what I mean by that is just checking plays 654 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 6: that they're in something that's not you know, the greatest 655 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 6: look for them. And and I think he's just he's 656 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 6: he's being who he is, he's being himself and you 657 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 6: know he's he's he's doing well. 658 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 5: What were the circumstances when you guys chat. 659 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 6: And it was just like I'm put into a morm 660 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 6: ups kind of thing or more structured one on one 661 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 6: talks that you have with Yeah, oh here's you know, 662 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 6: the cafeteria, locker room, training room. Uh, you know, talking defense, 663 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 6: talking offense. 664 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 5: Uh. 665 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, we had a great rapport friendship. So 666 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 6: I'm happy for him, But we will blitz him this week, 667 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 6: That's for sure. 668 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 2: We will. Yeah, kay, Ken, you're familiarity with him, show 669 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 2: up on game day at all or that any advantages. 670 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 6: You know, I think I think every year is different. 671 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 6: I think, you know, there's some things that you know, 672 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 6: I think we could we could say may have bothered 673 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 6: him a year ago, but maybe they don't this year. 674 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 6: You know, I think based on you know, having seen 675 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 6: it several times, getting more reps at and getting more 676 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 6: familiarity with you know, a front or coverage. So a 677 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 6: year later, it's hard to know, but you try it 678 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,959 Speaker 6: out and see if you know that still bothers them 679 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 6: or that still bothers them, and you know, if it 680 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 6: doesn't bother him anymore, you move on to something else 681 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 6: and if it does, you keep running it. 682 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 5: And so. 683 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 6: But it's not just just Sam. He's got a lot 684 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 6: of other people, you know, to lean on the run game. 685 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 6: You know, schematically it's a little bit different. So but 686 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 6: it'll be fun to be great to see him and 687 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 6: compete against him and that. Then again, they got a 688 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 6: great team, so it'd be great environment and looking forward 689 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:56,280 Speaker 6: to it. 690 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 3: Brian, what have you noticed about Cash means grown bis 691 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 3: the Green Dot New Defense. 692 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 6: Cash is you know, one of our uh, one of 693 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 6: the leaders of the defense uh as far as just 694 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 6: my my, uh, you know, daily conversations with him, and 695 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,959 Speaker 6: the thing is that you know we're asking of him 696 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 6: and from a check ball system or from a front 697 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 6: standpoint or from a leadership standpoint, he's been fantastic. 698 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 5: He's growing in that role, that leadership role. 699 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 6: He's obviously playing at a you know, a very good level. 700 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 5: There's still plays there. 701 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 6: That you know, we're sitting there going, hey, you know, 702 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 6: you can make this one, this one and this one 703 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 6: and then you know, so there's still improvement there. 704 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 5: But that's for every player. 705 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 2: That's defensive coordinator for the Minnesota. He's we're gonna and 706 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 2: I had to had to break. But for Brian Flores, 707 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 2: you could tell when he was done with the Sam 708 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 2: Darnold part conversation when he said, yeah, we're happy for 709 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 2: him and we will be blitzing him. They moved on 710 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 2: to different players. I love that. All right, We'll be 711 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 2: right back. Shadoor Sanders, the ballyhooed rookie quarterback from Colorado. 712 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 2: And I say ballyhood because he's Shadoor Sanders. I mean 713 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 2: he's polarizing, whether he's as I think it was Jackson State, 714 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 2: you know where they did. They they did the Netflix bit, 715 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 2: which was really really good. Then Colorado and Boulder couple 716 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 2: of years took like ninety eight sacks, ninety six sacks 717 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 2: in two years. But you know, still helped play a 718 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 2: part with his father Dion and Travis Hunter and certainly 719 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 2: some other good players to fill folsome stadium. I've told 720 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 2: the story before where when when my daughter started at 721 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 2: the University of Colorado, we went to a Colorado Buffalo's game, 722 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,360 Speaker 2: sat on the forty yard line. Each ticket was like 723 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 2: fifteen dollars. It's like thirty dollars, man, It's awesome. Thing 724 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 2: was sixty percent full then Dion rolls in and and 725 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 2: I mean those same tickets probably were two fifty up 726 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 2: to three seventy five and long lines to get in 727 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 2: to watch those teams. And they've had a bad season 728 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,439 Speaker 2: this year, but they're still selling out and the Dion 729 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 2: factors still really good. Shador had a lot to do 730 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 2: with that. So Shador plays against the Raiders, has a 731 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 2: pretty good game, and they win the game. Stefanski announces 732 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 2: he'll be the quarterback in the next one. I can't 733 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 2: remember who they're taking on, hosting the Niners. They're hosting 734 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 2: the Niners. Okay, so he gets a home game. But 735 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 2: after the game, Shador said said, I am what they 736 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,800 Speaker 2: have been waiting for. Okay, Well, I love that because 737 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,879 Speaker 2: if I'm a Browns fan, I'm like, what what I'm 738 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 2: excited for the next game? All of us, And I'm 739 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 2: a Browns fan. But from a radio show standpoint, or 740 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 2: maybe a columnist standpoint, what I love most about it 741 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 2: It establishes a line of delineation where I'm what they've 742 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 2: been waiting for. So now we will see if he's 743 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 2: what they've been waiting for, or if he was bloviating 744 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 2: and he was just being like overly confident or cocky. 745 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 2: Some would say I thought that was pretty cool man, 746 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 2: So I found myself pulling for Shador from Afar. Thank 747 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 2: you very much for listening to nine to Noon today 748 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 2: for Eric north Quistam Brett Blake Moore, I'm Paul Allen. 749 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 2: Thanks to everybody here at Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center 750 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 2: for the accommodations join us tomorrow. Chris Finch, coach of 751 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 2: the Timberwolves, joins it right out of the gate at nine. 752 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 2: That's nine to noon. Coming up next PJ Fleck on kfa. 753 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 3: N podcast Today's Paul Allen Show and listen back to 754 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 3: previous show and interviews. I going to the iHeartRadio app 755 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,879 Speaker 3: for kfan dot com.