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Speaker 3: Wednesday edition of in the Zone tomorrow. I hope you

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Speaker 3: will tune in as we welcome in Vikings Broadcast. A

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Speaker 3: part of the broadcast team for many, many years. Pete Bursich, Pete,

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Speaker 3: glad to hear you're alive and well. First and foremost

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Speaker 3: you're still on this earth. What the heck?

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Speaker 1: Man?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know, bizarre, I mean whatever, I mean,

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Speaker 4: I don't know if.

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Speaker 2: It's a bot or whatever it.

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Speaker 5: Was, but it was, Uh, you were pronounced dead on

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Speaker 2: Yeah it was.

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Speaker 4: At first, you're kind of at first, you're kind of

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Speaker 4: like taken aback, but then after a while you just

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Speaker 4: kind of roll with it. I guess and have fun

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Speaker 4: with it. But yeah, it's it just speaks to what's

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Speaker 4: out there. Man, you got you know, I can't believe

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Speaker 4: what you read. I guess it did. But it was

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Speaker 4: nice to see somebody. It was nice to get some

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Speaker 4: text people. That was my next question, Are you still alive?

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Speaker 4: It said, yeah, yeah, I'm still I'm still here. I

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Speaker 4: don't think I've ever texted somebody who I thought was deceased,

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Speaker 4: but you never know.

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Speaker 2: It is what it is.

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Speaker 3: It if ever called for a time to answer your

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Speaker 3: text promptly, it feels like this was the time to

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Speaker 4: It was and then and then the other part is

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Speaker 4: that when you reply people, some of them were disappointed.

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Speaker 3: These are the ones that know you well. Really look

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Speaker 3: before we dive into the NFL. I was really curious

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Speaker 3: when I found out yesterday that you had time for me,

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Speaker 3: which I really appreciate today. Uh for a guy who

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Speaker 3: talking to a guy who who was a student at

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Speaker 3: Indiana University, who has been reveling in the national championship

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Speaker 3: for my Hoosiers for a week. When you were there,

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Speaker 3: what late nineties, right early nineties early nineties played India.

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say they probably were on your schedule

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Speaker 3: in September a couple of times, right, I mean, could

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Speaker 3: you ever imagine that that program would be the first

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Speaker 4: Uh No, I mean, no one saw that coming right now,

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Speaker 4: But I guess that's the that's the uh, the dilemma

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Speaker 4: glad to see the players get the money instead of

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Speaker 4: the NCAA, which is I mean, I'm fine with that.

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Speaker 4: It's just kind of how it's so wild West and

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Speaker 4: It's taken away from the game, taking at for your game.

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Speaker 4: But then Indiana goes out and does this. And what

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Speaker 4: could be better for college football than to give almost

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Speaker 4: I think it's pretty remarkable.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but helps college football.

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Speaker 3: Agree, But I mean you have to understand that this

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Speaker 3: When you watch the championship game, you know, two very

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Speaker 5: What struck you as.

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Speaker 3: You watched that game and and and saw Indiana ultimately

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Speaker 5: What were you left with after watching that game? Dave?

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Speaker 2: You're assuming I watched the game.

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Speaker 3: Of course you watched the game. Come on, I did not.

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Speaker 4: It's you know, it's Indiana. I'm kidding, I know, I

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Speaker 4: honestly I did not. I did not get a chance

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Speaker 2: See Miami getting there too?

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Speaker 3: Of that gamey, nothing to apologize for. You were bitter

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Speaker 5: I get it. It's it's it's fine.

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Speaker 3: Should I take for granted that you watched the NFC

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Speaker 4: The AFC game, I kind of drifted in and out

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, not a lot of great quarterback play in

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Speaker 4: But I did watch yeah for the the NFC for sure,

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Speaker 4: and it's going to be an interesting Super Bowl. I

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Speaker 4: understand that teams flying west when it's East versus West,

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Speaker 4: I just don't. I don't think the Patriots have run

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Speaker 2: It was.

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Speaker 4: It was pretty remarkable, the list of quarterbacks that New

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Speaker 4: they've they've faced any one of not saying that Donald's

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Speaker 4: he's good and he's got he's a.

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Speaker 2: Good deep ball thrower. He's got a lot of deep.

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Speaker 2: Ground, Uh, they're gonna have a They might have a

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Speaker 3: The h what New England's had to face this really

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Speaker 3: a tough road for a young quarterback like Drake may.

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Speaker 3: I think he's the ninth quarterback to reach the super

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Speaker 3: And I think Donald's in a very small club of

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Speaker 4: And well, you say, I mean and you bring that up.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure you got to know Sam a little bit

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Speaker 5: You just you have to feel good for that kid.

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Speaker 2: They don't just drop him back in the pot, could.

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Speaker 2: They keep them on the move.

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Speaker 3: Imagine Bills fans who are just dealing with another lost season,

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Speaker 5: Gotta pause. Do you have time for one more quick

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Speaker 3: Pete Persich will return the quick to do list for

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Speaker 3: We're back eleven twenty six. Dave sinecon in for Paul today.

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Speaker 3: Brett blakemore by my side as we welcome back. Pete

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Speaker 3: Bursich kind enough to give us us some time on

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Speaker 3: a Tuesday morning. And before we get to the Purple Pete,

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Speaker 3: are going to hire Brian Daball to be their new

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Speaker 1: But he's talking to someone in the Viking studiostracting.

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Speaker 5: I suppose that will happen.

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Speaker 3: Do we have Commons elevator music handy to He probably figured, well,

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Speaker 5: We hear it. iHeart, I got time. I don't need to.

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Speaker 3: Who am I not to steal Commons bits? Everybody else

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Speaker 2: All right?

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Speaker 5: You do that.

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Speaker 3: Uh Double T Trent Tucker will join me in studio

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Speaker 4: you know what used to be just an agent back

443
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Speaker 4: in the day. Now it's unbelievable.

444
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Speaker 5: A team.

445
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,960
Speaker 4: So, yeah, they all have a team so to speak,

446
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,480
Speaker 4: that they could have. Yeah that it's a but if

447
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,040
Speaker 4: you're good, you know, if you're good, if you're promising,

448
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,000
Speaker 4: you are in this day and age, going to move

449
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,960
Speaker 4: up the ranks pretty quickly. And you know, the pay

450
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,119
Speaker 4: scale is obviously changed, just like with the players, no

451
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Speaker 4: question about that.

452
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Speaker 3: It seems unusual to me though, that a team like Philly,

453
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Speaker 3: you know, a year removed from a super Bowl and

454
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Speaker 3: going to be a contender every year with core would

455
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,919
Speaker 3: look to an unproven, you know, guy that's been coaching

456
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,240
Speaker 3: two years when you know, for example, I just mentioned

457
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,920
Speaker 3: Brian Daball just got the Titans o C job. As

458
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,880
Speaker 3: long as he doesn't get the Raiders head coaching job.

459
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Speaker 3: That's a team that's far away from Super Bowl contention,

460
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,480
Speaker 3: you would think. But now they're going to win Trust

461
00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 3: Day Ball to mold their number one pick, cam Ward,

462
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,760
Speaker 3: it feels like Philly might might go with a more

463
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,159
Speaker 3: proven entity to call plays for Jalen Hurtzon company than

464
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 3: a Sean Manning who's been a maybe credited for helping

465
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Speaker 3: Malik Willis become who he is.

466
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Speaker 5: But beyond that, doesn't have a lot of chops as

467
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Speaker 5: a coach in this.

468
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,239
Speaker 4: League, right And does he have the support around him?

469
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Speaker 4: Does he have a good running game coordinator? Does he

470
00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 4: have certain aspects of that offensive game plan that he

471
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,679
Speaker 4: can kind of hand off in that regard and just

472
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Speaker 4: focus on other elements.

473
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Speaker 2: And so it's not if you have the right people

474
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Speaker 2: around him.

475
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Speaker 4: I think a younger coordinator like that can have success.

476
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,399
Speaker 4: And you know, Philadelphia, that offensive line and that running

477
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 4: game has been a stalwart for for many many years,

478
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 4: and that's going you know that's going to help. But

479
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 4: just you know, who resonates with the quarterback? Jalen Hurts

480
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,120
Speaker 4: is a talent and just inconsistent. Now, whether that's him,

481
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 4: whether you know, whether that's the people around.

482
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,159
Speaker 2: Him, we shall see. But that's the problem.

483
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,240
Speaker 4: You you pay a guy like that and invest that

484
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,160
Speaker 4: much in him, then you're kind of handcuffed to him

485
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 4: and you got to find someone that can resonate with

486
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Speaker 4: with that one particular player.

487
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Speaker 2: So we'll see how that turns out for him.

488
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Speaker 3: I know you got to know Jonathan Gannon from his

489
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 3: days on Mike Zimmer's staff here. I don't know, maybe

490
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 3: it even goes, you know, before that, but the Packers

491
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,399
Speaker 3: hired him to replace Jeff Hafley as their defensive coordinator.

492
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Speaker 5: I'm I'm missed.

493
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Speaker 2: He's dead to me now, you know that right now?

494
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:45,919
Speaker 5: Of course he is.

495
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Speaker 3: That goes without saying I'm you know, like Packer nation

496
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,360
Speaker 3: kind of me. I know he did very well in Philadelphia.

497
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Speaker 3: He kind of gave me the cringe factor some of

498
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Speaker 3: the videos we saw as a head coach in Arizona.

499
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Speaker 3: But just put my mind and he I know he's

500
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 3: dead to you. But what kind of coach is Green

501
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,240
Speaker 3: Bay getting on that side of the ball.

502
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Speaker 4: You know, he's he's solid, he's a good coach. What

503
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 4: exactly he's going to do it'll be interesting to see. Uh,

504
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 4: it's defensively what was what was what was so interesting

505
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 4: with you guys is just what you did with your

506
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 4: defensive front, right and how with Micah Parsons when you

507
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 4: brought him in, you guys would sneak you know, you'd

508
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,600
Speaker 4: sneak in a five man front. And now when when

509
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 4: you with with Parsons being in there, he went really

510
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 4: back to a four man type of affront.

511
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 2: So his ability to manage that talent and how he's

512
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 2: going to work around that. Uh.

513
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Speaker 4: And then on the coverage side of it, I'd be

514
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,920
Speaker 4: willing to bet you you're going to see some revamping

515
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 4: in the defensive backfield, especially at the cornerback position. You know,

516
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 4: one of the one of the problems was obviously for

517
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 4: you guys staying healthy. But the you know, Carrington Valentine,

518
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, he ended up ultimately costing you

519
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 4: guys in the playoffs just taking his eyes off where

520
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 4: he's supposed to be. Ye, but you know, Keishawn Nixon

521
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 4: and and those guys, it's it's that's the part I

522
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 4: think that he's going to help the most is just

523
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,959
Speaker 4: with that defensive backfield and figuring out what they're going

524
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Speaker 4: to do there. So you're gonna, i think draft wise

525
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,479
Speaker 4: and this offseason you might see some revamping at that

526
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 4: position there.

527
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Speaker 5: Let's hope.

528
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,120
Speaker 3: So most of the candidates they talk to were defensive

529
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Speaker 3: back coaches, so that's kind of the direction they were

530
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,120
Speaker 3: looking to go in, that's for sure.

531
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Speaker 4: And then the other thing too is just you know,

532
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,199
Speaker 4: quway Walker Isaiya McDuffie's a good linebacker, but guys like

533
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 4: Kuai Walker and Eddrian Cooper getting as much coverage skill

534
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 4: out of them as he can underneath. Wise, I remember,

535
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 4: you know, I know was two years ago Tampa Bay

536
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,440
Speaker 4: taking advantage of guys underneath. Kway Walker is very good

537
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,639
Speaker 4: against the run, a very very good blitzer, but does not.

538
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 2: He just does.

539
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 4: He's a he's a liability and coverage, especially when you

540
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 4: want to play zone. So finding someone that and helped

541
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 4: take the take that group. There's the front seven so good,

542
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,199
Speaker 4: it's front, you know, very very good, very physical, can

543
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 4: get after the quarterback, play the run.

544
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 2: It's it's it's the safety support and running game.

545
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 4: And then obviously I think I think the coverage end

546
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 4: of it is and not just the corner but the

547
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 4: linebacker positions as well.

548
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 3: Vikings will get stability on that side of the ball.

549
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,640
Speaker 3: With Brian Flores returning. I know that's a huge sigh

550
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 3: of relief for Vikings Nation, but he's gonna lose one

551
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 3: of his his top guys. It sounds like Derontey Jones

552
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 3: is going to get the job to run the defense

553
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 3: in Washington. I'm curious what you think of him. And

554
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Speaker 3: you know, he's interviewed a lot in this cycle and

555
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,239
Speaker 3: a little bit before, I know Green Bay brought him

556
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 3: in as well. How do you feel about him finally

557
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 3: getting his his chat, not finally he's still young, oh yeah,

558
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 3: but getting his chance to run the defense in Washington.

559
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Speaker 4: It will be it'll be very interesting to see how

560
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 4: much of it that he adopts the Viking. You know,

561
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 4: the defense that Flores is putting together is unique, right,

562
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 4: There's there's really nothing else quite like it, and not

563
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 4: just from a schematic standpoint, but the amount of pressure

564
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 4: and the pressure rate that Flores wants to maintain and

565
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 4: it's it's around forty percent, right, He's gonna blitz.

566
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,360
Speaker 2: As much as he as he has to.

567
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 4: To maintain that that level of pressure on the quarterback,

568
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 4: and especially if you're facing a younger, younger quarterback, that's

569
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Speaker 4: what he wants to do.

570
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting to see if.

571
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 4: Deroante takes that mentality down there and it's gonna may

572
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 4: and still be that aggressive, aggressive enough to run a

573
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 4: zero type blitz. Look, you know, on on the opponent's

574
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 4: twenty yard line, right, those kinds of things just that

575
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 4: that flavor of it, because toward the end of the season,

576
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 4: Flora's got aggressive again. We started out not just trying

577
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 4: to play a little bit more bass. I mean, you

578
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 4: look at last year this our defense faced more passing

579
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 4: attempts than any in the league. This year twenty twenty five,

580
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 4: we faced more rushing attempts than any other defense in

581
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 4: the league, second second, and fewest passing attempts. So, you know,

582
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 4: you go out and you bring in new defensive linement.

583
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 4: You know, you're bringing in guys like Jonathan Allen and

584
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 4: Javon Hargrave to help with the pass rush. You don't

585
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 4: have the blitz all the time. And next thing you know,

586
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 4: no one's throwing the football. Everybody's running the ball. And

587
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 4: I think through the aggressiveness they needed to stop the run.

588
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 4: They started just walking guys up to the line of

589
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 4: scrimmage and sending corners on run, you know, running formations

590
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 4: and things like that. There's a flexibility there that with

591
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 4: Flores and the changes that we've seen over the last

592
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 4: three seasons.

593
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,679
Speaker 2: And it's not like season of season.

594
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,880
Speaker 4: This is this is not the same defense at the

595
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 4: end of twenty twenty five as it was in the beginning.

596
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,440
Speaker 4: So that's the question, is is he going to be

597
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,679
Speaker 4: able to bring that to Washington, have that thick of

598
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 4: a playbook in his head to be able to implement

599
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 4: all the different things that we've done here.

600
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 2: But well, you know, we'll see. I wish him the

601
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 2: best and he's a good coach.

602
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,199
Speaker 5: Mentioned this earlier.

603
00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 3: This will be the first year in a long time

604
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 3: that Minnesota will likely be projected to finish fourth in

605
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 3: the NFC North in twenty twenty six. That doesn't mean

606
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 3: they're going to it, just means that's what they'll likely

607
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 3: be predicted the.

608
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 4: End, you know how, I mean, you already know what

609
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 4: it's going to be. We don't even know the draft.

610
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 4: We don't know it's gonna bet Bears and Packers, then

611
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,639
Speaker 4: Detroit than us. That's just and even though Detroit finished

612
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 4: behind us. Yeah, yeah, you know how that goes. Sure,

613
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 4: for sure we'll be forced stuffing wrong with that. Look

614
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 4: what the Bears did with that this year?

615
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 5: Right?

616
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 3: So right, what is the biggest need for you right

617
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 3: now for this team? We know that they're likely bring

618
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 3: in some quarterback competition. I'd love to know your thoughts

619
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 3: on the level of competition you think they might try

620
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 3: to bring in, but where does this roster need the most.

621
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Speaker 4: Attention consistency a quarterback? I mean, we still don't know

622
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 4: what you have in JJ McCarthy, even though you're two

623
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 4: years into his contract. He started ten games, didn't finish

624
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 4: them all, and you're going to need someone as a backup.

625
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 4: And this is you know, hopefully somebody who you can

626
00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 4: get soon at free agency and have them here throughout

627
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 4: the summer, all through training camp instead of instead of

628
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 4: finding somebody after cut day and bringing him in on

629
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 4: a short schedule.

630
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 2: Because we've seen glimpses of.

631
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 4: Mccarthen how good he can be, we've also seen the opposite,

632
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 4: and one thing for sure is he's he just hasn't

633
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 4: been able to stay healthy ten games out of thirty five, right,

634
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 4: So you can't you can't risk him missing a game

635
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 4: or two or a few weeks early in the season

636
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 4: and having it just torpedo everything. So your backup has

637
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 4: to be has to be someone like a darnold and

638
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 4: you know, can you find another one, well, good luck

639
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,959
Speaker 4: is you're gonna have to and have some stability at

640
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 4: that position. Uh, The offensive line was it was just

641
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 4: a mess as far as different different bodies each week.

642
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 4: Some of that and a lot of that's due to injury.

643
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 4: It's all due to injury. We know, we know who

644
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 4: the five were going to be, but dari saw get

645
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 4: him healthy, make sure he's okay, figure out the scent,

646
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 4: you know, the position at center, and and if you

647
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 4: have stability now with that offensive line, with the quarterback, uh,

648
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 4: then you can finally, I think, reap some of the

649
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 4: benefits of your forty million dollars a year investment in

650
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,959
Speaker 4: your wide receiver. And you know, that's one thing for sure,

651
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 4: that's a that's an issue right with where the money

652
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 4: is being spent and where the offensive productivity is going.

653
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 4: There's you know, you're paying a guy that much money

654
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 4: and he's not getting the football that much enough, and

655
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 4: so got fix that.

656
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 2: Well, that's why that's that's the first thing to fix.

657
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 3: And that's why I find it interesting that you said

658
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 3: they need to bring it a backup quarterback. Some texts

659
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 3: are already saying they need a starting quarterback.

660
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Speaker 2: So right, I guess, well, I'm saying you're not you.

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Speaker 2: You you had the.

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Speaker 4: You're not gonna be able to pay a free agent

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Speaker 4: starter coming in here. You had that opportunity to do

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Speaker 4: that with Donald, Right, you could have done that with

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Speaker 4: Donald after last year, but you still didn't know what

666
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Speaker 4: you had in JJ. Well a year later, you still

667
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Speaker 4: really kind of don't know what you have in JJ.

668
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Speaker 4: It's still a big question mark. But are you Are

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Speaker 4: you willing to stomach that and pay that much money

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Speaker 4: for a guy who might be riding riding the pine? No,

671
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Speaker 4: you're not. You're not gonna be in that market. So

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Speaker 4: you know, how much are you going to pay to

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Speaker 4: bring in somebody?

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have to.

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Speaker 4: You're gonna have to open up the pocketbook because you

676
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Speaker 4: get to bring in someone who's a viable, viable option,

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Speaker 4: no question about that.

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Speaker 2: So that's yeah, it's a tough it's a tough spot.

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Speaker 3: Do you have a name in your head? Like would

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Speaker 3: you want to see Kirk Cousins reunion? Would you want

681
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Speaker 3: to roll the dice on you know, Mariota or Garoppolo

682
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 3: or Lance or any I mean, that's not gonna get

683
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Speaker 3: twobody too excited, right.

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Speaker 4: No, I don't think so. I mean the guy like

685
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Speaker 4: Malik Willis just intrigues me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you gotta pay him a little bit, don't

687
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Speaker 3: He's gonna Yeah, you have money, you have to pay.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have to pay him a little bit. And

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Speaker 2: that's the other problem.

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Speaker 4: If there's a different team that says, you know, we're

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Speaker 4: gonna you're gonna be our day one starter, that's going

692
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Speaker 4: to be where he's going to go. Now, question is

693
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Speaker 4: is there somebody out there who's who's willing to do

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Speaker 4: that or is there a place where he feels he's

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Speaker 4: gonna have more competition or a better chance at competition,

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Speaker 4: just like.

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Speaker 5: Daniel Jones a year later, exactly right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a smart move by him. So uh yeah,

699
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 4: that's that's kind of that's kind of where you are.

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00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 4: That's why you're happy that Kevin O'Connell is your head coach,

701
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 4: because if there's a guy that can identify that kind

702
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 4: of talent, hopefully it's him. He found Darnold. So you know,

703
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 4: Carson Wentz did well when he was in here. He's

704
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 4: got two beat up and it's yeah, and we're not

705
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Speaker 4: even getting into the turnovers and the penalties and those

706
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 4: things that played this early in the season this year.

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00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: But you know, we've gotta.

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00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 4: Gotta get the bodies in the locker room first. You know,

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00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 4: so yeah, there's there's a lot. There's a lot to

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Speaker 4: be fixed. And that's why Flores is so important because

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00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 4: it seems, you know, we haven't really brought in or

712
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 4: paid any you know, high dollar or made big trades

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Speaker 4: for defensive alignment like other teams that we know two

714
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 4: and we still, you know, you still have a top

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Speaker 4: five defensive group with Flora's in there.

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Speaker 2: It's just his style and his ability to nify talent.

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Speaker 4: And you know, I'm afraid this offseason a lot of

718
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 4: that money and attention is going to have.

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Speaker 2: To go to the offense.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so it would seems so it will be a

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Speaker 3: very interesting offseason. Great catching up with you. If you've

722
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Speaker 3: got a few hours to kill Pete on a on

723
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 3: a Tuesday, you might want to jump on YouTube and

724
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Speaker 3: watch the National Championship college football games.

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Speaker 5: Pretty good watch. I'd recommend it. Yeah, don't tell me

726
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 5: how it ends. No, I promise. I wouldn't want to run.

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Speaker 5: I don't want to give that away.

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Speaker 2: So I'm going to probably watch another Rush documentary instead.

729
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 3: My least favorite rock band of all time. It's just fitting.

730
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 3: It makes sense. Oh, come on, that guy's voice is

731
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 3: like chalkboard nails. On a chalkboard. I can't deal with

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Speaker 3: you're the best. Listen to the drums, mispic. I need

733
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Speaker 3: more than drums. I'm sorry, I'm weak that way. Appreciate

734
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Speaker 3: the time. Great catching up with you. Glad you're alive, Pete,

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Speaker 3: see you later, me too, Pete person part of our

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Speaker 3: broadcast team of course on the fan cover in the purple.

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Speaker 5: Really you're a rush guy too.

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Speaker 1: If I I mean, I'm not a classic rock guy,

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Speaker 1: but if I had to, it's Rush.

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Speaker 3: And Simon clothes. Oh yeah, I just limelight. That's a

741
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 3: fly by Night comes on. I can't hit the button

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Speaker 3: fast enough. Spear of the radio, all about what we

743
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Speaker 3: do all time. Least favorite band that causes me to

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Speaker 3: lose listeners. I'll plant my flag with Petty and Springsteen

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00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 3: and Floyd and the who I'm more. I don't know

746
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Speaker 3: melody matters to me, So DOA's singing voice at anyway?

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Speaker 3: Relate for our final pause. We'll do that now, wrap

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Speaker 3: things up nine to noon after this.

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Speaker 1: One night, one stage, one epic band, My Chemical Romance

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Speaker 1: target Field August twenty fourth, Greg your tickets day before

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Speaker 1: they're gone. Get all the details. KFA dot com keyword calendar.

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Speaker 1: I'll rapping things up night to noon on the fan.

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Speaker 3: I'll be back tomorrow for a little in the zone

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00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 3: with double T trend Tucker Hope. You can join nine

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Speaker 3: to noon tomorrow, Top of the Hour Gophers Basketball Weekly,

756
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,760
Speaker 3: and then the common Man Dan Call at one o'clock today.

757
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 3: Gophers will be in Madison tomorrow to take on Greg

758
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 3: Guard's Badgers, which will be obviously a very difficult road test.

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00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 3: As I mentioned earlier, I'm I can't wait to watch

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Speaker 3: Nebraska Michigan tonight. I will be tuned in. I'm a

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00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 3: big Big Ten basketball fan. The fifth ranked twenty to

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Speaker 3: oh Freddie Hoiberg gled Cornhuskers going into ann Arbor to

763
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 3: take on the third ranked Michigan Wolverines. You would think, well,

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00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 3: that's that's a barn burder. That spread's got to be two, three,

765
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 3: four points, that's gonna be a great game. Michigan's favored

766
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Speaker 3: by ten and a half points. The disrespect for Freddy's boys,

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00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,919
Speaker 3: I don't see that at all. I think I think

768
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 3: Nebraska can hang with Michigan tonight. Michigan lost to Wisconsin

769
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 3: at home, played with their food against Penn State. I

770
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 3: think people are thinking back to that juggernaut in November December.

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00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 3: I'm curious to see what Nebraska does. And they've already

772
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 3: had a tough test. They've got to Illinois and one.

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Speaker 3: I mean they they can hang with Michigan ten and

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00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 3: a half points. Wow, disrespectful. Now the following game tonight

775
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: on Peacock Indiana, Purdue at Indiana. I'd make Purdue at

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00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 3: least I don't even know what the line is. I'm

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00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 3: afraid to look. That should at least be ten and

778
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 3: a half for Purdue. Would I would think it's a

779
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 3: good Big Ten basketball tonight and then Gophers tomorrow. The

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Speaker 3: NFL news of the day, the Buffalo Bills have their man.

781
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 3: They have signed Joe Brady, their offensive coordinator, to a

782
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 3: five year deal to be the next head coach. So

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00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 3: some stability for Josh Allen and the Buffalo offense, and

784
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Speaker 3: they just need to find some weapons. It's kind of

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Speaker 3: like the you know, the Brady era was always like

786
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Speaker 3: he doesn't have any Pro Bowl receivers until they got Moss, right,

787
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 3: it was always just find the cheap guys, and that's

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Speaker 3: what Buffalo's done, right. They It feels like if I

789
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Speaker 3: were a Bills fan like, if you don't invest in

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Speaker 3: the skill position for Josh Allen, who is in his

791
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 3: prime right now, what are we doing so I.

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Speaker 5: Know all about that?

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00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:04,479
Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: We do.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think is Burstus was talking about Sean McDermott

796
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: saying the wrong things. I'm sure a lot of what

797
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 3: he said was look who he's throwing to. I mean,

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00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 3: we don't have Can you name a Buffalo Bills receiver?

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Speaker 3: I mean you probably know.

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00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 5: Khalil I can just from fantasy exactly.

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00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: But here Dawson Knox, but he's not even a receiver exactly.

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00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So we'll see what the Bills do to help Joe

804
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Speaker 3: Brady out. And then Brian Dayball, the former Giants head coach,

805
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 3: has landed in Nashville to take on cam Ward's growth

806
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 3: as their young franchise quarterback. He'll be the offensive coordinator

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00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 3: for Tennessee. The Packers guy was in the mix for

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00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 3: that job, Adam Stenovich, so he will not get that deal.

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Speaker 3: And as long as Dayball doesn't get the Raiders' job,

810
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,240
Speaker 3: he'll be the new offensive coordinator in Tennessee.

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Speaker 5: So what jobs are still open? The Raiders, Cardinals? Right,

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Speaker 5: the Cardinals, I don't think they've hired anyone Raiders. I

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Speaker 5: think that's is that it? I think that might be it.

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Speaker 3: Just two jobs still open as we marched towards the

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl, and with obviously Denver losing uh, their coaches

816
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 3: are now available. Jim Leonard was a hot name as

817
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Speaker 3: a defensive coordinator. Oh yeah, the Browns is still open, correct,

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Speaker 3: But it's going to be a while because you've seen

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Speaker 3: what they've put their candidates through. Right, these long written questionnaires,

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Speaker 3: essays you have to fill out, personality tests you have

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Speaker 3: to complete.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that job. There's no established coach that

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Speaker 1: wants to go to Cleveland. That's that's a job.

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Speaker 3: Where are you kidding me? They've got a Pro Bowl

825
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 3: quarterback at their disposal. Why wouldn't you want to coach

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00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 3: the Cleveland brown That was too easy.

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Speaker 1: Because they've had so much success for the past twenty years. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's stability at the quarterback position. What what don't you want?

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Speaker 3: They have a nice defense, that's for sure, a good

830
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,879
Speaker 3: defensive player. You've probably noticed this as well. The two

831
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 3: gms whose teams are in the Super Bowl both came

832
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Speaker 3: from the Green Bay Packers organization. Josh Schneider and Seattle

833
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 3: Elliott wolf in New England, who has thought for many

834
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 3: years to be the GM in waiting because he's Ron

835
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 3: Wolfe's kid, just thought that the nepotism would be in play.

836
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Speaker 3: But he's gone through Cleveland and what he went to

837
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Speaker 3: and now he's running New England. And look where those

838
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 3: two guys have gotten their teams unexpectedly into the super Bowl,

839
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 3: which is what twelve days away from now. Our favorite

840
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 3: teams are knee deep into the off season. And had

841
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 3: fun chatting about the quarterback conundrum facing the Purple. That'll

842
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 3: be a constant talker. It'll get us through the long

843
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 3: cold winter. I think here at the fan what the

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00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 3: Vikings decide to do. I did find it instructive that

845
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 3: Burst said they got to find a backup quarterback like

846
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 3: many of our Texters, They've got to find a guy

847
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 3: who can compete to be.

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Speaker 5: The starting quarterback.

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Speaker 3: Hurt feelings aside, there's still plenty of talent on this

850
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 3: roster that if they get it right, they can absolutely

851
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 3: be in the mix in a wide open NFC next season.

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Speaker 3: So that'll get us through the long cold winter ahead.

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Speaker 3: Stay tuned. Gopher Basketball Weekly is next with Nico and company.

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Speaker 3: Common Man Dan Cole at one o'clock and Brett and

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Speaker 3: I will be back here tomorrow nine to noon with

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Speaker 3: Double T Trent Tucker. My thanks to Lavelle, Brent Robson

857
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 3: and Pete Bursts for helping me out.

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Speaker 5: Have a great day, everybody. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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Speaker 5: Podcast Today's Paul Allen Show.

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Speaker 2: We're listening back to previous show and interviews

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