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Common Man Hour 1 0:00:00.700 --> 0:00:02.400 Of a montage song tend to be a lot of 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:05.140 people are excited about it including this one that says 0:00:05.580 --> 0:00:09.219 showdown is such a good song uh we played two 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:11.960 versions of showdown depending upon the mood this is the 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:14.540 one that i prefer the electric light orchestra there's another 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:15.120 one that you. 0:00:15.020 --> 0:00:16.760 Play right that's doobie brothers will. 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.660 Be brothers and it's good the reason i like poppy 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.160 well and the reason i like this one there almost 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.330 seems to be like i say a real there's like 0:00:25.430 --> 0:00:29.820 tension to it right it's sort of it's not you know, 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:34.480 over the top celebrate celebratory, like, you know, uh, nothing's going. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.630 To stop us now or right now. 0:00:37.990 --> 0:00:39.769 You know, then again, we're not at the right now point, 0:00:39.790 --> 0:00:41.750 but I'm just bringing up the different songs we play 0:00:41.770 --> 0:00:42.170 in the Daito. 0:00:42.590 --> 0:00:44.710 I just, it just seems there's a little, uh, it's 0:00:44.750 --> 0:00:48.320 gonna be a showdown and it is going to be 0:00:48.340 --> 0:00:52.830 a showdown. It should be, um, It should be a 0:00:52.870 --> 0:00:53.670 good game. You know me. 0:00:53.690 --> 0:00:56.470 I'm always careful about, you know, announcers will always do 0:00:56.530 --> 0:00:58.650 that and hype in a game. We got a great 0:00:58.750 --> 0:01:00.760 one for you coming up from Motown. Well, we don't 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:02.850 know that yet. It could be a complete lemon. 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:03.980 That's why they play the games. 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.420 And then again, it always depends upon what kind of 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:10.679 football you like. 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:11.580 You know, if. 0:01:13.540 --> 0:01:18.390 The Viking Iowa game was close, nail biter. It seemed 0:01:18.410 --> 0:01:19.990 like there was more bad offense. 0:01:19.730 --> 0:01:20.950 Than there was great defense. 0:01:21.020 --> 0:01:24.800 But so, again, I didn't necessarily like that game. But 0:01:24.900 --> 0:01:33.380 this has all the makings. There's a lot at stake, obviously. And, yeah, 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:38.130 there are a number of people that are verbally slapping, 0:01:38.170 --> 0:01:39.649 tend to be on the back. I guess they wouldn't 0:01:39.670 --> 0:01:42.370 even be verbally because it's on text. 0:01:42.450 --> 0:01:43.270 They're messaging it? 0:01:43.290 --> 0:01:48.540 Yeah, they're messaging you back slaps on the– Bradshaw and 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.100 Brighton KFA and text line. This one says, such a 0:01:52.220 --> 0:01:56.590 good montage as always. Maybe it's time to take the 0:01:56.670 --> 0:01:57.570 interim title away. 0:01:57.590 --> 0:02:02.010 I don't even know how you would react to that. 0:02:02.790 --> 0:02:04.800 Your kid's still bothered by the fact you're still interim? 0:02:04.820 --> 0:02:06.000 We've talked about that before. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:07.240 Your decision on the. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.500 on whether to remove the interim labor law, you're like 0:02:10.660 --> 0:02:12.520 the Aaron Rogers of decision-making. You're just going to play 0:02:12.540 --> 0:02:13.419 this thing out as long. 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:14.299 As you're absolutely right. 0:02:14.540 --> 0:02:15.480 Or maybe you're the Quinn Hughes. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.900 I'm obviously still, still my thought. I was going to say, 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:23.329 maybe I'm Quinn. He was just waiting, just biding my time. Um, well, 0:02:23.370 --> 0:02:24.970 and there is plenty to get to. I mean, we've 0:02:24.990 --> 0:02:28.470 got Vikings lines showdown Motown green Bay wins last night. 0:02:28.510 --> 0:02:29.169 They keep pace. 0:02:29.510 --> 0:02:31.490 Do you know the NFC North is 15 and three 0:02:31.530 --> 0:02:33.889 against all of the teams outside the NFC North this year. 0:02:33.910 --> 0:02:35.169 That's what that division is. 0:02:36.010 --> 0:02:38.860 Um, Gophers have a big game against Indiana. 0:02:38.900 --> 0:02:40.340 Can they move the needle finally? 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.200 I mean, beating Iowa was nice, 15th ranked Iowa, but 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:47.030 can you beat 4th ranked defending national champion Indiana in Bloomington? 0:02:47.389 --> 0:02:49.510 Why are they playing the game over in Bloomington? Their 0:02:49.530 --> 0:02:51.919 stadium is over at Huntington Bank. 0:02:52.620 --> 0:02:54.179 Doesn't make sense. I mean, I know they have a 0:02:54.220 --> 0:02:55.700 lot of land over there by the Mall of America. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.079 But are they playing at Bloomington-Jefferson? Why would they have 0:02:59.100 --> 0:03:01.540 the game over there? Is that sort of like that 0:03:01.660 --> 0:03:03.480 Field of Dreams kind of a thing where they'd like 0:03:03.500 --> 0:03:05.270 to move stuff around and make a difference? It just 0:03:05.290 --> 0:03:06.510 seems weird to me that they'd play there. 0:03:06.830 --> 0:03:09.570 We have that game to talk about. Also, the Wild, 0:03:10.169 --> 0:03:14.010 lose to the Isles. WNBA, is it going to a 0:03:14.030 --> 0:03:14.810 seventh game or is it over? 0:03:14.850 --> 0:03:15.290 It is, yes. 0:03:15.310 --> 0:03:17.620 It's going to a seventh game. That and so much more. 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.280 Where do we start? How about we spin the wheel 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:20.700 of topic and make that determination? 0:03:31.970 --> 0:03:37.750 What did you shoot today? 0:03:37.750 --> 0:03:38.450 79. 0:03:38.450 --> 0:03:39.490 Where'd we play? 0:03:39.610 --> 0:03:41.730 I broke 80 for the first time in a month. 0:03:42.230 --> 0:03:42.830 Logger's Trail. 0:03:43.510 --> 0:03:44.170 Where'd you hit it on? 0:03:44.270 --> 0:03:46.330 I just roped one right up the middle. How far 0:03:46.350 --> 0:03:46.730 from the green? 0:03:46.770 --> 0:03:49.610 On one foot. 30 to the pin. 0:03:50.050 --> 0:03:50.570 Second shot? 0:03:50.690 --> 0:03:53.180 I missed it left. I pulled on the iron again. 0:03:53.220 --> 0:03:54.880 I have a tendency to lean into it while I 0:03:54.900 --> 0:03:56.300 hit a nifty little short pitch. 0:03:56.380 --> 0:03:57.120 Just gorgeous. 0:03:57.300 --> 0:03:57.780 Then what? 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.220 I hit it to two feet, made the putt. Incredible. 0:04:00.260 --> 0:04:04.190 Then I made a quadruple nine on number two. And 0:04:05.230 --> 0:04:07.250 it dawned on me at that very moment, you know 0:04:07.270 --> 0:04:11.370 what my problem is? I stopped enjoying the process. 0:04:13.610 --> 0:04:15.010 Instead of enjoying the game of. 0:04:15.030 --> 0:04:21.150 Golf and breathe deep, the gathering gloom, Generally, it's gathering 0:04:21.250 --> 0:04:24.089 doom when I play golf. But I was just more 0:04:24.170 --> 0:04:27.550 concerned about the end result, the end result, the end result. 0:04:27.670 --> 0:04:29.110 I'm going to make a par, make a par, par, par. 0:04:29.570 --> 0:04:30.750 I'm going to go par, par, par. I'm going to 0:04:30.770 --> 0:04:31.469 throw a bogey. 0:04:32.029 --> 0:04:35.710 And then my swing gets tight and it gets leaky. 0:04:35.750 --> 0:04:36.330 And then it just. 0:04:36.770 --> 0:04:38.330 And today I just decided I'm going to... And when 0:04:38.380 --> 0:04:39.000 I got to the. 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.380 I bogeyed four and five and then I roped a 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.330 five iron into about two feet on number six. 0:04:49.089 --> 0:04:53.400 Birdie bogeyed seven but then i part i went i 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:54.380 part eight part. 0:04:54.180 --> 0:04:57.740 Nine i bogeyed 10 and from that point on i 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.690 part everything else coming in including i hit of the 0:05:00.750 --> 0:05:03.370 last eight holes i only hit two greens but it 0:05:03.410 --> 0:05:05.050 was back to the common man we all know and 0:05:05.089 --> 0:05:06.669 love i was six for six on my up and 0:05:06.710 --> 0:05:14.800 downs including a brilliant sans save on 17. Enjoy the season, 0:05:14.860 --> 0:05:17.460 as Mike Tice once said. And Tenneby, I recommend this. 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:19.849 And you probably already do. You never golf anymore. 0:05:19.870 --> 0:05:21.969 That's the problem. When was the last time you stuck 0:05:22.010 --> 0:05:24.810 a tee in the ground? Three months ago? Four months ago? 0:05:25.089 --> 0:05:27.690 When I played with you at Midland Hills. Was that June? 0:05:29.110 --> 0:05:33.960 It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day. 0:05:33.980 --> 0:05:34.920 I was out on the. 0:05:34.940 --> 0:05:35.900 That was the last time. 0:05:36.500 --> 0:05:38.360 Chopping cotton. My brother was bailing. Hey, wow. 0:05:39.580 --> 0:05:40.300 Told you, doctor. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:41.260 I got a hold of Dr. 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.440 Doug. He's invited me to play golf with you. You 0:05:43.490 --> 0:05:45.170 were hoping to play golf without me, weren't you? And 0:05:45.210 --> 0:05:47.170 now you have me, you, Dr. Doug. 0:05:47.190 --> 0:05:49.490 I'll take any Tipitaka invite I can get. 0:05:49.529 --> 0:05:50.089 Tipitaka. 0:05:50.110 --> 0:05:53.170 Because I emailed him or texted him. 0:05:53.490 --> 0:05:56.779 I'm getting my... I get so many vaccines now. 0:05:56.980 --> 0:06:00.120 See, I'm just the opposite of RFK. 0:06:00.180 --> 0:06:00.880 No, what's his name? 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.100 The Kennedy character. I like vaccines. I'll take any I 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:09.440 can get. I've got tetanus, flu... covid measles and i 0:06:09.490 --> 0:06:10.990 get them all at the same time i do a 0:06:11.060 --> 0:06:13.970 rabies i got rabies vaccine yeah i do them all 0:06:14.010 --> 0:06:14.929 i just. 0:06:14.529 --> 0:06:16.930 I i load up i just load up but the. 0:06:16.910 --> 0:06:19.470 Reason i asked dr doug's i always go i forgot 0:06:19.490 --> 0:06:21.110 what he told me he said if you're going to 0:06:21.230 --> 0:06:24.590 get a you know a shot which arm should you 0:06:24.650 --> 0:06:26.210 get it in if you're going to play golf the 0:06:26.250 --> 0:06:28.670 next day you know what he said get it in 0:06:28.710 --> 0:06:30.530 your right because your left arm is more important to 0:06:30.570 --> 0:06:34.300 your swing sure And he's right. So then, right arm's 0:06:34.339 --> 0:06:36.360 a little stiff in the morning, right? But that left 0:06:36.460 --> 0:06:39.020 arm is more important to it. So then he said, hey, 0:06:39.980 --> 0:06:43.080 I'm a member of Tempatonka. Maybe you, he goes, get 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.350 with Tana and pick a date and let's play next summer. 0:06:47.410 --> 0:06:48.110 Tempatonka. 0:06:52.230 --> 0:06:54.790 Would you rather, if your choice was to play golf 0:06:54.810 --> 0:06:58.190 at Tempatonka or go to the Vikings game at Ford Field, 0:06:58.210 --> 0:06:58.810 what would you rather do? 0:06:58.830 --> 0:06:59.589 I wouldn't even think about it. 0:06:59.589 --> 0:07:00.409 Yeah, me as well. 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:05.540 We were supposed to play at Tapataka, and it was 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.060 the week the Vikings, it was their first game against 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.140 the Packers. So Jim Nance was out there at Tapataka 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:12.400 because he's a member, and we were supposed to be 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.400 out there, but Dr. Doug ran into some work issues, 0:07:15.870 --> 0:07:17.690 so we didn't go. But yeah, two of us could 0:07:17.710 --> 0:07:18.710 have been hanging out with Jim Nance. 0:07:18.990 --> 0:07:19.530 And you know what? 0:07:19.870 --> 0:07:22.650 Here's what I've told that if Jim Nance, when he 0:07:22.710 --> 0:07:25.940 is on property... He's the starter, and he hands everybody 0:07:25.980 --> 0:07:27.260 a necktie in the first half. 0:07:27.540 --> 0:07:29.280 That's what he does. 0:07:29.300 --> 0:07:30.220 He's Jimmy Nance. 0:07:30.780 --> 0:07:32.440 Peek at the purple other side of the break. There's 0:07:32.490 --> 0:07:34.610 plenty to dive into that and so much more. Oh, 0:07:34.730 --> 0:07:36.950 and Program Password's really fun. 0:07:36.990 --> 0:07:39.810 We have two. 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He's on the 50-person Associated Press panel that 0:11:23.630 --> 0:11:26.890 selects the NFL's All-Pro teams, MVP, and other honors recipients. 0:11:27.830 --> 0:11:28.450 He's worked for the. 0:11:28.450 --> 0:11:35.240 Canton, Ohio repository, not suppository, but repository, from 87 to 99. 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:40.260 He's been with the Strib. Fish Rap Factory ever since. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:41.579 His headline says, Dear. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.160 Vikings Nation, how about you enjoy 6-0 and stop whining 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.020 about the offense? And I just love that because you 0:11:48.070 --> 0:11:50.390 and I have sort of had that same mantra here 0:11:50.410 --> 0:11:53.770 that I would like everybody, including the head coach, probably 0:11:53.790 --> 0:11:56.270 the head coach more than anybody else, would like to 0:11:56.330 --> 0:11:59.550 see the offense a bit more explosive. 0:12:00.510 --> 0:12:03.470 See those he's JJ kind of plays, right? 0:12:03.550 --> 0:12:07.440 But Whatever the reason might be, whether it is the 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.380 interior of the offensive line isn't as good as it 0:12:11.420 --> 0:12:13.000 probably should be, and I do think that's one of 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.620 the issues. Quarterback, kind of new to the system still, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.500 and we all know how, you know, one of the 0:12:18.570 --> 0:12:21.109 claims to fame for Kevin O'Connell. 0:12:20.730 --> 0:12:24.150 Is he's complicated, but very special offense. 0:12:24.590 --> 0:12:27.910 And so, you know, sometimes it's opponent and injuries because 0:12:27.950 --> 0:12:32.550 we've had some injuries this year. But as he talks about, 0:12:32.570 --> 0:12:37.869 I mean, you have the top-ranked offense or defense 29th 0:12:37.929 --> 0:12:41.150 ranked offense. What I like, what he says though, tend 0:12:41.170 --> 0:12:45.600 to be, he, he says the, the perpetually perturbed purple 0:12:45.650 --> 0:12:46.640 pitchfork posse. 0:12:46.700 --> 0:12:49.020 Sort of like doing a Glenn's greenback guardians. 0:12:49.900 --> 0:12:52.800 Pull that pocket protectors kind of following in that same vein. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:13:02.410 He also says, I like this where he says, football 0:13:02.429 --> 0:13:03.109 is like a puzzle. 0:13:04.130 --> 0:13:05.250 How long have I been saying that? 0:13:05.290 --> 0:13:05.840 You've said that before. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.540 I've been saying that for 15 years now, maybe more. 0:13:09.340 --> 0:13:11.560 Football's like a puzzle. Sometimes it's okay for the offense 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:16.140 to just not muck things up. Murray's completing 66.4% of 0:13:16.179 --> 0:13:20.650 his passes, ninth best, and his two interceptions are fifth best. 0:13:20.690 --> 0:13:23.250 He also hasn't turned them all over in 236 snaps. 0:13:31.900 --> 0:13:34.590 There are signs the Vikings offense will get better. There's 0:13:34.610 --> 0:13:36.590 also too much talent for it not to, unless not 0:13:36.650 --> 0:13:38.490 overlook the fact that the play that won the Colts 0:13:38.530 --> 0:13:41.170 game was Murray's 35-yard scramble in. 0:13:41.130 --> 0:13:41.870 The fourth quarter. 0:13:42.250 --> 0:13:46.890 Now, I'm not convinced that the offense can get better. 0:13:46.910 --> 0:13:49.840 They do have the talent you think they would. But again, 0:13:49.860 --> 0:13:53.760 injuries can rear their ugly head at any time. 0:13:54.260 --> 0:13:57.560 And maybe Kyler Murray will. Again, for me, the jury 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.420 is still out on Murray. I think he's competent, right? 0:14:01.380 --> 0:14:03.610 But I don't know how good he really truly is 0:14:03.690 --> 0:14:07.030 because he's never– for being a rookie of the year 0:14:07.050 --> 0:14:10.030 in his first season, for winning a Heisman Trophy and 0:14:10.050 --> 0:14:11.109 being the number one pick overall. 0:14:11.630 --> 0:14:15.090 I would say his accomplishments. 0:14:14.460 --> 0:14:20.360 On the NFL field have not matched his accolades, his Heisman. 0:14:21.630 --> 0:14:25.530 And then his Rookie of the Year award, right? 0:14:25.650 --> 0:14:28.820 And a lot of it probably has to do with 0:14:28.860 --> 0:14:30.380 he was playing for a terrible team in a terrible 0:14:30.420 --> 0:14:32.880 city with terrible fans in a terrible stadium playing for 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.840 the Arizona Cardinals. but every game is a puzzle. And 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:37.820 right now the Vikings have solved all of their puzzles 0:14:37.860 --> 0:14:40.260 to this point. They, um, they don't, they, they don't 0:14:40.300 --> 0:14:43.080 turn the ball in, in KLC has been talking about 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:44.640 it every single news conference. 0:14:44.730 --> 0:14:47.610 And, you know, you know, the day, you know, they are. 0:14:47.350 --> 0:14:49.869 Right after the game, the day, the day after the 0:14:49.910 --> 0:14:53.890 game news conference, the Wednesday one, he talks about how, 0:14:54.370 --> 0:14:56.750 what they're trying to do is not turn the ball over. 0:14:56.790 --> 0:14:58.880 There was another number again, and it may have even 0:14:58.910 --> 0:15:00.740 been included in this piece here. 0:15:01.580 --> 0:15:09.880 Um, Where the Vikings record when they don't turn the 0:15:09.900 --> 0:15:13.240 ball over. Or when they win the turnover battle. 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.140 Yeah. It's like. 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.000 I don't know if it was in this story or somewhere. 0:15:17.340 --> 0:15:17.690 They're like 41-5. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.920 I think it's actually better than that. 0:15:20.950 --> 0:15:23.830 It might be better than that. It might very well 0:15:23.850 --> 0:15:24.610 be better than that. 0:15:24.630 --> 0:15:24.790 So. 0:15:30.740 --> 0:15:33.110 Turnovers in big games, that's a cliche, but there's a 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.370 reason cliches are cliches, because generally they're true. 0:15:36.670 --> 0:15:39.690 Big plays and turnovers. Oh, no, you're right. 0:15:39.710 --> 0:15:40.890 41-5, I thought it was better than that. 0:15:40.930 --> 0:15:42.670 Is that what it is, 41-5? Where did you find that? 0:15:42.790 --> 0:15:43.500 Was that in that story? 0:15:43.510 --> 0:15:45.460 Just AI overview, I just Googled it. 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.080 Okay, well, 41-5. 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:52.720 Here's where it says, this year the Vikings have turned 0:15:52.740 --> 0:15:56.210 the ball over four times, fourth best while ranking first. 0:15:56.890 --> 0:15:59.970 in turnover differential, plus seven. Murray has turned the ball 0:16:00.010 --> 0:16:03.410 over twice in five games. The 2025 Vikings gave up 0:16:03.410 --> 0:16:08.320 94 points off turnovers. This year's team has given up 19. 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.320 Only one tutty and two field goals have been scored 0:16:10.340 --> 0:16:17.300 off turnovers against Flores' top-ranked scoring defense. He says that's 0:16:17.340 --> 0:16:19.860 not a shiny stat like 300 yards passing, but not 0:16:19.940 --> 0:16:23.330 turning the ball over sure helps the defense hold opponents 0:16:23.370 --> 0:16:27.760 to a crazy low 12-point Three points per play. 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:36.910 And here's what I like. 0:16:38.350 --> 0:16:41.530 To me, and I know a high-powered offense can be 0:16:41.590 --> 0:16:45.520 just as frustrating to the opposition as a top-ranked defense 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:45.880 can be. 0:16:46.580 --> 0:16:47.910 But I do think.... 0:16:50.860 --> 0:16:54.820 When your offense can't move the ball against the other team, 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.359 can't pick up first downs, you're losing yardage, they're blitzing you. 0:16:58.940 --> 0:17:02.700 I think that's more disorienting than just like their offense 0:17:02.740 --> 0:17:04.350 is moving the ball up and down the field because 0:17:04.380 --> 0:17:06.510 you're still thinking, well, you know, we can force turnovers 0:17:06.550 --> 0:17:08.330 here and our offense can probably keep up a little 0:17:08.369 --> 0:17:11.209 bit and score. But when your offense is having trouble 0:17:11.270 --> 0:17:13.130 moving the ball and getting. 0:17:12.950 --> 0:17:13.750 Into scoring position. 0:17:14.010 --> 0:17:14.730 Moving the chains. 0:17:14.750 --> 0:17:15.330 Moving the chains. 0:17:15.410 --> 0:17:18.310 It can really cause a lot of frustration because at 0:17:18.350 --> 0:17:21.150 that point too, all of a sudden it's like, Okay, 0:17:21.510 --> 0:17:23.210 three and out, you punt the ball. The other team, 0:17:23.260 --> 0:17:27.140 like the Vikings, just moving the ball, matriculating down the field, right? 0:17:27.660 --> 0:17:29.940 Doing those longer drives if they can. You know, a 0:17:29.940 --> 0:17:32.439 lot of their drives, they last, they always end in 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.440 field goals. And I think that's part of the frustrating 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:37.040 part for Vikings fans. But it's the old, if you 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.760 keep their defense on the field a long time, they 0:17:39.780 --> 0:17:43.760 get tuckered after a while, right? So I'm with, now, 0:17:43.780 --> 0:17:47.280 you know, I'm not, I'm with Craig on his premise, 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:47.940 for sure. 0:17:49.100 --> 0:17:50.740 But, you know, I think we all would like to see. 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:52.100 I mean, because I guess. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.400 The dream is if you could get an offense that 0:17:56.420 --> 0:17:59.909 was even middle of the pack or top third to 0:17:59.950 --> 0:18:03.469 go with this defense, maybe an odds-on favorite to get 0:18:03.510 --> 0:18:04.070 to the big game. 0:18:04.090 --> 0:18:04.710 They really would. 0:18:04.770 --> 0:18:08.130 Because this defense right now is not showing any signs 0:18:08.150 --> 0:18:10.990 of cracking. Now we're about to find out. How good 0:18:11.050 --> 0:18:13.149 is the Lions offense? We know they have weapons. We 0:18:13.190 --> 0:18:15.090 know they're a good offense. We talked about it all week. 0:18:15.630 --> 0:18:17.639 Jameer Gibbs is one of the most talented backs in 0:18:17.660 --> 0:18:22.560 the league. He is explosive. He's tough, too. He's not 0:18:22.619 --> 0:18:26.600 just one of those running backs with those mincing little steps, right? 0:18:26.619 --> 0:18:27.760 He's a guy that. 0:18:29.660 --> 0:18:31.639 He can throw a shoulder into. So he's probably part 0:18:31.660 --> 0:18:33.500 of the reason why he's got a shoulder issue. Amon 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.570 Ross St. Brown's a crafty wide receiver. LeFleur talked about his. 0:18:36.530 --> 0:18:43.530 Mentality being better than his biggest attribute. Laporta's really good. 0:18:43.550 --> 0:18:45.310 Their offensive line is starting to gel. This will be 0:18:45.330 --> 0:18:47.120 a real test for the Vikings' offense. And as we know, 0:18:47.130 --> 0:18:49.060 we've got San Francisco coming up. We've got Green Bay, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.300 who won last night. Offense looked pretty good. And, of course, 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.619 the Buffalo Bills. But let's see what happens on here. 0:18:53.660 --> 0:18:56.720 But it should be fun on Sunday. And I think 0:18:56.740 --> 0:19:01.040 the Vikings will comport themselves well. I'm expecting a good game, 0:19:01.140 --> 0:19:03.340 hoping for a good game. And I think it will 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:04.679 be one of those games that goes down to the 0:19:04.740 --> 0:19:07.100 wire before the clock expires. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:08.790