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Speaker 1: Don't worry, Common, we'll be back tomorrow. Brett blakemore with

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Speaker 1: me as well. And Brett, you're in the same studio

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Speaker 1: To three hosts, I actually do prep before these shows

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Speaker 1: of Fitzgerald. What were we talking about? It's been since

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Speaker 1: mid October, Common is not taking a vacation. Today's not

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Speaker 3: But middle of.

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Speaker 1: October was the last time this year I was thinking,

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Speaker 1: Obviously a lot going on in the National Football League

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Speaker 1: not as much going on today, I will say, Brett,

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Speaker 1: I know everyone is kind of convinced that Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: I still think there's a small chance that Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: found out Gino Smith has been a milla, It's almost

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Speaker 3: But I think we do need to remember.

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Speaker 1: Regardless of what information was coming out of Egan last year,

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Speaker 1: but it was reported, even acknowledged that Chaos was having

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Speaker 1: obviously Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have a past with

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Speaker 1: still it's a regime change. It's different than what was

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Speaker 1: And I also think Aaron probably understands he needs a

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Speaker 1: He's hitting free agency right if he wanted to resign

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Speaker 1: now we're getting closer to when free agency become an official.

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Speaker 1: I still think Aaron Rodgers is out there trying to

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Speaker 1: He reported that these Steelers are reportedly quote nosing around

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Speaker 2: No one wants this to not happen more than me.

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Speaker 2: You don't want to, no, not. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: Over, and that went pretty well for a year and

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Speaker 3: Okay, but the entire year was magical till that point.

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Speaker 2: At least someone's rational fan, correct, and they were very adamant.

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Speaker 3: There was one point in tour they go Brett Fire's.

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Speaker 2: He's got to be pocket passer guy, and there's receiving weapons,

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Speaker 2: We had our nice little moment in Pittsburgh where Love

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Speaker 3: I don't need two more of them.

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Speaker 1: Anyone who's available in March on the quarterback market typically like,

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Speaker 1: there's flaws, right, So I think everyone listening recognizes every

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Speaker 1: But maybe he realizes that, hey, I don't have that

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Speaker 3: Behind me anymore. I guess I'm I'm I have to

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Speaker 1: I have to play for it and earn it now,

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Speaker 1: and this is my chance to turn my turn, turn

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Speaker 3: If that happens, that would be great.

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Speaker 1: I still don't know if stylistically he's a great fit

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Speaker 1: That would be offensive lineman Elton Jenkins. Is it Elton?

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Speaker 3: No He was just released by the Packers.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know if I would put him at

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Speaker 2: But he's definitely a solid option if you if you

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Speaker 4: I like him.

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Speaker 1: The other names listed in the Sarge of You and

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Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: All right, Brett, time to play blind rank. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: You're gonna blindly rank teams that could win the Stanley Cup.

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Speaker 1: you used to be. Yeah, well, I mean you see

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Speaker 1: what Colorado is up the middle. Now, they already had

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Speaker 1: Nathan McKinnon, they already had Brock Nelson, and they go

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Speaker 1: acquire Nosam Kadri and then Scott waugh az here, which

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Speaker 1: is a solid fourth line center.

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Speaker 3: I'm up the middle. They're about as good against I

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Speaker 3: do agree.

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Speaker 2: With it, so that I don't think Cadre is nearly

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Speaker 2: as good though, but they're still a very scary team.

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Speaker 2: They're clearly the number one for me.

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Speaker 3: All Right, So you got Colorado one, Dallas at four,

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Speaker 3: Buffalo at.

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Speaker 1: Six, Anaheim seven, Vegas at eight. How about Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay at the lightning.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they got to get healthy. They had like two

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Speaker 2: or three centers out when the Wild just roll them

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Speaker 2: five to one. If they get healthy, and maybe they're

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Speaker 2: doing the LTI R Vegas copyrighted cap.

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Speaker 3: You know situation. But I think they've got a ways

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Speaker 3: to go.

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Speaker 2: I would put them at nine, because that's that's all

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Speaker 2: that I've got.

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Speaker 1: I want to save two, three and five. Wild owned

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Speaker 1: them pretty good the other night, That is correct. The

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Speaker 1: Edmonton Oilers. It's a typical Edmonton season where they're not

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Speaker 1: as good in the regular season as could be, but

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Speaker 1: they're still always scary in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, to me, I would it's either two or three.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to put them. I just Nickdavid finds a

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Speaker 2: way to carry the team, despite having bad goaltending, despite

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Speaker 2: having some defensive issues, finds a way to carry them.

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Speaker 2: So I'll put them. Yep, I'll put them at three.

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Speaker 2: The Oilers, all right. The Detroit Red Wings, you have two,

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Speaker 2: five and ten available. Detroit, it's hockey town. It is

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Speaker 2: hockey town, and that's where the inspiration for the state

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Speaker 2: of hockey came.

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Speaker 1: If you get a nice ole, cute little town, we

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Speaker 1: have an entire state of hockey.

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Speaker 3: All right, that's right.

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Speaker 2: We've got a blue line around our board. Yeah, all right,

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Speaker 2: we took our knocks in the penalty box. It's no

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Speaker 2: shot at them. But I'm assuming the next team is

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Speaker 2: going to be better than them, So I will go

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Speaker 2: ten for the Red Wings.

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Speaker 1: Ten for Detroit. So you have two and five available

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Speaker 1: your Minnesota Wild. Do I just go full go home,

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Speaker 1: Let's do it. Let's put him at mis two behind.

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Speaker 1: You just said how scary were Dallas. You've got her

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Speaker 1: head of Dallas.

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Speaker 3: That's right. I think that can beat him.

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Speaker 2: But I Dallas is just so deep and they've got

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Speaker 2: so much scoring potential.

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Speaker 3: And then Ottinger. I mean this, obviously, this Wild team

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Speaker 3: is the best we've ever had. The point like, there's

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Speaker 3: no arguing that.

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Speaker 2: I'm still frightened of when Jake Allen we couldn't beat

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Speaker 2: him for like a whole series they couldn't score against.

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Speaker 3: Was that was a much different team, correct.

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Speaker 2: But Ottinger is a much different goalie than Jake Allen,

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Speaker 2: So that team does worry me. I think they can

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Speaker 2: beat him, but it's still frightening. But this is the

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Speaker 2: most exciting Wild team in history. Put him at number two,

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Speaker 2: let's go all.

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Speaker 1: Right, and then number five, you're gonna have the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Penguins, Yeah, I mean, in fairness, i'd probably trade

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Speaker 2: them out for Tampa Bay at nine or Detroit at ten.

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Speaker 2: They're a fine team, but I don't I don't know

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Speaker 2: if they're if they've got the legs for a Cup run.

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Speaker 3: At this point, I like this blind. It's not that

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Speaker 3: all right.

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Speaker 1: Your final blind rank is Colorado one, Minnesota two, Edmonton three,

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Speaker 1: Dallas four, Pittsburgh five, Buffalo six, Anaheim seven. They should

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Speaker 1: be ten on this list Vegas eight, Tampa Bay nine,

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Speaker 1: and Detroit ten.

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Speaker 3: That's it for blind rank.

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Speaker 1: We'll i talk Minnesota Vikings football with Dane Mizzitani. He

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Speaker 1: covers the Vikings for the Pioneer Press. We're gonna chat

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Speaker 1: with Dane next year on the ten Fitzerial. There's nothing

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Speaker 1: This is the ten of Fitzgerald coming back tomorrow. Let's

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Speaker 1: take a peek at the Purple. It's brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Affordable Electric and we're going to talk with the

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Speaker 1: Pioneer Press writer for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 3: That would be Dane Mizzatani. Hi, Dane, how are you

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Speaker 3: I'm good.

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Speaker 4: I'm a little bored, not much going on, but happy

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Speaker 4: to be on.

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Speaker 3: Well, you said you're bored.

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you, like during free agency year,

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Speaker 1: I guess the legal tampering period. Are you basically like

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Speaker 1: on call eighteen hours a day. Are you able to

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Speaker 1: like schedule anything else in life or you just focused

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Speaker 1: on vikings NonStop every single end.

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Speaker 4: Of the day. That's a yes and no. I mean

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Speaker 4: like in years past, like last year, for example, you

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Speaker 4: knew they had money to spend, you knew what they

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Speaker 4: were going to make a big splash, so you felt

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Speaker 4: a little bit more on call. Now this year, like,

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Speaker 4: the activity doesn't really surprise me, so I'm not sitting

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Speaker 4: by my phone connected to it, Like I went on

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Speaker 4: a run yesterday. I wasn't too worried about missing something.

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Speaker 4: So I'd say it probably varies with the year. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean, as bored as I am, this was kind

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Speaker 4: of expected. They weren't going to go out and spend

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Speaker 4: a bunch of money like teams did have so far.

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Speaker 1: So obviously, the biggest news in the last half hour

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Speaker 1: or so would be that Gino Smith traded from the

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Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders back to where he started with the

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Speaker 1: New York Jets. So many believe that the Jets were

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Speaker 1: kind of competition for the Vikings for the top quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: on the market, one including Kyler Murray. Percent chance Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray is the Vikings starting quarterback.

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Speaker 4: It feels like ninety five percent at this point, because,

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Speaker 4: like I thought, the Jets were really the only other

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Speaker 4: competition that might be jockeying for position with the Vikings

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Speaker 4: for Kyler Murray. Maybe the Steelers make sense for Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 4: Maybe they'll kind of dip their toe in, depending on

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Speaker 4: what clarity Aaron Rodgers does or does not give them.

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Speaker 4: But I was looking at the Jets as really their

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Speaker 4: main competition. So right now, with Gino Smith getting traded there,

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Speaker 4: it does feel a little bit like Kyler Murray or

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Speaker 4: bust for the Vikings. The good news, I guess, is

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Speaker 4: all the reports, if you're just reading the tee le's

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Speaker 4: all the reports have really tied Kyler Murray to the

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Speaker 4: Vikings already, So it feels pretty imminent. I'd say ninety

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Speaker 4: five percent. And you know, if he signed, I think

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Speaker 4: he's going to be the starter. You can say, well,

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Speaker 4: there's going to be competition or baby, But I mean,

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Speaker 4: he's not signing here to be the backup, and maybe

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Speaker 4: you'd fake a competition, but Kyler Murray would win that.

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Speaker 1: So I know the guy you really wanted was Marcus Mariota,

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Speaker 1: but he resigned with the Washington Commanders. So after Mariota

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Speaker 1: was was Murray the guy that you were looking at

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Speaker 1: that would be the best way for the Vikings? And

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Speaker 1: how do you think he would fit? Because it does

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Speaker 1: seem like his style contrasts a little bit with the

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Speaker 1: type of quarterbacks Kevin O'Connell has typically had here in

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Speaker 1: his tenure.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Mariota would have made sense if JJ showed a

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Speaker 4: little bit more last year, like get a bit betteran in.

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Speaker 4: I think Mariota makes sense a ton in Washington. Happy

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Speaker 4: for him. I've been a fan of his obviously for

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Speaker 4: a very long time, but I think Kyler Murray always

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Speaker 4: made the most sense to me. I wrote this in

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Speaker 4: the Pioneer Press this week heading into free agency, like,

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Speaker 4: if you're the Vikings and you want to compete next year,

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Speaker 4: like he's the obvious choice. Maybe it's not a perfect fit,

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Speaker 4: But when you're getting into free agency like this, there

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Speaker 4: really is no perfect fit. A lot of these guys

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Speaker 4: are available for a reason because they've either flamed out

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Speaker 4: with their teams or their team is willing to let

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Speaker 4: them go. I think the idea that the Vikings could

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Speaker 4: maybe trade for Joe Burrow or maybe trade for Lamar

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Speaker 4: Jackson kind of broke people's brain like that was like

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Speaker 4: a fun fodder to talk about last season when the

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Speaker 4: Vikings felt like they were pretty directionless, But those big

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Speaker 4: names were never really on the table. So I think

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Speaker 4: people talking about, well, Kyler Murray doesn't fit perfectly. He doesn't,

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Speaker 4: but he's still the most talented player out there. And

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Speaker 4: when it became pretty imminent that he was gonna get

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Speaker 4: released by the Cardinals, even before then, I thought he

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Speaker 4: made the most sense for the Vikings. But as each

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Speaker 4: day and we kind of progressed this offseason, he felt

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Speaker 4: like the guy who made the most sense to me.

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Speaker 4: And I still feel that way here heading into tomorrow,

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Speaker 4: which maybe we'll see a little bit more movement on

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Speaker 4: that front, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, And there's probably no more cryptic player than Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: and not only in the Nation Football League, but maybe

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Speaker 1: in all the sports. And I know I shouldn't be

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Speaker 1: surprised that on March tenth, Aaron Rodgers isn't signed somewhere,

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Speaker 1: because that's just his.

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Speaker 3: History and his nature.

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Speaker 1: It still seems odd to me, given you know, he

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Speaker 1: played for the Steelers last year, and if you were

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Speaker 1: going to resign, it would just make sense to do

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Speaker 1: it in a couple months leading up to free agency.

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Speaker 1: And here we are in free agency and he has

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Speaker 1: not signed anywhere yet.

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Speaker 3: Do you think there's any chance, Because.

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Speaker 1: There was obviously conversations with Koc and Rodgers last offseason

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Speaker 1: that Rodgers might dip on Pittsburgh and try to flirt

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Speaker 1: with Minnesota again.

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Speaker 4: The only way I even entertained that as a possibility

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Speaker 4: is if somehow tomorrow rolls around, Kyler decides that he

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Speaker 4: wants to go to Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh decides that they

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Speaker 4: want Kyler, and then the Vikings are sitting there kind

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Speaker 4: of wondering where do they go next? And I'd obviously

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Speaker 4: think on maybe Aaron Rodgers makes sense, But right now, no,

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Speaker 4: I don't see it, and it doesn't I'm with you.

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Speaker 4: It doesn't surprise me that he hasn't made a decision yet.

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Speaker 4: I don't expect him to make a decision for a while.

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Speaker 4: Here but I think whenever he does, it probably just

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Speaker 4: ends up with him going back to Pittsburgh or retiring.

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Speaker 4: So it's fun. If he somehow wound up here and

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Speaker 4: kind of fulfilled that Brett Favre prophecy, it'd be a

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Speaker 4: heck of the year and certainly one worth following. But

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Speaker 4: I don't think that's happening.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's let's switch positions. Let's move to behind

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Speaker 1: the quarterback at the running back position. Aaron Jones getting released,

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Speaker 1: so obviously there's an opening there, even though Jordan Mason

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Speaker 1: still here. A lot of the biggest name running backs

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Speaker 1: are already off the board. But Checko just going to

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Speaker 1: Detroit now etn on his way to New Orleans, Kenneth

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Speaker 1: Walker to Kansas City. Not a lot of significant names available.

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Speaker 1: What do you think is the plan moving forward at

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Speaker 1: the running back position. Are they just going to hold

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Speaker 1: off until the draft or is there still a name

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Speaker 1: out there that would intrigue you.

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Speaker 4: I think the only name right now that would intrigue

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Speaker 4: me is Rashad White, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back,

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Speaker 4: who isn't going back there because the Buccaneers signed Kenneth Gainwell,

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Speaker 4: so he would make sense if if the price is right,

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Speaker 4: he's a pass catching back. I think that pairs pretty

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Speaker 4: nicely with what Jordan Mason does. I think Jordan Mason

660
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Speaker 4: will probably just end up being the lead back regardless

661
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Speaker 4: of who they bring in. So if you want to

662
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Speaker 4: find someone who compliments his skill set, I think Rasad

663
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 4: White makes sense. He can do that good pass catcher,

664
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Speaker 4: pretty good pass blocker, which is something Jordan Mason has

665
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 4: struggled with throughout his career. But the only thing that

666
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 4: I would kind of be wary of is the money

667
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 4: being thrown around the running backs right now. Rashad White

668
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 4: might cost more than you want to spend with how

669
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 4: the contracts have played out. So if it's not him,

670
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 4: I think it's it's got to be somebody in the draft,

671
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 4: maybe in the first couple of days of the draft.

672
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 4: You have three picks in the first two days right now,

673
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,480
Speaker 4: with maybe more coming depending on what happens here. With

674
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 4: a potential of Jonathan Gernard trade, I mean, he's a

675
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 4: name that's been floated over the last couple of weeks here,

676
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 4: so I think it's probably just going to end up

677
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 4: with the Vikings. Looking at the draft pool, it's a

678
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 4: deep running back draft, looking at the money that's been

679
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 4: spent in free agency and just saying, let's get younger.

680
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 4: Let's take a shot on an explosive guy in the

681
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 4: draft rather than settling for maybe the second wave of

682
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 4: the running back field.

683
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Speaker 1: All right, and you to tell me what you know

684
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,239
Speaker 1: about couner back James Pierre, who the Vikings signed from

685
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: the Steelers yesterday two years, eight point five million dollars.

686
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: I think probably most Vikings fans weren't too familiar with him.

687
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: It almost comes across as like an Isaiah Rodgers deal

688
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 1: were last year. They got Isaiah Rodgers on the first

689
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: day of free agency. They got him super cheap and

690
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: ended up being a pretty decent starter for them.

691
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 3: What can you tell us about Pierre?

692
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not going to sit here and pretend like

693
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 4: I knew a bunch about James Pierre before yesterday, because

694
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Speaker 4: when they signed him, I was like, wait a minute,

695
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 4: I had only thought I remembered him from he had

696
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 4: almost I think he had a pick that turned out

697
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 4: to be not a pick in Dublin against the Viking,

698
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 4: so he's played against them. But I think with James Pierre,

699
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Speaker 4: when I've learned in my research, he's the guy who

700
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 4: he could project as somewhat of a late bloomer late

701
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 4: in his career. He played roughly a little under forty

702
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 4: percent of the staffs last year for Pittsburgh, but a

703
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 4: lot down the stretch, and if you like PFF grade,

704
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 4: some people do, some people don't. He topped out as

705
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 4: the number three ranked cornerback amongst those who had played

706
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 4: at least four hundred snaps last year, and in the

707
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 4: number two ranked cornerback in terms of just specifically coverage.

708
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 4: So there is something there. There's something in the tank.

709
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 4: And Brian Flores has crossed over with him in Pittsburgh

710
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 4: when he was there under Mike Tomlin, and the new

711
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 4: defensive backs coach for the Vikings, Darald Alexander, crossed over

712
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 4: with him last year, having having coached him in Pittsburgh.

713
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 4: So I think James Pierre, while I don't expect him

714
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 4: to be this lockdown corner who moves the needle a

715
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 4: ton for the Vikings to worthwhile depth signing with some

716
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 4: upside too. You're right, it feels a lot like Isaiah Rodgers.

717
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 4: Be honest, didn't know a ton about him last year

718
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 4: when they signed him in the first day of free agency.

719
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 4: Learned that it was a pretty good deal. So I

720
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 4: trust Brian Flores. This guy's also six two one that

721
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 4: projects to be a kind of what Brian Flores likes

722
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 4: in his cornerbacks.

723
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Speaker 1: Talking with Dane Mizzatani, he covers the Minnesota Vikings for

724
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: the Pioneer Press. You talking about depth, we also need

725
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: some depth of wide receiver now because Jalen Naylor signs

726
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,959
Speaker 1: with the the Raiders three years up to thirty five

727
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: million dollars, A lot of money for a guy who

728
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: hasn't had thirty catches in a season. But yeah, I

729
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: don't think wide receiver three is super important for the

730
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,839
Speaker 1: Vikings unless they have injuries. It seems like they play

731
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: a lot of two wide receiver sets and throw out

732
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: a couple of tight ends out there. But is there

733
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,240
Speaker 1: a guy in free agency? Is there an in house

734
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 1: option to move up into that spot? Is there someone

735
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Speaker 1: they're going to draft? How do you see them addressing

736
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: their their their wide receiver depth? Is there anyone who

737
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Speaker 1: intrigues you?

738
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 4: Yeah? I would assume at some point we see like

739
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 4: almost like a James peer at cornerback move at receiver,

740
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 4: like a guy who they can bring in on the cheap.

741
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,400
Speaker 4: That makes sense. Having had experience in the league. I

742
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 4: don't know exactly who that looks like. I know some

743
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 4: people have tied them to two two at well. I

744
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 4: don't know if that makes a ton of sense, because

745
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 4: I think the Vikings, if they dip into the free

746
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 4: agency pool, probably want someone who's a little bigger in

747
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 4: terms of just frame or Their profiles at receiver are

748
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 4: all pretty similar, justin Jefferson, Jordanais and similar body types.

749
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 4: And then you look at ty Felton, then Miles Price,

750
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 4: two speedsters who to you know, I think a possession

751
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 4: receiver if you dip your toe into the free agent market,

752
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 4: kind of makes sense for the Vikings. But I don't

753
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 4: expect them to go out and spend a ton of

754
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 4: money to bring in like say a Deebo Samuel, who's

755
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 4: out there obviously up there in age, probably over the hill,

756
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 4: but somebody like that. I can't see that happening. I

757
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:43,359
Speaker 4: think it'll be more of a bargain signing. And then,

758
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 4: similar to what I just said about running back, I

759
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 4: think the Vikings probably target some receiver in the first

760
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 4: couple of days of the draft too. It's not a

761
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 4: huge priority in the offense wide receiver three, like you said,

762
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 4: but I do think there is a role for it.

763
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 4: And Kevin O'Connell's off and he's going to want somebody

764
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 4: he trusts. So I think with TJ. Hockinson back, Justin Jefferson,

765
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 4: Jordan ass and TJ. Hockinson, those will be your primary

766
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 4: pass catchers. Whoever you take it running back or bring

767
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 4: in it running back will probably be a primary pass catcher.

768
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 4: But I wouldn't just count just the wide receiver three.

769
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 4: I think they'll do something to kind of shore up

770
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 4: the depths there.

771
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: I think most people saw the Jalen Naylor departure coming.

772
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: How about Ryan Wright leaving for New Orleans for your

773
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,800
Speaker 1: contract eight million dollars guaranteed fourteen million dollars total.

774
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 3: Did that catch you off guard yesterday?

775
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, a little bit. I mean anytime I see double

776
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 4: digit money and I know it's eight million guaranteed, but

777
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 4: you see the fourteen million dollar sticker shock of the

778
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 4: four year deal for a punter made me kind of

779
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 4: turn my head. I didn't think really anything of it

780
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 4: heading into the offseason. I figured the Vikings would just

781
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,439
Speaker 4: find a way to bring him back and they trot

782
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 4: out the same battery of Andrew Depaula, who resigned today

783
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 4: snapping to Ryan Wright and Will Riker kicking on the

784
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 4: other end. So I was pretty surprised by the Ryan

785
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 4: Wright signing. We'll find somebody to punt the ball, but

786
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 4: you got to find somebody who can hold for Will Riker.

787
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 4: They did have a pretty good chemistry. Will Riker's very

788
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 4: very good. I think he'll be able to develop chemistry

789
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,280
Speaker 4: with whoever's holding the ball for him. But it's something

790
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 4: to keep an eye on as they kind of search

791
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 4: the market for who to replace Ryan. Right.

792
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: There were rumors within the last week or so about

793
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 1: the Vikings maybe shopping Jonathan Grenard, that he wants a

794
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: contract extension, he wants to get paid. How do you

795
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: see the the Grenard situation playing out? Do you think

796
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: it's what percent chance he's traded? What percent chances he's

797
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: staying here? And if he does go, what do you

798
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: expect the Vikings to recoup for him?

799
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, I still think it's more likely than not that

800
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 4: he stays, just because if you're the Vikings and you

801
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 4: train Jonathan Garnard, you get worse. You get worse immediately

802
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 4: By trading one of your best players on defense. The

803
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 4: only reason I think it even has popped up as

804
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,359
Speaker 4: a possibility is because we talk about the money that

805
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 4: that's been thrown around a free agency and the money

806
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 4: that you know, edge rushers at the top of the

807
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 4: list are getting right now, Jonathan Gernard probably wants a raise.

808
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 4: He's at nineteen million dollars around there per year, probably

809
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 4: underpaid by whatever metrics you want to look at to

810
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 4: measure good or elite pass rushers. He probably deserves a raise.

811
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 4: And if you're the Vikings, do you want to commit

812
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 4: that much money to a guy who turns thirty next year?

813
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 4: When you have a guy in Dallas Turner waiting in

814
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 4: the wings, I'm probably ready to take on a bigger role.

815
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 4: So I think if Jonathan Gernard says or his camp says, look,

816
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 4: we want to get up there in terms of how

817
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 4: we're being paid relative to the rest of the league,

818
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 4: then if you're the Vikings, it might make sense to

819
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 4: cash out now, get as much as you can for him,

820
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 4: because once he turns thirty, once he turns thirty one,

821
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 4: thirty two, if you've committed to once money to him,

822
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 4: he's never going to be more valuable than he is

823
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,359
Speaker 4: right now in terms of what you're going to get back.

824
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 4: So while I wouldn't like to lose him, I think

825
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 4: you get worse. Like I said, I think if he

826
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 4: needs a bunch of money, you might want to just

827
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 4: cut your losses at that point, get what you can

828
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 4: for him, and take a big swing or a big

829
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 4: bet on Dallas Turner turning into the player that you

830
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 4: thought you would he would be when when you took

831
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 4: him number seventeen overall in twenty twenty four NFL drafts.

832
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 4: So I still, like I said, I think it's more

833
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 4: likely than not Jon than Gernard's on the team. But

834
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 4: if certain things break a certain way over the next

835
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 4: forty eight seventy two hours, it might make sense that

836
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 4: to go look out what you can get for him.

837
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be a Vikings offseason unless we're talking about

838
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: how they improve the interior of their offensive line. Ryan Kelly,

839
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: with all the concussion issues last year, he retires. A

840
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: bunch of centers are already off the market and they're

841
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: making a ton of money right now, and clearly the

842
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 1: Vikings don't have a lot of money to work with.

843
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 3: So I want to know.

844
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: How do the Vikings feel about Blake Brandell and Michael

845
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: Jurgens potentially at center, or do you still think they

846
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: go out externally, whether it would be I guess, on

847
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: the cheap, in free agency or even in the draft.

848
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the one I'm kind of waiting for today.

849
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 4: I thought maybe we'd see some center movement or the

850
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 4: Vikings finding a way to kind of bring in some

851
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 4: depth there. I know they like Blake Blake Brandell. I

852
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 4: know even before he played center last season, they thought

853
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,280
Speaker 4: he was a guy who could at some point potentially

854
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 4: fill in in the middle of the offensive line. And

855
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 4: he was fine when he did. He wasn't a sieven

856
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 4: there who was giving up a ton of pressures left

857
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 4: and right. But I think you would probably want somebody

858
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 4: who's done it with more regularity than just rolling into

859
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 4: next season with Blake Brandell, who played center for the

860
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 4: first time last year, and Michael Jurgens, who looks more

861
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 4: the part of a depth piece than somebody you want

862
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 4: starting in the middle there. So I think they'll probably

863
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 4: at some point try to find a veteran that makes

864
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 4: sense somewhat on the cheap, not too cheap, because you

865
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 4: can't go too cheap with that or you're going to

866
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 4: be wishing you spent more. But someone in free agency

867
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 4: makes sense. There's still a decent amount of talent in

868
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 4: that second wave, but we'll see how that plays off

869
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 4: from there. That maybe that's another one to day two,

870
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 4: day three of the draft. You look to kind of

871
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 4: fortify the middle with a player there, with prospect there.

872
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 4: But I expect them to sign a free agent center

873
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 4: at some point. I'm kind of surprised it hasn't happened already.

874
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: All Right, final question for you, and this one might

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Speaker 1: be a challenging one for you to answer because I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming you haven't been an at Egan too much since

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Speaker 1: the season has been over. But Quazy out, Rob Razinsky in.

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Speaker 1: But I'm guessing I'd like to know with you, like

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Speaker 1: what's kind of the hierarchy now and how decisions are

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Speaker 1: being made, Like is free agency still kind of running

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Speaker 1: through Brazinski? Is koc making all the calls on this?

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Speaker 1: Like what is that hierarchy set up like right now?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was interesting talking to Rob at the combine

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Speaker 4: last month or the end of February a few weeks ago,

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Speaker 4: because that was our question, like who who is the

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Speaker 4: final say, who has final say on the roster? So

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Speaker 4: when he kind of talked around it, rob Rasinski, we

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Speaker 4: haven't really talked to him on the record. I certainly

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Speaker 4: never talked to him on the record since I've started

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Speaker 4: covering the team, but talked to him a bunch just

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Speaker 4: in the press spots. He's a nice guy. Everybody loves

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Speaker 4: him in the organization, and he kind of talked around

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Speaker 4: who has final say. He said, well, it's going to

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Speaker 4: be collaborative, and you know, we'll talk to everybody and

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Speaker 4: make sure we can kind of come to a consensus.

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Speaker 4: But then he did admit, like the Wolves have asked

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Speaker 4: rob Erzinski to kind of be that final say if

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Speaker 4: push came to shop now. I don't think that means

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Speaker 4: rob Erzinski is running this like a dictatorship and saying

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Speaker 4: this is my call, we're doing this. I think he's

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Speaker 4: has a ton of input from Kevin O'Connell. I would

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Speaker 4: assume Brian Flores probably had some input in the James

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Speaker 4: Pierre signing. I don't venture to guess that Robert Zinski

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Speaker 4: was combing James Pierre tape and said this is our guy.

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Speaker 4: Like I would assume Brian Flores have a say in that,

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Speaker 4: so I think it's collaborative to a degree, to a

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Speaker 4: certain point. But Rob's the acting general manager right now,

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Speaker 4: and he has final say on this roster until the

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Speaker 4: will say he doesn't, So that's kind of the hierarchy.

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Speaker 4: But I don't know that he'll ever get to a

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Speaker 4: point tier over the next few weeks, even in the

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Speaker 4: next few months where Rob is saying this is my

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Speaker 4: decision and that's final. It's not really how he operates.

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Speaker 4: You don't last. You don't get hired in nineteen ninety

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Speaker 4: nine and last with the organization until now twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 4: if you're kind of a guy who's pushing everybody around.

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Speaker 4: So he has final say, but I don't think he'll

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Speaker 4: use it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Dan, appreciate your time, and look forward to

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Speaker 1: your Kyler Murray story Thursday morning in the Pioneer Press anytime, alright,

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Speaker 1: Dane Mizzatani covers the Vikings for the Pioneer Press.

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Speaker 3: Mark Rosen joins us in studio.

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Speaker 1: Next we're going to continue probably a little Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: Vikings quarterback conversation with him next right here on the

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Speaker 1: ten of Fitzgerald