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Speaker 1: having fun with the game again. What's up, guys. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to talk about today, Chris. We gotta break down the

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Speaker 1: giant bummer that was Sunday in Kansas City. We got

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Speaker 1: It was interesting not only to watch the game on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: them to be one of the top two seeds. I

431
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Speaker 1: think they could very easily finish twelve and four, if

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Speaker 1: not thirteen and three. They get Caroline at home, which

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Speaker 1: is really really helpful this time of year. And I

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Speaker 1: love the Niners, I do, and that's a hell of

435
00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,359
Speaker 1: a difficult game. But let's see who the Niners are

436
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,760
Speaker 1: in two weeks as they start playing their own division

437
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,960
Speaker 1: and some really difficult teams. But let's say you split

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Speaker 1: those two. Now you're at You're at eight and three.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna beat the hell out of the Giants. They're

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00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 1: gonna beat the hell out of Washington. They're gonna probably

441
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,359
Speaker 1: embarrass Chicago. So now if we beat them, that's your

442
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 1: second loss. And you got to hope for Detroit to

443
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Speaker 1: beat them right then and there to push them to eleven.

444
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,600
Speaker 1: And despite them feeling all angry about refs, I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think they're in a good situation

446
00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: and it wouldn't surprise me if they finished twelve and

447
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 1: fourth in three. No, it wouldn't. It wouldn't. But that's

448
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,840
Speaker 1: here listening to me, Viking fans. How sweet is it

449
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 1: going to be to watch them lose after a buy?

450
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,920
Speaker 1: I can see them losing at San Francisco, I see

451
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Speaker 1: them losing at Minnesota, I see them losing at Detroit.

452
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 1: So I definitely have three there that they lose that.

453
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Speaker 1: Did you watch the last play of the Lions game

454
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Speaker 1: last week when Matt Patricia called a fourth down pass

455
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Speaker 1: and had his two star receivers out. The Lions play

456
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: them tough at home. They always do. It's a division game.

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Speaker 1: I can see them playing spoiler right there. Yeah, I

458
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:36,160
Speaker 1: can see Matt Patricia doing cartwheels. It's happening, so I hope.

459
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Speaker 1: So I love it. I love being wrong about stuff

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Speaker 1: like this, all right. Number three, The key to a

461
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Speaker 1: successful Vikings offense is balanced. I looked up a stat

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Speaker 1: on Monday after the Chief game, Um, we're towards the

463
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Speaker 1: bottom of the league and turned the path percentage we

464
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 1: only work were almost fifty fifty split and in that

465
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,920
Speaker 1: Chief's game we only ran about forty percent of the time.

466
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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, we skewed towards the path a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I think if we run the ball a lot and

468
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: we run it well, that SIT's up to play action

469
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 1: in deep shot downfield. Yeah, I think I gotta pound

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Speaker 1: the ball and be balanced. What do you think, sy,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with unpredictability. I think in today's NFL, especially,

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Speaker 1: you watch the coaches who are successful Belichick, Forever McVeigh

473
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Speaker 1: last year, and now specifically Kyle Shannon. My favorite thing

474
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Speaker 1: in the league is when you see teams passing out

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Speaker 1: of heavy sets and running out of light sets. I've

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Speaker 1: loved the underneath screens to root off. I've loved the

477
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,840
Speaker 1: underneath screens to cook and by that same token, and

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Speaker 1: I haven't dove deep into the metrics. This is all

479
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Speaker 1: eye test here. I think when we run out of

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Speaker 1: three wide receivers, which we're not in three wide receivers

481
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Speaker 1: a ton, but when we run out of it, it's successful.

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Speaker 1: It's silly to say, but very few football teams have

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Speaker 1: an array of weapons that they can do that, and

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Speaker 1: this team does. So if they do their best to

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Speaker 1: remain unpredictable, I think that's that's the best thing that

486
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Speaker 1: can happen. And that's what Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski

487
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Speaker 1: always says he enjoys when the Vikings offense is multiple.

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Speaker 1: For that reason, my fill in the blank is Dalvin.

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Speaker 1: So if Dalvin plays well, Kirk plays well, because that

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Speaker 1: play action that Kirk is in all the time, he

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Speaker 1: for some reason, when he's in play action, he just

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Speaker 1: gets in a rhythm and he throws a dart to

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Speaker 1: whoever he's throwing the ball too, and I love to

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Speaker 1: see it. So when Dalvin plays well, the Vikings are

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Speaker 1: on the ball fifty one point six percent of the time,

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Speaker 1: which is the third most in the league, and the

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Speaker 1: reason why they do that is because of Dalvin Cook

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Speaker 1: number four. The only remaining undefeated team the San Francisco

499
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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers. What record will they finish with this season?

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Speaker 1: They play Seattle, Arizona, and Green Bay at home, then

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Speaker 1: they go to Baltimore and New Orleans, both on the road.

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Speaker 1: Then they're at home against Atlanta and the Los Angeles Rams,

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Speaker 1: and they finish off at Seattle. So sy San Francisco

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, what record they're gonna have? I have

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Speaker 1: no idea. I have no idea, and I think I'll

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Speaker 1: have an idea of who they'll be after this game

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Speaker 1: against Seattle. Says a lot that you have no idea.

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00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, I just make stuff up constantly.

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Speaker 1: But the crazy thing is, remember when I said, if

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Speaker 1: the Vikings have to go through these teams to get

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. If the if the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: go five and three down the stretch here, and they have,

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Speaker 1: they are in the playoffs with a thirteen and three record,

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Speaker 1: most likely a first round by if not home field

515
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Speaker 1: advantage and they faced this lineup. Yikes, look out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they are going to go at thirteen and three.

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Speaker 1: They've they've proven it so far, kind of like if

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have to earn it. You know, they got

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Speaker 1: some good teams on what left of their schedule. I

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Speaker 1: have the forty nine ers at twelve and four, losing

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Speaker 1: a couple tough games on the road to Baltimore, New

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Speaker 1: Orleans and at Seattle, and there's a couple games in there.

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Speaker 1: I think they lose one, so all right, last one

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Speaker 1: the road to the super Bowl will go through who

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Speaker 1: in the NFC. I'm saying New Orleans. You know, they

526
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Speaker 1: only have one loss right now. They're division if not

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Speaker 1: very good this year. You know, they do have to

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Speaker 1: play the Falcon twice, you know they Yeah, they do

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Speaker 1: have to play the nine Ers at home. I think

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Speaker 1: their schedule just stepped up favorably and the theme like

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Speaker 1: every few years, New Orleans had the number one seed,

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Speaker 1: and I think it happening again this year. It's pretty simple,

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Speaker 1: it's whoever wins that New Orleans San Francisco game. The

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Speaker 1: three teams that are vying for it play each other.

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Speaker 1: Green Bay gets San Francisco and San Francisco and then

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Speaker 1: San Francisco goes to New Orleans, but with three weeks

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Speaker 1: to play, whichever team knocks the other team off and

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Speaker 1: the has the head to head advantage, because I think

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Speaker 1: it's very, very likely that they could end up with

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Speaker 1: the same records. Right, I'm saying watch out for Seattle

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Speaker 1: as well. Oh you're a dumb I'm saying watch out

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Speaker 1: for Seattle. I'm throwing them in there. Yeah, well, well

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Speaker 1: we'll watch out for that, all right. Since we have

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Speaker 1: Eric here, we will move on to preview the Vikings

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Speaker 1: at Dallas game, and then we're gonna finish up with

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Speaker 1: some fan voicemails. So, looking at this Vikings Dallas game,

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Speaker 1: as SI said earlier, seven twenty pm Sunday Night Football,

548
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Speaker 1: if you want to ask Kirk Cousins to have a

549
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: big game on primetime in the biggest stadium in the NFL,

550
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: this is where you're gonna want to see it happen. So, SI,

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Speaker 1: what are you expecting from this game? And what is

552
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 1: your X factor that you're kind of looking at for

553
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Speaker 1: the Vikings to win this game. The one thing that

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00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: I like about it is, you know, a pretty underdiscussed

555
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: thing in the NFL is how teams are built and

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00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 1: what home field advantage really truly means. And I'll give

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Speaker 1: you an example of what I'm talking about. The Eagles

558
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: go down and get they get they come here, they

559
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: get destroyed. Right then they go down to Dallas, they

560
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: get destroyed. Everybody goes the season's over because they're going

561
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Speaker 1: to Buffalo. Buffalo's got one of the best defenses in

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Speaker 1: the league. And if you stop for a minute, you went, well,

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00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 1: let's let's break this down. The Eagles play outdoors. They're

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Speaker 1: very clearly built to play outdoors. So they're only loss

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00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: at home was the Lions, and God, they just gave

566
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Speaker 1: that game to the Lions every chance they had. When

567
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 1: they played in domes, Like I said, we thrashed them.

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00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: The Cowboys thrashed them, and the Falcons really kind of

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Speaker 1: embarrass them. If you now look at what's the Falcons team.

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Speaker 1: This is so they go outdoors on in an environment,

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Speaker 1: even though it's not a home game. They are built

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Speaker 1: for the outdoors in their home. They go to the

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Speaker 1: Bills and they put a stomping on. Furthermore, they did

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Speaker 1: it outside in Lambeaux, right, So I think when you

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00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: talk about this team I'm not saying we're only built

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00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 1: for a dome or we can't play outdoors, but I'm

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00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 1: saying we are going to play in an environment that

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00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: is like our environment. So I like the matchup a

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00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: little bit better than I did when we went to

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. We can get fast, we can move. A

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00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: lot of the stuff that our offense is predicated on

582
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: is going to be easier to execute down there. Yeah,

583
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: our team and mostly our defense plays so much better

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00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: on turf, so much faster. I think the area I'm

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00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: looking forward to watching is on third down. You know,

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00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: Dallas is very good on third down. They're often actually

587
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: number one. They're completing like fifty percent of their third downs.

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00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: The defensive number two, we're gonna have to make play that.

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00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: I think it's going to come down to the fourth quarter.

590
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: The Viking talk a lot about being good in the

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00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: final ten minutes of the game. That wasn't the case

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00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: necessarily in Kansas City, and I think we're eager for

593
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: a chance to change it up on a Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: Dallas is entering Week ten leading the NFL in yards

595
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: per game total four over four hundred and thirty yards

596
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: per game and passing they've been unbelievable eight point four

597
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: yards per passing play. So what do this What does

598
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: the Vikings defense need to do to kind of slow

599
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: down Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, Amari Cooper. I mean,

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Speaker 1: coach Zimmer, do you touched on it this morning? He

601
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: said there's multiple weapons on this Cowboys offense that they

602
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: need to stop. Wrong question, Chris, I think the right question. Well,

603
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: I just think it's the wrong way to look at it.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying you're a moron. I just think it's

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00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: like I just backed it with stats. You're a moron, Chris. No, No,

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Speaker 1: I like, I just wanted to offer a different a

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00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 1: different viewpoint of it. You you hit it. It doesn't

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00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: matter who they play, they put up yards. So this

609
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: defense throughout this season has come and they've played, they've

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00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: played good offenses, they've played bad offense. They've they've done

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Speaker 1: what they've done. They're gonna do that again. Yes, if

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00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: we can go out and pick off Dak three times,

613
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: that's a game changer, but you have to expect we're

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00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: going to play them really tough, but they are going

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00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 1: to put some points on the board. So to me,

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00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: as opposed to saying, what does this defense have to

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00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: do to stop this offense? I'm thinking, what does this

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00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: offense have to do? How does this offense have to

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Speaker 1: play to compete in this game? Because to me, this

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00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: game is more like the Lions game. You gotta understand

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Speaker 1: they might put up thirty points. Do I think they will?

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Speaker 1: Know Zimmer's a beast, But that could happen, especially if

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Speaker 1: a mistake happens in a different phase of the game.

624
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: You throw a pick, you fumble a kick, something happens

625
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: where you give you the points or easy points away.

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Speaker 1: You might wind up in a situation where this isn't

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00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: quite a shootout. But I would love to see the

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Speaker 1: mentality that we saw in the Eagles game and in

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Speaker 1: the Lions game, And honestly, I think we will because

630
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Speaker 1: in both those games you had an offense that you're like,

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Speaker 1: if we let off the gas here, we're in a

632
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: lot of trouble. So yes, I hope. I hope the

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Speaker 1: def and holds him to ten points. I'm expecting the

634
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: Cowboys offense to be good and I hope to combat that.

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00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: We have a good scheme and we're pedal to the

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00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: medal against their defense. Yeah, and I think we have

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00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: the horses on offense to do that this year. But yeah, no,

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00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: the offense is shown especially during during that four game

639
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: winning streak, and I think they had like one hundred

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00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: and thirty points in four games. Like, yep, you have

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Speaker 1: to score point to win, you know. Like I know

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Speaker 1: he'd like being a hard nose and gritty, defensive minded team,

643
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Speaker 1: but you have to score too, And yeah, I would

644
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: agree with that. They gotta They're gonna have to outscore

645
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Speaker 1: them at some point when when you start talking about

646
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Speaker 1: about super Bowl teams, Let's talk about what you said.

647
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Speaker 1: When you start talking about super Bowl teams, they all

648
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: have some sort of interesting calling card, right, And to me,

649
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: you you just touched on what could be this team's right.

650
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: We are a gritty, hard nosed team. That's how Zimmer

651
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: has built this team. He wants to pound him, he

652
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: wants to run, he wants to do all these things.

653
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Speaker 1: But also, you have two of the best wide receivers

654
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: in the league. You have great tight ends, so you're

655
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: you're at this point where when you talk about the

656
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: last stretch of games against important teams, you start going,

657
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: can this thing come together? Can it be a gritty tough,

658
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: grind them out, beat them down defense with an offense that, oh,

659
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: we just scored three times in seven minutes. And that's

660
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: a super Bowl team. That's not a playoff team. That

661
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: is a super Bowl team. It's you look at I

662
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: know they lost last week, but the Patriots have a

663
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: fantastic defense and Tom Brady. The Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes

664
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Speaker 1: and Tyreek Kill, these things that are almost unreplicatable throughout

665
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Speaker 1: the league. No one else in the league has a

666
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: gritty pound you drive you down, keep you from scoring

667
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: defense and insane offensive weapons. So if we can put

668
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Speaker 1: it together on that side of the ball, who I

669
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Speaker 1: think the potential is there? You know like that we

670
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: have all the pieces, you know, the wide receiver, you know, Dalvin,

671
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: it's all there. We just got to go do it.

672
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Speaker 1: Let's also keep in mind this was a Dallas Cowboys

673
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: team that lost to the New York Jets two weeks ago,

674
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Speaker 1: so hopefully we can come on in great Chris, why

675
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: don't you just say that there's no chance they're ever

676
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: going to our defense. Our defense played unbelievable against Dak

677
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: and the entire most of this offense was there other

678
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: than Amari Cooper on a color rush game. I believe

679
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: it was two three years ago now, but a lot

680
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: of the pieces were very similar, especially the offensive line

681
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: as well. So I like the way this Vikings defense

682
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: matches up. I know that that that this offense is

683
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: scoring a lot of points this year. I like our

684
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Speaker 1: chance is looking at the defensive side of the ball.

685
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: Three hundred and eighteen yards per game is what this

686
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: Dallas defense allows. They're led by Robert Quinn, who has

687
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,959
Speaker 1: six and a half sacks this year, to Marcus Lawrence

688
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: is another pass rusher. Um, what do you see from

689
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: this Cowboys defense, Eric, that really stands out? Yeah, I

690
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: think you mentioned it, the defensive end, Quinn and Lawrence. Um.

691
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: I kind of watched their game against the Giant the

692
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: other night and they were they were all over the place. Um.

693
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: They have long cornerback. Um. You know they were mentioned

694
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Speaker 1: that this morning. They got long cornerback who can athletic

695
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: guys who can run um and there. And their linebackers

696
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: are good. Their linebackers are good. Layton van Dress I

697
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: don't think he played last week, but he's the beast

698
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: in the middle. And yeah, they're good. I mean, it's

699
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough game. I would argue that

700
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Speaker 1: they their defense has with the exception of Aaron Rodgers,

701
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: who put on a show against them, they have played

702
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: a collection of turds wrapped in other turds. They played

703
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Speaker 1: the Jets, They've played the Dolphins, correct, didn't they play

704
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: the Dolphins? I believe they have yet They've played their

705
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,760
Speaker 1: own division. So they played the Giants twice once with ELI.

706
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Speaker 1: So they played that New Orleans without breeze. They played

707
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: New Orleans without breeze. So and I'm not I'm not

708
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Speaker 1: disrespecting the defense. I expect the defense to be very good.

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Speaker 1: But when I've actually watched Dallas play, I think you

710
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: can get the ground game going against them, and I

711
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 1: think when you get the ground game going against them,

712
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Speaker 1: especially when you have the best running back in the NFL,

713
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: you can pretty easily get the pass game. To me,

714
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: you could say their first real past other than Aaron

715
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: Rodgers was the Eagles game. But that game went. That

716
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: was just one of those weird sideways mistake turnover driven

717
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: that got out of control immediately and they couldn't come

718
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: back from. So this this might be a top defense

719
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Speaker 1: in the league, but I'm curious to see what they

720
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Speaker 1: do with Dalvin Cook coming up the field against them.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, the Vikings take on the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 1: at seven twenty pm Central Time on NBC Sunday Night Football.

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Speaker 1: You'll have the whole crew, Al Michael's, Chris Collinsworth, Michelle Tafoya.

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Speaker 1: It'll be fun to watch. Thank you Eric for joint

725
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: on do predictions. We don't do predictions. I want you

726
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: guys to do predictions. All right, let's do it, Eric,

727
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 1: you go first. All right, Um, I'll predict the Vikings

728
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:45,439
Speaker 1: win thirty to twenty seven. Oh, I like it. Chris Corse,

729
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna say twenty one to fourteen Vikings. Oh,

730
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: he likes the low scoring jay. I think it's gonna

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00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: be twenty three seventeen. Um. What I want to see

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00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: happen is I want to see like Green Bay did, yeah,

733
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: and jump on them early and forced them to have

734
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 1: to beat your defense. I like that. That's what I

735
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: want to see you And I'm saying twenty three seventeen.

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Speaker 1: I like that. And I don't do predictions. So we'll

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Speaker 1: see you guys next week. All right. Well, thank Eric Smith,

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Speaker 1: Viking Steam Reporter, for joining and helping with fill in

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Speaker 1: the blank and helping preview the Dallas Cowboys game on

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Speaker 1: Sunday night. Before we go, we have some fan voicemails

741
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 1: and voicemail there we go, So this will be size

742
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: first interaction with these fans and these are our heart,

743
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: our hardcore fans. The question was what record do the

744
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: Vikings finish with? If you have them making the playoffs,

745
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: what seed will they be? The first one is from

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Speaker 1: Jose in Mexico. That's awesome that we have fans in Mexico.

747
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: That's here what he has to say. Hey, so my

748
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 1: name is I'm from Mexico City Vikings. Internationally, I think

749
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: the Vikings equal the record and goes six two on

750
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: the second half, finishing twelve and four with a loss

751
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: against the Sea Hooks and a bad loss against the

752
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 1: Burrs again that will put them on the six seves.

753
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 1: I think they're going to get a revenge game against

754
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: the Packers at Lambo Field, and my gut feeling is

755
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins is going to perform and it's not

756
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 1: going to let escape those opportunities let escape at Lambo Field. Vikings.

757
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, what a definitive prediction. I

758
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: think we'll ride on a seventy passenger bus to lambeau Field.

759
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 1: I love it, Jose, what an all time descriptive prediction.

760
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 1: You know. The only thing I would say is I

761
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: think it's a very positive outlook on the record. I

762
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: can see him getting there. I hope you're right about Chicago,

763
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: because even if Chicago is a dumpster by that point

764
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 1: of the season, it would do wonders for the team,

765
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: and I think more importantly for the fan base to

766
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 1: put them down like that is that is going to

767
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 1: be such a great opportunity for this team to walk

768
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: in at the end of the season with something on

769
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: the line, knowing how it ended last year, and have

770
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: a chance to really change the conversation about the Chicago matchup.

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Speaker 1: Next one from Chris in Virginia. This is CJ. Collin

772
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: from a small town of New River in good old Virginia,

773
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: good old vision caller, longtime listener. I have always wanted

774
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: to say that regarding my record prediction, in my heart

775
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 1: of hearts, I would say twelve and four seattles will

776
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: be the toughest game left on the schedule. I think

777
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: I think we'll actually go in go into overtime and

778
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: beat them with a Kirk Cousin's touchdown past Wow. In

779
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:46,240
Speaker 1: a storyline going into the playoffs will be Dalvin Cook

780
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: in the MVP race and also with two possibly three

781
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 1: primetime games won by the greatest team in the world.

782
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: From there, we roll through the playoffs, go to Miami,

783
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: and that's where I think that we be ever so

784
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: undestructible of New England Patriots thirty one to thirty and

785
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see that play out. Skull biking,

786
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: I want to I want to start this off with

787
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: him saying first time caller, a longtime listener. That's a

788
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 1: Mike Frans Sessa. Yeah, everybody know everybody that was first time.

789
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 1: I just gotta bring up this one to put this

790
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: out by saying, sweet voice, this is the best of all.

791
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: Like I just when we when they play and when

792
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:34,800
Speaker 1: fans everywhere, they're everywhere when I called into the radio station,

793
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: I love it. I love the all time voice. The

794
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: only thing that I would say to Pony on top

795
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: of what he said, I think you could be in

796
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: a position where this Seattle game you are staring like

797
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: that could be a playoff game that early in the season,

798
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 1: like with that many games to play. If you get

799
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: these next two, let's hope we get the Cowboys, if

800
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: you get the Broncos, you're gonna walk into Seattle and

801
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 1: you're gonna know if I beat this team and then

802
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: just do what I can the rest of the season.

803
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 1: I own the tiebreaker against the Eagles, I own the

804
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: tiebreaker against the Seahawks. I'm in a good position. So

805
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 1: I love that prediction, and I sure hope, I sure

806
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: hope it happens in Seattle. And there's a piece on

807
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: that too, where if you beat Seattle on that Monday night,

808
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: given the rest of their schedule, that could potentially dagger

809
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: them for their playoff chances, giving that they have as

810
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: many tough games as they do, just thinking about the

811
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: fact that they would then be almost in crisis mode

812
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 1: going into those final games, going we have to win

813
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: all of these, So that could be a really critical game,

814
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: not only for five or six seed, but even potentially

815
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 1: higher for us. Yeah, and it would also mean beating

816
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: the guy who's probably going to be the MVP on

817
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 1: a Monday night game. So I appreciate that. Boys, Mayo Kreish,

818
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,399
Speaker 1: thank you. Who's the next one is? It didn't sound

819
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: anything like him. The oldest cowboy in the world, you

820
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: might agree, game like thirty six years or what I've heard.

821
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:03,959
Speaker 1: Cleaned my boots and two days we are playing at Dallas.

822
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we're going to the Big Star. A big

823
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Speaker 1: time voicemail coming from one of our frequent callers after

824
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: this one, But first, let's hear from Andrew in Ohio.

825
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: What a tease? Hi, this is Andrew. I'm in Dayton, Ohio.

826
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: I am originally from Minnesota and have season tickets. I

827
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,359
Speaker 1: try to get home for five or six games the year.

828
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: I just wanted to answer the question on record. I

829
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: think they're going to be the fifth seed in the

830
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: NFC because if you look at the Packers schedule, the

831
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,800
Speaker 1: only game that they're probably gonna lose is to the Vikings,

832
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 1: and they have to the division records, so they'll win

833
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: the NFC NORD. I hate to say it, but don't

834
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 1: go a wild card. They'll be the fifth seed, go

835
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,320
Speaker 1: play the fourth seed, probably Dallas Cowboys take them, and

836
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: we will will continue to roll all the way to Miami.

837
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 1: School vice. I love the hope at a lot of

838
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: rolling all the way to Miami. No matter what the

839
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: answer is, I gotta think we'll score one hundred and

840
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 1: thirty points against Dallas, and then we'll score negative eight

841
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: against the Broncos, and I expect us to roll into Miami.

842
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: All right, love it? This last caller, we're gonna explain

843
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,919
Speaker 1: to say who's new here? Um v He is Van

844
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: from Dallas, Texas. He's the Mouth, the Vikings Mouth of

845
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: the South, very familiar with us here at the Vikings

846
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: Entertainment Network. I think we're gonna have Jay trying to

847
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,800
Speaker 1: meet up with him down there. But let's listen to

848
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: his voicemail. Meet up with him, Jay, Howdy, Vikings Nation.

849
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,800
Speaker 1: It's a Viking man in Fort Worth, Texas, the Vikings

850
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: Mouth of the South. You guys have been great having

851
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: me on. However, I also need to throw some mad

852
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: love to your man behind the magic, Jay Nelson and Jay,

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Speaker 1: I just want to say what a wonderful he does impressions.

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Speaker 1: Louis armstrongs it is a wonderful world. Van. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: old would be m more wonderful world if the Vikings

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Speaker 1: could beat those Darnedalla til boys this week at least

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Speaker 1: and meet Kermit the Frog No No Co Sail Charles

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Speaker 1: Barkley at our tailgate this Sunmay. I'm sure my pail

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Speaker 1: van will send you, guys specifics where we will be

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Speaker 1: hoisting some purple bruise to the sky like May and

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Speaker 1: Sergeant Carter like to do after a hard day's work

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Speaker 1: in the Marines. I feel I have to tell truth

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Speaker 1: and say that our Vikings will finish ten and six

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Speaker 1: and we'll get into the playoffs as the last wild card,

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Speaker 1: but we'll regretably lose to the hated Saints. All day

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Speaker 1: being said, folks, skull Vikings and on words to Jerry World,

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Speaker 1: I love. I'm a big impression guy. So that was

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Speaker 1: an experience. Yes, I enjoyed it a lot. That's the thing.

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Speaker 1: So it's good. Does he call every week every different

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Speaker 1: character and a different character multiple potentially multiple voices in it? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Why why would you do just one? Exactly? But that's

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Speaker 1: the thing. The reason why he brought all that up

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Speaker 1: is literally all of those characters that you just talked

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Speaker 1: about are all people he's done every single week, a

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Speaker 1: different one every week. To answer the question, wow, And

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Speaker 1: he also sucked up to Jay and that meantime, he

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Speaker 1: did it all. He knows, he knows how to keep

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Speaker 1: his air time Thank you Van. I've had a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun here today. Yeah, we're glad for side joining us.

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Speaker 1: He will be back next week. And the question next

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Speaker 1: week is the twenty nineteen road schedule is full of

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Speaker 1: great venues. What is your favorite road game to visit

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Speaker 1: as a Vikings fan? We have a lot of good

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Speaker 1: ones on there this year. Make sure to call the

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Speaker 1: number nine five two nine one eight eight four three eight.

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Speaker 1: That's nine five two nine one eight eight four three eight.

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Speaker 1: Leave us a voicemail you'll hear from Say, you'll hear

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Speaker 1: from Jay Nelson, Um and yours. Truly, We'll have a

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Speaker 1: good time with your fan voicemails. But for now, that'll

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Speaker 1: do it for the Minnesota Vikings podcast. You'll catch the

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Speaker 1: Vikings on Sunday Night Football. Thank you Si for joining.

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Speaker 1: It was a pleasure to have you one this even

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Speaker 1: though you gave me some some stuff here and there.

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Speaker 1: They call it deserved stuff. It's called necessary, it's called

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Speaker 1: deserved stuff. I will come more prepared next week to

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Speaker 1: go right back. Guy here in a no Bullen T shirt.

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Speaker 1: See you guys next You ready to go. See you

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Speaker 1: guys next week.