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Speaker 1: I have to say as we begin this show on

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Speaker 1: all sides of the ball. Jay, like you said, he's

432
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Speaker 1: kind of the homegrown talent. You gave him a try

433
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Speaker 1: out here. Everyone knows about the whole thing with his dad,

434
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,360
Speaker 1: but he is somebody at this point that has earned

435
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Speaker 1: every step that he's gone. And I think the fact

436
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Speaker 1: that they were willing to bring him back, even at

437
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 1: a reduced rate. You know, there's a bunch of stuff

438
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Speaker 1: going on in the league with a salary cap. We've

439
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: talked about this over and over again, but I think

440
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,600
Speaker 1: the fact that Chad was willing to come back here

441
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,360
Speaker 1: for another season and the team was willing to bring

442
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Speaker 1: him back just to say like, hey man, things have

443
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: been going well, things have been going good. We appreciate

444
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Speaker 1: your contributions. Let's do this again and see what happens

445
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Speaker 1: for one more season. I think it's it's a win

446
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 1: win across the board for everybody. And I've said it

447
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 1: before and some of these other situations with some of

448
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,200
Speaker 1: these players, they're betting on themselves, especially these guys that

449
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,679
Speaker 1: are signing these one year deals. They're looking at, you know,

450
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 1: the speculation that the salary cap is going to go

451
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Speaker 1: up next year. And for a lot of these play

452
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 1: years that are signing one year deals across the league,

453
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 1: the idea is ball out this season and you know

454
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Speaker 1: that you're going to be taken care of next season.

455
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,159
Speaker 1: For a guy like Chad beebe to bet on himself,

456
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: He's done his entire career here with the Vikings, and

457
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: I think is just another example of the team understands

458
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Speaker 1: what he can contribute. He understands what he means to

459
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Speaker 1: this team, and that's why he's willing to give it

460
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Speaker 1: another go for another year. So I'm happy that Chad's

461
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Speaker 1: back in this building. Last move to cover before we

462
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Speaker 1: get into the move of the day, it is Rashad

463
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Speaker 1: Hill gets brought back as a swing tackle. He's played

464
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Speaker 1: in big games for the team. He's played both the

465
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Speaker 1: right and left tackle in playoff games, in big moments

466
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Speaker 1: when injuries happen. So, Gabe, Rashad Hill coming back. I mean,

467
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Speaker 1: are you a fan of this move? I think it

468
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: just brings depth to the offensive line. Yeah. I think

469
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Speaker 1: any any team will be excited to have Rashade Hill,

470
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Speaker 1: and of course the Minnesota Vikings are. I think anytime

471
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Speaker 1: you can get depth at the olan position, that is

472
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Speaker 1: the most needed position in the NFL. So for the

473
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Speaker 1: Vikings to get more added deaf and the guy who

474
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: is a veteran and up at that position, I think

475
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,360
Speaker 1: that only adds value to everyone else. I mean you only.

476
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 1: I mean we hear it all the time. The starters

477
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,400
Speaker 1: only as good as their backups. So Rashad Hill, let's

478
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,160
Speaker 1: say he is a backup, right, I mean, he's only

479
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 1: going to make the starter that much more and better.

480
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 1: Or if he is a starter, he's going to push

481
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Speaker 1: the backup to continue to make him better. So I

482
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: think overall it is very good for this Minnesota Vikings

483
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: offensive line. Na Rick Dennison, I know he's excited about

484
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 1: the move. Also, Yeah, he's a player that came in

485
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,680
Speaker 1: a bunch of years ago from the Jacksonville Jaguars practice

486
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: squad and he's only built up every single year he's

487
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000
Speaker 1: been with the team, and it's really good to see

488
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: him back. I know he's a big member of this

489
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,879
Speaker 1: Vikings locker room as well. With that, we bring in

490
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Speaker 1: the Patrick Peterson move I am. I mean we touched

491
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Speaker 1: on it early in the show because we just have to.

492
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Speaker 1: Whenever a big name comes to the Vikings in free agency.

493
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: I brought up Sheldon Richardson before on that one year deal.

494
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 1: This is a move of that caliber. I mean, you're

495
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Speaker 1: bringing Patrick p Person at the position where literally I

496
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 1: think we needed a veteran the most, the cornerback position

497
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: in this Mike Zimmer defense. You start to get really

498
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 1: excited about what we have compared to last year. I

499
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: mean we talked about it before. Eight time Pro Bowl player,

500
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,160
Speaker 1: three times All Pro, named to the twenty tens All

501
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: Decade Team. He turns thirty one in July, so he's

502
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: definitely at the later end of his career. I think, Gabe,

503
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 1: this is just a prove it year for him. Yeah,

504
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: it's a proved year for everyone. I mean, if we're

505
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,360
Speaker 1: really being honest, especially coming off of last year, I mean,

506
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: the Vikings have to figure this thing out, and they're

507
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: putting the pieces together to show ownership, to show Vikings

508
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 1: fans that they are willing to do whatever it takes

509
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Speaker 1: to figure things out. And I mean for them to

510
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,719
Speaker 1: put this roster together, it is unbelievable how they were

511
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: able to fit and put pieces in certain places and

512
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Speaker 1: make it all work with you know, the salary cap

513
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Speaker 1: being the way it is. But I want to bring

514
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Speaker 1: up Patrick Peterson, you were talking about him earlier. I

515
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Speaker 1: honestly think while Patrick Peterson makes his defense better, he

516
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,680
Speaker 1: makes Justin Jefferson better. Also, he's going to be calling

517
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Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson out in one on ones. I mean, this

518
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: is a guy basically you're saying, Okay, if if I

519
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: can make moves on an eight time Pro bowler, I

520
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: can come out here and make the same moves and

521
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: make the same place on these guys that are two

522
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: or three years in the league. So I think Patrick

523
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: Peterson makes not only Justin Jefferson, but this entire receiver

524
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 1: room better. And I think it's going to be so

525
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 1: good for this team to have that veteran leadership. I mean,

526
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 1: he's so flexible. He played safety a little bit in Arizona.

527
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 1: Who's to say he might not play free safety here.

528
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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just speculating now, but I think he's

529
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 1: so versatile that you can put him on any position

530
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 1: on the field and he's going to make everyone better

531
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Speaker 1: around him. It's a really good point about Justin Jefferson.

532
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: I know the LSU connection is real because jud Justin

533
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,199
Speaker 1: already tweetered about it that he played alongside Patrick Peterson

534
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: played alongside his brother, Justin Jefferson's older brother at LSU,

535
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: so clear they know each other. And it's a really

536
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: good point because I remember all the years that you

537
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: had Stefan Diggs and Xavier Rhodes battling it out when

538
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs was a young player in Vikings training camp,

539
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: and that only made him better. I think the same

540
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: thing goes for Adam Thieland and Xavier Rhodes as well.

541
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Speaker 1: The three of them were always john in practice over

542
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 1: the years, and I think it helped everybody become better

543
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 1: players on both sides of the ball. And speaking of

544
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,200
Speaker 1: Xavier Rhodes, Mike Zimmer asked a lot of Xavier Rhodes

545
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: when this defense was really becoming one of the best

546
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: in the league. I think this year he's gonna ask

547
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: a lot of Patrick Peterson to be that number one

548
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,159
Speaker 1: corner despite that he's thirty one years old. He's one

549
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: of the best to ever do it at the position.

550
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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited. We can go on for days,

551
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 1: but let's just wait to see him in the building

552
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 1: and yeah, let's just let's start looking at the depth chart, guys,

553
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: because I am when you add a three technique and

554
00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: a cornerback. I'm sure Mike zim was excited, and I'm

555
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: sure he's ready to get those guys out on the

556
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: field for off season workouts. Hopefully they happen sooner rather

557
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: than later. You just said detacle and cornerback, like people

558
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: don't understand those two positions go together hand in hand.

559
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 1: When you get a good pass rush, it makes the

560
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 1: cornerback's job easier. When a cornerback is covering well, it

561
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: gives a defense more time to rush the quarterback. So

562
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 1: the fact that they're able to add two elite players

563
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,200
Speaker 1: in that position, that makes his defense so much better.

564
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: We all heard how crabby Mike Zimmer was at the

565
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 1: end of last season with the way the defense performed,

566
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: the fact that your offense was as prolific as they were,

567
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: especially putting up yards and points, the fact that you

568
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: had as many one round or one score games that

569
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: you lost defensively, it just ate him up inside. So

570
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Speaker 1: I'm not surprised that they're going after some of these

571
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: bigger talent and bigger name free agents. I'm just glad

572
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Speaker 1: that they're able to land them. You know, there was

573
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Speaker 1: a lot of discussion about what was going to happen

574
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Speaker 1: with the salary cap. How are we going to make

575
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Speaker 1: this thing work once again? Rob Razinski Front office and

576
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: that his whole crew that deals with this twenty four

577
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: to seven. They are finding ways to bring in top

578
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: tier talent and it's awesome just to see it. One

579
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: other point that I wanted to make on Patrick Peterson.

580
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: If you think about one of the things that happened

581
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer came in this building. When he first got here,

582
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: he leaned on a guy like Terence Newman that he

583
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: knew from the Dallas Cowboys, his veteran leadership who knew

584
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Speaker 1: his scheme. I think he's looking at Patrick Peterson to

585
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: come in here with his talent level to not only,

586
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: like I said before, expedite the learning for some of

587
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: these young corners, but lean on him as a veteran

588
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: to say, you know, there are different ways that you

589
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: can do this. Yeah, here's everything by the book, but

590
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: here's some sneaky little tips and tricks that you can

591
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: do to not only help the team, but help yourself

592
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: be in better position to play this position. And what

593
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: better place to learn from a guy who went to

594
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: eight straight Pro Bowls and has been named to the

595
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 1: twenty tens All Decade team. So like him coming in

596
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: here is not only just a shot in the arm

597
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: and some juice in the room to say, we got

598
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Speaker 1: a top tier guy who knows how to play this position,

599
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: but it's also a teaching moment and a teacher's moment

600
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Speaker 1: having an extra guy like him come in here and

601
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: kind of hopefully really expedite the growth and the learning

602
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: of some of these other guys in this room. So

603
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: I think on so many levels having this is so

604
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 1: exciting not only for the defense, but it should be

605
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: for the fan base across the country, across the world.

606
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: I'm so excited about the fact that he's going to

607
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: be a part of this defense. So with that, we're

608
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: just going to kind of wrap up some of the

609
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: restructuring and releases that were made in order for the

610
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: Vikings to bring in all of these fun and exciting players.

611
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: We're very positive about the players that are on this

612
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: team right now, so we'll run through some of the

613
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: things that had to happen to make that possible. Reportedly

614
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: written co Quit, the punter and the linebacker Anthony Barr,

615
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: have been working with the Vikings on some restructuring deals.

616
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: Bars deal will reportedly be a little less, but it

617
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: will also let him go into free agency earlier rather

618
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,959
Speaker 1: than later, and then Brittain coquit just being a good dude.

619
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: We'll probably get the veterans minimum to kick the ball

620
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: for the Vikings at one point four million dollars. Not

621
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: a bad deal for a veteran like himself. Looking at

622
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: some of the players that had to be released, definitely

623
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: hurts to say. Shamar Stephen, a big part of this

624
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: defense over the years, has been released, along with offensive

625
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: tackle Riley Reef, two players on both sides of the

626
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: ball that had huge impacts on the success of this

627
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: team over the years. And then we've covered the fact

628
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: that kicker Dan Bailey and Kyle Rudolph. Kyle Rudolph meant

629
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: so much to the Twin Cities. We covered that in

630
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: full over the last couple of weeks. So you lose

631
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: some players that are definitely towards the latter end of

632
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: their career and you gain some players that have been

633
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 1: hand picked by Andre Patterson and Mike Zimmers. So really

634
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: exciting free agency so far. And with an exciting free agency,

635
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: we bring in an exciting new coach on this Vikings

636
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: defensive staff. It's senior defensive assistant Paul Gunther, who I

637
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: said goes back years with the Zimmer family and has

638
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: great perspective on what he expects from this team heading

639
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: into the offseason workouts. All right, Well, welcome back Vikings fans.

640
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: And with that, Dave and I bring in our special guest.

641
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: It's Vikings senior defensive assistant Paul Gunther. And I'm super

642
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: excited that you're joining the staff because I know you

643
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: go back pretty far with the Zimmer family. So give

644
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: us a story of your time in Cincinnati with Coach

645
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: Zimmer and Adam Zimmer. True, there's a lot of stories

646
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: to be told. I mean, we've been through a lot

647
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: of stuff together, whether it be off the field on

648
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: the field. I think we did a series of hard

649
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: knocks together one or two times actually, So there's been

650
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: a lot of stories. It was a pleasure to work

651
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: with them back then, both guys, and I'm excited to

652
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: be back here working with him in Minnesota. Ohs thirteen

653
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: years in Cincinnati. Of course you spent two years before

654
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: that in Washington, but last three years you were in

655
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: Las Vegas and now you were the Minnesota Vikings. What

656
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 1: brought you to this point right now, to the Vikings. Um.

657
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: I just think you know, when when coach gave me

658
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: a call and said he was interested in having me

659
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: come out here, it was something that I felt good about.

660
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: I feel good about how he runs his program. I

661
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: know the values that he has, you know, how he

662
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: runs the team, how he treats the players, how he

663
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: treats the coaching staff. I was really familiar with that,

664
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: and I was comfortable with that, and I was really

665
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: excited because I think they have a good team here.

666
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: They have a chance. That they had a lot of

667
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: young guys played last year and that you know, they

668
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: had really good success on offense and some young guys

669
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: playing on defense. We got some guys back here where

670
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: they can make a splash here this coming year. So

671
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 1: you spent six seasons with coach Zimmer and obviously the

672
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: whole family there and cincinna Addie at the time, did

673
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: you know that that Mike was going to become a

674
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: head coach in this league without a doubt? I mean,

675
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: you could just you could just see the respect that

676
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: the players have for him, his knowledge of the game,

677
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: his motivational tactics, just everything. You could see that even

678
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator in Cincinnati, that it wasn't gonna

679
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: be long if we had success there, that he was

680
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: gonna someone was gonna knock on his door and asked

681
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: him be the head coach. So it probably took a

682
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: little bit longer than it should for him in my opinion,

683
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: But he's an excellent head coach. Nonetheless. What about Adam

684
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 1: though Adam Zimmer, I think when you first met him

685
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: he was early twenties. Now he's you know, transitioned into

686
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: a co defensive coordinator. Talk I mean, just talk about

687
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,240
Speaker 1: seeing him grow until the role he isn't now, Yeah,

688
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: I mean he had He had been coaching in some

689
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: different spots. I think was Kansas City in New Orleans

690
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: when Mike and I were in Cincinnati together and he

691
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: had an opportunity for the one year before Mike came

692
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: here to be on the staff, so I got to

693
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: work closely with Adam. He's very knowledgeable of the system,

694
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 1: and just throughout the time when I went to when

695
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 1: they came to Minnesota and I stayed in Cincinnati and

696
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 1: then went to Vegas, you could see the knowledge based

697
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: grow with Adam. Just sitting here in a meeting room

698
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: with him and going through some of the adjustments and

699
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: scheme scheme adjustments that we're talking about here in the

700
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: off season. So he's grown tremendously as a coach and

701
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 1: I'm glad to be working with him. Nick Vigil, you

702
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: guys added him to the roster, a linebacker who you

703
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 1: probably took part in drafting as a third round pick

704
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: a few years ago in Cincinnati. So what does Nick

705
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: kind of bring to this Vikings defense and why did

706
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 1: you want to bring him here to Minnesota. I just

707
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: think Nick's a guy. You know, we obviously drafted him

708
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. He started early on in his career there.

709
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 1: He can play all three of the linebacker positions. He's

710
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: very smart. He wore the green dot for us at

711
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: times in Cincinnati. So it's a guy that can communicate

712
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: really good. He understands what we're doing. So it's obviously

713
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: with the lack of an off season or you know,

714
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: the shortness of an off season, he's gonna know what

715
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: we're doing, um pretty pretty quick. So he's a guy

716
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: that kind of got mixed up a little bit maybe

717
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: with a coaching change in Cincinnati. Went just for la

718
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: with the Chargers for a year and he became free.

719
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: And he's a guy that I always liked. You can

720
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: rely on him. He's a very good player. He's versedly

721
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: can play on special teams. So it's a valuable guy

722
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: to have in the program. Coach from from being you know,

723
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: hands on right, I mean as a heck, I mean

724
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: your last season at uh your Cinius college. You were

725
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 1: a head coach there, and then you were assistant coach

726
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: in Washington and you worked your way up in the

727
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: NFL ranks to becoming the defensive coordinator last year for

728
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders. Like, now that you're the senior

729
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:45,959
Speaker 1: defensive assistant, what about the mental process changes now for you? Nothing? Really,

730
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: I'm you know, I told here, I told Mike that

731
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: come here and help him win. I mean, whether you know,

732
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: whether it's working with any levels of the defense, a scheme,

733
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: a situational thing, a clock management, and whatever it may

734
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: be that I can help out the team win, That's

735
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: what I'm here to do. So obviously calling on the

736
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: defense for the last eight years as a coordinator, Um,

737
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: you have a real good feel for you know, maybe

738
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: some of the things that are problem areas or quick

739
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: fixes that you need to fix on Sundays or maybe

740
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 1: during the week, something comes up to Hey, I've been

741
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: through this before. It's it's an easy fix. Let's let's

742
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: look at it this way. And um, it's a different

743
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: set of eyes and ears and those type of things

744
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: around the players. So um that that to me is

745
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: what I'm here to do whatever Mike ask me to

746
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: do and to help this team win. Could you talk

747
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: about just that your mental process as far as like

748
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: changing teams, Like we hear players talk about changing teams,

749
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: and I mean I saw a clift the other night

750
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: Blake Griffin accidentally cheered for the Detroit Pistons when when

751
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: the other team dunk. So like, for you, like watching

752
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: the new team on film, Like, what does that process

753
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 1: look like to say, Like, okay, like I'm watching the

754
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 1: Vikings not the Raiders, right right, It is different at first.

755
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're you're really just trying to get

756
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: familiarized with the with the players on the team. You know,

757
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: we do watch a lot of the Vikings defense the

758
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 1: last years when I was in Cincinnati and in Open

759
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: because our schemes are so similar, So you're familiar with

760
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: those guys and what they're doing. So you know, our

761
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: players can watch the see I know where he supposed

762
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: to be, where this guy's supposed to be. So I

763
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: was familiar with their personnel, but just some of the

764
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: younger guys that I wasn't quite as familiar with. That

765
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: was that's been fun to sit and watch the cutups

766
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: of those guys, whether it be the corners or the

767
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: linebackers or even some of the D line guys. To

768
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: the young guys that have been playing a lot here

769
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: as a rookies and first year players. So it's been

770
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: fun that way to get a knowledge base of their

771
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: their abilities and their skill levels, what they can do good,

772
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 1: and what positions we can put them in they succeed.

773
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: One thing that stands out to me is just listening

774
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: to Coach Zimmer and his press conferences. He'll bring up

775
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: talking to Bill Parcels and getting some advice, and the

776
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: reporters always ask like, what is it that you guys

777
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: talked about? I think it was last year or the

778
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: year before where he said I gave coach Paul Gunther

779
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: a call over at the vas Vegas Raiders and had

780
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: some some chats about whether it was advice or just

781
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: friendly bet whatever it was. What does that mean to

782
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: you to be in coach Zimmer's circle and now he

783
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: brings you in on his staff. Well, I just you know, obviously,

784
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: it's it's it's good to be close to me. He's

785
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: he's taught me a lot of football as being an

786
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: assistant with him in Cincinnati, I owe him a lot

787
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 1: of credit for that. So, you know, just working aside

788
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,800
Speaker 1: with him in the defensive room, help him out with whatever.

789
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: Maybe it could be some of the team thing, whatever

790
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 1: it is, I kind of understand what he's thinking about

791
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: and what he's trying to get to as far as

792
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: the next step of things. So we've always shared ideas,

793
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: whether it be during the season, we get together a

794
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: lot during the summer. He goes down to a ranch

795
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: in Kentucky. I'll go down there for a few days

796
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: and we'll get the grease board out in the film

797
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: and go through it and dissect it and compare and

798
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: contrast ideas. And it's always a good thing to have

799
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: a guy to bounce off. It's not a better guy

800
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: than him to bounce off some different ideas. What's it

801
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: like hearing the play call when he's calling it on

802
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 1: game day and you got to either get one of

803
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: the players ready, or you hear something getting yelled at

804
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: you throw. What is that experience? Like? Everyone wants to

805
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: know what that's like. Oh, you know, if you if

806
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: you're doing the right thing, Mike's gonna you know, Pataman

807
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: to say, hey, you're doing the right thing, but that's

808
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: what you're supposed to be doing. But if you're if

809
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: you're not used. You know, this is a technique based

810
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: defense and effort based defense, and there's some things that

811
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 1: are non negotiable. So you have to be able to

812
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: play the techniques the right way. And when the techniques

813
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: aren't playing the right way, that's when that's when Mike

814
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 1: goes off sideways a little bit. So um, you know,

815
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: as a position coach, you know, I may had to

816
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: call down to the players to say, hey, calm down,

817
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: go to the next play. You're only as good as

818
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: your next good play. Don't worry about the last bad one.

819
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: So uh, that's what Mike's always been good at. Whether

820
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: he's been a coordinator as a head coach, he's been

821
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: able to hold the players accountable, which I think is

822
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: very important to be successful in the NFL. Another important

823
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: reason for success for you is I guess finding a

824
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: new home and getting accustomed to Minnesota. So how is

825
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: that process band for you? It's been great. I think

826
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,959
Speaker 1: it's a beautiful place to live. Obviously, coming from Las Vegas.

827
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: I came in about a month ago when I think

828
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: it was like minus fifteen or something, and it took

829
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: the breath away from me when I came out of

830
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 1: the airport. But um, you know, the weather's turned nice

831
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: here and it's a very nice, very good place to live.

832
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: Beautiful place, and the facility we have here second to none. Um,

833
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: the organization second to none, and I know they're all

834
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 1: in on winning so and doing it the right way

835
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: along the way. So again, I'm excited to be here.

836
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: Can't wait to get started with OTA's training camp and

837
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: in the season. Last question for me, you obviously have

838
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 1: been to us Bank Stadium. You've seen a game with

839
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: fans there. I mean, what is it going to be

840
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 1: like to have fans back in the building and to

841
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: be on the side of the Purple. I will say this,

842
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: it is this is a tough place to play. It

843
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: is loud, it's ornery. Coming here from another team, you know,

844
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: there's horns. Blow the horn. The Viking horn blows. You know,

845
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: you leave the stadium like you hear that horn for

846
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,399
Speaker 1: the last the next three days after the game. So

847
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: it's definitely a home few of the vantage where hopefully

848
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: we can fill the stadium up at the time the

849
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: season starts and we can get our fans back in there.

850
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: I'm sure the fans are excited to come back and

851
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: watch live football and being part of a winning season

852
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: here with the Vikings. Yeah, looking forward to a coach,

853
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: looking forward to winning season, looking forward to your contributions

854
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: to this defense. In the meantime, stay safe, appreciate it, guys.

855
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: All right, guys. Well, thanks again to Vikings senior defensive

856
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: assistant Paul Gunter. I learned a lot. He brings a

857
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 1: great perspective to the Vikings coaching staff, one that Dom

858
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: Capers brought last year as that senior defensive assistant. I

859
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 1: love how Mike Zimmer likes to bring in these minds

860
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:43,280
Speaker 1: across the NFL who bring their own spin on what's

861
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 1: going on with the Vikings defense. So with that we

862
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: go into just the entire NFL free agency. There has

863
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: been news all around the league this week. It'd be

864
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: really tough to cover it all, but In my opinion,

865
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,959
Speaker 1: the biggest story has been Bill Belichick and what the

866
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: New England Patriots have done so fast as free agency

867
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: has started. I think they spent like two hundred and

868
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 1: fifty six million reported dollars in two days. Clearly, Coach

869
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: Belichick is pretty upset that Tom Brady won a Super Bowl.

870
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,520
Speaker 1: What the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. Yeah, I mean, when

871
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 1: you signed two top tier tight ends and Hunter Harry

872
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 1: and John ow Smith, you're you're basically trying to make

873
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: a statement. I was reading breaking news line on ESPN

874
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 1: and it basically said the Patriots have spent up north

875
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: of one hundred million and guaranteed money on their free

876
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: agent signings already this year. And my biggest signing that

877
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: I think is that will go under the radar but

878
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: will be beneficial to their team is Jalen Mills from

879
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. Like I think he brings so much

880
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: value to that team. And they put it this way,

881
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick knows how to get the most out of

882
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 1: his salary captain, get the most out of the players

883
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: that are playing for him. And like I told Jay,

884
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: I mean having seven guys opt out last year and

885
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 1: getting two start an old linmanback on top of signing

886
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: Cam Newton for one year for fourteen mill like all

887
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,319
Speaker 1: the pressures on Cam Newton like that, the pieces are

888
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 1: there now Bill Belichick has built the team around you.

889
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: Maybe they address are running back in the draft, but

890
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: what they have done in free agency thus far is

891
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: a when Now they signed like an entire roster, Like

892
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: they signed two wide receivers and Kendrick Born and Nelson Aglar,

893
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 1: who have played in totally big games from Super Bowls

894
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 1: in the past couple of seasons with the forty nine

895
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,399
Speaker 1: Ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Then I mean, you make

896
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:48,240
Speaker 1: a huge signing in Matthew Judon outside linebacker. Four years,

897
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:52,839
Speaker 1: fifty six million dollars was the reported contract. Dietrich, Why

898
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: is a defensive end? I mean, you could just go

899
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: down the list. Gave you touch on Jalen Mills. We

900
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 1: know that the safety position has always been a key

901
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: in the Bill Belichick defense, so clearly he's trying to

902
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: fill that position as well. It's it's just unbelievable what

903
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 1: they've been able to do in such a small amount

904
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: of time. And I think it's pretty funny because I

905
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: went to school there in New England at the University

906
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: of Massachusetts, and a lot of the Patriots fans jay

907
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: have become Buccaneers fans, and they just drop their entire

908
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 1: loyalty to their old team. And now I see some

909
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: of them getting all excited about these free agent acquisitions,

910
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 1: and I can't keep up. Man, I don't know where,

911
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,839
Speaker 1: where where their passion lies anymore, whether it's Brady or

912
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,320
Speaker 1: New England Carso your Jets green is oozing out of

913
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: your ears right now. I can see it just on

914
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: your face here. I know this is this is just

915
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 1: you're just reveling in this whole thing happening. I think

916
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 1: the biggest thing for me at this point with the

917
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 1: Patriots is looking at this is this is so atypical

918
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 1: of what they usually do. They're usually a bill through

919
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,959
Speaker 1: the draft, maybe one or two big free agent acquisitions,

920
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: and they just kind of ride or die with what

921
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: they had. And I think this type of massive overhaul,

922
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: especially an offense, that's the thing that jumps out to me. Yeah,

923
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: you brought Cam back for one year, fourteen million, but

924
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: you went and got essentially two of the top tier

925
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 1: tight ends and Hunter Henry and John nu Smith, and

926
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: then you said the two wide receivers and Kendrick Boorne

927
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,799
Speaker 1: and Nelson Egilar. Like one of the discussions Gabe and

928
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: I were having is saying like they have no room

929
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: for complaints anymore. They are loading up again here on weapons,

930
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: especially on the outside. And what this does is this

931
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: gives them the ability then to have a little bit

932
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 1: more of that explosive offense instead of trying to control

933
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: everything with the run the ball, whether it's Cam running

934
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: the ball or even their backfield. They now have the ability,

935
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: at least on paper, with some of these acquisitions, to

936
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 1: be more explosive like they were in the past when

937
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: you know, Brady would chuck it up and they just

938
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: run underneath it. So I think this is this is

939
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: Bill kind of going, yeah, I'm not doing what we

940
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: didst year, plus all the opt outs and everything else.

941
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,400
Speaker 1: This is Bill is not a spring chicken anymore. He's

942
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,360
Speaker 1: getting a little bit older. Plus he's the GM and

943
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 1: head coach, so if he really wants to, you know,

944
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: just definitively throw his thumb stamp on this roster and

945
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 1: try to change this team over and have a big

946
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: change from seven and nine to a playoff run. Again,

947
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: This in his mind is how he's going to do

948
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,799
Speaker 1: this because it helps expedite the process. So I'm really

949
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: curious to see what they do in the draft, how

950
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,240
Speaker 1: they supplement this stuff and set themselves up for the future.

951
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: But man, this is an absolute haul so far, and

952
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,240
Speaker 1: free agency has just begun and Justin lastly, Justin Bethel,

953
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: I think that's an underrated sign. Also, he's a three

954
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: time pro bowler, two time All Pro. He resigned with

955
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots for three years, six million dollar contract,

956
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 1: and that is I don't know what, Like I said,

957
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 1: I don't know how Belichick does does this thing, Like

958
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,439
Speaker 1: how do you get Justin Bethel to sign three years

959
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 1: six million? Like that is unheard of? And I guess

960
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: a shameless plug as I played Justin Bethel three times

961
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: in college and he's the road deal. And I think

962
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots he will pair well with marsh with Stefan

963
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 1: Gilmore on the other side of the Patriots. Yeah's unbelievable

964
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: some of these players that literally take these deals with

965
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: the Patriots just to come back to that organization. So

966
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: clearly they are the story of what is going on

967
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: in free agency. I think every single member of the

968
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: NFL media has tweeted out jokes about how much money

969
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: that Bill Belichick has spent in I think forty eight hours.

970
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 1: It's just absolutely insane. Another big story on the docket

971
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 1: is what is going on with all of these quarterback contracts.

972
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,840
Speaker 1: We called it out a few weeks ago, the quarterback

973
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:50,320
Speaker 1: carousel was going to start spinning, and Dak Prescott reportedly

974
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: gets finally gets his one hundred and sixty million dollar

975
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: four year contract one hundred twenty six million guaranteed, is

976
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: what was reported. I think it's about time this guy

977
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: got his dude Gabe, Like every single time that he

978
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: had to bet on himself and not get paid, he

979
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: just put up a better and better year stat wise.

980
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 1: And it took him getting injured and the Dallas Cowboys

981
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: having absolutely no other option for them to say, all right,

982
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: we're gonna pay this guy. Yeah, you hit it right

983
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: on the head. If I feel like if he had

984
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 1: not have gotten injured last year, it probably would have

985
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,360
Speaker 1: took his stock down, even though he was on pace

986
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: to throwing a six throwing for six thousand yards this

987
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: past season before he got hurt. I'm glad he got

988
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,360
Speaker 1: his money. Personally, I know, you know it's not a

989
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 1: This isn't a subjective podcast. I still think it's a

990
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: low premature that he got that, but I'm happy for him,

991
00:49:42,719 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: and it's just more pressure now on him, especially in Dallas,

992
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 1: Like you got the star, your helmet and you got

993
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: that contract. Yeah, you got to start winning now, and

994
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:55,359
Speaker 1: Cowboys fans aren't going to be happy with any more

995
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:59,240
Speaker 1: eight and eight seventy nine seasons. The guy who filled

996
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: in for him when he was injured was Andy Dalton.

997
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,320
Speaker 1: He was a backup quarterback for Dallas last year, didn't

998
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: have the best season later on in his career. So

999
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,359
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears go and sign him to a one

1000
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: year deal, which is obviously something that impacts a team.

1001
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: We played twice this season, Jay, So what do you

1002
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 1: think about this move and how do you think he

1003
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 1: fits in with the Chicago Bears offense. I think when

1004
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: it comes to the quarterback controversy in Chicago, this is

1005
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: just adding another chip onto that piece. I think they've

1006
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: had for years now. It's been the Trubisky non Trubisky.

1007
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 1: You had Foals in there as well, and now you

1008
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:41,760
Speaker 1: add Andy Dalton to this mix. I think the joke

1009
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,279
Speaker 1: forever and we've said it for years and years and

1010
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,600
Speaker 1: years is if you have more than one quarterback, you

1011
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: don't have a quarterback. So I think with the Bears,

1012
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 1: it's going to be a competition again. They're bringing any

1013
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 1: guy like Andy Dalton who has the experience. And here's

1014
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:59,280
Speaker 1: the thing. They franchise tagged Alan Robinson. The second you've

1015
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 1: got Mooney, you've got weapons on this you you you know,

1016
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,600
Speaker 1: drafted the tight end last year, like they have weapons,

1017
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:10,279
Speaker 1: but at the most critical position, they're still unsure of

1018
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: what's going to happen here. So I think this is

1019
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: the Bears trying to add in another piece and just say, man,

1020
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: something's got to rise here. I think a guy like

1021
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, who's been used to having big time playmakers

1022
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:23,799
Speaker 1: in the outside when he was in Cincinnati and now

1023
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: down in Dallas having to fill in for Dak, that

1024
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:29,200
Speaker 1: that wasn't necessarily he had weapons, but it just didn't

1025
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,359
Speaker 1: pan out like it did when when they had Dak.

1026
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 1: So I think for Chicago it's going to very much

1027
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:37,399
Speaker 1: be a prove it type season, and um I think

1028
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 1: for us, at least within the division, you're seeing now

1029
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: multiple quarterbacks that have been moved around here between them

1030
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: and Detroit and I think with Chicago it's it's gonna

1031
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: have to be another wait and see offseason to see

1032
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:52,399
Speaker 1: what actually pans out. Yeah, I think Vikings fans were

1033
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: extremely excited when they saw Andy Dalton signs of the

1034
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. So I think that is something that we

1035
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: can all joyces. I mean, we all know the Chicago

1036
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 1: Bears are a very very good defensive team. But yeah,

1037
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: it could have been worse, right, I mean, for me,

1038
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: I love it. For the Vikings, I just think he's

1039
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: just such a quarterback that has already already hit his peak.

1040
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: I don't think there's much more that he has to

1041
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: offer from just improving his game. I think that has

1042
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: come and gone. Obviously, there's a lot that needs to

1043
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: be decided there in that front office, from Mitch Drubisky

1044
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: to Nick Foles. I just think that there's so many

1045
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: obstacles that they're gonna have to pick from. I think

1046
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,280
Speaker 1: this adds another one onto it. Just like Jay said,

1047
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 1: So I don't mind the move from a Viking standpoint.

1048
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: I think it only helps our cause. And I don't

1049
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,760
Speaker 1: know when that quarterback situation is going to be figured

1050
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: out in Chicago, but we'll just have to wait and see.

1051
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:54,399
Speaker 1: Looking at another probably the last big free agency note

1052
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,839
Speaker 1: that we have here is the offensive lineman. Like they

1053
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,080
Speaker 1: have been getting paid all over the league. Whether it's

1054
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,600
Speaker 1: thirty three year old Trent Williams who announced that he

1055
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: reportedly agreed to terms with the San Francisco forty nine

1056
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 1: ers on a six year, one hundred and thirty eight

1057
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 1: million dollar contract that would take him almost to the

1058
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: age of forty. Clearly he's established himself in the league

1059
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,879
Speaker 1: is one of the best at the position. And then

1060
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,160
Speaker 1: you look at Joe Thuney who signs with the Kansas

1061
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:29,080
Speaker 1: City Chiefs, clearly looking for a big time player on

1062
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:32,319
Speaker 1: the offensive line after what you saw from the Tampa

1063
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:35,400
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers pass rush in that Super Bowl and Patrick

1064
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: Mahomes pretty much running around the field, I think Joe

1065
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 1: Thuney helps out the cause there. Jermaine a. Faddy signs

1066
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: with the Chicago Bears as well, so a lot of

1067
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: teams they might be strapped for cash game, but they're

1068
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 1: still throwing out the money when it comes to the

1069
00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:54,720
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. I'm only going to speak about Trent Williams

1070
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 1: here just from being have an opportunity to work with

1071
00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:01,319
Speaker 1: him two years in Washington and he by far deserves

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Speaker 1: every single penny that he got. He is, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: almost like if you asked Rick Spielman that today, he

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Speaker 1: would probably say the same thing, like Trent Williams deserves

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Speaker 1: every single penny, especially all the things he had he

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Speaker 1: not not being able to not know if he was

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Speaker 1: going to be able to play football again, to having

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Speaker 1: a dominant year last year in San Francisco, it made

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Speaker 1: the most sense for him to stay there. And I'm

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Speaker 1: glad he got his money. I'm glad he's not an

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Speaker 1: ardor vision and Go Vikings. That's I love when you

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Speaker 1: when you have perspective on players like that that you

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Speaker 1: spend time with Washington, Like I mean when you talk

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Speaker 1: about what Adrian Peterson met in that locker room, and

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Speaker 1: Trent Williams is another one. Like whenever there were any

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Speaker 1: rumors about the Vikings getting involved with Trent Williams, I

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Speaker 1: was like so excited because I think he would be

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Speaker 1: one of the most valuable additions in the NFL to

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Speaker 1: our roster. But clearly he got a big time contract,

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Speaker 1: and clearly the offensive line position, especially the left tackle position,

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Speaker 1: is one that is valued by NFL gms around the league.

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Speaker 1: With that, that'll do it for episode number eighty four

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Speaker 1: of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Thanks again to Jay and

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Speaker 1: Gabe for providing insight on every single move that has

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Speaker 1: been made by the Vikings and that has been made

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Speaker 1: within the NFL. And a special thanks to one of

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Speaker 1: our best guests in a long time, Paul Gunther, who,

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Speaker 1: like I said, has a just an awesome perspective on

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Speaker 1: what he will bring to the Vikings defense and a

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Speaker 1: perspective on the zimmer family working with them so many

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Speaker 1: years in the past. A few notes here to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on. Lindsay Young of Vikings dot Com. She

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Speaker 1: has another edition of Getting Open. This week it's special

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Speaker 1: guest cornerback Harrison Hand, who talked about his own experiences

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Speaker 1: working through the grieving process from close personal losses and

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Speaker 1: his association with a ton of different initiatives outside of

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Speaker 1: playing on the field. He had My Cause, My Cleats

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Speaker 1: that really supported this initiative and works with a ton

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Speaker 1: of different community organizations on this topic. So a really

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Speaker 1: good long form from Lindsay Young that's getting open. You

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Speaker 1: can find them all on vikings dot Com and all

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Speaker 1: of the Vikings platforms, and make sure to catch the

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Speaker 1: Vikings Vantage in which Gabe Henderson and myself host that show.

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Speaker 1: Coming up this week, we have Matthew Koller on the

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Speaker 1: show from the Purple Insider, one of our special guests,

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Speaker 1: and next week we have NFL insider Adam Kaplan who's

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Speaker 1: joining the show for a free agency special that will

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Speaker 1: air on k Fan on Thursday night at six thirty pm.

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Speaker 1: That's next Thursday night at six thirty pm, before the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Wild Game, you will have a free agency themed

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Speaker 1: Vikings Vantage with Adam Kaplan, who has been covered in

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Speaker 1: the league for just about decades and really brings a

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Speaker 1: good perspective to what the Vikings are doing in the

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Speaker 1: front office. So thank you guys again for joining the show,

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Paul Gunther, and we will see you

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Speaker 1: next week.