WEBVTT - Vikings Rewind: Week 14 vs Raiders 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.400 Oh, gotta get rid of this old Backstreet Boys T shirt. 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:04.600 Tell me why? 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:05.720 Because it stanks? 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:06.080 Boys? 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:09.280 Tell me what I've washed it so many times with 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:10.280 the odor will come out. 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:11.559 Tell me why? 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:11.800 No? 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:13.840 You tell me why I can't get rid of this odor. 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.360 Have you tried down he Rincing refresh It doesn't just 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:19.880 come up, It. 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.680 Helps remove them. Wow it worked, guys. 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:26.280 Yeah, Downy Rinson Refreshed removes more odor in one wash 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.280 than the leading value detergent in three washes. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:30.080 Find it wherever you buy laundry products. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:31.120 On the fan? 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:34.000 Have you Victory Muggins? 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:34.559 Rewind? 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.040 Right here on the fan Denordo still recovering from his 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.440 trip to Vegas as we all are, and after watching 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:42.960 that game, you're probably thinking, boy, what are they gonna 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:43.600 do for Vikings? 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:44.080 Rewind? 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.400 There was no touchdowns in the game and one field goal. Well, 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.320 we're gonna make a little bit of an audible. We're 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.880 gonna get a lot of locker rooms, dound. We're gonna 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.040 start things with Ben Lieber. He was joined by the 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:54.800 coach postgame. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:55.440 Why are you guys? 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:57.520 We're down here in the Vikings lockerroom with head coach 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:01.959 Kevin O'Connell and coach, Let's start with this defense. I mean, 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.800 this defense has been playing lights out these last several games. 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:06.800 And let me just go through a few stats for you. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.800 One hundred and seventy three total yards, giving up fifty 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.320 six yards of rushing. They had three takes, now that 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.400 last one was on that desperation drive. Four sacks. But 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.560 let me just talk about this, the way that they 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:22.200 finished the fourth quarter alone, three three and outs and 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.039 one take. If you don't look at that desperation drive, 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.400 how are they able to stay so dominant throughout this game? 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:32.560 Yeah, first and foremost, they've been playing you know, winning football, 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:37.240 you know, really finding their groove within the scheme, thrive 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:41.000 in with guys in different roles. But Brian Flores and 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.920 his staff just continuing to kind of, you know, find 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:48.760 ways to allow guys to live in their spots within 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:50.720 the defense. Maybe on the depth chart, but guys are 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.080 doing a lot of different jobs. We're asking guys to 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.040 do a lot of different things, and it's causing some 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:59.160 confusion for the opposing offenses. And what we talked about 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.040 as a team this week is no matter what it 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.440 would take to win this game, the bottom line is 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.520 we weren't going to flinch. We weren't going to lose 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.960 the turnover battle, and we were gonna find a way 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.960 to win it, no matter how long it took, no 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.840 matter if we needed extra time, whatever it was, and 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:15.880 our defense was able to pick up a pretty banged 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.520 up offense that struggled most of the day and really 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.920 take us home there all the way through the end. 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:24.400 You know, one of the key contributors to the defense 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.000 was Ivan Pace Junior, and I had a chance to 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.000 talk with him right up for the game. On the field. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.200 He called himself, he's got he's got that dog mentality. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.000 I'm sure you've heard him talk about himself in that manner, 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:34.880 but he really does. 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:35.600 He plays with his. 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:37.720 Intensity and this chip on his shoulder. And you know, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.640 for a young guy, a rookie to go through a 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:42.280 long season, hit that bye week, and to come out 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.240 with such energy and fire and intensity, what have you 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.400 seen from the growth out out of him in just 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:48.119 his rookie year. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.079 Yeah, I think you know, Vikings fans should know he's 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.080 calling the defense. He's got the green dot and Jordan 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:56.919 Hicks aps since he's you know, basically an extension and 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.480 flow out there on the field as are some of 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.000 our other ves in players around a rookie that we 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.280 trust with that green dot, and he just continues to 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.760 answer the call, flying around the field, physicality. He's one 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.360 of the best young rushers at the inside linebacker position 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.920 I think there is in the NFL. But then you 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.800 know the instincts to drop, understand kind of his void 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.480 and vacancy that he's responsible to cover and then make 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.640 that play at the end. Just remarkable, remarkable out of 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.320 ivan pace today. And he just keeps on getting better 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.239 and better. And when you find an undrafted free agent 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.359 like that that comes in and has this kind of 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.880 impact on your team, it gets you really excited about 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:34.640 the future of the player. And I couldn't be more 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:35.440 excited about Ip. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.880 You talk about the offensive struggles, you know, part of 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.800 it offensive line was a little spotty in some of 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.800 the protection stuff. There's a few drops out there by 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.600 wide receivers. But ultimately you make the decision to go 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.920 with Nick Mullens. What went into that? What was the 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.040 calculations of going with Mullens in that situation. 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:51.440 Yeah, I just thought. 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:53.760 Kind of the way the game had gone, we wanted 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.040 to come in into this game. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:57.120 And use you know Josh. 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.360 I thought some of our run hits with him as 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.360 a threat of the zone read and some of the 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.680 quarterback you know keeping aspects of some of those plays 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.920 gave us a spark enough to try to stay efficient. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.640 But when you lose JJ, and you lose Brian O'Neal, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.680 and then you lose Alex Madison and you're really looking 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.240 at it, like, what we need right now is somebody 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.520 that I know. My trust in Nick Mullens, no matter 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.480 how many reps, and he did get some reps this 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.320 week to prepare him, but my trust in that moment is, 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.880 you know, he's going to go out there and take 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.120 great footwork, fundamentals, see it and throw it and give 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:30.919 us a chance to maybe get three or four of 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.360 those first downs that he did to get us in 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.520 range to get whatever amount of points it was needed 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.680 to win the game. And when your defense plays like that. 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.520 We came in saying we wanted to win the turnover battle. Offensively, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.880 we did not turn the football over. We weren't nearly 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.760 as effective or explosive or efficient as we wanted to be. 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.479 But in the end, it's a great lesson to you 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.160 about turnovers, even when it's as hard as you can 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.720 imagine to try to move the football offensively, you're having 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.960 you know what, seemed like every drive we had another 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.760 guy going down and the group just overcame. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:04.840 Defense never flinched. 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.760 We got a couple timely special teams plays as well, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.800 total complete team effort where you're gonna have to lean 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.040 on maybe one phase over another sometimes, But I'm just 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:16.560 proud of the way the guys handled it. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:17.560 They kept battling. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.520 There wasn't announce in negativity when we were struggling on offense. 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.280 Defense just kept going and going and going and gave 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:25.960 us a chance to win our seven football game. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.040 You know, I know a lot of the fans are 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.120 gonna wonder now going into next week with with Dobbs 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.520 having the performance that he did, Mullen's coming in and 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.000 basically you know, leading the game winning drive and giving 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.520 a little bit of juice, How does this decision and 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:39.880 how does his play at the end of the game 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.960 impact your decision who plays quarterback next week? 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.080 Yeah, we're gonna, you know, we're gonna take a look 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.400 at it as a staff, but you know, the decision 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.360 is going to be made based upon you know, where 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.840 we are right now. And what's the best thing for 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.920 us to win moving forward, And got a tough opportunity 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.880 of tough challenge going on the road again to Cincinnati, 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.400 shorter week, and we'll put some time and energy into that, 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.280 but we're gonna put We're gonna put the player out 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.480 there that we feel like gives us the best chance 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.720 to win based upon this week and our game plan 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.279 and everything that goes into that, and we'll keep you 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:11.200 guys posted on that. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:12.880 But happy to get our seventh win. 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.760 Sometimes they don't always look as pretty as you'd love 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.240 as an offensive coach, but in the end, proud of 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.800 our defense, proud of our team to come on the 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:21.880 road and get our seventh win. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:24.440 Well, coach, a win is a win. You're right. 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:25.880 You got to enjoy all the wins when you can 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:26.200 get him. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:27.239 They're tough in this league. 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.120 So congratulations and we'll see in a short week in 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:31.160 Cincinnati on Saturday. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.120 That's right, Thanks Ben, All right, guys, back to you, 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.000 Thanks Ben, and we'll hear more from Kevin O'Connell later 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.240 as press conference. Earlier today, we'll do that second segment 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.120 of Vikings rewine. We're going to go back to locker 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.920 room though, Gabe Henderson was joined by Well. One of 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.200 the MVPs of a low scoring game is your punter. 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.840 Ryan Right joined all right inside locker room following the 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.120 three to zero win over the Las Vegas Raiders. We 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.880 talk about a defensive performance. There's eleven minute on the field, 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.360 but little do people know we have a twelfth man 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.560 and Ryan Right he joins me right now inside of 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.400 the locker room. Four punts inside the twenty yard line today. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.400 Just a fantastic performance by you. What were just your 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.000 thoughts on your performance tonight? 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.960 You know, we put an emphasis on flipping the field 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.960 and putting it inside the twenty over the past few weeks. 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.680 Not gonna lie, haven't been the best this year with that, 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.000 but I'm working through it and just striving to get 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:21.760 better and better each week with it. 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.720 That's something that like Kevin O'Connell kind of pointed out 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.160 last week, is you know, special teams are special teams. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:27.560 Is gonna. 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:29.000 They've been doing a good job this year, but they 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.000 got to get from good to great. It seems like 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:32.240 you took that to heart this week. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:36.000 No, yeah, I kind of took you a little personal. 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.600 I'd like to stay out of the news if you 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.200 hear my name in the news, it's probably not a 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:45.040 good thing. So you know, I'm just trying to get 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.360 better each week and shout out to the defense for 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:49.200 keeping us in that game. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:50.880 They played their hearts out. 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.560 Going into just a game where you know is going 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.200 to be this close. Is there any added pressure for you, Like, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.520 how do you clear your mind to just do your 0:07:58.600 --> 0:07:59.520 job when you're out there? 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.760 You know, I try to just take it one point 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.600 at a time, take deep breaths, and worry about the 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.920 punt in front of me, and then after then I'll 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.800 worry about what the result was. And then if it 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.920 was good, usually it gets flushed out in a few seconds, 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.280 but if it was bad, I kind of look at 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.080 it a little bit, but then I do a breathing exercise, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.440 close my eyes and just forget about it so I 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:22.920 can move on. 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:23.680 I love it. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.640 I'm gonna have some fun with this last question because 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.160 Greg Joseph finally got a punt in a game. To 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.520 be able to watch him get a punt inside the twenty, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.439 How how funny? But how cool was that? 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:34.120 You know? It was? 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:35.600 It was really funny. 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.480 I actually ended up standing up and blocking the field side, 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:41.880 so I hopefully I didn't. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.520 Look too out of place there, but. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.280 You know it's Craig is a great guy, and you 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.760 know he hit that game winner, so obviously those are 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:55.000 the three only three points of the game, so you know, 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:59.280 his resiliencies and saying his work ethic is top notch, unbeaten. 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.959 So I'm just really proud of him. And yeah, obviously 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.240 that punt was hilarious, but he got the job done. 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:08.319 Win is a win in the NFL, and we know 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.040 that special teams play is a huge factor into that. 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.880 So congratulations to Minnesota Vikings as well as Ryan Right, 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.200 Greg Joseph and all of the specialists today. 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:17.319 Congrats man, appreciate it. 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.000 Back down to the locker room, Gabe Henderson also is 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.640 joined by a couple members of the Vikings defense, including 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:23.439 Cam buying. 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.240 Them inside the locker room with Viking safety Camp buying them. 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:30.360 Camp just a game. The first time since twenty seventeen 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.520 the Vikings have shut out any opponent. We knew offensively 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.800 we had some problems getting things going, but from a 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:36.800 defensive perspective, what. 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:37.440 Was the mindset? 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.840 Mindset is if we don't if we don't give up 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.000 with a point, they don't win. 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:42.559 That's really all it is. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.240 Mindset. Every week, we don't our standard is to give 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.320 up no points. We can't settle off giving up field 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.240 goals whatever. Today we were on one, just knowing that 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:52.400 we got to we gotta carry it. 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.400 There were plays, especially in the first quarter, when they 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.960 ran like a two wide receiver route and you run 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.760 the route for Davonte Adams. Just the film prep, the 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.400 game study. What went into it this week when studying 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:04.880 our rookie quarterback in eating. 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.920 O'Connell, especially just with the extra time we had long 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.680 week coming off the buy the extra time to watch film, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:11.000 but just. 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.760 Knowing that the football is simple. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.079 They're gonna run certain routes, certain concepts, so regardless of 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.679 who's out there, they're still gonna run real concepts. So 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.560 just studying that and having that understanding is really how 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.320 we pride ourselves and playing defense and playing smart. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.240 Ball, steaking the smart ball going forward. I got four 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.680 games left. I got to continue to get these wins. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:35.319 What's the what's the conversation with everything that's around the 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.160 same as far as adversity goes. 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.439 Every game is a playoff game. That's how we're seeing this. 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.079 Every game is important and every game matters at the 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:43.880 end for us to get. 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:44.400 To the playoffs. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.240 So we're taking a one week at a time and 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.360 knowing that we have to win every single game moving forward. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.480 And I don't care if it's an ugly win, it's 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:51.760 a win. 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.439 So my last question for you, because I've been asking 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.439 questions about you know, how did the defense do? But 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:58.080 you just came off for a ball, Like, how does 0:10:58.120 --> 0:10:58.920 it feel to get a win? 0:10:59.800 --> 0:10:59.959 Yeah? 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.439 That that's always a challenge coming off of BUYE, especially 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.160 just you know, the energy, human nature you gotta it's 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.679 it's been a minute since we played football. So getting 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:11.440 a win coming off of buy and this type of win, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.240 especially for us on defense, this is a confidence booster 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.880 and just something that we we're gonna enjoy. 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.480 Defensive win for sure of the Minnesota Vikings win three 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.680 to zero over the Las Vegas Raiders and a tightly 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:27.400 contested battle. So next week will be another great game 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.520 for this Minnesota Vikings team. As they traveled down south 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.840 to face the Cincinnati Bengals, NAK, thank you, cam, yep, 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:33.200 appreciate you, Thank you' all. 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.079 It's a movie. Let's get to the next one. 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.560 One more trip down to the locker room. Gabe Henderson 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:38.760 was a Troy die. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.160 Inside the locker room following a three D zero victory 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.480 over the Las Vegas Raiders, a guy who recorded his 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.240 first career sack in the NFL. Mister Troy died Troy 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.439 first and foremost. Congrats on the win. What was that 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.880 feeling getting that first sack of your NFL career? 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.200 It was just pretty amazing. I mean, obviously I got cut. 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:56.280 I mean I got to stay on my steet a 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:57.959 little bit better, but to get up and get the 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.679 sack because it was kind of just a real MONA 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.520 been gyming that men for a long time and I 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.000 just got as a contribute to the shoutout today. 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.079 This was a defensive win for sure, and understanding you 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.120 were going against a rookie quarterback, what changed as far 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.319 as the thought process when it came to, Okay, we 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.120 got to win this game on the defensive front if 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:15.040 we want to be successful. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:16.960 I think that's our approach every week, no matter if 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:18.880 we're playing a rooky quarterback, we're playing a veteran quarterback. 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:20.360 I think we're trying to go out there and execute 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.079 the game. Playing that coach flow and the rest of 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.680 the defensive staff gets gives us on Mondays and throughout 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.560 the week, and I think we got a good group 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.319 of guys, no matter who it is, whether it's a 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.120 young guy or a guy coming off the bench like 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.600 myself playing a role player, feeling for Jordan. I think 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.560 they trust everybody enough to go out there and execut 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.079 the playing and I think we did a good enough 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:40.719 job executing it to be able to have the type 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:41.480 of performances we had. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.319 Man, how would you just describe this win? It's it's 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:45.920 been a while since we've had a locker room that 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.719 actually felt this upbeat, no matter what the score is. 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.439 But how does it feel to finally get back into 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:51.640 win column. I mean, it feels amazing. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:53.280 Like you said, like, it's hard to win this league 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.079 week in and week out, no matter who you're play, 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.400 whether you're playing a quarterback or a veteran quarterback, you 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.160 got to bring your best game every week. And it's 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:01.319 just great to get back in the win call and 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.280 get that street going again, and hopefully we can carry 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.600 that momentum to Cincinnati. I guess a really good offense 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.160 that's rolling and hopefully get a scr. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.720 Differently, Cincinnati's up next, This is probably the nicest I'm 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.280 gona be to you over these next couple of weeks, Liberty. 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.800 We play Oregon Fiesta Ball, so I get it. But 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.840 congrassling the toes. I appreciate you, you know. Godck's always man, 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:19.800 my God. 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.920 Gabe Henderson with a lot of Vikings, can't bind them, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.160 Troy Die, Ryan Wright, and of course Ben Lieber with 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.559 the coach and reminder. You can join Pa at the 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.559 Roseville Buffalo Wild Wings this Friday from nine to noon 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.680 for the Friday Football Feast presented by Corp's Light. 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Let's listen back to that now in Vikings 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:13.600 rewind presented by Omni Viking. 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:17.360 Likes coming off the buy to find a way to 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:22.360 get a win was the goal, not necessarily the way 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:26.280 we did it, how we envisioned it, but complement our team, 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.520 our guys, the resiliency to just keep battling. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.720 Huge performance from our defense. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.920 Getting the sixteen shutout in franchise history, and we needed 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:41.560 every single one of those plays to overcome some of 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.400 our struggles on offense and then ultimately find a way 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.280 to put a drive together to get some points there 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.280 at the end, and we got enough to get the win. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.560 A lot of things that we need to improve on 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:57.400 consistently still pushing here towards the final four stretch of 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.800 the season and solidifying our place hopefully, you know, in 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:02.640 the playoffs, and. 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.320 There's a lot of work to be done to get 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:05.760 that done. 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.600 But one two definitely highlight Brian Flores and his staff 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.000 and all of our defensive players did so in the 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.000 locker room after the game. So proud of those guys 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.760 the way, not only how they played, not only what 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.640 they did in between the white lines, but just what 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:24.600 they mean to our team and how they handled the 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.000 type of day that it was and just continuing to 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:32.320 press onward and really limiting an impressive skill group of 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.200 players that the Raiders have and and you know, kind 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.480 of coming off the buy for them as well. 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:41.600 Just a really really impressive performance. You know, want to. 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.800 Highlight Nick Mullins for his ability to come in the 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:47.040 football game and execute the way he did. Did get 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.840 some limited reps in practice, but Nick has always been 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.440 a guy that can be prepared and ready in those 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.400 you know, critical moments when called upon, and he demonstrated 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:59.520 it again yesterday. As we move forward in the week, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.600 you know, we'll make a decision on the starting quarterback. 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:06.320 We're in the process of solidifying that as a staff now. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.720 We'll inform the players and then uh ultimately make an 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.440 announcement here in the uh in in the in the 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.440 next couple of days here we'll let you guys know 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:21.280 as far as injury updates from the football game. Justin Jefferson, uh, 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.360 you know, in in his chest injury out of precaution, 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.760 did go to a local hospital and and you know, 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.600 get some procedural tests done just to rule out any 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:35.960 possible internal complications, UH that could come from a hit 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.280 like that, all of which we're able to rule out 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.640 any of those things, UH, and I consider justin day 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.040 to day with a with a good chance to hopefully 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.960