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Speaker 8: On the fan?
Speaker 7: Have you Victory Muggins?
Speaker 2: Rewind?
Speaker 7: Right here on the fan Denordo still recovering from his
Speaker 7: trip to Vegas as we all are, and after watching
Speaker 7: that game, you're probably thinking, boy, what are they gonna
Speaker 7: do for Vikings?
Speaker 2: Rewind?
Speaker 7: There was no touchdowns in the game and one field goal. Well,
Speaker 7: we're gonna make a little bit of an audible. We're
Speaker 7: gonna get a lot of locker rooms, dound. We're gonna
Speaker 7: start things with Ben Lieber. He was joined by the
Speaker 7: coach postgame.
Speaker 2: Why are you guys?
Speaker 9: We're down here in the Vikings lockerroom with head coach
Speaker 9: Kevin O'Connell and coach, Let's start with this defense. I mean,
Speaker 9: this defense has been playing lights out these last several games.
Speaker 9: And let me just go through a few stats for you.
Speaker 9: One hundred and seventy three total yards, giving up fifty
Speaker 9: six yards of rushing. They had three takes, now that
Speaker 9: last one was on that desperation drive. Four sacks. But
Speaker 9: let me just talk about this, the way that they
Speaker 9: finished the fourth quarter alone, three three and outs and
Speaker 9: one take. If you don't look at that desperation drive,
Speaker 9: how are they able to stay so dominant throughout this game?
Speaker 6: Yeah, first and foremost, they've been playing you know, winning football,
Speaker 6: you know, really finding their groove within the scheme, thrive
Speaker 6: in with guys in different roles. But Brian Flores and
Speaker 6: his staff just continuing to kind of, you know, find
Speaker 6: ways to allow guys to live in their spots within
Speaker 6: the defense. Maybe on the depth chart, but guys are
Speaker 6: doing a lot of different jobs. We're asking guys to
Speaker 6: do a lot of different things, and it's causing some
Speaker 6: confusion for the opposing offenses. And what we talked about
Speaker 6: as a team this week is no matter what it
Speaker 6: would take to win this game, the bottom line is
Speaker 6: we weren't going to flinch. We weren't going to lose
Speaker 6: the turnover battle, and we were gonna find a way
Speaker 6: to win it, no matter how long it took, no
Speaker 6: matter if we needed extra time, whatever it was, and
Speaker 6: our defense was able to pick up a pretty banged
Speaker 6: up offense that struggled most of the day and really
Speaker 6: take us home there all the way through the end.
Speaker 9: You know, one of the key contributors to the defense
Speaker 9: was Ivan Pace Junior, and I had a chance to
Speaker 9: talk with him right up for the game. On the field.
Speaker 9: He called himself, he's got he's got that dog mentality.
Speaker 9: I'm sure you've heard him talk about himself in that manner,
Speaker 9: but he really does.
Speaker 2: He plays with his.
Speaker 9: Intensity and this chip on his shoulder. And you know,
Speaker 9: for a young guy, a rookie to go through a
Speaker 9: long season, hit that bye week, and to come out
Speaker 9: with such energy and fire and intensity, what have you
Speaker 9: seen from the growth out out of him in just
Speaker 9: his rookie year.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you know, Vikings fans should know he's
Speaker 6: calling the defense. He's got the green dot and Jordan
Speaker 6: Hicks aps since he's you know, basically an extension and
Speaker 6: flow out there on the field as are some of
Speaker 6: our other ves in players around a rookie that we
Speaker 6: trust with that green dot, and he just continues to
Speaker 6: answer the call, flying around the field, physicality. He's one
Speaker 6: of the best young rushers at the inside linebacker position
Speaker 6: I think there is in the NFL. But then you
Speaker 6: know the instincts to drop, understand kind of his void
Speaker 6: and vacancy that he's responsible to cover and then make
Speaker 6: that play at the end. Just remarkable, remarkable out of
Speaker 6: ivan pace today. And he just keeps on getting better
Speaker 6: and better. And when you find an undrafted free agent
Speaker 6: like that that comes in and has this kind of
Speaker 6: impact on your team, it gets you really excited about
Speaker 6: the future of the player. And I couldn't be more
Speaker 6: excited about Ip.
Speaker 9: You talk about the offensive struggles, you know, part of
Speaker 9: it offensive line was a little spotty in some of
Speaker 9: the protection stuff. There's a few drops out there by
Speaker 9: wide receivers. But ultimately you make the decision to go
Speaker 9: with Nick Mullens. What went into that? What was the
Speaker 9: calculations of going with Mullens in that situation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just thought.
Speaker 6: Kind of the way the game had gone, we wanted
Speaker 6: to come in into this game.
Speaker 2: And use you know Josh.
Speaker 6: I thought some of our run hits with him as
Speaker 6: a threat of the zone read and some of the
Speaker 6: quarterback you know keeping aspects of some of those plays
Speaker 6: gave us a spark enough to try to stay efficient.
Speaker 6: But when you lose JJ, and you lose Brian O'Neal,
Speaker 6: and then you lose Alex Madison and you're really looking
Speaker 6: at it, like, what we need right now is somebody
Speaker 6: that I know. My trust in Nick Mullens, no matter
Speaker 6: how many reps, and he did get some reps this
Speaker 6: week to prepare him, but my trust in that moment is,
Speaker 6: you know, he's going to go out there and take
Speaker 6: great footwork, fundamentals, see it and throw it and give
Speaker 6: us a chance to maybe get three or four of
Speaker 6: those first downs that he did to get us in
Speaker 6: range to get whatever amount of points it was needed
Speaker 6: to win the game. And when your defense plays like that.
Speaker 6: We came in saying we wanted to win the turnover battle. Offensively,
Speaker 6: we did not turn the football over. We weren't nearly
Speaker 6: as effective or explosive or efficient as we wanted to be.
Speaker 6: But in the end, it's a great lesson to you
Speaker 6: about turnovers, even when it's as hard as you can
Speaker 6: imagine to try to move the football offensively, you're having
Speaker 6: you know what, seemed like every drive we had another
Speaker 6: guy going down and the group just overcame.
Speaker 2: Defense never flinched.
Speaker 6: We got a couple timely special teams plays as well,
Speaker 6: total complete team effort where you're gonna have to lean
Speaker 6: on maybe one phase over another sometimes, But I'm just
Speaker 6: proud of the way the guys handled it.
Speaker 2: They kept battling.
Speaker 6: There wasn't announce in negativity when we were struggling on offense.
Speaker 6: Defense just kept going and going and going and gave
Speaker 6: us a chance to win our seven football game.
Speaker 9: You know, I know a lot of the fans are
Speaker 9: gonna wonder now going into next week with with Dobbs
Speaker 9: having the performance that he did, Mullen's coming in and
Speaker 9: basically you know, leading the game winning drive and giving
Speaker 9: a little bit of juice, How does this decision and
Speaker 9: how does his play at the end of the game
Speaker 9: impact your decision who plays quarterback next week?
Speaker 6: Yeah, we're gonna, you know, we're gonna take a look
Speaker 6: at it as a staff, but you know, the decision
Speaker 6: is going to be made based upon you know, where
Speaker 6: we are right now. And what's the best thing for
Speaker 6: us to win moving forward, And got a tough opportunity
Speaker 6: of tough challenge going on the road again to Cincinnati,
Speaker 6: shorter week, and we'll put some time and energy into that,
Speaker 6: but we're gonna put We're gonna put the player out
Speaker 6: there that we feel like gives us the best chance
Speaker 6: to win based upon this week and our game plan
Speaker 6: and everything that goes into that, and we'll keep you
Speaker 6: guys posted on that.
Speaker 2: But happy to get our seventh win.
Speaker 6: Sometimes they don't always look as pretty as you'd love
Speaker 6: as an offensive coach, but in the end, proud of
Speaker 6: our defense, proud of our team to come on the
Speaker 6: road and get our seventh win.
Speaker 8: Well, coach, a win is a win. You're right.
Speaker 9: You got to enjoy all the wins when you can
Speaker 9: get him.
Speaker 2: They're tough in this league.
Speaker 9: So congratulations and we'll see in a short week in
Speaker 9: Cincinnati on Saturday.
Speaker 7: That's right, Thanks Ben, All right, guys, back to you,
Speaker 7: Thanks Ben, and we'll hear more from Kevin O'Connell later
Speaker 7: as press conference. Earlier today, we'll do that second segment
Speaker 7: of Vikings rewine. We're going to go back to locker
Speaker 7: room though, Gabe Henderson was joined by Well. One of
Speaker 7: the MVPs of a low scoring game is your punter.
Speaker 8: Ryan Right joined all right inside locker room following the
Speaker 8: three to zero win over the Las Vegas Raiders. We
Speaker 8: talk about a defensive performance. There's eleven minute on the field,
Speaker 8: but little do people know we have a twelfth man
Speaker 8: and Ryan Right he joins me right now inside of
Speaker 8: the locker room. Four punts inside the twenty yard line today.
Speaker 8: Just a fantastic performance by you. What were just your
Speaker 8: thoughts on your performance tonight?
Speaker 1: You know, we put an emphasis on flipping the field
Speaker 1: and putting it inside the twenty over the past few weeks.
Speaker 1: Not gonna lie, haven't been the best this year with that,
Speaker 1: but I'm working through it and just striving to get
Speaker 1: better and better each week with it.
Speaker 8: That's something that like Kevin O'Connell kind of pointed out
Speaker 8: last week, is you know, special teams are special teams.
Speaker 2: Is gonna.
Speaker 8: They've been doing a good job this year, but they
Speaker 8: got to get from good to great. It seems like
Speaker 8: you took that to heart this week.
Speaker 1: No, yeah, I kind of took you a little personal.
Speaker 1: I'd like to stay out of the news if you
Speaker 1: hear my name in the news, it's probably not a
Speaker 1: good thing. So you know, I'm just trying to get
Speaker 1: better each week and shout out to the defense for
Speaker 1: keeping us in that game.
Speaker 2: They played their hearts out.
Speaker 8: Going into just a game where you know is going
Speaker 8: to be this close. Is there any added pressure for you, Like,
Speaker 8: how do you clear your mind to just do your
Speaker 8: job when you're out there?
Speaker 1: You know, I try to just take it one point
Speaker 1: at a time, take deep breaths, and worry about the
Speaker 1: punt in front of me, and then after then I'll
Speaker 1: worry about what the result was. And then if it
Speaker 1: was good, usually it gets flushed out in a few seconds,
Speaker 1: but if it was bad, I kind of look at
Speaker 1: it a little bit, but then I do a breathing exercise,
Speaker 1: close my eyes and just forget about it so I
Speaker 1: can move on.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 8: I'm gonna have some fun with this last question because
Speaker 8: Greg Joseph finally got a punt in a game. To
Speaker 8: be able to watch him get a punt inside the twenty,
Speaker 8: How how funny? But how cool was that?
Speaker 1: You know? It was?
Speaker 2: It was really funny.
Speaker 1: I actually ended up standing up and blocking the field side,
Speaker 1: so I hopefully I didn't.
Speaker 2: Look too out of place there, but.
Speaker 1: You know it's Craig is a great guy, and you
Speaker 1: know he hit that game winner, so obviously those are
Speaker 1: the three only three points of the game, so you know,
Speaker 1: his resiliencies and saying his work ethic is top notch, unbeaten.
Speaker 1: So I'm just really proud of him. And yeah, obviously
Speaker 1: that punt was hilarious, but he got the job done.
Speaker 8: Win is a win in the NFL, and we know
Speaker 8: that special teams play is a huge factor into that.
Speaker 8: So congratulations to Minnesota Vikings as well as Ryan Right,
Speaker 8: Greg Joseph and all of the specialists today.
Speaker 2: Congrats man, appreciate it.
Speaker 7: Back down to the locker room, Gabe Henderson also is
Speaker 7: joined by a couple members of the Vikings defense, including
Speaker 7: Cam buying.
Speaker 8: Them inside the locker room with Viking safety Camp buying them.
Speaker 8: Camp just a game. The first time since twenty seventeen
Speaker 8: the Vikings have shut out any opponent. We knew offensively
Speaker 8: we had some problems getting things going, but from a
Speaker 8: defensive perspective, what.
Speaker 2: Was the mindset?
Speaker 10: Mindset is if we don't if we don't give up
Speaker 10: with a point, they don't win.
Speaker 2: That's really all it is.
Speaker 10: Mindset. Every week, we don't our standard is to give
Speaker 10: up no points. We can't settle off giving up field
Speaker 10: goals whatever. Today we were on one, just knowing that
Speaker 10: we got to we gotta carry it.
Speaker 8: There were plays, especially in the first quarter, when they
Speaker 8: ran like a two wide receiver route and you run
Speaker 8: the route for Davonte Adams. Just the film prep, the
Speaker 8: game study. What went into it this week when studying
Speaker 8: our rookie quarterback in eating.
Speaker 10: O'Connell, especially just with the extra time we had long
Speaker 10: week coming off the buy the extra time to watch film,
Speaker 10: but just.
Speaker 2: Knowing that the football is simple.
Speaker 10: They're gonna run certain routes, certain concepts, so regardless of
Speaker 10: who's out there, they're still gonna run real concepts. So
Speaker 10: just studying that and having that understanding is really how
Speaker 10: we pride ourselves and playing defense and playing smart.
Speaker 8: Ball, steaking the smart ball going forward. I got four
Speaker 8: games left. I got to continue to get these wins.
Speaker 8: What's the what's the conversation with everything that's around the
Speaker 8: same as far as adversity goes.
Speaker 10: Every game is a playoff game. That's how we're seeing this.
Speaker 10: Every game is important and every game matters at the
Speaker 10: end for us to get.
Speaker 2: To the playoffs.
Speaker 10: So we're taking a one week at a time and
Speaker 10: knowing that we have to win every single game moving forward.
Speaker 10: And I don't care if it's an ugly win, it's
Speaker 10: a win.
Speaker 8: So my last question for you, because I've been asking
Speaker 8: questions about you know, how did the defense do? But
Speaker 8: you just came off for a ball, Like, how does
Speaker 8: it feel to get a win?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 10: That that's always a challenge coming off of BUYE, especially
Speaker 10: just you know, the energy, human nature you gotta it's
Speaker 10: it's been a minute since we played football. So getting
Speaker 10: a win coming off of buy and this type of win,
Speaker 10: especially for us on defense, this is a confidence booster
Speaker 10: and just something that we we're gonna enjoy.
Speaker 8: Defensive win for sure of the Minnesota Vikings win three
Speaker 8: to zero over the Las Vegas Raiders and a tightly
Speaker 8: contested battle. So next week will be another great game
Speaker 8: for this Minnesota Vikings team. As they traveled down south
Speaker 8: to face the Cincinnati Bengals, NAK, thank you, cam, yep,
Speaker 8: appreciate you, Thank you' all.
Speaker 2: It's a movie. Let's get to the next one.
Speaker 7: One more trip down to the locker room. Gabe Henderson
Speaker 7: was a Troy die.
Speaker 8: Inside the locker room following a three D zero victory
Speaker 8: over the Las Vegas Raiders, a guy who recorded his
Speaker 8: first career sack in the NFL. Mister Troy died Troy
Speaker 8: first and foremost. Congrats on the win. What was that
Speaker 8: feeling getting that first sack of your NFL career?
Speaker 3: It was just pretty amazing. I mean, obviously I got cut.
Speaker 3: I mean I got to stay on my steet a
Speaker 3: little bit better, but to get up and get the
Speaker 3: sack because it was kind of just a real MONA
Speaker 3: been gyming that men for a long time and I
Speaker 3: just got as a contribute to the shoutout today.
Speaker 8: This was a defensive win for sure, and understanding you
Speaker 8: were going against a rookie quarterback, what changed as far
Speaker 8: as the thought process when it came to, Okay, we
Speaker 8: got to win this game on the defensive front if
Speaker 8: we want to be successful.
Speaker 3: I think that's our approach every week, no matter if
Speaker 3: we're playing a rooky quarterback, we're playing a veteran quarterback.
Speaker 3: I think we're trying to go out there and execute
Speaker 3: the game. Playing that coach flow and the rest of
Speaker 3: the defensive staff gets gives us on Mondays and throughout
Speaker 3: the week, and I think we got a good group
Speaker 3: of guys, no matter who it is, whether it's a
Speaker 3: young guy or a guy coming off the bench like
Speaker 3: myself playing a role player, feeling for Jordan. I think
Speaker 3: they trust everybody enough to go out there and execut
Speaker 3: the playing and I think we did a good enough
Speaker 3: job executing it to be able to have the type
Speaker 3: of performances we had.
Speaker 8: Man, how would you just describe this win? It's it's
Speaker 8: been a while since we've had a locker room that
Speaker 8: actually felt this upbeat, no matter what the score is.
Speaker 8: But how does it feel to finally get back into
Speaker 8: win column. I mean, it feels amazing.
Speaker 3: Like you said, like, it's hard to win this league
Speaker 3: week in and week out, no matter who you're play,
Speaker 3: whether you're playing a quarterback or a veteran quarterback, you
Speaker 3: got to bring your best game every week. And it's
Speaker 3: just great to get back in the win call and
Speaker 3: get that street going again, and hopefully we can carry
Speaker 3: that momentum to Cincinnati. I guess a really good offense
Speaker 3: that's rolling and hopefully get a scr.
Speaker 8: Differently, Cincinnati's up next, This is probably the nicest I'm
Speaker 8: gona be to you over these next couple of weeks, Liberty.
Speaker 8: We play Oregon Fiesta Ball, so I get it. But
Speaker 8: congrassling the toes. I appreciate you, you know. Godck's always man,
Speaker 8: my God.
Speaker 7: Gabe Henderson with a lot of Vikings, can't bind them,
Speaker 7: Troy Die, Ryan Wright, and of course Ben Lieber with
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Speaker 7: earlier today. Let's listen back to that now in Vikings
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Speaker 6: Likes coming off the buy to find a way to
Speaker 6: get a win was the goal, not necessarily the way
Speaker 6: we did it, how we envisioned it, but complement our team,
Speaker 6: our guys, the resiliency to just keep battling.
Speaker 2: Huge performance from our defense.
Speaker 6: Getting the sixteen shutout in franchise history, and we needed
Speaker 6: every single one of those plays to overcome some of
Speaker 6: our struggles on offense and then ultimately find a way
Speaker 6: to put a drive together to get some points there
Speaker 6: at the end, and we got enough to get the win.
Speaker 6: A lot of things that we need to improve on
Speaker 6: consistently still pushing here towards the final four stretch of
Speaker 6: the season and solidifying our place hopefully, you know, in
Speaker 6: the playoffs, and.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of work to be done to get
Speaker 2: that done.
Speaker 6: But one two definitely highlight Brian Flores and his staff
Speaker 6: and all of our defensive players did so in the
Speaker 6: locker room after the game. So proud of those guys
Speaker 6: the way, not only how they played, not only what
Speaker 6: they did in between the white lines, but just what
Speaker 6: they mean to our team and how they handled the
Speaker 6: type of day that it was and just continuing to
Speaker 6: press onward and really limiting an impressive skill group of
Speaker 6: players that the Raiders have and and you know, kind
Speaker 6: of coming off the buy for them as well.
Speaker 2: Just a really really impressive performance. You know, want to.
Speaker 6: Highlight Nick Mullins for his ability to come in the
Speaker 6: football game and execute the way he did. Did get
Speaker 6: some limited reps in practice, but Nick has always been
Speaker 6: a guy that can be prepared and ready in those
Speaker 6: you know, critical moments when called upon, and he demonstrated
Speaker 6: it again yesterday. As we move forward in the week,
Speaker 6: you know, we'll make a decision on the starting quarterback.
Speaker 6: We're in the process of solidifying that as a staff now.
Speaker 6: We'll inform the players and then uh ultimately make an
Speaker 6: announcement here in the uh in in the in the
Speaker 6: next couple of days here we'll let you guys know
Speaker 6: as far as injury updates from the football game. Justin Jefferson, uh,
Speaker 6: you know, in in his chest injury out of precaution,
Speaker 6: did go to a local hospital and and you know,
Speaker 6: get some procedural tests done just to rule out any
Speaker 6: possible internal complications, UH that could come from a hit
Speaker 6: like that, all of which we're able to rule out
Speaker 6: any of those things, UH, and I consider justin day
Speaker 6: to day with a with a good chance to hopefully
Speaker 6: be with us playing on Saturday in Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: Brian O'Neil's ankle injury.
Speaker 6: You know, as as tough as Brian is trying to
Speaker 6: come back in the football game, he was unable to
Speaker 6: do that, and we'll we'll see how he you know,
Speaker 6: handles treatment throughout the week and ultimately what his available
Speaker 6: availability looks like for this coming Saturday is up in
Speaker 6: the air, but I do think we were able to
Speaker 6: avoid a real.
Speaker 2: Long term issue for Brian. There.
Speaker 6: Alex Madison kind of a very similar situation with his ankle.
Speaker 6: We'll see how he progresses through the week, but you know,
Speaker 6: kind of a similar timeline for those two players. And
Speaker 6: then Jalen Naylor is indeed in the concussion protocol and
Speaker 6: he'll work through, you know, the steps to see if
Speaker 6: he can be available this week. But as always with
Speaker 6: head injuries, we will be very cautious and make sure
Speaker 6: that we allow the medical team and our doctors to
Speaker 6: determine with Jalen his availability as it pertains to Saturday.
Speaker 5: Jefferson, I guess what are the specifics that you'll actually
Speaker 5: have to evaluate about his availability.
Speaker 8: Is more of a pain tolerance issue or what is
Speaker 8: some of the precautions?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 6: I think, uh, you know, once you're able, uh, Dave
Speaker 6: to rule out some of you know, potentially some of
Speaker 6: those complications and our doctors, you know, did a did
Speaker 6: a great job being proactive to to do the things
Speaker 6: we needed to do to make sure he could.
Speaker 2: Fly home with us and be with us, which he
Speaker 2: was able to do.
Speaker 6: Uh, he's doing pretty well today and yeah, it's just
Speaker 6: a matter of continuing to monitor any you know, potential
Speaker 6: things that could arise. But you know what he's like
Speaker 6: from a standpoint of his ability uh to get some
Speaker 6: you know preparation in throughout the week and feel comfortable,
Speaker 6: uh and ready to go for Saturday will be determined
Speaker 6: you know as we go here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevin, as you.
Speaker 6: Work through the quarterback decision, what what's the process there
Speaker 6: and under what circumstances would it not be Nick on
Speaker 6: Saturday in Cincinnati. Yeah, the process Kevin is a little
Speaker 6: bit more you know of making sure we go through
Speaker 6: a full evaluation of all the plays from yesterday, and
Speaker 6: then it's a matter of just you know, the dialogue
Speaker 6: with the staff and making sure everybody understands really where
Speaker 6: I would like to go with the decision, and then
Speaker 6: the communication with the players. And you know, having been
Speaker 6: we got back late last night and have been in
Speaker 6: that process today. It's just a little early for me
Speaker 6: to announce that, but I feel like we're on our
Speaker 6: way to making that decision rather shortly.
Speaker 11: Here, Hey, Kevin, I think you guys have had nine
Speaker 11: different offensive linemens start for you. Is there any update
Speaker 11: just on ed Ingram's health and what factor has the
Speaker 11: rotation there at O line just been on the offensive
Speaker 11: turmoil here?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you know, it's always easy to start
Speaker 6: when you lose your starting quarterback, but then you start
Speaker 6: getting into the particulars of the different groups we've played
Speaker 6: up front. You know, obviously the loss of Justin for
Speaker 6: a significant portion of our season and then only having
Speaker 6: them for fourteen plays yesterday.
Speaker 2: Then you look at losing.
Speaker 6: Brian O'Neill, you know, in a game where there was
Speaker 6: a significant one of the premier players in football, you know,
Speaker 6: lining up quite a bit over there on that right
Speaker 6: So having to kind of, you know, there's a lot
Speaker 6: that goes into it to make sure you know, whatever
Speaker 6: it says on the call sheet is one thing. But
Speaker 6: trying to overcome the loss of a you know, the
Speaker 6: player you built a lot of the plan around, and
Speaker 6: justin and or having to make some adjustments on the fly.
Speaker 6: But I did think David Questenberry stepping in once again
Speaker 6: giving us some really quality snaps and some great effort,
Speaker 6: you know, knowing the circumstances that it was. I thought
Speaker 6: Blake Brendel played you know, a very very good football
Speaker 6: game at the right guard spot, considering you know, he
Speaker 6: hadn't had much time in there this year. And then
Speaker 6: as it pertains to you know, a Dulton being able
Speaker 6: to work through kind of an ankle there at some
Speaker 6: point and really refuse to come out of the game
Speaker 6: and go back out there. I want to give him
Speaker 6: a lot of credit for that. As it relates to Ed,
Speaker 6: it's just going to be a day to day process.
Speaker 6: I see a good chance that we have him this week,
Speaker 6: but don't want to get ahead of myself.
Speaker 2: It'll take him, you know, able to get.
Speaker 6: Back on the practice field and get some significant work
Speaker 6: in so that he can have confidence going into Saturday
Speaker 6: that you know, we feel good about him being available.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Kevin, just you know, talking about that sixteenth shutout
Speaker 5: in team history, I was wondered, as you look back
Speaker 5: at the game, is there maybe one play that best
Speaker 5: exemplifies you know, all eleven defenders, you know, really you
Speaker 5: know have flores having them play as one, you know,
Speaker 5: where every assignment's locked down, where you kind of step
Speaker 5: back and realize what you have defensively right now.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't know if there's it's easy to look
Speaker 6: at ips interception there to kind of seal it for us,
Speaker 6: but I don't necessarily look at one. I think that's
Speaker 6: what's making them play at the level they are right now.
Speaker 6: It's just consistent of the mix and match between you know,
Speaker 6: keeping people off balance, using our playmakers at different positions.
Speaker 2: To allow them to thrive in multiple roles.
Speaker 6: You know, using a guy like Byron Murphy to maybe
Speaker 6: match in coverage sometimes other times, you know, maybe just
Speaker 6: play his standard spot. Josh Mattelis, Harrison Smith, cam Binham
Speaker 6: at the safety position, a guy like Makai Blackman steps
Speaker 6: in and gives us some really good snaps and then
Speaker 6: ip you know, you know, running the show is the
Speaker 6: green dot. His ability to just you know, continue to improve.
Speaker 6: I think Mike Siravo deserves a ton of credit for
Speaker 6: the development of an undrafted free agent rookie that we're
Speaker 6: really lucky to have and quite honestly don't know where
Speaker 6: we would be without him. But once again, just a
Speaker 6: credit to Flow, his staff, our players the consistency at
Speaker 6: which they've been able to continue to communicate, execute, and
Speaker 6: ultimately finish.
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