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Speaker 1: Welcome into the two Minute Warning, presented by three M,

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Speaker 2: The Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host Tatum Everett from the Vikings Entertainment Network,

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Speaker 1: and what a game? In Detroit, The Vikings snapped a

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Speaker 1: five game skit against the Lions with a gritty twenty

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Speaker 1: seven to twenty four win at Ford Field.

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Speaker 2: JJ McCarthy showing.

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Speaker 1: Why he's the future, tossing two touchdowns to Justin Jefferson

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Speaker 1: and TJ Hockinson and even adding a.

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Speaker 2: Nine yard rushing score.

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Speaker 1: The defense came alive as well, sacking Jared Goff five times,

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Speaker 1: forcing a key fumble and it wasn't perfect, but it

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Speaker 1: was clutch, capped off by McCarthy's ice cold third downstrike

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Speaker 1: to Jalen Naylor to steal it. Now the focus shifts

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Speaker 1: to Week ten, a big test at home against the

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Speaker 1: Baltimore ravens. Lamar Jackson is back and looking dangerous as ever,

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Speaker 1: throwing for four touchdowns in a blowout win over Miami.

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Speaker 1: Kim Brian Flores's blitz heavy defense can take Jackson's dual

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Speaker 1: threat magic, and how healthy will the Vikings starters be?

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Speaker 1: Head coach Kevin O'Connell spoke on Friday to relay the

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Speaker 1: final injury news and answer some questions about hosting the

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Speaker 1: Ravens at US Bank Stadium.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to start out today.

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Speaker 4: I'm an express from our organization to the Dallas Cowboys organization.

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Speaker 4: Our condolences, h do you know after the tragic passing

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Speaker 4: of Marshawn Neelan, we did host him for a visit

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Speaker 4: during the draft process and got to know.

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Speaker 3: Him pretty well. So so unfortunate.

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Speaker 4: And I talked to the team today and you know,

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Speaker 4: it was not my first time referencing mental health with

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Speaker 4: our team. Not only the resources that we have available,

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Speaker 4: but how we are you know, in this building where

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Speaker 4: each other's partners in in mental health and making sure

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Speaker 4: the players always know I'm available twenty four to seven

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Speaker 4: three hundred five d year to to be whatever resource

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Speaker 4: that I can personally be, but most importantly the resources

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Speaker 4: that we provide our guys.

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Speaker 3: That are so important.

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Speaker 4: Mental health is a real thing and it's something that's

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Speaker 4: always on my mind in regards to not only our players,

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Speaker 4: but as a former player all NFL players. So just

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Speaker 4: wanted to start with that and make sure our you know,

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Speaker 4: our condolences and prayers are with the Neeland family.

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Speaker 3: And I just wanted to start there.

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Speaker 4: Excited for our team to get a chance to be

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Speaker 4: back at US Bank Stadium in front of our fans.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully we get to our our usual one of one

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Speaker 4: electric environment in US Bank Stadium. A really good football

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Speaker 4: team coming to town. We're gonna have to play really

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Speaker 4: well to win the game. Giving you guys an injury update,

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Speaker 4: we'll have two players ruled out for the game, Jeff

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Speaker 4: Akuda and Josh Oliver. Two players questionable, Theo Jackson and

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Speaker 4: Aaron Jones. No one else in the game will go

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Speaker 4: in with a designation there.

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Speaker 3: In practice and limited.

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Speaker 4: It felt like he was limited today, but he did

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Speaker 4: participate in practiced today. You know, we wanted to make

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Speaker 4: sure we gave him the early part of the week,

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Speaker 4: the benefits of that todayj.

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Speaker 5: Ham, just how much better is it going into a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it always. You know, It's not just as

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Speaker 4: that he plays on special teams. It's his role he

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Speaker 4: plays as a leader, It's his role he plays on

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Speaker 4: third down, So depending on the game and what we

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Speaker 4: prepared football players I've ever been around, and for sure

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Speaker 4: on this team, it does as a coach give you

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Speaker 4: so much confidence levels. You know that with Aaron, JP,

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Speaker 4: Chandler's were in his way back as well, So really

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Speaker 4: good situation in our running back room and CJ being

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Speaker 6: Running back pass pro is as important as it's ever been.

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Speaker 4: The same All yeah, I just think, you know, the

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Speaker 4: There's been a lot of evolution to pass rush games,

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Speaker 4: just feels like it just feels like people are attacking

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Speaker 4: But with that becomes a chance to activate more one

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Speaker 4: So it's a it's a back and forth sometimes even

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Speaker 4: of every NFL game that gets played.

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Speaker 3: Every single Sunday.

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Speaker 7: Standard.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've always I've always liked Asante and I know

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Speaker 4: he's taken a lot of visits, and I think the

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Speaker 4: I think he wants to make sure everybody totally understands

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Speaker 4: any other personnel situation. Our personnel guys are, you know,

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Speaker 4: doing the best they can to always evaluate anything that

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Speaker 4: would you be a good move for the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 4: and help us win.

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Speaker 3: That's that's what those guys do.

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Speaker 1: The Vikings won at Ford Field for the first time

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Speaker 1: since twenty twenty while quarterback JJ McCarthy's return to Michigan

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Speaker 1: was another milestone moment in his young career. Not only

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Speaker 1: did his own record as a starter improved to two

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Speaker 1: including a game ceiling completion to Jalen Naylor. McCarthy was

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Speaker 1: asked this week about how long he takes to revel

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Speaker 8: I would say once we hit the plane, it was

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Speaker 8: flush it we got to move on, because that's one

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Speaker 8: turn that page. You have to realize there's so many

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Speaker 8: and we have to make sure we're on it every

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Speaker 3: JJ.

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Speaker 1: When you talk about accuracy outside the pocket and when

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Speaker 5: You drill that down so that you can make those

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Speaker 8: For me, it just goes back to how many times

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Speaker 8: am I gonna in a comfortable setting put myself in

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Speaker 8: uncomfortable positions, you know, body positions to make those throws

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Speaker 8: and being on the run. It's not uncomfortable, but it's different.

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Speaker 8: And you know, obviously, coming off of six weeks of

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Speaker 3: And we did a lot today to do that.

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Speaker 6: Ex Kevin's talked a lot about just the lower half

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Speaker 6: and the progression from that standpoint, Where do you feel

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Speaker 3: I feel like I'm growing.

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Speaker 8: You know, that's the number one metric that I really

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Speaker 3: Was I better today than I was yesterday?

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Speaker 8: And you know there's a lot of room to go

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Speaker 8: a lot more growth that happened, you know, being twenty

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Speaker 8: two years old. But you know, I'm just so grateful

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Speaker 8: for the coaches and you know, their coaching points. Everything's

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Speaker 5: So you have a couple of minutes support media, JJ,

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Speaker 5: it looked like some of the plays that you were

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Speaker 5: how comfortable were you with that, like in that environment,

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Speaker 6: Back in there.

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Speaker 8: I was extremely comfortable in the environment. You know, I

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Speaker 8: really just kind of it's like white noise, Like at

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Speaker 8: the end of the day, it's loud, but all the

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Speaker 8: stuff we're doing procedurally is all nonverbal. So the more

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Speaker 8: I feel like, you know, just the preparation throughout the

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Speaker 8: play fast and help the guys play fast with ample

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Speaker 1: And did you see that JJ to JJ connection that

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Speaker 1: touchdown McCarthy and Jefferson a thing of beauty. It's at

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Speaker 1: the tone early on for the Vikings offense as well.

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Speaker 1: Let's go out to Justin Jefferson's press confidence where he

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Speaker 9: I'm up for the challenge for sure. They are a great,

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Speaker 9: you know, great team all in all. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 9: great defense, great defensive line, great secondary. So I'm definitely

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Speaker 9: perform like I always do. I'm excited for for JJ

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Speaker 9: to go out, you know, back at home and uh

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Speaker 9: We feel like it's going to be a great matchup.

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Speaker 9: So I'm excited for it, and it's a great opportunity

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Speaker 10: Listen, you know what a site to come back from

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Speaker 10: injury and perform. So you've seen JJ do it twice

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Speaker 10: this year. And the fact that he refers to himself

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Speaker 10: as nine and he puts on a different persona, Like

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Speaker 10: what have you seen for him in those kind of

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Speaker 10: roller coaster times that has really helped him become who

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Speaker 10: he is that we saw in Detroit.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Uh, the the persona. Uh you know that.

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Speaker 9: I mean I like it personally. I feel like he

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Speaker 9: he you know, he understands that. You know, he has

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Speaker 9: to talk yourself into it. You know, you have to,

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Speaker 9: just like me with Jets, you know, it's it's the

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Speaker 9: same thing I'm justin right now, but when I when

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Speaker 1: Everett and the Vikings face another explosive offensive threat in

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Speaker 13: We know that he's got a full vote of confidence,

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Speaker 13: consecutive weeks. There's more tape on him now than there

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Speaker 13: ever has been before, and ball security, but there were

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Speaker 13: a bunch of low snaps last week which would be

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Speaker 13: something to watch for as well. So ball security hanging

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Speaker 13: on to it and making good decisions and remembering, you

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Speaker 13: know what, the punt is not a bad play. Live

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Speaker 13: to fight another down, another series, and that'll be critical

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure the guys are itching to get back

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Speaker 1: to US Bank Stadium for another home game this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: If you're unable to make it, to the game. The

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Speaker 1: TV coverage is on Fox, with kickoff set at noon.

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Speaker 1: You can also catch Pa Pete Burstch, Ben Lieber, and

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Speaker 1: Mike Mussman right here on KFAM with the pregame show

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Speaker 1: beginning at ten am. All across the Vikings Audio network.

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Speaker 1: It's Vikings and Ravens live from US Bank Stadium this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to the two minute

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Speaker 2: Enjoy the game, everyone and skull Vikings