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Speaker 1: Barrow and Baker right here across the pond and line in.

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Speaker 1: And my name is Gay Henderson from the Vikings Entertainment Network,

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Speaker 1: alongside Vikings dot Com statum Everett. Hello, Hello, And like

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Speaker 1: I said before, we have the spectral privilege of being

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Speaker 1: joined by the Hall of Fame wide receiver who still

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Speaker 1: holds the Vikings records for most catches, receiving yards, touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: at least, can we give another round of applause from

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Speaker 1: mister Chris Carter. You look like you've been having a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun this trip so far. It's been nice,

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Speaker 1: low key, low key because the jet lag is a

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Speaker 1: real thing. Got in yesterday morning, came by the pub yesterday,

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Speaker 1: today I have good Morning football this morning. A couple

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Speaker 1: but more importantly Sunday's game and Tatum, you've been here

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Speaker 1: You celebrated your birthday, Yes, I celebrate my birthday yesterday.

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Speaker 1: you never played in London, but you were on that

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Speaker 1: ninety three and ninety four Vikings team that traveled to

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Speaker 1: It was a good trip, didn't get people injured in everything,

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Speaker 1: It's more so, Hey, we got all these others. I'm

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