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Speaker 2: What's going on, Vikings fans is Gabe Henderson from the

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Speaker 2: Vikings Entertainment Network just wanted to give you guys a

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Speaker 2: heads up that we recorded this week's podcast before the

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Speaker 2: Vikings officially exercised Justin Jefferson's fifth year option. What that

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Speaker 2: means is that the Vikings now have a little bit

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Speaker 2: more room, a little bit more space to negotiate a

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Speaker 2: long term extension with the best wide receiver in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: and everyone is excited about that. So, without further ado,

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Speaker 2: let's get into this week's edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 2: I think the Jets won this straight and I say

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Speaker 2: that because they still got a first and they only

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Speaker 2: gave up a second rounder next year that could possibly

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Speaker 3: But I think learning is the biggest thing for me,

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Speaker 3: because like year two has to be different from year one.

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Speaker 3: So for me, it's just trying to become better every

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Speaker 3: single day, one percent better every single day, and that's

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Speaker 3: kind of like my role and that's what I'm going

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Speaker 3: to continue to use this entire year. Is h one

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Speaker 2: Happy NFL Draft Week, Vikings fans, and welcome to another

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Speaker 2: edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Twin Cities Orthopedics.

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Speaker 2: My name is Gabe Henderson inside the TCO Radio studio.

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Speaker 2: With me is Tatum Everett from Vikings dot Com and

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Speaker 2: we got producer. I hate to put producer jay Neltson

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Speaker 2: in front of Jay Nelson, but Jay Nelson is on

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Speaker 2: the ones and tuesdaday and good to have you back

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Speaker 2: while Eric is doing some I guess more important work.

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Speaker 4: Sliding back into the familiar chair, we're good here. I

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Speaker 4: hopefully I won't mess this up, but I know it's

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Speaker 4: only been a couple months.

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Speaker 5: But as much good days back back with.

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Speaker 2: The original crew, right, Yeah, just don't press too many

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Speaker 2: buttons over there. We'll be fine today. But what a

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Speaker 2: wonderful time of the year it is if you are

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Speaker 2: an NFL fan, because if you're like me, you can

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Speaker 2: finally throw away all of your mock drafts and watch

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Speaker 2: and partake in all of the madness that's going to

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Speaker 2: happen this upcoming weekend with the twenty twenty three NFL

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Speaker 2: Draft is what over two dred over two hundred and

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Speaker 2: fifty players will hear their names called this upcoming weekend

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Speaker 2: in I'm just excited first and foremost because Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: is not in the division. That's probably the biggest treat

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Speaker 5: Hip it perade.

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Speaker 4: Its me being petty. I text out to a couple

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Speaker 4: of people, ding dung, the witch is dead, kind of

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Speaker 4: the way I felt before when five or left two.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, the Aaron Rodgers trade is officially official and

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Speaker 4: he's finally in New York.

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Speaker 1: It just felt like the longest breakup ever, Like you've

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Speaker 1: got your but like, okay, so you're in this long

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Speaker 1: was just flat out ugly and terrible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the divorce pay. They had to you know, get

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Speaker 2: and then it finally became official, so everyone is happy

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Speaker 2: if you're not the Packers.

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Speaker 4: It was basically you went to counseling, but one side

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Speaker 4: the thing for me is that, yeah, it's the worst

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Speaker 4: what the last six months at this point, But with

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Speaker 4: of people in Minnesota are starting to twitch, saying, Dear God,

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Speaker 4: They feel comfortable to make this move, and it just

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Speaker 2: It's just a reload for sure. Well, with the Aaron

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Speaker 2: do you think won that trade?

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Speaker 5: I think it's too hard to tell right now.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to know, really, I think until you

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Speaker 1: Truly believe he'll play over sixty five percent of the place.

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Speaker 4: And that was the thing that kinds out It's not

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Speaker 4: I mean that's fairly comparable. The only thing that's got

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Speaker 2: And both quarterbacks have won a Super Bowl, I mean both, right,

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Speaker 1: But but you know that, another thing I think that

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he comes at fifty percent off.

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Speaker 2: That's why I think, in my opinion, I think, yeah,

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Speaker 2: that sounds like a state. Yeah. I think the Jets

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Speaker 2: Like granted, last year they had two first round picks.

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Speaker 2: He's like the new Baker mayfood like, he'll get a.

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Speaker 1: Couple of probably worse honestly, because he hasn't even really

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 5: And take off. Are they ready to take off?

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Speaker 1: I have a question for you, then, would you be

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Speaker 2: No, because they've been around, they've been They've been on

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Speaker 5: Didn't really got rid of drama.

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Speaker 4: Exactly exactly drama and Green Bay they got rid of

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Speaker 1: It is Danny Etling, who was at Vikings Camp I

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Speaker 2: I can see them drafted on.

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Speaker 1: The website zone because Daron Rodgers still in the website.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you're right.

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Speaker 2: From franchise history. Also, I can just see like the

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Speaker 1: For Jordan Love, What rich poetic justice would that be

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Speaker 2: That's what they're going to do.

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Speaker 5: Oh Chef's kiss. I love it. I love the drama.

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Speaker 4: They're just looking to create, you know, kind of dynamic

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Speaker 4: You're going to really find out now what Green Bay's got,

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Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the AFC East, the NFC and NFC

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Speaker 2: talked about Bill Belichick, he loses. Jowan Williams, he's a

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Speaker 1: I mean, I personally was excited just for on a

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Speaker 5: Rianness. Haven't really followed his career too much since then,

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Speaker 1: He clearly has a lot of upside, a lot of potential.

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Speaker 1: This offseason, and I think it kind of maybe potentially

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how Brian Flores uses

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Speaker 1: You know, part of me, I'm trying to read into

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Speaker 1: We've been watching all of their their moves, their work ethic,

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Speaker 1: So he's looking at this from an advantage point of

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Speaker 4: And again Flores coming in, he's the giant wildcard of

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Speaker 2: Vikings team actually can because you signed two cornerbacks in

441
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Speaker 2: free agency. Yeah, you're still going to have to draft

442
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,080
Speaker 2: a cornerback in the draft, but maybe you don't have

443
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,960
Speaker 2: the draft too this year like you did last year,

444
00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,560
Speaker 2: so there is less pressure to kind of fill a

445
00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,040
Speaker 2: need versus trying to fill other needs to make I

446
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,240
Speaker 2: guess this defense or offense better. You can kind of

447
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Speaker 2: go with a splash pick now since you've kind of

448
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,760
Speaker 2: built up your veteran moves elsewhere on both sides of

449
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Speaker 2: the ball. So I'm threats is to see how that

450
00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:01,880
Speaker 2: plays out.

451
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Speaker 1: JA.

452
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Speaker 4: If we do stick at twenty three and the rumors

453
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Speaker 4: of you know, possibly four or even five quarterbacks going

454
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,800
Speaker 4: ahead of us, the talent pool is just going to

455
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,919
Speaker 4: be insane. That's going to get shoved down the draft.

456
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,520
Speaker 4: So if that happens, you can sit there at twenty

457
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,280
Speaker 4: three and still get the kind of pick you Potentially

458
00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,960
Speaker 4: we're going to get a like seventeen or eighteen to

459
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,199
Speaker 4: move up and get it. But it just feels like

460
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Speaker 4: if you do sit at twenty three and that happens,

461
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Speaker 4: I almost feel like at that point that's where they're

462
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Speaker 4: going to say, hey, we'll even trade back to the

463
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Speaker 4: back end of the first or front end of the second,

464
00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 4: just because there's going to be guys that we would

465
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,600
Speaker 4: normally have scheduled that twenty three that are going to

466
00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,680
Speaker 4: get shoved later in the draft and just to be opportunistic,

467
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,600
Speaker 4: you know, get as many picks as you can and

468
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,359
Speaker 4: bring in, you know, as much new talent as you

469
00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,960
Speaker 4: can and just see how that meshes with what you're

470
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Speaker 4: trying to do for the future.

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Speaker 1: And when you look at the roster, there's just to me,

472
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Speaker 1: there's just so much And I know this is kind

473
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Speaker 1: of like a not a curse word, but like a

474
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Speaker 1: like could a word that could be taken either way,

475
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Speaker 1: like put the potential of this roster, like there are

476
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Speaker 1: a ton of young guys who really haven't proven themselves

477
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Speaker 1: and a lot of the veterans.

478
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Speaker 5: It's kind of this team is getting.

479
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Speaker 1: Younger, we're as we're watching, and so I like the

480
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,480
Speaker 1: idea of the splash pick. I think that's so true

481
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Speaker 1: because when you look at so many of these positions,

482
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Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, if I look at linebacker, at least

483
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,680
Speaker 1: we have the proven vet.

484
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Speaker 5: We have a couple of guys that are.

485
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Speaker 1: You know, up and comers who are going after their potential.

486
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Speaker 5: Then you look at tight end.

487
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Speaker 1: Tight end, we're solid quarterback, you have your main guy,

488
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Speaker 1: right and can't worry about Nick Mullins. I know people

489
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Speaker 1: don't want to talk about the fact they have a

490
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Speaker 1: backup quarterback. But we do have a backup quarterback, you know.

491
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Speaker 2: Not Danny Evling, not Danyling.

492
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Speaker 1: You look at all these positions and you feel pretty comfortable.

493
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Speaker 1: There are obvious needs, but you can go and address

494
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 1: It's not like you are like, Okay.

495
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Speaker 5: I need this position.

496
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Speaker 1: I need them to start tomorrow, and I know that like,

497
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Speaker 1: if I whiff on this, this is a huge loss.

498
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,760
Speaker 2: And being in the NFC North and Aaron Rodgers leaving

499
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,919
Speaker 2: that helps you. A ton Kirk Cousins right now is

500
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 2: the winningest quarterback in the NFC North. And then you

501
00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,119
Speaker 2: still have to worry about the Lions. I know. My

502
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 2: last text from Jay Neltson is Lions are going to

503
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 2: lie in and reading to that however you want to.

504
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 2: But at the same time, you can kind of make

505
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,960
Speaker 2: that splash move to your point because there isn't much

506
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 2: pressure anymore to win the division. You don't have that

507
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,800
Speaker 2: one person hunting you saying okay, this is my division.

508
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 2: I own this team and go from there with Aaron Rodgers.

509
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Speaker 2: So it will be an interesting draft. This is a

510
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Speaker 2: competitive rebuild, but this is the perfect time to do it,

511
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Speaker 2: simply because outside looking at you look at the NFC North,

512
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 2: and you say, this division isn't going to be the strongest,

513
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,399
Speaker 2: so you can kind of lean on that to help

514
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,119
Speaker 2: raise your stake in whoever you want to draft this year,

515
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 2: whether you move up, move down, stay wherever you need

516
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Speaker 2: to be and go from there.

517
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Speaker 4: For me, the Lions deal is they are absolutely on

518
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 4: the ascent. They show that at the end of last season.

519
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,119
Speaker 4: The difference is is now you have an offseason to

520
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 4: game plan around what they currently have. You know, they've

521
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 4: had the issues off the field already popping up that

522
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Speaker 4: you know have happened.

523
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Speaker 2: To me.

524
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Speaker 4: It still comes down to look at the quarterback play fields,

525
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 4: Love Golf and Kirk. You just feel like Kirk is

526
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 4: probably the strongest out of those four. But there's no

527
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,919
Speaker 4: doubt that the Lions are definitely on the ascent. And

528
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Speaker 4: I think for sure those guys in their offices are

529
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 4: looking at it saying why not us? And I think

530
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 4: for us, you know, I think the idea is, if

531
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 4: you know, the boogeyman's out of the division at this point,

532
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,880
Speaker 4: it's time for us to step it up and kind

533
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Speaker 4: of take hold of it and not let it go

534
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,400
Speaker 4: for a long time. So hopefully, you know, whatever we're

535
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 4: doing here with this this draft this weekend is just

536
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Speaker 4: going to help bolster us and solidify the division for us.

537
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Speaker 1: The Lions also have nine picks, Yeah, two first rounders,

538
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: two second rounders, and then they go three, two fives,

539
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,359
Speaker 1: two sixes, So they can really they are loading up.

540
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: They can load up, they can move around, they can

541
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Speaker 1: they can really ask.

542
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Speaker 2: To pick together and move up to exactly get the

543
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 2: second or third overalls. Yeah. And that's the thing though

544
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 2: that I'm holding on to.

545
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Speaker 5: They've been doing.

546
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Speaker 1: The draft was pretty good for them the last year

547
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Speaker 1: at least, so maybe this GM this movement, like they're

548
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,880
Speaker 1: kind of starting to know what their identity is.

549
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Speaker 5: I'm not trying to advocate for.

550
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 2: The line they go zero and six.

551
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I hope they lose every game, but you.

552
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 4: Know, but it's the reality. I mean. And one thing

553
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 4: that they're a team to me that I've always kind

554
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 4: of raised my hand to say, like where is their

555
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 4: future quarterback? I Mean, they have Jared Goff, but everyone

556
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,320
Speaker 4: tends to feel like GoF isn't necessarily the future for them,

557
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 4: Like they could be a because they have two first

558
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 4: round picks and two second round picks. They could be

559
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 4: a wild card team that would snag somebody that would

560
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 4: be the heir to what Jared goff is currently because

561
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 4: if you're looking at the young talent pool that they

562
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 4: currently have, and then they could add a young stud

563
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 4: quarterback that would be the thing for them, then you're

564
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 4: so that was their plan.

565
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Speaker 2: All along when they drafted, when they traded for Matthew

566
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 2: Stafford and Jared goff they had two first rounders, and

567
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 2: they were like, Okay, Jared Golf is just a placeholder

568
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Speaker 2: until we get our young guy. Last year they had

569
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Speaker 2: a surprising eight or nine win season, It's like, oh,

570
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 2: maybe Jared Golf is our guy. They didn't extend them,

571
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 2: but at the same time, it's like, we still got

572
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Speaker 2: those two first rounders, so let's kind of see how

573
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 2: this plays out. Maybe Jared Goffs has another good year

574
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 2: and we can trade them for another first So they

575
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,160
Speaker 2: got a lot of leverage right now.

576
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Speaker 4: I'm going to be more nervous if they turn around

577
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 4: and pair like an insane defensive lineman with Hutchinson and

578
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 4: just they're getting Jaalen Carter. That's the thing. Like that

579
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,880
Speaker 4: that was my thought, but I didn't want to say.

580
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,919
Speaker 4: If you were to pair a Jaalen Carter Carter with

581
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 4: a Hutchinson for the next you know decade mc neil, Oh,

582
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 4: my gosh, it's gonna be like it's gonna be like

583
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 4: what it was at Chicago, you know, the previous decade

584
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 4: and eventually that whole you know, the band broke up there.

585
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 4: But if you are to see a Detroit and you

586
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 4: think about kind of the gritty nature of what they

587
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 4: want to be known as, that pairing together would be

588
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,160
Speaker 4: ugly for the next five, six, ten years.

589
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Speaker 2: Okay, before we get to our guest of the night

590
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Speaker 2: or our guest of the day, mister Brian Asamoa, my

591
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,159
Speaker 2: last question for you guys, because we're talking draft, is

592
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 2: what is an underrated position that the Vikings could target

593
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: in this year's draft.

594
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 5: As far as first round or any.

595
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, we got we only got five selections. So a

596
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 2: lot of people are saying Cornery back, wide receiver.

597
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think linebacker.

598
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: Ok, I really do, because you have a lot of

599
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: younger guys there, three year guys around the team, three

600
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 1: two one years, right, and you've got Jordan Hicks losing

601
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks, the vocal piece of the offense. I mean,

602
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 1: the mean the defense, the quarterback of the defense. I

603
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 1: think that's going to be a huge void to fill,

604
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 1: and I don't think that it's necessarily going to be

605
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: filled by one person. So I think that revolving door

606
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: next to Jordan Hicks is really important. And I think

607
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 1: bringing in the next wave of the Eric Kendricks might

608
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,679
Speaker 1: be might not he might be on the roster, but

609
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: might be the sneaky place to go.

610
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 4: That was kind of the first thing that jumped to

611
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 4: my mind. But I'm going to go back to the

612
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,399
Speaker 4: thing that I keep harping on, and that's pass rush

613
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 4: and just last year, pass rush is such an issue,

614
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,159
Speaker 4: and it's finding somebody who could be that anchor on

615
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 4: the defensive line and really mess things up for people.

616
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 4: We've been looking for somebody to be able to stand

617
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 4: up and you know, losing to Tomlinson, I just keep

618
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 4: saying the week after week bad to me is one

619
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,640
Speaker 4: of the biggest glaring holes that we currently have between

620
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 4: him and Kendricks.

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Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the linebacker group, we are non joined

622
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Speaker 2: by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Brian Asamoa, who just had a

623
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Speaker 2: spectacular year one for this Minnesota Vikings team and just

624
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 2: got back from NFL Africa. So let's just bring in

625
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 2: the guy himself, mister b A. Brian Asamo Well, speaking

626
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,679
Speaker 2: of underrated draft picks, the guy that joins US now

627
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 2: third rounder last year from the Minnesota Vikings, mister Brian

628
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 2: Aamoa fresh from the motherland. How y'all doing man? Fresh

629
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Speaker 2: from Africa? How you doing? Man?

630
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 3: I'm doing good and happy to be here, happy to

631
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 3: talk about my experiences, and let's.

632
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 2: Do it first and foremost, how was Africa? Describe that experience?

633
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 6: Unbelievable? I guess is the word, because.

634
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 3: Just being back home is everything, but being able to

635
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 3: work with kids, just showing the ropes, that was everything

636
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 3: for me because I like being a servant leader and

637
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 3: I feel like during that time, I was just serving

638
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 3: the Lord, being whatever, doing whatever God asked me to do.

639
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 6: And I was going there and teaching kids football.

640
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: So what was their level of football knowledge? I guess

641
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,360
Speaker 1: zero really, So.

642
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 3: I was literally like teaching them like the game of football.

643
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 3: So I had the linebackers teaching them, you know, A gaps,

644
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 3: B gaps, the centers, the guards and centers all that.

645
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 3: So I mean they were very receptive and they were

646
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,199
Speaker 3: able to retain information and come back and apply it.

647
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 2: So it was good. What's the I remember we talked

648
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 2: earlier this year about how NFL Africa has grown just

649
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: since two thousand and how we're making steps, and then

650
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 2: you're going to Africa. Now it's just another step in

651
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 2: the right direction for just shining more light on future

652
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 2: NFL players that live in Africa. What was your thought

653
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 2: process from, you know, not that conversation, but just from

654
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 2: what you knew prior to going to Africa versus what

655
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 2: you got out of it.

656
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Speaker 3: So my year, which was this year, was the second

657
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 3: time we are just in Africa. Period has went to

658
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Speaker 3: Africa and now they're trying to make it a thing

659
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 3: where it's you know, every year. So going into it,

660
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 3: I was like, you know, this can go one of

661
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 3: two ways. You can come back fully fulfilled knowing that

662
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 3: you did your best teaching these kids football, or you

663
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 3: can come back and just say it was just one

664
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 3: good experience, you know, I mean, you know how it was.

665
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 3: But for me, it was like, all right, how can

666
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 3: I make the most of my opportunity. And then that

667
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 3: was being that servant leader just going back there literally

668
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 3: teaching kids football, coming with that passion and energy every day,

669
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: just because I feel like they deserve it. They deserved

670
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 3: someone coming back teaching them the game of football so

671
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 3: that they can one day change their families' lives.

672
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 6: So that's how I see it.

673
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: How do they start leagues? Are they going to be

674
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: able to play like on their own time? And you

675
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: guys just come check in.

676
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 6: So we worked with two different groups.

677
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 3: We worked with like older older groups, guys are eighteen

678
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 3: and above, and then we worked with little kids who

679
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 3: are going to start playing flag football in their schools

680
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 3: back home.

681
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 6: So yeah, that was pretty cool.

682
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 3: You know, play with some kids playing flag football and

683
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 3: then teaching those eighteen year olds just football knowledge. And

684
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 3: it's kind of crazy because those kids, like they're they're

685
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 3: freakiously huge and to have all the athletic ability, so

686
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 3: you just really need tune in this polarship.

687
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 6: Oh my gosh.

688
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: Well, and you're not that far from being eighteen either.

689
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not too far from you.

690
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, but like you put them in a college program

691
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,959
Speaker 3: and you see them just get better, get stronger, and

692
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 3: it's like wow, like you have the potential to one

693
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 3: day be a first tun draft pick, or you have

694
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 3: the potential to be just someone that has an opportunity

695
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 3: to come in this league and take advantage of it.

696
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: Associated those kids are the future of sports definitely, and

697
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 2: that's just from a you know, objective perspective because you

698
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 2: see those kids kind of just hone in on a craft,

699
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 2: get taught and just kind of turn that raw playmaking

700
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: ability to something that is like tuned in. What's your

701
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 2: thought process on that?

702
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 6: It's it's everything.

703
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 3: Like like I said, these kids that I've seen back

704
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 3: in Africa like six, eight, eighteen years old, like just

705
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 3: physical specimens and it's like wow, Like if I can

706
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 3: get my hands on you for one year, if I

707
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 3: was a coach, I'm like, all right, I'm gonna develop

708
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,959
Speaker 3: you into like a star man. And that's what it is,

709
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 3: just giving those kids an opportunity. So we chose like

710
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 3: five players throughout the entire camp who were who showed,

711
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: you know, the capabilities of just growing and becoming a

712
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 3: good football player. And then after that they get sent

713
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 3: to an academy, and then after that they have an

714
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 3: opportunity with the least creating teams with just players from

715
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 3: different countries like that, so they.

716
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 5: Travel like that's awesome, very cool.

717
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: It's opportunity that must be so neat to just kind

718
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: of be a part of like something that's just getting

719
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: started to change.

720
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 6: The change. Yeah, I'm trying to.

721
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 2: Make this go go big man. Well, one thing that's

722
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 2: big right now is NFL Draft Week. We're what, as

723
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 2: we record, we're four days away from your one year

724
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 2: anniversary of you. I'm not going to make a joke

725
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 2: out of it, but if you crying on social media

726
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 2: and when Honestly, that was like one of the most

727
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 2: heartwarming moments for a lot of fans, Like people got

728
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 2: to know who you were as a person before they

729
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 2: got to know who you were as a football player.

730
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 2: What were just some of your fondest memories of Draft night, the.

731
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 3: Wait and then being obviously being selected by Quacy It

732
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 3: was it was a long process and just having it

733
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 3: be done it was good, But in that moment, it

734
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 3: was just tough because you know, you had every every

735
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 3: football player that's entering the draft has like a certain

736
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 3: like slots of where they think they're gonna go. So

737
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 3: unfortunately I didn't go where I wanted to go whatever

738
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,719
Speaker 3: in terms of slot wise. But no, after that, like

739
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 3: after getting into the third round'm like, okay, I don't

740
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 3: know where I'm going to go at this point, and

741
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 3: then boom, I get a call from Minnesota. I'm like,

742
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 3: oh wow, this is crazy, and then the whole time

743
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 3: is like when Caracy had got that job.

744
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 6: If you guys go back.

745
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 3: To my recent like likes in Twitter, like when he

746
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 3: got the job from Minnesota, which is probably like February.

747
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, January twenty seventh.

748
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 6: January twenty seventh. I had liked the I'm like, whoa,

749
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 6: who knows?

750
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 2: You know what I mean?

751
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 3: And then actually it come into fruition. It was like

752
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 3: it was a whole different type of emotion, which was raw,

753
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 3: and I'm like, Okay, I'm super happy that I've been selected,

754
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 3: but just being selected by a Ghanian descent, not like GM,

755
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 3: was crazy to me.

756
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 6: And I was like, this is such a blessing.

757
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 5: How much had you talk to the Vikings before they

758
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 5: selected you? It's at all I talked to them.

759
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 3: I think I talked to them once. Mike Schulten came

760
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 3: to my pro day and I made a joke. I

761
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 3: was like, after we had eight, you know, lunch together, whatever,

762
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 3: I was like, you know, hey, I would love to

763
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 3: see Calacy one day. Didn't come for a thirty visit

764
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 3: or nothing, and then boom, get drafted.

765
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 2: So I was like, wow, it was just that he's

766
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: spoken into fruition.

767
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 5: There go, it was manifested.

768
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 6: Everything in my life has been manifested.

769
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 2: So man, and you've you've just got you got drafted

770
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 2: last year. You just came back from Africa. So like

771
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 2: you have this perspective now of giving back. So what

772
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 2: what advice would you give to a rookie that's going

773
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 2: through this process, the same process that you went through

774
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 2: last year?

775
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 3: I would say, take advantage of the every moment in

776
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 3: this in this in this league, in this window. It's

777
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 3: not for long, so why not maximize all your opportunities

778
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 3: like being able to go to Africa and teach kids,

779
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 3: or going to d C and being with you know,

780
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 3: African American kids that get to see African American history.

781
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 3: So no, that's that's definitely my persona. I definitely love

782
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 3: to get back. I definitely just like like to give

783
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 3: kids an opportunity to see a different type of life

784
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 3: so that they are ambitious.

785
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 6: They are.

786
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 3: Just the grinding for this certain type of lifestyle that

787
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 3: comes with many benefits. And that's how that's how I

788
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 3: see it.

789
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 1: What are your draft plans as a player who's already

790
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: in the leagues, your first one, obviously on this side

791
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: of things, do you plan on watching it? Do you

792
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: guys talk about the draft or what the Vikings should do?

793
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: Might do?

794
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 6: I feel like that that right there is above my prey,

795
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 6: my cake grade.

796
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,800
Speaker 3: But in terms of just the draft, I mean, I

797
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 3: can't wait to see my new teammates, welcome them to.

798
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 6: This beautiful culture, this beautiful.

799
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 3: Team, and get them on the ropes of what we

800
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 3: what we have brewing here in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

801
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 2: So what do we have brown here? Oh?

802
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 5: Good question, good question, what.

803
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 2: We have brewing?

804
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 3: We have a lot of young talent and uh a

805
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 3: lot of we still got some old heads in here too. Well.

806
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 2: I mean, just you need that wisdom though.

807
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, And that's what I'm about to say, like getting

808
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,240
Speaker 3: those wisdoms, getting that wisdom, sorry from you know, guys

809
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 3: like Harrison Smith or Jordan Higgs, guys. I played in

810
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 3: the league for more than eight years, and it's like,

811
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 3: it's cool just to be a young guy because you

812
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 3: can be you can do. You can go one of

813
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 3: two ways and be receptive or the information they're gonna

814
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 3: give you, or you can just bypass it. But the

815
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 3: smart ones are gonna sit there and listen, and that's

816
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 3: just pretty cool. So having those guys here and then

817
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 3: having the young guys, I mean, we've we've got a

818
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 3: lot of talent, and I'm excited to see what we

819
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 3: can do with the talent, you know, seeing our new

820
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 3: coaches or whatever.

821
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 6: So that's gonna be good.

822
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: What should the fans look forward to in the line

823
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: backing room? I mean, you've we've obviously are without Kendricks

824
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: and you talked about that.

825
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 5: The other day in your press conference.

826
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,720
Speaker 1: What an impact he's had on you from your playing

827
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 1: days in high school to obviously playing alongside him. What

828
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: can we expect now from the next like the next wave?

829
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: The next wave, Yeah, thank you, a great word for it.

830
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 6: A fast, bruising, physical group.

831
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 3: I mean, you know a lot of our guys in

832
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 3: that room pretty are pretty gifted.

833
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 2: And now we.

834
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 3: Just got to continue to continue to fine tune our

835
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 3: skills and get better every single day with that one percent,

836
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 3: and from there, you're just going to see us just

837
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 3: flash on film every day with our speed, our intellectual abilities,

838
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 3: knowing what's about to happen before it happens. So we're

839
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 3: one step closer to making the play. Just all those

840
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 3: things that help us become a better version of ourselves

841
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 3: than we were last year.

842
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 2: I feel like that's like right on par what b

843
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 2: Flow said at his press conference and great minds thinking, like,

844
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 2: have you had any conversations with him out? Ah? Yeah,

845
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 2: what have they been like, whether it's football or not

846
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: football that you can share on their.

847
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 6: One thing like I get from him.

848
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 3: He's a guy that comes from like a lot of

849
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 3: different trees and a lot of different wisdom. So the

850
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 3: thing I get from him is just I just try

851
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 3: to listen to him so that I can just hear

852
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 3: the message that's being like sent to me. And there's

853
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 3: a lot of messages that he conveys to a lot

854
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 3: of people, but man, just from him is just listen

855
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 3: so because he's he's gonna give you some points, just

856
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 3: some game. And that's what I get from him.

857
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: What is it like to Okay, so you get in

858
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: the league, you learn a defensive system that's different.

859
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 5: From your college.

860
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: You kind of are you know, drinking from a fire

861
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 1: hose at that point, trying to assimilate to the league

862
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: in general, and then your second year new defensive coordinator,

863
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: new scheme all over again. How is it this time around?

864
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: Like learning and figuring all that out?

865
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 3: You kind of you kind of like, right now, I

866
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 3: understand the gist and the flows of how this all goes.

867
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 3: But getting a whole new defensive coordinating a whole different system,

868
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 3: you have to just turn your mind to understand the

869
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 3: different types of terms in the defense. So I mean,

870
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 3: it's all universal football still football. Cover three is still

871
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 3: cover three, cover one, and still cover one. So you

872
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 3: just have to understand, Okay, this is the terminology that

873
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,919
Speaker 3: they're using and use and change the words that you heard,

874
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 3: you know, last year from a different coach. So that's

875
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 3: pretty much it. At the end of the day, it's

876
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 3: still the same thing and you still got to execute

877
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 3: the same plans and goals of stopping the offense.

878
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, you hear so many players talk about that,

879
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 2: like how the game is still the game. It's just

880
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 2: the terminology and just like trying to slow your brain

881
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 2: down to make it make sense to yourself. And I

882
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 2: know the good part about that is now it's the

883
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,800
Speaker 2: off season, so you have time to kind of figure

884
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,399
Speaker 2: it out and then put it on paper. I mean,

885
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 2: put what's on paper on the field. So for you,

886
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 2: what has the on field or ota period been, like?

887
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 2: Were you Learning?

888
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 3: For me is just continuously trying to get better in

889
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 3: the weight room, understanding my body what I need to

890
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 3: do to take care of my body. But I think

891
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 3: learning is the biggest thing for me because like year

892
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 3: two has to be different from year one, and for me,

893
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 3: I just want to take advantage of every opportunity that

894
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 3: I get. So for me, it's just trying to become

895
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 3: better every single day, one percent better every single day,

896
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,359
Speaker 3: And that's kind of like my role. That's what I'm

897
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 3: going to continue to use this entire year, is h

898
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 3: one percent better every day.

899
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 5: I say that to myself a lot too.

900
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: I don't know where that came from, but apparent I

901
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: started hearing it and I was like, I'm going to

902
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: say that every day about myself.

903
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 6: Better every day counts.

904
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: I don't have to take a huge leap in what

905
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: I do, right, all I need to get is one

906
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: percent better.

907
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 3: Be better than where you were yesterday, and don't mess

908
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 3: up the teams that you've already gained.

909
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 5: Oh okay, that's that was that hit deep too.

910
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 2: You know, let's let's let's close that close this inn

911
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 2: or not like that?

912
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 5: Can you like put that on a poster? I can

913
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 5: put it in my office.

914
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 2: And on Instagram every morning there was like is there

915
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,839
Speaker 2: a cool month? Love it? I love it?

916
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: Man, And I might have to start paying a little

917
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: more attention. I get targeted. I get targeted for like

918
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: just a bunch of like shopping ads on Instagram.

919
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 5: I don't get cool stories me.

920
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 3: I just try to be my my myself, which is

921
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 3: being authentic. I kind of kind of go by that.

922
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 3: Just be authentic, Just be who you are authentically, you know,

923
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 3: because everyone knows is already chosen. So how can you

924
00:39:58,480 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 3: become the best vision of yourself?

925
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,399
Speaker 5: You need to write a book. Maybe a children's book,

926
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 5: right would not be good?

927
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 2: Or how about this, Let's write the children's book, but

928
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 2: it's also be the best football player for this Minnesota

929
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 2: Viking team that oh.

930
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 6: God, agree, totally agree, because hey.

931
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 2: I gotta take one of the main thing is the

932
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 2: main thing.

933
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 6: The main thing is the.

934
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 5: Main, main thing.

935
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 2: The main thing on this podcast right now is Brian ASAMOI.

936
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 2: And we appreciate you, man, Thank you guys for having

937
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 2: me Brian. Always good having brianmo on. You can just

938
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 2: tell by the conversation that he has a bright future

939
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 2: ahead of him, not only as a football player, but

940
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 2: as a human being just in this world.

941
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 5: So just radiates positivity.

942
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 2: Through and through, and whether that's on social media or

943
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 2: just seeing him in person or hearing him, you can

944
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 2: just feel his energy whenever you talk to him.

945
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, bright, smile, and he's a guy that you know,

946
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 4: came out of Ohio and decided to go to Oklahoma.

947
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 4: I'm sure that was a little sacrilege back home in

948
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 4: Columbus area. But at the same point, I think a

949
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 4: guy like him, you know, he got it some opportunities,

950
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,240
Speaker 4: and what he did here last year made the Muslim

951
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 4: especially in special teams. Man, he flashed a ton when

952
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 4: he was on special teams. And when you know they

953
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 4: did decide to move on from Eric Kendricks, you know

954
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 4: he's got to be the guy walking in and stepping

955
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,439
Speaker 4: into that role. I think his future is incredibly bright,

956
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 4: and I do look forward, like you said, to take

957
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 4: that one percent better every day and see what he

958
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 4: does here on this team this year.

959
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 2: Well in his draft week, and wow, I feel like

960
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 2: that kind of says it all right there, that the

961
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 2: anticipation is at his all time high as Vikings fans

962
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 2: NFL fans are going to be going crazy all week.

963
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 2: But if you are a Vikings fan, if you live

964
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 2: in Minnesota, you should come join us at us Bank

965
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 2: Stadium this upcoming Thursday night at six pm for the

966
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 2: Miller Lite Vikings Draft Party. And it is going to

967
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 2: be a ton of fun, so get there early, have fun.

968
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: General admission tickets are on so right now at Vikings

969
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 2: dot com, so make sure you go grab those. There

970
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: will be a ton of players, a live DJ, just

971
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 2: a full entertainment frenzy. So we're throwing the party. Jay

972
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 2: Nelson has been involved in that. Tatum and myself will

973
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 2: be They're cheering. You won't be cheering you guys on,

974
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 2: but we'll be cheering the alongside you.

975
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, and we'll cheerleaders were also be cheerleading.

976
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 2: That maybe maybe we'll just get some pomp pomps and

977
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 2: just join the cheerleader.

978
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 5: Nobody wants to see that.

979
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: No money, Nobody paid all that money for those tickets

980
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: to see us do that.

981
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 4: If that happened, If that happens, Tatum, you are recording.

982
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 5: Gay with Yeah, I need I need to see that.

983
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 5: I need to see the moves.

984
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 2: Hey, you know, now at this stage in my life

985
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 2: with some things going on, and it may be yeah,

986
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 2: so I'm all I'm all in right now at this point,

987
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 2: I just want to make sure Vikings fans have a

988
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 2: good time at the US Bank Miller likee Vikings draft party,

989
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 2: So make sure you're there. One thing that shocked me

990
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 2: this year about the draft is that there are only

991
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,279
Speaker 2: seventeen draft prospects invited to Kansas City this year.

992
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: Maybe they're catching on that the guys don't actually want

993
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: to be there as much anymore. That's true, which is

994
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: sad to me because that's if I'm a draft pick.

995
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 1: Like that seems like such an iconic moment. But you

996
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: can hear your a little soapbox here. You can make

997
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: money off of your draft party now, you can get

998
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: it sponsored, and you can be surrounded by your family

999
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: like some guys that's being But the family's more important

1000
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: than the whole red carpet stage thing.

1001
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 5: But oh I love the red carpet stage thing.

1002
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,879
Speaker 2: Pandemic taught us a lot about how we can still

1003
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 2: get the same, fair, same thing down without doing yeah

1004
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 2: as much as we used to do.

1005
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 4: I just think the guys that were on the back end.

1006
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 4: Don't want to be the guy sitting in the green

1007
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:30,399
Speaker 4: room for day two.

1008
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 2: You know that.

1009
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 4: I think the quote unquote embarrassment of that, which to me,

1010
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,479
Speaker 4: I'd still be jumping up and down, going Holy College,

1011
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 4: just got a drafted by the NFL. But if you

1012
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:40,240
Speaker 4: know they choose to do that with friends and family,

1013
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 4: you can't fault them for it. And it's going to

1014
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 4: be a memory they're gonna have for the rest of

1015
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 4: their life.

1016
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, another memory that will be fun again. It's this

1017
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 2: Middlelite Vikings Draft Barry at US Bank April twenty seventh

1018
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 2: at six pm and in the meantime Vikings dot Com.

1019
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 2: This weekend is going to be going crazy. There will

1020
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 2: be exclusive one on one interviews, there were be press conferences,

1021
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,439
Speaker 2: there will be rapid reactions. I know I'm missing a lot,

1022
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 2: but just stay tuned to Vikings dot com and our

1023
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 2: social channels for the most up to date coverage of

1024
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 2: the team.

1025
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 1: And I think on Friday we have something different going on.

1026
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: So following the press conferences, if we pick in the

1027
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: first round, well even if you are not picking in

1028
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: the first round, we.

1029
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,840
Speaker 5: Will have a draft recap show.

1030
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: Gabe me and Ron Johnson will be breaking down either

1031
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: what happened with the pick or if there isn't a pick,

1032
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: we'll break down what we think is going to happen

1033
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: on Day twos and threes. It's gonna be a lot

1034
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: of fun because it's going to be very much Viking

1035
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: centric draft knowledge. Like you can go and tune into

1036
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: the NFL Network ESPN, YadA, YadA YadA and watch draft coverage,

1037
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 1: but this will be solely about the Vikings and that

1038
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: is what we are hoping to give you guys this

1039
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: draft season, so tune into that will be streamed online.

1040
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,360
Speaker 1: We have a better idea of the time, so be

1041
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: sure to follow at Gabe Henderson or at Tatum Everett

1042
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: and we'll be tweeting about it for you guys to

1043
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 1: watch our draft recap show Friday.

1044
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 4: And don't forget about the audio side too. We're going

1045
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 4: to be dropping podcasts just kind of doing some reactions

1046
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 4: and previews going every single night, so make sure to

1047
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,760
Speaker 4: be refreshing, be refreshing your podcast.

1048
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 2: Feed and forward to that too well. For j Nelson,

1049
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 2: Tatum Everett, and Brian Osamoa. This is the Minnesota Vikings podcast,

1050
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 2: and my name is Gabe Henderson