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Speaker 1: Hey, some good news from Soldier Field. It's the Vikings

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Speaker 1: postgame report, Paul Allen with Pete Ursus. That was a

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Speaker 1: fun game to call despite the low score nineteen thirteen.

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Speaker 1: And you know, there were problems all over the field

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Speaker 1: with people getting hurt and stuff like that. But anytime

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Speaker 1: a the Vikings win and b we get to come

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Speaker 1: to Pete's hometown and to call a game from Soldier Field,

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Speaker 1: that's nothing but good news. And the Vikings improved to

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Speaker 2: No, absolutely, and I think the great part of it

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Speaker 2: is that the defense really carried the day today, Paul.

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Speaker 2: You know, two interceptions of fumble recovery, the fumble recovery

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Speaker 2: sacks on the day, you know, with Flores and his

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Speaker 2: plan coming in here against Justin Fields was absolutely fantastic. Now,

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Speaker 2: you know, one of the interception was was on Justin Fields.

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Speaker 2: The other thing is the pressure in the hits. I

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Speaker 2: think it was a Josh Mattelis hit that eventually got

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Speaker 2: physical with the quarterback the best you can these days. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the rules have changed a little bit, but defensively, there's

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Speaker 2: no question that they carried the game. I mean, the

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Speaker 2: offense only had two first downs in the entire second half,

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Speaker 2: and so I have a lot more concerns on that

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Speaker 2: a week ago. So you know, we'll see what happens

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Speaker 2: in the with the guard position and some of those injuries.

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Speaker 2: But overall, man our offense had had a had a

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Speaker 1: So Tyson Bagent, an underrapted rookie from Shepherd University in

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Speaker 1: second half. Let me ask you this because you played,

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Speaker 1: and you played for some very good Vikings teams, but

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Speaker 1: you also coached when you spend all week getting ready

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Speaker 1: for fear Olds and the running and he and DJ

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Speaker 1: with Tyson Bagent who hasn't taken a regular season snap.

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Speaker 1: He played in the preseason, zero touchdowns, one interception. Does

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Speaker 1: you know, make it think, Okay, we're winning nineteen six.

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Speaker 1: We can't lose this game.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's the one thing that you have to do,

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Speaker 2: is you can't take a breath. Defensively, you can't you

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Speaker 2: bit because of the changes that quarterback. You got to

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Speaker 2: and floor as anything did that was just see what

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Speaker 2: And for the most part they kept the running game

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Speaker 2: and in the option game as well. But when push

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Speaker 2: he obviously did not get it done. He got a

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Speaker 2: couple of hitches, a couple of timing routes. But when

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Speaker 2: they had a lot of time. They got past midfield,

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Speaker 2: they decided to take a shot deep and we made

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Speaker 1: The only offensive touchdown of the game for the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings went the way of Jordan Addison, and defensively, Jordan

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Speaker 1: there shoot very first Bears offensive play of the game.

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Speaker 1: DJ Wanham crushed justin fields and I don't know what

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Speaker 1: it is with DJ, but when he comes to Soldier Field,

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Speaker 1: he's on fire. He has like five and a half,

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Speaker 2: And it's funny because I went and talked to Thayer

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: I mean, he just destroys the Bears every time he

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Speaker 2: free agent, because that's what team seem to remember. But

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Speaker 2: all those guys stepped up without Davenport. They all stepped

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Speaker 3: They won this.

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Speaker 2: Football game today, where you know, we're an offensive minded team.

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Speaker 2: That's where our money is. It's where a lot of

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell has never lost at Soldier Field. The Vikings

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Speaker 1: have beaten the Bears four consecutive times that Soldier Field

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Speaker 1: and five consecutive times overall. KOC with this press conference

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Speaker 1: following the game, was here what he had to say.

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Speaker 4: Excited for our team being one to know in the division.

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Speaker 4: Lots a lot of things we can improve on as

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Speaker 4: to see today was just our response. And I thought

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Speaker 4: our defense was a great example of regardless you know,

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Speaker 4: what was going on in the football game, our lack

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Speaker 4: of ability to move our you know, inability to move it.

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Speaker 4: In the second half, offensively, they just never flinched. They

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Speaker 4: They got off to a great start, They forced a

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Speaker 4: past game, I thought Kirk played really clean, really efficient football,

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Speaker 4: Our response now off of a victory is to take

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Speaker 3: Kevin, just how important has Jordan Higgs been, maybe the

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Speaker 5: But just that defense.

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Speaker 4: But Jordan's just he's seen so much football, He's been

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Speaker 4: There's a lot going on within our defense depending on

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Speaker 5: It just felt like.

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Speaker 4: He was not going to be denied a chance to

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Speaker 4: how he was on the sideline, how he was all

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Speaker 5: Up the way he did today.

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Speaker 6: At first glance, what did you think of how they

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Speaker 5: Was it more or less what you thought?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we got you know, a lot of you know,

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Speaker 4: more more single high than than probably what we're accustomed

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Speaker 5: From some of our more reliable players.

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Speaker 4: And and you know, our guys are excited to get

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Speaker 4: the win, but our offense will be hungry to go

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Speaker 5: Time efficient, use our time out smartly.

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Speaker 4: And then Kirk, you know, decisive as all get up,

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Speaker 3: How much of up Tyson had you guys seen or

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I watched him in the preseason. I watched some

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Speaker 5: of you know, he moves the team.

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Speaker 4: You know, he can be activated very What they've done

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Speaker 6: For what did you see just with the run game

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Speaker 5: The last few weeks, Yeah, what did you feel like?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it was just, you know, some of

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Kevin kirk Cousins coming up shortly and the

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Speaker 1: You know, that's something that's still very much is a

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Speaker 1: Now the Vikings won nineteen thirteen. Sorry for the negativity here,

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Speaker 3: You know, we're not gonna be picky about finding a

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Speaker 7: Soldier Field has always been a tough place to play,

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Speaker 7: A combination of things there, and I think the second

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Speaker 3: How important has Jordan Hicks penned of this locker room? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: What you guys, I have built the last two years.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, No, he's he's outstanding. I played against him as

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Speaker 7: a rookie. I remember back in like twenty fourteen, and

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Speaker 7: you just felt like, this guy is going to play

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Speaker 7: a long time in this league and.

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Speaker 3: You could just tell he was. He was a he

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Speaker 3: was a real deal.

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Speaker 7: And you know he's come back from multiple Achilles tears,

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Speaker 7: just a lot of grit, does things the right way.

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Speaker 7: You know, he's just a great person, great player, and

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Speaker 7: you know he's made all the right stuff, and uh,

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Speaker 7: we're fortunate to have him, and you know, he's the

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Speaker 7: kind of guy you want your whole locker room to

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Speaker 7: look like.

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Speaker 2: On the U the fotball on the first half on

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Speaker 2: the backwards, I.

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Speaker 7: Don't know, yeah, yeah, I was trying to just throw

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Speaker 7: it away and avoid the sack, and you know, obviously

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Speaker 7: the ball needed to be down, you know, forward, and

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Speaker 7: I was trying to just send it and obviously went backwards.

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Speaker 3: And that's where.

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Speaker 7: You know, I do I do want to throw it away,

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Speaker 7: but I was nervous my intentional grounding and if I

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Speaker 7: throw it too far forward as cam Akers not you know,

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Speaker 7: in in the area, and and so that was kind

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Speaker 7: of what I was trying to do. But uh, too cavalier,

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Speaker 7: you know with football, maybe better just take the sack

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Speaker 7: or or put it out way forward and trust it

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Speaker 7: won't be intentional grounding. I'll go have to go back

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Speaker 7: and watch it and kind of decide that.

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Speaker 5: That can c. J. Hamm looked like he was sort

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Speaker 5: of here at.

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Speaker 3: The Yeah, yeah they did call.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's what I said to brad O, the head ref,

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Speaker 7: and he said, upstairs they said that there was nobody

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Speaker 7: in the area. And I said and then that I

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Speaker 7: gotta get the next play and get going. But I

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Speaker 7: was like, yeah, the fullback was there, and he said,

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Speaker 7: oh they told me upstairs. He said, okay, greed, disagree,

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Speaker 7: next play.

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Speaker 5: How much were some of their blitz blitz looks like,

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Speaker 5: how much did.

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Speaker 2: You guys expect that maybe yeah, flutes or how much

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Speaker 2: is that kind of catch you go?

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Speaker 5: How much did that kiss from?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: I think we were we were we were ready for

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Speaker 7: some of those blitz looks. I think the the movement,

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Speaker 7: even on non blitz looks where they're just stunting, I

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Speaker 7: think is always difficult because it's happening post snap, has

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Speaker 7: happening on the on the fly. Again, I didn't see it,

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Speaker 7: so I back and watch this how we didn't handle

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Speaker 7: or did handle it. But that was certainly, you know,

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Speaker 7: one of the weapons they threw at us was the

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Speaker 7: movement and creating some unsettledness.

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Speaker 5: Perfect with Jordan trying to handle a lot of pressure

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Speaker 5: of being supposedly a.

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Speaker 4: Big guy with Justin Kuk, he said, you know, I

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Speaker 4: had to learn to.

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Speaker 5: Just kind of calm myself down on the touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Ask what did you see from him?

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Speaker 3: Have to be put in that position this week? Yeah? No,

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Speaker 3: I mean he's pretty calm.

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Speaker 7: You guys probably know him talking to him, you know,

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Speaker 7: he's kind of just chill and relaxed and the lower

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Speaker 7: energy and and and so you.

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Speaker 3: Know, I know he's all there. I know he's he's

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Speaker 3: he's doing his job.

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Speaker 7: I can trust him, and uh, you know, I kind

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Speaker 7: of see it as kJ bp TJ Jordan Josh Oliver

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Speaker 7: our backs. You know, I kind of see it as

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Speaker 7: a lot of guys that can kind of help fill

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Speaker 7: that that void that is there when Justin's gout.

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Speaker 1: What'd you think your Cousin's game overall, Uh, you know, okay,

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Speaker 1: just not a lot of shots down the field.

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Speaker 2: I mean the one throw that he had to Addison

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Speaker 2: that was a perfect throw that Addison didn't come up

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Speaker 2: with for about twenty twenty five yards or so. I

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Speaker 2: think that was a key miss on Addison's part because

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Speaker 2: you know, Cousins has that rhythm, he has that feel

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Speaker 2: for certain guys when he developed it late I think

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Speaker 2: with Hockinson, but never really got that with you know,

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Speaker 2: with Jordan Addison. There was a deep comeback that ball

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Speaker 2: was you know, it was a little bit late, it

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Speaker 2: was broken up. So not a lot of like rapports

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Speaker 2: so to speak, you know what I mean, Paul, It's

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Speaker 2: like I just don't feel you know him Addison at

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Speaker 2: number one is very comfortable for Cousins. Yeah, thought protection

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Speaker 2: for the most part was pretty good. But not a

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Speaker 2: lot of shots deep, right, not a lot, not a

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Speaker 2: lot of throws down you know, deep down the field.

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Speaker 2: And you know, so a shorter passing game not as

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Speaker 2: effective as I was hoping for. But you know, play

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Speaker 2: action has to come into play. There's a lot of

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Speaker 2: things else that you know, other things that we have

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Speaker 2: to do, and again, yeah, it's it's a learning process.

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Speaker 3: But overall, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, we'll give it the offense can can learn from

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Speaker 2: this week, but they're gonna have to pick it up

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Speaker 2: if you want to have any chance against the forty

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Speaker 2: nine ers.

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Speaker 1: Great on the microphone as usual, that's a Pete Bursuch,

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Speaker 1: analyst for the KFAM Minnesota Vikings radio network. I'm Paul Allen.

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Speaker 7: Wow