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Speaker 2: Hey, what's going on? As Gabe Henderson here and welcome

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Speaker 2: to episode two eighty five of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 2: On today's show, we take a deep dive into the

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Speaker 2: initial fifty three man roster that was released earlier this week.

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Speaker 2: As the anticipation increases, weset our eyes on week one

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Speaker 2: as the new look team in Purple gears up for

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Speaker 2: regular season. As we welcome you to episode two eighty

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Speaker 2: five of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, presented by PEPSI. I

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Speaker 2: go by Gabe Henderson and as always I am joined

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Speaker 2: by the talented trio Tatum Everett, Jay Nelson and our

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Speaker 2: And before we talk details, Tatum, just your overall thoughts

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Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of that practice squad, the article online of

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Speaker 2: And just thinking about those seventeen names, all of those

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I love the fact that the Vikings look inward before.

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Speaker 3: It just it helps provide continuity, you know, like if

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Speaker 3: But the thing, no, but the thing about that is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to second community to replace t J. Hockinson,

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Speaker 3: The thing about offensive line is you're only one injury

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Speaker 1: I think you hit the nail on the head. I mean,

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Speaker 1: How young and new we are. Right, there's just so

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Speaker 1: Grenard and Cashman being newer, Van Gikles new. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's just like a lot of shiny new toys we have.

435
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Speaker 1: And I think it's gonna be really interesting to see

436
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,720
Speaker 1: how Brian Flores will move these guys around their versus.

437
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:27,280
Speaker 1: I mean, Camu is such an interesting one too. Johad

438
00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,320
Speaker 1: Ward is super interesting. He's someone that can line up

439
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,080
Speaker 1: in the middle on the defensive line and also you

440
00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,280
Speaker 1: know rush from standing up not having his hand in

441
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Speaker 1: the dirt. I mean, it's just like these guys can

442
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Speaker 1: It kind of feels like Brian Flores is really getting

443
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Speaker 1: his hands on a bunch of guys that really personify

444
00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,720
Speaker 1: who he wants to have playing his scheme. And I

445
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,760
Speaker 1: think that's exciting because last year it was like he

446
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,720
Speaker 1: really didn't have a lot of choice in the matter,

447
00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,800
Speaker 1: Like there wasn't too many things he could do with contracts,

448
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 1: situations and coming in later you know, later on, and

449
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,080
Speaker 1: so this is this is cool. I'm excited to see

450
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Speaker 1: how he kind of unveils that against Daniel Jones and

451
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Speaker 1: the Giants a little bit on Sunday.

452
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Speaker 3: Yeah, if you if you look at this group, I

453
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,680
Speaker 3: don't even think it's close. This might be the largest

454
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Speaker 3: turnover as far as new talent coming in, and this

455
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,080
Speaker 3: is a group I'm incredibly excited to watch because I

456
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 3: want to see what how how quickly they gel together,

457
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Speaker 3: how much that speed is a thing that they're going

458
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 3: to lean on. Just flying around the ball. We always

459
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 3: talk about that with linebackers. You want to flying around

460
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Speaker 3: the ball. You want to being able to go side

461
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Speaker 3: to side and being able to read. But with the

462
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,600
Speaker 3: amount of young talent between this and the draft that

463
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Speaker 3: they added in even free agency they added here, I

464
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Speaker 3: am extremely excited to see what does this look like

465
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Speaker 3: because we were so used to having kind of a

466
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Speaker 3: set chunk of linebackers. And now since we've flipped our

467
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,480
Speaker 3: scheme with flo Is coming in and he's been able

468
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 3: to finally kind of fully kind of open up and

469
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Speaker 3: show you what he wants as a certain type of

470
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,800
Speaker 3: player within this critical position. This is going to be

471
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,280
Speaker 3: a really fun group to pay attention to.

472
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Speaker 2: Yeah, out of those nine guys, only two were Vikings

473
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Speaker 2: last year. So to have seven guys on that in

474
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,640
Speaker 2: that group of linebackers that have played on different teams

475
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 2: and have had valuable experience, like this is really a

476
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 2: new look Vikings team, both offensively and defensively. And moving

477
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 2: on to the safety in the cornerback unit like that,

478
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 2: that's somewhat of a new group. Also when you look

479
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Speaker 2: at the cornerback starting with Stefan Gilmore, Byron Murphy, Junior,

480
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,560
Speaker 2: Shaq Griffin, A Caleb Evans, Fabim Morow Dwight mcglovern, all

481
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 2: six of those cornerbacks, only two of those guys were

482
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 2: here last year. And then you moved to the safeties.

483
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 2: All of those guys are here last year, Harrison Smith, Cambino,

484
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 2: Josh Untellis, Theo Jackson, and Jay Ward. But that unit

485
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:59,360
Speaker 2: has so much versatility and flexibility and they can play

486
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 2: multiple posicians that you really don't need to put those

487
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,840
Speaker 2: guys in the box. Just tell those guys that go

488
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 2: out there and play football, and that's something that they've

489
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 2: all expressed. Brian Flore has let those guys do, which

490
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 2: will ultimately make this defense better in twenty twenty four.

491
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Speaker 1: Tatum, Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think Cracy even

492
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: mentioned it in his press conference that they wanted to

493
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Speaker 1: have guys that can play more Man. That's kind of

494
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Speaker 1: what they wanted to look for in the corner room.

495
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Speaker 1: And that's a lot of these new faces and new

496
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Speaker 1: names they're getting. It's like last year you had such

497
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 1: youth and inexperience, and this year you've got these veterans

498
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Speaker 1: who you can kind of switch in between Byron and

499
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmore and Fabian Moreau and just guys that have

500
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 1: a ton of games underneath their belt. Shack Griffin like,

501
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: those guys are really going to be leading the charge

502
00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 1: here and after you know, you suffer a tragic loss

503
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,840
Speaker 1: and then you have Makai Blackman, who Qracy did see today.

504
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,160
Speaker 1: He says like it's good to see him for somebody Sam.

505
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,160
Speaker 1: Since the surgery everything went well, but you know, seeing

506
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,919
Speaker 1: the guys like that, you know, go down with injury

507
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: during camp and that kind of thing, you were a

508
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: little nervous about what's next. But they really were able

509
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: to assemble a very veteran squad that you know, maybe

510
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: they aren't going to be the youngest, fastest out there,

511
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 1: but they're but what they don't have there, maybe they're

512
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Speaker 1: making up with experience and knowledge.

513
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Speaker 3: And that was the thing that I wrote down here

514
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,879
Speaker 3: from listening from Koisi's presser was the idea of versatile

515
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 3: defense of flexibility, and so he specifically cited the idea

516
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,680
Speaker 3: of having mclothern and Blackman and players like that learning

517
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 3: from Gilmour and Murphy and having that kind of veteran

518
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,640
Speaker 3: presence there, so to think about. You know, last year

519
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 3: we were trying, actually the last couple seasons, we were

520
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 3: trying to figure out who's your starting corner, Who's who's

521
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 3: going to step up, Who's going to be able to

522
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 3: handle the pressures that go with at times being in

523
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 3: an island, especially when they want to do a bunch

524
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Speaker 3: of blitzes coming from from the secondary. To have the

525
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 3: acquisition of Gilmour here recently. To have the knowledge from

526
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,160
Speaker 3: a guy like Murphy Senior, those kind of guys being

527
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 3: able to at least be the front line within that

528
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 3: cornerback group, along with the experience of the safety group,

529
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Speaker 3: I think it's going to be really fun to see

530
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,120
Speaker 3: not only how those guys step up, but also how

531
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 3: the youth then comes in there as well and is

532
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 3: able to play because we know, I mean, they love

533
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 3: to play nickel, they love to play dime, they love

534
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 3: to play whatever they feel like is going to be

535
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 3: the most versatile for the situation. So to be able

536
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 3: to have that kind of experience and feel like you

537
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,639
Speaker 3: know that they're going to going to know how to

538
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 3: handle those high pressure situations, It is going to be

539
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 3: fun to watch.

540
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 2: A lot of youth, a lot of veterans, just a

541
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 2: mix of wealthy talent on this Minnesota Vikings team, both

542
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 2: offensively and defensive. Defensively, I mean, you think about the

543
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 2: fifty three man roster. There are twenty six guys on offense,

544
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 2: twenty four guys on defense, and then three specialists, and

545
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,680
Speaker 2: that makes up right now the initial fifty three man roster.

546
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Speaker 2: And I think from a big picture perspective, you do

547
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 2: get excited and when you see this roster one because

548
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,679
Speaker 2: there's a level of optimism because you don't know what

549
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 2: to expect. You know, there's a group of talented guys,

550
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 2: but you haven't seen them play together outside of practice.

551
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 2: So what does that look like come week one? Have

552
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 2: they already jailed come week one? And we know the

553
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 2: coaching staff they can put anybody on the field and

554
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 2: get the best out of them. Now that we have

555
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 2: the talent, what does that finally look like? Jay, We'll

556
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 2: start with you on this just thinking about the roster

557
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 2: in its totality after talking about it, when you look

558
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,119
Speaker 2: forward to week one, what excites you the most? I

559
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 2: want to see what happens on special teams?

560
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: Seriously, No, like I still think they're trying to figure

561
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 1: that out, honestly, because it's so new.

562
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 3: It can be you know the idea that you know

563
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 3: they brought in Gascon and they said in the press

564
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 3: conference that most likely playing kick return plus some of

565
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 3: his other duties, that they're going to want brand new kicker.

566
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 3: I know that special teams isn't necessarily the answer of

567
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 3: what's the most exciting thing for week one, but it

568
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 3: is a exactly but for me, it's the idea of

569
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 3: at least within that knowing that it might be the

570
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 3: largest shift in rules and how that can affect the

571
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 3: game with all the kickoffs and everything that are that

572
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 3: are happening there having a giant new leg walk in for.

573
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 2: Kicker for this team.

574
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 3: Again, like you said, it's kind of a Minnesota thing

575
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 3: at this point of you know, what's the kicker situation

576
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,679
Speaker 3: going to be? Yeah, fine, we got the shiny new

577
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 3: toys and all these other positions, what's kicker positioning to

578
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,640
Speaker 3: be like? But for me, it is interesting to think

579
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 3: about that because you want that group to gel as

580
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 3: quickly as possible, and given all the young talent we

581
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 3: just talked about, I'm sure a bunch of them are

582
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 3: going to turn into you know, possible gunners and other

583
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 3: people that you're going to need in punt situations. So

584
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 3: that is a group that I'm interested in looking at.

585
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 3: But normally, with most seasons in general, the defense is

586
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 3: ahead of the offense when you start a season. What

587
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 3: does it look like, especially knowing how tough our schedule

588
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 3: is going to be to start, and just to kind

589
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,959
Speaker 3: of see how this kind of new group, you know,

590
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 3: new look group of players are how quickly they can

591
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 3: gel to be able to perform because they're going to

592
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 3: have to do it extremely quickly well.

593
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: And Jay, that's that has to be the case, especially

594
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: in this week one game, because you're dealing with a

595
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: brand new quarterback, a brand new signal caller, and they're

596
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,360
Speaker 1: going to need this defense to carry them to a win.

597
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 1: Like you don't want to like go and just say that,

598
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 1: Like the offense obviously has to do well too, and

599
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: it's not just gonna be a defensive thing, but this

600
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: defense needs to perform better than expected right from the

601
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: gate because you just don't know what you're gonna get

602
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 1: an offense just yet. Like of course we all hope

603
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: to see what happened when Kevin O'Connell made his debut coaching,

604
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: where you know, you go up on Aaron Rodgers and

605
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: the Packers and it's like this huge love fest of like, wow,

606
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: this all works so beautifully, But like that's not always

607
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: going to be the guarantee. And when you are dealing

608
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 1: with brand new such a brand new signal caller for

609
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: this group, you're going to need to rely on this defense.

610
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: You know, if that hadn't changed, I would probably say, oh,

611
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 1: the offense will be good veteran quarterback blah blah blah.

612
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: But because of the change there, I think you're going

613
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: to need the defense to really step up in this

614
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: game and the against the Giants.

615
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, the key you know, A key example of that

616
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 3: for me has always been the nine season when Brett

617
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 3: Favv came in. It's Brett Farv. You know what you're

618
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 3: going to get with him. He's seen everything. He could

619
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 3: literally walk up there and call whatever plays he wants

620
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 3: and he's going to be able to handle it. It

621
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 3: took him till week three or four for him to

622
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 3: finally get comfortable in that offense that year, and so

623
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 3: same kind of thing like.

624
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 2: And that's still crazy to think.

625
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, like and that was it literally like you know,

626
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 3: they had to gut it out on Adrian Peterson runs

627
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 3: in Cleveland, and but it wasn't until the kind of

628
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 3: the initial I know, we always love to go back

629
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,239
Speaker 3: to O nine, but I'm going to do it one

630
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 3: more time. Farve throwing the last second touchdown against the

631
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 3: Niners at the Metrodome to Greg Lewis. You know that

632
00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,120
Speaker 3: was literally Greg Lewis is welcome to Minnesota moment from PA.

633
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 3: But It was also a welcome to Minnesota moment for

634
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 3: Brett Favre and that we finally saw some of that

635
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 3: magic and again he knew what he was doing, he

636
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 3: knew what this offense was, he'd played it.

637
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 2: It still took time.

638
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 3: So, like you're saying, you know, I think offensively, you

639
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 3: just want to see You want to see glimpses and

640
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 3: you want to see some progression. You want to see

641
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 3: some drives that our double digit drives in order to

642
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 3: you know, work the clock and get guys some good,

643
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 3: meaningful experience out there and so hopefully you know they

644
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 3: can go into New York. You're going into hostile environment,

645
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 3: you're on the road week one, that's not going to

646
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 3: be ideal. But at the same point, you're going to

647
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 3: be able to go out there and know, like, we

648
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 3: have to be able to put something on the board

649
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 3: here in order to help out not only defensively and offensively,

650
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Speaker 3: but just to be able to feel like you're getting

651
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Speaker 3: those valuable reps that you're not necessarily seeing in the preseason.

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Speaker 2: There are two things that before we close, there are

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Speaker 2: two things that excite me. One on both sides of

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Speaker 2: the ball. I was reading a couple of articles, and

655
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Speaker 2: I was on ESPN and I saw that they just

656
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Speaker 2: recently announced their ESPN Top one hundred and Justin Jefferson

657
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Speaker 2: landed at the third best player in the NFL. I know,

658
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Speaker 2: you know preseason one too, So Justin Jefferson was third,

659
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Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson was second, and Patrick Mahomes was first, so

660
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Speaker 2: to be mentioned among some of these writers and some

661
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Speaker 2: of these ana listened experts to have the third best

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Speaker 2: player in the NFL on offense. And then when I

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Speaker 2: went to NFL dot com and I read an article

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Speaker 2: that talked about defensive Rookie of the Year Offensive Rookie

665
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Speaker 2: of the Year voting preseason voting, Dallas Turner finished second.

666
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Speaker 2: He got five votes, and I know his preseason and

667
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Speaker 2: none of this really matters, but I think for fans

668
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Speaker 2: who are trying to get excited and trying to get

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Speaker 2: behind their team, these are two profitable articles that people

670
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Speaker 2: can look to if you're into preseason hype and all

671
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 2: that stuff that can get you more excited for this team.

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Speaker 2: And I know Jay was just talking special teams and

673
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,719
Speaker 2: Teddy you're talking special teams. But you know, offensively and defensively, defensively,

674
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Speaker 2: you have two young guys that you can continue to

675
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Speaker 2: build your team around as you move forward.

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Speaker 3: Jay, I think we've talked about this all off season,

677
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 3: talked exhaustively with outside people from the Vikings. The idea

678
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Speaker 3: that Justin Jefferson is face of the NFL at this point,

679
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Speaker 3: he is one of the top three, like you just

680
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Speaker 3: said there in that article, but I mean you could

681
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Speaker 3: argue top five, if not top two, face of the organization,

682
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Speaker 3: face of the league, and the face of this organization.

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Speaker 2: For me, the idea of Justin being out there.

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Speaker 3: He knows that every single week he's got a target

685
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 3: on his back, especially now with the contract, there's going

686
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 3: to be everyone gunning for him. But he also is

687
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 3: being expected by this team to step up as leader

688
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 3: and be kind of the straw that stirs the drink

689
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 3: for the team. So he's got to know, double triple team,

690
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Speaker 3: whatever it's going to be, he's going to be the

691
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Speaker 3: prime guy that every single defensive coordinator is going to

692
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Speaker 3: be gunning for. And that's why, like we talked about earlier,

693
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Speaker 3: having your guys like Addison and Naylor and then tight

694
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Speaker 3: end wise, you know, any one of those guys step

695
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Speaker 3: up is going to be so critical. Plus we glossed

696
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Speaker 3: over a little bit, but the idea that running game

697
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 3: is going to be key for this team in order

698
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Speaker 3: to help kind of maintain pace and be able to

699
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 3: be versatile, because if everyone's just going to drop back

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Speaker 3: and triple cover Justin, that means there's going to be

701
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Speaker 3: single coverage on a lot of people, and that's where

702
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 3: you're going to need Sam to step up. But you're

703
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 3: also going to need that running game to make everybody

704
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 3: be honest and have to stay in the box. So

705
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Speaker 3: it having Justin as a top three player in the

706
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Speaker 3: league does not surprise me at this point.

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Speaker 2: So Tatum.

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Speaker 3: The one thing though about Justin being the face of

709
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 3: that franchise when it comes to it, given how much

710
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 3: he stepped up since college, is there another level of

711
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 3: growth for him at this point.

712
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Speaker 2: Going into the season. I know I'm putting you on.

713
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Speaker 3: The spot, but no, no, no, about how he's progressed

714
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Speaker 3: his entire career.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think he does have a little bit more

716
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Speaker 1: to prove this year because of the injury last year.

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Speaker 1: You know, I mean, we all know how good he is,

718
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: and we all know he is just the best, and

719
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Speaker 1: then do you look at his game and you're like

720
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Speaker 1: what can you possibly get better at? You are just

721
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Speaker 1: so good. I just think that he's now has that.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be a mental thing

723
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Speaker 1: where he's like, oh no, what if I get hurt?

724
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Speaker 1: But he now has you know, he knows what that's

725
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Speaker 1: going to look like or feel like. And as long

726
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 1: as I think, I'm looking for him to get more vocal,

727
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,320
Speaker 1: to bring up these guys like in the room, to

728
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Speaker 1: be on the same page as Sam, like how like

729
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: he obviously worked well when he was learning Kirk Cousins

730
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Speaker 1: and they developed a really good relationship, So how can

731
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Speaker 1: he make sure that's replicated with Darnold. So I guess

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Speaker 1: for me it's more or less like maybe not what

733
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: can he improve in his own game? But how can

734
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: he lift the others up around him and stay healthy

735
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Speaker 1: at the same time?

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Speaker 2: Sure, well that is the number one goal heading into

737
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 2: Week one, get healthy before you head down to New

738
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 2: York to face the New York Giants. So much to

739
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Speaker 2: get to next week, But before we get there, Tatum,

740
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 2: is there any content that we could brief fans on

741
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,479
Speaker 2: that's coming out? Yeah?

742
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, well this week we did have an interview

743
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: with Jamie Erdall, that just dropped a little while ago,

744
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: I believe. And she's all such a delight to talk

745
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: to a hometown gal, and UH loves her Minnesota Vikings,

746
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 1: and I really thought she had some some interesting perspectives

747
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,399
Speaker 1: from her time being you know, the lead of Good

748
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 1: Morning Football and her ability to connect with those foot

749
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: players for years now and and uh and she talked

750
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: about all about Aaron Jones and how excited she was

751
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 1: that he's on the team. So that's that's gonna be

752
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: really exciting. But we'll get back to our normal ways

753
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: next week where we'll have a you know, Pick six

754
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,240
Speaker 1: mail bag will be out. It's featuring more players and coaches,

755
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 1: which is going to be exciting. Love a player pick six.

756
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: It's just fun when fans think that, you know, well

757
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Speaker 1: fans can I.

758
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 2: Don't know what they said.

759
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: Think it's more fun when fans are able to ask

760
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: players their own questions and I, you know, we can

761
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: be that conduit to where they can answer questions that

762
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: fans are actually send in, which is just so cool

763
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Speaker 1: to me. And we'll Vikings Weekly returns with Gabe and I.

764
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Speaker 1: We're going to be doing that show weekly. That will

765
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: Aaron Fox nine and UH, on our website and app

766
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Speaker 1: and stuff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there ends up being coaches film event, you know,

768
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 3: after after the games. Uh you end up having uh Spotlight,

769
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Speaker 3: so you got things like Spotlight as well. So there's

770
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Speaker 3: a lot of there's a lot of pieces coming up.

771
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Speaker 3: And then on top of that is the audio side,

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Speaker 3: whether it's UH listening on kf A N or through

773
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 3: the Vikings app here. With the audio section starting next

774
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Speaker 3: week essentially Monday through Friday, you're gonna get the regular

775
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 3: swath of shows that that are going to be coming out. Yeah, exactly,

776
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Speaker 3: Tuesday night's gonna be Vikings Country.

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Speaker 2: Definitely check out.

778
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 3: They tend to go all over the place and do

779
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 3: those live remotes where you can actually go and participate

780
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 3: and uh and enjoy watching the show live. Uh x's

781
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 3: and o's with Kevin O'Connell be coming with PA here

782
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 3: on Wednesday. Nights Thursday, you're going to get a dose

783
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 3: of m v P and the tailgate with Siaminson with

784
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 3: some of the crazy UH comedy and celebrity fans of

785
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 3: other teams that are that are gonna be facing the Vikings,

786
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,319
Speaker 3: which is gonna be a lot of fun again. And

787
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 3: then Skulls always is coming back on Friday Night with

788
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 3: Mark Rosen and Pete Bursich and some of the Vikings

789
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 3: legends that are your favorites to hear from and kind

790
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,919
Speaker 3: of catching up from them and then kind of hearing

791
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 3: their take on what's going on with the team these days.

792
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 3: So there's gonna be a ton of content. It's gonna

793
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 3: be a lot of fun to get back into the

794
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 3: regular routine. But if there's anything that you have any

795
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 3: questions about or looking for that kind of content, check

796
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 3: out the new Vikings app or go to Vikings dot com.

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Speaker 2: You hit that right on the head. So many good

798
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 2: things too, salesman, I love it. Jay, You just like

799
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Speaker 2: you've done this before once or twice. Oh. Also, I

800
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 2: just thought about if you really want an idea of

801
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 2: what it feels like to be a backup quarterback one

802
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 2: year and then the next year you are leading the troops.

803
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 2: You have a lot of weapons behind you. There's an

804
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 2: interview right now Vikings dot com where Kurt Warner talked

805
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 2: about the ninety eight ninety nine season when he went

806
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 2: from backup in nineteen ninety eight to a Super Bowl

807
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 2: champion in nineteen ninety nine. At his first start in

808
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 2: the NFL. Just really good insight from Kurt and just

809
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 2: I mean, I didn't expect any less from a guy.

810
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 2: It's a two time and a Super Bowl MVP. But

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00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 2: just some really good stuff there. So all that is

812
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 2: on Vikings dot com. So much content, So make sure

813
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 2: you stay tuned to that website and our Vikings app

814
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,439
Speaker 2: for the most up to date coverage of the team.

815
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Speaker 2: So for Eric Davidson, J Nelson, Tatum, Everett, my name

816
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 2: is Gabe Henderson. Guys, we actually get the tough football

817
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 2: next week.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait about time.

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Speaker 2: Man. We'll talk to you all next week.

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