1 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: Hey, it's the Vikings postgame report courtesy of Lumen from 2 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: unbelievably Loud Sofi Stadium with Pete versus. I'm Paul Allen 3 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: when I say unbelievably loud, with all due respect, and 4 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about the crowd with Chargers fans or anything. 5 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: I just don't understand the difference between the Rams and 6 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: the Chargers here at Sofi where it's just so loud 7 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: with the hype machine and everything. But you know what, 8 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: they had reason to be excited with their Chargers, who 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: scored thirty seven points on the Minnesota Vikings. That's the 10 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: most points the Vikings have given up since Brian Flores 11 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: became defensive coordinator. They lose by twenty seven. Pete bursus 12 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: your thoughts. 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: Well, there's just there's not a lot you could take 14 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: away from this, and there's not a lot that you 15 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: can point to to say that, hey, if we did 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: a play here or play there. I mean, when you 17 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 2: look at what happened with the Eagles, you just point 18 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: to a play here or play there, a game that 19 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: could have easily been won. But on a game like tonight, 20 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: when the Chargers have nine possessions, they score on seven 21 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: of them. 22 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: Wow, and the only one. 23 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 2: The only possessions they didn't score on were a missfield 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 2: goal and an interception. So yeah, it's it's hard. 25 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 4: It's hard. 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: It's hard to find the positive right now. But these 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: guys have to have to bring this scene together. It's 28 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: not gonna get it easier. You gotta get ready, you 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: gotta go go to Detroit. 30 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: The La Chargers ran for two hundred seven yards. Kamani 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: Vidal second year from Troy. The only reason he's playing 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: is because veteran Najee Harris got knocked out for the 33 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: season earlier this year and Amari and Hampton, a rookie 34 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: running back they love who had two touchdowns. He also 35 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: went to ir so Kamani Vadal twenty three run, one 36 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen yards, first touchdown of his career. Uh, 37 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: what you know. With the injuries the Vikings have suffered 38 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: this season, specifically to the offensive line, Andrew van Ginkel 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: didn't play again, but still on the interior, Cashman has 40 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: come back, Pace played, Wilson played Allen and so on. 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: And I bring that up because a lot of these 42 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: runs were between the tackles. 43 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: Yeah they were, and I think for the running game. 44 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 2: You know, early on Herbert ran for about sixty two 45 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: yards or so, and that was obviously bootlegs pulling the 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: ball down and that wore up, that wore out the front, 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: and you're right, that's kind of the one area of 48 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: this team, the defensive interior where yeah, I mean, Cashman 49 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 2: was out for a few weeks, but we're pretty healthy 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: there now. And you know, for the the Chargers, they 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: dominated the line of scrimmage, Paul, I mean, well, I mean, 52 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: what else can you say now? And you had to 53 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: take a hard look at some things and figure out 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: outside of Jalen Redman, and it's, uh, it's kind of 55 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 2: hard to find anybody. 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: Uh. 57 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: Jonathan Allen getting his first sack tonight, so that's obviously 58 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 2: a good thing. But for the most part, the defensive 59 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: front just didn't control the line of scrimmage. But but 60 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: it was an eventual thing. It was just the length 61 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 2: of time that they were on the field. I'll possessed 62 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: almost two to one and and short week and all 63 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: those things that uh, and that you got to you 64 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: got to get a tip of the cap to the Chargers. 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 2: They they came out and dominated this football game. 66 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: And uh, moving forward with the Vikings next game a 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: week from Sunday at fort Field against the Lions. Uh 68 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: the the the sweat, well, there are myriad sweats when 69 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: it comes to like Hals McCarthy's ankle doing uh dari 70 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: saw is is he? How is he healing? Played about 71 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: a quarter then he had to leave. Will O'Neill be 72 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: back probably, but Josh Oliver, Josh Oliver left this game 73 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: on a cart. So now we're sweating that. 74 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: We are and he's such a huge part of the 75 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: running game of what we're trying to do. So you know, 76 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: the young guys, they they they have to pick it up. 77 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 2: You've got you've got to find somebody else to step up. 78 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: I think Hockinson's been doing a great job. You know, 79 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 2: he's he's really stepped up and done a lot of blocking. 80 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: We've had these tight ends involved in pass protection so much, 81 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: you know, over the last couple of weeks just because 82 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: of injuries. And then you have someone like Ben Eurosex. 83 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: So you're a SEC. Now this is his opportunity, right 84 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: he underrafted rookie free agent, had a really good preseason. 85 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: Now he's gonna have to step up and become a 86 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: dual threat in for this offense. 87 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, had this 88 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: to say following the thirty seven to ten LA Chargers win. 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 5: Get to the injury update here in a second, but nothing, 90 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 5: nothing much to say. We got out played, we got 91 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 5: out coached. We we did not There are no excuses. Injuries, 92 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 5: short week, whatever it is that is not in any way, 93 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 5: shape or form our standard of what we want to 94 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 5: on the field. And we've got, as I told our team, 95 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 5: we've got an opportunity in front. 96 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 4: Of us where we need to own this. 97 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 5: This is not a bury the tape kind of time 98 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 5: for our organization. This is a watch it, view it 99 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 5: own it. Every coach, every player, and it starts with me. 100 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 5: I did not have our team prepared to play, and 101 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 5: we'll go back to many. 102 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 4: Aspects of. 103 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 5: What we need to improve on from a standpoint, in 104 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 5: many way, shape or form on initial feel, it feels 105 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 5: like a lot of technique, fundamentals, things that are correctable. 106 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 4: I believe in our players wholeheartedly. 107 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 5: I believe in every opportunity we have, We're going to 108 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 5: go out there and put our best foot forward, both 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 5: on the practice field and every opportunity we have as 110 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 5: a team. I think we'll be able to get you know, 111 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 5: healthy in some spots here that that you know are 112 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 5: critical for our ability to have success. But once again, 113 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 5: injuries and any other excuse, if you go looking for him, 114 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 5: you'll find him. 115 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 4: We will not be doing that. 116 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 5: We're going to meet this head on as an organization 117 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 5: and that's what we're gonna do. Injury wise, Christian Darsal 118 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 5: tried to give it a go. I want to commend 119 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 5: him for trying to do that on a short week, 120 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 5: coming off of what's been a trying time for him 121 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 5: early on in the season, after such a catastrophic significant 122 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 5: injury a year ago. Just couldn't just couldn't, you know, 123 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 5: continue to. 124 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 4: Give it a go. 125 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 5: Josh Oliver X rays were negative on his right foot, 126 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 5: but we will need to MRI that foot ankle and 127 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 5: see what's going on there. 128 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 4: He's pretty sore. 129 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 5: Jeff Acuda did get a concussion, and Jonathan Gernard got 130 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 5: a right ankle. 131 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: He'll also be evaluated tomorrow. 132 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 3: Kevin Blake said there was. 133 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 5: Yet no I think I think we've got to you know, 134 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 5: there was there were some times where yeah, we were 135 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 5: we were down on the edges, you know, at the 136 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 5: tackle spot. 137 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 4: But it felt like it was more than that. 138 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 5: To me, It felt like there was some sloppiness, like 139 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 5: Blake said in the interior, getting guys covered up, uh, 140 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 5: seeing if we could simply you know, execute our quick 141 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 5: game at times was was you know, more difficult than 142 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 5: it should be, you know, in some of those ball 143 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 5: out plays, trying to you know, avoid you know, uh, 144 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: you know, certain I would have liked to get more 145 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 5: runs off, but it's a circumstance where you're also trying 146 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 5: to make sure you're not walking yourself right into third. 147 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 4: And and very very long with. 148 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 5: The need to try to get eligibles out and and 149 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 5: also protect on both edges. 150 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: Uh. 151 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 5: So it is a it's a little bit of a 152 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 5: you know, trying to figure out the best way to 153 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 5: activate the healthy players we do have, you know, in 154 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 5: our receiving corps and you know t J in the 155 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 5: passing game. But I got to do a better job, 156 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 5: you know, minig eating the challenges that we face in 157 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 5: a game like we did tonight, and it wasn't good enough. 158 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 3: Carson looked like he was in pain. 159 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 4: He's physically a good part of the game. 160 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, we kept on, you know, we kept on, you know, 161 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 5: checking in maybe getting Max ready to go. But he 162 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 5: you know, I you know, Tyler was coming to me 163 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 5: a lot tonight, but every time he seemed to update 164 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 5: me on that. 165 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 4: You know, Carson was uh, you know, he was sore 166 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: going into it, and he was able. 167 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 5: He took obviously quite a few hits and and uh, 168 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 5: but he was able to you know, I asked him 169 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 5: multiple times, you know, where he was at, and he 170 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 5: he he said he was good and wanted to keep going. 171 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 5: I know, it did seem like he was, you know, 172 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: in pain there a couple of times, a few times. 173 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 2: I think, holding Maxwell and the injuries of this kind 174 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: of basics. 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, we did. 176 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 5: I think, you know what you have to you know, 177 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 5: Carson's a veteran player. He understands kind of some of 178 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 5: our circumstances tonight. I think it's very difficult to ask, 179 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 5: you know, a rookie to go in there for his 180 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 5: first performance and you know, have to be kind of 181 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 5: weathering it, you know a little bit for the group. 182 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 5: I did, you know, I did think about that at 183 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 5: different times in the game. But at the same time, 184 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 5: you know, the confidence we have in Max and the 185 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 5: upside we see in Max is real. We just you know, 186 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 5: you also don't want to send him out there and 187 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 5: force a level of kind of figured out this that's 188 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 5: probably beyond a guy playing for the first time, and 189 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 5: that was kind of where the decision was to continue 190 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 5: to go with Carson as long as you know, Carson 191 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 5: felt like he was healthy enough to keep playing, and 192 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 5: the medical team did as well. 193 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 4: How will you approach that position here in the next 194 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 4: week or. 195 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 5: So, Yeah, I think, you know, as we talked about 196 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 5: earlier in the week, we you know, we worked out 197 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 5: JJ and he was close and JJ and the medical 198 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 5: staff kind of didn't quite feel like he was he 199 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 5: was there yet, but there was a lot of encouragement that, 200 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 5: especially at the time we have Kevin and where he's 201 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 5: at and the confidence level he thinks he can get to. 202 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 5: You know, if JJ is healthy, JJ w'll play. That's 203 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 5: been the case since the injury. That's always been kind 204 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 5: of my mindset, and I. 205 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: Believe we're right. 206 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 5: You know, we're right, you know, hopefully around the corner 207 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 5: from seeing him be healthy, have a week of preparation 208 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 5: and go compete, because that's really you know, that's what 209 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: he wants and that's what he's been working towards. You know, 210 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 5: I know there was a lot of estimates on what 211 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 5: the injury timeline and everything with a high ankle. 212 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 4: It ended up being you know, on on the longer end, 213 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 4: but about what we thought. 214 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 5: And we'll see, we'll see how Carson comes out tonight 215 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 5: as far as what our overall quarterback depth looks like. 216 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: But we will prepare. 217 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 5: We'll prepare our team, you know, at every position based 218 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 5: upon what our health looks like. But we also need 219 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 5: to be ready to go to work on the practice 220 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 5: field and improve because that is not, like I said, 221 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 5: to our standard in any capacity. 222 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 6: Christians something different with the news servers yesterday. 223 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 5: Now, I think what you're you know, it's you know, 224 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 5: whether it was in London or in Dublin going to 225 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 5: London and in the high snap count, or it's just 226 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 5: the fact that you know, we we have Christian on 227 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 5: a pro a plan of attack every week based upon 228 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 5: the idea of the type of injury he's coming back from. 229 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 5: And I'm not going to go into detail with what 230 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 5: that injury. 231 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 4: Was, but I would just say there there's a layer two. 232 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 5: Christian doing everything he can, but you know, when he 233 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 5: has a higher snap count, or you're on a very 234 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 5: very short week with flight travel and everything. There's just 235 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 5: only so much that we can do. And in regards 236 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 5: to Brian, you know, Brian worked his absolute tail off 237 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 5: to get back and uh, you know with his right 238 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 5: m c l uh and and just came out of 239 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 5: the game with some with you know, some some leftny 240 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 5: kind of swelling, maybe over compensating, but just couldn't quite 241 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 5: get that out of there. And and both those guys, 242 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 5: I know, you know, and because they've they've proven it before. 243 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 5: Both those guys would do anything to be out there 244 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 5: with their teammates. And you know, I am the furthest 245 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 5: thing from a doctor. 246 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 4: I know. 247 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 5: Uh, it's been debated my medical prowess when it comes 248 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 5: to our injured players playing or not. I very simply 249 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 5: listen to our doctors and listen more importantly to our 250 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 5: players as much as I possibly can. 251 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 3: Would say amount of them that he didn't have. 252 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 5: That's one of the reasons why, you know, it's when 253 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 5: when a guy like that, a veteran guy that's in 254 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 5: there competing you, you have to value you have to 255 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 5: value that as long as the medical team, you know, 256 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 5: informs me, which they did a couple of times that 257 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: you know, he's no, he's no worse than than what 258 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 5: he came into the game with. You've got to give 259 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: a guy that that wants to tow the line and go, 260 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 5: and then you've got to give him a chance to 261 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 5: do that until it becomes, uh, he can't do his job. 262 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 5: And I did think that last high throw when Justin 263 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 5: was open on the high cross, you know, maybe a 264 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 5: healthy Carson Wentz hits that throw. But that's just kind 265 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: of how the night was. You know, we had an 266 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 5: opportunity for a big time explosive there and we miss it. 267 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 5: And there could be a lot of variables factors involved. 268 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 5: I thought it was, you know, one of our cleaner 269 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 5: pockets on that play. And though it you know, it 270 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 5: just wasn't our night in any capacity any way, shape 271 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 5: or form. From the interception being overturned early on to 272 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 5: potentially having one of your biggest plays of the night 273 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 5: turn into them having the ball at midfield, it was, 274 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 5: you know, it was. It was an avalanche of momentum 275 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 5: for them that we tried to overcome. I like the 276 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 5: fight to start the second half from the turnover. Mattelli's 277 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 5: forces on the pick to putting that ball in the 278 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 5: end zone. 279 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 3: There. 280 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 5: We just you know, in no way, shape or form, 281 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 5: were good enough tonight to win the football game. 282 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 4: As coaches or players, you're well, what are. 283 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 3: You gonna do at this point for a still goal 284 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 3: with this skecu. 285 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 5: Obviously, Yeah, I think I told our team there are 286 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 5: no more trips overseas, there's no more short weeks. There's 287 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 5: outside of late in the year, obviously for our second 288 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 5: Thursday game. But I told our team this is you know, 289 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 5: we're going to find out what we're all about and 290 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 5: what this year's team is all about. I've always felt 291 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 5: a like a level of compete from our organization, a 292 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 5: level of chasing growth throughout the season, regardless of result. 293 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 4: You know, you're you're. 294 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 5: Hoping when you're winning thirteen and fourteen games, you're still 295 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 5: always chasing getting better. 296 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 4: But clearly, if you need a result to motivate you. 297 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: That's that's not the that's not the type of organization 298 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 5: we want to be. But certainly these circumstances will will 299 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 5: be uh, we'll test what we're all made of. And 300 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 5: I told our team, you know, when when we get 301 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 5: a chance to step out on that grass. 302 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 4: Make sure, you're very aware that we're. 303 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 5: Going back to work and what this is going to 304 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 5: look like is going to be a team that constantly 305 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 5: chases improvement, and we need to after tonight. 306 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 4: But I also so told. 307 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 5: Them, you know, uh, you know, take honor and being 308 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 5: a man in the arena. 309 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 4: And what that means. 310 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 5: And I'll be you know, I told them first and foremost, 311 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 5: I'm gonna look myself dead in the eye in the 312 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 5: mirror and make sure that and I think they believe 313 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 5: me when they say that my confidence level in this 314 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 5: group is as high as it's ever been. But it's 315 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 5: also important that we look ourselves in the eye after 316 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 5: a performance like this and decide the path we're gonna 317 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 5: take in the fox hole. Together, we will work, I 318 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 5: don't know any other way than to uh, you know, 319 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 5: set a path and a course for this organization to 320 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 5: find success. And I'm gonna lean on our coaches, and 321 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna lean most importantly on the locker room, the 322 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 5: players and what they've built in there to go attack 323 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 5: this thing. 324 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: A lot of explosive players that you guys have been 325 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 2: giving up in new pass and games. 326 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 3: They're a trend. There is something you can identify that's 327 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 3: caused that. 328 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, just talking to Flow late in the 329 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 5: game and talking to our often, I think across the board, 330 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 5: we just need to evaluate what gives us the best 331 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 5: chance to sustain because it you know, it just felt 332 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: like it wasn't our best performance or even an adequate performance. 333 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 4: In any phase. 334 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 5: So I don't necessarily want to get into, you know, 335 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 5: the details of individual sides of the ball, but I 336 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 5: will tell you, Matt that it's you know, we've got 337 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 5: to improve and we've got to understand that what we're 338 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 5: going to do moving forward is going to be the 339 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 5: things hopefully we do well, and the techniques and fundamentals 340 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 5: need to be trained and coached to match that, and 341 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 5: you know, get back to simple, basic things that lead 342 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 5: to our our talented players having a chance to go 343 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 5: out there and win the down, win the drive, when 344 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 5: the series, when the quarter, and compete for four quarters. 345 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 5: I didn't question our team's competition or compete at all. 346 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 5: It just felt like, you know, we weren't good enough 347 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 5: in any of our three phases. 348 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 4: Tonight, technique in. 349 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 3: Fun about being to shoot. What kind of things can 350 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 3: do to you know it's out for weeks. 351 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, hopefully. 352 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 3: You know. 353 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 5: The good thing is next week won't be a short week. 354 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 5: We'll get a chance to get out there on Monday, 355 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 5: We'll get a chance to have three full days of 356 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 5: practice after that. You know, I thought our guys, you know, 357 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 5: two years in a row, these Thursday games, we've had 358 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 5: very physical, kind of down to the end type of 359 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 5: you know games at home the week before against good teams, 360 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 5: and then we just you know of you know, I 361 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 5: don't believe we ran out of gas tonight. I don't 362 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 5: believe we did enough things well enough to fight the 363 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 5: fight and and and match our willingness to compete with 364 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 5: the you know, playing against a really good football team 365 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 5: at home and not doing a lot of things that 366 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 5: give you a chance to find and seek out the 367 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 5: momentum and see if you can capture. 368 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 4: It and keep it. 369 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 5: It's a real thing, and we we let it get 370 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 5: away from us early tonight, and we weren't able to 371 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 5: get it back. 372 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: Obviously, the coach is saddened by the way things have 373 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: worked out. The Vikings are now three or four and 374 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: uh with this game, Aaron Jones returned, so you had 375 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: the Jones Jordan Mason won two, but they got behind 376 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: so far, so soon, I mean running Mason and and 377 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: or Jones, it just wasn't gonna. 378 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 3: Happen, right. 379 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 2: And then that's where Josh Oliver comes into play. Right, 380 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 2: So that whatever running game that you had, you had 381 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 2: set up Aaron Jones, Buch you know, good at the 382 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 2: outside runs and those kinds of things. None none of 383 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 2: it ever developed. I mean, I don't know if anything 384 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 2: offensively really got into a groove, right. We never really 385 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 2: got into any type of a rhythm offensively, and that's 386 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 2: a factor of a number of things. Uh, But yeah, 387 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 2: what you hope would have been a shot in the 388 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 2: arm in the running game ended up not being one 389 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 2: at all. In fact, the running game was probably it's 390 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 2: probably the worst out you know, outing for the Vikings 391 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: on the on the ground all season. 392 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is two and three as a Viking starter. 393 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: He was making his ninety ninth National Football Leak start. 394 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: He was sacked five times, clearly was in pain with 395 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: his left shoulder and his left arm. And here's what 396 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: Carson I just say after the game. 397 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 3: I felt better. 398 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 6: That was a tough one. Thursday Nights are I was tough, 399 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 6: but that was a little extra tough. But Yeah, I 400 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 6: felt better, but we're walking. 401 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 4: We're a right person as you're going. 402 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: Through that, as they're pointing at all, and you felt 403 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 2: like any coming off as the injury you got out of. 404 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: No, I didn't. Pain is pain, you know. 405 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 6: I felt like I could still help this team and 406 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 6: find a way to go down and score and all 407 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 6: that stuff. 408 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 3: So we knew that coming into the game that was 409 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 3: gonna be part of it. 410 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 6: And again that's what that's a tough part of Thursday 411 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 6: night games. Just don't quite get the chance to recover. 412 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 6: But that's no excuse by any means. Like I felt 413 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 6: when I'm playing out there, I felt fun. 414 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 5: We're in your face pretty much till my difficult is 415 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 5: it to quarterback? 416 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 3: You remember that much the least and that much, right, Yeah, 417 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 3: hats off of that defense. 418 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 6: Honestly, on a short week, I thought they did a 419 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 6: really good job. Made it tough on us scheme wise. 420 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 6: You know, they got they got some really good players. 421 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 6: You know, we were banged up, and you know we 422 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 6: had moving pieces even within the game up front, and 423 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 6: so I. 424 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 3: Thought guys competed their tails off. I could. 425 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 6: You know, I can always be better, get the ball 426 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 6: out quicker and make some plays and decisions faster. 427 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 3: But yeah, the defense made a tough tonight because the 428 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 3: one that they just feel at times. 429 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 6: Definitely at times, you know, it's a good defense. You know, 430 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 6: that's all that's all start there. I'll say that's a 431 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 6: very good defense. They made it tough on us. You know, 432 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 6: they kind of made us one dimensional there, which makes 433 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 6: it even tougher. 434 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 3: So you know that's on a short week. 435 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 6: They played better than us tonight and I can be 436 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 6: better too to help that out. Where is the end 437 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 6: that you that for one of the fourth down plays 438 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 6: kind of came to sideline and help flying and like 439 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 6: the camera stayed on you on the bench. 440 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: I guess that like it looked like you second extreme 441 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 3: pain basically what's happening? Yeah, yeah, I'm not proud of that. 442 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 6: Apologize to the equipment guys for that one, but yeah 443 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 6: I was. I was in a good amount of pain there. 444 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 6: Did you feel like the the ingree or the mechanics 445 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 6: and any throw. 446 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 3: I don't think so. 447 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 6: I don't think throwing wise. That's honestly why I felt 448 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 6: confident to go. I felt I could do my job. 449 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 6: I thought I could throw the ball. Thankfully, you don't 450 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 6: need your left shoulder all that much still the football, 451 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 6: so mechanically, throwing wise, I felt like I could do everything. 452 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 3: I needed to. 453 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 6: Frustration as natural frustration in there too, But yeah, it was. 454 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 6: It was a tough second half physically, for sure. 455 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 3: You're understanding this is just gonna. 456 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 4: Be a maintenance situation in the rest of the. 457 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 3: Year with that deal or I don't know yet. I 458 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 3: don't know. It's a week by week, day by day 459 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 3: thing right now. 460 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 6: And yeah, we'll see you agreed for the. 461 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 3: Play until early in the season. 462 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 6: Obviously, we're three and four. We know we're at we 463 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 6: got an impressive division. You know, we're kind of in 464 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 6: a fox hole, so to speak with with with that. 465 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 5: But. 466 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 3: You can't look at that. We got the visional opponents 467 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 3: coming up here and that will be you know, there 468 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 3: will be some huge. 469 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 6: Games to kind of get us back on track and 470 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 6: within our division and all that stuff. So yeah, obviously 471 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 6: not where we want to be, No one ever wants 472 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 6: to be and four. But at the end of the 473 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 6: there's a lot of football left and I think a 474 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 6: lot of good football left for this team. Anymore. 475 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 3: You're in pain, you know, I don't know. 476 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 6: I'm just trying to do everything I can to help 477 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 6: this team, you know, and I feel confident even with 478 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 6: the pain, that I can help, you know, I can 479 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 6: contribute and make plays and spread this ball around. And 480 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 6: you know, I thought we did it okay at times, 481 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 6: left left plenty of things out there. 482 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 3: The interception, you know, I thought, I thought. 483 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 6: Maybe we had a little chance to kind of put 484 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 6: something together and go down there, and I just missed it, 485 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 6: you know, And I gotta be better there. But yeah, 486 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 6: at the end of the day, I feel like I'm 487 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 6: physically able to go. Whether it hurts or not. You know, 488 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 6: it is what it is. Yeah, Yeah, there's there's layers 489 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 6: to it. I'm not going to get into all the specifics, 490 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 6: but I've never worn anything even remotely close to all that. 491 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 6: But at the end of the day, it was helpful 492 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 6: to at least, you know, get me through it. 493 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 3: And you practice with that. 494 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 6: I don't. 495 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 4: I did walk through with. 496 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 6: It yesterday actually, which was weird. I was the only 497 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 6: guy out there in pads, but just to feel it 498 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 6: and get used to it, and yeah, no excuses there, 499 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 6: honestly it was. It's weird, But again I walked out 500 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 6: there feeling confident. I could throw the ball and do 501 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 6: my job. The most extended pain, the most extended pain 502 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 6: you bend during the course of the. 503 00:23:54,600 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 3: Beginning, quite possibly, quite possibly recognition thought only what is 504 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 3: than nonins Yeah, I mean, I just know the guys 505 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 3: in that locker room. I know the guys and know 506 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 3: the coaches. 507 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 6: I know, I've still only been here for a short 508 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 6: period of time, but I know the resolve, the resiliency 509 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 6: and the character of the guys in there that I 510 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 6: think that gives me confidence. I know coach being the 511 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 6: leader in this in this building is as positive as 512 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 6: it gets, and I know he'll do everything he can 513 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 6: and his power to get us right. And so I 514 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 6: have a lot of confidence in the guys. You know, 515 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 6: hopefully we can keep getting some guys back healthy, all 516 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 6: that stuff. But you know, this was a short week. 517 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 6: This was a tough one. We just didn't have it tonight. 518 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 6: No in the NFL is weird. It's hard to win, 519 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 6: hard to be consistent. So at the end of the day, 520 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 6: just turn the page and go attack it next week. 521 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 3: Dude, what what a mission did Aaron John's brain coming back? 522 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 4: Confidence? 523 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I was excited for Aaron to come 524 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 6: back obviously he was I don't actually know how it 525 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 6: all unfolded, but limited in some capacity in terms of 526 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 6: a pitch count, whatever it was. But just the dimension 527 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 6: that he brings to the table, whether fully shown tonight 528 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 6: or not, I think defenses are very aware when he's 529 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 6: in the game and his ability to just slash and 530 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 6: you know, take two yards into twenty real quick, and 531 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 6: would love to, you know, maybe connect a few more 532 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 6: times in the passing game. That was one thing I wish. 533 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 6: I wish we could have hit on the one down 534 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 6: there in the red zone. But yeah, he's he's dynamic. 535 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 6: I wish we could have done it better. Which first 536 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,239 Speaker 6: played a game. I wish I could have hit him 537 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 6: a little better. I was just not on the same 538 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 6: page there with just some small things. But yeah, I 539 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 6: know he's a very talented player, and I was pretty 540 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 6: fired up to play with him tonight, and I'm hopefully 541 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 6: made it out okay that he can continue to help 542 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 6: this team. 543 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,479 Speaker 1: All right, three and four some extra days with Thursday 544 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: Night Football going into the Lions game a week from Sunday, 545 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: and you know, this team just came off the bye. 546 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: They lose a game against the champion Eagles, which was 547 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: closer than this one. Then they lose this one, so 548 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: it's their first two game losing streak this year. Be 549 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: nice to get away from it for a minute, clear 550 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: your mind, get some bodies healthy, come back, make a 551 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: run with those Lions. 552 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's the other thing. You're playing on the 553 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: road right away, one more road game. Then you got 554 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 2: a couple at home right with the Ravens and then 555 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 2: the Bears, and then I think you're on the road 556 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 2: to play Green Bay. So it's it's it's gonna get 557 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: harder before it gets easier. And that's the reality. That's 558 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 2: the NFL. And yet you know you have a little 559 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 2: you have a few extra days here, but they need 560 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 2: to find some answers quickly. 561 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: The Chargers beat the Vikings thirty seven to ten at 562 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: SOFI in Southern California. For pete ersage, I'm Paul Allen. 563 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: Don't forget to follow all the coverage of this game 564 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: and up to the Lions game at your favorite spot 565 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: Vikings dot com. This is provided by Loomen. Thank you 566 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: for listening.