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Speaker 1: Hey Vikings fans number ninety six, Brian Robinson is bringing

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Speaker 1: NYC's cheesiest food stand to US Bank Stadium. Visit Mactruck,

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Speaker 1: Mac and Cheese on Minnesota Vikings game days for a

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Speaker 1: new game time snack. That's why I'll get at pow

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Speaker 1: return because like that's like a mood you make this

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Speaker 1: close quarters. So it was like I had two days

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Speaker 1: him missing. Like I always say, you know what's Loowis

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Speaker 1: was showing what's fans gonna last, So you just take

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Speaker 1: to Like my good friend Jack Harlowe says cold like

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings at home. It's Victory Monday, and this

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Speaker 1: is the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. I'm Tatum Everett. We've got

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Speaker 1: Gaye Anderson, Jay Nelson, producer Eric Davidson here. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: be joined by Jalen Rager later in the show. Super

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Speaker 1: psyched for that guy to get here. His touchdown contributed

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Speaker 1: to the Vikings twenty nine to twenty two wins over

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Speaker 1: opponents at home this season, you know, since the whole like,

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Speaker 1: you know, cold like the Minnesota get it from the beginning.

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Speaker 1: You got it, guys. Yeah. Yeah, it's gonna be eighty

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Speaker 1: degrees tomorrow. Yeah. But I had a friend I was

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Speaker 1: telling Tatum. I had a friend, I guess, his first

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Speaker 1: game yesterday or a game on Sunday, and he kept saying,

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Speaker 1: do too. Yeah. Well, I think I think this is

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Speaker 1: Jack Harlowe to like do halftime when one time the

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Speaker 1: seasons we can sing that song sing. I shouldn't say

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Speaker 1: sing it doesn't sing Jay, do we have thee we

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Speaker 1: I don't know if his budget. I mean, Jack harr

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Speaker 1: Speaking of London, this is also the first time that

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Speaker 1: a team who played in London opted out of the bar.

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Speaker 1: I played the next week and won. So how about

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Speaker 1: that first making some history. Yeah, and then the Packers losing.

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Speaker 1: So I will take the double whammy anytime we can

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Speaker 1: get it. So what was louder Jay fans after the

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Speaker 1: the Packers are losing to the Giants, let's keep this

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Speaker 1: thing moved by. It was so loud. For sure, we

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Speaker 1: And as signing Kevin Boseman, we were staying on the tailgate.

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Speaker 1: and that would be January first. Yes, it'll be cold

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Speaker 1: You know. But it's funny because so we weren't about

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Speaker 1: guess lean on when times gets tough later in the year. Yes,

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Speaker 1: style points, style points don't matter, Jay, No, No. At

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, style points will not get

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Speaker 1: But for this whole thought process, yeah, I feel attacked

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Speaker 1: last game, he was seventeen straight completions to start nineteen.

429
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Speaker 1: If you date back to the Saints game, which breaks

430
00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,080
Speaker 1: Tommy Kramer's sixteen straight completion record. The game winning drive,

431
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,040
Speaker 1: he was six of eight, a five yard scramble and

432
00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,520
Speaker 1: the one yard punch in, plus the two point conversion

433
00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:12,920
Speaker 1: of JJ When it mattered to be poised and knowing

434
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000
Speaker 1: your team needed a game winning drive, he was there.

435
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,159
Speaker 1: It's been three straight games where he's really had to

436
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,840
Speaker 1: take control in the fourth quarter to put this team

437
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,920
Speaker 1: back into things. You know, I really can't say enough

438
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,720
Speaker 1: about what he's doing right now. I just hope that

439
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,600
Speaker 1: I'll get to my one thing needs to improve it

440
00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,200
Speaker 1: in a little bit, which will also tie into this

441
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 1: little hair. But like again, I think that his veteran presence,

442
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,440
Speaker 1: no panic, no hesitation, and trusting his guys and the

443
00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,840
Speaker 1: guy's trusting him has been just key in getting those

444
00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,879
Speaker 1: like clutch moments out winning on these close games instead

445
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,960
Speaker 1: of losing like what happened a lot last year. Yeah,

446
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,160
Speaker 1: for sure. And I think that's always been the question

447
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,040
Speaker 1: with Kirk is what Kirk are we going to get right?

448
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,880
Speaker 1: There's always been the discussion primetime noon games, three o'clock whatever,

449
00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,440
Speaker 1: There's always been this national feed and and I think

450
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 1: with Kirk there's been the attitude, at least on his

451
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,400
Speaker 1: end up I'm just going to go out and play

452
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,920
Speaker 1: my game well. Again, given the fact that you have

453
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,560
Speaker 1: had inconsistent times within his play, That's why there's always

454
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,879
Speaker 1: been this question mark. Now, also you have essentially the

455
00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,680
Speaker 1: social media meme of Kirk Tober going on and everybody

456
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,120
Speaker 1: loves because his numbers in October are always insane when

457
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,560
Speaker 1: he plays. And to see a Kirk Cousins become more

458
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,960
Speaker 1: confident in his line and his weapons, it just exactly

459
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 1: what we were just talking about. Once he gets that comfort,

460
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 1: then you're going to see him be able to feel

461
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 1: like I don't have to worry about the other stuff

462
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,760
Speaker 1: and the happy feet and here in monsters coming from

463
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 1: all directions, Like he can sit back there and actually

464
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 1: focus on delivering the ball to the players that are open.

465
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,119
Speaker 1: And I think as long as we give him the

466
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: ability to have that confidence, I just feel like his

467
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: consistent play is going to help make this team more

468
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,679
Speaker 1: consistent overall. I mean, just think about when he changes

469
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,879
Speaker 1: plays at the line of scrimmage. I'm sure there's a

470
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: stat out there that shows the I guess yards to

471
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,080
Speaker 1: gain at the Vikings gave when Kirk Cousins changes to

472
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,639
Speaker 1: play at the line of scrimmage. But I feel like

473
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 1: every time he has the control to look at a

474
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,719
Speaker 1: defense and say, okay, we're doing this, we all always

475
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 1: put in a position to succeed. So the fact that

476
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,200
Speaker 1: he's able to have the wherewithal to understand that there's

477
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 1: always two plays to go to and if I like

478
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,879
Speaker 1: this play, I'm going to go with it. And the

479
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,440
Speaker 1: offense trust him to do that, and they have I guess,

480
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 1: his full trust and his full confidence. I think that's

481
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: going to bowl well for this Minnesota Vikings offense going forward.

482
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: And I don't think we've ever seen Kirk have this

483
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 1: much control of an offense, and hopefully it only makes

484
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: us better as we go for but that has been

485
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 1: really exciting to see just a different, new and improved

486
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: I guess, just a more swaggy Kirk For me, the

487
00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,640
Speaker 1: word I would use an empowerment. You know, he's empowered

488
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 1: by his head coach who understands the position to be

489
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: able to go out there and run things the way

490
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: he needed to. That was always the thing that everyone

491
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,159
Speaker 1: talked about, Like when far walked in the door. Here,

492
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 1: the difference in play was he walked in saying, this

493
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: is my team, this is my offense. I know what

494
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 1: I'm doing, Leave me alone, let me go play football.

495
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,879
Speaker 1: If we're at that point in that stage of his

496
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,159
Speaker 1: career where he can make all the throws and he

497
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing, and he's getting to a system

498
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: where he feels consistent that empowerment of him to be

499
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: able to go out there and say, we trust you

500
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 1: to make the right decision, go play football. I think

501
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: it's going to be huge when we keep having more

502
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 1: and more success this way. How much of him wearing

503
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 1: Christian Derris. I was going to say, so you're saying

504
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: the chain didn't matter. Yeah, it's how powerment change. Yeah,

505
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 1: because he said, what was this comment? He said after

506
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: so you kept using the word empowered. I'm like, well,

507
00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,640
Speaker 1: it's the Christian derrisa effect. You know. When I asked

508
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 1: for pick six questions this week from a lot of fans,

509
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 1: they were like, so, question is the team going to

510
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 1: buy Kirk his first chain? It was a very, very

511
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 1: a lot of and I you know, I'm debating going

512
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: in the locker room and asking Kirk that question on

513
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: camera for Pick six, but I need a thirty second answer,

514
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 1: and I know he's just gonna give me a five

515
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: second one. He's gonna be like, no, I'm good, thanks,

516
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,879
Speaker 1: and then he's gonna be like, I have to practice.

517
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,920
Speaker 1: Why are you bothering me with these dumb questions? About chains. Yeah,

518
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 1: I think Kirk should buy everyone a chain, or the opposite.

519
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 1: I think that everyone should collect like one hundred bucks

520
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 1: with that cover it probably not well, JJ, chain is

521
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: probably still in the end zone at US Bank stated

522
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: he picked it up, picked it. Yeah, maybe Kirk took

523
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: out a word of the wise, like let's not where

524
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 1: you're like chain that costs how much my car is

525
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: on around your neck while you're playing a violent game?

526
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 1: Lesson if you adjusted Jefferson at this point whatever, he's

527
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: doing his word ever you want. I mean, he stopped

528
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,400
Speaker 1: changing three chain that would be a little heavy. Maybe

529
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: we should just get it. He should just get it

530
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 1: sewn into like the collar of his jersey. I mean,

531
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,680
Speaker 1: not to mention he wears gold fronts and his mouth

532
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: too while he plays place Like question, is that is

533
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: that like in instead of a mouthguard? Yeah, so it's

534
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: probably got like a mouthguard on the chain. Like I'm

535
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 1: sure they're on the grill on the grill. I'm sure

536
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:14,640
Speaker 1: they make grills that can protect your mouth on grill guards. Yeah, girl,

537
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,120
Speaker 1: And it's like fourteen Wow, why did I not think

538
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: of that idea billion dollars? Oh my gosh, I know,

539
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 1: probably of my classmates who thought of it. Gosh, dang it,

540
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,959
Speaker 1: that's a really good idea. Anyway, really off topic now,

541
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: I see like the Minnesota Wagons at home. I see

542
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 1: you're not gonna let that go. Are not at all

543
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: at all? If I might use it in my Instagram

544
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: caption today, no, actually shout out Landy Austin for that

545
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 1: impeccable tagline. I was like, this is excellent work. She goes, well,

546
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 1: I've been sitting on this one for a while and

547
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: really hoping it was going to happen, And when it happened,

548
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: I was ready to present. I was like, good for you, girl,

549
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 1: good for you. Okay, second part of the game, Gabe,

550
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 1: what is one thing you think this team needs to

551
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: improve on? Run defense? Even though it was really good

552
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,440
Speaker 1: on Sunday list past Sunday was the first game where

553
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 1: we have not allowed over one hundred yards on the

554
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 1: ground in a game, and that that was empowering. But

555
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 1: at the same time, the first four games of the

556
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 1: year we've allowed at least one hundred and fifteen yards.

557
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: So you bring in Harrison Phillips, you got Dalvin Thomason.

558
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 1: I think Jonathan Bullard has done a great job the

559
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: past couple of weeks, but I still think they could

560
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: take their game to another level. And the Super Bowl

561
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: winning teams or the teams that are really good in

562
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: the playoffs are the ones that can stop the run.

563
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: Right now, we're twentieth in the NFL. A week before

564
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: we were twenty six, So we're getting better. But it's

565
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: just a fact of making it a statement that hey,

566
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 1: we can rush for guys, you still can't run on us.

567
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 1: It does require some skill, but I do think we

568
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: have the skill on our defensive line. I think it's

569
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: just a mindset and as we continue to progress in

570
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: the season, I want to see that part of our

571
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: defense get better. Totally fair. I think the communication is improving.

572
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,640
Speaker 1: I think they're just continuing to gel and I think,

573
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: like you said, the improvement from week to week is

574
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 1: all you can ask for. Um, it's a new unit,

575
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: it's a new defense. I feel like again, majority of

576
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: the pick six questions we're regarding the defense and their play.

577
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,200
Speaker 1: So I don't think we've seen the best yet of

578
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: any unit here. Even even earlier in the podcast game

579
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: when you were like, you know, we, uh, we've seen

580
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: the best of things. I beg to argue that like

581
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,360
Speaker 1: maybe we haven't seen the best of the defense. Maybe flashes.

582
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: We've seen flashes, yeah, because because I do think we

583
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: have seen the offense and special teams flash at their peaks,

584
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 1: right or potential peaks, and the defense is just kind

585
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: of leaving it there. But we've seen doing enough. They're

586
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: doing enough, right, Like it's a bunch of benber don't break, yes,

587
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: and like we don't want to see the band as

588
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: much right right, because there's gonna be a day where

589
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: the offense is not going to gel right like Philly

590
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 1: for sure, you know so, yeah, but and you should

591
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: be able to expect two of the three phases to

592
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 1: be able to pick it up if the other one isn't.

593
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: And that's the way that's why we've been so excited

594
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: about from special teams, because there's been the special teams

595
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: that has been you know, five or a seven out

596
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: of eight kick game last week. Those kind of pieces

597
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,479
Speaker 1: are the ones that will help pick it up. Now.

598
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: I will argue that the game against the Bears was

599
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,440
Speaker 1: not the best special teams game, but the offense and

600
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: defense did what they had to do in order to

601
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: make it work. And it's those kind of teams that

602
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: are the ones that have continued success. Now, what we're

603
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: all looking for is kind of my point, which is

604
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: just consistency. That is my biggest thing with all of

605
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 1: this is is that your one thing you want to

606
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: improve on, it is my improvement. Nice is the consistency side,

607
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: which is we've all seen the eye test of feeling

608
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 1: like I get a phone call essentially from my mom

609
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: after every game going I can't take this anymore. That's

610
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: going to kill me at this point with all the

611
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: stress of watching a game. And I guess for me,

612
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: even looking at yesterday, the Bears statistically should not have

613
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: been remotely close score wise to what happened yesterday. First

614
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: downs we out had them twenty nine to fourteen. Third

615
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 1: downs we were twelve or fifteen. They were four of

616
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: ten total plays We had seventy four, they had forty seven.

617
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: In total yards was four twenty nine to two seventy one? Insane?

618
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: How did we have to come down to the last

619
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: seconds to get a touchdown to win that game? It

620
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: shouldn't have been close. You're right, and so you know, yes,

621
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: defensively they changed how they played against us in the

622
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 1: second half, but I have a hard time believing that

623
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: should completely shut us down to the point where we

624
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: can't score until the last essentially three minutes of the

625
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: game in or to win it. So the consistency feeling,

626
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: I guess that the trust factor is the thing that

627
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: some of us have talked about and just saying like,

628
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: you don't know if you can fully trust this team.

629
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: And I know part of that is the history and

630
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: everything else, but what we've seen so far between the offense, defense,

631
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: special teams, there's no consistency fully from all three phases,

632
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: and that is why everyone feels like at this point

633
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: there's still room for growth. So that's my biggest thing,

634
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: is consistency. That kind of goes hand in hand a

635
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: little bit with what I think is something this team

636
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: needs to improve on, is that that is playing for

637
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: all four quarters. I think, you know, so much was

638
00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: made last year about the point disparity between the end

639
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: of the first half and the end of the second half,

640
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,719
Speaker 1: and I feel like it's almost almost reversed a little bit.

641
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that this team scores on every

642
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Speaker 1: opening drive it comes out on the obviously the scripted

643
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Speaker 1: nature of that first opening drive seems to work really

644
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Speaker 1: really well. And this time they were able to carry

645
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Speaker 1: that into the second quarter. But guys, I want you

646
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: to guess how many points you think this team has

647
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: scored in the third quarter. Six? Oh you already know

648
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: this one? Oh adah, yeah, you know it. Great. I mean,

649
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to like stump anybody six points. Six points.

650
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: So I think when you go from like you score

651
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Speaker 1: fifty one points in the second quarter and then the

652
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: third quarter of six, that's where the teams really can

653
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: take advantage of it and they'll start seeing that. And

654
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: so it's the end of the second quarter, third quarter now,

655
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: so it's kind of creeped up a little bit. But

656
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 1: those things you have to start playing full games. You

657
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: can't have these lulls because that's what happens when team

658
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: with the stats that you just mentioned or you just

659
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: reared off, that's how they get back into it. Well,

660
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: that was exactly the Bears game where the very last

661
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: drive there was the issue. They score right before half,

662
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: and then they get the ball back and then they

663
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: turn around and score again, and all of a sudden

664
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: they're throwing up, you know, double digit points in order

665
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: to try to get back in that game. And that

666
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: was where the kind of the ebbs and flows a momentum. Yeah,

667
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: you know, good teams bury a team like that, don't

668
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: let them do that at the end of a half.

669
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Speaker 1: Come out and even if they do score at the

670
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: beginning of the second half, that's fine, We're still going

671
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: to put points up and just keep running away. And

672
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: that was the scary factor yesterday was saying why are

673
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: we in this point when we were blowing them out

674
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: in the first half and going up the ends, Like,

675
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Speaker 1: make that happen for the second half instead of having

676
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: to constantly be like, oh, you're we're killing this race

677
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: right now, Let's let them catch up and then we're

678
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: going to sprint to the end in order to outlast them. Yeah,

679
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: it's all about adjustments, right, especially at the half and

680
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: understanding that what we're being outscored thirty three to six

681
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: in the third order. That to me, that just is

682
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: a definition of we're not making the right adjustments and

683
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: teams are, especially when they get the ball coming out

684
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: of the break, because teams kind of have an idea

685
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: of what you want to run based off of your

686
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: first half. It's like, okay, this is they're trying to

687
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: get the ball to JJ, let's cut him off and

688
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: they will figure it out from there. So I think

689
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: we just need to be a little bit faster, and

690
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: I think Kevin O'Connell knows that he'll figure that out.

691
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: And then on the other side of the ball, it's

692
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: just a defense understanding that, Okay, there are scripted plays

693
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: that they want to run coming out of halftime, So

694
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: let's do what we need to do. I'm not going

695
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: to offer any advice here, but let's just do what

696
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: we need to do to stop them and hopefully that

697
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: tide can turn this second half of the season. Over

698
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: this next few games of the season. That third quarter

699
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: has been the inconsistent factor of the entire season. Now

700
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: juxtapose that to fourth quarter, where we've literally given up

701
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: one touchdown in the fourth quarter, and that was to

702
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: the Saints, Yeah, in London, and that's the only touchdown

703
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: we've gone up the fourth quarter all season. That's a

704
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: fantastic stat to keep running with, including that Eagles game

705
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: they didn't score the second half, Like, yeah, that's a

706
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: big deal on our end that it means defensively, like

707
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: you were saying, with the adjustments, it's almost like you're

708
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: figuring out in the third quarter all this is the

709
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: second half and then fourth quarter you're locking it down, right.

710
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: That's the consistency. Part of that too, is just saying

711
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: third quarter wise, don't have the lull in order to

712
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: have to try and outsprint in the fourth. Just if

713
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: you can bury a team coming out a half, then

714
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: keep that fourth quarter going and you've got everything locked

715
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: down all right. Well, before we get to Jalen Regger,

716
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Speaker 1: I have one more thing I want to get to,

717
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: and that's to shout out Gabe back when roster cut

718
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: day happened. Who knew his most valuable offensive weapon and

719
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: mir Smith Marsett would actually come through and win a

720
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: game for the Minnesota Vikings. Not to RaSE you on

721
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: that man. Like I was talking to my friend I

722
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: was in town this weekend. I was like, dude, don't

723
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: ever go back and watch the fifty three man cut

724
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Speaker 1: video because I sound like a period idiot. No, you

725
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: knew more than all of us. It was like, if

726
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: you ever want to risk with Morset to win your game,

727
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: this year is the year, and look at what he

728
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: did for us. He did. You were so right and

729
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,959
Speaker 1: you didn't even know it. Yeah, I wish I need

730
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: to start predicting these things more, I'm trying to think

731
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 1: who's next. I don't know, I don't know who plays.

732
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: It was it was almost like you you knew more

733
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: than all of us, and we were just there in

734
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: the dark laughing at you, and you were like, I'm

735
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: gonna get you guys. I did feel bad for him, though,

736
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: because the nature of how it happened and where it

737
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: happened on the field. It happened right in front of

738
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: ken I the last play of the game now and

739
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: then pregame and Mary Smith Marsett was like in this

740
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: mode where he wasn't talking to anybody and like we

741
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: all show, he's like joyful, playful. I probably would have

742
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 1: done the same thing, though I probably would have wanted

743
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: to tune everyone out. So I kind of felt bad

744
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: for him. I'm like, damn it, man, Like I wanted

745
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: to win the game, but like this damned answer does

746
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,399
Speaker 1: this on every play though. It was bound to work,

747
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: and it worked right when it needed to perfectly. And

748
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 1: that's the thing is, like these guys have history too,

749
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: I mean all the battles and everything, and so I

750
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: to have that happened the way it did with him,

751
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: that was the thing. At the end, I was like, man,

752
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: that's got to feel crazy on his part, just knowing

753
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,399
Speaker 1: how bad you wanted to put your best foot forward.

754
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,880
Speaker 1: You want to come in, you wanted to show him,

755
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: and to have it happened that way in the game, Man,

756
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: that's got to be rough. But sorry, sorry, I'm sorry.

757
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: I'm not sorry though, I don't know. I don't know.

758
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: I just had to give gave a hard time on

759
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: that because he's actually smarter than all of us and

760
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: we didn't even know. It sounds like, no, you were right.

761
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: But that's the thing. Is a mirror he is. That's

762
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: the thing. You feel like, this kid is a talented kid.

763
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: But to have those that kind of a lapse or

764
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: those kind of lapses happen. I think it's part of

765
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: the reason why they felt like they could let him go.

766
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: And I want to see the kids succeed, I really do.

767
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of fun when you have

768
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: guys that you've identified from early on, that you gave

769
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: a chance to that make it, whether it's here or

770
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,839
Speaker 1: throughout the entire league. It just shows like how smart

771
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: your scouts are and how good your front office is

772
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,840
Speaker 1: to identify these characters. But to have those kind of

773
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: moments happen like that, and that's got to be a

774
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 1: big gut punch for him. You know, I know I

775
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: was right about him, Mere Smith Marsett, but at the

776
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 1: same time he want us the game. And then Jalen

777
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: Rigger got a touchdown and that was the guy I thought.

778
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: That's the guy that I guess who so bittersweet. That's crazy. Hey,

779
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: we want well. Speaking of mister Rigor, let's bring him

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Speaker 1: on to the Minnesota Vikings podcast for the first time.

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcast Jalen Rager. How's it going, man, it's

795
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 1: going good. It's going good. What was it like to

796
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: reach pay dirt on on Sunday? Well, for the first

797
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: time here, it was like, you know, it was special,

798
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: but you know that's that was a play like I

799
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: expect to make, so you know, it wasn't nothing, just

800
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,840
Speaker 1: like oh wow, it was just I mean, that's what

801
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: I do. I feel like every time justin Jefferson scores,

802
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: I see you running enough to him, y'all got like

803
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: a dance coordinated. What was the dance this week? When

804
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: you score? It's like I said, it's like a field thing.

805
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: We usually do it in practice, but it's just it's

806
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,399
Speaker 1: something we do. Like it like beyond the wh euts

807
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: and then whenever we come up with that's what we

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Speaker 1: do on game day. I heard that. I heard that

809
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: it's a week by week thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.

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00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: It has to be I mean just personal, you know,

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Speaker 1: to get that. I mean, everybody's first touchdown has to

812
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: be like a good feeling. So like for you getting

813
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 1: the first touchdown as a Minnesota Viking. Can you describe

814
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: like that feeling of like getting an end zone and

815
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Speaker 1: like sitting with the moment now that that's been I

816
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 1: guess twenty four hours. Honestly, the play like the way

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00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: the play happened when you watch it on film, it's

818
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Speaker 1: like it didn't feel like it like happen that way.

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Speaker 1: It felt like it was more like quick. But when

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00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: we watching on film is like, you know, so it's

821
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Speaker 1: one of those things like everybody was expressing their way

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Speaker 1: they feel about the play to me, and I was like,

823
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Speaker 1: it ain't really happened like that. Then I've seen it,

824
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Speaker 1: Like Okay, what do they say? It is? The move

825
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: I made? Yeah, the NFL's leading tackler. That move was amazing.

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Speaker 1: I mean in the moment, do you can you see

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Speaker 1: like you know, I obviously haven't played before. Can you

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Speaker 1: see like it does it slow down when you see

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Speaker 1: a guy coming like that and you make a miss

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Speaker 1: Like that's part of the That's why I'm good at

831
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: punt return because like that's like a move you make

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00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: this close quarters. So it was like I had two

833
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: things in my mind. It was either I was gonna

834
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Speaker 1: beat him to the piline or if he overplayed, I

835
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: was gonna make a miss. So it was like one

836
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: of those things I just wasn't gonna be denied because

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Speaker 1: I was waiting on them, waiting on coach KAO the

838
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: car they played anyway, So it's a thing at that point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's like that's something like you know, it's just I

840
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,280
Speaker 1: feel like it's a field thing. You know that with anything,

841
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: like you know the job you guys do or anybody's job.

842
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: You kind of have like a feel for everything. So

843
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: it was that's why I say, like when I watched

844
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Speaker 1: it on film, I'm like, oh, but in real time,

845
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Speaker 1: it was just like a move and I was an

846
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Speaker 1: end zone. So, man, how much of your vision is

847
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: a tributor to your father being in the NFL He

848
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: played a defensive tackle I think believe nine years and

849
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: like that's the other side of the ball, So like

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Speaker 1: understanding you on the offensive side of the ball, how

851
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 1: much of your vision has played into that? Um, I've

852
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: kind of well, it's kind of like I've been like

853
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,800
Speaker 1: learning the game of football forever, so being on his

854
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Speaker 1: side and then like in high school, I played, Um,

855
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 1: I didn't play receivers, I was a junior in high school,

856
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: so I was I played corner, so like I was

857
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: always on the d Fens side of the ball. But

858
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: like I said, it's like, you know, we played this long.

859
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: You kind of know the flow of everything. Like it's

860
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 1: like if you asked Dalvin like or or Maddie or

861
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: anybody like you. It's kind of it's like repetition. You

862
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: see it every day. You just go through it and

863
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: you react. Honestly, I mean I felt like, why receiver,

864
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: You're right, Like you're right, but I know I was

865
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 1: reading the article and I remember you were running. It

866
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: was an article of like when John Kitna y'all were

867
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: running routes together you met DA's Brian for the first time,

868
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: and I was like, that was like early on to

869
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: your receiver career, right was that was my junior year? Actually, okay,

870
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: that was right when I moved to receiver, because that's

871
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: when coach coach Kinna had came to walk at you.

872
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, coach, so when do you know, like as

873
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: a receiver, they're like, okay, I can. I'm I'm pretty

874
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 1: Chrispah running routs because that's Brian is I mean, that's

875
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: Bran's that's Brane. Man, I don't I don't know. It

876
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: was honestly, I remember. So we had seven on seven

877
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: and I remember that it was like the same week

878
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: coach Kinna came and he was watching me run routes

879
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: and he was like, because at first I was doing

880
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: like dB drills and stuff. He was like, man, you

881
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: ever thought about playing? I'm like, no, but I do it.

882
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: And he was like, I maybe we're gonna try, like

883
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 1: we start, you know, ring ball and everything. We're gonna

884
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 1: put your receiver and I never moved to the other

885
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: side of the ball. So no, he had back to

886
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: back thousand yards seasons. Yeah, and I never played there before.

887
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: That's incredible. Do you still stay in touch with coach

888
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 1: Kitna all the time? Yeah, that's like because he was

889
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: more like a father figure too, Like he didn't just

890
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 1: it wasn't about like just football all the time. So

891
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: we rarely even talk about football. It's you know, mainly

892
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 1: talking about like our faith and you know, just stay

893
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,720
Speaker 1: in the course and just you know, having a positive mindset.

894
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: How how much did you lean into that relationship during

895
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: your first couple of seasons here in the NFL, because

896
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: your journey is really interesting. It's been. It hasn't been easy, right,

897
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's kind of one of those

898
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: things that you got to go through it to get

899
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: through it. So you know, and you know, I'm a

900
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: firm believing everything happens for a reason. So I mean,

901
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: like I always say, you know, what's slowis for showing

902
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 1: what's fast? Donna last? So he just take your time

903
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: and everything onna fall in place I was supposed to.

904
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: He said that one more time for the radio audience.

905
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: It's listening in the back. What's slowis for show what's fast?

906
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 1: Don't last? Man, And I feel like your your journey

907
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 1: right now of getting through I feel like just the

908
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: noise right Like I'm gonna be honest. Whenever I see

909
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: somebody's Instagram story and it's like more than like ten,

910
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,760
Speaker 1: I guess like stories, I'm like, all right, I'm twiped

911
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 1: to the other one. I was watching your story today.

912
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: You probably got thirty congratulations on your touchdowns, and it

913
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: was more than that out of the point. So he

914
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: didn't flip on yours. He sat there and pressed all

915
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: the way through. Okay, there's a lot of people that

916
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: actually do love me, we love you, So how do

917
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: you filter through that noise. Like I said, you kind

918
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: of it's like exactly like you said, you feels it

919
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: through it. You know what's genuine. You know it was

920
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: not so I mean like if you go through my story,

921
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: like all of those people that actually like they check

922
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: them with me on the daily weekly, like it ain't

923
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: just when you do something good or you know, you

924
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 1: do something bad. It's like they check on you just because.

925
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 1: And most of those people of the family, and you know,

926
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 1: you go through my comments, you see guys like you know,

927
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs and all type of guys because they know,

928
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to go through what anybody go

929
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: through the field. You see people get hurt, these people

930
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 1: go through different journeys and get traded, get really least,

931
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: so they know, you know, and it doesn't go you know, unnoticed.

932
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 1: And I kind of remember before um we played the

933
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: Giants and this is before Bradbury came from the Giants

934
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 1: to the Eagles, and he was like, he was like, man, like,

935
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 1: keep going, like you I can see it, and it's

936
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: just those things I don't forget, so you know, it

937
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: keeps me going. That's real. What teammate maybe here in

938
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 1: particular helped you feel most at home when you got

939
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: here so quickly. You know, you have to dive into

940
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 1: the playbook. You have to get to know the coaching staff.

941
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: It was all brand new who really took you under

942
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 1: their wing and helped you along. Adam kJ Osborne and

943
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: Chris Boyd. I can't well really because like I kind

944
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: of I knew him, Cam Danceler and of course Ross

945
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: so like in Austin's uh slopman, so like I played

946
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:44,839
Speaker 1: with those guys, so of course them. But as far

947
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: as like on my side of the wall, I'll probably say,

948
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: Adam and kJ for sure understanding that. Man, it seems

949
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 1: like you guys gotta gotta close knit room. And I

950
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 1: understanding that. How how have you been able to I

951
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: guess just learn on the go with those guys that

952
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 1: I mean Adams in your event, but everybody's in the

953
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: new offense. So how you've been able to learning to

954
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: go with these guys? I mean you just that's where

955
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: you you take on that veteran like you know, the veteranship,

956
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: like I just you know, take little bits and pieces

957
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: from how he learned or how kJ may take notes

958
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: or how Jets may take notes or just anything then

959
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: Coach Ka, Coach McCarter, he's he's been recruiting me since

960
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: he was in Maryland High school. Show I've been doing

961
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 1: Coach kmack Like even when I got traded, I still

962
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: had his number. Like he called me, he was like

963
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: you know who this is. I was like, yeah, so

964
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: that's great. You know, you just you just take it

965
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: the day at the time. And uh, even Coach ko

966
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 1: those you know they've been keeping they you know, they

967
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: held me accountable. But it's coming slowly but surely. How

968
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,879
Speaker 1: calming is that to be here in a sense as

969
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 1: far as like just like playing football. Yeah, like you're

970
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,479
Speaker 1: focusing on the game. There's not a lot of noise,

971
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: you're able to just kind of it sounds like you

972
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: it sounds like there's a lot of people that have

973
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:50,919
Speaker 1: your back here that why don't you hear? Like what's

974
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: that feeling? Like, I mean, it's always a good feeling

975
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 1: to be wanted somewhere, but it's better than bit like

976
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: you know, when you're being embraced or when you know

977
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 1: you just have people looking out for you. So it's

978
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: kind of a it's a it's a different feel, but

979
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: you know, like like I said, it's all about genuine

980
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: injured energy and being like pure. So have you been

981
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: able to I guess I know where this is the

982
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: Vikings podcast, But have you been able to explore Minnesota

983
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: like the state and like get out and like make

984
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 1: yourself feel like home yet? Yeah? But I mean all

985
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: I do is really just shop and go and chill

986
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 1: at the house. Like I like streetwear, so like pif

987
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: all of America cool, but they don't really got like

988
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: type of stores. But it's it's it's a big yeah.

989
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,800
Speaker 1: But you know, I kind of I'll drive around and

990
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but I'm really I'm real chill. So

991
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 1: how how would because I mean you you were in Philly,

992
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: Like we're gonna be honest with that, how how would

993
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:42,479
Speaker 1: you describe Philly fans versus like Minnesota fans? I would

994
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: say that it's the same, but like they have a

995
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 1: good like Minnesota has a good passion. Okay, you know

996
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So it's like, yes, I do know

997
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 1: what you're saying. It's like a good passion. Like even

998
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 1: though like like for example, like kirkthor interception, they ain't

999
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: the end of the world, right, you know what I'm

1000
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: saying so or like I think it was like what

1001
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,800
Speaker 1: game was it Detroit? I think Jets had dropped like

1002
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: two passes, like you drop a pass like that, Like

1003
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: over there they're like yeah, like nah, it's tough. Yeah.

1004
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: So it's like but it comes with, you know, this territory.

1005
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: But like I said, this more, I feel like it's

1006
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: more of a pure energy over here. Like you know,

1007
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 1: so we're like, what five weeks into the season, what

1008
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: do you think the identity of this offense is? Man,

1009
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: everybody eats for sure, So the offense is wide open.

1010
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: And the way that you know we installed and go

1011
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: through practice, you can see it. You know it's not

1012
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: just of course, you know you have your guys, but

1013
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,839
Speaker 1: I mean this offense is wide open for everyone. Irv kJ,

1014
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 1: Adam Jets, Me, David Maddie, uh CJ, Johnny. It's I mean,

1015
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty much open. So I mean you just

1016
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 1: go out there and know you're assignment and make your plays.

1017
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: I mean, the first eight guys that you just named

1018
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,879
Speaker 1: have all either scored a touchdown or had bad games

1019
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Like, how when is this offense at

1020
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 1: its best? Man? When when Kirk don't get touched and

1021
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: you've seen yesterday it was what seventeen or seventeen? Yeah,

1022
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: I mean when Kirk and Rhythm and he you know

1023
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,320
Speaker 1: that's that's the general rot the offense. And then you

1024
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,839
Speaker 1: know the good the good offensive line we had. Did

1025
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: you feel like that when you were looking at the playbook,

1026
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: like when you were seeing what you're seeing, where you

1027
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 1: was there in excitement? Was there like oh this I

1028
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: could fit really well into this? Oh yeah, I mean

1029
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: just because you know this offense is you know, with

1030
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,880
Speaker 1: Ko coming from the Rams and you know the Rams offense,

1031
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: you see like guys like Odell Van Jefferson, you see

1032
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: that offense, so you see like you know how this

1033
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: offense could be. And then you just watch you know,

1034
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,480
Speaker 1: kJ and Adam and you see those guys every day.

1035
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: It's like, you know, it looks good. And with my

1036
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,959
Speaker 1: skill set, man, I think you know, with your skill set,

1037
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: you provide this dynamic nature of being able to return punts. Right,

1038
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 1: you already got a punt return in the in the NFL.

1039
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 1: Your your rookie season. How have you been able to

1040
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 1: I guess thriving this role and how tough is or

1041
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 1: how tough or how easy is the transition from going

1042
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: from one team being a punt returner to going to

1043
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,919
Speaker 1: a new team being a punt returner. It's pretty It's easy.

1044
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: I've been doing it for a long time and I

1045
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 1: don't get rattled, so like it's kind of one of

1046
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,800
Speaker 1: those things like it just is what it is, like

1047
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,920
Speaker 1: you take it like I've learned to, like from my

1048
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 1: rookie year, because in high school I used to do

1049
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: like I knew. I used to know why would he

1050
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 1: would ever kick it to me? It would always be

1051
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: off the ground. So like now like they kick it

1052
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,319
Speaker 1: to you and you you know, you obviously have better

1053
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: punters and stuff like that. You just kind of take

1054
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: it at like a play at a time or a

1055
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,239
Speaker 1: punt at a time. And then I mean, as far

1056
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: as like the transition, you just take what you know

1057
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: and then you you know, you get to know the

1058
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: lessons and different things from different coaches. Because like, is

1059
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,839
Speaker 1: there any film to being a punt returner? Like, I mean,

1060
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 1: you have to watch film. I don't want to minimize

1061
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: you study or the punter and you know his offsets

1062
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, but I mean the bread and

1063
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: butter of it, I mean, the ultimate goal is to

1064
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: get the ball back to the offense. But if you

1065
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: get ten yards on the return, that's a first down.

1066
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: That's extra ten yards for the offense. It's a good point.

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00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 1: You know. He was also a gold medalist track star

1068
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: over here? Really? Oh yeah? Really? Can you can? You?

1069
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 1: Can you guess the event? I don't think it's an event.

1070
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: Did I just minimize that field event? Okay? So I didn't.

1071
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 1: I didn't totally mess it up. Oh god, Now I

1072
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: was nervous there for a second because if you'd have

1073
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: said track would have been like a hundred. But so

1074
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: it's a field event, so let's limited. I know you

1075
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: would think it would have been like a sprint or something.

1076
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:25,240
Speaker 1: I came. I came in second long jump. That explains

1077
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: the explosiveness. Yeah yeah. I feel like tracking pump returning

1078
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 1: goes hand in hand. I feel like tracking football goes

1079
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 1: hand in hand. If you track, definitely makes you a

1080
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,879
Speaker 1: better football player. I feel like like track for example, right,

1081
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 1: like everybody is fast in the state of Texas. How

1082
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 1: do you I guess growing up there, um, living up

1083
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: to the hype of going to a big time school.

1084
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: You chose TCU of Obama and then getting into the NFL.

1085
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,719
Speaker 1: You scored score a touchdown this week? How have you

1086
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: been able to I guess not little up to the hype,

1087
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: but stay true to yourself. That's where I say, like

1088
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: it's one of those things like you kind of like

1089
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: you're saying, like stay true, like you take it a

1090
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,399
Speaker 1: day at a time because you know, like it's easy

1091
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 1: to get away from yourself around even different groups, like

1092
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 1: going from different teams. You could be like I gotta

1093
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: live up to this certain like when you really don't.

1094
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 1: You just gotta do what you like I said yesterday,

1095
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: like with the touchdown, like I was, you know, I'm

1096
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: used to that. So it was like it was like

1097
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:15,879
Speaker 1: one of those things like it was a surprising moment,

1098
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: but it was like like all right, this is what

1099
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 1: you're used to doing, like, so just keep doing it. Well,

1100
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: we're excited to have you here as a Minnesota Viking.

1101
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time, Jalen Rager. Can't

1102
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: wait to see you do more of those things, those

1103
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,279
Speaker 1: very special things on Sunday moving forward. Thank you so much,

1104
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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you so much to Jalen Rager for

1105
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,799
Speaker 1: being here today. Loved his insight honestly, like it's really

1106
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: refreshing to hear a little bit more about someone. I mean,

1107
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: I know he talks to the media and stuff, but

1108
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: it is nice to kind of get an insight into

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00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: what he's been through the last like two and a

1110
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: half years. Yeah, he's a really good guy. He's Texas

1111
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 1: throwing through. When I listened to him, I just think

1112
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,799
Speaker 1: about Chris Boyd and just like the accent and personality.

1113
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 1: But he's a guy that you can tell I mean,

1114
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: he said was slow as for sure, and was fast

1115
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,759
Speaker 1: won't last. You can tell us how he models his

1116
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: life and he's been the ultimate team player coming here.

1117
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: Former first round pick, just wanted to find a role

1118
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: on his team being a punt returner and actually found

1119
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 1: the end zone as a receiver before he could as

1120
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 1: a punt returner. So I'm excited for his future here.

1121
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,919
Speaker 1: The weapons that we have on this offense, he named

1122
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 1: just a few of them. I think the sky's a

1123
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 1: limit and I'm so glad he's on this team. This

1124
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: team at least will offer him the runway to kind

1125
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: of get his feet set again. I feel like a

1126
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: guy like Jayleen is coming into a good situation where

1127
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: he can come in here, he can work with a

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00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:41,240
Speaker 1: bunch of proven veterans. He can work with some different

1129
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: guys that are within his group, but he doesn't necessarily

1130
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: have to have the pressure of you have to be

1131
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 1: the guy. And I think that was what you know,

1132
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,320
Speaker 1: being a first round pick in Philly with the expectations

1133
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: of what they had when they drafted him. Because of

1134
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: the way that things went over there, the fact he's

1135
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: got a kind of new place that he can just

1136
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,800
Speaker 1: start afresh. I think this is a perfect place for

1137
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: a guy like him to come in, find his role,

1138
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: find his confidence, and get back on that field and

1139
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:07,400
Speaker 1: just keep scoring touchdowns at this point for sure. I

1140
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:11,920
Speaker 1: also think that this offense, this West Phillips passing game

1141
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: coordinator like Kevin O'Connell's offensive style, really can play towards

1142
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: Jalen Riger because it already feels like when he's out there,

1143
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:25,320
Speaker 1: these plays are designed for him, like they're spotlighting his strengths.

1144
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 1: But you still have to respect him though as a receiver,

1145
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,920
Speaker 1: and I think that's that's why he's so good to

1146
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: have on the field, because yeah, he may get the

1147
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 1: ball when he's on the field, but he's still a

1148
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:38,640
Speaker 1: first round receiver, so he can still catch the ball

1149
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: and what he needs to do. But I mean to

1150
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 1: your point of in the goal line, like you know

1151
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,759
Speaker 1: where the ball's going and you just can't stop it.

1152
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: So good luck. Yeah, you know where the ball is going.

1153
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: Except for on that play when they put him in motion,

1154
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of people were necessarily thinking

1155
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 1: he's going to be doing the one doing the jet sweep.

1156
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 1: Then he makes a move and you know, leaves Smith

1157
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,280
Speaker 1: and the dust. That's the thing is, you know Kuan's

1158
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,680
Speaker 1: basically tying his shoelaces on the field that he's blocking

1159
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 1: in the end zone. When you see those kind of things,

1160
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,279
Speaker 1: that's what makes you excited about him, is just feeling like,

1161
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,320
Speaker 1: you know, this guy can play. Just put him in

1162
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 1: the right situation and let's see what he can do,

1163
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: and hopefully that's what's gonna happen with him for the future.

1164
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 1: I'm excited me too. And what I'm also excited about

1165
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 1: is this week's Audible Gabe who we got. The plan

1166
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,040
Speaker 1: for the Audible this week is to have Dalvin Cook

1167
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 1: and Alexander Madison. Those two guys are insufferable, like peanut

1168
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,960
Speaker 1: butter and jelly, So to have those guys just balance

1169
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:32,440
Speaker 1: each other out on our show. It's going to be

1170
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And I guess just like big

1171
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 1: personalities too. A lot of people don't know that Alexander

1172
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 1: Madison is like a very like joyful guy. Yeah, he's

1173
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: a goofball. He's a goofball. And I feel like both

1174
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,279
Speaker 1: of those guys being together bring each other's personalities out,

1175
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 1: and I mean they compliment each other on the field.

1176
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:51,799
Speaker 1: So it'll be good to have both of those guys

1177
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 1: on the show, honestly, Like I think, and if you

1178
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: haven't caught The Audible, like I really think you got

1179
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:58,320
Speaker 1: to start watching just for the sheer fact of like

1180
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,320
Speaker 1: it's not just one guy. The podcast is fun. We

1181
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: get to really dive in. We have a lot of

1182
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 1: time with these guys, But when do you get them

1183
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,040
Speaker 1: on Audible and they're like talking to each other. Yeah.

1184
00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:10,400
Speaker 1: That has kind of been the most fun part for

1185
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 1: me being involved this year is watching these guys interact

1186
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: with each other and how that brings them out of

1187
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: their shells a lot more. There's the professional side that

1188
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:20,839
Speaker 1: you normally see these guys that they have to carry

1189
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 1: themselves in and press conferences. You get to the Audible

1190
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,880
Speaker 1: and they're just kind of opening up like the buddies

1191
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 1: that they are from that room. That's the fun dynamic.

1192
00:54:28,719 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: That's where you really feel like you get to understand

1193
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 1: who these people are as a person. Yeah, this week

1194
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:34,880
Speaker 1: should be fun. Yeah, I think this week will be

1195
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: super fun, awesome. We're also going to have Christian darisas

1196
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 1: our game Day Live interview this week. Got to highlight

1197
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,400
Speaker 1: the big guy who's doing big things. And Gabe, you

1198
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,399
Speaker 1: got Friday football feast on Friday. Got a highest chain too,

1199
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 1: you gotta highlight Oh you know, I'm asking out that chain.

1200
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,840
Speaker 1: Cool Friday football Feast this week in Crystal, Minnesota. This

1201
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 1: should be a fun one. I think Tag Greenway will

1202
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 1: be on A nine fifteen is always and I'll have

1203
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: the last hour of the show, so just come kick

1204
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 1: it with us. We'll talk football talk whoever. The crowd

1205
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 1: have been amazing this time around, phenomenal and pa Is

1206
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,319
Speaker 1: he knows how to control a crowd, so it makes

1207
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 1: everybody's job easy. That's there. So the fact that we're winning,

1208
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:14,799
Speaker 1: I feel like that kind of brings out the crowd

1209
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,480
Speaker 1: a little bit more. Also, so you might be onto something. Well,

1210
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: we'll bring out the juice for sure. All right. Well,

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Speaker 1: up next, the Vikings take on the Miami Dolphins on

1212
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: the road before we head into the bye week. It's

1213
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: a chance for these Vikes to improved to five and

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00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,239
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