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Speaker 1: What are your takes? Wow? You know you put up

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Speaker 1: want to try to control the clock and still be

429
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Speaker 1: aggressive when we can. That's where I think those play

430
00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,119
Speaker 1: action opportunities would have been big for us. But in

431
00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,959
Speaker 1: the end, you know, maintaining possession and relying on all

432
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,960
Speaker 1: three phases of our football team, we're really what helped

433
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,440
Speaker 1: playing in addition to playing a clean game, no turnovers

434
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,320
Speaker 1: and winning the penalty battle. Given that you are winning

435
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,720
Speaker 1: games and make your defenses making big plays in the

436
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,200
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, how much do you care about defensively, I think,

437
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,919
Speaker 1: I think you have to continue to look at it

438
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,960
Speaker 1: just because it just puts a lot of pressure on

439
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,720
Speaker 1: your football team and vice versa on the offensive side,

440
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,440
Speaker 1: trying to avoid times where we get a little stagnant

441
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 1: and don't earn first downs, to stay on the field

442
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,639
Speaker 1: and maybe allow our defense to rest a little bit more.

443
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,959
Speaker 1: I mean, time of possession was pretty close thirty one

444
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,000
Speaker 1: to twenty eight, but it feels like offensively we could

445
00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,119
Speaker 1: have done a better job in those moments to maintain

446
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,000
Speaker 1: kind of the the the ability to maintain that momentum,

447
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,239
Speaker 1: which then might have just made it a little bit

448
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 1: easier for our team to not need it to come

449
00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,080
Speaker 1: together in the end the way it did. But you

450
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,880
Speaker 1: make a I think the confidence level of winning football

451
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,400
Speaker 1: games cannot be uh, you know, it can't be replicated

452
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,680
Speaker 1: by hey, you know, we lost one, but we played great.

453
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: I think we'll always take coming in there and feeling

454
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,119
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm will win over anything else. Early on the

455
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Speaker 1: White touchdown that was reversed on rebuy, yeah, I think

456
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Speaker 1: I could see why it needed to be reviewed. Could

457
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 1: challenge there by Robert, you know, coming down, you know,

458
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,399
Speaker 1: it was hard to see we had so many purple

459
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,960
Speaker 1: hats around the ball. I think it was just hard

460
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,399
Speaker 1: for that official coming down the line to see maybe

461
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 1: where the football was and you know, in comparison to

462
00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,120
Speaker 1: breaking the plane. Um. So obviously when they were able

463
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,359
Speaker 1: to kind of once the challenge happened and see that

464
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,480
Speaker 1: he did make it in there, it looked like his

465
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: boy almost you know, his body was in there regardless

466
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Speaker 1: of if you could see the football. So it was

467
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,639
Speaker 1: a good Attempire guys. Obviously, somebody trying to quarterback sneak

468
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,320
Speaker 1: you and they end up out there, you know, darnier

469
00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 1: the numbers trying to punch it in. At least the

470
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 1: internal interior guys did their job and then we rallied,

471
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,320
Speaker 1: and it's a game of inches at that point, especially

472
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,159
Speaker 1: to your point about the yards when you're you're allowing

473
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Speaker 1: yourself to have to have goal line stands in those moments.

474
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,959
Speaker 1: You guys have had this many high leverage staffs, especially

475
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: at the Vets. What does that do for a group

476
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,760
Speaker 1: to have had this many reps at it is you

477
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Speaker 1: especially go to the playoffs here in the next couple

478
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Speaker 1: of weeks. Yeah, I do feel like we're gonna be

479
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Speaker 1: able to rely on and a lot of the experiences

480
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: how we've won games, whether it be earlier in the

481
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: season when offensively going down to win, um, you know,

482
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 1: later on in the games, finding ways situationally to try

483
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,399
Speaker 1: to manipulate the clock, our players being on completely on

484
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,920
Speaker 1: board with how we're trying to do things, and uh,

485
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's us and how we use our

486
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: timeouts to trying to maybe use uh make the other

487
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: side use there so then the clock can really be

488
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: in our favor. All of those things are situational football.

489
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Speaker 1: We strive really really hard every single week to teach

490
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Speaker 1: our players so that when those moments come around, um,

491
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: you know, we can find the find ways to have

492
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Speaker 1: advantages and and be at our best in those moments.

493
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Speaker 1: But like we've talked about, we've we've got some experience

494
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: and the guys can rely on that. But let's go

495
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Speaker 1: continue to try to strive to be the best possible

496
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: team we could be for this season. Having concussions, yeah,

497
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 1: he's uh, he's in the he's in the protocol. Um

498
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 1: he was at one point he was evaluated and cleared

499
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 1: um by you know, by the independent and by our sideline.

500
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 1: And then as as the game kind of went on.

501
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: You know, we you know, you always keep an eye

502
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: on those players, especially guys that have had some things

503
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: come up. And uh, you know, he started to have

504
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: some symptoms and reported him and we'll take a look

505
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: at where he's at. But we immediately got him back

506
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Speaker 1: out of the game and and uh, you know, we'll we'll,

507
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Speaker 1: we'll keep an eye on him. Absolutely. The only injury, yeah,

508
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: I think Bullard. Bullard had a right bicep um and

509
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: and that at that point he was questionable. There was

510
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: a chance he would maybe come back in, but that

511
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,399
Speaker 1: did indeed end his day. But nothing beyond that. No,

512
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 1: it wasn't say about Curtin since you know, his accuracy

513
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 1: was just off throughout the games. But to put that

514
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 1: that drive together there, yeah, I thought it was huge.

515
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 1: There's gonna be days like that. He's incredibly accurate. It's

516
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Speaker 1: one of I've always just marveled at his ability to

517
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Speaker 1: be accurate with the football from an NFL pocket when

518
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Speaker 1: teams have really good interior rush and then some good

519
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: edge players as well. We were doing some things to

520
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: try to help, you know, give him as much time

521
00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,640
Speaker 1: as possible when we were going to try to push

522
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Speaker 1: the ball down the field, and it was just one

523
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,119
Speaker 1: of those days where maybe, um, you know, whether it

524
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,119
Speaker 1: was a double move Goball to Justin and we just

525
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 1: end up being you know, uh, you know, right off

526
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Speaker 1: his fingertips there as he went to the ground in

527
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Speaker 1: the first half, or um, you know, like I said,

528
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Speaker 1: those two opportunities there in the second half. But then

529
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: what does he do. He comes back and stacks four

530
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 1: or five six really good plays together, puts pressure on

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Speaker 1: the defense, and then when we had to have it

532
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 1: that third and goal from the ten, um, you know,

533
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Speaker 1: to find justin the way he did, and I mean

534
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: that's a far hash full field throw h for a

535
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 1: toe tap over on that right side. And um, that's

536
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Speaker 1: how you win football games in this in this league.

537
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 1: We don't we don't win this game unless we get

538
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: that seven points right there. So give Kirk a ton

539
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,959
Speaker 1: of credit. He broke down the team after, you know,

540
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: after after the game, and I believe he said something

541
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,400
Speaker 1: along the lines of, you know, tough times don't last last,

542
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,959
Speaker 1: tough tough people do. He probably said it a heck

543
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: of a lot cleaner than I just did. But um,

544
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Speaker 1: I think that message means a lot for our team

545
00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: because what that means is we love. We found a

546
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: way in the end, and we knew it was going

547
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: to be that kind of game against this team. To

548
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,360
Speaker 1: get twenty seven on the board against him and then

549
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 1: get that stop in the end, it was good enough

550
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: to win. But there is a lot that we'll go

551
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: back on and coach very hard. And the best part

552
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: is our players will be right. They'll be in first

553
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 1: thing tomorrow ready to get back to work, knowing what

554
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: kind of challenge we have this week going to Detroit

555
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 1: with Kirk kids, you're gonna want to see him taking

556
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: those hits, but you know they'll like the slide instead

557
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 1: of taking a rage shoulder, Like what does that bring

558
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,400
Speaker 1: for a team? And when when you guys can see

559
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: the quarterback sacrifice in them. Yeah, I just there's been,

560
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: you know, countless examples around the league of the court.

561
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: They get protection when they run, but if it's third

562
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: and eight, third and ten third and whatever, Kirk knows

563
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: he's you know, he's such a competitor, he's going to

564
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Speaker 1: go try to get those yards to stay on the field.

565
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Speaker 1: And I think it did kind of give us a

566
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Speaker 1: little bit of juice in that moment to flip a

567
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 1: situation in a third or longer type situation and go

568
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: get those yards. I would love to see him be

569
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Speaker 1: able to get it and get down as valuable as

570
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,239
Speaker 1: he is for us, but I think his toughness and

571
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: his durability over a long period of time is really

572
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: speaks for itself. But as as the play caller and

573
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: head coach, I definitely want to take care of them

574
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 1: as much as we possibly can. There's a lot of

575
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,479
Speaker 1: guys in there talking about their own feelings of calm

576
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: in the red zone defensively, and yeah, what do you

577
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: feel in those situations where it's that stressful problem. I

578
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: feel confidence in our guys to execute the call, to

579
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: continue to communicate at a high level, and when the

580
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: field shrinks, you know, it's about execution, and it's about

581
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 1: tightening up and finding a way to just be a

582
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,360
Speaker 1: little bit better. Every blade of grass matters down there.

583
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,880
Speaker 1: Every time you can put your foot in the ground

584
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: and make a break, every time we can get pressure

585
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: on the quarterback force him off the spot. It all

586
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 1: works together no greater moments than I think in that

587
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: red zone and it's it's a great point. And then

588
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: offensively on the other side, you know, to be three

589
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,360
Speaker 1: of three on a you know, to get down there

590
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: on a day where we weren't going to get down

591
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,919
Speaker 1: there every time we touched it. We knew that. But

592
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 1: to get down there and come away with three touchdowns,

593
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: two runs and that huge one by Kirk to justin, UM,

594
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: just speak to our guys level of execution, being able

595
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: to finish, finish drives, stop drives and then ultimately finished

596
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,479
Speaker 1: the game to find find a way to get our

597
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: tenth win. Thanks guys, all right, coach UM. Eric Kendricks

598
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,919
Speaker 1: led the team with fourteen tackles and Um nine of

599
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: them were solo. I think this was Kendricks's best game

600
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,679
Speaker 1: of the season, do you no question about it. And

601
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: to see him hit some people that was the other

602
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: part of see him being physical. I don't know if

603
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 1: he's been a one hundred percent healthy throughout the season,

604
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: if he's been nicked up or whatever, but we haven't

605
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: haven't seen him lower the boom on too many people,

606
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: uh this year, And so yeah, he definitely had his

607
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: most productive and I think his best game. And I'll

608
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: say this about Eric Kendricks as well. There were a

609
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: you know, a number of plays today. His past defense

610
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: as a linebacker is as good as it gets. His

611
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: zone drops has taken away the underneath. You know, those

612
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: two guys there have done an unbelievable job over the

613
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: middle of the field. And you know, yeah, there are

614
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: a lot of shorter passes, but that's what you want

615
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: the offenses to throw. Yeah, you don't want him throwing

616
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: the digs, right, you know, throw you know, throw the

617
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: short route and rally up and make a tackle. That's

618
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: that's that's what they made this Jets team due today

619
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: and I think maybe it's not shown up in the

620
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 1: stats per se. Yeah, but those guys are really doing

621
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: a great job defending the throw. And back to Sauce

622
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: Gardner for a second. He had a pass defense today,

623
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: meaning he has fifteen this year. That's most in the NFL.

624
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: I mean he getting around him was very difficult. Likewise

625
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: for Quinnon Williams. Their linebackers are nice. The Minnesota Vikings

626
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: beat the Jets by five points twenty seven twenty two.

627
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins took and gave big hits today. He took

628
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 1: some massive hits when he was sacked or when he

629
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: wasn't sacked, and then he also added an eleven yard

630
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: run where he refused to slide, and he ran head

631
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: first into Jets leading tackler C. J. Mosley and knocked

632
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: him backwards a couple of feet. So, uh, Kirk the

633
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: tough guy was definitely in play today. Here's Kirk following

634
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: the five point win. Hard fought game. UM, great to

635
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: get a win. UM, great atmosphere here at home, great crowd,

636
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: which I think made a major difference, especially down the stretch. UM.

637
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: I felt had a lot of productive runs today, um,

638
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: which made a difference against a good defense. Um. You know,

639
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: I thought our receivers made plays um throughout the game,

640
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, being fifty percent on third down

641
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: I think helped. And we had some long drives. Um,

642
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: you know, just at times just spent too much time

643
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: on the sideline of our own doing you know, three

644
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: and outs and um third fourth quarter, just not sustaining

645
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: drives enough to um, uh you know, score points and

646
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: give our defense a break and kind of keep the

647
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 1: ball in our hands. So UM, you know, there there's

648
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: a lot that we need to improve upon, but great

649
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: to get a win at home, and UM we'll just

650
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: keep working from here. You battled through and when you

651
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: maybe don't have your best fastball. You know you don't. Yeah,

652
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: today you seem to battle through and get it at

653
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: the end. Yeah. You just take one play at a

654
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: time and you know the next play it can turn.

655
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: And you know the next play it can it can

656
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: go a different way. So you just keep keep playing

657
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: and believe that, um, that it can turn. And it

658
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: obviously helps when you have the defense making stops and

659
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: UH and your teammates making plays for you. UM. Time

660
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: and again. UM, coach just said you, I guess talked

661
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: to the team after the game said something about it.

662
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: I guess tough teams persevere or what exactly did you say? Yeah,

663
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: it's just a mantra I've kind of lived by my

664
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: whole pro football career that started with Mike Shanahan. UM.

665
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: He would always say, you know, tough times don't last,

666
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: tough people do. And I think I may have said

667
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: it here before with you guys, but UM, I believe

668
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: strongly in that and and this UH pro football journey, UH,

669
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: you just have to live that again and again. Tough

670
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: times don't last, tough people do. And I felt like

671
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: this game, you know, in a way, it was a

672
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: little bit of microcosm of that. A lot of hits

673
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 1: today and your durability is obvious. You know why you've

674
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: been able to this dur I don't have a great answer,

675
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: UM for that. I don't have a great answer why

676
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: we're finding these inches in all these games, but UM

677
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: we are. And UM I do know. You know, a

678
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: lot of people are praying UM for protection and have

679
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: been for my entire career, and I think those prayers

680
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: have been answered. And I think that. UM. You know,

681
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: I spend a lot of time working with with different

682
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: bodywork people here in the Twin Cities on on a

683
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: weekly basis, you know, sometimes daily basis. So UM, I

684
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: think just having a lot of prayers and a lot

685
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: of good people working on your working with you that

686
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: keep you, you know, put you back together after each game. UM.

687
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: That's what I asked them to do. I say, hey,

688
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 1: I'm in a car accident every week, and you got

689
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: to put me back together on Monday and on Friday.

690
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: And it's kind of like get an oil change, you know,

691
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: you go back and you get put back together and

692
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: then you get ready for the next car accident. So

693
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: that's sort of how has been. And UM, I've got

694
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: some great, great people, a great team that helps and

695
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: coming through and fluction reasons the stage. I don't know.

696
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: I think every game is its own entity, and I

697
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: felt today our defense was was really what came through

698
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: for us, keeping them out of the end zone there twice,

699
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: not to mention the other times throughout the game. UM,

700
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: you know, and any time you do make a play,

701
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: it's never yourself, it's always you know, teammates protection. A

702
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: great call by Kevin, by our staff, great play design.

703
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: So UM, you know, when we have had success in

704
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: those moments in the fourth quarter, I think it's more

705
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: reflection of the whole product than just the quarterback seven.

706
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 1: What was the key to making um he had because

707
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: kind of clicked through the progression TJ kJ. I think

708
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: I probably had kJ and and needed to could have

709
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: pulled the trigger to him UM to add him and

710
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: then and then saying note to all them, JJ had

711
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: the right leverage with the dB inside and then just

712
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: try to put that ball out to the sideline for him.

713
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: It's a route that he's had a lot of success with.

714
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: UM going back to training Ampen and UM, it was great,

715
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: too great to hit that one. We've been looking for

716
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: that one for a while and couldn't get it and

717
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: it's great to hit it. Um, yeah, yeah heard. What

718
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: was it say about the defense though, where you're having

719
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: troubles saying anything there and the half to put that

720
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: drive together with y'all? I think it was what we

721
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: needed and um, that's where you believe that, hey, in

722
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: next possession, the next play, anything can happen, anything in turn,

723
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: so just stay going. And coaches did a great job

724
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 1: that entire drive of just kind of applying pressure to

725
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: the defense and putting us in a position to be successful.

726
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 1: So you know, it's great to have that drive. Just

727
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: you walk away saying gosh, could we have had two

728
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: or three more of those, um, instead of just that

729
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: one in the in the fourth quarter. How much do

730
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: you feel like the defense's situational success is a big

731
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: product of how smart so those guys are in the

732
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 1: experience on that side, I think yeah. I do think

733
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 1: it goes back to you get what you emphasize, and

734
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: whether it's the situational Masters meeting every Friday that it's

735
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: being coached again and again, I just think that that

736
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: has been emphasized quite a bit. And I do think

737
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: we have smart players, players that are real pros and

738
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: take it with a lot of discipline and detail, and

739
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,879
Speaker 1: I think it does show up in those moments. What's

740
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: going through your mind when you're watching the end of

741
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: that game and like, do you just believe that they're

742
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: gonna find a way because they have so many times this?

743
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: See you, I'd say, so, you gotta belief. I also

744
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 1: think that my mind is going to you know, sort

745
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: of you have to negatively think, Okay, when they score,

746
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: if they score, what are we doing? You know, similar

747
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: to Buffalo when when we got our defense got the

748
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: touchdown for us on the on the fumbled sneak. You know,

749
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about, all right, they're gonna go down, kick

750
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 1: a field goal, sendence to overtime. I gotta get my

751
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 1: mind ready for that. So it's obviously the negative way

752
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 1: to think, but it's your best way to then play

753
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: well when the ball gets to your next So you

754
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: try to always think about what's the scenario where we

755
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 1: get the ball back and we've got to do something

756
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 1: with it, and then when they get to stop that's

757
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: obviously a bonus. When we kind of lower your head

758
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 1: just think I gotta make him play get that. Yeah,

759
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,720
Speaker 1: I probably I didn't know where the line was quite

760
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: to gain, and so I just felt I gotta get

761
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: every yard I can and so tried to make sure

762
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: I I, you know, gave it everything I had. And uh, um,

763
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if I was already passed it or not.

764
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: But I don't know if I was. But that was

765
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 1: my mindset, was just let's get everything we can here.

766
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: I'm not sure where it is. What do you think

767
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: of me? Kirk is? Yeah, he was awesome. I felt

768
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: badly that he was having to be shirtless and have

769
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 1: the chains all game long. I said to him pre game,

770
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: I said, buddy, you know, if if those things get heavy,

771
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: I've worn them. They get heavy. If those get heavy,

772
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: you get a little cold, feel free to put a

773
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: shirt on and take the chains off. You know you've

774
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: done so much, so but shut up. In the fourth

775
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: quarter there he was. So it was fun and they

776
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: drove three hours. You know, it says a lot about

777
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: our fan base and the passion they have for this team.

778
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: And you know, it's certainly a Minnesota thing, but they're

779
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: coming from Iowa and you got the Dakotas, and it's

780
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 1: it's special to have, um, you know, this entire region

781
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: of the country pulling for the Vikings car accident earlier.

782
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's degrees of car accidents, but

783
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: was this one in particularly rough one? Uh? There were hits,

784
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: but I actually was you know, you check yourself after

785
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: each one, and I was good. I was clean, so

786
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: this one will be good. But um, it was more

787
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: that their rush, um, you know, made it uncomfortable in

788
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: the pocket. So even if they're not hitting you, you

789
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: feel like they're affecting your accuracy, they're affecting your your timing, um,

790
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: and so you know, I think it was more the

791
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: timing and things like that than even the hits. Yeah,

792
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 1: point on some of those ones that sailed on you,

793
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: did you feel on most of those like it's the

794
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: Russian's affecting ire No? No, I think the one that

795
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: TJ was the most egregious. Miss that was just a

796
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 1: miss um, you know, gave it too much. There were

797
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,320
Speaker 1: a couple I was, you know, my feet were ahead

798
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,959
Speaker 1: of the play, so I'm I'm hitching and my feet

799
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,959
Speaker 1: are telling me to release it. But the play hasn't

800
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: developed yet and so um some of that press coverage

801
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: that slows down the route, you know, they've got to

802
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: negotiate the route they're not running it on air. So

803
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: the timing was something that I need to go back

804
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: and watch and make sure that I'm you know, slowing

805
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: down my drop if that makes sense, to make sure

806
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: I'm not ahead of the read or ahead of the play,

807
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: and that that's part of it. How you get to

808
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: a port three and it's just a receiver downfield is

809
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: suppose just like a quick check bout. Yeah, it really

810
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: just comes down to, um, you know, the coverage and

811
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: the need to get to progress and um, you know,

812
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: pockets got to hold up. And I do pride myself.

813
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: You know, for me to play in this league and

814
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:38,839
Speaker 1: have success, I have to be able to get through

815
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: progressions and identify coverage and move quickly. I can't. That's

816
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: the way I'm gonna beat people. It's gonna be that way.

817
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be, you know, part of my calling

818
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: card is, you know, getting through reads and progressions and

819
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: trying to do that at an elite level and try

820
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,240
Speaker 1: to separate myself that way. Well, it be extra special

821
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,919
Speaker 1: for you to clench the division in Michigan. I think

822
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: anytime you can play in a T shirt and hat

823
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: game and get the job done, Um, you know, that's

824
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,479
Speaker 1: that's what special. Um. You know, I always enjoy going

825
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 1: back to the state where I grew up and seeing

826
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 1: people in green and white, you know, and that kind

827
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: of a thing. But um, um, you know, we've got

828
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: a big challenge and I think the Lions are a

829
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: really good football team and are showing that. So um,

830
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: that'll be a tough environment and big challenge for us. Kirk,

831
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: I know a lot of um guys on defense, we're

832
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: saying that they're kind of feeding off you. They don't

833
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: want you to get a hip up when they were

834
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: you were taking those hits, yeah we throw away. So

835
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: to hear your defense say they were feeding off yeah, yeah,

836
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: I love that. Those guys are great. Uh, they're just

837
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: they're great teammates and they they've been so supportive of me,

838
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 1: and um, I think they do love it, you know,

839
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: as I said when we ran fat touch thing as Arizona,

840
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: they know the old line loves it. And uh, you know,

841
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: you certainly got to be smart. You know, you want

842
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: to be there for your team the weeks ahead, so

843
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,359
Speaker 1: you're not trying to low or your shoulder all the time.

844
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: But yes, certainly be smart and pop back up and

845
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,919
Speaker 1: keep making plays. I think that's a part of playing

846
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: the position and part of being a pro quarterback. Alrighty,

847
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: thanks guys, appreciate you. Ron Johnson from Fox nine and

848
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: the Vikings Entertainment Network, also the Ron Johnson Show. That's

849
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: a podcast you can find wherever you find your podcasts.

850
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,399
Speaker 1: He offers up free takes and here they are. Thanks BA.

851
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 1: This is Ron Johnson coming to you from the KFA

852
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,400
Speaker 1: and studios, and these are my takeaways from today's Jets

853
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: Vikings victory twenty seven to twenty two. Another nail biter

854
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: that came down to the wire. The Vikings fans, I

855
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: know it's been a wild season. I heard eight games

856
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: of a win of less than a touchdown. That is

857
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: crazy when you think about a ten and two team

858
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,760
Speaker 1: coming down to the wire that many games. But here's

859
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: my first takeaway. The defense did give up four hundred

860
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: and eighty six yards. You can nitpick all you want,

861
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: but here's the positive. Three for sixteen on third downs.

862
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: That's eighteen point seventy five, two for five on fourth downs,

863
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:10,760
Speaker 1: and one for six in the red zone. That is ridiculous.

864
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: One for six in the red zone. But when you

865
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: think about that, they gave up five field goals. They

866
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: were able to hold them the five field goals and

867
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: that was a big reason why they won fifteen points

868
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: early in the game, but all field goals. So the

869
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: defense did their job there. They got off the field

870
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,800
Speaker 1: every third down possible. My next one, I'm sticking with

871
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: the defense. Two turnovers, Cam buying them, Harrison Smith interceptions.

872
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: There was also a third interception that should have happened,

873
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: could have would have should have buying them Evans Caleb

874
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: Evans running to each other, both wanting the tip ball

875
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: up high in the air. Could have been a third interception,

876
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: but it was not. It fell to the ground. But

877
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: Cam buying them and Harrison Smith with the interceptions today,

878
00:41:55,239 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 1: that's two turnovers to the Vikings zero turnovers. That was

879
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: a big reason. Another huge reason one his clothes out

880
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: the game and Harrison Smith's got the game started with

881
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,240
Speaker 1: the first three points. So it was like a sandwich

882
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: Harrison Smith interception and start the game, Cam Biden's interception

883
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 1: in the game. And in the middle, there was some

884
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: stuff here and there, and here's one of the things

885
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: in the middle was my third takeaway. It's justin Jefferson.

886
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: It wasn't a great day as far as yards, it

887
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: wasn't a great day as far as catches, but one

888
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: play in particular, Justin Jefferson fourth quarter, third and six

889
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: ten yard out route. This is why it is so crazy.

890
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: At the top of the route, he ran a heavy

891
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: For those that don't know, that's a hesitation and basketball,

892
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: it's a little hesitation moved to freeze you defender. But

893
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: he ran a heavy running a route, just completely stopped

894
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: his feet, stood still for a half a second, and

895
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 1: the defensive back had no idea what Justin Jefferson's about

896
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: to do. Didn't know if it was a different route,

897
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: didn't know if he was a decoy, didn't know if

898
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: he didn't know what else to do and messed up

899
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: in the route running, didn't know if it was a

900
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: screen behind him. And then what does Justin Jefferson do.

901
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousin stows the ball before Justin Jefferson breaks, He

902
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: breaks to the out, He goes from zero to six,

903
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: he gets back fast enough to catch up to the ball,

904
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: gets two feet in. It's a ten yard touchdown. On paper,

905
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: it just says a ten yard touchdown, but if you

906
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: see that video, oh my goodness, that's why That is

907
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: one of my takeaways because Justin Jefferson's heavy. You gotta

908
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: watch that route people. It is something of beauty. It's nasty,

909
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: it's filthy and beautiful all at the same time. And

910
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: that's why Justin Jefferson's the best trieve in the NFL

911
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: right now. But again, didn't have the yard this day

912
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: that he wanted because he needed over one hundred and

913
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: ten yards to stay on that pace for two hundred

914
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: and ten yards. But do you know when Justin Jefferson

915
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: lacks in one area one game, the next game, he

916
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: comes back with a vengeance. So the Detroit Lions watch

917
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 1: out for Justin Jefferson in the yardage. They did get

918
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: the best of him last time, so hopefully they don't

919
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: get the best one this time. But those are my

920
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:04,280
Speaker 1: three takeaways. The Vikings again win twenty seven to twenty two.

921
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 1: Back to you guys at the stadium, Lions next thought,

922
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: Oh wow, I mean the Lions. You know, I think

923
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: Jared goff is a is a good He's a very

924
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: good quarterback. He's very accurate, so you know, we that's

925
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: the one thing that I take a look at today.

926
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: Mike White was thirty one to fifty seven, so we've

927
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 1: least made him inefficient in that respect, and a lot

928
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:28,240
Speaker 1: of that I think it was towards, you know, toward

929
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: the end. But for Goff, he's so accurate. You gotta

930
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: get pressure on him. You know, you can't just let

931
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: him just sit back and pick you apart. So that

932
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 1: goes down at Zadarius Smith went in the beginning of

933
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: the game, Paul was back. He was back to what

934
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: we saw earlier this season. He was healthy. Now he

935
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: retweaked something along the way and was played sparingly toward

936
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: the end. So let's hope he's just jumping in his

937
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 1: car and driving right over to TCO right now to

938
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: start the rehab process because we need him. This defense

939
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,840
Speaker 1: needs Darius Smith. Patrick Jones I thought showed up today,

940
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: did a really nice job and showing up today. But

941
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 1: we needs Darius Smith healthy if we're gonna you know,

942
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: toward the end of the season. And we'll just see

943
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: how he looks throughout the week. Yeah, once again, Jared

944
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: Goff three forty and two both too, Aman Ross Saint Brown,

945
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,799
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and um Jamal Williams. They each scored and

946
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: they combined for ninety seven rushing yards. The Detroit Lions

947
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: are hot. I mean they're really starting to play well

948
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:31,720
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, and that's the next challenge from Ford Field.

949
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: Great job today, Peter, Thank you, Paul. What a blast.

950
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 1: And the beauty of it is we found so many

951
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: ways to win close game. In that last drive. I mean,

952
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 1: there was no panic in you at all, none, none, whatsoever.

953
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: And who in you? I never thought we were gonna lose.

954
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: That's the thing for some reason. And you know what, Paul,

955
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: I think that is symbolic of this whole team, right.

956
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 1: I think that those guys on the field felt the

957
00:45:57,840 --> 00:45:59,919
Speaker 1: same way. Yeah, we're gonna find a way to win

958
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: this football game because they've done it so many times

959
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:07,399
Speaker 1: already this season, you know. And what was this now

960
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 1: nine one score wins? Yeah, I mean, NFL records unbelievable.

961
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: So they they show up when they need to. It's

962
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: just it'd be nice to say, hey, guys, you don't

963
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 1: need to. When you played for the Vikings earliest nineties,

964
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 1: you know, through through two thousand. You correct me if

965
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: I'm wrong here, but you played for teams that never

966
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,479
Speaker 1: had a losing round. I don't know if yeah, Okay, well,

967
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,440
Speaker 1: the ninety eight team for which you played one of

968
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: the greatest in the history of the team, of the

969
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: of the organization. What I'm getting at here is when

970
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: you basically are a ninety five percent loser and Josh

971
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 1: Allen drops the ball at the goal line, Kendricks falls

972
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: on it to get a touchdown where it looks like

973
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: you're gonna win, then of course they tie it, but

974
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 1: then you win an overtime. When stuff like that happens,

975
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 1: I would imagine from a players standpoint, why would you

976
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: ever think that you're going to take a bad beat?

977
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 1: You're right about that, and that's I think that's the difference.

978
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: You mentioned fifteen and one, and we've talked about that

979
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,319
Speaker 1: about how when things weren't going the right way, it

980
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: was not, oh, here we go again, but who's going

981
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: to step up and make a big play? Exactly And

982
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: that's last year exactly right, And and you know, so

983
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: that attitude has definitely switched. The difference though, Paul is

984
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: in ninety eight we didn't have a lot of one

985
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: score games. I don't know if we had any. I

986
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: think the only one score game was the one that

987
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: we lost, you know what I mean. And these guys

988
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 1: are used to that week in and week out. Now, yeah,

989
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: you'd like to pull them aside and say, hey, if

990
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: we tighten some things up, We're not going to put

991
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 1: ourselves in that position. But making this stretch right, you're

992
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: making this You came into the season thinking if we

993
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: could maybe a wildcard type situation. You know, it's a

994
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: big improvement for this team. Well, low and behold, we're

995
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: knocking on the door already of of of sewing up

996
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 1: this division. And then you start thinking about the playoff

997
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: games and how the game plan goes to it. Everything

998
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,280
Speaker 1: goes to the next level, the intensity, the game planning,

999
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: the one on everything we're used to be in in

1000
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: these one score games. There's gonna be nothing new great

1001
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: point to this team as we hit the playoffs. And

1002
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: I don't care who it is, no one rolls to

1003
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,879
Speaker 1: the playoffs. You don't see a lot of multiple score

1004
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:14,800
Speaker 1: victories in the playoffs, Paul. They all come down to

1005
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: the wire. So in that respect, this team might be

1006
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,640
Speaker 1: in great shape. We shall see. Well. The Vikings are

1007
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,879
Speaker 1: currently the two seed in the NFC, a game and

1008
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: a tiebreaker behind Philadelphia. Of course, Philadelphia crushed Tennessee thirty

1009
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: five to ten. The Eagles just never lose, But we'll

1010
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: worry about them when we need to worry about them instead.

1011
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: The Lions are next from Ford Field, and that's the

1012
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: next time you will hear Pete and I on the

1013
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: postgame report. For Pete Persage, I'm Paul Allen. The Minnesota

1014
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: Vikings are ten and two. They beat the New York

1015
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: Jets in a dramatic way, twenty seven to twenty two.

1016
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: And as you can imagine, koc Kevin O'Connell quite thrilled

1017
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: with this postgame locker room speech. Hey, fellas, listen up

1018
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: real quick. No means by no means was that our

1019
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:05,839
Speaker 1: best day. But I'll tell you what I felt each

1020
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: and every time adversity hit. I felt, you guys come

1021
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 1: together even closer and even closer. And you know what

1022
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:15,399
Speaker 1: that normally entails. Situational football, all right. On the day,

1023
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 1: our defense helped them to nineteen percent three of sixteen

1024
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 1: on third down and one of six in the red zones.

1025
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: And no, by the way, offensively, we knew it was

1026
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 1: gonna be a grind, that's what that side of the

1027
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,279
Speaker 1: ball does. We did not turn the football over. We

1028
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: went fifty percent on third down and three in the

1029
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:43,239
Speaker 1: red zone. Defensively every single week is the goal. Give

1030
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: it up for yourself again, plus two turnovers alright, offensive

1031
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,240
Speaker 1: side of the ball first, All right, this guy grinded

1032
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: all day, running very very hard. It was gonna be

1033
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: that kind of game, all right. Keep it up for

1034
00:49:56,040 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 1: Delvin Cooking. Throw your touchdown right season long. The situational

1035
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 1: stuff matters, all right, But then you gotta go finish it.

1036
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,359
Speaker 1: Then you gotta go finish it. We had a chance

1037
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: on an earlier snap. Harry almost did it, but then

1038
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: his brother can't buy him coming to day something bus

1039
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 1: anytime in this league, anytime in this league, you get

1040
00:50:32,440 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 1: the ten wins, all right, ten wins, no matter the crime,

1041
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: no matter what it takes, we find a way. Anytime

1042
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:41,759
Speaker 1: you get to ten wins in this league, you give

1043
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,400
Speaker 1: it up for yourself. You give it up for what

1044
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: you got to do this and put in the work.

1045
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 1: We continue to do what you guys have done all season.

1046
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:52,800
Speaker 1: Come together, prepare and show up with the confidence to

1047
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,400
Speaker 1: go win a football game. We're gonna be just fine.

1048
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,399
Speaker 1: I promise you that. I'm so proud of you guys.

1049
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,840
Speaker 1: I love everybody in this room. Let's get back to

1050
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: this weekend. Go for number eleven. Great, great job man.

1051
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,240
Speaker 1: Way to stand up, be tough. We're talking about toughness

1052
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,359
Speaker 1: last night. Tough times don't last. Tough people do. Man,

1053
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: great job. Let's go like count three. What to provide