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Speaker 1: Quarterback is a new sports series that features an unprecedented

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Speaker 1: look in the lives of three quarterbacks, including your Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and Marcus Mariota.

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Speaker 1: Watch Quarterback July twelfth, only on Netflix.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, right now, we have a roster of close

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Speaker 2: this offseason, it's really getting to know them. What clicks,

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Speaker 3: When you look.

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Speaker 4: You're listening to the Minnesota Vikings podcast. This will be our.

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Speaker 1: Final episode before the fourth of July break that we're

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Speaker 4: I'm Tatum Everett.

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Speaker 1: We've got Gabe Henderson here in TCO Radio Studios, Jane

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Speaker 1: Nelson back in the producer chair.

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Speaker 4: How's it feeling just old.

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Speaker 5: Hat, jump in, get comfortable again. Eric's usually sitting in

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Speaker 6: Good to have you back, Ja.

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Speaker 5: Well, thank you, miss Eric.

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Speaker 5: Eric's been the one that's been just kind of fine

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Speaker 1: Yes, we are just a growing operation, and our special

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Speaker 1: performance dietician, Remy Famau Jackson. She is just featured in

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Speaker 4: It's so awesome to see her be recognized.

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Speaker 6: She's so great, so deserve she's so great.

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Speaker 6: I'm just thinking about the liver damage.

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Speaker 6: Is this a football game?

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Speaker 6: Such a Miami Heat story.

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Speaker 6: Fans, but I'm just throwing up softball.

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Speaker 6: The first person I thought of was Jay, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yes, well, we were talking a little bit about this,

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Speaker 5: Oh for sure.

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Speaker 5: The amount of torture that the Vikings fan base has

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Speaker 6: Make your case. Yea, you're on.

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Speaker 5: If I could address the jury at this point, you know,

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Speaker 5: The last championship the Vikings tasted was in nineteen sixty

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Speaker 6: Joint success one games No.

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Speaker 4: Tatum, I like what you did there. Yeah, I gave

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Speaker 5: if you forget about me, you're going to pay. And

445
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Speaker 5: so he's been somebody who's stepped up every single time

446
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Speaker 5: whatever his role is going to be, and I'm sure

447
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,920
Speaker 5: for him looking at it, he's going to be like, Yeah,

448
00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,120
Speaker 5: they're going to utilize me in this offense, and he's

449
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,560
Speaker 5: got to be excited about the way that he's got

450
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Speaker 5: the ball before and just even the growth potential going

451
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Speaker 5: into the season knowing how dependable he is.

452
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we definitely talked about i think maybe a couple

453
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Speaker 1: of weeks ago, about how kJ Asbourne's really taken on

454
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Speaker 1: the leadership role in the wide receiver room with JJ

455
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Speaker 1: being out until May and Troy minni Caamp, He's been

456
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Speaker 1: around all these young guys and has really had to

457
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Speaker 1: be the vocal leader when you look at the veteran

458
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Speaker 1: presence in that room, I mean, that's that's him and JJ.

459
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Speaker 1: They're in the same class. They're the oldest guys in

460
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Speaker 1: the room. So kJ is that vocal leader. He knows

461
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Speaker 1: the offense the best. Brandon Powell is older, but yeah,

462
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Speaker 1: he's not. He knows a little bit of the offense

463
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Speaker 1: as well, I'm sure because he can bring some over

464
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Speaker 1: from the RAMS.

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Speaker 4: But but I.

466
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Speaker 1: Think that's that's the role for him, and he's he's

467
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Speaker 1: realized that he understands that. I feel like he wears

468
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Speaker 1: glasses now a lot too, which makes him look very distinguished. Yeah,

469
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Speaker 1: he's been wearing glasses a lot lately. It's making him

470
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Speaker 1: look very wise.

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Speaker 6: I mean, doctor k doctor exactly.

472
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Speaker 4: That really would I feel like he would be doctor

473
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Speaker 4: kJ asks. That sounds so like actually like a real yeah,

474
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Speaker 4: very very formal, man.

475
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Speaker 3: I feel like that would know it wasn't the show

476
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Speaker 3: I'm thinking of, doctor, Doctor, Doctor.

477
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Speaker 1: We could do it, ask doctor as this is our

478
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Speaker 1: own version, all right, you're gonna write that down, picture

479
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Speaker 1: it in the meeting soon. And speaking of the running

480
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Speaker 1: back position that we've had or what's going on with

481
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Speaker 1: the running back position this off season, Uh, if you

482
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Speaker 1: watch Good Morning Football and you're a fan of Good

483
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Speaker 1: Morning Football, you saw familiar face on their Tyler Kanklin,

484
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Speaker 1: who says that he's reached out to Dalvin Cook basically

485
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Speaker 1: as lockermate for the last two seasons, is interested in

486
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Speaker 1: getting Cook in the.

487
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Speaker 4: Backfield over there. Is you think that's a possibility, guys,

488
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Speaker 4: I think.

489
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Speaker 5: That the idea of it for them is similar. I

490
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Speaker 5: think back to like nine and when FARV came here

491
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Speaker 5: and when you have somebody like and Aaron Rodgers show

492
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Speaker 5: up at a roster that turns into the Hey, it's

493
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Speaker 5: the hot place to be and the hot place to go.

494
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Speaker 5: I think there's a promise and a chance there to

495
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Speaker 5: possibly do something big. I think for any team, they're

496
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Speaker 5: always looking to add as many good playmakers as possible.

497
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Speaker 5: I know that they've had some high hopes for their

498
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Speaker 5: running backs in New York over the last couple of season,

499
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Speaker 5: especially with a bunch of the younger guys that they

500
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Speaker 5: had brought in. I think a guy like Delvin would

501
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Speaker 5: actually be probably a great veteran presence for them to

502
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Speaker 5: do that kind of a thing. And if you're a

503
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Speaker 5: guy like Conklin, it's always fun to see people that

504
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Speaker 5: you've had experience with in the past. And he knows

505
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Speaker 5: what it's been like with him on a roster and

506
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Speaker 5: what he's been able to do for this offense when

507
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Speaker 5: he was here, and so I think the idea of

508
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Speaker 5: Cook on that roster would be very enticing for a

509
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Speaker 5: lot of those players especially.

510
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Speaker 6: But I would just be curious to see.

511
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Speaker 5: Again how the money works out and all that kind

512
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Speaker 5: of stuff, and that actually might be a situation where

513
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Speaker 5: Delvin would look at it and say maybe I'll take

514
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,879
Speaker 5: less money to go to a situation like that. If

515
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Speaker 5: they think they're set up for a run. The only

516
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Speaker 5: problem in my opinion is you're doing this in the AFC,

517
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Speaker 5: so good luck, because as an actual murderer's row of

518
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Speaker 5: organizations that you have to try to run through. But

519
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Speaker 5: I think if you're the Jets and you're as high

520
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Speaker 5: as you are at this point feeling like you have

521
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Speaker 5: something legit for the next couple of seasons, maybe it's

522
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Speaker 5: a place that it would work out for Delvin Well.

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Speaker 3: They have the money and they have the space for him.

524
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Speaker 3: And then if you look at Nathaniel Hackett and Aaron

525
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,399
Speaker 3: Rodgers when they were in Green Bay, they had a

526
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Speaker 3: two running back system, so Nathaniel Hacket's offensive coordinator in

527
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Speaker 3: New York, so I could see there being a one

528
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Speaker 3: two punch there with Brice Hall and Dalvin Cook and

529
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Speaker 3: I guess Breshall when he gets Beck healthy. But for

530
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Speaker 3: the time being, I could see Dalvin signing a one

531
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Speaker 3: year deal, a proved year deal, kind of usher in

532
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Speaker 3: the rookie running back who also Tori's aco that, like

533
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Speaker 3: Dalvin did his rookie season, go through that process. Be

534
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Speaker 3: a veteran get back to where he needs to be,

535
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Speaker 3: and then Dalvin kind of places himself to a bigger contract,

536
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Speaker 3: longer deal elsewhere. So I actually like the move, but

537
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Speaker 3: at the same time you look at him and say,

538
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Speaker 3: how does that align with the AFC, Like, are we

539
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Speaker 3: actually going to be better than this? Dalvin could make

540
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Speaker 3: our team better than the Chiefs or better than the Bengals,

541
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Speaker 3: and I'm sure they're they're winning that those options in

542
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Speaker 3: New York right now.

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Speaker 5: I think the interesting side of it too would be

544
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Speaker 5: to think about not only the fact that Hackett and

545
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Speaker 5: Rogers watch Delvin do what he did against the Packers,

546
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Speaker 5: which we are always huge games for him, but two,

547
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Speaker 5: it would actually be a move to prevent somebody else

548
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Speaker 5: within their division from getting him. With everybody talking about

549
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Speaker 5: Miami trying to potentially get Dalvin or Delvin wanting to

550
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Speaker 5: go to Miami. If you're the Jets, all of a sudden,

551
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Speaker 5: it's just like, hey, we're going to pull him off

552
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Speaker 5: of potentially that roster and put him on ours. It'd

553
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Speaker 5: be kind of a block move there for him. But

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Speaker 5: I just think in general, you know, if there is

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Speaker 5: something left there, he would potentially be a nice spark

556
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Speaker 5: there for that offense, and you know, Farren gets in trouble,

557
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 5: he can do a little dumb pass and just let

558
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Speaker 5: Delvin go nuts. So I think it would be interesting

559
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Speaker 5: to see if that were to happen. I think at

560
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Speaker 5: this point myself and other people are assuming it'd be

561
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Speaker 5: Miami just because he's such a fan of being back home.

562
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Speaker 5: But if there is a team there and that that

563
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Speaker 5: similar division, maybe the Jets would be enticing for him.

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Speaker 4: I kind of feel like the Miami buzz has kind

565
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Speaker 4: of died a little bit.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the Miami buzz has died because completely

567
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Speaker 5: the financial side of it too is just so difficult.

568
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Speaker 5: But I mean, if they want speed like they do

569
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Speaker 5: down there with with you know, basically the Penguin and Tyr,

570
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Speaker 5: and then you add a guy like with some speed

571
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Speaker 5: like Delvin with that burst, I think it would be

572
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Speaker 5: a deadly combo for them. But I mean, we still

573
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Speaker 5: got another what month here or so before training camp

574
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Speaker 5: kicks in, and which is you never know what's going

575
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Speaker 5: to happen.

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Speaker 3: Which is another reason why it kind of make doesn't

577
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Speaker 3: really make sense that he'll get paid on any that

578
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Speaker 3: he wants because the longer time goes on, the less

579
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Speaker 3: his value, the more his value declined.

580
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Speaker 5: So I saw a guy like Melvin Gordon making a

581
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Speaker 5: comment saying that it was nuts just where the market's

582
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Speaker 5: at at this point, and so I am curious to

583
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Speaker 5: see how that works out, because we've talked about this

584
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Speaker 5: for in the months now, just how crazy everything flipped

585
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Speaker 5: on the running back financially. You know, the market's there,

586
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Speaker 5: but you know, I for a guy like Dalvin at

587
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 5: some point, he's just got to figure out, you know,

588
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Speaker 5: where is he comfortable at least going for a season

589
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 5: and trying to earn.

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Speaker 6: It after that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we talked about this last week on

592
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Speaker 1: the podcast with Brad Spielder.

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Speaker 4: If you want to go check that out.

594
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Speaker 1: He wrote an article on PFF about analyzing the running

595
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Speaker 1: backs and their salaries and what's been going on in

596
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Speaker 1: the league and the trend.

597
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Speaker 4: So I would definitely go and check that out.

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Speaker 1: Before we bring in our podcast guest, Remy Famine Jackson,

599
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Speaker 1: our head performance dietitian, I.

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Speaker 4: Wanted to talk to you guys.

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Speaker 1: Did you guys know that Alexander Madison is not a

602
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Speaker 1: bad cornhole player?

603
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 6: Yeah? Online this week?

604
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's all that online.

605
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Speaker 3: I was in Chicago and they were saying, like, that's cornhole,

606
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Speaker 3: that's called bags.

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Speaker 6: I'm like, this depends what are we doing? Like, what

608
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Speaker 6: are we doing? This says American corn Hole Championship.

609
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 4: I'd say.

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Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I mean even the league calls

611
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 1: themselves the Cornhole champions that's not the American Bag champions

612
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: right agent. But he won his preliminary competition, and I thought,

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Speaker 1: I mean as funny as the article was that I

614
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Speaker 1: was reading where it was like telling me that like

615
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Speaker 1: giving us like play by play of how Alexander Madison,

616
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 1: you know, was playing cornhole. It's a celebrity pro am tournament.

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Speaker 1: So that was, you know, part of the drawing Ramsey Minnesota.

618
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Speaker 1: I caught my eye is that Adam Feelen's cousin is

619
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Speaker 1: a professional cornhole player, just an athletic family.

620
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Speaker 3: I mean, I love cornhole, but to see Adam Feelens,

621
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Speaker 3: I was like, hudd.

622
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Speaker 4: On, what who's out there?

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Speaker 6: Be that connection right? Another Vikings connection there.

624
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Speaker 3: But you just look at that and it's like you

625
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 3: just see a guy that just is enjoying his off

626
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 3: season as he should and I just trying something new

627
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 3: and then just being an app flee and being good

628
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 3: at it.

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Speaker 6: So I thought it was pretty cool. It was funny.

630
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Speaker 5: It's funny. In the article he talks about he didn't

631
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 5: even know it was a thing until he got the

632
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 5: boise and track tracks. Completely. No, but shocking an athlete

633
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 5: being good at being able to, uh to do that

634
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,359
Speaker 5: kind of stuff. I think, you know, forgut like Madison,

635
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 5: it's got to be fun too, just this fun off

636
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 5: season thing. And also it also gives you a little

637
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,479
Speaker 5: credit if you go to somebody else's barbecue going all right,

638
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 5: but also puts a target.

639
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 6: On you too. Yeah, here's here's a champion.

640
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,199
Speaker 4: Yeah I want to.

641
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 6: But it's funny to me.

642
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,479
Speaker 5: It's crazy whenever I see that kind of stuff on

643
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 5: you know, ESPN two or something, and I always joke

644
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,719
Speaker 5: it's like, oh the ESPN THEO must be on at

645
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 5: this point. But it's crazy, like, you know, the fact

646
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 5: that there are people who are professional championship cornwall players.

647
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 5: I was just like, it blows my mind. But hey,

648
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 5: I guess, uh, you know, there's something for everybody out there.

649
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 1: Maybe I should really thought my career, I say, could

650
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 1: be out there on that playing cornhole have been nice.

651
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,720
Speaker 3: It's just it's hard for me to play corn hole

652
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 3: without a beer in my hand. It's Miller light in

653
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 3: this case. But I just look at him like, you

654
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,679
Speaker 3: got to have a balance. I don't know, that's just me.

655
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 5: You're saying that your balance is off if you don't

656
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 5: have an exact bear in your left hand and throwing bags.

657
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 4: Exactly, yeah, exactly, totally get it.

658
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Speaker 1: Well, we hope that well, we hope that you enjoy

659
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: some cornhole this fourth of July weekend. We're going to

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Speaker 1: take a quick break for the podcast. But before we do,

661
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Speaker 1: let's bring in our guest, head performance dietitian, Remy Fama

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Speaker 1: new Jackson. Now joining us on the Minnesota Vikings podcast

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Speaker 1: is a Remy Fama new Jackson.

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Speaker 4: We have teased you for this entire show. We said

665
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Speaker 4: you're coming up. But so as we've as we've already.

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Speaker 1: Pre talked about, she is the head performance dietitian. And

667
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Speaker 1: so breaking that title down, Remedy, what what.

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Speaker 4: Are you like? What are you responsible for? It's a

669
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 4: really really good question.

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Speaker 2: So I like to say it in simple terms because

671
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Speaker 2: I can speak to I could speak to a GM

672
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Speaker 2: at one point. I can speak to like three year

673
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 2: olds in any given instance, asking about what my job is,

674
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 2: and I'm like, well, think about food and sometimes hydration

675
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,239
Speaker 2: and drinks. Anything that goes into these player's mouths I

676
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 2: usually try to keep track of, especially if we're giving

677
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 2: it to them. I have eyes on and I've made

678
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 2: that call, but I'm also looking at it from a

679
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 2: place of whatever they eat and drink, how is it

680
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 2: going to make them a better athletes? So my job

681
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 2: entails that. So it could be looking at menus whether

682
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 2: they're on the flight or post practice in the locker

683
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 2: room here at our TCO Stadium. I have eyes and

684
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 2: ears on that and I probably made the call on those,

685
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 2: but it could be talking to them about nutrition and

686
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: food and why that's important for them. So my job

687
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: is pretty you know, there's a lot of variety to it.

688
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,719
Speaker 2: So that's me and like an il, yeah, yeah, of

689
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Speaker 2: what I do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely want to get into the more of

691
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Speaker 1: the specific cause I think a lot of people may

692
00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: not realize how much diet plays into overall performance. When

693
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Speaker 1: when did you see a shift into like that being

694
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Speaker 1: such a big thing, maybe for you to focus on

695
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: your career, or maybe a change in the way that

696
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Speaker 1: when you first started out to now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I guess when I first was like, oh gosh,

698
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 2: I had this aha moment like food is important just

699
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 2: for the athlete. It was in college, so I tore

700
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 2: my ACL going into my junior year, so I had

701
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,479
Speaker 2: a full red shirt year to to not think about

702
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 2: being physically active, right, and so I had to think about, well,

703
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 2: how do I better myself as an athlete, as a teammate,

704
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,959
Speaker 2: as a professional at that time, and I had a

705
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 2: declared nutrition as my major. I'm like, okay, so how

706
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 2: do I make myself better? And so that was probably

707
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 2: my iha aha moment. I could focus on nutrition. I

708
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 2: could start kind of thinking about how does it, how

709
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 2: does it relate to the athlete, and how can I

710
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: take that into further practice? And so that was probably

711
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 2: my aha moment. But I would say just when I

712
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 2: knew that nutrition made a big difference here at the

713
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings, it didn't and it wasn't mean. But I

714
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Speaker 2: would say twenty nineteen, it was my first year here

715
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 2: and we went to playoffs, and I do think a

716
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 2: lot of the guys, you know, when I was first here,

717
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 2: we're asking about nutrition and we started making like, you know,

718
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: legit practices, And I do think I do think that

719
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Speaker 2: nutrition I don't think got them to the playoffs, but

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Speaker 2: I do think that it was a major role of

721
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Speaker 2: just turn around for the guys and to better themselves

722
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 2: as athletes.

723
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Speaker 4: So probably then, yeah, that's interesting.

724
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean because they're always talking about, like especially

725
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: now this new staff, they're talking about all of the

726
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: ways they can do with like their predictive analytics and

727
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: figuring out to prevent injury. Do you take that from

728
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Speaker 1: like a nutrition side too, like what can we do

729
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: to help when you become inflamed or things like that?

730
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think nutrition has always been that front runner

731
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 2: for that because a lot of nutrition, well, in the

732
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 2: healthcare setting, it's going to be tertiary, right, someone gets sick,

733
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 2: they have diabetes, Okay.

734
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Speaker 4: How do we treat them now?

735
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Speaker 2: Versus in the performance setup, it's primary, it's like, okay,

736
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: you know, what can we do for you? You might

737
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: not see a turnaround effect, it might not make it

738
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Speaker 2: the fastest sprinter. Because I was just talking to a

739
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 2: colleague about that, I'm like, justin Jefferson, let's just take

740
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Speaker 2: him for instance. I wish that I could say that

741
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 2: nutrition is what makes JJJJ it's not true, right or Lebron.

742
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 2: I use him as an example, like, it won't make

743
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 2: him Lebron James, They're already gifted athletes. But you know,

744
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 2: on a given instance, if JJ or Lebron had something

745
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 2: bad to eat prior to going to a game, they're

746
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 2: not going to be their full seuse or you know,

747
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 2: haven't forbid, they don't even play that game. So a

748
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 2: lot of nutrition is primary. You might not see the effects.

749
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,959
Speaker 2: And so even yeah, when I'm working with data analytics,

750
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 2: mostly on weight side, so nutrition is connected a lot

751
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 2: with weight and so that's where I probably play a

752
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 2: role more so. But a lot of nutrition is investigative.

753
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 2: We look at things that will help prevent injury if

754
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 2: we can. But at the end of the day, these

755
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 2: guys are going to go put their bodies to major tests.

756
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 2: You know, they are going to things are going to happen.

757
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 2: You know Lewis scene in London, you know that's nothing

758
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 2: that even a you know, a bottle of milk could

759
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 2: have probably prevented at that spot. But you know, at

760
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 2: the end of the day, how do we how do

761
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 2: we help him to be his best self going into

762
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Speaker 2: that game?

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Speaker 1: What is it like being in charge of so many

764
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Speaker 1: specific different diets, like you're fueling guys like JJ, who

765
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: will be the greatest receiver when it's all said and done. Ever,

766
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: and you get to sit down and be like, all right, man,

767
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: you got to start eating some more vitamin D or something.

768
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 2: Right like, So yeah, right now, we have a roster

769
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Speaker 2: of close to ninety right, And I love to tell

770
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 2: people I have ninety guys with ninety different personalities, ninety

771
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 2: different backgrounds, ninety different mothers who came from a different kitchen, right,

772
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: or maybe they didn't have a mother, maybe of his

773
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 2: grandparents or whatever. So you know, my this offseason, it's

774
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: it's knowing, it's getting to know these players. We have

775
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 2: a really new squad with us this year, and it's

776
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 2: really getting to know them. What clicks, what doesn't, What

777
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 2: do they like for food? I would say at the

778
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Speaker 2: end of the day, you know, I try to cater

779
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Speaker 2: to that. But also I think that gets you into trouble, right,

780
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 2: because if you try to cater to each person, you're

781
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 2: having ninety different meals at a given instance. And also

782
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 2: that's that's a lot of stress on our chef, and

783
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 2: so I try to give him the best quality that

784
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 2: our Minnesota chefs can give them, and they probably you

785
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 2: won't see in this building a lot of Southern food.

786
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 2: We're not, you know, we're not. They're not Southern chefs,

787
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 2: but you know they're going to get the best Midwest

788
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: food that they can. And it's kind of trying to

789
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 2: teach those guys a little bit too, is like, Hey,

790
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 2: you know, I want you to have good quality food.

791
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 2: I want you to have quality food that's going to

792
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 2: help you perform, but also I need you to kind

793
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 2: of work with me and realize that what you're going

794
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 2: to get is different from what you got at home

795
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 2: to some degree, and so and then we'll just play

796
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 2: around with it a little bit. If I do have

797
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 2: a picky eater, I try to work with him in

798
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 2: that instance, or a guy who really needs to work

799
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: on nutrition just given his weight or injury status. And

800
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 2: so if I can develop those relationships, what should I

801
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 2: try to do on this off season? Now I know

802
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 2: what I'm working with going into in season.

803
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 4: You spoke about chef Chef Page just loves our as

804
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 4: our girl. You guys shout out, yeah, right, that's right.

805
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,399
Speaker 1: She Yeah, you work very closely together to kind of

806
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: like like I think besides knowing what the players are

807
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: putting their body, that that's part of you making menus

808
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: and talking it over with her. So how much of

809
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: and like even for instance, on the road, you are

810
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: talking to the hotel staff there, you're making sure all

811
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: the food is exactly what you need when it comes

812
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: down to even walking through the hotel meals, like they

813
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: have a whole room. I don't know if anyone knows this,

814
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: but like they have a whole room where there's just

815
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: a bunch of meals and the guys just gather and

816
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: eat there.

817
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 4: You're like in charge of all that.

818
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 1: I mean, it must be a lot to organize it is, however,

819
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Speaker 1: I guess I'm also I know I'm working with like

820
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: twenty something maybe thirty something year old. Everyone here, I

821
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: think is a creature of habit, diet or nutrition is

822
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: the same way is like, man, there's millions of foods

823
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: out there. We probably set ourselves up to one hundred

824
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: on a given you know, month or whatever that we

825
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: cycle through in our lifetime. So yes, when I have

826
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: a new set of guys coming in a new team,

827
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: it's harder because now I kind of sometimes start from scratch.

828
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: But once you get it in that routine creatures of habit.

829
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: They're not going to want to change anything on you know,

830
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: game night, definitely not on game day, and so that

831
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: makes it a lot more easier. It's more like it's

832
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: kind of fine tuning at that process, giving them a

833
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: little variety, because again, things can get bored and maybe

834
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: I want you to try to open up your horizons.

835
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: But in terms of with me and Chef, yeah, it

836
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: was funny.

837
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 2: I mean we just spent was it last was it

838
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 2: Monday or Friday last week just sitting on the floor

839
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 2: looking at our set of menus and just being like,

840
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 2: how does it look? And piecing things together. So it

841
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 2: was kind of like there's some science to it. She's

842
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 2: a very sciencey person. There's you know, flavors, there's making

843
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 2: sure that we can within a given meal, can we

844
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 2: try to accommodate all ninety guys, not to mention the

845
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 2: two hundred plus step staff that we have to work with.

846
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 2: I think sometimes people think that we don't think about them.

847
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 2: Yes we do, because we hear you guys. However, you

848
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 2: know the players are you know, our thoughts are worth

849
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 2: the players for you first and foremost, as they're the

850
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 2: ones within that given meal about to go out and

851
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 2: perform for us. And so you know, we we really try.

852
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 2: We try our hardest to please as many people as

853
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 2: we can. We know we're never gonna get it perfect,

854
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 2: but we we will look through menus on a constant

855
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 2: daily basis and be like, we're gonna have tacos with

856
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 2: I don't know tilapia today.

857
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 4: I don't know if that's going to cut it.

858
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 2: We know that JJ hates that I'm throwing him out

859
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,919
Speaker 2: there because we've but that's not him.

860
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 4: But so, I mean, we will wouldn't be wanting. We

861
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 4: don't really do that. We don't do that. I even

862
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 4: brought for sure, that's for sure. No, but no, we

863
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 4: we do.

864
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: We it's it's a process, and you know, and it's

865
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 2: so hard. Food is emotional, right, if you can get

866
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 2: emotional about food, and everyone comes from a different place

867
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 2: of where they see food and how they want it,

868
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 2: how they want it, and it's it it can be hard,

869
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 2: right because one day you might just serve something crazy

870
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 2: and someone's having a bad day and the first thing

871
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 2: they're going to do is probably call out the food

872
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 2: when we know it wasn't that right, And I've seen

873
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 2: that so many times postgame if we had a really

874
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 2: bad game and I'm serving something where I'm like, oh man,

875
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 2: we're we're gonna knock this out of the park. If

876
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 2: it was a really bad game or that player had

877
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: a bad game, man, I will hear about it. And

878
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 2: I know they're not coming from a place of like

879
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 2: I hate you, remy, I know you're not getting it right,

880
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 2: but man, it's just it can be emotional, and that's

881
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,919
Speaker 2: the first thing they turned to. It's easy to turn

882
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 2: to and criticize.

883
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: Well, it feels like you're getting a lot more right

884
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: than wrong around appreciate.

885
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 4: The players thought so too.

886
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: It was the NFLPA report card that came out rating

887
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: a lot of the each team certain categories, nutrition being

888
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 1: one of them, and a minus.

889
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 4: Yeah I ain't the minus.

890
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: But I know the minus just sounds negative when you

891
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:42,280
Speaker 1: say it out there, but it's.

892
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 4: Still an A. It's still an I know.

893
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 2: I had to look at it because everyone in the

894
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 2: group got an A. And I'm like, I'm just always

895
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 2: gonna work hard, and the players know it. I'm always

896
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 2: going to work the hardest and even if it was

897
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 2: a is an F, I'm like, you know what it is,

898
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 2: what it is, and how do you get it to

899
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 2: be med? You know, all those, and so I think

900
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 2: we I think in my you know, I'm going on

901
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,319
Speaker 2: five years, I think I think we've come a long

902
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 2: way in that in our kitchen for sure, with Chef

903
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 2: Page being an additional again, shout out chef, I think

904
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: she's overturned that cafe a lot, and so I'm happy

905
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 2: with the A minus two years probably would have got.

906
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 4: Way lower than that.

907
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 2: You know, I think one thing with with that survey,

908
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: it was mostly on the food side. I think we

909
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 2: want to change it more to the nutrition side. So

910
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 2: what we do kind of at the fuel bar, I

911
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 2: want to see what the guys think of that. But

912
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 2: over I'm not mad about it. I think that was

913
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 2: like fifth or six overall with all teams in the Midwest.

914
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, we're but I'm coming for you packers.

915
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,439
Speaker 4: And the fuel bar that you mentioned.

916
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: The fuel bar a lot, A nice little place for

917
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: everyone to walk around, get their get their shakes, get

918
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: their smoothies, their supplements, things like that. How much does

919
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,720
Speaker 1: that play into it, like having the camaraderie and seeing

920
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 1: their faces.

921
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 2: The fuel bar, Oh, it's a huge difference, I asked

922
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,280
Speaker 2: people around the league. I mean, we have like the

923
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,400
Speaker 2: the Gold, the the Ultimate fuel bar. Where it's located.

924
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 2: It's right outside the locker room. It's right outside the

925
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 2: training room, the the gym, the indoor practice facility.

926
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 4: That is the hub. That is where I get to

927
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 4: interact with the guys a lot. I can.

928
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 2: I can almost you know, I can be sitting in

929
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 2: my office and I hear someone and I'm like, oh man,

930
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 2: that's Brian awesome O coming. You know, yeah, Like I

931
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 2: can just you know, yeah, now I can like I

932
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 2: don't even have to see a player.

933
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 4: I know they're coming. Yeah, And so like a lot

934
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 4: of action happens there.

935
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 2: It's a lot of the times I get to know

936
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 2: the guys, communicate with the guys and all that. So

937
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 2: I love the fuel bar for that instance. Is that,

938
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 2: you know, that's just a lot of where my interaction

939
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 2: with these players and and do I need to catch

940
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 2: them and talk to them about nutrition or their fuel

941
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 2: Like I can do it right there. I don't have

942
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 2: to come outside or go home from three floors down

943
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 2: to come do it and try to track them.

944
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,959
Speaker 4: It's it's right at that. That is really nice.

945
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: Well, and you're you're right there at the locker when

946
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: they come in from practice to making sure they're on

947
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: their p's and q's as they walk, and.

948
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 4: They take you very seriously.

949
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: I've seen you joke with them a lot, but they

950
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: even to take you very seriously, which is nice, a

951
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: nice respect.

952
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 4: I oh, I love it.

953
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 2: I mean that NFL survey you kind of or interview

954
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 2: that you mentioned that one piece was you know, I

955
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,839
Speaker 2: did get a text from Kirk and he's a busy man,

956
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 2: let's be honest.

957
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 4: I mean, he's filming that Netflix shows and all this stuff.

958
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 4: He didn't have to text me.

959
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 2: He did, and you know, that was one of the

960
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 2: highlights of my career is just to hear from a

961
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 2: player as busy as is, as you know how much

962
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 2: he's got going on. Just to hear from him to say,

963
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 2: like you are doing a good job, like the players

964
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 2: really do respect you as a person and all that.

965
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 2: That just ignites my fuel even more. I mean, I

966
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 2: have it in me. I have that grit in me.

967
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: I think so every day to come here and show

968
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 2: the guys like I'm willing, I'm here for you, and

969
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 2: that's the end of the day. That's what I'm going

970
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 2: to do, and so I think with that respect, they

971
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 2: they see who I am. I don't think I changed much.

972
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 2: I am a jokester, So I think great with these

973
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 2: young ones that it happens. But I think if I'm

974
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: real with them, if I'm going to tell them the truth,

975
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 2: sometimes it might hurt or but I'm trying to make

976
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 2: them better. Long as I see that, I think that's

977
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 2: where the respect comes.

978
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 4: I do.

979
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: I think they completely see that you come from such

980
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: a good place with what you're saying, and.

981
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,359
Speaker 4: Uh, that's pretty cool about Kirk.

982
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: Kirk has been known to send some text messages here

983
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,399
Speaker 1: and there to say thank you, and that's really great

984
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: that he reached out to you. Yeah, I know that.

985
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 4: That must have been really cool.

986
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 2: Yea.

987
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, Now what Remy's talking about as an article on

988
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: NFL dot com, it's a series that they posted. I

989
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: highly recommend anyone to go on and read them. They

990
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 1: highlighted a handful of women around the league and a

991
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: next Woman Up series. When they contacted you about that, like,

992
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 1: what was your first reaction or how did they how

993
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: did they know? I mean, to be honest, I don't

994
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: know someone nominated you, right, that's what I'm speaking.

995
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 2: No, I have no idea of Yeah, it was it

996
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 2: was Carly Bank from here. She came to Yeah, she

997
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 2: came to my office. She said, hey, they you know,

998
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 2: they reached out about you, Like, yeah, I have no idea,

999
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 2: but hey, why not. I did not think it was

1000
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 2: going to be as big as that I've done, Like

1001
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 2: I've done little podcasts, I've done little things on you know,

1002
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 2: a sleep number and all those, but I didn't know

1003
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 2: it was going to get to that extreme, you know.

1004
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 2: And I thought it was cool. I thought they wrote

1005
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 2: that article. It was the person who wrote it. That

1006
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 2: was her first article. I was like, wow, like you

1007
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 2: did good. That didn't even look like your first one.

1008
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 2: And I think she captured just some of my genuine

1009
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,280
Speaker 2: kind of thoughts and aspirations in that article.

1010
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 4: So I yeah, yeah, kudos to her. It must have

1011
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 4: been really cool. When you heard about that, you were like.

1012
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 2: Really yeah, Well honestly, I was just like, sure, why not,

1013
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,959
Speaker 2: It's just like another little thing like So I didn't

1014
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 2: really catch on to it. I didn't read anyone before,

1015
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 2: and I know I have some colleagues who were in

1016
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 2: that in that series, so I didn't really know until

1017
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 2: it released that.

1018
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,840
Speaker 4: I'm like, oh man, this is it's a big I

1019
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 4: didn't say anything in.

1020
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: No as far as like a woman in a man's

1021
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: sport space. Are there many dietitians in the NFL that

1022
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: are women and what has it been like to be

1023
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: in that type of world?

1024
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:53,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, so dietitians in general, I compare them to nurses, right.

1025
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: Nurses are majority female, So it is a pretty heavy

1026
00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 2: populated women environment. But now you're talking about sports, right,

1027
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 2: and that is definitely a male dominated And so I

1028
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,240
Speaker 2: do have colleagues. There is female colleagues. I would say,

1029
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,320
Speaker 2: I haven't looked at the numbers recently, but it's probably

1030
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 2: a maybe about an even split. Maybe there's still a

1031
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 2: little bit more women if you count all the teams

1032
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 2: inside this building. Yeah, it's still male dominated. I don't

1033
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,280
Speaker 2: think we're going to see that shift probably in our lifetime,

1034
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 2: if I'm being honest him so. But but I do

1035
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 2: think it's been fun. It's been fun working with my

1036
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 2: colleagues around. I've gotten to know them every year that's

1037
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,280
Speaker 2: progressed inside this building.

1038
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 4: I work with some great, you know people.

1039
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 2: I think here at the Minnesota Vikings were always pushing

1040
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 2: it to like what's innovative, what's new? How can we,

1041
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 2: you know, make performance even better and help these guys

1042
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 2: And I think that's why we're probably you know, high

1043
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 2: up on that that survey too, and so it's been fun. Yes,

1044
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,240
Speaker 2: my personal goals definitely withinside the NFL is to expand

1045
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 2: it in terms of diversity, you know, female, all those things,

1046
00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 2: and be that advocate for people within my professions.

1047
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 1: So it's it's growing. That's awesome, it's getting there, but yeah,

1048
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,440
Speaker 1: it will be tiny. So I read that you have

1049
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: you did a lot of schooling to be here. You

1050
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: didn't just happen to like one day think, oh, I

1051
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: know a lot about food and here I go.

1052
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 4: Like you mentioned the science earlier.

1053
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 1: For those that maybe want to get into a field

1054
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: like this, what does it take as far as schooling?

1055
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 4: And then any advice.

1056
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I first love that you introduced me as a

1057
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 2: dietitian because a lot of people will say nutritionists, and

1058
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 2: so right off the bat, I tell them, no, if

1059
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 2: you do know me, if you do really actually wanted

1060
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 2: to get in this field, there's a difference between a

1061
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,720
Speaker 2: nutritionist and a dietitian. So like being called a personal

1062
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 2: trainer versus a strength and conditioning coach.

1063
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 4: And so there does take schooling.

1064
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,800
Speaker 2: It does take at least a four year certain degree,

1065
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 2: and then after that it does take you getting into

1066
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 2: an internship, which is a matching program just like medical doctors.

1067
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,919
Speaker 4: Okay, wow, so yeah, so it does and it's intense. Yeah.

1068
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 2: And the day that I found out was matched, which

1069
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 2: was West Virginia University, it was on April Fool's Day.

1070
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 2: I was like, oh wow, this is a horrible day

1071
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 2: to find out if you can match.

1072
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:05,799
Speaker 4: To a school or not.

1073
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 2: You know, I'm like, oh my gosh, terrible timing. And

1074
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 2: they switched it now. But you know, it is a

1075
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 2: lot of work because you spend four years to think

1076
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 2: am I going to do this, and then to get matched,

1077
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 2: and at that point it was maybe fifty percent or

1078
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 2: low that we're getting matched, and then you're like, gosh,

1079
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 2: what do I do now from here? You know, Thankfully

1080
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 2: West Virginia they agreed to me. I agreed to them.

1081
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 2: It was a master's combined, so there are starting to

1082
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 2: make it. We're now a dietitian. I think in the

1083
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 2: year twenty twenty four you have to have a master's degree.

1084
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 4: Dang, that's great. It is it's great.

1085
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 2: And then also I'm like, you might be getting you know,

1086
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 2: you might be limiting the people who can come and

1087
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 2: afford it. Yeah, and then you know, I joke with people,

1088
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:47,280
Speaker 2: I'm like, I love to school.

1089
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 4: I was forever student.

1090
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 2: I want to say, but I think my advisor liked

1091
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 2: me so much that she kept me on to do

1092
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 2: a dissertation. I wouldn't say, like, hey, everyone go do one,

1093
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 2: because I don't think a PhD is for the faint

1094
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 2: of heart, nor should it be, or everyone would get one,

1095
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 2: but it's not required.

1096
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:06,239
Speaker 4: The masters is required.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't have to be a nutrition Honestly, I say, if

1098
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 2: you are going to do you should brain your horizons

1099
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 2: a little bit, you know, if you're going to get

1100
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,879
Speaker 2: a master's. But that's the basics of that. And then

1101
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 2: if you want to get into certain fields, like for sports,

1102
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 2: there is certifications there which require an extra like hours

1103
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 2: in that field and then another exam. So we do

1104
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 2: have to take an exam. We do have to get

1105
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 2: continuing ds as well. Every year we have to be

1106
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,919
Speaker 2: licensed not only as a registered dietitian as a whole,

1107
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 2: but in the state of Minnesota.

1108
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Speaker 4: So I keep up with that.

1109
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,880
Speaker 2: So there's a lot more that goes into it, and

1110
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 2: I don't try to hold people back to that. But

1111
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,800
Speaker 2: what I do is just try to elevate our profession

1112
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 2: to say, I wish, you know, I just studied apples

1113
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 2: and oranges, but no, I was taking biology courses. I

1114
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 2: was taking organic KEM, which isn't also for the fate

1115
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 2: of heart. But you know, like I graduated with a

1116
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 2: girl who's now a PA because she set herself up

1117
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 2: for med school.

1118
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 4: So those were the classes that we were, Wow, we're taking.

1119
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why I think it's important to talk about

1120
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: because I think that like a people need to understand

1121
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: like how important like this is. These athletes are the

1122
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,399
Speaker 1: best in the country and they have to treat their

1123
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: bodies as such. I agree, and hand in hand with you,

1124
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 1: someone who knows they're doing. It's not like they just

1125
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:21,959
Speaker 1: you show up and it's like, oh, I don't really

1126
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,279
Speaker 1: Oh I know that it's good to eat protein, right,

1127
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 1: Like that's not that's not necessarily right right now. There's Yeah,

1128
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: there's definitely some science too, and and that's where it's

1129
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: hard because a lot of people, you know, they read

1130
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff on nutrition in the in the

1131
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: media or with their favorite actor and actress, And I'm like,

1132
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: it's totally different when you're working with the millions of

1133
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: dollars right right, that might not be something you want

1134
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 1: to say to someone who's about to go and perform,

1135
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 1: you know, for.

1136
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 4: A lot of money.

1137
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:49,480
Speaker 2: And and so yeah, I I you know, I just

1138
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 2: I say, yeah, we treat our jobs seriously, but there's

1139
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 2: so much more that we could do too that I wish.

1140
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 2: You know, sometimes people knew that it's not just about

1141
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 2: creating a meal plan. No, it's it's really to know

1142
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 2: these guys and knowing where they're coming from, and then

1143
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 2: now do we tailor nutrition to them and their goals.

1144
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,800
Speaker 1: I love that, Well, we appreciate you so much or

1145
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: always a happy face around here, and you keep us fed.

1146
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: That's very nice of you to say that you think

1147
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: of staff. But honestly, I always tell people like I'm

1148
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 1: just happy to get the leftovers, like I.

1149
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 4: Don't really care. You don't have to play it, and we

1150
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 4: try not to have just leftover.

1151
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: Oh no, no, you don't have left It is by

1152
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: far the biggest perk of the job for me, the

1153
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,359
Speaker 1: fact that I can go and eat food and it's

1154
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:28,720
Speaker 1: like really healthy, and when I was dieting for the wedding,

1155
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:30,399
Speaker 1: I appreciated the salad bar a lot.

1156
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:34,959
Speaker 2: So we yeah again, Like I always tell people, yes,

1157
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 2: I wish I could say, like.

1158
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 4: You guys are my priority, but my priority is with

1159
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 4: these guys, and there's times where that's where I should be.

1160
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, And there's times where I will be the last

1161
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 2: eat if I can eat at all, you know, And

1162
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 2: I'm like, I hear where you're coming from. I wish,

1163
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 2: but I'm like, at the end of the day, I'm

1164
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 2: going to see that my guys are fed first and

1165
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 2: then I'm going to make my way into there.

1166
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: It's a privilege, not a right. And if anybody wants

1167
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 1: to come at you about that, you can tell them

1168
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:57,359
Speaker 1: to come.

1169
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:58,919
Speaker 4: So I'll probably put them on their way.

1170
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 2: Well, there will be some of those, but I will

1171
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 2: make sure that. Yeah, I always try to be the

1172
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 2: bad guy. I don't even want chef to be the

1173
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 2: bad guy on that. At the end of the day,

1174
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 2: it's most of the time is my call.

1175
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 1: So no, I love that, and I love your sports background,

1176
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,879
Speaker 1: how smart you are, how you're setting such a realizing path.

1177
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 4: Let's not go there.

1178
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,759
Speaker 1: Take the credit, take the credit. Thank you so much

1179
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: so for doing this. We appreciate this and congratulations, I'm

1180
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: being recognized league wide. That's pretty awesome, awesome, Thank you

1181
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 1: so much. Yes, it's been great. Thank you so much

1182
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: to Remy for being our guest this week. I love

1183
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,480
Speaker 1: hearing more about what she does, her relationship with the players,

1184
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: and how much diet plays into what players are doing.

1185
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: I think so much now as how can you keep

1186
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 1: your body the most healthy? And it's nice skilll you know,

1187
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: peek behind the curtain, as you could say.

1188
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 5: I think the craziest thing is just to see how

1189
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 5: much has evolved over the years. I mean so much

1190
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 5: of before I remember the amount of players that would

1191
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 5: be and who knows what they do when they walk

1192
00:50:56,719 --> 00:50:58,799
Speaker 5: out the door. But I know that just at least

1193
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 5: the healthy options that we have currently here at TCO.

1194
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:05,520
Speaker 5: I remember years and years ago and you know, landland

1195
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:09,400
Speaker 5: far far away from here, guys running through and you know,

1196
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:12,719
Speaker 5: chomping down burritos and everything else, trying to whether they

1197
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 5: are trying to bulk or whatever. I think there's so

1198
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,319
Speaker 5: much more science behind it now and it's kind of

1199
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 5: the idea of garbage and garbage out. You know, if

1200
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 5: you aren't putting the good stuff into your system, you're

1201
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 5: not going to get peak performance out of it. And

1202
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 5: so having people like Remy around to really be able

1203
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,320
Speaker 5: to steward that, I think is a huge thing, and

1204
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,240
Speaker 5: it's great to have somebody that I think everyone seems

1205
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:36,359
Speaker 5: to support and rally around. She's a great, infectious personality

1206
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,439
Speaker 5: within the building and I think just everyone loves working

1207
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,440
Speaker 5: with her, So it's always good to be able to

1208
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 5: kind of hear from her about more about what they

1209
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:43,520
Speaker 5: really do.

1210
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 6: Behind the scenes.

1211
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, she's I mean, just her job is so detailed

1212
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 3: and so meticulous and it takes a lot of care

1213
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 3: to be able to manage a role like that, but

1214
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 3: also have the players respect you also, So I've i

1215
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 3: mean kudos to what she's doing and what she's already done.

1216
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 3: You could just tell. I mean, even certain staff I know,

1217
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 3: like staff members come down and talk to him and

1218
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 3: they're just like Remy, like I'm trying to gain weight

1219
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 3: or I'm trying to lose weight, what should I do?

1220
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 3: And she'll walk them through a plan also, So it

1221
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,359
Speaker 3: goes way beyond the football field with her, and I'm

1222
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 3: so glad that we have her on our team.

1223
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 4: For sure.

1224
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: Well, we've still got some stuff coming out about the

1225
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: team this just because it's offseason. We have a few

1226
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: things dropping this week, and as we said, the organization

1227
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,839
Speaker 1: takes a nice week break for.

1228
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 4: The fourth of July, so excited to do that.

1229
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 1: But before we do, another episode of Pick six drops

1230
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: this week, so we'll be on the lookout for that

1231
00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,280
Speaker 1: on YouTube or the Vikings app gaber. We looking forward

1232
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,439
Speaker 1: to any exciting stuff coming out soon.

1233
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 3: Yep, we have a chopping it up episode with the

1234
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 3: coaches coming out July fourth week.

1235
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:49,400
Speaker 6: So thanks.

1236
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 3: Really good conversation with Keene McCardell, Chris Brump and Matt Daniels.

1237
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 3: All three great coaches here, all three coaches that I

1238
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,439
Speaker 3: believe will be heck coaches in the NFL one day

1239
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 3: if they really want it.

1240
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,200
Speaker 1: So be able to look out for that, Jay, anything

1241
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,399
Speaker 1: exciting going on. I mean, you're probably taking a nice

1242
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: little break.

1243
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:11,239
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, this is always the kind of demarcation line

1244
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 5: for everybody have won the off season. It's kind of

1245
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:16,319
Speaker 5: the joke around here. I've heard, you know, Leeber talk

1246
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:17,960
Speaker 5: about it in the past. Webile getting bubble guts and

1247
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 5: all this kind of stuff. After fourth of July week.

1248
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 5: For me, the depressing side would always be fourth of

1249
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 5: July be done, and on July fifth, look at my

1250
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,440
Speaker 5: family like, well, summer's over, and they're just kind of

1251
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,040
Speaker 5: look at me sideways, and I'm like, mentally, this is

1252
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,919
Speaker 5: where the switch gets flipped. So for us, I think

1253
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 5: when we can take a chunk of time here and

1254
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 5: luckily the organization is generous to all of us just

1255
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 5: to say we know what's about to come. So just

1256
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 5: take that Fourth of July week off, enjoy it with

1257
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 5: your friends and family, recharge as much as you can,

1258
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 5: and then be ready for go time because we're less

1259
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,520
Speaker 5: than five weeks away at this point from you know,

1260
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 5: hitting some major deadlines here for the team, so we're

1261
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:54,720
Speaker 5: looking forward to that coming up here. And it always

1262
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:56,600
Speaker 5: gets to the end of the off season and we're

1263
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 5: just like we made it, you know, we finally got here.

1264
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:01,200
Speaker 5: But with all the play and everything that's going on,

1265
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 5: we need all the time that we can, so for us,

1266
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 5: especially mentally and physically, looking forward to the recharge next

1267
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 5: week while we are.

1268
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,799
Speaker 1: Off, Yes, enjoy it while you can, and if you

1269
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,400
Speaker 1: do have a chance to check out the website Vikings

1270
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,399
Speaker 1: dot com backslash training camp, you can find all those

1271
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:19,319
Speaker 1: dates and deadlines that Jay was just talking about. Get

1272
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,520
Speaker 1: your tickets now. Yep, there'll be several open practices.

1273
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 4: Of course, there are also those two home preseason games on.

1274
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 1: Back to back Saturdays, So get your tickets now to

1275
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:31,440
Speaker 1: get yourself ready for the twenty twenty three Viking season.

1276
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Speaker 1: For now, we will take a quick break on this podcast,

1277
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:39,080
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