1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Coming here and meeting everybody and seeing everything firsthand just 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: realigned all of those positive perceptions I had about this place. 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: And you feel the magic in the air. If you 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: want to be cliche about it, I guess, but it's 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: good vibes going right now. I was fortunate enough to 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: be a part of the number one defense in the 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: NFL last regular season. The identity of this team is 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: still being built. We's going to lay the foundation this 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: spring and find out true identity in training. Can what 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: is going on? And Welcome to episode number one thirty 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: six of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. I'm your host Gape 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: Henderson alongs at producer Jay Nelson, and this week Jay, 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: free agency continued in a big way. We thought it 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: was over. We thought Harrison Phillips and Jordan Hicks was 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: going to be how we build this team and free 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: agency and then boom. That was my favorite thing. I've 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: been getting text why aren't the Vikings doing anything? Why 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: free agency is over? I'm like, it literally had been 19 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: two or three days into free agency. It was just 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: people want to see the splash play. They want to 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: see something big happen, and just kind of the preaching 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: of the normal patients at the same point, when you 23 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: see what we did this week, it gets a lot 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: of people excited about the moves this team is making. Currently. 25 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: The boom is Zadarius Smith. He was a free agent 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: this offseason and there were reports that he signed with 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens. I think it was a four year 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: deal around thirty million, and then he backed out last minute. 29 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: If you want to hear his full explanation, you can 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: head on over to Vikings dot com. But ultimately he 31 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: said he's thankful for his time in Baltimore. He started 32 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: his career there's first three years, then got traded to 33 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, had two or three years there, 34 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: and then now he had the opportunity to pick a team, 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: and now in the Minnesota Vikings came up into the 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: picture and a few conversations later, a few social media 37 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: posts later, he ended up in Minnesota. Viking and Green 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: Bay Packers fans are mad and ultimately, for this podcast, 39 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: that's what we want. It was once you started to 40 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: see some of the social media stuff really kicking in, 41 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: that's when he knew, hey, there's a little more fire 42 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: to the smoke that we're seeing at this point and 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: on the day that he was that he did sign. 44 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: When I saw him come in in the morning, I 45 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: saw him at breakfast, I'm like, oh, that's good. He's 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: still here. And he's at breakfast. Lunchtime came around and 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he's wearing something different. I'm like, oh, 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: that's a very good sign. So it was all systems 49 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: go when they signed Zadarius, and it was great to 50 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: kind of do the addition by subtraction, bring him in. 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: Hopefully he can be an asset for us. At the 52 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: same point, be able to pull him away from a 53 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: place like Green Bay where he was kind of a 54 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: menace against us at times. So again, the excitement from fans, 55 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: the excitement even internally to be able to land somebody 56 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: like Zadarius, the hope and the promise of what he 57 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: could bring is very, very exciting. I just feel like, 58 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: whenever I'm on vacation, that's when things usually happen. You 59 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: need to leave more often, just get out of here, 60 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: let us, let us keep doing things. Gave walks back 61 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: in and goes, all right, what just happened? What can 62 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: I talk about? Everybody calmed down. I mean, the first 63 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: time I went on vacation, Quasia Dopo Mitza, he signed, well, 64 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: we signed him as a general minor, Larry Minor. And 65 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: then you move on to now Zadarius Smith. So things 66 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: are in the works. The Minnesota Vikings are trying to 67 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: build this roster both through free agency and throughout the 68 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: draft that is coming up here soon in late April. 69 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: But you look at these moves and you say, okay, well, 70 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: this is a great start to what Zadarius Smift was 71 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: saying in his press conference. The ultimate goal right now, first, 72 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: new foremost is to win the North. We're putting ourselves 73 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: in position, and the Green Bay Packers are helping by 74 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: not having Devantay Adams on the roster and now Zadarius 75 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: Smith signing here. So your overall thoughts of just what 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: these moves mean to us trying to win the NFC North. 77 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm just going to reiterate kind of what I talked 78 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: about last week even on the show, and say further 79 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: proof that ownership, front office, coaching, everyone's on the same 80 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: page when they said we're not blowing this thing up 81 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: and we're not starting from scratch. We have some very 82 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: good players and talent on this roster, and by bolstering 83 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: and adding guys like today's guest for the interview with 84 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: her and Phillips, Zadarius Smith, and some of the other 85 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: defensive pieces that we've been looking at improving, including Jordan Hicks. 86 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: You're adding pieces, especially pass rush wise, that are looking 87 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: to address issues that we had last season. So for me, 88 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: adding a Zadarius Smith with the idea of a tandem 89 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: of him and Denil Hunter. Now that Danil is basically 90 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: solidified that he's going to be a part of this 91 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: team as well contractually, the prospect of Zadarius on one 92 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: side Denial on the other should make people very very 93 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: happy on our side and very very nervous when they're 94 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: game planning for that on a weekly basis. Yeah, meat 95 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: after quarterback two point zero. That is correct. That is correct. 96 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: That is the mantra for this upcoming year. According to 97 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: Zadarius Smith, Well, that was the thing went so when 98 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: social media when that hit, when he put that out there, 99 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: I had people saying, Oh, that's really cool, and I 100 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: went he had to have gone through the museum tour 101 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: that they were gonna They've They've sent a bunch of 102 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: the people that have come in on the museum tour 103 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: just to kind of show in the history. And when 104 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: he tweeted that out, I immediately knew that was the 105 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: Purple People leader bit. And then you saw Carl Eller 106 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: kind of retweet that, kind of saying, you know exactly, 107 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: that's just it. When when you have one of the 108 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: Purple People leaders kind of given the thumbs up on 109 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 1: him tweeting that out again, I took that as another 110 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: very good sign during this process that he was excited 111 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: to potentially be here. And then the next day he 112 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: did sign So that was great, and that whole mantra 113 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: of meet at the quarterback. That's what this defense has 114 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: been known for in the past. It's what the echoes 115 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: of the history of what this defense is supposed to 116 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: be and what they were known for. If we can 117 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: get back to the mentality as a defense, that's going 118 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: to make people very very happy, especially on our offense, 119 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: where you know that they can minimize what they are 120 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: going to have to face, you know, an uphill battle, 121 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: given up points. If you can minimize that stuff and 122 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: just keep putting the offense back on the field, that 123 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: is going to be a huge, huge help for this team. Yeah, 124 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: I think in addition to that, what quasi adopelments has said. 125 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: At his press conference earlier this week, he said, this 126 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: defense is made to make it easier on the cornerbacks. 127 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: Of course that's going to be that the number one 128 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: position heading into the draft. Okay, how do we fix 129 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: the cornerback position when we have two or three guys 130 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: on the contract. Well, if you don't have a good 131 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: pass rush, no matter who you have at cornerback, is 132 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: going to be a long day for them every single Sunday. 133 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: So I mean Daniel Hunter, well, having him with Zadarius Smith, 134 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: who has forty four and a half career sex those 135 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: two players combined have over one hundred sacks. They were 136 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: both drafted in the same year in twenty fifteen. So 137 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: having both of those guys meeting at the quarterback this 138 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: is a great recipe for success for this Minnesota Vikings 139 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: defense that had a lot of discrepancies last year. Yeah, 140 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: and I think elephant in the room as the idea 141 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: for both of them coming off injuries, you know, like 142 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: how durable are they going to be? Zadarius pointed out 143 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: in his press conference when people kind of ask that question, 144 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: if there's any nervousness about his health, just kind of said, hey, 145 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: I played in the playoff game last year. I came 146 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: back from the rehab, played in the game, felt pretty good, 147 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: and he got a second exactly, and then he got 148 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: to the point where free agency hit. I mean, they 149 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: have to go through all the medical checks and everything. 150 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: The fact that he passed the physical as a big deal. 151 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: So again, there's always the concern that once you have 152 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: an injury, you could do it again. But for a 153 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: guy like Zadarius who came back and played last season 154 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: at the end of the year in a critical spot 155 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: and then on top of that has gone through all 156 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: the medical checks that he has at this point, should 157 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: make fans feel a little bit better about the fact 158 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: that he was coming off an injury. But again, for 159 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: both these guys, if they're both healthy, they are both 160 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: a terror on the field, and you put them out 161 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: there together, that is going to be a lot of 162 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: fun to watch on every single Sunday and hopefully Primetime 163 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: mondays well. Teaming those two guys up with Dalvin Thomason 164 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: in the middle and I guess his new best friend 165 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: in Harrison Phillips. This defense just the defensive front four 166 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: or front five for everyone to look at it and 167 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: in three four defense is going to be a force 168 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: to be reckoned with. We all know if you listen 169 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: to Harrison Phillips press conference when he signed, he is 170 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: an interesting guy. So it is a pleasure to be 171 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: able to sit down with him and get his perspective 172 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: on what it means to be a Minnesota Viking. Here's 173 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: Harrison Phillips for the first time here on the Minnesota 174 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast. We have new Vikings defensive tackle, Harrison Phillips, 175 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: Harrison number three. What should we call you? Have we 176 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: decided this yet? Harry? Harry Harry cubed. I think yeah. 177 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: Someone said Harrison was claimed, Harry was claimed. I think HP. 178 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: I went by HP a couple of times. Just h Man. 179 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: That makes Harry Potter. It makes you like, I want 180 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: to print some papers saying anything. You know, as long 181 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: as they're talking to me, you know, that's fine. I 182 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: don't care what they call you. Yeah. I love what 183 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: you said when you're up on the podium talking about 184 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: your five year old self in this moment. I mean 185 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: when you got the call, when you finally got to 186 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: make your decision and you were on the same page 187 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: as everyone, like, as a as a guy growing up 188 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: watching football? What is what does that mean to you? 189 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: You know, it comes in waves, how it hits you? 190 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: And yeah, obviously that was like super stressful. Who's who? 191 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: How many offers are on the table? Where are these locations? 192 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: Was the statue of the ulture? What's the fan base? Um? 193 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,719 Speaker 1: And then as soon as you made the decision, like 194 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: you know, my girlfriend I just started hugged each other. 195 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: We were crying, and then went upstairs and told my 196 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: parents and yeah, it was it was. It was crazy, 197 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: like I don't know, there's really no words to describe it, 198 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: but everything, you know was aligned the right way, and 199 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: coming here and meeting everybody and seeing everything firsthand just 200 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: realigned all of those, you know, positive perceptions I had 201 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: about this place. And um, you know you feel the 202 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: magic in the air if you want to be cliche 203 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: about it, I guess. But it's the vibes. Good vibes 204 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: are going right now. Yeah, I love it, man. I'm 205 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: gonna get to the story telling questions next, but we 206 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: got to address the ivus here. I was looking at 207 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: some of your pictures online football pictures. You are the 208 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,719 Speaker 1: first person that I've ever seen cut the thumb and 209 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: the index finger at too long. I didn't make it 210 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: too long to please explain my PC answer is it's 211 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: because I get better grip. Okay, the real reason, and 212 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: I don't know why, but for some reason, when I 213 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: run WITHO on my hands tickle I don't know how. Yeah, 214 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: Like it's like a tickling feeling that I like. Yeah, 215 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. Uh. And so I've realized, like 216 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: if I cut the fingers off of just two of them, 217 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: those two make the most sense for grip work and 218 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: stuff too. That I can run and I don't get 219 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: that weird sensation in my hands. This is like when 220 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: I was in high school, does anybody like make fun 221 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 1: of you for like looking like Michael Jackson gloves on? Anything? 222 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: Really giving me too hard of a time. And I'm 223 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: a firm believer that anti swag is the best swag, 224 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: you know, So I'll be out there with them. Yeah 225 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like I don't. I'm not 226 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: trying to have no drip or nothing. I think that's 227 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: like has swag about it itself. So I'm out there 228 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: with long sleeves, loose, long sleeves on, finger gloves all 229 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: cut up, probably blood in one of them, and um, hey, 230 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: I'm out there doing my job trying to win football. 231 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: So you just want to get into trenches and just dominate. 232 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: That's that's that's what they're they're paying to do. Your 233 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: finger's got to get cold, though, Well I've had I've 234 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: had some. I mean these things are scarred up, cuffed up, 235 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: I mean, very nice. Yeah, yeah, I could be a 236 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: model if I like, uh, you know it's in the 237 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: NBA three I'm gonna need this guy, so three stripes, 238 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: you know, but um no, yeah, all good. I love it. Man. 239 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: But now being being a Viking, we're talking about it 240 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,599 Speaker 1: with Jordan Hicks earlier. He's to his third contract and 241 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: he remember getting his second contract. What does this mean 242 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: to you? I'm getting the second deal. Take take all 243 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: situations and teams and everything out of it. You know, 244 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's it's crazy because it's such a big business, right, 245 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: Multi Multi was at ten figure, eleven figure business, billion 246 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: dollar business, and so the numbers can get so skewed. 247 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: Especially you know, we're all we play a childhood game 248 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: and we get paid at king's ransom, right, So you 249 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: have to have that approach with no matter what if 250 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: you're a practice squad, you're the fifty third guy on 251 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 1: the roster, or you're the highest paid player on the team. Um, 252 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: like we're making fantastic generational money, but with pensions and 253 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: you know, the in and out of football and how 254 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,599 Speaker 1: quickly your career can end end and injuries and the 255 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: cost of living when you're in the NFL, having to 256 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: have two homes or two mortgages, or travel or take 257 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: care of family and friends. Um, you know, the more 258 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: money you make, the higher your cost of living goes up. 259 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: And so even though you make really good money in 260 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: those first four years under your first contract, I mean, 261 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: it's a known fact that you get to your second 262 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: contract and that's where you create financial freedom for you 263 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: and your family. And so you know, I remember, you know, 264 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: in a late April twenty eighteen when I got drafted 265 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: to the bills and seeing those numbers, it's it made 266 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,599 Speaker 1: from you know, poor kid twenty one years old, Like 267 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: it blows your mind. Then you get into it and um, 268 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, see some business. You start crunching numbers and stuff, 269 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: and um, you realize it's that second contract that's going 270 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: to change your life forever. And uh, being able to 271 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: see players do it the right way through their hard work, 272 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: through the you know, just the guys who did the 273 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: right way and were rewarded for that. UM, that was 274 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: motivation for me. My whole career is like, hey, I'm 275 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: gonna I'm just gonna keep chucking along, keep trucking along. UM. 276 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 1: And then got here and you know, front office and 277 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: the coach of staff found value in me. They saw 278 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: me and saw who I was on the field and 279 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 1: who I am off the field, and the value that 280 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: can bring you an organization. And UM, to be able 281 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: to do this for my family and my organization, my playmakers, 282 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: the children I work with, like the funds of this 283 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: will be able to bring them and the good I 284 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: can do here in Minnesota and Minneapolis as well as 285 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: back home and in Omahan. And I'll continue to work 286 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: with my foundation in Buffalo. UM. But yeah, you know, 287 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: it's you don't want to become complacent in any sense 288 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: of the word. UM. But there's definitely like a huge 289 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: thank God moment where um, you know, this is definitely 290 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: his doing what motivates you. That's tough. I think I 291 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: remember in the draft process, they kind of tell you 292 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: they coach you up because that's something that you know, 293 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: a lot of gems are going to ask you, like, oh, 294 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: what's your motivation and like, oh, you have a good answer. 295 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: Don't say I want to get that, you know, but um, 296 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: you know, it didn't really take any coaching up for me. 297 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: It was more of a real answer for me. I'm 298 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 1: I'm a man of faith, and so there's been so 299 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: many times in my life that God was reinstating the 300 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: fact that football was the right thing for me. You know, 301 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: they just kind of have a calling through different things. 302 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: And whether it was the passion that I played with, 303 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: the love that I felt from friends and family, the 304 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: aspect of like serving right as I'm playing on the 305 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: on the field, I got ten other brothers with me 306 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: that I'm serving with and doing something together, and the 307 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: collective with and then the audience that it brought me 308 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: that I can turn their eyes to to you know, 309 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: God and Jesus my Savior. And so I just thought 310 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: that my whole life God was pointing me to this way. 311 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: And so I'm a firm believer that you obviously have 312 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: to follow your calling with as much passion and motivation 313 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: as you can. So I think that's a big motivator 314 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: for me. You touched on this a second ago with 315 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: your community involvement, and it's not just in one city. 316 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: It seems like you want to make an impact everywhere 317 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: that you've been or have been. I guess you could 318 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: say what motivated you to go in that direct of 319 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: working with children. I know that's something that's really close 320 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: to your heart. Two time Walter Peyton Manity your nominee. 321 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: So what was it about that particular? Because obviously you 322 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: want to give back and help out as many people 323 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: as you can, but you've really targeted that as your cause. Yeah, 324 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: and the population I work with is children and young 325 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: adults with develout mail differences and special needs. We have, 326 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: you know, I'd say eighty percent of the group that 327 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: we work with our down syndrome or autistic and just 328 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: amazing people, friends that I'll have for life. We have 329 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: probably a thousand playmakers already, and I'm hoping that you know, 330 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: here in Minnesota, I can grow that you know two x, 331 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: But Yeah, I think it's it's really important NFL football players, 332 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: you know, there can be a negative perception about what 333 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: that means. Sometimes we make the headlines for the naughty 334 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: stuff that we do in the news and that you know, 335 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: there's a perception that that's what you do, you get broke, 336 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: you multiple women, you know, all these just terrible things 337 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: that's not true about football players. And it's it's our 338 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: jobs as men and being the right type of guys 339 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: to show the perception and know we're role models. We're 340 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: supposed to be hung in your kids basement for a reason. 341 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: On posters and UM, I found you know, uh, as 342 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to plant my roots and what I wanted 343 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: to do, I was like, let's go back to something 344 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: that just makes me super happy, and um that I 345 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: feel is so natural for me, and that's working with children, 346 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: young adults with development differences and special needs. And um, 347 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: it's a two way street. I get just as much 348 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: out of it as they all do. Uh. And I'm 349 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: I'm that's like the all right. Once I get my 350 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: bearings settled here the facility, get my little tour done, 351 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: get everything settled, I'm gonna start, you know, reaching out 352 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: to local high schools, get the special education department. I 353 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: want to talk to this special Olympics here and Minnesota 354 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: and try to get my roots there so I can 355 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: do a camp here. This summer or do an event 356 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: really soon. So you've already got plans. Yeah, we're hitting 357 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: the ground running now. Don't don't worry. Football's first broet. Okay, 358 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: but there's there's a little time in the off season 359 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: and OTAs that we can make some things shake. You 360 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: were nominated for the Alan Page Award two. Yeah. Yeah, 361 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: that's that's really cool. I didn't know how that whole 362 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: thing came full circle, but um, yeah, when I got 363 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: nominated for that as a finalist and be finalists, and 364 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: um then to come here and to see all the 365 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: history and how well he's honored here, I mean unbelievable, 366 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: and so I'm I'm actually really did I get to 367 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: meet him? How was the museum tour? I mean you 368 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: do that earlier today too. Yeah, learned a lot. And 369 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: John Randall, I know he had a great career, so 370 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: it's probably not hurting for money. But if he wanted 371 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: to be like a tour guide, I think that he 372 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: could probably get hired on I'd i'd be on his 373 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: resume form. Sign a reference yeah, reference form. Yeah, I'll 374 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: co sign that. But no, it was cool to hear 375 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: from the best it's ever done at a defensive tackle position, 376 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: and um, you know it's yeah, I got talk to 377 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: him about what I want to do off the field 378 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: as well, and he was very passionate about that and 379 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: so that he had anybody he knows the right people 380 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: to get in contact with it. And um, you know, 381 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: I want to head out to his place and play 382 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: some golf and he said, smoke a cigar Friday. Apparently 383 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: when you moved to Minnesota, you have to know how 384 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: to play golf. That's something I learned when I Yeah, 385 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: I know how to play, but sometimes, yeah, I get it. 386 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes what makes a good defensive tackle or a great 387 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: defensive tackle? Obviously, the easy answer is production. You want 388 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: to see big time production from a defensive tackle position. Um, 389 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: it's I believe that especially nose guards are the straw 390 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: that stirs the drink. Um. And sometimes especially nose guard 391 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: versus like a three technique or defensive end in the system. Um, 392 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: it's not gonna be as flashy a plays. Um. So 393 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: you need consistency, you need grit, and you need unselfish unselfishness. So, um, 394 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: you know, the great Pro Bowl Hall of Fame players 395 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: are obviously having that elite style production, but there's so 396 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: much that goes into it. Besides that, um and uh, 397 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, I hope that I can. I can lean 398 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: on some of those strengths that I already have and 399 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: develop my weaknesses to grow them into strengths. While I'm here, 400 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: Where does intellectual brutality fit into all of that? Yeah, 401 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: that's one of the places in my game that so 402 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: obviously the brutality part is like physical at the end 403 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: of the day, I want to drive the screws of 404 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: my helmet through the screwsy dors and use my hands 405 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: and shed blocks and big plays. But that intellectual size, 406 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be smart about it. Like you don't just 407 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: get into a match with somebody because they, you know, 408 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: blocked you some type of way and I'm just gonna 409 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: run down the middle of you. You can be very 410 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: smart and predict plays before they happen. And offenses have 411 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: tendencies and based on what defense I am behind me, 412 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: what way Harris Smith has rotated down, where Jordan's lined up, 413 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: Like the offense is going to be seen the same 414 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: thing that we're in, So they might run an outside 415 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: zone player, mid zone, seam play action, what are we 416 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: gonna boots against? All those different things? That you take 417 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: into a play in the cycle of a snap in 418 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: a thirty second window. There's a articulate way to do that. 419 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: And that's where the intellectual side comes in. Yeah, I mean, 420 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: hearing you dissected, it seems like you really really enjoy 421 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: that side of the game. But is there anybody that 422 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: you're just really excited to get to meet on the 423 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: team or play alongside on the defensive side of things? 424 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: Oh man, that's honest. Be honestly, I couldn't pinpoint one. 425 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: I went back and watched a little bit of film 426 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: from mom from this last season, and you got some 427 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: really stud players. You got some guys that are still 428 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 1: finding their true self and like they haven't hit their 429 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 1: ceilings yet in this in their in their career obviously. Um, 430 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: I think Harrison is the longest tenured Viking right now. 431 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: Um and captain. I mean, I think I'm excited to 432 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: see the way that he sees the game and the 433 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: way that you know, it's going to be our defense. 434 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying the leaders on the team, 435 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: it's it's your defense. So what is the staple that 436 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: we want to put on our defense? What is Minnesota 437 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: Vikings defense going to be this year. And I was 438 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: fortunate enough to be a part of the number one 439 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: defense in the NFL last regular season, and um, I 440 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: want to, you know, be a resource to those older 441 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: guys in the room and the young guys we bring 442 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: on if they can pick my brain in any way 443 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: how we did it there or you know, different things. 444 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: But the identity of this team is still being built. 445 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: We're just going to lay the foundation this this spring 446 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: and find out true identity in training camp. Yeah, I mean, 447 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: there are returning players, but at the end of the day, 448 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: it's a it's a fresh slate. You've got a new 449 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. What are you so excited about that opportunit 450 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: in any kind of a start fresh type thing. When 451 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: when I got to Buffalo, they were in that transition too, 452 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: to go from longest without a playoff to competing for 453 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: AFC championships. And saw how that was built in the 454 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: process that took. I think that the writing was on 455 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: the wall that that can happen here, and you can 456 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: see some of the pieces and the movement towards that. 457 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: And so it takes, you know, very great leadership from 458 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: the players, coaches, in front office, people bringing in the 459 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: right people to do it. Um, and yeah, having a 460 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: brand new defenses. Hey, we're all coming in together that 461 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: we're all rookies in a sense, like, hey, we got 462 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: to learn this defense and let's Hey, the terminology is 463 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,959 Speaker 1: not gonna be set in stone because its gonna be flowing. Hey, 464 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: what do we like to do here? What do you 465 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: like against this look? And we can all be a 466 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: part of that. You know, I just coming into a 467 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: system and say here's the way it's going to be. 468 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: It's let's work back and forth. There's there's give and take. Harrison, 469 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: could I could talk to you for like thirty more minutes, 470 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: but I gotta ask this one question. Who's on your 471 00:21:53,760 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: mount rushmore defensive tackles? Well, John Randall? Okay, Um, can 472 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: I pause that for a second. Did you know you 473 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: were going to meet him today? Now? Okay? So I 474 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: met him before, okay, which is even another NFL circle 475 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: of things. He was my NFL combine chaperone from my group, 476 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: and then I met him at the Super Bowl year 477 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: later at the Legends event. He gave me a box 478 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: of cigars, you know, so like we and I think 479 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: after I reminded him of that, I think you remembered 480 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: me from the combine and stuff. But um, that has 481 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: been cool today that I mean, yeah, he's up there 482 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: for sure. I would say Alan Page has got to 483 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: be number two, Aaron Donald number three, one one, and 484 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: I gotta throw some dapts to my main dog, Kyle 485 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: Williams number four. Okay, and uh, you know, obviously there's 486 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: a little personal relationship there. But I loved his career 487 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: in the way he did it, and he's also someone 488 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: who poured into me about that intellectual side of football. 489 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: He's a big mentor for me. I have to ask, though, 490 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: with Omaha's your hometown, Um, do you happen to have 491 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: a favorite college World Series team that you would love 492 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: to see play? When you I mean you had to 493 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: have gone a few times. We go to the World 494 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: Series every year. Yeah, I love that. Did you? Is 495 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: there a team that you always enjoyed seeing play there? 496 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: So LSU traveled crazy early. I just totally set you 497 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: up for that question, I asked. But it is a 498 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: very unique experience. Yeah, I mean I remember being seven, eight, 499 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: nine years old walking to the game and LSU fans 500 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: are right, they're like hand and your hot dogs hand 501 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: and you not beer. I mean, we're seven but say nothing, 502 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: but um no, they do a really good job. And 503 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: then anytime Stanford went post my graduation or when I 504 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: was there super school, I think yeah, I think Creighton 505 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: and Nebraska made it one year. Yeah yeah, um but 506 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: we go every year and just love watching the game. 507 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: Like Rosenbladder tdmir Trade, Well, I only saw Rosenbladder as 508 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: a outfield general missions guy, and now I got a 509 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: couple connections the boxes. But Rosenblatt, I think everyone who's 510 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: been there and seen it. Yeah, the history of that 511 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: place super cool. Vikings fans are desperate for a championship, 512 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: and we know that starts in the trenches. That starts 513 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: with you, that starts with offensive line and understanding that 514 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: and understanding how excited Vikings fans are to have you here. 515 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: Where are they getting in return from Harrison Phillips. There's 516 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: things that are out of your control as a human 517 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: or as a football player. You you can't control accolades, 518 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: you can't control production. As much like I think, what 519 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: I bring is that I want you when you serve 520 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: any player on this roster in a year, I want 521 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: them to tell you that Harrison Phillips is the hardest 522 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: worker on our team. Harrison Phillips is the most Minnesota 523 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Viking player we have on our team, and I want 524 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: to have great leadership on this team, help bring the 525 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: young guys along. I've always prided myself and bringing the 526 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: young guys along. I like that and then unselfish play. 527 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: Like you know, to the fans, they can't understand the 528 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: complications of a defense and eleven players in twelve gaps 529 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: and all the different things that goes on. But if 530 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: my job is the front side A gap, I'm gonna 531 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: be in the front side A gap every play. And 532 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: my job is to be in the backside B gap, 533 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in the backside B gap every play, 534 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: and if the ball comes it, I'm gonna make a play. 535 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: So you got to do your job and then just 536 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more. But I really believe in team 537 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 1: defense and everybody doing their job, so I want to 538 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: be dependable in that aspect. And again goal is to 539 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: win the division starting there, win the division. Thank you 540 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 1: so much, though, Harrison, for your time and doing this 541 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: on your media tour today. We really appreciate getting to 542 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: know you a little bit better. Looking forward to seeing 543 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: what you can do this season. I'm so excited and 544 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: blessed to be here. Thank you guys. Well, thanks again 545 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: to Harrison Phillips for taking the time to sit down 546 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: with us this week. Everyone should be excited about what 547 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: he is going to bring to this Minnesota Vikings team, 548 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: but to the Minnesota Vikings community. I know we didn't 549 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: really talk much about his community work, and that's what 550 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: he was notorious for when playing in Buffalo, And I 551 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: mean we saw we've saved some social media posts in 552 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: like since his signing of him just getting out here 553 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: in the Minnesota community. So great human being, great player, 554 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: and even great personality. You could tell just in listening 555 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: to him talk about Alan Page and kind of the 556 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: service oriented life that he lived in the fact that 557 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: Harrison was up for Alan Page Award, those kind of 558 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: things are kind of the cherry on top of what 559 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 1: you get on the field as a player, but being 560 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: able to have somebody who is well rounded, has a 561 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: passion for giving back to the community, and as somebody 562 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: who sounds very very excited, very very hungry signing his 563 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: second contract in the NFL. He feels like a guy 564 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: that if he if he pans out the way that 565 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: everyone at this point expects him to. He's going to 566 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: be a contributor for a very long time in this defense. 567 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: At least we don't have to worry about them contributing 568 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: against a lot of AFC teams this year. A lot 569 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: of our games are in NFC, and granted we play 570 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: in the NFC North, and the NFC North hasn't really 571 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: made any splash moves. The NFC in general hasn't really 572 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: made any splash moves. When you look at the AFC, 573 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: the American Football Conference and oh my gosh, we've talked 574 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: about it for a while, there's been an arms race 575 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: going out in the AFC and it has not slowed 576 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: down at all. Like the Miami Dolphins is the fastest 577 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: team in the NFL. Devanta Adams just went to the Raiders. 578 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: That's his dream come true team. Like we said before, 579 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: thank you Devanta Adams for not resigning with the Green 580 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. And then you had Deshaun Watson to the mix. 581 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: He's going to Cleveland. Judreu Smith is going to the Chiefs. 582 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: Like I said, Miami just got a lot faster by 583 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: adding Tyreek Hill to a four year, one hundred and 584 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: twenty million dollar deal. Like like this is an arms race. 585 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: Like I just watching the news on vacation, just scrolling 586 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: through Twitter and just seeing everything. I'm like, oh my gosh, 587 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: what are we witnessing here in the NFL. Remember when 588 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: we were kind of raising eyebrows to the fact that 589 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: von Miller got a six year, one hundred and twenty 590 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: million dollar deal. Yeah, Tyreek just shaved two years off 591 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: of that, got the same amount. I mean, it was cryptic, 592 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: it was weird. About a week and a half ago 593 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: or so, Tyreek has sent out a tweed on social 594 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: media and just kind of said, oh, it looks like 595 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: things are changing. Just there's this weird, ominous thing and 596 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, what is going on here with this guy? 597 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: And then the Juju news comes out? And I think 598 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: the thing that was most shocking to me about the 599 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: Juju News it's a one year deal for three point 600 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: two five millions insane, So, like, are they willing to 601 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: upset the apple cart? Or was it something where Tyreek 602 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: just said, like, here's my number, I'm not budging and 603 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: they knew after signing that monster contract from the Homes 604 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: they didn't have it. I don't know what the impetus 605 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: was behind it. But when you look at the fact 606 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: that Juju comes in on a three million dollar deal 607 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: and essentially Tyreek comes in on a ten times that 608 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: to Miami and Kansas City got a haul for him again, 609 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: it's been mind boggling. Even Diggs on his tweet was like, 610 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: what the heck is going on right now? Just in 611 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: that what you don't typically see are this many big 612 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: names getting moved in trades or there's always a big 613 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: name that gets out there fore agent wise, But the 614 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: fact that you saw you talk about the AFC, the 615 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,239 Speaker 1: amount of money that the Jags have spent, and now 616 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: Miami basically says, I will check raise you in this 617 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: poker game that's going on right now. Miami signed sixteen 618 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: players so far in free agency, whether it's resigning their 619 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: own or outside people. Twelve on offense, four on defense. 620 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: Those offensive players that have included Teddy Bridgewater, Mike Kasecki, 621 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert, Tyreek Hill, and then defensively Emmanuel Ogba who 622 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: got oh, by the way, four years sixty five point 623 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: four millions like it's bananas. And then the other stat 624 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: of the day that I found in doing some of 625 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: this digging Jacksonville since twenty twelve, Jackson Bill has spent 626 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: one point six four billion dollars. That's a b billion 627 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: dollars in free agency. One point six four billion in 628 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: a decade for the Jaguars. Oh my gosh, we've talked 629 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: about this before, the idea of build through the draft, 630 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: supplement through free agency. The Jags say, hold my beer, 631 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: like there's there. We've talked about even how since he 632 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: did it in the last two years, where the number 633 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: one picked two years in a row, they got their 634 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: top quarterback, they got their top wide receiver, and now 635 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: they're building their offensive line supplementing through free agency, where 636 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: the Jags have gone the other way and they haven't 637 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: been able to retain these people. It's just a crazy, 638 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: crazy flip of the script for the entire league and 639 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: how this is being handled. And oh, by the way, 640 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: the salary cap now after COVID keeps going up and 641 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: up and up, and that's where these teams are finding 642 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: this money. Everyone's like, how are we going to be 643 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: able to afford this stuff? They're printing money at this 644 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: point and the free agents right now are reaping the benefits. 645 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: This morning, I heard Adam Feeling on the Power Trip 646 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: Morning show. They brought up the fact with feeling that, 647 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, Tyreek just got this monster contract and a 648 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: bunch of these wide outs are getting these monster contracts, 649 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: and the idea that JJ has to be salivating knowing 650 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: that his contracts come and do. Absolutely, you're going to 651 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: see some of the superstars not only throughout the league, 652 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: but on this team. They're going to start getting paid 653 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: this way if you want to retain them, and if 654 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: they don't, then it's going to be a bigger question 655 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: mark as to what the future is going to be. 656 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: For now, you are reaping the benefits of having some 657 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: of these young stars on this team with lower contracts, 658 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: and I think it's going to be very interesting to see. 659 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: This is the beginning of free agency. There's still some 660 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: major names out there. Obi j is still out there 661 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: as a wide receiver. You had Jarvis Landry, who is 662 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: going to be moving on from Cleveland. Obi Javen made 663 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: the comment He's like, oh Watson's in Cleveland. I'm willing 664 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: to come back, you know, but he's coming off that 665 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: ACL injury. So again, there are some big names still 666 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: out there. There's some big moves to be made, but 667 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: holy cow, this has been a crazy week and a half. Yeah, 668 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: I think on top of that, the Chiefs. I just 669 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: want to talk about the Chiefs in particular. They now 670 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: have seventy million dollars in cap space in five picks 671 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: in the first sixty two, well five draft picks in 672 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: the first sixty two picks. So we're talking about a 673 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: team that still like granted, Tyreek Hill was really good, 674 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: but they still have Travis Kelcey. They still have a 675 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: receiver that can make plays in Juju Smith Schuster, and 676 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 1: then you have two first round picks on top of 677 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: that and Mikole Hardman. So like they have Barn Pringle, 678 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: they've done a good job of bringing in young speedsters. 679 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: That's that whole thing of kind of balancing the equation 680 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: of if the quarterbacks going to get a ton of dough, 681 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: then you have to have a bunch of younger, cheaper 682 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: prospects on this team. The way that they've set this up, 683 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: like you said, if they've got five in the first 684 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: ones at sixty two, if that's the case, they're also 685 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: one of the teams that can potentially bundle some of 686 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: those to move up in the draft in order to 687 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: go get a superstar that they feel like they're lacking now. 688 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: It feels like there's a ton of discussion on pass rushers, 689 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: ton of discussion even on some of the secondary people 690 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: that are out there, and we know that, you know, 691 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: they've also struggled in some of those areas as well. 692 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 1: So it'll be really interesting to see if they're patient 693 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: and take all five of those picks, or if they 694 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: start to package some things together to move up, or 695 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: package some things together to go get a proven veteran 696 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: that they can bring in for some of that draft capital. So, yeah, 697 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: they're setting themselves up a lot of flexibility. I know 698 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: a lot of teams don't have that that flexibility. But 699 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: still you look at just the arms race that you're 700 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: talking about in the AFC, and you say, Okay, eventually 701 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: the AFC West they're going to beat up on each 702 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: other and then other team's gonna come out of it, 703 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: or vice versa. Two two or three teams are gonna 704 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: I mean two or three teams are going to come 705 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: out of the AFC West because that that might be 706 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: the best division in the AFC, just top to bottom. 707 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: And I think there was somebody had asked a question, 708 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: has has four teams in the same conference ever made 709 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: the playoffs, Probably not because you only had two wildcard 710 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: spots before, right, So the idea that you But the 711 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: thing is now you've got the idea that there's that 712 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: third spot, that seventh that seventh team. And think of 713 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: it this way. I think if you get to the 714 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: point where you're a two seed and you're having to 715 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: play a seventh seed who possibly comes out of that 716 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: AFC West, if all four teams were to make it, 717 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 1: which would be historic, that could be brutal, insane. So 718 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: everyone's going to be fighting for that number one seed 719 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: saying I don't want to touch any of that, and 720 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,799 Speaker 1: I want a home playoff game throughout for the rest 721 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 1: of the playoffs. The topsy turvy nature of the NFL. 722 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: You always assume all of these teams on paper are amazing. 723 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: What does a chemistry look like, what kind of injuries happen? 724 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 1: What's the chaos that happens throughout the entire season. But again, 725 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: that AFC West, you look at the defensive pass rushers, 726 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: you look at now the wide receiver options, and you 727 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: look at the quarterbacks and all of them. There are 728 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: potential for fireworks in that entire division. Yeah, I mean 729 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: add on the fact that Matt Ryan now hits to 730 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: the Coats, Mitch Drubisky now hits to the Stillers Chandler Jones, 731 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: I think we could talk about that a little bit. 732 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: He's now with the Las Vegas Raiders. The AFC as 733 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 1: a whole is just getting stronger, and a lot of 734 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: teams would say people are going to the AFC because 735 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: you don't want to play Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady. 736 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: So that's not the case anymore. Teams are trying to 737 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 1: play some of those teams, whether that's in the Super Bowl. Granted, 738 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: we have to play Aaron Rodgers, and we want to 739 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: win the North for we want to be in that 740 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: conversation to say, okay, well you got to go through us. 741 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,319 Speaker 1: Because we've beat the Packers, we now have the team 742 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: to actually say okay, now we're forced to be reckoned 743 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: with So this this thing's going to get interesting, man, 744 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: Like it's just one thing, one chip after another. Marcus 745 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: Mariota to the Atlanta Falcons. You look at like the 746 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: Seahawks or the Falcons or some of these other teams 747 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: in the NFC, and you say, okay, well, they're probably 748 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,759 Speaker 1: going to choose a rookie quarterback, So the path to 749 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: success isn't going to be as tough for the Vikings 750 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: if we're playing I think ten NFC teams this year, 751 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: ten or eleven NFC teams, So like we're gonna have 752 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: to win some of those games against the Buffalo Bills 753 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,839 Speaker 1: or the Miami Dolphins that just got a lot faster, 754 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys who played them again. But still the 755 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: road to success it's there for us to take. And 756 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: that was the reason why I think a lot of 757 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 1: us were curious as to what the mentality was going 758 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: to be with the changeover in the front office, and 759 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,880 Speaker 1: what the mentality would be with even ownership. The fact 760 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: that they see this as an opportunity at this point 761 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,720 Speaker 1: and feel like we're doing the reload instead of complete 762 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: teardown rebuild should be encouraging, because, like you said, there 763 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 1: is an opportunity there. There's this feeling that if you 764 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 1: remember even close to like a decade ago, there was 765 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: that feeling that the NFC was the superior conference and 766 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 1: the AFC was lacking in talent and quarterback, and then 767 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning were basically holding down that 768 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: conference and nobody wanted to deal with them because they 769 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: knew you had to go through Foxboro or you had 770 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: to go through Indianapolis to try to get to a 771 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,320 Speaker 1: super Bowl. Now this pendulum has shifted, a lot of 772 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: talent is over in the AFC, and the NFC does 773 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: look like it's right for the picking. And here's the thing. 774 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: At this point, like you said, Tom Brady, coming back 775 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: to Tampa, Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, you start to 776 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: look at what else is available in the NFC when 777 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: it comes to quarterback play or even offensive play. This 778 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: team should be one that has the expectation we need 779 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: to be a top tier team that makes a playoff 780 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: run because it is right for the picking right now. 781 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: To me, and this is just my opinion that there 782 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 1: are only four three to four teams right now that 783 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 1: I would say in the NFC they are forced to 784 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: be reckoned with the Green Bay Packers just because of 785 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, whether you love it or hate it, the 786 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Dallas Cowboys, ye in the La 787 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: Rams yep. Outside of those four, like it's a toussa, 788 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: you really don't know, Okay, is this team do they 789 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 1: have the actual core to be able to go on 790 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: or round or put fear in team's hearts like the 791 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: La rams at. I mean no, no, I wouldn't say 792 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: like no man fears another man when it comes to 793 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: an NFL because this is what you do. But the 794 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,080 Speaker 1: La Rams when you look at them on tape and 795 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: then look at them on paper, you look at you 796 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: look at that team this past year and you say, okay, like, 797 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,800 Speaker 1: we're going to have to play our best game for 798 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,959 Speaker 1: us to win. And that's what a lot of teams 799 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: had to do, or they had to beat themselves, like 800 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford literally wanted us to beat the Ramps last year. 801 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,759 Speaker 1: He threw those two in exceptions to Anthony Barr And 802 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,799 Speaker 1: it's just like, dude, if you just run the ball 803 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: like you win this game. So my point is the 804 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 1: Vikings can put their name into that group of talent 805 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,279 Speaker 1: or that group of teams and say, okay, we're forced 806 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: to be reckoned with too. We have a ton of talent, 807 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: especially offensive weapons. We've brought in people that we know 808 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 1: are proven. You have a new scheme that's going to 809 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,520 Speaker 1: be implemented on offense, a new one on defense, and 810 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: the fact that you're not starting with a bunch of 811 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: younger people that you're having to coach up, but you're 812 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,440 Speaker 1: bringing in veterans that can augment and shift kind of 813 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: what they've learned over all these years again should help 814 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: make it feel like we've got a step ahead, even 815 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: though we are starting a new scheme on offensive defense. 816 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: So for me, another team that I would put into 817 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,320 Speaker 1: that mix as one that you have to pay attention 818 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,279 Speaker 1: to because they have talent at the same point, they 819 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: have question marks. The Niners, they don't know what's going 820 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 1: to happen. You know, you don't know what's gonna happen 821 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,400 Speaker 1: with Garoppolo right now. He's still coming off kind of 822 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: the injury portion piece. There's a lot of discussion about 823 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 1: him possibly getting moved, but people being scared because they 824 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: don't know where he's at in his healing process. But 825 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: the Niners, they've been a pain in the butt for 826 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 1: numerous years. They've been able to get it done with 827 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. Do they go and grab somebody who's one 828 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: of the rookie quarterbacks and have to kind of start 829 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 1: over a little bit or tree lance exactly. So that's 830 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: the thing is, so you don't know what their mentality 831 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: is even in the NFC North, you've got a guy 832 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,919 Speaker 1: in justin fields. You don't know what's going to happen 833 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: with him. Is he going to take the step his 834 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,320 Speaker 1: sophomore year or is it going to be the sophomore 835 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: slump that tends to hit quarterbacks once teams have an 836 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: entire season's worth of footage on you to make you uncomfortable. 837 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: You know, Trubisky was that way his first year in 838 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,839 Speaker 1: Chicago where he was he played fairly decently, and then 839 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,320 Speaker 1: come year two, people kind of figured out that formula 840 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: and man, they made it miserable for him. So Dak 841 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: Prescott too, exactly. So that's the thing, is what are 842 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: we going to get in the NFC? And like you said, 843 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: it just feels like it is right for the picking 844 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,720 Speaker 1: if you are one of those teams that can fully 845 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 1: get everything to click and fix the deficits that you 846 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,839 Speaker 1: had less season. Yeah, that's so. Those all those are 847 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: really good points. And um, like you said, this is 848 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: a new scheme, there's going to take some adjusting for 849 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,080 Speaker 1: the Vikings to hit the ground running. But that's why 850 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,840 Speaker 1: it's important for this upcoming date in April eleventh, for 851 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: all these guys to get back into the building. I 852 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: think this year we will see more veteran guys at 853 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: voluntary workout starting April eleventh than we have in the past, 854 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,839 Speaker 1: simply because it's a new scheme and there there's a buzz. 855 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,880 Speaker 1: I'll tell Pa this all the time, whether I'm in 856 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 1: cafe in or just talking to him here, and I'm like, 857 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: there's a buzz in this building, you know, Jay, Like 858 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 1: you're in this building every single day, So I'm not 859 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,280 Speaker 1: sure what it is, but like, there there's an energy 860 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: in this building that I can't put my finger on 861 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: that that the players are starting to feel. Also the 862 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: coaches are starting to fill. We heard in some of 863 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: the press conferences, and I know there are a lot 864 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: of politically correct words that these guys say a press conferences, 865 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: but if you if you listen to some of the 866 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,520 Speaker 1: lingo and some of the you you feel some of 867 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 1: the energy that these guys are are putting out there, 868 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: like we have something special here and all we have 869 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,439 Speaker 1: to do is, you know, stay healthy, like like everyone says, 870 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 1: stay healthy and stay together through this process. I mean, 871 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: we know it's going to be a process. I mean, 872 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: we're not going to go and defeat if we're going 873 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 1: to defeat it. I'll be shocked. I mean, I may 874 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:28,279 Speaker 1: have heart problems, so I will be pleasantly surprised if 875 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,920 Speaker 1: that is a problem. I will take that problem all day, 876 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 1: every day. Let's make that. Let's make that a thing. 877 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: But I mean, we know they're they're going to be 878 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: growing pains this year, but it starts now. And you 879 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,320 Speaker 1: look at just the core players that we have on 880 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 1: this team. Offensively, what these guys, what they're doing on 881 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,760 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. In the front office, 882 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: bringing these guys in, It's gonna take time, but I 883 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: feel like the future is bright. There. There's reasons to 884 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,840 Speaker 1: be optimistic. There's youthful excitement of everyone kind of the 885 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: shiny new toy er in the honeymoon phase at this point. 886 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,400 Speaker 1: On top of that, though, like you said, with the 887 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,959 Speaker 1: veterans coming back, it's basically going to be like coming 888 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 1: back to school. But you got a whole new set 889 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,719 Speaker 1: of teachers, whole new administration. But you're still going to 890 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: be able to see the fresh faces. You're still going 891 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: to have kind of the comfort of knowing that some 892 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 1: of these groups, like think about the fact that essentially 893 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: the entire wide receiver group at this point is coming 894 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: back as a unit, including the coach, so who they 895 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: really respect. So again, in some of those situations, those 896 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 1: groups that felt like they produced last season, they're going 897 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: to be walking in the door and feeling like, yeah, 898 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: we know what this is, but they're going to get 899 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,759 Speaker 1: some new tricks and new tips and new ways to 900 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: learn in order to advance their game even to another level. 901 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 1: And having that continuity with a feeling a jj A 902 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:49,359 Speaker 1: kJ I was gonna say, mere Smith Marsett. Having those 903 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: guys walking back in and then who knows what's going 904 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: to happen in the draft. Being able to take those 905 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,839 Speaker 1: guys who produced well last year and hopefully get them 906 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,080 Speaker 1: to another level. It should be really really exciting for 907 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,880 Speaker 1: the fans. Well, another reason to be excited for the 908 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,280 Speaker 1: fans is that we have a free agency special Vikings 909 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,080 Speaker 1: vantage on Kfan this upcoming Saturday. So we're talking to 910 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: Jordan Reed, Ron Johnson will be here, Jay Nelson, you'll 911 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 1: be here, and we're actually talking to Ryan Monnins, who's 912 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: been a part of this process from the GM search 913 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,360 Speaker 1: to the head coaching search to this free agent and 914 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,040 Speaker 1: draft process. Also he's the co director of college scouting 915 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:29,320 Speaker 1: here for the Minnesota Vikings, alongside Jamal Stevenson. So it'd 916 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,400 Speaker 1: be good to talk to those four guys and just 917 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,719 Speaker 1: have more content for four Vikings fans. There are going 918 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: to be moves made between now and then, is looking 919 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: like around the NFL, so there will be up to 920 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,160 Speaker 1: date coverage from when we record that to when it 921 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 1: comes out, so Vikings fans stay tuned for this show. 922 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,600 Speaker 1: We've had a lot of news and just under two 923 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,680 Speaker 1: months Jay and we're a little over a month until 924 00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:55,080 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft, so this has been an interesting time 925 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,799 Speaker 1: for Vikings fans, interesting times for us. Also, the fact 926 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,400 Speaker 1: that we have had so much to talk about and 927 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: it hasn't been game planning for an opponent, I think 928 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,760 Speaker 1: that makes for an even more fun and more eventful offseason. 929 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: I am one who knowing that all the changes that 930 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,200 Speaker 1: have happened this way, seeing the way things have been 931 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,520 Speaker 1: done in the past, and like you said, the youthful 932 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,719 Speaker 1: energy pieces that we're feeling within the building, not only 933 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,840 Speaker 1: from the players that we're seeing, but from the coaches 934 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,439 Speaker 1: and from the new free agent editions. Once the draft hits, 935 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: that's when it's a reality of this is a better 936 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,840 Speaker 1: idea of what we have and we all know in 937 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,120 Speaker 1: the past front offices they do not stop looking for talent. 938 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: They will always keep looking for talent. So again, stay 939 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:39,040 Speaker 1: tuned Vikings dot com, Twitter, social media, all that for 940 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 1: the latest information on what kind of moves your team's making. 941 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 1: And with that said, for Tatum Everett, Jay Notson, Harrison Phillips, 942 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,239 Speaker 1: my name is Gabe Henderson. Will catch you next time 943 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,360 Speaker 1: right here on the Minnesota Vikers Podcast.