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Speaker 1: Welcome to Episode seventeen of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. I

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Speaker 1: a much better mood this week. A twenty eight, twenty

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Speaker 1: It was everything we need. It might not have been perfect,

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Speaker 1: Chris right. It might not have been person win, A

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Speaker 1: With all the discussion in the last year and a

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Speaker 1: check check check check Kirk prime time win, big prime

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Speaker 1: that's but this was the one. This is a like

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Speaker 1: Mike Hughes had a rough day. A Dak had an

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Speaker 1: They're a division leader. You play how you can play.

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Speaker 1: the game, it's you know, behind this massive old line,

431
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Speaker 1: you know, it's it was definitely I'm not gonna lie

432
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Speaker 1: to you. Going into the game, I was like, oh man,

433
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Speaker 1: this is gonna it's gonna be a dance, it's gonna

434
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Speaker 1: be a day. But you know, I went in every

435
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 1: we all went in there, and we were locked in,

436
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,479
Speaker 1: you know, and by the you know, by the second

437
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 1: second series, I was like, this is okay, Sorr right, yeah,

438
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,400
Speaker 1: let's let's do it. It's kind of Yeah, you kind

439
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,200
Speaker 1: of got over a little bit of that initial it's

440
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Speaker 1: that initial fear. Which what about Andre Patterson and Robert Rodriguez,

441
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,399
Speaker 1: the two d line coaches. We all praise them for

442
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,879
Speaker 1: what they do. Obviously Andrew has been around forever. But

443
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,480
Speaker 1: you guys in the huddle at the beginning of every game,

444
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,399
Speaker 1: especially on the road, and we see Andre in the

445
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 1: middle of his fists and and you guys the rushman.

446
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 1: You guys recall what is it like to get hyped

447
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,760
Speaker 1: up from that guy? Man, we do this thing before

448
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 1: the game. We do our you know, we do our

449
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,440
Speaker 1: little dance, you know whatever. Neg just gets us going

450
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,720
Speaker 1: because it's like, you know, you see coach Dre out

451
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,960
Speaker 1: there in the middle just you know, just sig and

452
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,680
Speaker 1: just grooving. It's like, okay, like I've had the boom

453
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,720
Speaker 1: mic like around you guys, and like my heart's like powder. Yeah, man,

454
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 1: you know, because Jay is definitely the guy. He's he's

455
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Speaker 1: this guy. He just gets us going. You know, he

456
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,200
Speaker 1: gives us a speech every Saturday before we go out

457
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Speaker 1: for a walk through, and that just gets us going.

458
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,359
Speaker 1: You know. It's just you can feel you can just

459
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Speaker 1: feel it in your bones, like all right, I'm ready

460
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Speaker 1: to go out and play. Yeah. So it's such a

461
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,960
Speaker 1: strong group of personalities on the on the d line,

462
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Speaker 1: especially when you got a leader in Everson who's not

463
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: just your leader, but he seems to be the team's

464
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 1: leader kind of emotionally. How do you fit in? What's

465
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Speaker 1: a Are you more of a quiet guy? Are you

466
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Speaker 1: um more change on the field? Yeah, I'm more off

467
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Speaker 1: the field. I'm more of a quiet guy. I'm to myself.

468
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Speaker 1: You know, I got my headphones in, I don't really speak.

469
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,920
Speaker 1: But on the field, I'm a whole different animal. See,

470
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Speaker 1: this is this is what I wanted to say. Here's

471
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Speaker 1: what I wanted to say because I was I was watching.

472
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,880
Speaker 1: I was that is a big role you stepped into

473
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Speaker 1: this last weekend. So I was watching pretty carefully and

474
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Speaker 1: the way and somebody had told me that you were

475
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Speaker 1: kind of a quiet dude. It reminds me. You remember

476
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Speaker 1: the movie The Mask, Yes, I think you stepping into

477
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,199
Speaker 1: that role was like no matter who put the mask on,

478
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,400
Speaker 1: they'd become this super version of themselves, where like Jim

479
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 1: Carrey's goofy and Dorian's becomes like a huge a hole.

480
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 1: To me, it was like the mask was unleash. Yeah,

481
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 1: that's fun. That's what it is. Man. You just put

482
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Speaker 1: that mask on or you know whatever. You just go

483
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,359
Speaker 1: out there. You just got to become an animal. I

484
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Speaker 1: don't know. Another guy was a little bit on the

485
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Speaker 1: quieter side. Is the guy next to you, Chamar Stephan.

486
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and he goes pretty quietly through getting recognition.

487
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: But I mean Andre Patterson praises him being the run

488
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Speaker 1: stop or what's it like playing against that. You guys

489
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: are both from New York too, Yeah we are, Yeah

490
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Speaker 1: to New York guys think think about Chamars. You know,

491
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,720
Speaker 1: we call it. We refer to Chamar as the big fundamental. Yeah,

492
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 1: you know. Tim Duncan ye a quiet and just a

493
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Speaker 1: real choir guy does his job, but he does it

494
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,679
Speaker 1: at such a high level every single time. He's a

495
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: hoops player too, Yeah he can. He can play ball too,

496
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Speaker 1: So I believe it or not, he's a very swifty

497
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 1: dude with the feat. Well, I'll say, you know the

498
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 1: one thing that I don't think people think about a lot,

499
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: it's when you guys are doing what you do, it

500
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,360
Speaker 1: allows the linebackers to do what they do. And Eric

501
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: Hendricks is having a hell of a season, and so

502
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: is Anthony Barr. But I think the fact that Linvall

503
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: went out and you guys stepped up and the linebackers

504
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 1: were still able, that's that's a huge credit to you guys.

505
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: Is there anything as you look at I know we

506
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: don't get to look ahead. I know we don't get

507
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 1: to uh, we don't get to look past these games.

508
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: But is there anything specific, any game you're you're looking

509
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Speaker 1: forward to? You like the division games, You're like, you

510
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: got a Monday night game coming up, not focus away

511
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,439
Speaker 1: from this one, but is there any anything in the

512
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: second half of the season that you're really looking forward to? Uh?

513
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of playing at Seattle. Yeah, that's

514
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Speaker 1: what I was hoping you would. Is that why it's loud? Yeah,

515
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,920
Speaker 1: it's loud. The fans get into it. Kind of reminds

516
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: reminds me of US Bank. Oh yeah, the fans get

517
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: into it. It's intimidating. No, but I love it. But

518
00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: you love it though, you know, you go out there

519
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: and you got however many of that stadium fits against

520
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,360
Speaker 1: against US. Yeah, you know, you just love it so

521
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: And that's that's such a great that'll be such a

522
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,399
Speaker 1: great measuring stick. Given they have a dude who's probably

523
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 1: the MVP, and they can run it and throw it.

524
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: And now you add Josh Gordon onto that team, that'll

525
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: be really They stuck Josh and by the way they

526
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,239
Speaker 1: put him on. They put him on and one day

527
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 1: later he's like, I'll just catch I'll catch every important

528
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 1: third down. It was. It was gnarly. So you're right,

529
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a lot of fun. Give me,

530
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 1: give me though, without divulging anything anything special. But what's

531
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: the thing that's really got your focus going into this

532
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: Broncos game. Uh, their offensive line is you know, those

533
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: are pretty quick dudes. You know, those guys are fast

534
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: with him, they're kind of like r O line. Yeah,

535
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: they play very similar, very Yeah, there are a lot

536
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Speaker 1: of similarities. But you know, um, you know, being that

537
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: we go against our own guys, you know every day,

538
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 1: you know, um, going into this Broncos game, it'll be

539
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 1: just like you know, am I opinion, just like practice? Yeah,

540
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: you know, So it's it's really all about just staying

541
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Speaker 1: locked in and you know, whatever I do in practice

542
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: just converted to the game. Excellent. Joliel is an Iowa guy. Yeah,

543
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: I was gonna say we'll get you out of here

544
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 1: and we'll let you go be a human somewhere else.

545
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:14,440
Speaker 1: But before we leave, our team, the Gophers is playing

546
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: real well and it's the Big had to touch on that.

547
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: It's the Big Gopher Iowa one this weekend. Hey, can

548
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: you guys be a spoiler or what? I think we can? Actually,

549
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: I know we can. You got any you got any

550
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,120
Speaker 1: friendly wagers with anybody? No, you don't know friendly because

551
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 1: you never know. You don't want to turn up on

552
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: the wrong side of stuff. You never know. But Minnesota

553
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 1: they're playing, they're playing pretty good football right now. I'll

554
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: give it to him. I'll tell you it's I think

555
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: it's gonna be. Your team is the true test, because

556
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: that's you can get. You can get really hyped up

557
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,639
Speaker 1: and beat an important team in an important moment. Can

558
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,400
Speaker 1: you can you sustain it exact? Can you sustain it exactly? Well, hey, man,

559
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 1: you're doing a hell of a job. You always do,

560
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 1: but it was fun to watch you get in the

561
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 1: game and get the reps and really step into that role.

562
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,160
Speaker 1: And it's exciting for all the fans. And we appreciate

563
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: you giving us some time. Man, appreciate big thanks to

564
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: Julio Johnson for stopping in and talking to us for

565
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 1: a little bit. And boy, oh boy, do I hope

566
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: his favorite college team gets destroyed this weekend? Before good dude,

567
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 1: I liked him a lot, but I hope he's sad

568
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,360
Speaker 1: about his favorite colleague. Before we get to Craig Peters here,

569
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna play a little game called there Can Only

570
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 1: be One. It's pretty simple. It's not like it's not

571
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: it's not anything innovative. But Chris Corso has a list

572
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: of pick one or the other. We're gonna run through

573
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: him quick, and then we'll get Craig Peters in here.

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Speaker 1: Hit me with it, Chris, all right, number one? So far,

575
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: who is your MVP? Is it Russell Wilson of the

576
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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks or Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens. We'll

577
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Speaker 1: start with you Si. I know. Here's the thing. I

578
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: know everybody thinks it's Russ. I also think it's Russ.

579
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 1: He also won a huge game on Monday night. If

580
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Speaker 1: Lamar continues at this pace, let's say that let's say

581
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots slip up a little bit. If Lamar continues

582
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: at this pace, if he winds up breaking rushing record.

583
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: If that team wins thirteen games, they played a tough schedule,

584
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: they beat the Patriots, you have to at least consider it.

585
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: And there's a chance that Russell Wilson slides because I

586
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: know you last week said the Seahawks were gonna win

587
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: that game, and they gave me some crap. I called

588
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: you a really dumb person, and I still think I'm right.

589
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: The fact George Kittle not playing on Monday night, I

590
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: let the scoreboards speak for me. Actually great George Kittle

591
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 1: not playing. It was a great win for RUSS. But

592
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: George Kittle not playing was really a negative ordeal for

593
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. And I excuses. The answer is Russ.

594
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 1: The answers Russ. I understand that, but I think Lamar,

595
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I know it was the Bengals, but good gosh,

596
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: that's spin move everything. He's This is the type of

597
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: guy Lamar Jackson is. If it is you know, when

598
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: you have to you have to get a first down

599
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: to run the clock out right, it can be third

600
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: and eight. I've watched him do this in a game

601
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 1: third and eight, where you're always saying, well, we're gonna

602
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: get the ball back because no running backs going for

603
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: eight on us with the game on the line, he

604
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: gets the eight, he is a monumentally bizarre threat. Are

605
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: you taking Jay? My whole thing on this one is

606
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: I gotta go Russell Wilson. There's one reason why Lamar

607
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: Jackson right now, for me, feels like the same thing

608
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: that I saw in their very first season at the

609
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: Helm for Colin Kaepernick, RG three, Dak Prescott his first season,

610
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: all of these different players who had the legs and everything,

611
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden when defenses started scheming

612
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: taking that away. I know it's hard with Lamar Jackson

613
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 1: because he's making these ridiculous spin moves in those I

614
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: would argue they're starting to scheme man. But that's that's

615
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: my point, is that he might be the next Patrick

616
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: Mahomes and have that kind of career at this point,

617
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: but I think Russell Wilson, we're not there yet. Yeah,

618
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: that's the thing. Moving forward to number two. We know

619
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Speaker 1: what Kirk Cousins answer is to this, what do you

620
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: like better? Pick one? Indoor games or outdoor games. We're

621
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Speaker 1: not We're not spending time on this. It's indoor games

622
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: like these, like all these seventy years. Like, I remember

623
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: when we were building the stadium. They're like, football is

624
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: meant to be played outside. I was here. I LIKECF

625
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: was freebles that don't all off my body. Indoor football.

626
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 1: Here's an indoor football. I love a good outdoor game

627
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles or Miami or a place where it's

628
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: really nice to be outside. It could be sixty degrees

629
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: out and I'm like, man, I wish this was indoors.

630
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: I'm a weekly I'm a week week man football indoors. Yeah,

631
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: are you a little more old school? Nope, I'm indoor guy.

632
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: And the reason why it's because I like to have

633
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: the controlled elements where you know that the elements aren't

634
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: the excuse that you can use when you lose. I

635
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: love it. Both both teams have perfect conditions. And that's

636
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: how come you can't play in Lambeau. Well, no one can.

637
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: It's a horrible, horrible, cold, awful environment. Number Three better

638
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: primetime games the Sunday night game that the Vikings just won,

639
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: or playing on Monday Night football, which the Vikings will

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Speaker 1: do when they put the Seahawks in a few weeks.

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Speaker 1: I remember as a kid, Monday night was everything, and

642
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Speaker 1: I don't know how this happened. But the better in

643
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: my opinion, the broadcast team I like better is on

644
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Speaker 1: Sunday night. The games I like. But it's almost like

645
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: when Monday Night Football went to ESPN, they were like, Wow,

646
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: the other one's better, and it just the whole focus

647
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: has shifted. So I and I think as I get older,

648
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Speaker 1: I'm more prone to love one full day of football.

649
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Speaker 1: And I you know, you work, you're a human being,

650
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Speaker 1: you have a life in a family. It's not quite

651
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: as easy to catch that Monday night game every week.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I love Sunday. I don't love how we're

653
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: agreeing so much, but I love Sunday night football. I

654
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: think by Monday I'm kind of like looking forward to

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Speaker 1: the next week already. Yeah, especially when we play on

656
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Speaker 1: Sunday and there's another team, teams that play. I don't

657
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: really Monday night. I'm kind of over it at that point.

658
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: Sunday night football for me is a capstone to the

659
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: entire day from the noon games in the three o'clock

660
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: and Collinsworth and Michael's are amazing. Yeah, they're really good.

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Speaker 1: I love Sunday night football, all right. The next one

662
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Speaker 1: is best Vikings jerseys. The modern ones or the throwbacks,

663
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: no opinion. I like them both. What do you think, Jay,

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Speaker 1: I'm a throwback guy. I like the old ones from

665
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Speaker 1: when I was a kid. Like the throwbacks with the

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Speaker 1: throwback helmets, They're amazing. I agree the throwbacks, Jay, I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. Well, then I'm gonna go like you know

668
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: you guys right now and we had an off air

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Speaker 1: argument that's not true. But I just want to cut

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Speaker 1: you two down, and so I'm gonna go with I'm

671
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Speaker 1: gonna go with current. This will be the last one

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Speaker 1: for keeps challenging me. This will be the last one.

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Speaker 1: Better play with one second remaining? A hail mary or

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Speaker 1: a fourth and goal? Now are you talking about as

675
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Speaker 1: a fan to watch it? Like not? Which one do

676
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: you want your team to do as a fourth and goal?

677
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: That's it's hard to get in sports. You have the

678
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: fourth and goal with the game on the line. You

679
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: have the two outs down by one, one runner on

680
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: in the in baseball, and you have the tie game,

681
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: tie game guy with the ball clock ticking away in basketball.

682
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Speaker 1: So to me, that is the height of everything that

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Speaker 1: is competitive sports. For me, I almost feel like the

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Speaker 1: hail mary is kind of the get out of jail

685
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: card prayer that they just you know, they chuck it.

686
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Speaker 1: But here's the thing. When you hit it as a

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Speaker 1: fan and it's your team, you're jumping out of your

688
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: seat going, oh my gosh, I can't believe we got this.

689
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: When the other team gets it, you're throwing something across

690
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Speaker 1: the room, swearing as much as you can. I think

691
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Speaker 1: the high of the hail Mary is so freaking high

692
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Speaker 1: that I like the hail Mary. Like I don't count

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Speaker 1: the Minneapolis miracle as a hail Mary exactly, but like God,

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Speaker 1: that answered my prayer. And I remember being in the

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Speaker 1: press box and Brian Harper, every vice president, jumping over

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Speaker 1: the fruit, jumping over you were there, I caught him

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Speaker 1: coming off. That doesn't that happens on a prayer of

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Speaker 1: a play. So that's why I'll go with hail Mary.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it you want, and you can can only

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Speaker 1: be one great segment by Jay Nelson. Yes, thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, Jay, And now let us bring in Craig

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Speaker 1: Peters talk about one of his articles and break down

703
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Speaker 1: the Brontos game. All right. Now, we're joined in studio

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Speaker 1: by Craigs from Vikings dot com. His rarely used Twitter

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Speaker 1: account is at pe Craiger's. I asked him what his

706
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: Twitter account was. He's like, I don't it's not really

707
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Speaker 1: He sounded like a dad with a Twitter account is

708
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Speaker 1: exactly what you sounded. Well, you should, you should. He's

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Speaker 1: the dad of Vikings dot com. Yeah, he's the Vikings

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Speaker 1: dad com. You should be using it to promote I

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Speaker 1: want to talk Broncos with you, so real quick. Before

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Speaker 1: we do that, I want to point out to everybody

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Speaker 1: listening that you have a really cool piece up right

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Speaker 1: now about Dan Bailey, and not about him kicking the football,

715
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Speaker 1: specifically about the interesting sort of guy he is. Yeah,

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00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: long established, veteran, great guy, so mild manner, really on

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Speaker 1: the quiet side of things, um laserlike focus. He's actually

718
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Speaker 1: nine hundred nine nine career points right now heading into

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Speaker 1: the Broncos game. Almost broke a thousand against his former

720
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Speaker 1: team onths that have been fun, wouldn't it have been?

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Speaker 1: He really needed that two point conversion. I was gonna say,

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Speaker 1: I am happy that he was not kicking a field

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Speaker 1: goal to break it and win. I that would have

724
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Speaker 1: been a nice story. But let's I'm cool with the

725
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: four point when yeah, he can break a thousand anytime.

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Speaker 1: He's got a bunch of weird hobbies, right, yeah, well

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00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: just one that's an advanced level of hobby, I guess.

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Speaker 1: Um he grew up his grandfather was in the Navy,

729
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: took him to air shows as a kid, really sparked

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Speaker 1: this interest in aviation. So he now has his own

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Speaker 1: pilot's license, a plane that he bought. Um, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: have a C so it's not a luxury jet or

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Speaker 1: anything like that. It's one of those planes that I

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Speaker 1: would never get in in a million of one of

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Speaker 1: those small ones where you're like freaking out when you're

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Speaker 1: walking up. My uncle Craig was a pilot for years

737
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Speaker 1: and he flew his own little plane that he built

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Speaker 1: and then he crashed it in a field and I

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00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: was like, yeah, Craig, that's because your plane looked like

740
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Speaker 1: a toy. What are you doing? Man? But so you

741
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: kind of that's and that's you. You break that whole

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Speaker 1: thing down. Yeah. Yeah, So it's really interesting. He found

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Speaker 1: hangar space and it's kind of made friends with a

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Speaker 1: group of military veterans in the Dallas area and so

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00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: they go up they fly in for mes you know,

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00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: have in the in the off season, they'll go out

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00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: and fly an hour or two hours away to just

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00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 1: go have breakfast somewhere that you know, and it's just

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00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:15,919
Speaker 1: Kickers are always super um distinct, usually summer, more over

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Speaker 1: the top than others. But um, he's more on the

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Speaker 1: quiet side. But then that's counterbalanced by Britain Colquitt, who

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00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: was over the top. I was just gonna say I

753
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: think what I think. I was combining two pieces that

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00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: are up right now when I said weird hobbies. Because

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Speaker 1: our punter, the other side of that special Team's duo,

756
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: he's got some interesting stuff. Yeah, and colleague Lindsay Young

757
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 1: wrote about that. So he's kind of started this menagerie

758
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: of toys that he keeps in his lockers. So totally,

759
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: there's a Gonzo. There's an Oklahoma State cowboy nutcracker in

760
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: Dan Bailey's honor. This all started in the Broncos locker room,

761
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: or actually when he and his former long snapper Aaron

762
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: Brewer were both released in twenty sixteen. There's a plus

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Speaker 1: toy that plays I believe the Air Force fight song

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00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: that's Austin cutting now. So it's it's he just has

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Speaker 1: a locker that looks like Sanford and Son's living room.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's impossible to miss. It's the most

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Speaker 1: distinct locker I've ever seen. So, Lindsay Young wrote the

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Speaker 1: coal Quit piece, it's up now on Vikings dot com.

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Speaker 1: You wrote the Bailey piece, It's up on Vikings dot com.

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Speaker 1: They're both fantastic. As soon as you finish this podcast,

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00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: uh go give them a read. And now I want

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Speaker 1: to force you to help us discuss the Broncos game.

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00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: If okay, well let's go for it. Well, I think

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00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 1: it's it's interesting, you know, I'm I'm personally I don't

775
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,759
Speaker 1: know that happy is the right word, but I love

776
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: that there's a buy in between the Broncos and the Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: because I think the Cowboys was a really tough game

778
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,919
Speaker 1: and the Broncos is going to be a difficult game,

779
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: make no mistake, And we'll get into that. But just

780
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,360
Speaker 1: from a visual standpoint, when you look at on the

781
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 1: schedule and you look at rec that can look like

782
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: a dip in between two really big games. So the

783
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: fact that they can focus on this one knowing they're

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00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: going into the bye week, to me, that feels like

785
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: a positive. Yeah, you always worry about coming off a

786
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: very emotional win, a little bit let down against if

787
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: you do a little bit of record watching. But the

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Speaker 1: first message that coach Zimmer conveyed in his tuck with

789
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: media was this team is better than the record, and

790
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 1: players followed suit. Kirk said, it is the best defense

791
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: that the Vikings feel like they've faced to this point

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00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: in the season. Fourth best passing defense in the league.

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00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: It's a really, really good passing defense. And then Chris

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00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,760
Speaker 1: and I were talking about off air before the show.

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00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: You think, oh, we get to face a young quarterback

796
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,439
Speaker 1: that's never played before, but that's not always an ideal situation. Yeah,

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00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: talking to coach Zimmer and talking to his son and

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00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 1: linebackers coach Adams Zimmer, these guys hate playing rookie quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: I know you know this, Craig. Every football coach out there,

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00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: you think they would love playing rookie quarterbacks, especially these

801
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: defensive guys. They don't because they don't have any footage.

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00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: They have one game of NFL footage on this guy,

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Speaker 1: and it was a good game against the Cleveland Browns

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00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: where he led the team to a victory. So you're

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Speaker 1: facing a young quarterback who comes in and it's not

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Speaker 1: the Joe Flacco, which you would have years and years

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00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: of tape on him. We saw it happened in that

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00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills game, and that shut your mouth. Of course,

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00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen again. Don't you care that they

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00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: have the same last name. You shut your mouth, but

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Speaker 1: that that you're right. That is the worry. The worry

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00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: always is you never know what a guy that you've

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Speaker 1: never seen can do. I will add on to what

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Speaker 1: you were saying, Craig about the defense. I think the

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Speaker 1: initial instinct is when you see, oh, they're the fourth

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00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 1: best passing defense, but they've they've given up an eighty

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Speaker 1: yard run to four net and a forty six yard

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Speaker 1: run to Patterson's. I would caution everybody to understand there's

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Speaker 1: a guy in Denver that doesn't get a lot of

820
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: press because Denver hasn't been great for a while now.

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Speaker 1: His name is Mike Purcell. He is in the middle

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Speaker 1: of their line and he is an absolute monster. This

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00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: dude has like I think ten run stuffs on the

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Speaker 1: year he attacked. At the point of attack, he dominates.

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Speaker 1: And it'll be really really interesting to see how are

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Speaker 1: the interior of our line that has been tested often

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Speaker 1: this year. It'll be interesting to see how they respond.

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Speaker 1: Lucky for us, as I argue my own worry, uh,

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Speaker 1: we got a guy who's pretty damn good at running

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Speaker 1: to the outside. Yeah, yeah, I think getting to the

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Speaker 1: perimeter is very important in this game. There might be

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Speaker 1: even a little bit overlap between what the Bears try

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Speaker 1: to do with really gum up the middle with big bodies,

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Speaker 1: and that didn't work out so well. Yeah in Week four,

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Speaker 1: and it's they have and it's not just Purcell. I

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00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: think you're exactly right. They have a bunch of big, beefy,

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Speaker 1: strong dudes and this is this is a you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a positive for that. We have the offensive coaching

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Speaker 1: staff that went against them for all these years in

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00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: practice in Kubiak, Clint Kubiak, his son Um, and we

841
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: have their tight ends coach Brian Periani. So a lot

842
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 1: of the coaches that came over from the Denver Broncos,

843
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: they're going to it's guys they're pretty familiar with, and

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00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: Von Miller and Chris Harris as a cornerback. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: a lot of these players they've practiced against a lot

846
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: of times. So that's a good thing. That's a really

847
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: good point, and then you throw in that Fangio has

848
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: played against us a bunch of times. It's a really weird,

849
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: incestual matchup of coaches who know each other I personally,

850
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 1: and this is maybe me being dramatic. We know that

851
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: this team has struggled against the Chicago Bears for the

852
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: last few years and specifically the last year and a half,

853
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: and it seems like we've struggled in a very specific way.

854
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,880
Speaker 1: To me, this is an awesome opportunity because Vic Fangio

855
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: is going to try to beat you the way he's

856
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: beaten you with the Bears. He uses von Miller like

857
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, and we are going to have a big

858
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,919
Speaker 1: I don't care if the Bears don't win another game

859
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: all season until we face them. That is going to

860
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 1: be a hell of a challenge for this team given

861
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 1: the matchup. So I like that they have a similar

862
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: a similar set of personnel in terms of size, and

863
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: I like that they're going to take a similar approach

864
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 1: because it gives us a chance to go out and

865
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: beat it in a different way than we would I

866
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: would just in that game. I would love to see

867
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 1: some attacking. I would love to see some aggression, Yeah,

868
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,799
Speaker 1: I think so. And get the ball out to the

869
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,479
Speaker 1: playmakers too. Yeah, and get it out and get going.

870
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: That's exactly right. So I love that idea. I mean,

871
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: Denver's allowed fifteen total touchdowns in nine games, six rushing,

872
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: seven passing, two returns. Yeah, so I mean they're they're stingy.

873
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: You know, you get so used to we're gonna put

874
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: some points up. We're gonna have to put some points up.

875
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: That was all of October and now this game is

876
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: more of like kind of the early Zimmer years, like

877
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 1: his first couple of seasons here where the fall line

878
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: was like score twenty one and you almost always win, Zimmer,

879
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: And now we've kind of created a fabric where we

880
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: can win some higher scoring games too. And that's what

881
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 1: I'm super curious to see. As a guy who knows

882
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: and would never claim to know anything about how to

883
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: game plan anything, let's be very clear about that. What

884
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: I'm curious is you hit it on the head. Zimmer

885
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: has built that defense and built this team to do that,

886
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: but now you do have the other side of the ball,

887
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: and now you are playing a defensive coach. I would

888
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: love to see Zimmer do what he does but on

889
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, be like, you know what,

890
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 1: this isn't your all Vikings, man, this isn't the We

891
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 1: don't have to grind out seventeen against you. We can

892
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: put up twenty eight, we can put up thirty five.

893
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 1: I would love to see that. Well, every game that

894
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: the Vikers have played at home this year has been

895
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: a pretty dominating win so far, and it's it's really

896
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,840
Speaker 1: really good. The Vicers are only one of two teams

897
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: to win all their home games this year, so and

898
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: them and the New England Patriots and and something to

899
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 1: look forward to the second half of the season. Three

900
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: division games at home. Yeah, But more importantly, Jay was

901
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: telling me before the show, there's a we've we've played

902
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: more on the road than anybody in the league, right, Yeah,

903
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: We've had six road games so far this season. We're

904
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: the only team in the league that's played six road

905
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: games so far. So you look at you look at

906
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 1: this week. This week to me is such a monumental

907
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,720
Speaker 1: opportunity with the buye coming up, because you most likely

908
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 1: hamstrings always make me nervous, so I'm not counting on

909
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: a feeling return at any specific time, but you most

910
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 1: likely can get some of your other guys healthy and back,

911
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: and you're gonna cruise into a bunch of home games

912
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. It's a pretty big

913
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: one and one that I don't you know some of

914
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,399
Speaker 1: these games are trapped. I don't see that right here.

915
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: The team seems pretty focused. I think you hit it

916
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: right on with having to buy on the tail into this.

917
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,840
Speaker 1: And then also if you know going into it that

918
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 1: this is not saying we know Adam Theland's injury status

919
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,879
Speaker 1: or his designation for the game. But if you go

920
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: in like this past week, knowing that you're not likely

921
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 1: going to have him, you can scheme up some other things.

922
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 1: Loved all the screens to Dalvin. He's so explosive after

923
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,839
Speaker 1: the catch, it's almost free money. And I'll throw one

924
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: more thing into cap this thing off. I know we're

925
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: not a cute football team. I know we don't like

926
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 1: to be fancy, but when you've seen a guy like

927
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: Fangio a whole bunch of times and he really knows you,

928
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: I would love to see some tricky stuff. I would

929
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,240
Speaker 1: like just once. If you're an NFL team that doesn't

930
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: do a lot of trick plays, you're like not you

931
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 1: don't have a Philly special not but you go. I

932
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: respect that, but I would love I would love to

933
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: try to catch him off guard with a flea flicker.

934
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 1: I'm a big flea flicker guy. That might be my

935
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: dumbest take of the show, but man, I would love

936
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: to catch him off guard with something that he's not

937
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: ready for. Well, huge thank you to Craig Peters again.

938
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Speaker 1: Like I said, his fantastic piece on Dan Bailey is

939
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 1: up on Vikings dot Com, as is Lindsay Young's on

940
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: Coal Quit. Just a quick programming note. Under Center with

941
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is on our app right now, is on

942
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: the Iheartrap app. It's on the Vikings dot Com app.

943
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: You can hear it on Kafan Skull Stories. This week.

944
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: The guest is Scott Studwell and it's and we threw

945
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 1: Pete Bursitch in there because you know, let's get some

946
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 1: giant linebackers talking to each other about linebackers. You know

947
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: how uncool like you? Have you ever felt like you're

948
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: not a man at all? Just stand next to Scott

949
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: Studwell and Pete versus, You're like, Okay, cut my hair,

950
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,320
Speaker 1: go home, got it? Okay, got it? And then Vikings

951
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: Final Prep will be on the app on Friday Friday

952
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: evening and it'll air on k Fan six thirty to

953
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: seven pm. Last thing I want to say before we leave,

954
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,840
Speaker 1: I want to know what's the one thing you're looking

955
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,280
Speaker 1: forward to the most. What's the thing that you're what's

956
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: the performance that you're hoping for this weekend? Specifically, I

957
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: want to score points early. When when we score points

958
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: early at home, it ends up pretty good most of

959
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 1: the time for the Vikings, and I think that's going

960
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: to happen in this game. Let's score early, get out

961
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: in front, Pete Craigers. I would love to see all

962
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: these guys that had some of their first major moments

963
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: in their careers at Denver, so like Stefan Diggs made

964
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Speaker 1: his very first that's right, debut six sketches eighty seven

965
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: yards back in Denver. It's just kind of fun to

966
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 1: see how those guys that were rookies all come come

967
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 1: full circle. But most of all, I would love for

968
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:57,439
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter to go ahead and get one point five

969
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 1: sacks so he can be the fastest to fifty in

970
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,400
Speaker 1: the history, in the history and the history if the NFL.

971
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Speaker 1: If he gets it, the youngest. He'd be the youngest

972
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: the least amount of days as a human man to

973
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: get to fifty j He's definitely a man. What I

974
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 1: want to see is I want to see if our

975
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: offense can take the next step and go against a

976
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: very stout defense and start to light up some points.

977
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: I love that's the case. Last week. My whole thing

978
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: with Dallas was get out on him early and that

979
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: let them try to have to beat your defense. This week,

980
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: I want to see us race away from Denver and

981
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: say you're not going to catch us. That's my goal

982
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: this week to watch. I absolutely love it, and I

983
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: my thing I'm looking for is just the continued progression

984
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:39,840
Speaker 1: of Kirk playing. I think this is quietly a bigger

985
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: challenge than the last two weeks. Everybody wants to talk

986
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: about primetime and outdoors and Dallas had a fine defense

987
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs didn't have much of one. But to me,

988
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:52,720
Speaker 1: Kirk against a good defense, Kirk against the Bears style

989
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: of defense has not been kind to him, and I

990
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: think he's more comfortable than he was in the beginning

991
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 1: of the season. I think he's more comfortable than he

992
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:01,400
Speaker 1: was last season. I think things are clicking, so to

993
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: me as pumped as everybody was, like he won the

994
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 1: game that people said he couldn't. To me, this is

995
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,400
Speaker 1: the game that I would love to see Kirk thriving.

996
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,399
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm looking for and hoping for. Thank

997
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: you guys so much for joining us. We'll be back

998
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: with another episode next week. And listen to all the

999
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: stuff on the Minnesota Vikings Podcast Network, which you can

1000
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: get anywhere right Jay iTunes, Apple, Google, Plheart, Google Play Podcasts,

1001
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: anywhere you get stuff for Chris Corso, Jay Nelson, and

1002
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: Pete Craigers. We'll see you guys next week