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Speaker 3: Well, the Minnesota Vikings season has come to a conclusion,

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Speaker 3: but that does not mean that the Minnesota Vikings podcast

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Speaker 4: We are back.

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Speaker 3: This is the Divisional Round edition of this show and

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Speaker 3: my name is Gabe Penderson. I'm alongside Vikings dot Com

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Speaker 3: Tatum Everett, Jay Nelson and our producer Eric Davidson. Guys,

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Speaker 3: there is not much Vikings news, but there are a

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Speaker 3: lot of things that happened this past week, like, you know,

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Speaker 3: divisional weekend, and just some opportunities for us to be

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Speaker 3: able to you know, look at the league in its totality.

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Speaker 3: And as we start today's show right when we finished

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Speaker 3: recording the day after recorded last week, the Vikings announce

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Speaker 3: that they are returning to London in twenty twenty four

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Speaker 3: International Games, and guys Tatum, you and I were there

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Speaker 3: last year. It's just an experience that I think all

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Speaker 1: Well, I think the Vikings have such good luck in

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Speaker 2: I'm excited to see that we're the.

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Speaker 5: Well, one of the things, like in twenty thirteen, because

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and then I mean the Vikings fans. If you

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Speaker 3: in London, you can visit Vikings dot com slash London

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Speaker 3: for more information and sign up for international updates. Guys,

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Speaker 1: I mean, unlike how up and down the Chiefs season was.

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Speaker 3: Well, the one game that actually had me glued to

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and think about the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 5: I mean, we all know what happened when we played

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Speaker 5: in San Francisco a couple of years ago in divisional

439
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Speaker 5: round like that is a very tough place to play.

440
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Speaker 5: Detroit is absolutely geeked right now. And then Buffalo in

441
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Speaker 5: their element against Kansas City doesn't get much bigger than that.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that I would say is I would

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Speaker 3: agree that the home team does have the favorable matchups

444
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Speaker 3: this weekend, But that Kansas City Chiefs team, it's for me,

445
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Speaker 3: it's just hard to count those guys out. With Pat

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Speaker 3: Mahomes as their quarterback, and the fact that the Kansas

447
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Speaker 3: City Chiefs are used to those weather conditions, I think

448
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Speaker 3: that kind of makes the game a little bit more

449
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Speaker 3: even So, Yeah, the Buffalo Bills are going to have

450
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Speaker 3: home foot advantage. If it snow's afoot, expect two hundred

451
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Speaker 3: thousand fans to be there shoveling snow for twenty dollars

452
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Speaker 3: this upcoming weekend. But yeah, that is an interesting matchup.

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Speaker 3: I think this will be a very fun, very fun

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Speaker 3: divisional round. But Dalvin Cook, it was something a guy

455
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Speaker 3: that came to mind when I was just thinking about

456
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Speaker 3: just these matchups. Dalvin Cook now plays for the Baltimore Ravens.

457
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Speaker 3: He's going to get a lot of carries this weekend.

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Speaker 3: He posted a picture on social media earlier this week

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Speaker 3: of him in his Baltimore Ravens uniform, and I was like,

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Speaker 3: Oh wow, like this Ravens team, who's you talk about?

461
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Speaker 3: You know, teams that just can't figure it out in

462
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Speaker 3: the playoffs, they have I guess a or something that

463
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Speaker 3: you know, a camel on their back when it comes

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Speaker 3: to the teams that just can't finish. And now that

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Speaker 3: Dalvin Cook has an opportunity to play for you know,

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Speaker 3: a playoff content or a Super Bowl contender, this could

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Speaker 3: be interesting.

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Speaker 5: I think Lamar Jackson in the playoffs has had some

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Speaker 5: very non dubious games. He's he's struggled at times, especially

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Speaker 5: when defenses come after him. And so for me, I'm

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Speaker 5: looking at this one saying that Houston team played pretty

472
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Speaker 5: dang well least to me, is.

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Speaker 2: The most exciting game this week.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and so again, if you've got the first one

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Speaker 5: kind of a young squad where you know, they don't

476
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Speaker 5: know they're not supposed to be there kind of thing.

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Speaker 5: Going to Baltimore, Lamar is gonna he's going to have

478
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Speaker 5: a prime opportunity to be able to finally, you know,

479
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Speaker 5: throw that stamp down and say listen, you know we

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Speaker 5: are the number one seed for a reason. We are

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Speaker 5: at home. We have all the reasons and all the

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Speaker 5: ability in the world to advance to the AFC Championship Game.

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Speaker 5: If they struggle in that one too, I think there's

484
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Speaker 5: going to be a lot of question marks then going forward, saying,

485
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Speaker 5: you know, can this guy get it done? But he's

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Speaker 5: been an absolute monster all season long.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's been He's been playing MVP caliber ball.

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Speaker 3: He's he's my MVP this year. I know a lot

489
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Speaker 3: of people are Sam Brock party, but just thinking about

490
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Speaker 3: what Lamar, the stats that he's put up this year,

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Speaker 3: the wins that he's put together, the offense that he's been,

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Speaker 3: you know, leading this year. I just believe he is

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Speaker 3: the most valuable player in the NFL. But you look

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Speaker 3: at those playoff stats and it's like, this guy's winning

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Speaker 3: three in the playoffs. He's got more touchdowns interceptions in

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Speaker 3: the playoffs. I believe his passer rating is less than seventy.

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Speaker 3: So I'm sure he's ready to you know, quiet that

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Speaker 3: talk to me. I'm interested to see what that first

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Speaker 3: game in the playoffs are going to look like.

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Speaker 2: K Lamar has his defense to think too.

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Speaker 1: For this VP potentially, you know, they're I think that's

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Speaker 1: where they're kind of secret sauces this year is that

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Speaker 1: they're they're kind of living up to the Ravens standard

504
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Speaker 1: of defense that has been set for so many years

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Speaker 1: before them. So I'm that's why I'm thinking the most

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Speaker 1: excited for that one. I'm just excited see the Texans

507
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Speaker 1: can do against them, and see c. J. Stroud and

508
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Speaker 1: see how how they can you know, how they can

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Speaker 1: play against the Ravens.

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Speaker 2: I think it'd be really interesting to see them go.

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Speaker 1: All the way, the Ravens go all the way and

512
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Speaker 1: have like a double Harbaugh on top.

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Speaker 2: Of the both football worlds. It was kind of interesting.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, like they have

515
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Speaker 5: an opportunity to do something really crazy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's probably never been as a family.

517
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you think about like how many you have certain

518
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Speaker 5: family members who have had an opportunity, whether it's coaching

519
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Speaker 5: or playing. You know, the Kelsey's played against each other

520
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Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl was kind of a special thing.

521
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Speaker 5: But if you're talking the Harbas have the chance to

522
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Speaker 5: not only control college football and football felt that is

523
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Speaker 5: an insane storyline.

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Speaker 3: I mean what Jim Harball said, he finally gets to

525
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Speaker 3: see that the big table after you know, winning the

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Speaker 3: national championship, A couple of weeks ago, if John wins

527
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Speaker 3: the Super Bowl this year, like, is he at the

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Speaker 3: bigger table?

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Speaker 5: I was gonna say, they'd be both sitting at the

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Speaker 5: ends of the table and everybody else would be lining

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Speaker 5: up on So I'm sure.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure Dad would probably be throwing some elbows if

533
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Speaker 3: that's the case. But that's a really cool storyline and

534
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Speaker 3: I'm excited to see how the Baltimore Ravens do this

535
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Speaker 3: upcoming weekend. But as we round out our show today,

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Speaker 3: earlier this week, I tweeted, I just you know, wanted

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Speaker 3: to prompt fans to continue to remain active and engaging

538
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Speaker 3: with us on social media and stay tuned the Vikings

539
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Speaker 3: dot com, and I posed the opportunity for fans to

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Speaker 3: send us some questions on the show, and we got

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Speaker 3: our fair share of questions. We won't get to all

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Speaker 3: of them just due to quote unquote time constraints. But

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Speaker 3: the first question that I'll throw out to this group

544
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Speaker 3: is from Bertie. It is at sports Birdie on Twitter,

545
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Speaker 3: Sporty Underscore Bertie on Twitter, and he says, I think

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Speaker 3: we should draft a quarterback who in this class fits

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Speaker 3: Kevin o'conno's system best. And I'll take a stab at

548
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Speaker 3: this first and this is supposed to be a generational

549
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Speaker 3: quarterback draft class, right starting with you know, Drake may

550
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Speaker 3: or Caleb Williams or Jaden Day. I mean, just so

551
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Speaker 3: many quarterbacks that stand out personally, I don't know who

552
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Speaker 3: fits this style of offense. Just understanding what Kevin O'Connell

553
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Speaker 3: wants in his quarterback, understanding that he wants Kirk Cousins

554
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Speaker 3: to be back.

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Speaker 4: I just don't know. I just don't know.

556
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Speaker 5: I think the thing about being an effective quarterback coach

557
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Speaker 5: is being able to help cater the team around whoever

558
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Speaker 5: you do have as your personnel. So like, for me,

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Speaker 5: the weird part about when you talk about generational quarterback

560
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Speaker 5: classes is, you know, we've seen this over and over again.

561
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Speaker 5: You see top quarterbacks go in the first round. There's

562
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Speaker 5: a bunch of stats out there about you know, how

563
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Speaker 5: how many years are guys in the in the league

564
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Speaker 5: after they've been drafted, And it really is one of

565
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Speaker 5: those things like if you can find a generational quarterback, yeah,

566
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Speaker 5: it makes it an entire difference to all these different teams.

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Speaker 5: I mean, we were just talking about all the playoff

568
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Speaker 5: teams currently and who are leading those teams at this point,

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Speaker 5: I think for this team, you know, the one thing

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Speaker 5: that I do feel like is that cosy front office

571
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Speaker 5: scoutingsta all the entire process that's about to happen is

572
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Speaker 5: they're going to find the guy that they find and

573
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Speaker 5: feel is the most effective for what they want to do.

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Speaker 5: Because we've talked about this going into the end of

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Speaker 5: the season too and even last week, just kind of

576
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Speaker 5: the riches you have as weapons on this team, I

577
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Speaker 5: think anyone walking into this system would feel like they

578
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Speaker 5: would be set for success and have the type of

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Speaker 5: weapons that they would want to move. So for me,

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Speaker 5: I know I'm being wishy washy on this thing too,

581
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Speaker 5: but I'm just kind of saying, like, I think you

582
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Speaker 5: could literally grab one of these guys, and if they

583
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Speaker 5: are the talent that everyone assumes they are at this point,

584
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Speaker 5: they're walking into a place that is going to have

585
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Speaker 5: the cupboard completely loaded with whatever they need and want

586
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Speaker 5: in order to be.

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Speaker 6: Successful in this lead.

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Speaker 1: And I don't really think we know what type of

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Speaker 1: quarterback they want to draft or want to plug into

590
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Speaker 1: their system as far as like a youth movement. Quite yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean you see them choose Jaron Hall, so you're like, Okay,

592
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Speaker 1: well maybe they are interested in a dual threat quarter.

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Speaker 1: I think what sets Jade Daniels apart for me personally

594
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Speaker 1: obviously is the LSU connection, But I have and I've

595
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Speaker 1: also watched more of him than the other two that

596
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Speaker 1: are kind of up there. I think that what's under

597
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Speaker 1: undervalued in Jaden's performance is how accurate he is, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's something that you need to be in

599
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Speaker 1: this offense with so many things going on and so

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Speaker 1: many things to process, accuracy is so key. I think

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Speaker 1: that you could see some of the backups that were

602
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Speaker 1: in the game, accuracy was sometimes something that they struggled

603
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Speaker 1: with as the season went along, and Jaden Daniels was

604
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Speaker 1: not as accurate as Joe Burrow.

605
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Speaker 2: He wasn't an accurate as Joe Burrow.

606
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Speaker 1: But he had a seventy two point two percent completion rate,

607
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Speaker 1: and I think that that's a pretty darn good thing.

608
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Speaker 1: The receivers are. They have very talented receivers. They have

609
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Speaker 1: a very talented run game at LSU. So I think

610
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Speaker 1: you'd walk into a situation here and he would be

611
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Speaker 1: able to command the locker room.

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Speaker 2: He's a little bit older, you know, like he's not.

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Speaker 1: He's kind of like Joe in a sense where he's

614
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Speaker 1: a little bit older, but he threw for more yards

615
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: than Joe, he had more total touchdowns than Joe. And

616
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Speaker 1: then you pair that with his ability to use his

617
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: legs to get out of pressure in the pocket, but

618
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Speaker 1: he is comfortable there as well. And I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I think that he is someone who has that leadership

620
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Speaker 1: ability to come into a room and be effective from

621
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Speaker 1: day one.

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Speaker 2: So that's why I'm picking him.

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Speaker 1: I will say I am biased, and I don't really

624
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Speaker 1: know too much about the other guys either, but I

625
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: think for me too, though, a big turn off for

626
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Speaker 1: me is and I don't blame I don't blame him

627
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Speaker 1: for being able to kind of dictate what he wants

628
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: to do and where he wants to go. But I

629
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Speaker 1: kind of like the whole, like I'm thankful to be here,

630
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Speaker 1: like I'm excited to be here, and for me, like

631
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Speaker 1: when you're a top two guy, you feel like you

632
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: can control the narrative with nil and with all this

633
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Speaker 1: kind of stuff, Like I kind of just missed the whole,

634
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Speaker 1: Like I feel like when you get Jaden not getting

635
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: any extra noise, if that makes any sense.

636
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 6: Minimize the drama.

637
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, those are all interesting takes.

638
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Speaker 3: And to your point of accuracy, I believe you add

639
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Speaker 3: that to what Kevin O'Connell asked for his quarterbacks. Accuracy

640
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 3: and winning games and being able to process things quickly

641
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 3: is something that that's key to be successful in this offense.

642
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Speaker 3: And there are a lot of quarterbacks in this draft,

643
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Speaker 3: and I just I just don't know, Like I just

644
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 3: don't know what to to Tatum's point, like when when

645
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 3: you draft a guy and Jaron Hall, dude, is that

646
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell basically says, saying that he wants, you know,

647
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 3: a guy that can be a.

648
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 4: Dual threat quarterback.

649
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Speaker 3: But you look at you know, with him, you know,

650
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 3: being a guy that stood on the table for Matt

651
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 3: Stafford in LA, then that's a guy that's just versatile,

652
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 3: can improvise, can throw any make any throw in on

653
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Speaker 3: the play sheet.

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Speaker 4: I just don't know. I just don't know.

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Speaker 5: The hardest part for me is knowing that we are

656
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Speaker 5: six weeks away or so from the combine and we

657
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Speaker 5: got free ag and see and we got all the

658
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Speaker 5: rookie quarterbacks, Like there is so many moving parts that

659
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Speaker 5: when it comes to this kind of stuff. I mean,

660
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Speaker 5: we've all seen guys that were supposed to i mean,

661
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Speaker 5: look at Aaron Rodgers. He was supposed to be the

662
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Speaker 5: number one pick. He slid to the twenties. There's always

663
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Speaker 5: weird stuff that happens. From this point, you start getting

664
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Speaker 5: the subtrifuge of front offices throwing stuff out there to

665
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Speaker 5: try to throw people off the scent like this is

666
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 5: the silly season. This is when it's about to kick in.

667
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 5: We're not even out of the playoffs yet, but you know,

668
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Speaker 5: and the thing is, it's the you know, Viking season

669
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Speaker 5: is done. So like this is the kind of speculation

670
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Speaker 5: and pieces that do come out at this time. Fans

671
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Speaker 5: are hungry just to kind of figure out, like where

672
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Speaker 5: are we going and what's our future? And to me,

673
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Speaker 5: I'm still trying to process, trying to try to still

674
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Speaker 5: figure out my sleep at this point. But I think

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Speaker 5: when it comes to the idea of of quarterbacks, I mean,

676
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Speaker 5: that is the a number one position in the entire NFL.

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Speaker 5: And if again you can find a generational quarterback and

678
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Speaker 5: they're going to be here for years to come, it's

679
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Speaker 5: a very exciting prospect for a lot of people.

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Speaker 3: And I think That's why you know a lot of

681
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Speaker 3: fans are addressing that quarterback situation because you know, with

682
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Speaker 3: with Kirk Cousins rehabbing his injury, he's not under contract

683
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Speaker 3: for twenty twenty four and just understanding that Quaycy wants

684
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Speaker 3: to bring him back, but they have to come to

685
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Speaker 3: a healthy number that makes sense for both parties. What

686
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Speaker 3: do the Vikings do at quarterback and at Chuck T.

687
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Speaker 3: Peterson on X formally known as Twitter says, well, Justin

688
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Speaker 3: Jefferson or Kirk Cousins retire next year. And I think

689
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Speaker 3: that's a fair question. Justin Jefferson's under contract, Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 3: is not Jay your thoughts.

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Speaker 5: My thoughts are kind of aligning with what Kwaisy and

692
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Speaker 5: Kevin talked about at the press conference. Everyone's to this

693
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Speaker 5: point has said the right thing. You know, Justin says,

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Speaker 5: I'm going to keep playing for this team and let

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Speaker 5: everything play itself out. Kirk is saying, you know, he

696
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Speaker 5: would like to in some fashion be back. Quaycy's saying,

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Speaker 5: We've had healthy conversations with all these guys. We've got

698
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Speaker 5: to make sure it works for everybody. I think that

699
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Speaker 5: because everyone is again saying the right thing that you know,

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Speaker 5: there is very much a push and an ability there

701
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Speaker 5: for them to try and get something done. Again, this

702
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Speaker 5: stuff's all going to play out because of free agency

703
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Speaker 5: and everything else going on. But I think the most

704
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Speaker 5: rewarding part, at least at this point, is that you

705
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Speaker 5: don't hear any kind of backlash happening or anyone saying,

706
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Speaker 5: you know, being sticklers about it. I think everyone feels

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Speaker 5: like they're trying to negotiate in good faith and hopefully

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Speaker 5: that continues moving forward in the rest of this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, And I think I think that's the plan,

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Speaker 1: Like the best plan is to hope you can work

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Speaker 1: it out with everyone who you want to be here

712
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Speaker 1: and see how advantageous those contracts are for the whole

713
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Speaker 1: team in general. I do think that the best situation

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Speaker 1: would be to resign Kirk to a quarterback or a

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Speaker 1: team friendly deal excuse me, and also drafted QB. Sorry

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Speaker 1: not sorry, that's what I think that would be amazing

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Speaker 1: to do. I think that that's something that we've realized

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Speaker 1: this season is so crucial to a successful year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you just got to have the right people in place,

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Speaker 1: and I think it'd be interesting to see the Vikings

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Speaker 1: try and take a page out of what other teams

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Speaker 1: have done where you have such a good season QB

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Speaker 1: and then you have this young guy learning under him

724
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Speaker 1: and not forcing him to get out there and play

725
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Speaker 1: because not everyone can be c J.

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Speaker 2: Stroud.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and the fact that this Vikings team has a

728
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Speaker 3: really good offensive line to help mold a young quarterback.

729
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Speaker 3: And then you have, like Tatum said, hopefully Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 3: back that can help groom a quarterback. I believe that

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Speaker 3: makes this a desirable situation for one of these quarterbacks

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Speaker 3: in this draft this year. Before we move on to

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Speaker 3: the more funner questions, this Twitter name is unique to me.

734
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Speaker 3: Ted E Bear asks when do we decide to improve

735
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Speaker 3: the interior of our lines? And the first thing that

736
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Speaker 3: came to mind is we need a bear upfront and

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Speaker 3: a guy that stands out to me us I'll just

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Speaker 3: compound this question because there was another person that asked,

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Speaker 3: is there any defensive lineman interior defensive lineman that can

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Speaker 3: help our defense right now? And I'll compound compound those

741
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Speaker 3: two questions, and all a guy that stands out to

742
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Speaker 3: me is the University of Illinois or IU their defensive tackle.

743
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Speaker 3: I believe his name is Johnny Newton. He was All American.

744
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Speaker 3: He was a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year,

745
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Speaker 3: Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year this past year,

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Speaker 3: and he was a two time All Big Ten first

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Speaker 3: team guy. And he's just someone that I think will

748
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Speaker 3: fall to the Vikings. When you look at who we

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Speaker 3: have on our interior defensive line, there are only three

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Speaker 3: guys under contract for twenty twenty four and that's Harrison Phillips,

751
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Speaker 3: Dean Lowry and Jacquelin Roy. So clearly that interior defensive

752
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Speaker 3: line position is going to be something that this Vikings

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Speaker 3: team tries to address during some point in the twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty four NFL Draft Tatum.

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Speaker 1: There are nine picks, and while that sounds great, I

756
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Speaker 1: have a feeling we're going to end up with a

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Speaker 1: lot more.

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Speaker 2: The way that our GM.

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Speaker 1: Operates for now, it's the first pick, the second or

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Speaker 1: the first round, the second round, two, fourth, two, fifth, two,

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Speaker 1: sixth and one seventh.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but that also gives you a ton of ammo

763
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Speaker 5: oh yeah, to do a lot of moving. I mean,

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Speaker 5: that's one thing that Spikings team has been known for

765
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Speaker 5: over the years is lots of draft day moving. Whether

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Speaker 5: you know, I think the idea then is there is

767
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Speaker 5: that flexibility I know, not having that third round pick,

768
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Speaker 5: but I mean TJ. Hockinson in return, we know what

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Speaker 5: he's done as far as production wise, So I think

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Speaker 5: you feel pretty solid knowing that you're getting a return

771
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Speaker 5: off of that pick. But I think the idea of

772
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Speaker 5: addressing pass rush we've seen in this league how effective

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Speaker 5: and crucial that can be. Just look at the teams

774
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Speaker 5: right now that are in the playoffs, you know, defensively,

775
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Speaker 5: think about even you know, Philly lost this past weekend,

776
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 5: but man, they loaded up in the draft this past.

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Speaker 6: Year, including Jalen Carter.

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Speaker 5: So like, I think there's a lot of emphasis at

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Speaker 5: this point to help revamp that and provide some more depth.

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Speaker 5: And so I you know, I don't have any uh

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Speaker 5: qualms with the idea of trying to find another you know,

782
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 5: beefeeder down there in the trenches that can really help

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Speaker 5: you out.

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Speaker 3: I'm a lot of people were tweeting to Andree Sweat

785
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 3: as a name that the Vikings need to watch. He's

786
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 3: an interior defensive liner from the University of Texas. He

787
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Speaker 3: won the Outland Trophy, and that interior defensive line just

788
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 3: being able to address that at some point in this draft.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure Vikings fans will be firmly and greatly excited

790
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Speaker 3: about how we do that in this upcoming year's draft.

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Speaker 4: Jay, this, this.

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Speaker 3: Next question was something that that stood out to me

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Speaker 3: because I know you've been with this team for a

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Speaker 3: while and you know our colors are purple and gold

795
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Speaker 3: and we are just throwing through Vikings. Someone asks, would

796
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Speaker 3: anyone be opposed to changing the team colors? That question

797
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Speaker 3: comes from at Georgia Rosa JRCR.

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Speaker 5: I'm raising my hand currently, Yes, I would be opposed

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Speaker 5: to it. For me, it's I am Viking through and

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Speaker 5: through it has been. I know that the idea sometimes

801
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Speaker 5: of you got to do a revamp, you gotta do

802
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 5: a rebrand, you got to figure some stuff out. Personally,

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Speaker 5: I do not feel like that is going to be

804
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 5: the thing that's going to help get us the new

805
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 5: identity and get us over the hump.

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Speaker 6: You know, even the.

807
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Speaker 5: Idea that the LA Lakers took the Lakers and the

808
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 5: colors to LA from Minnesota and are still running with them.

809
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 5: If anyone wants anything purples a regal color, I got

810
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 5: to keep with the purple and gold here with the Vikings,

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Speaker 5: I am not willing to make that change.

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Speaker 1: They're too iconic. It's just not I mean, I get Georgia,

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Speaker 1: I understand your point. You know, it does provide a

814
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Speaker 1: little bit of umph, but yeah, you know, I just

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Speaker 1: I don't see it.

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Speaker 2: I don't see it.

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Speaker 1: Purple and gold or my favorite color combo always have been,

818
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Speaker 1: and I'm very very pleased with the way it looks,

819
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Speaker 1: and I think it's too iconic.

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00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 2: I just I don't think so.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with the two of you.

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Speaker 3: Just purple and gold, but you think of that, you

823
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 3: just think of Vikings, especially when it comes to the football.

824
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Speaker 3: I mean it comes to football, it's a very It

825
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,720
Speaker 3: stands out we're one of two teams that have purple

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Speaker 3: as one of our primary color, so that that is

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Speaker 3: something that I don't think the Vikings should change, and

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Speaker 3: I'm sure the Wolfs we'll probably not changed that under

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Speaker 3: their leadership here has been It's like.

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Speaker 2: An expensive change.

831
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Speaker 4: Very much, so very much, so very much so.

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Speaker 3: Last question, I figure we leave this podcast on a

833
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 3: on a great note. So at Vikes all day, ask

834
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Speaker 3: where are you all most exciting for this offseason? Love

835
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Speaker 3: the podcast, Tatum, We'll start with you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's kind of I know this might

837
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Speaker 1: be a boring answer, but and something expected, but I'm

838
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: really excited to see how this all shakes out as

839
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Speaker 1: far as the roster goes.

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00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 2: I think, you know, last year, I think we.

841
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: Were always worried too, because it was like the first

842
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: like true off season after a season that the we've

843
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Speaker 1: seen with the coaching staff in the front office, and

844
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Speaker 1: you're like, oh, what's their vision, who are they going

845
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: to pick up in free agency? How are they going

846
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Speaker 1: to address this? And that's always for me, the biggest,

847
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Speaker 1: the biggest thing I look forward to, Like, you know,

848
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Speaker 1: you get so used to the set of guys in

849
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Speaker 1: a locker room and then you have this like four

850
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: month overhaul change where you don't know if you're going

851
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: to see back here or what the team's gonna look like.

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Speaker 1: And so I think that for me is the most

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00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 1: exciting part. I I'm just ready to see what it

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00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: looks like. It's kind of like my impatience kind of

855
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: kicks in.

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Speaker 6: For sure.

857
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 4: I agree.

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Speaker 5: I think the idea that the cupboard is not bare.

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00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 5: I think there's also been you know, well, we're going

860
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 5: into now basically the third year with Quasi and Kevin

861
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 5: being able to really shape this team. They've had a

862
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 5: vision from the moment they walked in the door. I

863
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 5: think they'll be able to fully kind of realize and

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Speaker 5: actualize what they're.

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Speaker 6: Trying to go for.

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Speaker 5: I think the idea that you know, we have weapons

867
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 5: on this team, yet at the same point, there's every

868
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 5: single season a team gets augmented, hopefully for the better,

869
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 5: you know, just to strengthen. And I think there was

870
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Speaker 5: a feeling that we had finally got something cooking before

871
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Speaker 5: Kirk's injury, and from that point forward there was just

872
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,839
Speaker 5: too much of a mountain to climb. And so I

873
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 5: think there is optimism that, you know, we just need

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Speaker 3: I agree with both of you guys, since you guys

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