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Speaker 1: Vikings fans? Welcome to episode number one oh three of

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Speaker 1: It's Vikings dot COM's Gabe Henderson, Tatum Everett, and producer

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Speaker 1: and those are the moments and times that we've seen

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins struggle. We know he has the top playmakers

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Speaker 1: that he could possibly ask for as an NFL quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Just a matter of if he will be protected and

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Speaker 1: what he can do at that time. Clearly, I think

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Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson can make use of a clean pocket for

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. I think him and Adam Fieland will do

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Speaker 1: just fine if the Vikings rookies are able to make

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Speaker 1: that happen. So I'm really looking forward to that. And

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Speaker 1: I think, Gabe, you mentioned it like, I could see

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Speaker 1: a world where Brian O'Neil moves over to left tackle

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Speaker 1: and maybe Darrisill starts out at right tackle. That's just

440
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Speaker 1: an easier situation for a rookie in the NFL, and

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Speaker 1: we know what Brian O'Neill has done on both sides

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Speaker 1: at that tackle position. But yeah, I'll throw it back

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Speaker 1: at you, Gabe. Yeah, I remember Clint Kubiak said. I

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Speaker 1: asked him, I said, what is the hardest position on

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Speaker 1: the well on the football field to play and to learn?

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Speaker 1: And he said left tackle. So to your point of

447
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Speaker 1: trying to find that cambistry, trying to find that guy.

448
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Speaker 1: Is Darris saw the guy? Are we gonna try to

449
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Speaker 1: move Brian O'Neill to the left tackle? Like? I think

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Speaker 1: this is the perfect time period to figure that out.

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Speaker 1: And I think to Tatum's point, once you have that

452
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Speaker 1: set in stone, okay, now it's time to build that cambistry.

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to okay this. These are our solid bunch.

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Speaker 1: Let's get on the same page as Kirk. Let's get

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Speaker 1: on the same page with Dalvin, and let's let's just

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Speaker 1: move forward. So training camp is the perfect opportunity, and

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Speaker 1: now we have preseason games this year. I think I

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Speaker 1: think it serves all of us. Well, well, we've talked

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Speaker 1: the x's and ohs, and now we're gonna give you

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Speaker 1: everything you need to know on Vikings training camp at

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Speaker 1: the TCO Performance Center. I'll kick it off to the

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Speaker 1: Vikings newest employee in the VN network, Tatum Everett. Why

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Speaker 1: don't you tell Vikings fans what is in store and

464
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Speaker 1: how they can get tickets for all the big time

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Speaker 1: events at the TCO Performance Center. Yeah. Well, most of

466
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Speaker 1: the tickets to camp are free, which is so great

467
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Speaker 1: to hear. We want to see you guys out at

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Speaker 1: TCO to see all these practices, see the teams start perform.

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Speaker 1: There are four premiere practices. We'll get to those in

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Speaker 1: just a bit. But I think one thing of note

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Speaker 1: as a fan that is it's not the great is

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Speaker 1: but it's also like you know, perspective. We're out there,

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Speaker 1: we get to see the players. We're super pumped about that.

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Speaker 1: But there will be no typical autographs because of NFL

475
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Speaker 1: COVID policies this year. So basically there's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: chance to get them, but just not in the way

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Speaker 1: that we're used to. And I think Gabe actually you

478
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Speaker 1: know a little bit more about that after being on

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Speaker 1: the training camp committee. Yeah. Yeah, we had to CJ

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Speaker 1: Ruan a couple of weeks ago and he was talking

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Speaker 1: about that there will be signed footballs and signed you

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Speaker 1: signed apparel, but there will be a middleman tossing those

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Speaker 1: items to fans in the stands. So of course we

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Speaker 1: want to be near the fans. We want the players

485
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Speaker 1: to be near the fans, but unfortunately that would not

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Speaker 1: happen this year. But there will be opportunities for a

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Speaker 1: lot of fans to you know, attend. Some of our

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Speaker 1: premier practice is starting with the night practice July thirty. First,

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Speaker 1: it is the night practice at the TCO Performance Center.

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Speaker 1: I think that practice starts at seven o'clock that night,

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Speaker 1: and that will be like the first real night for

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Speaker 1: fans to get that prime time experience. So that's one

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Speaker 1: of the four. I think the second one is the

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Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium practice on August seventh, and we will

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Speaker 1: also be using that day to recognize our frontline hero

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Speaker 1: So that'll be exciting to acknowledge all of the people

497
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Speaker 1: that put in countless hours and countless days on the

498
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Speaker 1: front lines to save so many lives this past year

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Speaker 1: during this you know, COVID nineteen pandemic. So I'm excited

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Speaker 1: for those two days. You know. Of course, the third

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Speaker 1: and fourth one or the joint practice assist with the

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Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. The first one is Wednesday, August eleventh, and

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Speaker 1: then Thursday August twelfth, So both of those practices, there

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Speaker 1: are tickets available still that you can purchase as a

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Speaker 1: fan to see that up close and personnel and to

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Speaker 1: get some exclusive access also, So four premier practices. I'm

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Speaker 1: excited to be a part of it. I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: be a part of it with you guys, we got

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Speaker 1: so much content plan. This is gonna be a good year, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: and thank you guys for explaining that to the Vikings fans.

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Speaker 1: A couple other dates to look at. Sunday, July twenty

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Speaker 1: fifth is the first day that rookies report to the

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Speaker 1: TCO Performance Center for training camp. Tuesday the twenty seventh,

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Speaker 1: those veterans will report to the TCO Performance Center, and Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: July twenty eighth, the first official day of practice that

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Speaker 1: you the Vikings fans are allowed to be at us

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Speaker 1: Bank Training Camp at the TCO Performance Center. So a

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Speaker 1: lot of dates to look forward to. As both Tatum

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Speaker 1: and Gabe mentioned, you can get those tickets at Vikings

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Speaker 1: dot com slash Training Camp. I know everybody's excited to

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Speaker 1: be back seeing those Vikings out there playing football and

522
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Speaker 1: being normal again, and hopefully back to an NFL where

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Speaker 1: we can have all of you guys at us Bank

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Speaker 1: Stadium this upcoming season. I know I'm looking forward to that.

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Speaker 1: With that, let's get to the interview that Tatum, myself

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Speaker 1: and Gabe did with one of the newest Vikings rookies,

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Speaker 1: a Mere Smith Marsette, the wide receiver from the University

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Speaker 1: of Iowa. All right, we welcome back to the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings podcast. We have our special guest on the show.

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Speaker 1: Finally we get a player back on this show because

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Speaker 1: we're so excited with training camp just about a week away,

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Speaker 1: and I'm alongside Gabe Henderson and Tatum Everett and we

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Speaker 1: bring in a Mere Smith Marsette, one of the newest

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Speaker 1: members of the Minnesota Vikings. How excited are you to

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Speaker 1: get back on the field at the TCO Performance Center. Man,

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited, you know, just be back around my teammates, coaches,

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Speaker 1: get my feet back wet again. You know, I just

538
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Speaker 1: can't wait. I'm doing this at the highest level, so

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Speaker 1: I mean, I just love what I do and I

540
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: just can't wait to go back out there. You know,

541
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Speaker 1: put them pass on this time. So you still haven't

542
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Speaker 1: sniffed game action yet, but you have had rookie mini camp,

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Speaker 1: You've had OTA's all, you know, mandatory mini camp. What's

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Speaker 1: the what's the experience like so far? You feel like,

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Speaker 1: you know, this is what you were expecting or were

546
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Speaker 1: there some surprises? The biggest surprise to me was how

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Speaker 1: big the playbook actually was, you know, you know, coming

548
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Speaker 1: up to this level you always hear you're getting your playbook,

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Speaker 1: getting your playbook, So you know, I understood, I know

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Speaker 1: I had to get in the playbook. But once I've

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Speaker 1: seen it, I'm like, I ain't never seen this mini

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Speaker 1: route concepts ever in my life. I mean, like when

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Speaker 1: they say getting your playbook, they really mean getting your playbook,

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Speaker 1: so that I wasn't a surprise, but it was like

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Speaker 1: like wow, like they wasn't playing when they said. You know,

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Speaker 1: that's the key thing. But you know, just being able

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Speaker 1: to get out there and then you know, being able

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Speaker 1: to practice. You know see how Adam dealing justin Jefferson,

559
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Speaker 1: how he practiced, you know, get in tune with them

560
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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, just go out there being around

561
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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. You know, he a great leader, believe or not.

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Speaker 1: On off the field, you no, just a great guy.

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Speaker 1: He got some spunk to him. He got out there,

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Speaker 1: he had fun. We know that man. He got some swag.

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Speaker 1: Got Yeah, so like he do things and then you

566
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Speaker 1: know he makes outbursts and stuff like that like that.

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Speaker 1: You know people normally wouldn't see. Uh, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: just fun being around you know, everybody. So you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm just happy to be back. Yeah. I mean someone's

570
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Speaker 1: got to bring the juice to practice though, when you're

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Speaker 1: out there and the heat and things like that. I

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Speaker 1: know that sometimes the speed of the game can also

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Speaker 1: be something that you have to acclimate to. What was

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Speaker 1: that like getting accustomed to you when you were out

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Speaker 1: at rookie camp and OTAs the speed actually, you know

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Speaker 1: was I felt like it was the same as college

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Speaker 1: right now at least you know, it's no pads on.

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Speaker 1: You know, we were out there and the little the

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Speaker 1: little soft helmets and stuff like that. So, I mean

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Speaker 1: going out there to speed wasn't as fast as it's

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Speaker 1: going to be. A lot of people say that, you know,

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Speaker 1: the game speed gonna you know, you know, be more intense,

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Speaker 1: you know, come training camp because we got pass on

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Speaker 1: and you know people are actually really gonna be getting

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Speaker 1: hit and stuff this time. So you know, as far

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Speaker 1: as like right now, the tempos, it wasn't that bad.

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Speaker 1: I noticed that. You know in this league, h you

588
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Speaker 1: got you got more time, believe it or not, when

589
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: when it come to you know, route concepts and being

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Speaker 1: able to have time in your routes. You know, the

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Speaker 1: college level, it was like bam, bam, bam, like, I

592
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Speaker 1: got to hit it right now. If it's not there,

593
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: then it won't be there. But this level is like

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Speaker 1: all right, quarterback, you you got some time to you know,

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Speaker 1: wait for them to get open. So I really like

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Speaker 1: that part about it, and you know, just go out

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Speaker 1: there having fun, believe not. I can't wait. I love

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Speaker 1: hearing the playbook comment from you, because we talked to

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Speaker 1: BC Johnson I think a few years ago, right before

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Speaker 1: his first training camp, and he said the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: is literally learning going into my like dorm room or

602
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Speaker 1: wherever he was we'll tell room, and studying that playbook.

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Speaker 1: He like attributed all of his success in the preseason

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Speaker 1: to how he was able to learn the playbook and

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Speaker 1: learn the plays nowhere he needs to be in certain spots.

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Speaker 1: But my biggest question to you is, I think Vikings

607
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Speaker 1: fans want to know this too. What is your best

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Speaker 1: attribute out on the field that's going to translate from

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Speaker 1: the college game to the NFL. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: this an astribute or not, but just my ability to

611
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Speaker 1: go out there and have fun, be myself, that's an

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Speaker 1: attribute that is that. Yeah, just going out there like

613
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Speaker 1: you're gonna see it all the time. You know, if

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Speaker 1: they decide, you know, put me in some videos, so

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Speaker 1: you know, just I'd just like to have fun. Man,

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Speaker 1: I'm at met my best one. I'm just having fun

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Speaker 1: going out there, don't you know? Force the game unto myself.

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Speaker 1: Just go out there and just let the game come

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Speaker 1: to meet. And once I do that, I mean I'm

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Speaker 1: a forced be reckoning what I believe. So let the

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Speaker 1: game come to me. It's funny you say that. I

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Speaker 1: was watching um Patrick Peterson's interview with Harrison Smith last

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Speaker 1: night and Uh, one of the questions that were asked, like,

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Speaker 1: who's I guess? Patrick Peterson asked Harrison like, who's the

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Speaker 1: funniest guy in the locker room? So the first person

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Speaker 1: who said was Chris Boyd and Pat Peter was like, na, na, na,

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Speaker 1: it's the Miry Smith Marsette. He said, bro first day

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Speaker 1: in the locker room and Mari Smith Marsette's blasting bangers.

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Speaker 1: Like he got the but he said, you know how

630
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Speaker 1: much confidence and how much you know, belief in yourself

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Speaker 1: it takes for a rookie to grab the ox cord

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Speaker 1: in the locker room? Uh, like, where does that come from?

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Speaker 1: That confidence? That swack man? It's just just part of

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Speaker 1: who just part of who I am. Just believe in yourself.

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Speaker 1: The biggest belief you can you can be as you

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Speaker 1: know is you know, just believing in yourself. That's the

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Speaker 1: biggest belief there is. So I mean, just going in

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Speaker 1: it's the it's the it's the highest level of football.

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Speaker 1: You've been through high school football, you've been through college football.

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Speaker 1: Now you made it to the pros. Why not just

641
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Speaker 1: be yourself. It got you to it got you through

642
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: the other two levels. Now you at the highest level.

643
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: Let's continue to be yourself and just go in there

644
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: and have fun. Like I just I just take a

645
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: day by day and uh, I got the AUXS core

646
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: a rookie mini camp I would like. I'm in there

647
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: sitting down. I'm like, we're just gonna look at each other,

648
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 1: you know, Twitter, our thumbs. I mean, I'm all cool

649
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: for you know, talking to get to know people. But hey,

650
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: Brown need some music. So I'm in I'm in a lot.

651
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: When I'm looking for the blue tooth, I'm like, come

652
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: on this this this this facility real nice. I need

653
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: the blue tooths like speakers that they showed me. I'm like,

654
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I connect to both both phones to adjust

655
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: in case you never know. So I connect to both

656
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 1: phones and then you know, when the vets have pulled

657
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: up for OTAs and stuff, I just continue to, you know,

658
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: walk in and get on the alcs, and it just

659
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: they never they never said anything because everybody be bumping.

660
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: Like I gotta know, though, Like what what's on the playlist?

661
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: What's the music that gets you hype? Oh man, it's

662
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: a whole bunch like I got. I got a wild rage,

663
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: I got the old I got the nineties hip hop

664
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: you feel Me? And I got the new, up to

665
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: date stuff. I got Detroit like the new Detroit rap music.

666
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: I just got it all I do. Got to work

667
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: on my country game, though, I got. I got some

668
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: artist for you. Yeah that count. My country game ain't

669
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: the strongest I could. Don't tell nobody, don't tell nobody,

670
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: But I just go straight to the country essentially. Yeah,

671
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: I go to the country essential music from you don't

672
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: you don't have the country going on over there? Click

673
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 1: cheff man, click chuff. Well, my next question, clearly this

674
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: is like a topic of interest for all of us here.

675
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: Who is up like in there dancing in the locker

676
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: room when you're playing and with the ax card there

677
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: oh man, me Jay jets Uh Swerman, Irvan, my guy

678
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 1: Chris Kirk bust out a couple moves, show bust out

679
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: a couple moves. But yeah, literally, it's like, I mean,

680
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: on the side that I'm on this like me justin

681
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: IRV Chris he had come down here dance a little bit.

682
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: Who else? You know, occasionally when you make somebody walk

683
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: past you like, let me see something, let me see something.

684
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: I mean, but I mean those are the guys that

685
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: I that's that's where my locker was around something. I mean,

686
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: I can't speak for the other side. They probably was

687
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: getting down dirty. On the other side, they probably had

688
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: the country online. Yeah, yeah, Man, kirk Kirk to me

689
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: just seems like a two step guy. You know, he

690
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: stays in his own I may be wrong, but after

691
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: I've seen the gritty, I feel like he just stays

692
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: in his own. Ay. Man, he you've been check out

693
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: his dance moves now. Man, his blocker right, his blocker

694
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: right next to number eighteen. Uh, I mean I did

695
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: show you some things lessons to something. Man, he was

696
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: out there blogging. Now I'm joking, hey, man, on the

697
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: serious though, Man, like, let's take it back a little bit.

698
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: You know, you didn't start playing football until your sophomore

699
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 1: year high school, you know, sophomoreyear high school, and then

700
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 1: that progressed to going to Iowa being special. I don't

701
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 1: really mention all American and so on and so forth.

702
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: But high school you were playing water polo swimming. So

703
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 1: I'm assuming you start the best swimmer on the team.

704
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: But how did that translate to the game. Uh yeah,

705
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: I mean I I'm meeting no more swimmers on the team,

706
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: so I'm definitely gonna take that award. I don't get

707
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: no other award. I'm taking the best swimmer. But uh,

708
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: you know, it definitely attributed to my success on the field,

709
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: just because you know, the shape my body was in.

710
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: But you know, really different coming from the pool. You're

711
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: working out every muscle, uh game edge like that. I

712
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: was able to move differently on the football field, like

713
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: so to speak, a little bit more wiggle yeah to side,

714
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: and then just being able to run. Now stop. Do

715
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: you still go and swim and get in the pool

716
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: as a form of exerciser or just for none or

717
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: something not not far far exercise? Not anymore? But maybe

718
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: I might start doing it again. Now that I got

719
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,359
Speaker 1: all this this time and stuff like that, I might

720
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: start swimming and stuff. I know, you just moved up

721
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: here and you're gearing up for training camp. Um, you know,

722
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 1: what do you what do you do? If you set

723
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 1: goals for yourself, what are you looking forward to accomplishing

724
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: over the next few weeks? First, you know, going into

725
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: training camp, getting into training camp. But I got three things,

726
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: you know, I mainly want to work on. Ain't training

727
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: camp going out there being more physical, Uh, that's one

728
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: of them. And then work on attacking the ball more uh,

729
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: you know, in and out of routes. And then you know,

730
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: my release came at the line. So I mean, those

731
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: are the main my main focus points when they come

732
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: to training camp. And then you know, outside and training camp,

733
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: you know, just finished putting my place together. That's my

734
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: first place. Just I don't want to, you know, spend

735
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: too much time on you know, worrying about this, but

736
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: I just want to get my play together. And then

737
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: you know the other three things. I you know, that's

738
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: really what I fully want to work on when it

739
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: comes to the football aspect of it all. My last

740
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: question for you is what do you see your role

741
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: being on this team. Obviously you see who's in that

742
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: wide receiver room. We've all seen what you can do

743
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,399
Speaker 1: on the special team side of the ball. So where

744
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: do you see yourself fitting into this offense and possibly

745
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,240
Speaker 1: the special teams unit? Uh see myself make an impact

746
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: wherever the coach put me. Uh, you know, wherever you

747
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: know they decide to, you know, put me in a

748
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: game if it's punt return, kick return, you know, slot outside,

749
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: you know, just wherever they they put me out, and

750
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: you know I'm gonna go in there and put my

751
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,919
Speaker 1: best foot four. I just can't wait to go into

752
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 1: camp and you know, let's play some football. I heard that. Man,

753
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: we'll get you out of here with this because when

754
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: I interview draft of the draft, ask you what your

755
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: play style us, and you said you're taking time bomb

756
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 1: ready to explode and just fast forward to down. I

757
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: talked to Kingdom McCardell the other day and I was like, man,

758
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: like this guy's exploding on the scene and he was like, yeah,

759
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 1: Like dude, like he's doing it. He just has to

760
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: know that he's not a veteran just yet. Like he works,

761
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: he trains, he thinks like a veteran. So for you

762
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: your mental preparation going forward, what does that look like?

763
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: Just being able to continue to learn. You get what

764
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying. You know, I got some real good people

765
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: you know that I can learn from, um BC, justin

766
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: Adam uh Chat, so all those older guys I feel like,

767
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: you know, I still can learn from and you know,

768
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: just you know, take every everything is, you know, learning

769
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: lesson you know, moving into the training campaign. Just you know,

770
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: being able to be a sponge and soak everything in.

771
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: That's my That's really the biggest thing I can do

772
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: going into camp. I like the taking time mom thing though.

773
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. I'm telling you man,

774
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: just I'm out there having fun. Man, I'm telling you

775
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:08,399
Speaker 1: what this do ain't just do that? Yes? I did. Well,

776
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: thank you so much for doing this, and yeah, we

777
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you out there at TCO Performance Center.

778
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thanks sir, all right, Well, thank you

779
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: to Amir Smith Marsett. He has a lot to prove

780
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: in the Vikings Wide Receiver room as well as a

781
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: member of the Vikings Special Teams Unit. I'm really excited

782
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 1: to see what he brings to the table. He has

783
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: some elite characteristics that I think will make him a

784
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: very valuable member of this Vikings roster. So look forward

785
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: to seeing what he can do out there on the

786
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: field in just a week. I cannot wait, guys. So

787
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: with that, the show is over for today, but I'm

788
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 1: throwing it to you, Gabe. Any final takeaways before we

789
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,359
Speaker 1: get ready for the next Minnesota Vikings podcast episode. Yeah,

790
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: I mean Mary Smith Maris said, elite characteristics, elite confidence

791
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: to say the least. But training camp coming going or

792
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to see fans. I know if players

793
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: won't be able to be involved with the interaction process,

794
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: but you, Tatum, myself, Jay will be able to act

795
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,800
Speaker 1: as a middleman of some sort and Tatum and I

796
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: haven't experienced it, so just to be able to feel

797
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: the energy out there, I'm sure it's going to be exciting.

798
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: And then just seeing this team just come together, right.

799
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: We've been doing all these previews, doing all these shows,

800
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: off season shows in particular, leading up to this point,

801
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: and the fact that we are here now the whole

802
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: narrative changes. We actually can talk about what we saw

803
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: instead of what we think is going to happen or

804
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 1: what we want to happen. So now we're down to

805
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: the nitty gritty, as Jay says, and I'm excited to

806
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: see what training camp will hold and so on and

807
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: so forth. The season starts now, that's right, the season

808
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,800
Speaker 1: starts now, and I can't wait. And I know Tatum,

809
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: you're excited. So what are your final takeaways? And I

810
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,839
Speaker 1: believe you're covering one of your first events here as

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00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: a member of the Vikings Entertainment Network, so make sure

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00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: you tell fans about that. I'm with Gabe. I'm so

813
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: excited to meet fans and see it just feels like

814
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: it will be. The season is right here. When you're

815
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: at training camp, you're in the stands, you know care

816
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 1: fits ninety degrees or nine. You're just excited to be

817
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: able to see the team. You're rooted forward, the team

818
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,280
Speaker 1: each here for to be out there and get excited

819
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: about what's to come. I'm also really excited about the

820
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: content that M is able to bring fans this season.

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00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: We will have shows training camp, live shows starting with

822
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: the padded practice, and they'll be sprinkled in throughout training camp.

823
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: So be on the lookout at Bikings dot com or

824
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: the Vikings Twitter page for all of that action. I know,

825
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: Gabe and I have a lot of exciting shows and

826
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: content as well as the rest of the team to

827
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: bring you guys this season. But you did mention that

828
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: we're headed out to the three M Open because you

829
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: know a lot of our players love golf as well.

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00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: They you know, they do that a lot in their

831
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: off season free time. And so with the three M

832
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: Open this weekend and in Blame Minnesota, we are headed

833
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: out to watch Adam Feelin take on a couple of

834
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: celebrity teams and the Compass Challenge. Kyle Rudolph will be there,

835
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: the former Minnesota Viking tight end as well as the

836
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 1: Viking super fan Josh dumal And and a couple of

837
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,280
Speaker 1: guys you might recognize are on a team, Charles Barkley

838
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:27,240
Speaker 1: and Larry Fitzgerald. We all notes them as avid golfers

839
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: and one Minnesota native. So so we're excited to be

840
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: able to bring you that fun event because that you know,

841
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: when they are out there playing golf and they have

842
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,400
Speaker 1: a mic on, the players are loose, you get to

843
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: know them a little bit better, know what their personalities

844
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 1: are like, see them in a rapt with each other,

845
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 1: and so it'll be great to hear from all of them,

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00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: and hopefully that will will drop for you guys on Friday.

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00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: Watch out when Charles Barkley has a golf club in

848
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: his hand. That's all I have to say. Yeah, I

849
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 1: know he has a little double hitch I think is

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00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 1: the best way to describe it when he's linked it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, thank you for that. Definitely looked that up

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Speaker 1: on YouTube if you haven't seen it yet. It's very

853
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: fun to watch. It's hilarious. Charles has been working on

854
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: his game. He doesn't have the hitch as much anymore,

855
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Speaker 1: so I'm kind of proud of him for actually making

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00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: that happen. Wow with that, Jay, What is this number

857
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Speaker 1: fifteen of your Vikings training camps? I think I got Yeah,

858
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: this is Camp fifteen for me. You know. One thing

859
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: that was interesting ct Rue kind of touched on a

860
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago was they're looking at camp this

861
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 1: year in a different light. Um. For everybody that used

862
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: to go to Mankato, there was definitely a very kind

863
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 1: of small town, blue collar feel to it. When it

864
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: moved to TCOPC, we were trying to find ways to

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00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 1: replicate that feeling for the fans. Just the nostalgia piece,

866
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 1: but it did change. You know, there was a noticeable

867
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Speaker 1: change with the different facilities. The guys were in their

868
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: own element. It wasn't so much you know, running across

869
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: the street and trying to dodge cars and golf carts

870
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: as it was down in Mankato at this point. With

871
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: them missing out on training camp last season and even

872
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: some of the changes that they had from before, they're

873
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: still trying to kind of figure out exactly what they

874
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: want this to be. They kind of feel like going

875
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Speaker 1: into this season for training camp, especially on the fan side. Yes,

876
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Speaker 1: there are still some of those restrictions coming from the league,

877
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 1: but they're trying to change some things up and make

878
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: it as fun as possible for the fans. So given

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00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: those four premier events along with everything else that's out

880
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 1: there for free, I think it's going to be fun

881
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 1: just to see how excited fans are to get back

882
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,439
Speaker 1: and kind of be able to feel like a piece

883
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,360
Speaker 1: of normal. I want to feel the energy of not

884
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: only the fans, but the players feeding off of that,

885
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: especially the ones that missed it last season. So I'm

886
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: looking forward to Training Camp number fifteen as the old

887
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: guy now and it's just going to be fun to

888
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 1: have them back in the building and feel like we're

889
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,479
Speaker 1: ready to go again. Hey, Jay, this is mine seventh. Wow,

890
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Speaker 1: that's pretty good. I mean not nearly where you're at,

891
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: but it's crazy that this is number seven for me.

892
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 1: I'm so excited. I know that the biggest thing is

893
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: what Tatum and Gabe said, just seeing the fans back,

894
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: because I love the night practice when coaches Mr Has

895
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: to take the microphone and introduce all the players to

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00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: the fans because it's like one of my favorite it's

897
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: like the beginning of the hope, the hopium for the

898
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: season and just getting excited about what's going to happen,

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Speaker 1: if the Vikings will start out one and oh when

900
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 1: they take on the Bengals in week one. So with that,

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Speaker 1: that'll do it for episode number one oh three of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. We will see you next week

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Speaker 1: for US Bank Training Camp.