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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Anthony barrs probably the smartest. He asks

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Speaker 1: kill ribbon. It's a thirty four yard game. All right, everyone,

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Speaker 1: welcome in. It's episode number five of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to be a busy one. We got

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Speaker 1: a couple of guests to get to. One is Lindsay Young,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna break down preseason game number two. We have

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Speaker 1: some fan voicemails we want to share with you. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about Super Bowl odds that Chris Corso has compiled,

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Speaker 1: linebackers coach Adams Zimmer. What's up many, what's going on? Nothing?

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Speaker 1: When's the last time you were at the ranch? Um

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Speaker 1: about a week before we came back, A week before

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Speaker 1: he came back. All right, Yeah, what what'd you do fish? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we need some fishing right right around on quads. I

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Speaker 1: think that was like around fourth of July. So we

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Speaker 1: sent off some fireworks. Yeah, that's good. Right down there

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Speaker 1: by the fire pit, right by the right by the pond,

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Speaker 1: right robby Bobby knows his way around that point. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I stay in Adam's room when I go so, and

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Speaker 1: I like to tease him about that, you know, because

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Speaker 1: But I got a pretty good size one with with

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Speaker 1: that was pretty cool. Okay, that's good. Where does that

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Speaker 1: And so do they come in and stock it for

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Speaker 1: using twenty five terrible. So right, right now, we're two

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Speaker 1: weeks of camp. Are you mentally so far removed from

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Speaker 1: Is it between the preseason and regular season at all,

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Speaker 1: Bar and Kendricks, You're you're not gonna, um, I know,

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Speaker 1: You brought up Shamar. He's not unnoticed the linebacker group

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Speaker 1: So you know it it happens. M. You know, the

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Speaker 1: talked about missing that pass in the post game, the

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Speaker 1: amount of green grass that was like wide open if

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Speaker 1: that ball is completed, I think that's a touchdown. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So to see that place set up by our offense,

427
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Speaker 1: I really like that. Yeah, I agree, although I want

428
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Speaker 1: to close on it because if if ifs and butts

429
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Speaker 1: were candy and nuts, would be Christmas all year wrong,

430
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Speaker 1: all year long. So we got to close on it.

431
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Speaker 1: But um, I agree, And I'd also say, let's remember

432
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Speaker 1: that we're doing this without Dalvin. And there were a

433
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Speaker 1: couple of runs where I'm like, if that was Dalvin,

434
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Speaker 1: instead of that being a four yard run, I think

435
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Speaker 1: that's a ten yard run. Absolutely. Yeah, So that stood

436
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Speaker 1: out to me. And then um Feeling got deep twice,

437
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,199
Speaker 1: so we were explosive on offense to one he closed

438
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Speaker 1: on and caught a pass. The second one he was

439
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 1: interfered with and would have caught it for a touchdown

440
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Speaker 1: had he not been interfered with. So it seems like

441
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,439
Speaker 1: that's the only way to stop at him, fields, to

442
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 1: tackle him, balls going to be in his hands. That

443
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Speaker 1: stood out to me. Now you know position battles stemming

444
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Speaker 1: from the first two preseason games, I think it's pretty

445
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Speaker 1: remarkable that I would legitimately say RB three is still

446
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Speaker 1: up for grabs. There's contention there, and I think wide

447
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Speaker 1: receiver four or five and if we have a sixth,

448
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 1: sixth is legitimately up for grabs. And I think that's

449
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Speaker 1: remarkable because we've been practicing since the middle of April

450
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Speaker 1: and here we are in the late part of August

451
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,919
Speaker 1: saying we don't know for sure yet, and that's a

452
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Speaker 1: sign that the competition has been good. RB three is

453
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Speaker 1: a big one to watch, and the man who's really

454
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Speaker 1: stepping up there has been Mike Boone you saw him

455
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Speaker 1: in both preseason games. Have explode multiple explosive plays. A

456
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Speaker 1: mere Abdulla wasn't able to play in the preseason number two,

457
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Speaker 1: so that that might have hurt him a little bit.

458
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Speaker 1: So I think Ula and Boone are the two running

459
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Speaker 1: backs to watch for that RB three, obviously behind Alexander

460
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Speaker 1: Madison and Dalvin Cook at number one. I think it's

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Speaker 1: I mean, with how productive Boone has been in the

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Speaker 1: first two preseason games, and he can play on teams

463
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Speaker 1: and he's been healthy, I think he'd be hard pressed,

464
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Speaker 1: you know, to not keep him. But we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 1: We kept like five running backs last year. Yeah, we

466
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Speaker 1: found a way too, but I don't know if you

467
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Speaker 1: can get him on the practice squad this time. We'll

468
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Speaker 1: see wide receivers four or five and six also wide open.

469
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Speaker 1: BC Johnson obviously has looked good and now got involved

470
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Speaker 1: in the return game in preseason week two, so I

471
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Speaker 1: think that tells you that he's maybe taking a step forward.

472
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,159
Speaker 1: Brandon Zilstro looked good, had a touchdown, and he can

473
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Speaker 1: also help on special teams. So I think those are

474
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Speaker 1: two guys to look at. And that's notable because six

475
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Speaker 1: weeks ago I would have said, you know, Jordan Taylor

476
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Speaker 1: probably has a leg up on everyone. He knows the

477
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Speaker 1: officer system, he's a veteran, he's a free agent, signing.

478
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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying he's out. I'm just saying there's

479
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,920
Speaker 1: been some ebb and flow in this position group. Jeff

480
00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,119
Speaker 1: Badette has also been involved in the return game, so

481
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Speaker 1: he's someone to watch, UM. And so I think that

482
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,119
Speaker 1: that's going to be wide open coming down the stretch.

483
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,640
Speaker 1: Cornerback four is going to be open coming down the stretch. UM.

484
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Speaker 1: So lots of good position battle still to watch. In

485
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Speaker 1: preseason week number three against Arizona Cardinals, Harrison Smith looked

486
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Speaker 1: pretty good in in uh US Banks Stadium against Seattle. Yeah,

487
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Speaker 1: he made one play where it was like, Wow, that's

488
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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith. He's still pretty good. He called the pass breakup. Yes,

489
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Speaker 1: he closed in on a pass breakup on a wide

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Speaker 1: receiver and most safeties wouldn't even be in that spot

491
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Speaker 1: where he was. Um, you can give his instincts and

492
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: his ability to just get to the right place on

493
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,439
Speaker 1: the field a shout out right there, because that's what

494
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: he did on that play. Yeah. He also had a

495
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Speaker 1: TfL in the run game, UM later on in the

496
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Speaker 1: in the first half. That looked pretty good. So Harry

497
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Speaker 1: yel I don't hear that abbreviation very often. Yeah, tackle

498
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Speaker 1: for loss Yeah, Harry does that. Man, he can get

499
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Speaker 1: back there. And I think I think a lot of

500
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 1: the tnfls for Harry, I think he knows what's going

501
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,160
Speaker 1: to happen before it happens. I'm not kidding. I mean

502
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Speaker 1: I think he's like and it's not that he has

503
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: a premonition. He knows it based on film study. So, UM,

504
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: to sort of put a bowl on the game to recap, Chris,

505
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: give me a player or two or three who you think,

506
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Speaker 1: because of their performance in that game against Seattle, helped

507
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: their chances of making the roster. Well, we touched on

508
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,520
Speaker 1: Mike Booner Eddie, so that that one's an obvious one.

509
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Speaker 1: I agree, And I really think, oh this is this

510
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: is tough because there are a lot of young players

511
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: who made made big plays and stuff like that. But

512
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Speaker 1: you said Brandon Zilstra, and I want to talk about

513
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: him a little more. Um, he was on the team

514
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Speaker 1: for most of the season last year as an active player,

515
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Speaker 1: and we saw him not just the touchdown pass, but

516
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Speaker 1: he was getting open just on crosses, cross routes all

517
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Speaker 1: around the field. Um. I think he had like four

518
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Speaker 1: catches on the drive where he finished off with a touchdown.

519
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Speaker 1: I think he's a player who can really benefit the

520
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Speaker 1: team this year, and he's a fringe player. As we

521
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Speaker 1: said in that wide receiver four wide receiver five battle,

522
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Speaker 1: I think Brandon Zilstra, the local product, is the player

523
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Speaker 1: that really helped his case. Okay, this game, I'm gonna go.

524
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: Duke Thomas played a lot in the game, ripped the

525
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Speaker 1: ball out force to fumble. I think he might have

526
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,120
Speaker 1: celebrated a little bit too early on that play, yeah,

527
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 1: because the ball was like bouncing around right behind him.

528
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Speaker 1: So I'd like to see him with the daily double

529
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Speaker 1: the force and also the recovery. But we got a

530
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Speaker 1: hole in that spot because Mike Hughes I believe will

531
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Speaker 1: not be able to play in Week one. That's Zim

532
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 1: hasn't said that yet, but that's what I would venture

533
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 1: to guest based on the fact that he hasn't practice yet.

534
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 1: We know Holton Hill suspended for the first day games,

535
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Speaker 1: which really stinks because Holton Hill is having a monster

536
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: training camp. Yeah, he's really looked good as well. He

537
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Speaker 1: shows athleticism every time he steps on the field. All right,

538
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Speaker 1: let's bring in our next guest. I love it it's

539
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: someone else who can opine on all of these topics

540
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: and many more. It's Lindsay Young, who obviously writes for

541
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: Vikings dot Com also helps Craig Peters put together the

542
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 1: yearbook and all of our other publications. Game Day Publication

543
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: had a big hand in the Vikings Museum. For those

544
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: who have gone and check that out, she had a

545
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: big influence on that. So we're going to bring her

546
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: in and see if we can get her to share

547
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Speaker 1: any of her expertise. What's up, l Y, Hello, I'm

548
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: pumped to join you, guys. Yeah, we're pumped to have you. Um,

549
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: you sat in here and we're able to listen to

550
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Speaker 1: us bumbling idiots talk about preseason game number two. So

551
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Speaker 1: before we move on to what we want to talk about, idiot, Oh,

552
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: I'm the only one. No, I just I don't know.

553
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Speaker 1: Are you talking about yourself for me? But I mean

554
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Speaker 1: I was nodding in agreement back here, so I don't

555
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Speaker 1: know what that says about me if wow, Okay, we

556
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Speaker 1: are bumbling idiots, Yeah we are. I want to give

557
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: you anything that you want to add or or or

558
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 1: edit from what we said based on what you know

559
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: our thoughts on preseason game two. Um, I don't know

560
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: that I would add anything. I definitely like, I agree

561
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Speaker 1: I was. I've been impressed with Brandon Zilstra on kind

562
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 1: of what he's been able to do. UM, now that

563
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,320
Speaker 1: it seems like he's returning to full health, I think

564
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: that's a big thing. And I know UM Coach Kubiak

565
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 1: commented on him recently and on him getting healthy and

566
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: then being able to see a better kind of sample

567
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: size from him. I agree that that Mike Boone looked good.

568
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: In Coach Zimmer's press conference after watching the film, he

569
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: said that he was really impressed with Mike Boone's performance

570
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: on special teams as well. He did mention his role

571
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: on offense, but he said that he kind of caught

572
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: his eye on special teams. And we know how coach

573
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,479
Speaker 1: Zimmer always stresses special teams roles for these guys who

574
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: are kind of ye for a roster spot, So I

575
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: think that's huge. Adam Zimmer did too. We had him

576
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: earlier on the podcast and he talked about the importance

577
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: of you know, because we were sort of asking him

578
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: about like back end of his position group guys who

579
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: he wants to make the team, and obviously he didn't

580
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 1: give us names, but I'm thinking like Richard Klaiett, Kentrell Brothers,

581
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 1: guys like that who we hope are not going to

582
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 1: play on defense because we want Barn Kendricks to play.

583
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: So then you also have to be able to help

584
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Speaker 1: on special teams. So Adam Zimmer was talking about that

585
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: as well. You know the importance of being able to

586
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Speaker 1: show that you can perform on special teams. And that

587
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: stands for Mike Boone because in a perfect world, he's

588
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: not going to have a lot of carries, right, Dalvin's

589
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 1: going to have them all, and Alexander Madison's going to

590
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Speaker 1: have any of the rest that Dalvin doesn't handle. So

591
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: and Zilstro is a guy who can help on special

592
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 1: teams as well, we're going to need him too. And

593
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Speaker 1: he's a He's a bigger, more physical guy who I

594
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Speaker 1: think can cover kicks, not just be I don't think

595
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Speaker 1: he'd really be a returner, because that's how you associate

596
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: receivers or they can help on special teams as returns

597
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: and not Zilster. I think he can cover. Yeah, I

598
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: can see that too. I mean, I feel like it's

599
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: interesting to see like kind of going from that fan

600
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 1: mode watching preseason games to then watching it from an

601
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Speaker 1: eye of like, these are guys that are fighting for

602
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Speaker 1: a roster spot and kind of who stands out where

603
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: I think the fans kind of see the preseason is

604
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Speaker 1: more boring per se, but there's so much to keep

605
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Speaker 1: an eye on. Yeah. Um, Also, Adam zimmer Was is

606
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Speaker 1: going to be a subject of Purple Pups. He is, right,

607
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Speaker 1: and you and I were there together with him. Actually,

608
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Speaker 1: you graciously let me do my interview with him, so

609
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Speaker 1: I got out of the way and you guys did

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Speaker 1: Purple Pups with him. So give folks a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a teaser on what that's going to be like,

612
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Speaker 1: and not not just Adams episode, but the feature in general. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a series that we're really excited about.

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Speaker 1: Purple Pups this year is going to be a new

615
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Speaker 1: content series and there's been several of us collaborating on it,

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Speaker 1: so it's going to be a written series, but then

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Speaker 1: it's also going to be a video series. You can

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Speaker 1: watch for that on Vikings Connected and there will be

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Speaker 1: social pieces to it as well as well as a

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Speaker 1: photo gallery. Um. So it's essentially highlighting players and there's

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Speaker 1: a couple of coaches as well, you mentioned Adam Zimmer

622
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Speaker 1: head coach. Zimmer is also one of the subjects as well.

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Speaker 1: So it's really just highlighting kind of who these guys

624
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: are off the field, and a really easy way to

625
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: showcase that side of their personality is with their pets.

626
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Speaker 1: People love their pets. They like to talk about them,

627
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Speaker 1: brag about them, show them off. So it's been it's

628
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Speaker 1: been a really fun series. There's guys like Harrison Smith,

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Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks. I think everybody's familiar with Basil from Eric

630
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Speaker 1: kendricks Instagram Instagram, So I think it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of variety and some good stories. I'm

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Speaker 1: obsessed with my dog. Can you interview me? Yeah? I mean,

633
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Speaker 1: but between Chris Corso and Sam Newton, Like, there's some

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Speaker 1: good staffers. A lot of our dogs are friends too,

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Speaker 1: so they we got some vikings behind the scenes staffers

636
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: that get involved. If I just watched Drew Petsings Dog

637
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: Our Wide Receivers Coach this weekend kept me up last night.

638
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: So I just want to I should get in on

639
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, I'll be in the bloopers or something

640
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: I hate to say for that might be like season three. Yeah, right,

641
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: when we really ran out of although if it's if

642
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: it's Corso dog sitting for other people's dogs, now I'm

643
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: a little more interested that I've watched on the coaching

644
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: staff to so Drew Petsing could be ready for the game.

645
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: These are my contributions to the Vikings preseason. That's why

646
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna get us. His wife was out of town,

647
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: who were very close friends with. He was in town,

648
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: and I'm watching his dog, so I don't know what's

649
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: going on there. I gave him crap about that. The

650
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: more you can special teams, yeah, good, all right, let's

651
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: go a high level. Let's not get in the weeds

652
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 1: on this. Just if someone came up to you and

653
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: was like, lindsay, you've seen every practice since April whatever, fourteenth,

654
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: what stands out to you? I think the first thing

655
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: that comes to mind, honestly, is just the new offense

656
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 1: for this year, UM, and what it's going to look

657
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: like under the new coaching staff with offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski,

658
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: and then adding that Gary Kubiak kind of influence to

659
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: that as well. UM, I think we've just seen how

660
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: multiple it's going to be different formations. UM A little

661
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: bit better marriage between the run and the past game

662
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: play action. So that's been one of the big things

663
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: I think that stood out to me first thing to

664
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: come to mind, Um, and then just kind of watching

665
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 1: to see which of the young guys stand out. And

666
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: I know we just kind of talked about that with preseason.

667
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: I know that coach Zimmer has mentioned wanting to see

668
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 1: a few of the young receivers and the young dbs

669
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: kind of like take a step forward or like separate

670
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: themselves from the group. So I think it's fair to

671
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: say we're still watching that, but those are kind of

672
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: the things that come to mind for me. Um, does

673
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: it bother you? Are you worried that Lindvall, Schamar, and

674
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: Delvin haven't practiced or haven't played. Dalvin's been practicing but

675
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: is not playing in preseason games as of yet, Lindvall

676
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: and Shamar haven't played in games. Schamar is sort of

677
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: back to practicing now, but Lindvall is not yet. Any

678
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: of that concerning you for week one not really good? Yeah,

679
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, like you said, Delvin

680
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: is practicing and Schamar and Lindval there even if they're

681
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: not fully participating in those team drills. I mean, they're

682
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: out there there and they've been in the defense for

683
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: so long that it doesn't really concern me. I'd rather

684
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: know that they're ready to go in full force when

685
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: they do get in there. Okay, good, Let's talk about

686
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: some of the work that you're doing for the website.

687
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: Obviously you put together a lot of the articles daily,

688
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: but I want to talk about some of the long

689
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: form stuff that you've done. Letters to Bud is one

690
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: that comes to my mind. Obviously we've talked about it before,

691
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: but that was such an awesome thing that you did.

692
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: You went and found something that had a story that

693
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: hadn't been told yet. So can you kind of go

694
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Speaker 1: through and explain to the fans how that came about? Yeah, definitely.

695
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: I guess the short answer is that at everybody knows

696
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: that Bud Grant does kind of his annual garage sale,

697
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 1: and there was a woman who had come there who

698
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: had written Bud a letter as a child and received

699
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: a letter back from him, and we're like, oh, that's

700
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: that's kind of cool. And so I basically just went

701
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: into his office to ask him a question about that,

702
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: and he sort of mentioned, well, I got all kinds

703
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,719
Speaker 1: of letters and I still have a lot of them.

704
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: Do you want to see them? I'm like yes. So

705
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: he just kind of pulls out this drawer and you know,

706
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: there's no organization or anything, and I just kind of

707
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: start sifting through, and you know, I pull out a

708
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: letter and I'm like, this letter is from Richard Nixon,

709
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: and like this letter is from Archie Manning, you know,

710
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: and these big names that are standing out, and he's

711
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: sort of like, you know, bothered by that. He's kind

712
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: of like, oh, yeah, I guess that's cool. And so

713
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: essentially I asked him if I could take the letters

714
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 1: look through them, and there were several that were kind

715
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: of notable names, either from like around the league or

716
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: former players or people like Richard Nixon or other you know,

717
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: political names. So yeah, it was It was awesome and

718
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: kind of narrowed those down into the most interesting stories,

719
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 1: tracked down a lot of those people who wrote letters

720
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: and were able to sort of put stories with those.

721
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: So that was really fun, and I think it was

722
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: really fun for the fans who participated as well to

723
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: really feel connected to the team that way. If you're

724
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Speaker 1: a Vikings fan, go check that out on Vikings dot com.

725
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: It's one of the cooler long forms we've ever done. Well,

726
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: it's a story that you're working on now that you

727
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 1: would like to tell the fans about. Yeah, so I'm

728
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 1: actually working on another long form esque piece. It's going

729
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: to be a lot shorter than Letters to Bud, But

730
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: we have a story coming out on Friday. I think

731
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: that's kind of the goal here. About the seven player

732
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: on the Vikings roster whom are of Nigerian heritage or

733
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,720
Speaker 1: or who you know, Um have at least one parent

734
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: who who emigrated from Nigeria, and several of them have

735
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 1: both parents emigrated. So that's been really interesting. Um. And

736
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: there is talk in that story about football and about

737
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: how how culture, their culture and football have kind of intersected.

738
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: But a lot of it too, is just about what

739
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: their upbringings were like, how they relate to one another,

740
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: and how they sort of have a special bond because

741
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 1: of that shared upbringing or heritage. Okay, I'm really cool.

742
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you on the spot, oh man, Okay,

743
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: who are the Okay party? Okay? So you got Adaya Arruna.

744
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: So he is the only one who actually spent a

745
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: big portion of his life in Nigeria humans here when

746
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 1: he was sixteen. Um, you have the Odenabo brothers, so

747
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: it's a two for one that Um B C. Johnson,

748
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 1: who the Vikings drafted this year, his dad is from Nigeria. Um,

749
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 1: you've got oli Udo also a draft pick. Yep, how

750
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: many of my own? Two? Three? Five? Ye? Okay? Our

751
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: new kicker slash punter, Corey Vedvik was born and raised

752
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 1: in Norway, but his father is fully Nigerian, emigrated from

753
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: uh Okay, Nigeria's normal. Yeah all right, ben A, Benwickery

754
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: oh okay, I was sweating a little bit, pretty good.

755
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: I definitely pronounced them all correctly. I definitely would not

756
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: have known ben A uh just because he's new right right,

757
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:39,280
Speaker 1: and um I forgot that Vedvik would have had that. Um,

758
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: that's pretty cool. So did did the PR crew help

759
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: you with this? Are we sure? We don't? We're not

760
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: missing anybody, That's why I asked, Okay, that's a good question. Um,

761
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: we definitely we did. We combed through okay, um and

762
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: I think we've got everybody. We're able to get a

763
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 1: group picture. Um. I'm going to give a huge shout

764
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: out though, because you mentioned the PR staff to Carly

765
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: Bonk like she was a lifesaver on helping me out

766
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 1: with this awesome helping me pull guys in getting the

767
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: group photo. Cam Ned did a great job with the photos.

768
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be We'll have kind of an excerpt

769
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: of that story in the playbook at the preseason three

770
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals. If you guys are going to that

771
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: game that you can check out a little part of it,

772
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 1: and then the full story will be on Vikings dot com. Awesome,

773
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 1: that's really cool. We have done some cool long features

774
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: over the years. Eric Smith had a cool one too

775
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: with all the quarterbacks who threw a touchdown to Moss. Yeah.

776
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: I think everybody has done something that's been really interesting.

777
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: I know Craig Peters did one on b ROB when

778
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 1: he retired, and there's just been a good kind of variety.

779
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 1: But those are fun to do, to have really dive

780
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: deep into something. Well, thanks for coming down here and

781
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: joining us. Yeah, absolutely, all right, enjoyed preseason game number three.

782
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: Let's keep everyone healthy, right, Yeah, I'm on board. Okay,

783
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: all right, see, okay, we have one more item of

784
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,839
Speaker 1: business to do before we have some fun. All right,

785
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: let's preview as much as we should. It's a preseason game.

786
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: Let's preview Week three the preseason against Arizona Cardinals. Another

787
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: preseason game. Yea to me, Yeah, we're gonna We're gonna

788
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: get into that in a little bit. To me, what

789
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: stands out aside from Larry Fitzgerald being on the Cardinals

790
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: still in playing here, which is cool because he's from

791
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,799
Speaker 1: here and we love people who are from here, is

792
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. We're gonna see Kyler Murray, who looked good

793
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: in the first game and was just okay in the second,

794
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: and it was the first overall pick in the draft

795
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: this year, and um, you know, caused the Arizona Cardinals

796
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: to move on from Josh Rosen, also their first round

797
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: pick from two years ago after one season, so um

798
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 1: you know. And and they have a new head coach,

799
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury, who loved Kyler Murray and they took Kyler.

800
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see Kyler Murray in person. I'm

801
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: very excited to see him in person. I've never seen

802
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: him play in person, so I'm excited to see that.

803
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,479
Speaker 1: He's the storyline of this team. Another guy to watch

804
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: out for is a slot wide receiver um from from

805
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:58,720
Speaker 1: my alma mater, U Mass Christian Kirk. His name's Andy Isabella.

806
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,240
Speaker 1: Oh yeah this year guy. He worked out with Randy

807
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: Moss in the offseason, which is pretty cool, So keep

808
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: an eye out on him. Christian Kirk is another weapon

809
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: they have out there as well. So a lot of

810
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: young talent on this offensive side of the ball. Yeah,

811
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: and I'm excited to watch it. And it's going to

812
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: be a scheme that is an offensive scheme that is

813
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 1: not you know, run of the mill. They do some

814
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: weird things because they have Kyler so and we have

815
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: Pete Bursach breaking that down this week for Vikings game plan,

816
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: so folks can check that out later on in the

817
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: week as as Bursach breaks down Kyler Murray and Cliff

818
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: Kingsbury and some of the things that Cardinals might do

819
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: on offense. So we're gonna get a firsthand look at

820
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: it on Saturday. My good friend Chase us Russell from

821
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: kensprs there, we're out there for owners meetings. We actually

822
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: got a chance to see him, which was cool, So

823
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: we'll see him. Yeah, So we're gonna get a look

824
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: at Larry Fitzgerald and company here on Saturday. Saturday reminder

825
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,839
Speaker 1: That game kicks off at noon on Saturday at US

826
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: Bank Stadium. You can hear the game on the Vikings

827
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: Radio Network. Paul Allen, Pete Burstitch, Greg Coleman, and Ben

828
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: Lieber will have the call. It's also a simulcast, so

829
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: you can watch it on TV Fox nine locally here

830
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: in Minnesota and the five state area. Check it out

831
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: on Fox nine where that same crew will be doing

832
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: the television broadcast simultaneous to doing the radio broadcast. Okay,

833
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: let's have a little fun here, all right, do it.

834
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Speaker 1: We're gonna do fan voicemails and we're gonna do a

835
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: little Super Bowl odds discussion. Which one do you want

836
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: to do? First? Let's do the voicemails first. Let's get

837
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: the fans in there. Fan voicemails coming up now. The

838
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: topic for this week was the preseason? Is four preseason

839
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: games the right number of preseason games? And what do

840
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: you think about preseason football in general? That was the

841
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: topic that we tied up for you all last week.

842
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 1: That number is nine five two nine one eight eight

843
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 1: four three eight. We're gonna have a topic for next

844
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 1: week that we'll let you know what it is after

845
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: we listen to these voicemails. But for now, let's hear

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Speaker 1: what the fans have to say about preseason football. Hey,

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Speaker 1: whyp and Chris goal Vikings is Viking fan Aaron from

848
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Speaker 1: Green Bay. So talking about preseason games, to me, you

849
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: need for I don't see how you get to less

850
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Speaker 1: than four, especially given the fact that the training camps

851
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: are shorter now there's less live action, and so I

852
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: would think those preseason games will be even more precious

853
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: to coaches. Obviously wanted to avoid injury, but getting guys

854
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: some reps at live speed. And the other thing that

855
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: I think is even more important is the fact that

856
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: we don't really have a developmental lead for the NFL,

857
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 1: and so without a developmental league, it's very hard to

858
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: gauge how good a player is unless you put them

859
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: out there and give them some live action. And one

860
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: game is very difficult to truly gage the guys potential

861
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: and guy's ability. And so with these extra games, you know,

862
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: you can put the starters in for a little while,

863
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,479
Speaker 1: but then you get a chance to look at guys

864
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: in live situations and maybe they practice great, but they

865
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Speaker 1: don't play great, or maybe they don't look as great

866
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: and practice, but they really flash when you put them

867
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Speaker 1: on the field. So I like the system the lea

868
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: it is, I think it's broken and my two cents,

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00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: so thank again schools. All right, now, Aaron and Green Bay,

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00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: I think has a good opinion, but it is not

871
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Speaker 1: a popular opinion. I'm guessing that we got some more

872
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: common here that are going to disagree with Aaron. But

873
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Speaker 1: I think he made some salium points about the value

874
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: of four preseason games and looking good in practice, but

875
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,800
Speaker 1: do you look good in games? And I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: that I endorse his opinion or share it. I'll let

877
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: you know what my opinion is in a little bit,

878
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 1: but I think he's got a good one that's well

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00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: thought out. Yeah, it's the other side of the of

880
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: the of the coin there. Look at the Rams who

881
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams who made the Super Bowl last year.

882
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: They didn't play their starters on offense or defense all

883
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: of last preseason, and I think they are doing the

884
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:57,280
Speaker 1: same thing this preseason, at least so far. So head

885
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Speaker 1: coaches are starting to kind of go on the other

886
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: side of playing their top players, not that they don't

887
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 1: want to play all the games and see some of

888
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: the backups in all four games. But it's crazy to

889
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 1: see some of the more successful teams not playing their

890
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: top players in these games. Yep, and I think you're right.

891
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: You're going to see more and more of it. Actually,

892
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: And I did watch that Rams Cowboys game and the

893
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 1: Rams played like none of their starters nobody. All right,

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00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 1: all right, number two. Hello Chris Appachelly calling again from

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00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: well Miji, Minnesota, relocated down to Denton, Texas. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: including my rap poem last week. I shared it on

897
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 1: social media and got like twenty nine likes, So I'm

898
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: basically an influencer now, so you guys can send me

899
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: free stuff takets. You know, I'll keep promoting for you,

900
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: I kid, but thank you for the podcast and all

901
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 1: the content. It is wonderful to be in Texas and

902
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: to know about my Minnesota Vikings. I'm so excited for

903
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: the regular season to start. I went on eBay. I

904
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: got me one hundred percent cotton long sleeve Minnesota Vikings

905
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,839
Speaker 1: shirt and listen, it's the dog days of summer down

906
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,280
Speaker 1: here in Texas and I work outside for a living.

907
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: But guess what, I'm wearing my new long sleeve because

908
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: I love my Minnesota Vikings. Love I can drink all

909
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: the gator in water I need to, so I'll be

910
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: just fine. But I wrote down some thoughts about the preseason.

911
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: Here we go two games for preseason sounds very tempting,

912
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: but evaluations then we would be exempting. It's so exciting

913
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: to get to the real deal. But be patient to

914
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: eat that regular season meal. This appetizer is healthy and

915
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: very much needed. The tears from the wheat need to

916
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: be weeded. A harvest will have when we hit fifty three.

917
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 1: I hope during the anthem none taken knee. My last

918
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: point is crucial. I got a bad feeling without a preseason.

919
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:55,280
Speaker 1: There's no atom feeling, just goal vikings. Could I love it? Okay? Um?

920
00:44:55,440 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: So my man Chris also has an opinion that and

921
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: has that four is good. Yeah, I want agrees with me.

922
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: I thought we were gonna get absolutely barraged with opinions

923
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: about you know, we need to shorten it for as

924
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Speaker 1: too many I thought we were gonna get. See. The

925
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Speaker 1: thing is Chris from Yeah, he has patience. I do

926
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Speaker 1: not have any patience. I just want to like get

927
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: going here, and maybe that's it's my issue. Do you

928
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: have patience? You definitely have issues Okay, I have no patience.

929
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: I just want to see regular season football. I know, no,

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00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: I I like four. I'm in on four. So yeah,

931
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Speaker 1: I am so, I mean, I guess I'm I thought

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00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: that I was going to get some support here and

933
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Speaker 1: I got nothing so far. How about number three? This

934
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Speaker 1: is van Oh yeah, Minnesota, Vikings capital of the South.

935
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Speaker 1: With my buddy, an action movie star and a massive

936
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Speaker 1: Vikings fan, Jason boy Ah stikeson skype them you no

937
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: doubt know me from movies like The Transport and the

938
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Speaker 1: Fast and Furious movies. Going through that was at that

939
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Speaker 1: blout the Rock. I was also in the Italian job

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Speaker 1: with an American bed Charlie's staring in Marky Mark. Now

941
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: me mates Warby and Chris have asked what is the

942
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: perfect amount of preseason games? They don't fancy it. I'd

943
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: expect nothing less from these cheeky experts in all things

944
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: minisode of Warkings, so I deliberated over a proper point

945
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: down at the thirsty en Noorseman Pup. It was a

946
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: close shave, but I'd have to go with having the

947
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Speaker 1: same number of preseason games as are all Fast and

948
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Speaker 1: Furious movies. So start and ifty we'll be having thirty

949
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: three preseason games, oh, starring Jean Diesel in the rock

950
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Speaker 1: Cheers mates in a big scale warkings from the Transporter.

951
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 1: He getting not even Jason Ston supports my I got nobody.

952
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:55,399
Speaker 1: Jason Staitham lace thirty three because that's how many fast

953
00:46:55,480 --> 00:47:00,479
Speaker 1: enough there, Okay, thirty three is a little too many.

954
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: They had six back in the day. By the way,

955
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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you that they

956
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: used to have six. It's a good point. That's a

957
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,839
Speaker 1: little too many. Okay, I'm surprised now. Now what's gonna

958
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: happen is people are gonna call this number. All the

959
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: people who want two or three or zero. They're gonna

960
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:15,879
Speaker 1: be calling this voice. We're gonna have tons of voice

961
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: smalls next week. But it's not gonna matter. We're not

962
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: playing them. That's not the topic for next week. I

963
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: mean I might play one just to like it a little. No, No,

964
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: it's not the topic for next week. The topic for

965
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 1: next week's coming up in a minute. I really thought

966
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 1: we were gonna have a bunch of people who wanted

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00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 1: two or three. I can't believe it. It's probably just

968
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: a personal patient issue that I have so no, no,

969
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 1: A lot of people are on your side of this,

970
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,319
Speaker 1: and something might change. It might be a deal where

971
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Speaker 1: they add two regular season games and you play an

972
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: eighteen game schedule and have just two preseason because I

973
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: think you got to sort of keep it this like,

974
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: we got four preseason and sixteen regular seasons, so that's twenty,

975
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,359
Speaker 1: so you might have to keep it at twenty. It's

976
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,320
Speaker 1: just how do you divide it is at eighteen and two?

977
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,080
Speaker 1: Is it seventeen and three? Are you gonna keep it

978
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,760
Speaker 1: at sixteen and four? If you change it Chris to three?

979
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: Or Okay, let me just ask you this, what would

980
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: be your number two? And then would you have eighteen

981
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: regular season games? Possibly? Yes? Well, I mean yes, okay,

982
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,240
Speaker 1: that's the only solution to how do you change the schedule?

983
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: I mean, then you just add who are those games?

984
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: Those two games? I that's see Now. I like that

985
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: you're putting me on the spot because it makes me

986
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: start to think about it right here on the mic.

987
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 1: And what I would do, honestly is make it two

988
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,479
Speaker 1: and then do the eighteen game schedule. More games mean things.

989
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: I know it's not great for the starters who don't

990
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: want to play more games, but those other two games

991
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: could be against opponents that you don't normally play, and

992
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: then you get teams in different states where you don't

993
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:48,800
Speaker 1: really normally see those teams. You get more home games

994
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: for the fans that matter. You could even add an

995
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: extra playoff week where maybe there's an extra wildcard team

996
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 1: in there, and that adds a week to the season

997
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: as well, so not all teams have to play more

998
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: games in the regular season. So that's another solution that

999
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: I would actually favor over the other one. So that

1000
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: would that is what I would do. I just want

1001
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 1: to see more games that matter. Yeah, I just I

1002
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 1: don't know what's going to happen. I just think it's

1003
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a deal where they can't come up with anything,

1004
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: so it stays sixteen and four, or they go to

1005
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,879
Speaker 1: seventeen and three. To me, going to eighteen and two,

1006
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: you could do three and then add that extra playoff

1007
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,440
Speaker 1: team and then your problem solved there and you make

1008
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,320
Speaker 1: and you make more money because you're you're making money

1009
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: on games that really matter, playoff games, and you have

1010
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:40,080
Speaker 1: another fan base in the playoffs. So I love adding

1011
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:42,960
Speaker 1: another playoff team. Yeah, I'm a huge fan of that.

1012
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 1: Because it's gonna be a good team. We would have

1013
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year. It's gonna be a good

1014
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:48,840
Speaker 1: team with the winning record. It's it's mostly going to

1015
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: be a team that's ten and six or nine and

1016
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,839
Speaker 1: seven that didn't make it as a wildcard team. Yes,

1017
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: sometimes you get an eight and eight division winner, but

1018
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 1: you put me on the spot. There's my solution. I

1019
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,600
Speaker 1: like that a lot. It's maybe they'll go to eighteen

1020
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: and two. I just see him doing something like seventeen

1021
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: and three. First. Honestly, three would be a step in

1022
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: the right direction. So it's just what are you gonna

1023
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:13,360
Speaker 1: do with that with that seventeenth regular season game? Is

1024
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: it going to be a non conference opponent? Who gets

1025
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: to be at home? Who gets to be away? Is

1026
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 1: everyone going to play a neutral site game? You know,

1027
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: It's just something that they're gonna have to figure out,

1028
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: and it's probably gonna be part of the next collective

1029
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: bargaining agreement. Okay, the topic for next week. At the

1030
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: end of the twenty nineteen season, Blank will be the

1031
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: Vikings team MVP. So take your time watch this third

1032
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: preseason game if you have to, and then on Saturday

1033
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 1: or any day after that. Leave us a voicemail and

1034
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 1: let us know who you think will be the Vikings

1035
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: team MVP in twenty nineteen nine five, two, nine, one, eight, eight,

1036
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,760
Speaker 1: four three eight Call us and leave us a message.

1037
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Speaker 1: One more quick thing before we go, a fun discussion

1038
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 1: super Bowl odds? What you got? I went on CBS

1039
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: Sports dot com who has some official odds for the

1040
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:07,239
Speaker 1: Super Bowl teams heading into the new season. I don't

1041
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: like where our vikings are. I don't like it. Okay,

1042
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: where are they twenty five to one to win the

1043
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: Super Bowl this year? There are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,

1044
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:27,479
Speaker 1: twelve teams ahead of the Minnesota Vikings, So that would

1045
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: put us at thirteenth in the NFL to win the

1046
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, according to Vegas Odds and CBS Sports dot Com.

1047
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:39,320
Speaker 1: So I am going to test you out, okay right now? Okay,

1048
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 1: give me the top five teams on this list? Oh so, okay,

1049
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: they're best odds best? You haven't seen these yet, no,

1050
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: I haven't. So you who are the best odds? Who

1051
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: has the best odds to win the Super Bowl? You're

1052
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 1: asking me the five best five? Okay? New England is

1053
00:51:55,920 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: obviously up there. That's number one. Yeah. Uh, I'm gonna

1054
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,760
Speaker 1: put the Saints in there. That's number three, actually tied

1055
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Speaker 1: for number two. Okay, I'm gonna put Chicago in there.

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Speaker 1: They are number five fourteen to one. Rams Rams are

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Speaker 1: number are tied for number two with the Saints ten

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Speaker 1: to one. One more team, I think I know who

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Speaker 1: it is. There's a group of teams that are tied

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00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 1: here from four through four, five, six, seven, So there's

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Speaker 1: four through seven are tied at fourteen to one. You

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Speaker 1: already named the Chicago Bears, so there's three other teams

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00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: you could pick from. Makes it a little easier for you.

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Speaker 1: What do you mean, but I don't know who the

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00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 1: three are? You don't, Yeah, and they're all tied at

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Speaker 1: what one? Fourteen to one? The Bears and three other

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Speaker 1: teams are tied for fourteen. I'm gonna go with a

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00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:57,560
Speaker 1: surprise prediction that I think you wouldn't think. But I

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00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: think people are on them. Cleveland. Nope, okay, what are they?

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Speaker 1: They are twenty to one. There are a few teams down,

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Speaker 1: so we're gonna go from the top here. Everyone's on Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: So many Cleveland is higher than us at twenty to one,

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00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 1: which which is okay. I mean, we don't comment on

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00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: other teams around here. Chargers, the Chargers are in that group.

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00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: Oh no, no, they're not. They're not. They're right below

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00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:25,439
Speaker 1: that group. There's sixteen to one, so there's still three

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00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,000
Speaker 1: more teams that are ahead of all the teams you've named.

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00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 1: Philly is fourteen to one. That's right. Four. So we're

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Speaker 1: gonna go from the top down. New England Patriots six

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Speaker 1: to one, Kansas City Chiefs six to one. I miss them,

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00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: you said the Chiefs. Oh I did no, I did not.

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Speaker 1: Oh you did not. No, I did not. I thought

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00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,719
Speaker 1: you said the Chiefs said the Saints. Wow. All right,

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Speaker 1: Well we got New England Patriots six to one, Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs six to one, Los Angeles Rams ten to one,

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Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints ten to one, Indianapolis Colts fourteen to one,

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Speaker 1: which is crazy you with and Andrew Luck injury there,

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00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:07,879
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears fourteen to one, Philadelphia Eagles fourteen to one,

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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers fourteen to one. I'm want to repeat that.

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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers fourteen to one. Yeah, I can see

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00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: that they got Rogers man, Los Angeles Chargers sixteen to one,

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Brown's twenty to one, Pittsburgh Steelers twenty to one,

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys twenty to one, Minnesota Vikings twenty five to one.

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Speaker 1: And that's as far as we'll go on the list.

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00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: That's so, those twelve teams are ahead of the Vikings

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Speaker 1: according to this article on CBS Sports. That interesting, all right?

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00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 1: Where are the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers are forty to one. Wow,

1098
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 1: which they have a lot of talent on that team,

1099
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:58,160
Speaker 1: Christian am Newton an MVP just a few years ago.

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00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,680
Speaker 1: They were also in a Super Bowl a few years ago.

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Speaker 1: Forty to one. Okay, interesting, who do you think is

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Speaker 1: in the last spot? Arizona? Arizona is the second to

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00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 1: last three hundred to one. Three one. Oh, who's last? Arizona?

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Speaker 1: New head coach Miami, that's right, Yeah, five hundred to

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Speaker 1: one for the Miami Dolphins. So yeah. The New York

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Speaker 1: Jets and New York Giants one hundred to one. UM,

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Speaker 1: some other notables here in the division. The Detroit Lions

1108
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,880
Speaker 1: are one hundred to one as well. UM. San Francisco

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00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:41,200
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, who are returning Jimmy Garoppolo who got

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00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: hurt in the Vikings game. At the beginning of last year,

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00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:46,680
Speaker 1: they are forty to one. Um Atlanta Falcons in the

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00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,719
Speaker 1: NFC are forty to one, and the Denver Broncos are

1113
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:53,799
Speaker 1: eighty to one, which is which is pretty pretty up there.

1114
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: So yeah, that'll round out pretty much a lot of

1115
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,840
Speaker 1: the notables. You can check out that article on CBS

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00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 1: sports dot com. But that was fun to do. That

1117
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,319
Speaker 1: was fun to do, you know what. And like when

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00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: you can get big numbers on some of those teams,

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Speaker 1: like the Lions at one hundred one or Caroline at

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Speaker 1: forty to one, I mean they get into the playoffs

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Speaker 1: and you're feeling really good, or in the Minnesota Vikings

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00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:19,080
Speaker 1: twenty five to one. Yeah, yeah, I mean you feel

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Speaker 1: really good at a big number like that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: twelve teams make the playoffs, and I'll tell you right now,

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Speaker 1: it's not going to be the twelve listed. It's new

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Speaker 1: every year. Every year we see new teams make the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and it's unbelievable the way that happens in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: But I can tell you one thing for sure, Zimmer

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Speaker 1: likes seeing the Vikings at twenty five to one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for sure he does. Okay, let's get to the term

1131
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,760
Speaker 1: of the day where we had one of our guests

1132
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Speaker 1: today do it and Chrissy teed him up. It was

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Speaker 1: double a gap blitz. So here's Vikings linebackers coach Adam

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Speaker 1: Zimmer on term of the day. Yeah, double a gap

1135
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,760
Speaker 1: is we aligned in two three techniques with our defensive

1136
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,920
Speaker 1: line and we've lined both linebackers up in the A gaps,

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00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,879
Speaker 1: which are between the center and the guard, and they

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00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: give the illusion of blitzing or dropping and you never

1139
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: know what they're gonna do on every play based on

1140
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:09,959
Speaker 1: the call and based on the situation. We could send

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00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: one of them, we could send both, drop them both

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00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 1: into coverage, you know, run some sort of pick game.

1143
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 1: We've got, We've got all sorts of little caveats that

1144
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:21,160
Speaker 1: we can mess with it. When teams start to mock that,

1145
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:23,920
Speaker 1: because your dad's been doing this for years, how do

1146
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 1: you guys change it up so the opposing team doesn't

1147
00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 1: know what you guys are going to do on that play. Yeah,

1148
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: that's why we have to have so many different variables

1149
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: to what we do with it. And we study the

1150
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: only the protection of the offensive line and seeing how

1151
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 1: they're taking their picking it up and trying to make

1152
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 1: adjustments based on that as well. Yeah, no, I mean

1153
00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: you do see other teams do it. I mean, it's

1154
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: not a thing that only two or three teams do anymore, right, right,

1155
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,480
Speaker 1: And and that's why you have to be a little

1156
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:54,840
Speaker 1: bit more creative because teams are practicing blocking it more

1157
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 1: so now they know how to pick pick things up,

1158
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:01,160
Speaker 1: you know, And and so we need to have the

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00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: next step for it. And it might not be that look.

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00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:04,840
Speaker 1: It might be starting in that look and go into

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00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,480
Speaker 1: another one. So you know, there's a lot of a

1162
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: lot of chess pieces moving back and forth with that stuff.

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Speaker 1: When guys like Cameron Smith come from USC, a big

1164
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:14,920
Speaker 1: program in college, do they know anything about something like

1165
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 1: the double A gapp blitz or do you have to

1166
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 1: like completely teach them as linebackers what to do in

1167
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,200
Speaker 1: that situation. Well he did a little bit, because they

1168
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 1: did a little bit at USC. The defensive coordinator USC

1169
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,360
Speaker 1: worked with my dad and Dallas, so he had a

1170
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 1: little background of our coverages and and they ran some

1171
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 1: of the of the double A stuff. But you know,

1172
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 1: the little details and stuff we put in sense they

1173
00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:40,520
Speaker 1: work together. You know, we have to teach, all right,

1174
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: we gotta get out of here. So let's go with this,

1175
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: Chris preseason hater, enjoy this one. I'm enjoying this. This

1176
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: is the dress rehearsal. This is the one where we

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00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,720
Speaker 1: see the offense at least play a decent amount of

1178
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,880
Speaker 1: the first half. So let's go and let's watch this

1179
00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: preseason game and figure out what our team looks like

1180
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,520
Speaker 1: through one half of the ball and get excited for

1181
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:04,960
Speaker 1: Week one. Get your yard work done on Saturday morning

1182
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:08,640
Speaker 1: or push it off until Sunday. Get all your chores done.

1183
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:12,120
Speaker 1: But on Saturday at noon, turn your TV and radio

1184
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 1: on and check out this Vikings preseason game against the Cardinals,

1185
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,680
Speaker 1: kick off at noon Central. Okay, you're probably going to

1186
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 1: see another deep pass that Adam Thieland catches. Yes, and

1187
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:22,440
Speaker 1: if he doesn't catch it, it will be because he

1188
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: was interfered with. That's that is correct, because that's the

1189
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: only way you can stop it. Yep. Can we get

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00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:30,400
Speaker 1: dig some action here, by the way, yeah, I mean seriously,

1191
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,439
Speaker 1: he had a catch against the Saints, but it got

1192
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 1: called back because of a Rashot Hill holding penalty. He's

1193
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:37,480
Speaker 1: just trying to stay healthy. Let's get dig some action, man,

1194
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,640
Speaker 1: I mean we got we got two good ones and

1195
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:41,600
Speaker 1: Adams getting all the work in. Let's see if Kevin

1196
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 1: Stefanski can dial one up for number fourteen. All right,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. For today's episode of the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast, our thanks to Vikings linebackers coach Adam Zimmer

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Speaker 1: for joining us. We also thank Lindsay Young, one of

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Speaker 1: the staff writers and editors, for joining us on the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast episode number five. Remember Vikings and Cardinals

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Speaker 1: preseason game number three on Saturday at noon Central Time.

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Speaker 1: Catch the game on the Vikings Radio network and on

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Speaker 1: Fox nine on the television locally. You can also find

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Speaker 1: ways to watch Vikings preseason games on demand anytime you want,

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Speaker 1: and that includes all twenty two video, sideline and end

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Speaker 1: zone views. So if you want to dig deep into

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Speaker 1: preseason football, go to Vikings dot com and sign up

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Speaker 1: for a way to do that. Go check it out

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Speaker 1: all right on behalf of co producers Jay Nelson and

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Speaker 1: Chris Corso and co host Chris Corso. This is Wabby

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Speaker 1: signing off for now. Episode five of the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: Podcast is Old Stove Vikings