1 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Hey, it's the Vikings postgame report after your Minnesota Vikings 2 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: sweep the Green Bay Packers for the first time since 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. The final score twenty seven to twenty five. 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: With Pete Bursas on Paul Allen. You'll hear from Kevin 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: O'Connell and Sam Darnold coming up a little later. You're 6 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: in a league football mind, go ahead and inferral some 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: keys today that led to this victory. 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: You know, I wouldn't have been surprised by a twenty 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: seven to twenty five victory, but being up twenty to 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: three at halftime and letting them even up the take 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 2: give Donald still coming back and being kind of cold 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: blooded after that, we let him. We kind of let 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 2: him get back into it a little bit. And so 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: love the pressure that we were able to get on 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 2: Jordan Love today. Like you said, he hadn't been sacked 16 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: much his entire year, eleven times going into this football game. Yeah, 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: and you know we were, we were able to get 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: to him, I believe three yes, sir, So just a 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: great job at applying pressure. I think Ivan Pace made 20 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: a really big difference defensively, just with what Flores wants 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: to do and this is an offense that's put up 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: thirty points the last four weeks in a row at least, 23 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 2: So a good football team. The green Bay Packers are 24 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: a really, really good football team, and so for it 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: to be a squeaker is not surprising. And you know, 26 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: the disappointing part is, of course, that we had the 27 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: lead like we had. The missfield goal would have changed 28 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: things quite a bit because then it wouldn't have been 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: a field goal to win for green Bay. They had 30 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: to have scored a touchdown. That would have changed the 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: dynamics quite a bit. So, yeah, a couple of things 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: we can get better. 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: Those three sacks by the Vikings, by the way, came 34 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: from three players who were new to the team this year. 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: Blake Cashman, who grew up sweating border battles from Edon Prairie, 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: he had a couple of sacks. Dallas had won cash 37 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: Man at one and a half, Dallas Turner, the rookie 38 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: now is three, he had one, and Andrew van Ginkol 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: now was eleven and a half, he had a half sack. 40 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: But Jonathan Grenard Pete pointed this out on the broadcast 41 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: on KFA, and it was so smart, very very early 42 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: in the game. It's an under the radar play, but 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: Grenard hit Jordan Love I think right after Love threw 44 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: the ball take us through it? 45 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: Well he what he did is they the Packers left 46 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: Rashid Walker the tackle one on one with Jonathan Gernard 47 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: and John and Garnard beat him pretty handily and even 48 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 2: though the ball got out quickly, he was able to 49 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: put a hit him. A quarterback, Brian Lafleur, if you're 50 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: an offensive coordinator, you see that, and what you realize 51 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 2: is that in that protection releasing five, you know, putting 52 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: five guys out in the pattern or whatever that is, 53 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: our outside linebackers are one on one going to win 54 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 2: that battle. So it cuts down on what you feel 55 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: comfortable calling. So you didn't see a ton of five 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: and seven step drops out of this Green Bay offense 57 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: for especially the first half of this football game and 58 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 2: into the third quarter because of that, I think because 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: they were worried about protecting Jordan Love and the way 60 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: that their tackles we're going to hold up against our 61 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: outside linebacker. 62 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: Let's hear from Minnesota Vikings, said coach Kevin O'Connell. 63 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: Proud of our team that was a hard fought, hard 64 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: fought NFC North game. Football team we played against was 65 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 3: playing as well as anybody in the league, and we 66 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: knew it would be a big time challenge. Took a 67 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: lot of different parts of our team to come together, 68 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: make some plays, to find a way to win the game. 69 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: And very proud of our guys, and it was so 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: important to us this year to get back to the 71 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: way we should play at us Bank Stadium, so to 72 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: finish seven to one in front of our fans and 73 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 3: have that kind of atmosphere in a game like this, This. 74 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 4: Is why we do what we do and love the. 75 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 3: Support of our fans. Thought it was phenomenal tonight. As always, 76 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: it was huge for us and our team thrives off 77 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: of it. So now we get to go on the 78 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: road and have a chance to compete one more time. 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 4: That's all we asked for. 80 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: Is just another new week, new challenge. Really really one 81 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 3: of the best teams in football all year long. We 82 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: got to go to their place and roll it out 83 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 3: there for sixty minutes. So we're gonna put our work 84 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 3: in this week and try to find a way to 85 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 3: go want to know this week, but a lot of 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: performances to point out. I thought, I thought, you know, defensively, 87 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 3: Cashman was all over the field again tonight. Jerry Tillory 88 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: with the force fumble flow and his staff had a 89 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 3: really really good plan. I thought, kept really kept him 90 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 3: off balanced early. And then you know, offensively, what can 91 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 3: I say about Sam Darnold other than another big time, 92 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: big time performance when his team needed it. Phenomenal moment 93 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: in the locker room after the game when he when 94 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: he finally made it in there was really cool and 95 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 3: I'm just so proud of him. There's so many things 96 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: that lead into moments like this for Sam since he 97 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 3: became in Minnesota Viking, just to see how he's ultimately 98 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 3: been able to, you know, maximize everything about his opportunity 99 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 3: and our football team loves him for it, and I've 100 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,679 Speaker 3: had an absolute blast coaching him and just so proud 101 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 3: of him. All of our wideouts, Justin Speedy and Jordan 102 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 3: Addison made some huge pays plays, t J. Hockinson, and 103 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 3: then we did just enough in the run game. You know, 104 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: it was it was tough sledding at times, but just 105 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: enough to you know, have the threat there to get 106 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: a couple you know, great executed plays there late to 107 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 3: not have to put our defense back on the field. 108 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 5: Can just take us through the last drive he called 109 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 5: three pass plays. Yeah, difficult situation. 110 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: Yeah we were, you know we I just didn't want to, 111 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 3: you know, I just didn't want to, you know, worry 112 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: so much about the clock and making Matt use his timeouts. 113 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 3: I felt comfortable with Sam in those moments, and I 114 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: loved how some of those things. 115 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 4: Married up with some other runs. 116 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 3: They're done late in games, you know, throughout the year 117 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 3: or even tonight in the game. So I thought we'd 118 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 3: get some edges and get him and his athleticism out 119 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 3: on the perimeter, and then you know, great drive. 120 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: Started at c J. 121 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 3: Ham popping him out the back door there, and then 122 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 3: we're able to get a great edge on the next 123 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: one where Justin comes screaming across on the low cross, 124 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: and then the last one, you know, just burying that 125 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 3: thing all down and sneaking Cam out there. That ball 126 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: felt like it was in the air for absolutely ever. 127 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: Sam through a lot of balls tonight, and that one 128 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: probably stressed me out the most out of his forty 129 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: three attempts. But what a play by cam Akers to say, 130 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 3: what that guy's been through I hope fans understand just 131 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 3: how significant what he's been through has been and how 132 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 3: he wanted to be a Minnesota Viking and made the 133 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 3: play when we absolutely needed it. In addition to catching 134 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: a touchdown on the screen for your running. 135 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 2: Backs, a couple of catches in the drive, because how 136 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 2: much does that help in terms of making something high 137 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: percentage even if you're decigning up to run it, you 138 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: stick with the passing game knowing you have a hyph percity. 139 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's to me, it's about it's about, you know, 140 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 3: putting together the best possible play to see if we 141 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: can get Sam on the edge and normally if if 142 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 3: people aren't letting you get out on. 143 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 4: The edge, and we should be able to get some 144 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 4: runs off. 145 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: It's marriage of them trying to defend every play they've 146 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: got to defend, you know, out of those looks, and 147 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 3: I just thought the execution was really high. If at 148 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: any point in time Sam needed to you know, dirt 149 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 3: it or just go down, we were not going to 150 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: stop the clock on our own accord, and I just 151 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 3: trusted in the execution of our guys. And you know, 152 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 3: between Cam's catch, CJ's ketch and Justin's was not an 153 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 3: easy one, you know, laying the down, kind of driving 154 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: that low cross right on the one and eight and 155 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: and him staying in bounds as well. 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 6: The moment with Sam you mentioned there's a moment. 157 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: With samme I just I think he was probably he 158 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: might have been talking to Tom upstairs upstairs, but we 159 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 3: felt like we waited for a long time and I 160 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 3: certainly wasn't gonna interrupt that conversation. And when he came 161 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: back in, the guys were they were ready with some 162 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 3: water bodels and and kind of lifting them up, and 163 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: it was a really cool moments. 164 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 5: To Hankers, when were you starting what were you thinking 165 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 5: about Dad as a clock killer and in that prop 166 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 5: hole process. 167 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know a lot of times in those moments 168 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 3: you spend so much on the game plan. A lot 169 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: of times in those moments it's about finding a play 170 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: and then trying to coach, you know, the risk management 171 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: within it. Thought we had a chance even on the 172 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: previous drive for an explosive to jets and one, you know, 173 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: half click, they were able to hit Sam's hand and 174 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 3: luckily that was an incomplete But I'm going to keep 175 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 3: being aggressive in those moments, felt like the drive starter. 176 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 4: You know, we put it together in a way where we. 177 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: Felt like we'd get a good play regardless of what 178 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 3: the final play ended up being. And then you know, 179 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: the last one to Cam was really you know, just 180 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 3: understanding once we got the ball completed to Justin and 181 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 3: it was a third and two, a little over two 182 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 3: whatever it was. Now you truly have on a third 183 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 3: down the threat of putting eleven personnel in the game 184 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 3: and they've got to defend everything. Our playbook at that 185 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 3: point gave them a run formation, and then our guys 186 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 3: just executed from there to see if we can get 187 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 3: Cam out in space. 188 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 6: Talk a lot about number of plays being able to 189 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 6: run seventy. I guess how does that feeling there? 190 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 4: Yeah? Is that? Is that what we were in? Yeah? 191 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: I think it's critical because you know, even on a 192 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 3: night Dave, when we weren't necessarily like huge chunks in 193 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 3: the run game, it's good front. They were doing some 194 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 3: things they always do, keeping guys fresh, rolling waves of 195 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 3: guys out there. We're still able to do enough to 196 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 3: then apply some no huddle, do some things to try 197 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: to get some easy plays, and then you know, kind 198 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 3: of just get a little you know, get a little 199 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 3: space in there to then try to hunt up some 200 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 3: of the more downfield type throws, and I thought Sam, 201 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 3: like he's been all year long, his ability to attack 202 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 3: every blade of grass, He's gonna stay aggressive. I'm trying 203 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 3: to make sure that him and I are playing this 204 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 3: game as close knit as we possibly can, so we 205 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 3: could be aggressive, but he's still gonna be a great 206 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 3: decision make, and he's playing quarterback at a very very 207 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 3: high level and has been for the majority of the 208 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 3: whole season. So you can tell by the locker room, 209 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 3: you can tell by the way I call plays. I 210 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 3: know that for us to get to where we want 211 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 3: to go, we got to be aggressive, and we got 212 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 3: to play football in a way that allows us to, 213 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 3: you know, have our whole offense at our disposal and 214 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 3: requires all eleven execute and every single play. It's very 215 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 3: boring stuff that becomes less boring in front of that 216 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 3: environment and to see our guys. 217 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 4: Make some of those plays. Jones' knee, yeah, I'm glad. 218 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 3: You asked, so he did. Kind of it's a right 219 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: knee injury. Hopefully we avoided kind of a super long 220 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 3: term injury. But I won't know much more than that 221 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 3: until he gets fully evaluated, but expecting him probably to 222 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 3: miss a little bit of time. Like I said, I 223 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 3: don't know what that looks like as of right now. 224 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 3: And then Aaron Jones did get a quad contusion at 225 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 3: some point and was working his way through it, you know, 226 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 3: had some really good runs, but we just to kind 227 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 3: of pull him. And you know, I thought ty Chandler 228 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 3: showing up, making having some physical runs, getting downhill fresh, 229 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: pairing him with Cam there in the second half was 230 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 3: a winning formula to then get some of those plays off, 231 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 3: either in tempo or some of the play pass world. 232 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 7: In terms of your aggression as a play color, how 233 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 7: much of it is your DNA as a coach and philosophy, 234 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 7: and how much of it is belief in Sam that 235 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 7: when you call these plays in big spots, he's going 236 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 7: to execute. 237 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a little both. I mean, we 238 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 3: want to be we want to be aggressive. The best 239 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 3: parts of our team come to life when we're aggressive. 240 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 3: It requires execution, It requires some hard downs for some 241 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 3: guys out there, whether it's the guys up front, our 242 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 3: running backs or tight ends, whatever it may be. And 243 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: then it's ultimately Sam's ownership of the plan each and 244 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 3: every week, you know, truly absorbing that we got one 245 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 3: game to win. Let's totally submerge ourselves in this game plan, 246 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: apply the confidence from all these weeks that he's played 247 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 3: so darn well. But then laser focus on this plan. 248 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 3: And this opponent thought Jeff Affley did some things, you know, 249 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 3: a little different, had some adjustments and I'm always gonna 250 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 3: happen when you play a team twice, And I thought 251 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 3: our guys responded to some of the things we adjusted 252 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 3: with in the moment to make a few plays. 253 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 7: It seemed like you guys attacked the middle of the 254 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 7: field early that the game plan. 255 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, the expectation obviously was a heavy 256 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 3: plan to justin and I think that's why you saw 257 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 3: guys like Jamelen Naylor, Speedy TJ make some plays. But 258 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 3: as the game progressed, we're gonna find some space out 259 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 3: there for eighteen and let him go to work. And 260 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 3: I thought that third down catch that was called back 261 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: because of the hold was absolutely ridiculous and I. 262 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 4: Got to have it type moment. 263 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 3: And then clearly you know that that last low cross 264 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 3: on the second to last past play, I called that's 265 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: not easy execution either. So just great examples of justin 266 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 3: the growth, he's had to still give us what he 267 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 3: gives us, snap after snap, even though it's frustrating for 268 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: him at times because he's such a competitor. When his 269 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: number gets called and we can find him some grass 270 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: in there, he's going to make a play. He just 271 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 3: always does and we're very, very fortunate to have him. 272 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 3: And like I said, I thought Speedy was huge. 273 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 4: There was whether it was single high or not. 274 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 3: There was just a strong emphasis on making sure they 275 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 3: had presence around him around eighteen so there was some 276 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 3: grass to be found and first touchdown was an example 277 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 3: of that. And then some of the plays, even the 278 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: you know, the dagger cut that we got back to 279 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,599 Speaker 3: to Speedy on the backside there when he kind of 280 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 3: climbed the ladder to make that play was ridiculous, awesome. 281 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: What it means to you to have home field advantage. 282 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 3: In the playoffs, I just I mean this place, our fans. 283 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 3: It was such a point Kevin to play well at 284 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 3: home this year and win football games for what I 285 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: believe is the greatest greatest group of fans in the 286 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 3: National Football League, This venue, this building, what we do 287 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 3: you know, are folks that put the game on. I 288 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 3: mean everything about it feels like we're operating as one 289 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 3: in these moments, and it would be phenomenal, but it 290 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 3: is going to be an absolute challenge going to on 291 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 3: the road, very hostile, uh, you know, very hostile place 292 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 3: and a team that's had a ton of success, and 293 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 3: we have nothing but confidence for the team we're going 294 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 3: to play this week, and we've got to go earn 295 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 3: it with really great preparation. Late in the year December 296 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 3: football was something I wanted to make sure we were 297 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 3: good about. And I think we'll finish that five and 298 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: zero as we click over into January. But we've really 299 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 3: been in January for a few weeks now. 300 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: To Addison and how much does Justin's gravity back into 301 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: that and just how good was execution of Georgia out. 302 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, the timing, the you know, the sale of it. 303 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 3: We're you know, trying to you know, give Sam a 304 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 3: chance to read a couple other eligibles TJ Justin being 305 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: one of them, and climbed up in the pocket right 306 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 3: about the time. We got a nice little rhythmic kind 307 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: of set right there, and I was hoping Justin would 308 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 3: kind of clear out the whole right side of the 309 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 3: field behind him, and then if we could get behind 310 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: that flat defender, whether it was a safety or the linebacker, 311 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 3: we thought there would be a ball to put up 312 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 3: right there, and he went and got it, big time play. 313 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 5: And we've talked about maker, just how much you like him, 314 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 5: feel for him? 315 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 3: I mean, okay to use that word every now and then, 316 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: man for. 317 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 5: Him to come through. 318 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 4: Moment, Yeah, just can you. 319 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: Saying, yeah, Cam has something inside him that allowed him 320 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 3: to push through the adversity of what's happened to him 321 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 3: over the course of his career. He loves football. I 322 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 3: think he loves being in Minnesota Viking. He loves his teammates, 323 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 3: his teammates. You know, we're probably the most excited all 324 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 3: season when Cam scored on that uh that screen and 325 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 3: then obviously the catch late. He just brings something, uh 326 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 3: you know, brings physicality, brings a level of mental and 327 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 3: physical toughness that I think makes. 328 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 4: Us all better. 329 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 3: We've got a lot of examples like that on our team, 330 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 3: but Cam is just another one of them that I 331 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 3: feel very fortunate to have him on this team. 332 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 8: Do you say anything to to Will. 333 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: Record after a few Yeah, I just I just told him, hey, 334 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 3: you know, next one is gonna be the best one. 335 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 3: My confidence and will is as sky high and I'm 336 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 3: leavable session on Thursday when he was kicking and and uh, 337 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 3: you know, hit it hit the first one. 338 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 4: True. 339 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: You know that's my confidence, lovel I'm gonna if we 340 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 3: if we think we're you know, anywhere near the range, 341 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 3: you know, I'm gonna give him a swing. He's a phenomenal, 342 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 3: phenomenal kid, great makeup. You know the next kick is 343 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 3: gonna be his best kick? Is how I look at it, 344 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 3: And I know our team does. 345 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 4: As well as well. 346 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 5: How do you feel to go? 347 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 4: It felt? 348 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 3: It felt the same way that it has for fourteen 349 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 3: times now. It's just this was a This was gonna 350 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 3: be a grind. You can hear it in my voice. 351 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 3: That's what these things are. And we're all every man 352 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 3: and in that locker room, player and coach. We're laying 353 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: it on the line every single week with everything we 354 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 3: absolutely have. And the best part of it is, I 355 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: do believe you know, all we need is all of 356 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 3: what we are, uh, and we're gonna have a chance 357 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: to win football games, but we're gonna have to keep 358 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 3: on doing the things that you know, like I've said before, 359 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 3: you know might come off as cliche, but when your 360 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 3: team has ownership of every possible thing that we're doing 361 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: and they worked for something, you know, greater than just themselves, 362 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 3: anything is really possible. But that's not to be that's 363 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 3: not to take away from one snap. It can all 364 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 3: go the other way if you're not totally incompletely present, 365 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 3: locked in and what we have to do, especially against 366 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 3: you know, the type of opponents we're going. 367 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 4: To play played tonight in here on out the rest 368 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: of the way. 369 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 9: That's Kevin O'Connell. 370 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: And this game, you know, like Pete said, was twenty 371 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: to three at halftime, How did it get closer? I 372 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: mean it's like in lambeau Field, Vikings lead twenty eight zero, 373 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: green Bay comes charging, But it kind of had the 374 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: feel that the Vikings never were going to lose. 375 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 9: The game. I thought today was a little different. It 376 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 9: just got a little diceier it did. 377 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 2: I think that the you know, one two missed field goals, 378 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 2: that's one thing. I mean one was fifty seven. It 379 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 2: was the second one that I think really changed the dynamic. 380 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: And then the one turnover each team had a turnover. 381 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 2: They did get a thirty one yard return on the interception, 382 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,719 Speaker 2: so it put them in very very good field position 383 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 2: and they were able to capitalize that off that and 384 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 2: score a touchdown. So, you know, you have a limited 385 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 2: number of possessions, and that's what you kind of go 386 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 2: through your head in the second half of a game. 387 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 2: If you've got a big lead, you're saying, Okay, they're 388 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 2: only gonna have so many possessions. We got to you know, 389 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: make them earn it, burn time off the clock. Time 390 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 2: of possession. By the way, we were thirty five thirty, 391 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: so we got them by eleven minutes. So we were 392 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 2: able to be much more efficient, I think offensively and 393 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 2: moving the chains. Four hundred and forty one yards of 394 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 2: offense against the number six defense in the league from 395 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: a yardage standpoint, our offense tonight outside of the interception, 396 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 2: Paul looked phenomenal, looked, you know, moving the chains. And 397 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: then when we needed it right at the end of 398 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 2: the game. Yeah, maybe it was a couple passes to 399 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 2: running backs c J. Hamm and Cam Akers. Yeah, but 400 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: my goodness, were those humongous plays. 401 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 9: Yeah, and Akers had to make a nice catch. 402 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 1: You pointed it out on the broadcast that that that 403 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: played for a first down was right down by his 404 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: shoe strings and he brought it in. 405 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 9: All right, we're gonna hear from Sam Darnald. 406 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: Momentarily, Donald finishes three seventy seven three touchdowns at an interception. 407 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: How about this, Sam now has has has thrown thirty 408 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: five touchdowns, which means that's the most for a Viking 409 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,719 Speaker 1: in the history of the team in a player's first year. Oh, 410 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: he only passed Brett Favre from the two thousand and 411 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: nine season. 412 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 9: But how about this. 413 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: Darnald is the only quarterback in the history of the 414 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: NFL to win fourteen games in his first season with 415 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: a new team. 416 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 9: How about that. 417 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 2: It's absolutely unbelievable. And that was the biggest question mark 418 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: of this team. That was the reason why no one 419 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 2: picked this team to win the division or even have 420 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 2: a shot at winning this division because of the question 421 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 2: mark with Sam Donald. So from Kevin O'Connell to West 422 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 2: Phillips on down the coaching staff, they they've done a 423 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,360 Speaker 2: fantastic job. And Donald Paul, you know, he's he's kind 424 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 2: of developing that cool gene. Even though he made a mistake, 425 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 2: he was still pretty much on the money, you know, 426 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,239 Speaker 2: the rest of the game. Again, he hit a few 427 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 2: times in the pocket. 428 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 9: Yeah. 429 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 2: I thought protection for the most part tonight was as 430 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 2: good as it's been all year. So and this is 431 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: a very very good defensive front. They can get after 432 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 2: the quarterback, they all can, right and and for our 433 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 2: offensive line to do the job that they did, you know, 434 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: had tip to them as well. 435 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 9: And here's what Sam Dartnold had to say after the game. 436 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 6: Another great team win tonight. 437 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 4: Yeah. 438 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 10: I thought our defense started out really really fast. You know, 439 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 10: thought we could have been a lot better, you know, 440 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 10: early on, but we kind of got going there, uh 441 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 10: during the middle, you know, when we you know kind 442 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 10: of doubled dip there at the end of the end 443 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 10: of the second quarter, and then to start the third quarter. 444 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 10: I thought that was really good for us to be 445 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 10: able to get that field goal and then get the 446 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 10: touchdown coming out and uh yeah, I felt like, you know, 447 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 10: we executed at a high level. You know, obviously a 448 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 10: lot of things to to correct, but overall, man, it 449 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 10: was a great team effort. Thought defense played really well, 450 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 10: like I said, and special teams did their thing per usual. 451 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 10: So just a really great team effort, obviously against a 452 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 10: really really good Packers team. 453 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 7: Kevin and your teammates talked about the exception you got 454 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 7: when you came back to the locker room. 455 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, can you describe it from your point of view? 456 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, a lot of water bottles, a lot of water. 457 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 6: It was just mayhem. 458 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 10: I think I blacked out, you know when when Aaron 459 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 10: Jones grabbed me and and lifted me up. I didn't 460 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 10: know what to do with my hands in that situation. 461 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 6: So Ricky Bobby style. So it was, uh, yeah, it. 462 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 10: Was an interesting moment, but a fun moment man, to 463 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 10: be embraced by your teammates. 464 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 6: Like that, and uh yeah, it's just uh. 465 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 10: It's always it's always fun to be able to have 466 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 10: that moment with my teammates. 467 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 5: Success at packing the middle of the field. 468 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 7: You also had a lot of success going to people 469 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 7: other than justin early those things kind of dovetailed together in. 470 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 6: The again sorry down the middle and then who a. 471 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 7: Lot of Yeah, you had a lot of success over 472 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 7: the middle of the field, especially early. They also had 473 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 7: a lot of success throwing to receivers other than justin 474 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 7: the earl. Was that all part of the game plan? 475 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 7: Is just the way it worked out. 476 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 6: No, it's just the way it worked out. 477 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 10: You know. Obviously, we you know kind of understand, you know, 478 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 10: you know what other teams, you know, just what teams 479 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 10: want to do with with eighteen in terms of coverages 480 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 10: or playing you know, man coverage. But uh, yeah, you know, 481 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 10: I think just I think the biggest thing for me 482 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 10: is just continuing to go through my reads. That's that's 483 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 10: the biggest thing. Go through my reads, listen to my feet, 484 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 10: you know, and uh and just continue to go through 485 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 10: my progressions and be very diligent about that three passes 486 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 10: Kevin called on the past drive when you're trying to 487 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 10: run out the clock, is that what you expect from him? 488 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 5: Yeah? 489 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely. 490 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 10: You know, when when guys are packed in the box 491 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 10: trying to stop the run, you know, I know that 492 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 10: Ko is going to be aggressive, and. 493 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 6: You know, if that's the case. 494 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 10: Obviously there's been times throughout the you know, course of 495 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 10: the season where we. 496 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:54,479 Speaker 6: Have tried to run it. 497 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 10: So it's not you know, it's not always going to 498 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 10: be that way, but you know, whenever he does call 499 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 10: passing that situation, I'm always prepared for it. And I 500 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 10: feel like our guys did a really good job of 501 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 10: executing that. 502 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 5: Talking to Tom Brady, is that what took Why you were. 503 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 6: Taking so long? 504 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 2: Yeah? 505 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, was he asking me a lot of questions. 506 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 10: It's okay to say, hey, yeah, I know I was 507 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 10: taken forever, just like I do after the game. 508 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 6: Every after after the. 509 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 9: Yeah. 510 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 10: No, it was uh no, it was great to be 511 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 10: able to obviously talk to you. 512 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 6: Know, the best to ever do it. 513 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 10: It's a it's always special whenever you get to have 514 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 10: him call your game and talk to guys like Tom 515 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 10: Raldy after the game. It's you know, I don't I 516 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 10: don't take stuff like that for granted ever, you know, 517 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 10: it's it's a special, you know, special moment to be 518 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 10: able to you know, share with those people. And like 519 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 10: I said, just just all all around just our team, 520 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 10: my teammates, you know, every single person in this organization. 521 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 5: I'm just uh. 522 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 4: Happy to be here. 523 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 10: And where does that moment rank for you, like in 524 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 10: your football career in terms of just you know, within 525 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 10: the locker room type of situation. 526 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I mean that was pretty special. 527 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 10: Yeah, but I don't can't tell you exactly where it 528 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 10: ranks right now, but it was a special moment for sure. 529 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 10: In the air on a way to Oh my gosh, Yeah, 530 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 10: it was. That was incredible, incredible catch, incredible execution by 531 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 10: all the you know, all the guys on the field, 532 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 10: and it was not my best effort on that, but uh, 533 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 10: I'm just happy that Cam was able to come away 534 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 10: with that and kind of seal the deal for us. 535 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 11: Talk about your teammates obviously what's happened the locker, but 536 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 11: even the guys on defense are saying Sam inspires me, 537 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 11: and Joshua Hotels was just saying that everything that you've 538 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 11: gone through in your career, I have gone through, and 539 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 11: it's kind of like a bonding thing. 540 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 5: You're like the lightning. 541 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 11: Rod for them on both sides of the ball. How 542 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 11: does that make me feel that way? 543 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 10: Yeah, I feel like, you know, it's reciprocal. You know, 544 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 10: all all of us together, we we you know, we 545 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 10: kind of bounce energy off each other. It's it's awesome, man, 546 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 10: to be able to you know, for us to not 547 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 10: exactly play the way that we wanted to on offense 548 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 10: early on in our defense, be able to get some 549 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 10: crucial stops against a really good offense in Green Bay. 550 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's uh, it's incredible. 551 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 10: I think you know, obviously that's it goes both ways. 552 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 10: You know, we all feed off each other's energy, and 553 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 10: it's going to continue to be that way. 554 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 5: Stats are not what you're after. 555 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 2: But when you've had, you know, such a good season 556 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 2: record wise and you're able to hit that four thousand. 557 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 9: Passing yard mark, passing touchdowns, just what. 558 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 5: Does that mean to you? 559 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 10: It means we're you know, doing our job on offense. 560 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 10: You know, that's really all it means to me, you know, 561 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 10: but just going to continue to to you know, continue 562 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 10: to strive to improve every single day. And I feel 563 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 10: like that's what we've been doing. That's the reason I 564 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 10: feel like we've been executing, and we're just going to continue. 565 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 6: To do that. 566 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 8: Touchdown to Jordan where he like runs the hitch and 567 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 8: little we like, I mean, how special our route is that? 568 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's incredible. 569 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 10: J runs routes like that all the time in practice 570 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 10: and games. You know, he just continued to he just 571 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 10: continues to surprise me with with the way that he 572 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 10: can get in and out of cuts and just his suddenness, 573 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 10: his quick twitch. 574 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 6: And it's it's very impressive. 575 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 5: How must you can is let yourself go there with what 576 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 5: next week? Could mean like a way next week. 577 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 10: It's uh, you know, for us, it's the same mindset 578 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 10: we've We've had this mindset, you know, the entire season. 579 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 10: We talk about it all the time. But it's it's 580 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 10: not only it's a way of life too. 581 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 6: You know. 582 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 10: We every single day, you know, tomorrow we're gonna watch 583 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 10: the tape continue to get better. We just you know, 584 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 10: cause this you know, this game we play. You know, 585 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 10: you know, obviously Thursday sometimes is a tough week. But 586 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,719 Speaker 10: when whatever you play Sunday or Monday, these weeks are 587 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 10: the same, you know, and so you got to be 588 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 10: able to have fun with each other. But it's you 589 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 10: get in a routine to where you know you're not 590 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 10: caught up and in the result of anything or you 591 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 10: know what next game could mean. 592 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 6: You start to. 593 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 10: Get in that routine and you just start to get 594 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 10: you know, laser focused on our next opponent. Come usually 595 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 10: around Monday night Tuesday. 596 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 8: People have come up to you and said like, I 597 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 8: want to know, Yeah, has that happened? 598 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 10: Actually yeah, yeah, I mean it's uh, it's pretty incredible. Yeah, 599 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 10: people will just random people will come up to me 600 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 10: and be like, hey, we want to know this week man, 601 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 10: just keep going. And I'm like, I see you, guys, 602 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 10: I see you. 603 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 6: No, It's it's awesome, man. 604 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 10: Just the way that the entire community has embraced this, 605 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 10: this team. Man, just our mindset with everything. It's it's 606 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 10: pretty special couple. 607 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 5: Just uh, only the one sack for five yard loss tonight. 608 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 5: What was working in terms of navigating the pocket pass protection? 609 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I thought, you know, our big guys 610 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 6: did a really good. 611 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 10: Job up front today, and they do every single week. 612 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 10: It's just a matter of whether I get the ball 613 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 10: out or not. So it was, uh, you know, it 614 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 10: was a really good day in terms of that. I 615 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 10: feel like there were times too where I could have 616 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 10: got the ball out a little quicker, especially on the 617 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 10: second to last drive. And uh, but yeah, you know, 618 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 10: I thought the big guys did a really good job today. 619 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 5: I'm past to Jefferson on that last drive. How tough 620 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 5: a play is that? 621 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 9: Oh? 622 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 10: The keeper the Yeah, you know, it's something that we 623 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 10: work on all the time. It's something that we've been 624 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 10: working on since April. And you know, for first of all, 625 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 10: for him to be able to make that catch, I 626 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 10: think he made it with one hand. You know, I 627 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 10: just tried to put it in a really good spot 628 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 10: for him, even though it was tight coverage, and I 629 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 10: knew he would be able to come away with that football. 630 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: Nineteen ninety eight, Pete Bursage was a linebacker for the 631 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings and he played for a fifteen to one 632 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: team that was a one seed in the conference. In 633 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: the conference playoffs, the Minnesota Vikings are playing Detroit next 634 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: game at Ford Field with an opportunity to be the 635 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: one seed in the NFC, which means a week off 636 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: and nothing but home games at US Bank Stadium up 637 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. 638 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 9: What was it, like? 639 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: How important is it being the one seed and we 640 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: can scout Detroit tomorrow night they play on Monday Night. 641 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 9: Football, You know it is. 642 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: I don't think it's as big of a deal as 643 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 2: it used to be because teams that had had the 644 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 2: weekend off very rarely ever lost games. But in the 645 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 2: past ten to fifteen years you've seen some number six 646 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 2: seeds go and make themselves, you know, make it to 647 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. So the game's changed a little bit 648 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 2: that way. The home field advantage, however, is still here, 649 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 2: and the fact that you know, you can play from 650 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 2: home and you're gonna have that advantage throughout the rest 651 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 2: of the playoffs that that, you know, that's a huge 652 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: boost as well. But how about the opportunity to be 653 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 2: able to if they can beat Detroit and come away 654 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 2: with this to say, guys, nobody thought we could do this, 655 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: and we did, right, So what's next? 656 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 4: Right? 657 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 9: What's next? 658 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 2: And I remember in ninety eight we played in Arizona 659 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 2: team that has surprise win in the first you know, 660 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: and at Dallas at Dallas the second round of the playoffs, 661 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 2: and so we you know, handled them. But then we 662 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 2: met a very good fourteen and two Atlanta football team 663 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 2: and a couple of things just didn't go our way 664 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 2: and it wasn't our year. But again, we haven't had 665 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 2: home field advantage and won the division since nineteen ninety eight, 666 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 2: so this stuff doesn't happen too often. And I just 667 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 2: like that we're playing some of our best football at 668 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 2: the end of the year. 669 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 9: Great job, brother, appreciate you. Thank you. 670 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: Pete Versus channalysts for the Vikings Radio network, and I'm 671 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: Paul Allen. The Minnesota Vikings have won nine consecutive games 672 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: for the first time since nineteen seventy three, and they 673 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: beat Green Bay twenty seven to twenty five. Thank you 674 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: for listening to the Vikings postgame report.