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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears in overtime thirty to

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Speaker 1: twenty seven. Welcome to the Vikings postgame report. It's your

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Speaker 1: play by play guy Paul Allen with the analyst on

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Speaker 1: the Vikings Radio network and kfa N Pete Bursich. What

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Speaker 1: an improbable way to finish a game? The Vikings. Parker Romo,

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Speaker 1: the fill in kicker, hit a field goal very late

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Speaker 1: in the game. The Vikings looked like a cinch to win.

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter had a long kick return. Dallas Turner saved

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Speaker 1: the day. Bears got into the end zone, got the

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Speaker 1: two point conversion way too easily. Then an onside kick

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Speaker 1: which nobody ever gets in the NFL, bounces off the

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Speaker 1: leg of Johnny Munt. Bears recover it. Cairo Santos ties

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Speaker 1: the game. We go to overtime and Parker Romo walks

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Speaker 1: off a winner the Viks nine and two.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and what you know, actually, what a what a

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Speaker 2: nice job by the Vikis defense once once the table

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Speaker 2: was kind of reset it overtime because the Bears were

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Speaker 2: able to know trying to play a little bit of

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Speaker 2: our pre event, they were moving the ball. Caleb Williams

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Speaker 2: was feeling good. And then to hit that reset button

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Speaker 2: and to really make that Bears offense go backwards, force

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Speaker 2: him to punt and our offense starting the starting on

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Speaker 2: their own nineteen yard line, able to get themselves in

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Speaker 2: the field goal range. Couple nice throws, Addison being big JJ.

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Speaker 2: Finally you know with the second catch of the day,

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Speaker 2: another huge thing in Hockinson. So you know, the offense

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Speaker 2: kept their front on the gas the whole game. Four

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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty four yards of offense, I believe. So

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Speaker 2: that's a big day. That's a big day for the offense.

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Speaker 2: Minus that turnover early Paul Man, this it would have

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Speaker 2: been obviously a completely different story.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's nearly a typical Soldier field game, no

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Speaker 1: matter if it's if it's a Chad Hutchinson in two

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Speaker 1: thousand and three, is the quarterback somehow winning a game,

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Speaker 1: or if it's the bally hoot KALB Williams first overall

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft in the most recent game. And

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Speaker 1: what I mean is when you hear this, if I

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Speaker 1: tell you this, into the game, all right, Hey, Sam

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Speaker 1: Darnold's gonna throw for three point thirty his first three

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Speaker 1: hundred yard game as a member of the Vikings with

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Speaker 1: two touchdowns and zero picks. Oh yeah, Aaron Jones is

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Speaker 1: gonna have one hundred and six yards and a rushing touchdown,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Jordan Addison eight catches, one sixty two and one.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. TJ Hawkinson seven catches, one fourteen and by

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Speaker 1: the way, Jonathan Grenard and Andrew Van Genkol combined for

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Speaker 1: three sacks. I mean that sounds like you beat somebody

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Speaker 1: by twenty.

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Speaker 2: Right, it does. But there's so much more that goes

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Speaker 2: on in between. And you know, for for the Vikings today,

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Speaker 2: it's it's special. Teams came up huge right until the end,

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Speaker 2: right the blockfield goal, the covery covering of the muff

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Speaker 2: punt which gave us a touchdown. We eventually got touchdown

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Speaker 2: on that drive. So just opportunities taken advantage of early

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Speaker 2: and then it's like the last minute and a half

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Speaker 2: of that game almost like they just took a breath, right,

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Speaker 2: and it's all you need to do. And the Bears

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Speaker 2: are good enough now, right in credit to them, because

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Speaker 2: they they've had enough not go their way this whole year,

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Speaker 2: with Hail Mary's and with last second field goal tries

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Speaker 2: to win games. They hung in there right, and they

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Speaker 2: kept battling all the way to the end. Caleb Williams

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Speaker 2: I think really provided them all the juice that they needed. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: toward the end of this football game. And an impressive

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Speaker 2: day by that young man. But how about Keenan Allen,

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Speaker 2: I mean, what does he have right against the Purple

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Speaker 2: because up until this game he's obviously been part of

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Speaker 2: the offense. But today, what a huge day for him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, Keenan Allen has last two against the Vikings

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Speaker 1: today with the Bears nine eighty six and one last

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Speaker 1: Pasadena City College math indicates to me twenty seven receptions

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Speaker 1: like three hundred one yards and then a passing TD

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Speaker 1: had a passing TV last year, but nevertheless he didn't

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Speaker 1: get the money today. DJ Moore was kind of quiet early,

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Speaker 1: but if seven catches one hundred and six yards under touchdown.

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Speaker 1: But Parker Romo, man, I mean next week against the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals probably is this final game kicking for the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. Will Reiker at the Alabama rookie with the quad.

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Speaker 1: He's eligible to return after that game. Parker Romo kicked

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Speaker 1: six times today. Okay, three extra points, three field goals.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, and so that's another hat tip. I mean,

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Speaker 2: have to have those names ready because you never know

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Speaker 2: when you're gonna need them. They've brought in just a

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Speaker 2: in have all been essential right in the last few

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Speaker 2: games that this team has won. And that's how you

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Speaker 2: put together, you know, a nine and two kind of

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Speaker 1: Like I said at the end of the broadcast on

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Speaker 1: the KFA and Vikings radio network, today was all about three,

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Speaker 1: four five. The Vikings win three consecutive road games for

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Speaker 1: the first time in franchise history. They've won four consecutive

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Speaker 1: overall and they've won for a fifth consecutive time at

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Speaker 1: Soldier Field, and they've done so for the first time

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Speaker 1: in a quarter century. Here's what head coach Kevin O'Connell

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Speaker 1: had to say after the game.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, very very hard fought, tough win, giving up a

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Speaker 3: lead late like that. Give those guys credit for not

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Speaker 3: quitting and fighting to the very end. We got to

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Speaker 3: do a better job trying to close that thing out

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Speaker 3: in regulation. But you know, we've learned a lot about

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Speaker 3: You know, over our nine wins and and our two losses,

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Speaker 3: we've learned a lot about our team.

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Speaker 4: And I think we learned some new things today.

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Speaker 3: And I was really proud of the way you're on

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Speaker 3: the road in the NFC North and momentum is not

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Speaker 3: just lost, it's completely lost. And there's very many groups

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Speaker 3: some cause by ourselves, ourselves. But you know, Sam Darnold

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Speaker 4: Jordan Addison and TJ. Hockinson, I just want to highlight because.

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Speaker 3: Both you know, I've been waiting for this Addison kind

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Speaker 3: a you know, a team defensively that has really prided

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Speaker 4: I just love the way we came off the ball.

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Speaker 3: There were still some things we've got to clean up,

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Speaker 3: some negatives, some plays where their movement might have caused

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Speaker 3: then uh, you know, the on side kick. But football

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Speaker 3: is a it's a game where you've got to be

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Speaker 3: able to respond. It's never gonna be perfect and this

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Speaker 3: this group is a special group, and it's a road

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Speaker 3: winning the NFC North, and I'm really proud of our team.

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Speaker 3: Injury updates I have and Paced did get a hamstring. Tough,

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Speaker 3: tough play. I haven't got a chance to watch it

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Speaker 3: We'll do some evaluation on him tomorrow. Cam Robinson got

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Speaker 3: Sam obviously, you know, had a little his foot rolled

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Speaker 3: and long Kevin.

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Speaker 5: What was the conversation like when Sam comes out there

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Speaker 5: he pretty adamant about I want to get back into

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Speaker 4: What was he like on the sideline?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, in the middle of the drive. I actually did

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Speaker 3: asked him, you know, a scale of one to ten

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Speaker 3: on that keeper to Jordan that we hit for a

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Speaker 4: I mean, he hadn't had that chance to play in

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Speaker 3: But yeah, yeah, and to overcome I mean it seems

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Speaker 4: Was disappointing the first down sack kind of a drive starter.

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Speaker 3: We end up canning the play, uh, and and not

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Speaker 4: I kind of wanted to see how he would respond.

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Speaker 3: Now we're second and long, we immediately get that first down,

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Speaker 3: just the ability to overcome and his trust in me, uh,

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Speaker 3: going to do it via the pass and that drive

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Speaker 4: But I think that, you know, when your best is required.

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Speaker 3: I had no hesitation of trying to attack what I

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Speaker 4: Starts in head were thrown. No, No, it's not like that.

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Speaker 3: It's just once we once you have a second in

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Speaker 4: Drive, you know, I would have been running the football.

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Speaker 4: That's kind of what I meant by that. Claud you

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Speaker 4: clarified you learn anything about Sam today? Yeah? I thought

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Speaker 4: he you know, across the board.

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Speaker 4: I just you know, was my view was probably too good, Kevin.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to see that for many many sleepless nights

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Speaker 4: It was a really good kick. Obviously it hit one

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Speaker 4: I got to do a better job when you're field goal.

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Speaker 3: I would have to see it. I know, we we

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Speaker 6: Sam's toughness, I mean, did you know he he was

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Speaker 3: They didn't end up winning the game, but I learned

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Speaker 4: And I think when you know, he just.

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Speaker 3: we're a tough team. I really do, because and playing

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Speaker 3: And you know that's a physical in between the hashes

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Speaker 2: No, yeah, no question about it. And you know, you

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Speaker 2: the Vikings though, with hanging in there, Paul, I mean

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Speaker 2: when adversity hit, when things didn't go right, they still

437
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Speaker 2: hung in there. And I do love the fact that

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Speaker 2: the offense, really I think they didn't die in the

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Speaker 2: second half. We've seen a number of games now where

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Speaker 2: they've come out fire and early and then just just

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Speaker 2: slow down in that second half and just don't have

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Speaker 2: that sputter. That's why the second half rushing touchdown stood

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Speaker 2: out in my mind because I couldn't remember the last

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Speaker 2: time we ran for a touchdown in the.

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Speaker 1: Second game by a running back. Geez, maybe because it

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Speaker 1: was twenty seven games. How about that twenty seven game?

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Speaker 1: Since we had a rushing touchdown by it not well

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Speaker 1: by a running back, yeah, you know. And to have

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Speaker 1: Aaron Jones do that that, you know, that's huge. I

450
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Speaker 1: thought the running game was outstanding all day. I think

451
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Speaker 1: we left we left some meat on the bone, I

452
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Speaker 1: think in the running game, but there was no reason

453
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Speaker 1: or not or to quit throwing Donald. He made some

454
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Speaker 1: good decisions. The thing is, Paul, when he did make

455
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Speaker 1: a couple of mistakes, he did hold onto the football,

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Speaker 1: he didn't turn it over right, he didn't make any

457
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Speaker 1: bad throws, and he didn't fumble it.

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Speaker 2: So it's a small step, but I think it's a

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Speaker 2: step in the right direction. And with this offense and

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Speaker 2: with this defense, this team, if we're not giving the

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Speaker 2: ball away, we're going to be in it, right, We're

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Speaker 2: gonna be We're gonna it's gonna be a one score game.

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Speaker 2: So it's so important that we do that and Today's

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Speaker 2: a perfect example.

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Speaker 1: Yes, off a game at Tennessee, which was Sam Donald's

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Speaker 1: best game as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, well

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Speaker 1: this is his newest best game. He went for three

468
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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty passing yards, his first game throwing for

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Speaker 1: more than three hundred yards with the Vikings. His yards

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Speaker 1: per attempt was like nine point seven. It was right

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Speaker 1: under ten thirty four attempts, three hundred and thirty passing

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Speaker 1: yards and to Sam, Darnold had this to say following

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Speaker 1: an overtime victory thirty to twenty seven by the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 6: You know, first and foremost, what are resilient win you know,

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Speaker 6: from everyone in that locker room. Just super proud of

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Speaker 6: those guys.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 6: As an offense, I said it to Laura after the game,

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Speaker 6: but I feel like, you know, we could have been

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Speaker 6: a lot better in certain situations, you know, and uh,

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Speaker 6: you know, just the O line. I think to like

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Speaker 6: the way that they lean on the game, uh, and

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Speaker 6: that or the way that they leaned on that defensive

484
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Speaker 6: line in the second half, you know, in the linebackers,

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Speaker 6: you know, I thought was incredible. And speaking of those guys,

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Speaker 6: I want to give a ton of credit to Chicago.

487
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Speaker 6: I feel like they played a really good game. You know,

488
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Speaker 6: their scheme, their players, everything that they do is super tough.

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Speaker 6: And you know, we were able to come out, like

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Speaker 6: I said, just a resilient effort by everyone and very

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Speaker 6: proud of that one.

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Speaker 4: S Sam in overtime, what's your mindset there?

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Speaker 3: I mean, the come was obviously very very good withs

494
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Speaker 3: your mindset when you come on the field knowing the

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Speaker 3: touchdown or any score wins, it.

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Speaker 6: Just execute, you know, It's as simple as that, Just

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Speaker 6: one play at a time. That's what I think. I

498
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Speaker 6: tell the guys that every single time in the huddle,

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Speaker 6: But that's my mindset every single time I'm out there

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Speaker 6: on the field, especially in that situation. You know you're

501
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Speaker 6: expecting to, you know, obviously recover the on side kick

502
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Speaker 6: and just take some knees. So your mindset, you got

503
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Speaker 6: to get get ready to to go back out there

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Speaker 6: and execute at a high level. And I feel like

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Speaker 6: our offense did a really good job of that obviously,

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Speaker 6: and over time, and when.

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Speaker 5: You came off with the foot injury there, how long

508
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Speaker 5: did it take you to get to the point where

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Speaker 5: you said, I'm good enough to go.

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Speaker 6: Back in Yeah, you know, I just had to walk

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Speaker 6: it off a little bit. You know, that was pretty

512
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Speaker 6: much it, you know, just to be able to you know,

513
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Speaker 6: for Nick to be able to come in, you know,

514
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Speaker 6: I hate doing that to him, but just for him

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Speaker 6: to be able to come in and execute at such

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Speaker 6: a high level, obviously in London and today, just an

517
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Speaker 6: incredible job by him, and it, you know, it shows

518
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Speaker 6: kind of the preparation that you know that he kind

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Speaker 6: of exemplifies every single week.

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Speaker 5: Did you know coming off that you were going to

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Speaker 5: be able to go back in in short order? As

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Speaker 5: you were.

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Speaker 6: Walking off the field, I felt, you know, wasn't exactly sure,

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Speaker 6: to be honest with you, but as I was on

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Speaker 6: the sideline, it kind of, you know, I was I

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Speaker 6: felt like I was all right and I was able

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Speaker 6: to go out there and kind of walk it off

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Speaker 6: a little bit. So I felt good. You know, once

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Speaker 6: I got back on the field. What happened in overtime

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Speaker 6: with the helmet switch, the communication, I just went out.

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Speaker 6: I'm not sure exactly what happened, said what'd you.

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Speaker 4: Think of me?

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Speaker 6: Just really cases that Jordan Pattison made today for pretty guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: you know, Jay obviously had a huge game. You know,

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Speaker 6: his ability to just stay ready, stay prepared whenever his

536
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Speaker 6: numbers called TJ the same thing. I felt TJ had

537
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Speaker 6: a really good game today, Jets. You know, obviously, just

538
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Speaker 6: his ability when he's out there, he gets guys open.

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Speaker 6: You know, the defense is so locked into him at

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Speaker 6: certain points in the game, whether it's you know, second

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Speaker 6: and long, third down, even first down at times. So

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Speaker 6: his ability to just you know, continue to stay with

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Speaker 6: it and continue to show that that resiliency even you know,

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Speaker 6: throughout the game, you know when he's not you know,

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Speaker 6: getting touches, and you know, I feel like, you know,

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Speaker 6: just our entire offense, I feel like has has been

547
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Speaker 6: doing a really good job of that this year, and uh,

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Speaker 6: we'll just continue to stay resilient and find a way

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Speaker 6: to win.

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Speaker 4: The past two weeks. What's been the common thread for

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Speaker 4: you in terms of why he perform so well.

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Speaker 6: I think it's kind of what I told you after,

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Speaker 6: you know, just my my thought process in overtime, just

554
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Speaker 6: going out there, executing, taking it one play at a time.

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Speaker 6: I really do think it's as simple as that and

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Speaker 6: just not trying to do too much. You know, if

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Speaker 6: if I feel like, you know, a play, I gotta

558
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Speaker 6: scramble out of the pocket and some you know it's

559
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Speaker 6: not there, just throw it away, or you know if

560
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Speaker 6: sometimes if I need to take a sack, you know,

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Speaker 6: I'm willing to do that. But yeah, just just continue

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Speaker 6: to play within within the system, within the game, and

563
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Speaker 6: and you know we'll continue to to you know, play

564
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Speaker 6: solid as an offense. Talk much about it when t

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Speaker 6: J came back, but in your mind, like does it

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Speaker 6: take a few games to just like get locked in

567
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Speaker 6: with somebody that you haven't played with and was this

568
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Speaker 6: that game or was that just how the game went,

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Speaker 6: or yeah, I think you nailed it. I think, you know,

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Speaker 6: whenever you know someone comes back, I felt like, you know,

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Speaker 6: there were a few times, you know, when he got

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Speaker 6: back obviously in Jacksonville, where reconnected on some some good

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Speaker 6: routes and some good concepts, and then you know, there's

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Speaker 6: just some things that you got to continue to feel

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Speaker 6: out as the season goes, and we'll continue to grow from.

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Speaker 3: That as you come big back in after a couple

577
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Speaker 3: of plays out, Like, does any party worry that things

578
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Speaker 3: could give you can make it worse.

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Speaker 6: I don't know, no, not at all. That's not uh

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Speaker 6: That's not in the thought process at all. You know,

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Speaker 6: I'm just, like I said, man, just to be able

582
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Speaker 6: to for Nick first of all, to be able to

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Speaker 6: go in there and execute at a high level, and

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Speaker 6: then for me to go back in there. You know,

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Speaker 6: I'm just trying to do my job. That's it.

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Speaker 5: Say, when you guys are second and seventeen there and

587
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Speaker 5: overtime and you're backed up at that completion on second down,

588
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Speaker 5: how much does that just change the manner of that

589
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Speaker 5: drive from let's just get yards and get out of

590
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Speaker 5: our own ends onto we can go make something of this.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's kind of the mindset, you know, when you're

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Speaker 6: just you know, in a first and long or a

593
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Speaker 6: second long, you just want a completion. You just want

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Speaker 6: to get you know, get the guys going forward, and

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Speaker 6: you know, obviously if a SHOT's there to take it,

596
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 6: we'll we'll take it for sure. But yeah, you know

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Speaker 6: that's the mindset, is just getting a completion.

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Speaker 1: Hey, what's your impression at Kayleb Williams.

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Speaker 5: Did you guys get much of a chance to talk

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Speaker 5: after the game or anything.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: I just told him to keep doing what he's doing.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 6: I feel like he's playing really good football, you know,

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Speaker 6: just the way that you know, he's confidently just ripping

606
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Speaker 6: the ball. It's it's impressive, man, when he cuts it loose.

607
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Speaker 6: I was watching, you know, the big screen in the stadium,

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Speaker 6: and I felt like, sometimes, you know, the camera can

609
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Speaker 6: necessarily catch up with the football, you know. I feel

610
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Speaker 6: like he's just got such an ability to just rip

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Speaker 6: the ball in there. And uh, obviously when he gets

612
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Speaker 6: outside the pocket, when he's able to run and make plays,

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Speaker 6: he's very dangerous that way as well.

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 1: In closing, Jordan Addison eight catches, one hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: two yards and a touchdown. Well done. Eight catches on

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Speaker 1: nine targets.

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Speaker 4: TJ.

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Speaker 1: Hawkinson had one catch for five yards at halftime. He

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Speaker 1: finished with seven receptions and one hundred and fourteen yards.

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Speaker 1: And big boy made some big catches and overtime in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he did. He came up huge today and that's

624
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Speaker 2: you know, so happy to see him back as he's

625
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 2: just getting himself into this season. It's only his third

626
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Speaker 2: game back, so he's just kind of getting his legs

627
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Speaker 2: underneath him, you know. So you know, Paul, you you

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Speaker 2: you mentioned all these things and with this team, but

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Speaker 2: they stuck together, they hung in there, and when they

630
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 2: absolutely had to be at their best, you know, they

631
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Speaker 2: really were. And I was very impressed with both how

632
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 2: the offense and defense played in that overtime period, all

633
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Speaker 2: that momentum that was going Chicago's way, just to I mean,

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Speaker 2: just to get this thing to overtime, right, I mean,

635
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 2: it's such so improbable, but yet you know, three and out,

636
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Speaker 2: I mean with the defense right away, get them the punt,

637
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: and then we marched the ball down and kick the

638
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 2: game winning field goals. So hats off to them and

639
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 2: hats off to you.

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Speaker 1: That was a great job on the microphone today, My

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00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: man had a lot of fun and for Pete Bursa,

642
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: John Paul Allen, the Minnesota Vikings, in very dramatic fashion,

643
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Speaker 1: beat the Chicago Bears in overtime thirty to twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: This is the Vikings postgame report. It's an Eric Davidson production,

645
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Speaker 1: and we had good news today from the windy city

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Speaker 1: of Chicago.