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Speaker 1: Welcome to the postgame report. Pete Versus is the analyst

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Speaker 1: for the Vikings radio network, and I'm Paul Allen. We

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Speaker 1: just got done calling a thrilling Minnesota Vikings twenty to

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Speaker 1: seventeen victory. Pete and I have called games together since

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Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. Peach verst game on the microphone

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Speaker 1: was Atlanta at the Metrodome when Adrian Peterson caught a

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Speaker 1: pass for a rare receiving touchdown. From that moment, through

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Speaker 1: the Minneapolis miracle and through so many different things we've

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Speaker 1: seen in regular season or postseason games, this thing today

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Speaker 1: was unbelievable. This is as emotional as I have been

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Speaker 1: for a football game, Paul, and since I can remember,

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Speaker 1: and it's and for I mean just for so many reasons,

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Speaker 1: so many reasons, and to see I guess the bottom

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Speaker 1: line is this. This team today had every excuse, I think,

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Speaker 1: to just say, you know what, not in the cards

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Speaker 1: today and we're just not gonna we know, we're just

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Speaker 1: not gonna get there. We're on the road, we're playing

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Speaker 1: one of the best defenses I think in the league,

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Speaker 1: best defensive fronts for sure. But they found a way

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Speaker 1: to win. And it was the big players. It was

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Speaker 1: the justin Jefferson's at the big times that come up,

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Speaker 1: the sacks. You know, Daniel Hunter gets a couple today.

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are the things you gotta have, you like,

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Speaker 1: you know, like Coach Burns would say. We talked about

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Speaker 1: Coach Burns last night. Yeah, big players gotta make big

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Speaker 1: plays at the big time, big knockers that used to

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Speaker 1: call them. And that happened time after time after time today.

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, I'm exhausted. I mean, all

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Speaker 1: I do is talk. I get that I'm not running

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Speaker 1: on the field any I got it. But emotionally, the

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Speaker 1: whole thing I it is, I I've never this team

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Speaker 1: is this is a team to get behind. Yeah, this

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Speaker 1: is a team that you just can't say, you'll like.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that you know, mentally, emotionally get behind.

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Speaker 1: To see them come back like they did today. Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, what a a what an amazing day, What

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Speaker 1: a fun Sunday. It's one to remember that the Vikings

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Speaker 1: beat Washington twenty to seventeen. Minnesota's won six in a row.

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Speaker 1: Minnesota is seven and one takes on Buffalo next Sunday.

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Speaker 1: The Bills lost at the Jets today twenty to seventeen.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins played six years with Washington. His first time

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Speaker 1: back to FedEx Field two sixty five, two tds and

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Speaker 1: an interception. We will hear from Kirk shortly. Likewise, for

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell, the Minnesota Vikings coach KOC coach with Washington

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Speaker 1: for three years, two was a quarterbacks coach who won

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Speaker 1: his offensive coordinator. The Vikings are six and oh this

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Speaker 1: year in one score games, and when they were down

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Speaker 1: seventeen seven in the fourth quarter, what Pete just said,

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Speaker 1: I can't stress enough the level of importance the Vikings

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Speaker 1: and winning all these games have not panicked well that

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Speaker 1: there was some panic where there was some frustration. It

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Speaker 1: was discombobulated. It did not look like the squad we've

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Speaker 1: seen the last month and a half. Then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, there was a hit on Kirk Cousins that

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Speaker 1: knocked him out for a play. The Vikings defense got

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Speaker 1: pissed off and Zadarius Smith channeled his inner Lawrence Taylor

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Speaker 1: and was unblockable. He was I mean, and we knew

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Speaker 1: to Zadarius Smith in the game plan. We knew that

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Speaker 1: coming in. Scott Turner talked about it during the week

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Speaker 1: that allowed one on ones with Daniel Hunter, and Daniel

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Speaker 1: Hunter absolutely answered the bell, Paul. I mean, I know

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Speaker 1: comes up with two huge sacks today. He you know

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Speaker 1: those guys, none of those guys up front, ever, he

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Speaker 1: gave up. Losing Tomlinson and not having Tomlinson, yeah, is

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Speaker 1: up about that and did a great job today because

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Speaker 1: this is a very good running football team, very good

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Speaker 1: hang with it, and we were able to slow him down. Now,

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Speaker 1: coming up on the postgame report at Vikings dot com,

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Speaker 1: you'll hear press conferences from Kevin O'Connell and Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 1: Also three takes from Ron Johnson. Then at the end,

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell's post game speech in the locker room. I

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Speaker 1: love that every single week. Why wouldn't we because every

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Speaker 1: single week it's a celebratory press conference from the head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Vikings, whose team is seven and one.

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Speaker 1: Let's begin with winning formula, Ben Lieber and Gabe Henderson.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to a winning edition of Between the Lines fueled

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Speaker 1: by Gatorade of My name is Gabe Henderson. Ben Lieber

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Speaker 1: is alongside me and Ben. The Minnesota Vikings win in

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Speaker 1: thrilling fashion today, twenty to seventeen over the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 1: And I really I haven't processed this game just yet.

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Speaker 1: With all the back and forth, the momentum swings, everything

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Speaker 1: found a way to get a win. You're talking to

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connor in the locker room right after the game.

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Speaker 1: What were his thoughts on today's win. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: really the same thing that we've seen from this team

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Speaker 1: all season long. He's like, we're a Resilian football team,

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Speaker 1: I said, it always seems like from a fan perspective

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Speaker 1: Like what is to that? He's like, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: And this and this was the same thing again. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you never saw a true quit. Now you saw some disappointment.

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Speaker 1: very depressed. I think that the Commander's defensive front they really,

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Speaker 1: to lose? By the back judge literally running into a

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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith gets an interception. What would you say about

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Speaker 1: We only got three points out of it, but we

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Speaker 1: to play really good on first down. Our run defense

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Speaker 1: But you know, he's one of those guys that is

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Speaker 1: and broke us down. Um. You can just feel what

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Speaker 1: this guy means to his teammates, this organization. UM. And

431
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,399
Speaker 1: and as a first year coach here to have him

432
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Speaker 1: as our quarterback, UM, I feel very confident and feel

433
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Speaker 1: lucky to have Kirk as our guy because, UM, he's

434
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Speaker 1: playing at a really high level and overcoming some circumstances

435
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,720
Speaker 1: that quite honestly, we're learning a lot about him and

436
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,160
Speaker 1: I feel great about where he's at right now, trying

437
00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,240
Speaker 1: to be a guy in the Champs touchdown of Jefferson,

438
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Speaker 1: How do you think he did never regard in terms

439
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,240
Speaker 1: of trust. Are you talking about the one at the

440
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,399
Speaker 1: end of the first half. Yeah, yeah, that was that

441
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,080
Speaker 1: was what we were looking for right there, one on

442
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 1: one in that situation, with a plan for kind of

443
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,840
Speaker 1: pressure and what they may throw out us. We still

444
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 1: still had our one time out left, so if we

445
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,560
Speaker 1: didn't get that, look, we had the ability to put

446
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,400
Speaker 1: the ball in play and maybe get a little closer

447
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,479
Speaker 1: and use our time out. Uh. That's that was just

448
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,040
Speaker 1: one my one point, and some discussions afterwards would say,

449
00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 1: let's just make sure we understand, uh, you know, as

450
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,960
Speaker 1: we as we watch that that that's not a hail Mary.

451
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,440
Speaker 1: That's a one on one to one of the best

452
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Speaker 1: receivers in football, and that's what we're hunting. And I'm

453
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,360
Speaker 1: so proud of Kirk for throwing it, and it's unfortunate

454
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Speaker 1: that it ends ends up being his only interception of

455
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:32,960
Speaker 1: the day on a play like that, um and loved

456
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 1: him giving justin another chance there at the end, trying

457
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Speaker 1: to get a touchdown on that third down before we

458
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,959
Speaker 1: kicked it, uh for the for the game winning field goal,

459
00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 1: right there. But I just um, those are tough plays,

460
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,280
Speaker 1: bang bang plays, and we're gonna keep giving justin those

461
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,719
Speaker 1: one on ones down the field, both in the red

462
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 1: zone and in in the field, just trying to generate chances

463
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:57,560
Speaker 1: to get our best player in football. Yeah, and getting

464
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Speaker 1: up after just a riding two. First and foremost, he

465
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Speaker 1: deserves all the credit, both him and Brian Angelico, the

466
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Speaker 1: tight ends coach. They spent a lot of time together

467
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 1: over the last five days getting him ready to play.

468
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,199
Speaker 1: We did not really dumb anything down. We didn't have

469
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Speaker 1: a separate offense when TJ was in there. I'm amazed

470
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Speaker 1: at how prepared he was to play. I think it's

471
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Speaker 1: a testament to his work ethic, his ability to retain

472
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: a lot of information, and then obviously the coaching by

473
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Speaker 1: Brian to just get with him and kind of be

474
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Speaker 1: at his side for five six days in a row

475
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 1: in hopes of having him ready to go. I think

476
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,240
Speaker 1: nine targets, nine receptions, some on third down, and you

477
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,560
Speaker 1: could feel his presence on the field. It's a big

478
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: time edition that COIs and his staff went and got us. Yeah, yeah,

479
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 1: I think it just I know one thing for sure,

480
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Speaker 1: we can have confidence to go try to win a

481
00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: football game, however it's gone. You know, you gotta try

482
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 1: each one of them as its own. But I do

483
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: think when you're able to overcome and win on the road,

484
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 1: you know, adversity of double digit deficits, that only helps

485
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: us in the back of our minds knowing football games

486
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,239
Speaker 1: are gonna go a lot of different ways. But the

487
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: next play, the next play mentality of knowing, uh, we're

488
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,159
Speaker 1: gonna get this thing done. We're going to continue to

489
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 1: stay together, complimentary football with the defense making a huge

490
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,080
Speaker 1: play and then the offense turning that into a touchdown

491
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: was huge. But that that four quarter game is going

492
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,400
Speaker 1: to be out there for us, and as I keep

493
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: telling our team, no reason why it can't be next week.

494
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,679
Speaker 1: But it'll be nice if you know, when those moments

495
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: and those quarters start to stack on each other, hopefully

496
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: it's when it matters the most us. I'm glad you

497
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 1: asked about that. I thought a Caleb between the physicality

498
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,439
Speaker 1: that he showed on some tackles against some good backs

499
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,199
Speaker 1: in space and then just knowing the type of you know,

500
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Speaker 1: you know it's player that Terry McLaurin and some of

501
00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,159
Speaker 1: their other guys are I felt like he really had

502
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,119
Speaker 1: an impact in there, and it seemed like he was

503
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: incredibly comfortable in that moment um. You know, I give

504
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: Edna staff a lot of a lot of credit for

505
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Speaker 1: having him ready to roll like that. And we'll see

506
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Speaker 1: how Cam does and but it's big time snaps for

507
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Speaker 1: Caleb stepping in right there. Would you like to summarize

508
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:20,199
Speaker 1: your weekend including the family abissions? Yeah? So, Um, we

509
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Speaker 1: thought a couple a couple of days earlier in the

510
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,160
Speaker 1: week we thought it might have been time, but ended

511
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 1: up being the right time. Was was Friday evening and

512
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: then getting the opportunity to get through the week with

513
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Speaker 1: our team, get it immediately. When I left you guys

514
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 1: on on Friday after practice there, got over to the

515
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Speaker 1: hospital with my wife. She was an absolute, I mean

516
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 1: unbelievable through her fourth you know delivery of you know,

517
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Speaker 1: our I just feel so blessed having been there and

518
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: then get a chance to make sure she was in

519
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 1: a you know, good place and received incredible care. Helped

520
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: me to be confident to come out here with our

521
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 1: team and try to get a win. But I cannot

522
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Speaker 1: wait to get back there. Um, just so excited to

523
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Speaker 1: get back to my family and really spend some more

524
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Speaker 1: time with my new daughter. Thank you though her name

525
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Speaker 1: is Callie, Callie Grace see a l I E. Yeah, thanks,

526
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Speaker 1: thank you for asking. Thanks. Koc Cousins finishes twenty two

527
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: or forty two sixty five couple of tds h and

528
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Speaker 1: an interception that that touchdown to Dalvin that ended up

529
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Speaker 1: leading to the tide back left of the end zone.

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Speaker 1: Are you kidding me with the catch? For sure? How

531
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 1: about the throw? How about the throw exactly right and

532
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 1: that throw he threw to Justin Jefferson when he took

533
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: on right in the solar plexus and went down and

534
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 1: came out of play. I mean that that is that's

535
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,360
Speaker 1: the razor thin edge, Paul. I think Kirk Cousins rides

536
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Speaker 1: and if he can consistently do that, meaning take the

537
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: big hit, deliver the football, he can be He could

538
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Speaker 1: be an elite quarterback. He could be as good as

539
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 1: anybody in the league. Because the accuracy man that we

540
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,399
Speaker 1: route to Justin Jefferson, that throw and that catch was

541
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: a thing of beauty. We've been waiting for it kind

542
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: of because that's a RAMS that's like a RAMS calling card.

543
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: Right the wheel route with the running back. They got

544
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Speaker 1: beat on a wheel route last week against the Colts,

545
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 1: so we knew that those that route was there, that

546
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,679
Speaker 1: those kinds of things were there, and for Cousins to

547
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 1: deliver that football right exactly where it needed to be.

548
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook has a huge catch. I mean, if Cousins

549
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Speaker 1: can just yeah, we saw it fall apart a little bit.

550
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 1: We saw fall apart a little bit with the delayed

551
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: game bit and then the force throw that he tried

552
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: to get to Jefferson. That you know that those are

553
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: plays that you wish you had back, and it was

554
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,239
Speaker 1: great to see him face that adversity, that frustration and

555
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: then come back and do you know, play the end

556
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 1: of this game like he did. Kirkus thrown touchdowns in

557
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 1: thirty eight consecutive games. That has tied for six best

558
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL with Tony Romo. Adam

559
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: thieland finished three catches sixty seven yards. He caught his

560
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Speaker 1: five hundredth today. Well done, ad him Feeling. He caught

561
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: it from Kirk Cousins. And here's what Kirk had to

562
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: say after a very emotional game. I wanted to congratulate

563
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling on five hundred catches as of Viking, I

564
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: learned only three guys have done that, and the other

565
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: two guys are named Chris Carter and Randy Moss, So

566
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: that's an elite company. And it says a lot about

567
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,199
Speaker 1: not only Adam as a player, but Adam as a man,

568
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,199
Speaker 1: because you don't do that on accident. You don't do

569
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: that just because you have a couple good years. The

570
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: ability to have sustained success over and over and over

571
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,879
Speaker 1: again says something about you as a person, not just

572
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: as a player. And I think so highly ad him.

573
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: He does everything the right way, and I'm excited to

574
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Speaker 1: see where he takes it from here because I'm so

575
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: lucky to get to play with him, and I'm grateful

576
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: that he gets something like this achievement wise, because he

577
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,879
Speaker 1: deserves it. And we'll go down as one of the

578
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: best Vikings of all time. I can't say enough about

579
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: what TJ. Hopkinson did this week to learn this system.

580
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: It took me about four months to learn it. He

581
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: didn't like four days, so he's kind of making me

582
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: look bad. But uh uh, not one time in the

583
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: huddle did I feel like he was looking at me

584
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 1: like I like, like he didn't know what to do, uh,

585
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: just very much on top of it. Gave me a

586
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 1: sense of ease as a result, And you don't do

587
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: it by yourself. It was coach An's working with him

588
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: after hours. And I gotta give a lot of credit

589
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: to David Blow. David took over post practice pre practice

590
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: with TJ to help him transition from his old system

591
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: to this system. And UM, I'm sure TJ's had his

592
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: spending and there's a lot he still got to learn,

593
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: but he helped us today and UM, just gotta say

594
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: I'm grateful for the work that he put in, that

595
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: David put in, the Nan put in to get him ready.

596
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: And then, um, there's no way we win this game

597
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: without our defense just keeping us in it, letting us,

598
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 1: you know, kind of hang around, and um, they just

599
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 1: kept making play after play after play and gave us

600
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: the chance late in the game, especially with Harrison's interception

601
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: to to you know, take it down to the red

602
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: zone to give us a chance to win that game.

603
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 1: And it felt in a lot of ways like our

604
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: other wins this season where you can't point to that

605
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: perfectly played offensive game where everything clicked, but just defense

606
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: picking us up, special teams picking us up and then

607
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: finding a way to make enough plays at the end

608
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: and find the inches. And uh, it's great to be

609
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: seven and one, but I think, as I've said it

610
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: many other of these postgame UM conferences, you know, we

611
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 1: do need to play better and and we're certainly going

612
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: to get tested major you know, next week, and uh,

613
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: gotta be ready for that challenge. So I can take

614
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: any questions you have. What is that telling you about? Well,

615
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: I think finding the inches is important, and I think

616
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: it's important to find those in situations, you know, third down,

617
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: red zone, two minute and a half, end of game, um,

618
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: And so I think that's probably some of the areas

619
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: we've been we've been finding successes and a half end

620
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: of game. Certainly not today with our you know, interception

621
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: at the end a half, but um, you know, even

622
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: that was shaping up to be a positive drive get

623
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: down the field goal range and and then had a turnover.

624
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: But um, you know that's where we've kind of found

625
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: found the interest is at the end of happen in

626
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: the game. I don't know what all runs together right now.

627
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: I remember thinking, with the way their defense is playing

628
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: against us at ten point lead, I mean, that's gonna

629
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: be tough, but I think the combination of the explosive

630
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: player on third down to justin getting us down there,

631
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 1: you know, Dalvin making an unbelievable catch, Harrison's interception. It

632
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: were just kind of plays that, uh that snowball together,

633
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: that gate got us back in the game and um um,

634
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: and I really have a lot of respect for coach

635
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: del Rio and that defense and the way they played

636
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: the day. I feel like they frustrated us much of

637
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: the game, and uh have a lot of respect for

638
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: the way they play. Your emotions just kind of returning

639
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: to Washington, Yeah, I just had a lot of uh,

640
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: really warm, warm emotions and a lot of gratitude for

641
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: the fact that I got to play here, that I

642
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: had the privilege of being here for six years. And

643
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: as we pulled in with our buses, I could see

644
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: that you know, home player parking lot where I remember

645
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: walking out, you know, to meet my family and to

646
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: see you know, teammates and coaches, you know, the Sean

647
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: mcbaye of the world that you'd you know, visit with

648
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: after a game and just you know it kind of

649
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: maybe emotional pulling out of the bus, just thinking about

650
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,959
Speaker 1: that and kind of where things have gone, and uh,

651
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: just so grateful I got to play here and got

652
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: to play for the coaches I did, um you know,

653
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: Mike Shanahan, future Hall of Fame coach. To be drafted

654
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: here by him was just special. And to play for

655
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: Kyle and Sean and Matt and Mike McDaniel and so

656
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: many guys, um, jay, you know, it was just a blessing.

657
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: And they believed to me before I believe in myself.

658
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: I remember my second start at Atlanta year two. U

659
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: Kyle dat me up before the game, you know, right

660
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: before kickoff and says something like, you know, go out

661
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: have a great day. And he said, you're you know,

662
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: kind of gassed me up. And I said, well, I

663
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: want to prove you right, and he said, you don't

664
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: have to prove me right. I know him right, You're

665
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: going to be a player in this league for a

666
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: long time. And that was before I'd done anything. And

667
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: so his ability to kind of speak belief in meybe,

668
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: I even believed in myself. Um, you know, took my

669
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: career to a probably to a different level than ever

670
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 1: would have gone. Like that. Kevin just brought me up

671
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: to just break the team down, and so uh, you know,

672
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: first thing that came to mind. But uh, you know

673
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: it's just you know, I think the team, the team

674
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: was calling for that one a little bit obviously. Yeah,

675
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: yeah I did this one. Just mean a little bit

676
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: more considering how everything unfolded. Yeah, I probably. You know,

677
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: so much time has passed, five years, there's so much change. Um,

678
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: so I wouldn't say so. I think to to win

679
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: on the road and um, you know, to find a

680
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: way it means a lot is special win. It was

681
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: a hard funk game. I think the way that they

682
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: rushed us, the way they hit us. Um, you know,

683
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: it's one of those games where you know, you feel

684
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: that toughness and as you walk off the field and

685
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 1: feel so great to win. But um, um you know,

686
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: I just I just have so many positive memories being

687
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: here and uh and what it meant for my my footballer,

688
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: brus for my life, Yeah, I call you. By surprise,

689
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: I had never entered the stadium on a bus from

690
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: the visitors side. I've been here sixty plus times as

691
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: a home player, but never as a visitor. So to

692
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: kind of realize, oh, that's that's right where it was.

693
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: And you know the number of times I made that

694
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: walk from the car to the stadium and back out,

695
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: and you know, highs lows, you know, the whole thing,

696
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: um and just where life is taken you, you know,

697
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: and you know I got Chris Stannon here. I mean,

698
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: Chris knew me when I was a single college guy

699
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: come out of college and and so to see him

700
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: is kind of one of the examples of just a

701
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: lot of memories flooding back, positive warm memories and U um,

702
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: just feel so grateful that I got to be here

703
00:33:48,880 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: and be part of this. Yeah, yeah, please say no.

704
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: I just couldn't breathe for a second. Guy, the wind

705
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: knocked out of me, and I thought he scored, So

706
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: I was kind of like I could jog down there

707
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: and suck win for a second. But I think we scored.

708
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,399
Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna lay here and kind of catch

709
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,880
Speaker 1: my breath. And then they're like, no, he's down with

710
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: the ten. And I was like, oh, okay, I need

711
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: to get up. So I started jogging and they were like,

712
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: you have to come out, and I said, I figured.

713
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: I figured. So Nick Mollins went in there, did a

714
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: great job. They gave him a bit of a difficult

715
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: read type play and he answered the bell. He read

716
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,399
Speaker 1: it perfectly and did his job and then was able

717
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: to go right back in because once I caught my breath,

718
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: I was good, chill man. Just an awesome designed by

719
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: our coaches. You know, they sit there late Thursday night

720
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: and to drop up those red zone plays and to

721
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,359
Speaker 1: create that design is outstanding. And then Dalvin executed it

722
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: perfectly and made the play. And certainly the throws got

723
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: to be there, but Dalvin making the catch, keeping his

724
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 1: feet and bounce, he got up and sprinted like he

725
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: was shocked. He caught it. So it was funny, it

726
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: was awesome. It was so cool to see his reaction.

727
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: And it was a big time playing the game. Yeah,

728
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: study and battling adversity. Yeah. Where you are now in

729
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: UM just for somebody like yeah, yeah sure, but there's there.

730
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: That's it. Could you just talk about your journey and

731
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: how it came back. Other quarterbacks, I have a lot

732
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 1: of respect for Taylor. The way he played the day,

733
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 1: the way he plays week in and week out. I

734
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: think he's got a lot of grit and ability, and

735
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: the playing the quarterback position seems to come pretty naturally

736
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: to him. He has a good feel for it. UM

737
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: I'll never forget when coach Shanahan was let go and

738
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: I was kind of down in the dumps. So the

739
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: last thing he said to the team was he said,

740
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: remember you guys, tough times don't last. Tough people do.

741
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 1: And uh, I took that with me. Um, you know,

742
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,720
Speaker 1: because this game is gonna beat you up. This leagu's

743
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 1: gonna beat you up, and you have to remind yourself

744
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 1: tough times don't last, tough people do. And um, you

745
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: know what Mike was saying that moment, and what I

746
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: was taking it as is, you better choose to be

747
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: a tough person and uh, you better battle back physically, emotionally,

748
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: mentally when this game kicks you down. And if you do,

749
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,280
Speaker 1: you're gonna make it. And you know, being in year eleven,

750
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,720
Speaker 1: now I see the truth of Mike's words over a decade,

751
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: and um, you know, this game is gonna keep testing

752
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: me and you gotta keep finding a way to be

753
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: a tough person like that. Well, it feels great to

754
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,439
Speaker 1: win in this league. Um, you know, I, like I said,

755
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: had so many warm memories coming in and so on

756
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: the way out to be able to you know, remember

757
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: those as well. With a win, it's so much better

758
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: than after a loss. So uh um. You know, I

759
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: told my wife and when we touched down yesterday, I said,

760
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: we got to schedule a weekend, get a babysitter. We

761
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: gotta come back here to the DMV and spend a weekend,

762
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: go to all the former places, all my favorite restaurants,

763
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: see all the all the people pull that helped me.

764
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: Bodywork people, you know, ministry people gotta do it. So

765
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: we gotta block out the days because it just reminded

766
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: me again, I gotta get back here. So you know,

767
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: it's it's special to be back in to win. And yeah,

768
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: I guess those three words will follow me for the

769
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: rest of my career. Made in my life. Alrighty, thanks guys.

770
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 1: So the Vikings beat the Commander's twenty to seventeen. Ron

771
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: Johnson part of the Vikings Entertainment Network. He offers us

772
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: three takes every week. Take it away, RJ. Thanks BA. Well,

773
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: this is Ron Johnson Company from the Cafe and Studios

774
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: and this is my three takeaway from to day's game. Well,

775
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,320
Speaker 1: I gotta jump out there right away. T J. Hockinson

776
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: bought over from the Detroit Lions. In the trade, everybody

777
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,479
Speaker 1: was wondering how was this marriage gonna work? Well? Nine

778
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 1: catches seventy yards. He had an explosive of nineteen yards,

779
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: which is the longest play from scrimmage for a tight

780
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: end this entire season. Brand new guy, one game in

781
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: and he already has the longest play from scrimmage for

782
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: it tight end on this Viking's roster. I think the

783
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: marriage is gone great, Kevin O'Connell said on Tuesday night

784
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: ten PM. Is when t J. Hockinson started working on

785
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: this playbook that he had put together for him, and

786
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: he did an awesome job. Kirk Cousins, having that big

787
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: target in the middle paid off. Also when he was

788
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: next to Justin Jefferson, it became absolutely impossible for dvs

789
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: to figure out, do we cover Hockinson? Do we cover Jefferson.

790
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the

791
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: season's gonna look like. But nine catches seventy yards, that's

792
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: the first takeaway from this game. How well TJ. Hodkinson

793
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: did with a limited amount of time to prepare. Second

794
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter two sacks. He put his hand in the ground.

795
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: It was a hybrid three four type look. Yes, he's

796
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 1: an outside linebacker, but he was able to put his

797
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 1: hand in the ground, which he's a lot more comfortable.

798
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 1: And you saw the get off, you saw the speed,

799
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: You saw the ability of at Donna Tell to use

800
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: him as Zadarius Smith on the same side, creating a

801
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: mismatch where either the guard or the tackle had to

802
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: decide who was gonna go one on one and the

803
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: center could only help one. So if the center takes Zadarius,

804
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: he's one on one, you got guard tackle on Denil.

805
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: If the guard center going Zadarius. Now that tackle which

806
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 1: we saw was one on one with Denil, but with

807
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 1: that get off and that burst, you saw him get low,

808
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: you saw him get bendy, You saw him get to

809
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke before he could even get rid of the ball.

810
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: On that last sack, that was the de Deal Hunter

811
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: everybody's been used to. That's the Danil Hunter that's gonna

812
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: have to carry this defense down the stretch. You have

813
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: one guy in Zadarius Smith on one side with eight

814
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 1: and a half sacks. You now have Danil Hunter having

815
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: a game like this with two sacks. It's gonna get

816
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: a lot scarier as they go. And next week Josh

817
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: Allen gonna need that from from Daniel Hunter and Zadarius

818
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 1: Smith because that was the key. But Daniel Hunters two sacks,

819
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 1: that was a huge takeaway from me getting pressure on

820
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke and then Greg Joseph with the game winner

821
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: twice kick the game winner and then there was a

822
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: flag had to run it out. Normally there's times like

823
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: this where that play just does not work out for

824
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 1: them and the Vikings find a way or somehow bad

825
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: luck creeps in. Well, Greg Joseph makes a game winner.

826
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: People all last week on fan line, we're saying we

827
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: need to find a kicker, we need to trade for

828
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: a kicker. The kicker is gonna ruin our season. Kevin

829
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: O'Connell had trust in his kicker, kept calm and what

830
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: did Greg Joseph Garden do rewarded him went two for

831
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: two today on field goals, including the game winner twice,

832
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 1: and I think that's the key in not getting in

833
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: the kicker's head. And then my bonus takeaway the day

834
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: as Kirk Cousins being aggressive. Yes, he threw an interception

835
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: at the end of the half favor outes to Jessin Jefferson.

836
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: He was covered, but he gave Justsin Jeffersons a chance.

837
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: He saw another deep ball double covered. He threw it

838
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: a little short, but threw it up, gave Justin Jeffersons

839
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 1: a chance. He did not catch that one, but he

840
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: gave him a chance. He did the same thing with

841
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling. Kirk cousins aggressiveness is gonna be the key.

842
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,879
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins was always too conservative sometimes people said would

843
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,800
Speaker 1: not be willing to take a chance. He took a

844
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: lot of chances today he took a lot of big

845
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,839
Speaker 1: play shots. Justin Jefferson's favor route, threw it early, got

846
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: him there. Dalvin Cook's favor route touchdown, got it there.

847
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: Adam Feelin's over out between the linebacker and the safety

848
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: got it there. That is the aggressive Kirk Cousins that

849
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: they are gonna need down the stretch. And that's my

850
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: last takeaway. The aggressive of the aggressiveness of kirk Cousins

851
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: to go after these throws and trust Justin Jefferson and

852
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: Adam Thielan to make the play for him. I think

853
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,240
Speaker 1: that's the Vikings quarterback that everybody's looking forward to seeing

854
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: and how to do it. For my three takeaways from

855
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:22,280
Speaker 1: this Vikings commander's game, Commanders lose seventeen to twenty, Minnesota

856
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Speaker 1: Vikings walk away to win. Back to you guys in

857
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Speaker 1: the stadium. Dalvin Cook finished the game seventeen runs forty

858
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: seven yards. Once again Cousins at two sixty five. Jefferson

859
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: targeted thirteen times, seven catches, one hundred and fifteen yards. TJ.

860
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: Hockinson made his Vikings debut nine targets, nine catches, seventy yards. TJ.

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Speaker 1: On the very first drive of the game where the

862
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Speaker 1: Vikings marched down and scored a touchdown to JJ, it

863
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 1: was third and long. Cousins believed in the middle of

864
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 1: the field, even though he just got here like a

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Speaker 1: minute ago, a nineteen yard grab for a first down TJ.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Covenant, all right, And TJ alluded to

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Speaker 1: what his role is going to be here in the

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Speaker 1: post game interview with Ben Lieber. Teams want to play

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Speaker 1: two man against us. What does that mean? You play

870
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: man and man underneath with two deep safeties. That's like

871
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,360
Speaker 1: playing a man and a half over justin Jefferson. But

872
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: what that also means is you're gonna have DJ Hockinson

873
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Speaker 1: one on one with a safety or a linebacker. Somewhere

874
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the field, and that's a matchup

875
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: that he is going to win. You saw it today,

876
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: you know the beat two man. You either have to

877
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: have a scrambling quarterback or a tight end like that

878
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: that can get himself open in man and man coverage.

879
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 1: And Paul, I mean, at six foot five, how many

880
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,479
Speaker 1: safeties out there are gonna be able to shut him down.

881
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: So his answer, I mean, Hockinson's answer to a defense

882
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,879
Speaker 1: that's kind of getting our number. Where teams are going,

883
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: they're using two man to slow us down. To have

884
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 1: an answer to it, a guy like Hockinson to move

885
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: the chains to come up big, because Cousins is a

886
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: big scramble guy is huge. It's a huge, huge ad

887
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Speaker 1: And what a move by the front office, by the

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Speaker 1: coach staff to bring a guy like that, a caliber

889
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: player like that into the fold at this time of

890
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 1: the year. And before we say goodbye, I mean, Kirk

891
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: Cousins deserves Immen's credit because there was a moment right

892
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,240
Speaker 1: before the end of the first half Garrett Bradberry injured himself.

893
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: Center Austin Schlopman came in and it wasn't Schlopman's fault,

894
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: but the Vikings had a delay of game penalty. Kirk

895
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: was very animated, very frustrated, very demonstrative, and then he

896
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: threw an interception back right of the end zone. All right.

897
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 1: Then we go to half and Kirk was flustered. You

898
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,720
Speaker 1: could tell early in the third quarter it just wasn't

899
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: the same. He pushed through it because this team has

900
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: the fearless gene and doesn't panic. And I got a

901
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 1: credit Kirk not only for coming back to FedEx Field

902
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: and winning, but pushing through that negativity and pushing through

903
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: the physicality of this game because he got hit more

904
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,280
Speaker 1: today than I've seen him get hit in a long time.

905
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: And for him to hang in there and deliver some

906
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: of those bullets, Paul, That's what I'm saying. If he

907
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: can can do this weekend and week out, he's an

908
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: elite quarterback. He really will be, because that's kind of

909
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: the thing that was, you know, the inaccuracy, when the

910
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: physicality gets there, that's the part that's the gripe. That's

911
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Speaker 1: what you know. Whatever you're gonna say the anti Cousins crowd,

912
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: but let me tell you this, the Washington Commanders, how

913
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: have they been since Cousins left. They're still struggling to

914
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: find a car. I didn't get this in the game call.

915
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: They've gone through nine quarterbacks, exactly right, exactly right. And

916
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: that's the thing with Cousins. You know what you're gonna get.

917
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 1: If you can hang in there and deliver those bullets

918
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: like that, then you know what. You gotta keep a

919
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 1: guy around like that. Oh my god, thank you. I

920
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: really that was I mean, this was called four hundred

921
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Speaker 1: some of my career. This is gonna be one of

922
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: the more memorable ones because of how exciting it was

923
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: when it got hot and when it got physical and

924
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: the crowd was all nasty and loud. Man, And you

925
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,800
Speaker 1: know what great job. Pete versus analysts for the Vikings

926
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Speaker 1: radio network, And I'm Paul Allen. Your Minnesota Vikings are

927
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Speaker 1: seven and one, the same record held by the h

928
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Speaker 1: nine and ninety eight Vikings, and we take on Buffalo

929
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Speaker 1: next week. We'll have another postgame report for you after that.

930
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Speaker 1: The final score in Minnesota twenty Washington seventeen. Let's wrap

931
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Speaker 1: it up curly with Kevin O'Connell's postgame locker room conversation. Hey,

932
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Speaker 1: let me just tell you something, all right, We talked

933
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: last night about football teams that have philosophies and then standards.

934
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: What that allows you to do is even when it

935
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:29,720
Speaker 1: doesn't go right, even when your standard is not being reached,

936
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 1: and we all know when and where and why we'll

937
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: get better each and every time, me included, always me included.

938
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Speaker 1: But the last part of that is by living in

939
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: that world, you can be your best when your best

940
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,280
Speaker 1: is required. That's right, and that's what this football team

941
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: continues to do. I looked over to the the couple of guys,

942
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: we're down ten. I said, we're gonna win this game

943
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Speaker 1: by three. And it has nothing to do with thinking

944
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: I got all the answers or anything other than just

945
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 1: the belief, belief and belief that I have in this

946
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 1: team that has removed all doubt. Like we talked about

947
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: last night, give it up for yourselves one more time. Defensively, defensively,

948
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: game balls can go all the way around for you guys.

949
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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna give him the two guys that we

950
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: lean on time and time again. First one two sacks Hunter,

951
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 1: another guy right here, all right, his yack was a

952
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: little bit better. He's getting a little bit practice, He's

953
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: getting a lot of practice at that yak because he's

954
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,920
Speaker 1: got his interception for a third game in a row. Here.

955
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Speaker 1: This guy's been doing it for a long time, and

956
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 1: we got to just watch him have his five hundred

957
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: career reception. At him feeling right, j J. It was

958
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Speaker 1: good to see you still know what to do when

959
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 1: you're getting that end zone. Man, I've been killing you.

960
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: Seven receptions one fifteen, one hundred and fifteen yards in

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Speaker 1: a tub justin all right here. Seems like this guy

962
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:11,919
Speaker 1: got here about forty eight hours ago. We went out

963
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: to go get this guy because I believe. I believe

964
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: this guy can make game changing plays and fit right

965
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Speaker 1: in with our offense. Were rolling targets TJ. Hockeys. Then,

966
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Speaker 1: if you want to talk about being as your best

967
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: when it's required, the reason why we are seven and one,

968
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Speaker 1: the reason why our football team is at its best

969
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 1: when it's required is our quarterback. This guy came back

970
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:52,879
Speaker 1: to a familiar place for him, got knocked out for plays,

971
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 1: comes back in at least it's to a victory. Get

972
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Speaker 1: him his change. My proud you father, give this to

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Speaker 1: your kirkt On there. I like that. I'm like, hey, man, hey,

974
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Speaker 1: today today was another example, I've been winning all year. Man,

975
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: all right, this this team is only common and we

976
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: play as a team. We win as a team. Man,

977
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Speaker 1: no individuals. Man, I love this team. Let's keep doing it. Man,

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00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: on to you, let's go. You like that