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Speaker 1: Hey, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers in

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Speaker 1: Border Battle one twenty six, the final score twenty four

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Speaker 1: to ten with Pete Bursach. I'm Paul Allen. Now we

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Speaker 1: record this right after the games. You could probably hear

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Speaker 1: the Wisconsin marching band on the field at lambeau Field

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Speaker 1: after a Vikings victory. So therefore, we are not completely

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Speaker 1: conclusive on what exactly happened with Kirk Cousins who left

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Speaker 1: the field and he was on a cart. Now we're

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Speaker 1: gonna throw to a Kevin O'Connell press conference that hasn't

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Speaker 1: even taken place yet. Sorry to be so discombobulated, but

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Speaker 1: we're just trying to be straight with you. As of

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Speaker 1: this recording, we assume Kirk Cousins is done for the year.

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Speaker 1: Assume he's done for the year. Kevin O'Connell with his

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Speaker 1: presser may say that or may say something differently, but nevertheless, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if this is even possible, it's a somber,

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Speaker 1: potentially somber victory at lambeau Field.

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Speaker 2: It is.

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Speaker 3: And that's the worst I mean, that's like the worst

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Speaker 3: part of it because you come here to lambeau Field,

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Speaker 3: you play so well the defense plays so well and

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Speaker 3: then you know it's hard to enjoy it when something

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Speaker 3: like that happens. This team fought itself back to four

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Speaker 3: and four, and you can see the momentum building, and

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Speaker 3: it's such a long season now that you're wondering where

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Speaker 3: at where can this crescendo. The offensive line continue to

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Speaker 3: do a great job, the defense, Paul stepping up and

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Speaker 3: making Jordan Love look like it was his eighth game starting.

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Speaker 3: And so overall, I mean, still some things we left

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Speaker 3: on the table, but for lambeau Field, what a great effort.

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Speaker 3: And it's just a shame that that's going to steal

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Speaker 3: the highlights from what happened here defensively especially.

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Speaker 1: And I'm also so the Vikings got a rushing touchdown

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Speaker 1: to begin festivities from cam Akers. Now, Alexander Madison played

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Speaker 1: a lot more than cam in the second half, specifically

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Speaker 1: when Kevin O'Connell and the team was salting away of victory.

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Speaker 1: But nevertheless, we there no longer are any teams in

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Speaker 1: the NFL with no rushing touchdowns. We got one.

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Speaker 3: Today, yeah we did, and it was cam Akers and

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Speaker 3: by the end you know, by the end of the game, Paul, again,

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Speaker 3: the Vikings still not being great in the rushing department.

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Speaker 3: We only ended up with sixty two yards rushing on

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Speaker 3: thirty one carries, so two yards a clip. And you know,

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Speaker 3: it's been a pass it's been a pass heavy project.

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Speaker 3: It's been a pass heavy offense. And that again points

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Speaker 3: back to you know, what happened today. So they're gonna

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Speaker 3: They're gonna have to be creative, I assume. I mean,

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Speaker 3: there's a lot that's gonna have to happen on the

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Speaker 3: the level it's playing and build on it and improve

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Speaker 3: and you know, take this on this adversity on their shoulders,

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Speaker 3: right and continue to get better, you know, who knows

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Speaker 1: All right, let's hear from Kevin O'Connell and his postgame

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Speaker 1: press conference following a fourteen point victory over the Green

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Speaker 4: You know, very very you know, excited about our team's performance.

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Speaker 4: We made it a point at the start of this month,

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Speaker 4: knowing we would have five opportunities in the month of

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Speaker 5: We've done that. We're two and oh in the NFC North.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot of a lot of good football out

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Speaker 4: first start out and just say thinking about our quarterback

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Speaker 4: went out today again as he has for you know,

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Speaker 4: most of the twenty twenty three season, played the quarterback

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Speaker 4: we are fearing currently he's he's being evaluated and will

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Speaker 4: be into tomorrow. We are feeling an achilles fearing an

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Speaker 4: as soon as possible. Thinking of Kirk our locker room,

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Speaker 4: that will not change the fact of what I believe

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Speaker 5: Whole side of the ball, and the coaching staff.

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Speaker 4: Game balls just you know, six drive, six to three

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Speaker 4: Just I think our team has really learned, especially through

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Speaker 5: And I just love though.

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Speaker 5: But that's exactly what we'll do. We do not know

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Speaker 4: The few, Yeah, work so close with him in two

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Speaker 5: You might be getting, like what's your state of mind?

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Speaker 5: And yeah, I do know one thing, keV.

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Speaker 4: I do know it's gonna have to be an injury

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Speaker 4: a choice to go out on the football field, Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 5: Is gonna be out on the field.

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Speaker 4: So, like I said, well, we'll figure out the severity

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Speaker 4: Is there any reason to think, placed in a very

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Speaker 4: we're going to continue to build a complete offense, you know,

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Speaker 4: based upon a lot more than just the quarterback.

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Speaker 4: Say previously on Monday night and today on third down,

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Speaker 4: Just hurts to know that that that he's not more

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Speaker 5: I think you can feel it. You guys can feel

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Speaker 4: They know, our guys know, and I didn't really want

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Speaker 4: So you know, Acknowledge gave all the defensive guys game balls.

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Speaker 4: I thought kJ Osborne one yard away from one hundred

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Speaker 4: and rightly so, because he's playing absolutely fantastic football for us.

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Speaker 2: What did he know, like the synergy with you and

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Speaker 4: I said, third down, red zone, Kirk's ability to really

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Speaker 5: He talked to the offense you.

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Speaker 1: There's the information from a KOC after a twenty four

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Speaker 1: about kJ Osborne eight catches ninety nine yards, twelve and

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Speaker 1: He came through big on third down.

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Speaker 3: Great job, my brother, Thank you, Paul. That's Pete Burstich

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Speaker 3: and I'm Paul Allen. The Vikings beat the Green Bay

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Speaker 3: Packers twenty four to ten, despite some some bad news

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Speaker 3: That's the Vikings postgame report. Minnesota has won four consecutive

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