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Speaker 1: and Chris Corso. All right, everyone, welcome in. It's episode

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Speaker 1: We finally had a football game. Yeah, it's awesome about

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Speaker 1: by play duties, Charles Davis will be in the booth

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Speaker 1: with him, and Pam Oliver will be here on the sideline.

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Speaker 1: So a really good crew. Usually that's Fox's number two crew,

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Speaker 1: I believe number two or number three crew. So we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a good television crew doing our game on

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Speaker 1: Sunday night, which will be cool. But of course we

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Speaker 1: want you to check out the game on the Vikings

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Speaker 1: Radio network as well, where a voice of the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: Paul Allen will call the action with Pete Bursich in

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Speaker 1: the booth and former Vikings. Ben Liebert and Greg Coleman

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Speaker 1: will be on the sidelines providing analysis and input. The

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Speaker 1: pregame show on the Vikings Radio Network FM one hundred

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Speaker 1: point three and KTLK here locally and then all across

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Speaker 1: the radio network from an outstate perspective. The pregame show

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Speaker 1: is hosted by Mike Mussman. That will begin at five o'clock.

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Speaker 1: So your Vikings coverage on Sunday begins at five o'clock

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Speaker 1: PM with the pregame show and then kick off just

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Speaker 1: after seven o'clock. You can catch the game on Fox

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Speaker 1: on TV and on the Vikings Radio Network on radio.

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Speaker 1: So that's what's coming up. You know, we're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: from Zim Chris before that game. We're gonna hear from

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Speaker 1: him a couple of times, so he'll let us know

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Speaker 1: what his expectations are and what he wants to see

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Speaker 1: from the game. But what are a couple of things

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Speaker 1: that you hope to see from the Seahawks game. I

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Speaker 1: know that Russell Wilson did not play in that entire

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Speaker 1: first game, so maybe we see him, maybe we don't.

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Speaker 1: I know, normally the third preseason game is where you

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Speaker 1: would see a quarterback like that. But we do see

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Speaker 1: this team later on in the year in Seattle on

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Speaker 1: Monday Night football, So you want to see us kind

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Speaker 1: of whether it's the young players playing well against their

457
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Speaker 1: young players, you want to see us play well in

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Speaker 1: this game. We have not played well against Seattle in

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Speaker 1: the four years I've been here, so I don't like

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Speaker 1: that team, and I think we need to put up

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Speaker 1: a good matchup, especially our first home preseason game of

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Speaker 1: the season. So yeah, Seattle was at home last week,

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Speaker 1: the hosted Denver and they won the game twenty two

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Speaker 1: to fourteen. And you're right, Russell Wilson didn't play. You

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Speaker 1: know who else didn't play? Who's at? Tyler Lockett, Chris Carson,

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Speaker 1: kJ Wright, Bobby Wagner, the starting D line, the starting

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Speaker 1: A line, they didn't play, so they're most of their

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Speaker 1: core players. Did Did that young wide receiver play that

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Speaker 1: they got in the draft? DK Metcalf, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I just looked at the guys who didn't play, so

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Speaker 1: he must yeah him, Yeah, So I think I think

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Speaker 1: that Seattle's guys will play in this game at least

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I can't see Pete Carroll holding those

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Speaker 1: guys out for two full preseason games, so I think

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Speaker 1: we're going to get a little bit of a taste

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Speaker 1: of the Seattle starters, and I'm looking forward to that.

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Speaker 1: Lots of Paxton Lynch and Geno Smith for Seattle now

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Speaker 1: the first three season game. Yeah, he's on their roster,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sure we'll see those guys in the second quarter,

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Speaker 1: third and fourth quarter. Seattle defense had three sacks against Denver, so,

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Speaker 1: like I said, with us not allowing a sack in

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Speaker 1: New Orleans, I can't wait to see how our past

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Speaker 1: protection holds up against Seattle. They had three sacks against

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Speaker 1: the Denver bronkles. More on Vikings preseason action, both what

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Speaker 1: happened in New Orleans and what's coming up against the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: When Courtney Cronin steps in here and Chris takes the

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Speaker 1: microphone and handles the interview with Courtney for now, though,

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Speaker 1: let's go over giving the microphone to the fans. Yes,

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Speaker 1: our new feature this year, the fan voicemail feature, has

490
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Speaker 1: been a popular one, and we've got a few more

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Speaker 1: voicemails that are good that we want to share with

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Speaker 1: you right now. Again, a reminder of what this is

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Speaker 1: all about. We have a phone number and a voicemail

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Speaker 1: set up for you guys to call us and leave

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Speaker 1: us messages, opinions, and questions. The number is nine to

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Speaker 1: five two nine, one eight, eight, three four eight nine

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Speaker 1: five two nine one eight eight three four eight. The

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Speaker 1: topic for next week what's the perfect number of preseason

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Speaker 1: games for the NFL? Obviously right now it's four. Every

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Speaker 1: year during the preseason we hear about how there needs

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Speaker 1: to be fewer or no. Four's fine or whatever. Give

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Speaker 1: us your case. We want to Chris wants fewer. I

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Speaker 1: like four, but we want to know what you guys think.

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Speaker 1: Nine five, two, nine, one eight eight three four eight

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Speaker 1: the perfect number of preseason games? Call us, leave us

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Speaker 1: a voicemail, give us your opinion, and if you have questions,

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Speaker 1: you can also call us and leave us a voicemail

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Speaker 1: with some questions. Maybe we can include those in a

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Speaker 1: future episode of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. For now, though,

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Speaker 1: last week's topic, we ask folks to watch the game

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Speaker 1: on Friday and let us know who made a good

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Speaker 1: case for themselves in the first preseason game against the

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Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. We've got some good voicemails to share

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Speaker 1: with you. Chrissy take it away, Hey guys, skol Vikings

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Speaker 1: Jonathan calling here from the wonderful Tulsa, Oklahoma. What I

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Speaker 1: thought of the game is, I thought he was a

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Speaker 1: fantastic view of what we can see this upcoming season.

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Speaker 1: I'm liking what we're seeing so far. One of the

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Speaker 1: guys that I thought I could pick out for you

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Speaker 1: would be one on offense went on defense that I

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Speaker 1: thought kind of solidified their spot. I was very surprised

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Speaker 1: by DC Johnson. I had saw that he showed up

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Speaker 1: and he had some great hands, ran some good routes

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Speaker 1: and even so I'm picking up some good blocks out there,

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Speaker 1: and especially on defense. Hercules mata Apa definitely is looking big, strong, fast,

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Speaker 1: and looking like you can make some good hits. So

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Speaker 1: I'm liking the plays that we're running. We looked very

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Speaker 1: strong in the play action, so I look forward to

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Speaker 1: seeing what we do this season. Scold Vikings, all right, Jonathan,

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Speaker 1: scold Vikings, thanks for the voice message. I agree with

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Speaker 1: what he said. I thought those two were some were

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Speaker 1: two of the standouts in the game, Chris, I mean

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Speaker 1: pretty straightforward. Absolutely. We saw Hercules pretty much pile drive

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Speaker 1: a guard to get to the quarterback and he had

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Speaker 1: a sack on that play. It was pretty awesome to see.

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Speaker 1: We know what we saw from BC Johnson. Let's hear

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Speaker 1: from hold on one more thing. Yeah, go ahead, go ahead,

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Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead. All right, I'm just gonna got

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Speaker 1: ahead with my next thing here. I think Jonathan he

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Speaker 1: just he started to hit on something that is prescy,

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Speaker 1: and I think and that is he liked the place

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Speaker 1: and he thought play action looked good, and I agree

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Speaker 1: with him. I thought it was basically a perfect start

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Speaker 1: for Stefansky and the offensive staff didn't allow any sacks,

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Speaker 1: pretty good on third downs average like eight yards per

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Speaker 1: Carrey had a sixty four yard touchdown. Ron Cousins was perfect.

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Speaker 1: So I thought Stefanski and the offensive staff really good starting.

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Speaker 1: I think Jonathan was starting to get to that point

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Speaker 1: before he went into Hercules, and I think that's something

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Speaker 1: to watch in week two. Okay, go ahead with the

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Speaker 1: second voice mail. This is Van and for work, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings capital of themself, halfacock Van, turn out the light,

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Speaker 1: parties over. They say that all good things. Mussam called

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Speaker 1: it a night the parties over, turn out the lights

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Speaker 1: because I say BC Johnson shut this game down and

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Speaker 1: took the trophy of who up their chances of making

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Speaker 1: the Viking's roster. This cowboy had two grabs for thirty

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Speaker 1: five yards and I be beautiful eighteen yards touch down

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Speaker 1: catch that would night Coslles two pel Now he could

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Speaker 1: just kick off his boots, put his feet up, and

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Speaker 1: savor his victory over an ice cold, great tasting, refreshing,

562
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Speaker 1: lifting iced tea. He won't just be a lifting iced

563
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Speaker 1: teas rancor, he'll be a lifting iced tea lover. Or

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Speaker 1: my name ain't Dann the down you bitch. We got

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Speaker 1: a little the best. That is the best. I mean,

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Speaker 1: how do you how can we not play that voicemail?

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Speaker 1: We're gonna play? Are gonna play that every time? I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna come with that type of game, you're

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Speaker 1: getting on the podcast. So he's three, he's four for four,

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Speaker 1: three for three. Yeah, he's three for three because we've

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Speaker 1: done this three times. It's the fourth episode of the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcast. But we didn't have voicemails on the

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Speaker 1: first episode. We've had him for the last three. My

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Speaker 1: man's three for three. Keep him coming, man, I want

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Speaker 1: to know. I want to see how many in a

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Speaker 1: row we're not gonna put him up in here. It stinks.

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Speaker 1: If it stinks, it's out. But the first three have

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Speaker 1: not stunk. They have standards on here, you know. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's right. Um, yeah, But he's on the BC Johnson train. Now,

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Speaker 1: I will say BC Johnson cannot just quit now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's got one good game, so he's got it. He's

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Speaker 1: got a stack good game on top of good game.

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Speaker 1: But he's right, he's off to a good start. Hey, Chris,

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Speaker 1: this is airing from Green Bay. Just finished watching the game,

585
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Speaker 1: and I was so excited about Aaron Rodgers here and

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Speaker 1: all the many things that they offered. But the thing

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Speaker 1: that I guess talking about a player that made a

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Speaker 1: big jump and really made a big impression for me,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be hurt to these Montafa. He had the

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Speaker 1: one bad play with the holding call that was called

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Speaker 1: on Weatherly, but then right after that he just totally

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Speaker 1: wrecked the next two plays, sacking Bridgewater and then causing

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Speaker 1: the holding call. For me, it's got to be Montafa.

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Speaker 1: But on the offensive side, I just loved watching that

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Speaker 1: they could run the ball, that they weren't having their

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks to ask too much ball control. To me, ball

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Speaker 1: controls would be huge this year. It's the can have

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Speaker 1: more time of possession than other teams. It's got a

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Speaker 1: bold very well with the defense that we were on

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Speaker 1: and everything that's goes on. So really enjoyed the game.

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Speaker 1: School Bikes awesome. Aaron from green Bay, Oh yeah, that

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Speaker 1: was kind of weird. Who's calling? Who's calling this number?

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Speaker 1: Do you know Aaron from green Bay? I know that

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Speaker 1: Aaron from green Bay. I know an Aaron from green

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Speaker 1: Bay who hasn't ever won at us Bank Stadium. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's right, he had and we're gonna keep that up. No,

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Speaker 1: this was Vikings fan, Aaron from green Bay, and he

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Speaker 1: made a couple of good points. First of all, Hercules

609
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Speaker 1: was a standout in the game. I agree with him.

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Speaker 1: And there was a play where Hercules drew a holding

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Speaker 1: call on a screen pass was thrown to the ground.

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Speaker 1: Ref threw a flag on the offensive lineman who threw

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Speaker 1: Hercules down and held him. Then the screenplay was starting

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Speaker 1: to develop. Stephen Weatherley read it beautifully and contained it,

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Speaker 1: and Hercules came in from the back end and made

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Speaker 1: the play. It's awesome. So yeah, it was great effort

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Speaker 1: by Hercules and great instincts by Weatherly. So I think

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Speaker 1: you saw stuff like that a lot from the second

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Speaker 1: team defensive line. I was really encouraged by what I saw.

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Speaker 1: I think Aaron made a really good point about time

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Speaker 1: of possession and ball control for our offense. Ordinarily, I'm

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Speaker 1: not a big time of possession guy. I don't look

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Speaker 1: at It's not one of the first ten things I like.

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Speaker 1: If I didn't watch a game and I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: to the stat sheet and be like, Okay, what happened

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Speaker 1: in this game? Time of possession? I don't care about

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Speaker 1: that because you can have a twelve play five minute drive.

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Speaker 1: You can have all of them that you want, but

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Speaker 1: if they end in fuel goals, it doesn't matter. We

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Speaker 1: could score it right away. I would rather. I would

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Speaker 1: rather have a four play drive that took up a

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Speaker 1: minute and a half but resulted in a touchdown. It's

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Speaker 1: a good point, okay, But Aaron makes a good point.

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Speaker 1: With our team and the way we play and our defense,

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Speaker 1: time of possession kind of matters a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: that's for sure, especially if you're running the ball. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So um like for Tom Brady and Drew Brees and

638
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, like, I don't think time of possession matters,

639
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: like scoring points is what matters. But they don't have

640
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: awesome defenses like we, well the Patriots do, but they

641
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: don't have awesome defenses like we do. And we want

642
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: to we want our defense, you know, we wanna We

643
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: want them not to be on the field a lot,

644
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,719
Speaker 1: so we want time of possession so that they're resting

645
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: and we can control the clock and control the ball.

646
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Speaker 1: So I think Aaron makes a good point there. This

647
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: last fan voicemail has a little melody to it. Okay,

648
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: oh Raper, Hey. Chris Affichelli, but Minji, Minnesota native relocated

649
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 1: down to Texas, wrote down some thoughts from the first

650
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: preseason game Madison in the flat to the right dreams

651
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: really coming true? To night opening drive cap with his

652
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: TD A'll glory to God on Twitter? But hey, did

653
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: you see me? Ninety eight vikings Randy Moss by Hunson.

654
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: Now was twenty nineteen when we got BC Johnson My

655
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: main man boom went, boom, boom, sixty four yards. Put

656
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: the Saints in the tomb, lickety split, who stays? Who sticks?

657
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: Offensive a tax with so many in the mitch on

658
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: d coach c got the vision he can see what

659
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: we need for on tune with pursustion. Now, let me

660
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: remind you it's just the preseason, but we're talking super

661
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: Bowl man, and it is not treason school Vikings man,

662
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: I do not have that kind of talent. That's that's

663
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: really good. He's more talented than I am. That's oh yeah, obviously,

664
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: all right? Is that it for the That is it

665
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: for the voicemail? It's a good batch of voicemails keep

666
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: sending him in and there are good ones that we

667
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: just don't have time to play either, and we enjoy

668
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: listening to them. And you never know, even if it's

669
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: not included in the show, we may use your question

670
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: in some other form or fashion on Vikings dot com

671
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: or a Vikings social media channel. So again, the phone

672
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: number to reach the voicemail nine five two nine one

673
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: eight eight three four eight, the perfect number of preseason games.

674
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 1: Let us know what you think. Call us at that

675
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: number and leave us a voicemail and maybe you'll be

676
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: included in next week's Minnesota Vikings podcast. Okay, let's get

677
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: to the conversation that Chris had with ESPN's Courtney Cronin.

678
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: She's at every practice, she's at every game. She knows

679
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: this team as well as anyone can know the team

680
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: outside of the building. Chris and Courtney had a good conversation,

681
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: and here's what it sounded like. All Right, we are

682
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: here back on the Minnesota Vikings podcast with ESPN's Courtney Cronin.

683
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: She covers the Vikings for ESPN. How's it going. I'm

684
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: good getting through training camp. I hear one day at

685
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,719
Speaker 1: a time, you've been how many practices has been out?

686
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: I think sixteen practices. I've lost track. I've lost track

687
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: of days, practices, time, when to eat, when to work out,

688
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: when to sleep. All the days just mushed together, that's

689
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: for sure. And the thing is like for the people

690
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: I have friends who cover teams where they're on location somewhere.

691
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: I can't imagine doing that anymore. I did that in

692
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: Napa with the Raiders. It's a lot of travel to

693
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: and from every day. I love the fact that they're

694
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:29,959
Speaker 1: here because I can sleep in my own bed at night.

695
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: I hear you on that. We used to be out

696
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: in Mankato, which is about two hours from here, and

697
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: we would sleep in a little twin sized dorm room bed. Yeah,

698
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: we missed the nights out in Mankato. That's about it.

699
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: But so you've been at every practice so far. Like

700
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Speaker 1: we said, what are some of your observations for this

701
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: team this year maybe different than last year? What are

702
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: you saying differently this year from the Vikings? Well, I

703
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: think the big picture thing is that camp itself is

704
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: there's a lot less storylines. Yep, in a good way.

705
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: This camp has been very vanilla and very boring. Yes,

706
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: Media members kind of do for for a multitude of reasons,

707
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: because you can focus on big picture features. You're not

708
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: constantly chasing news, and you're not worried about holdouts and

709
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 1: a player, a receiver's feet peeling off and weird things

710
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 1: like that that just consume your time. So it's different

711
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: in that sense where they are really flying under the

712
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,240
Speaker 1: radar here. I think in camp, which you know, teams

713
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: love that. They love to not have to be in

714
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,720
Speaker 1: the spotlight and answer the big picture questions of expectations

715
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: and things like that all the time. But I guess

716
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: from just like more of a from a micro level,

717
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: you know, the offense I tend to think is a

718
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: little bit further ahead of schedule than I would have

719
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: anticipated just where they were at the end of Mini

720
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: camp and even where they were a year ago at

721
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: this point, and it just kind of shows you what

722
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,240
Speaker 1: the Kevin Stefanski Geary Kubiak connection of those two minds,

723
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: like how they're building this thing around Kirk Cousins, because

724
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 1: I think Kirk's looked real good by and large throughout camp,

725
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: and the less questions there are on offense going into

726
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: this season, the better and just kind of will show

727
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,360
Speaker 1: you there's more stability with that group. So that, to

728
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: me is probably the biggest takeaway. I think on defense,

729
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: the depth concerns were things that weren't a concern with

730
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: depth months ago now are and you know, it's a

731
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: unit that's been together for six seasons, so I am

732
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: curious because it's still the preseason. They're very much not

733
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: showing anything. But every time I think about that and

734
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 1: what the defense is going to be like this year,

735
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: I go back to conversation I had with Mike Zimmer

736
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 1: at the owners meetings in March about wanting to be

737
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: more exotic, wanting to show different fronts and do a

738
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 1: whole ton of different things, and it's like, Okay, I'm

739
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: still keeping that in mind and not forgetting that that's

740
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: something that it's a part of the plan. Just like

741
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: how much different are they going to look in year

742
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: six because we heard the same thing, very similar things

743
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: last year at this time and they kind of bottomed

744
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: out and there's those four weeks. So is it going

745
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 1: to be a repeat of that? Is it going to

746
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 1: be different? How will it be different? Those things? Absolutely well.

747
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: You mentioned being at the owner's meetings with coach Jim.

748
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: You also got to spend some more time with coach

749
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 1: Jim this offseason. You were at his ranch alongside Vin.

750
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: Vin was there too, Yeah, No, Um, I think NFL

751
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: Network went the day before me. I was there on Tuesday,

752
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: July sixteenth, So just went down, down and back one day.

753
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: It was a really interesting like just I mean a

754
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: gorgeous tell the fans about the thing. And he has

755
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: a bunch of quads, he has guns, he has I mean,

756
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: there's a nice like man cave area. Yeah, it's beautiful.

757
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 1: It's an eight thousand square foot house. Um, so that's

758
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: a mansion by most people standards of five bedroom, six bathroom,

759
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty acres of land. You got all

760
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: the details, yeah, you know, I mean it was such

761
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 1: an incredible, like just the vastness of this place and

762
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,439
Speaker 1: seeing he knows every corner of every bit of land

763
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: and can tell you the story about how the crops

764
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: came to be because he's there's no animals on the property,

765
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: like he doesn't have cattle there, so it's not a

766
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: like ranching type farm, but it is a place where

767
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: you know, he can, you know, do what he wants

768
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: when he's down there. As we were mentioning, you know,

769
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: can go shoot do the clay pigeons, which I got,

770
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: he taught me how to do. Did you shoot some guns? Well,

771
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: Bobby was thereby saw to do it. Um it was

772
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 1: I got the first one with the clay pigeons. It's

773
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: like the orange discs. And actually Eric Sugerman is the

774
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: one who pulled you know, pulled the thing and it

775
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: went out. So I think the cool thing about that

776
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:39,879
Speaker 1: was seeing Zim never really exit coach mode because he's

777
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,800
Speaker 1: like showing me about like how to like hold the

778
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 1: thing and put my cheek on the barrel of the

779
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: gun and close this eye and follow his hand and

780
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: do the whole thing. Um. Yeah, it was really cool

781
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: and it's nice getting a chance to see somebody outside

782
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: of the environment you're usually used to them in from

783
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: a professional setting and kind of see what offseason Zim

784
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: is like. So that's you know, I have a story

785
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: coming out command on Wednesday on ESPN dot Com just

786
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: highlighting the whole experience down there and what you know

787
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: what that's like from Mike Zimmer because he goes down

788
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: there every year between Mini camp and training camp for

789
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 1: five weeks, that's right, Um, So it's an exciting time

790
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: for him just to get away and really see how

791
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: he is away from football. Because we talked football a

792
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: good bit during our actual interview, but going around the farm,

793
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 1: we're talking about deer and pheasants and foxes and why

794
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: he grows chestnut trees and you know, things like that.

795
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 1: So it's a totally different Mike Zimmer than um I'm

796
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: at least used to dealing with from the football perspective.

797
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 1: Absolutely well, fans could be on lookout for that on

798
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: ESPN dot com. Um, you've had some good access to

799
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: this team. What about the feature that you just did

800
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,800
Speaker 1: on Dalvin Cook. Yeah, I think that, um, you know,

801
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: with with Dalvin uh, you know, going into year three,

802
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: I wanted to sit down with him anyways, just to

803
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,839
Speaker 1: kind of talk about this is the first season he's

804
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: fully healthy. Um, when when you think about that, because

805
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: he's first season, he's not like exhausted going into this

806
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: because coming out of the you know, the year he

807
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: was drafted, it's the Orange Bowl. Then it's to all

808
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: the combine training. Your body doesn't have a break and

809
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: you go straight in camp and then you tear your

810
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: ecl week four. Rehabbing from that wasn't full go at

811
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: all until later in training camp. Last year, barely got

812
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: any run in the preseason and then you know, hurts

813
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 1: his hamstring Week two in Green Bay. So this is

814
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: the first year he's fully healthy. So I think he's

815
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: got a really interesting mindset because it's kind of a

816
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: pivotal year because he's going into you know, it's the

817
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: point where a head of year year four or you know,

818
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: you know sometiming year four guys are gonna be looking

819
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 1: for a contract extension. So it's a pivotal year for

820
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: him to actually be on the field for sixteen games,

821
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: to be the player that they drafted. Absolutely, so we

822
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: talked about that. But I also know that he has

823
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 1: a charity event coming up on August thirty, first to believe.

824
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 1: It's called Dalven Day. They're going to do a combine

825
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: and a cookout and all the proceeds from these HOODIASI

826
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,360
Speaker 1: selling with a chef cook Clove Goo go to benefit

827
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 1: Second Harvest. So because it's based on cooking and food

828
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: and hunger and things that are you know, really close

829
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: to hit close to home for him, I said, okay, well,

830
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: let's let's cook like I want to actually see you

831
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: call yourself the chef and I understand that. What did

832
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 1: he make for you? So he made pasta, which is

833
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: a very um you know, I make pasta at home

834
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 1: all the time, so I'm curious as to how he

835
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 1: was going to make it. Um. So he did feduccini

836
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: meat sauce, meatballs with mayrin era. Wow, and it was

837
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: it was good. I mean he um, he has his

838
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: own process of doing it. He put the he put

839
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: in fresh noodles, not like box noodles, but like the

840
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: ones that you buy in the refrigerated section. He put

841
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: them in cold water, which um, oh you got you

842
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: have to you're talking to an Italian from me. I

843
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: was kind of giving him like some side eye on that.

844
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,720
Speaker 1: And you're gonna want to let that boil for thirty minutes.

845
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 1: You're gonna make them into like mush at that point.

846
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: But no, it's good exactly, and he had some good

847
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: stories just about how Mike Boone taught him actually had

848
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Speaker 1: a pasta in this recipe was based off something I

849
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Speaker 1: think that they made together and just kind of hearing

850
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: you know, a different side of athletes. I mean, we

851
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: when you get that type of access, you don't want

852
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: to make it all about football. You want to try

853
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: to learn a little bit more about who these guys are,

854
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: what make them tick, like what you know, what they're

855
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: like away from this facility, even though they spend on

856
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: average ten hours a day in here, if not longer,

857
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: that's for sure. So it's cool. That's awesome. Well it's

858
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,399
Speaker 1: good to hear. I mean you're getting all this cool

859
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: access to our players and coaches and um, we know

860
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 1: our players. Dalvin definitely like that little story that you did. Yeah,

861
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 1: it was fun. That was that was really cool. Back

862
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,320
Speaker 1: to the field watching the game and kind of seeing

863
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: some of these younger players step up and get some

864
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: time out there. Who's kind of a player that you

865
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: saw out there that's that you say, that guy's going

866
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: to make the team that I think BC Johnson, That

867
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: to me was my biggest takeaway because you don't want

868
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: to look too much into preseason at all, especially preseason

869
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: game number one. But um, you know, Alexander Madison was

870
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: a lock to make the team anyways, but just to

871
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: kind of see how they're going to be able to

872
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: utilize him to take pressure off Dalvin Cook into you know,

873
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: you know, if they want to have kind of a

874
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: two back system, because in my opinion, it's a two

875
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: back league to begin with, and they were playing a

876
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: team that really amplifies that mindset that, yeah, they're gonna

877
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna have two back sets, one back, no back.

878
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: I mean, it's they'll be multiple, which is good. And

879
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: I think Madison's going to be a good goal line threat,

880
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 1: not necessarily from what we saw on that one yard

881
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: touchdown pass, which for sure, but if you need to

882
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: bulldoze your way in there, that's that's that's the Latavious

883
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: Murray type, which that was you know, part of the

884
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: reason why they signed Murray two years two years ago

885
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: now in free agency is because of his goal line success.

886
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: So I think that you can emulate a lot of

887
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 1: that with Madison. Um back to B. C. Johnson. I

888
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: mean that was a tremendous catch and a moss like catch. Yeah,

889
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: just I mean like over around the defender and you know,

890
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: at the corner of the end zone near the pylon.

891
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: So I look at that and I think more just

892
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: about the receiver depths, because I wrote a story last

893
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: week just how important it's going to be in these

894
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: preseason games to shake out receiver spots, um, you know,

895
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: four or five and six, because I I slate Chad

896
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: Baby right now into the number three role, um, but

897
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,919
Speaker 1: a lot of people do. But BC could potentially push

898
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: him for that role given you know kind of what

899
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: elements he adds as far as speed, route running things

900
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: that you know, if if you're gonna put Chad in

901
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: the slot even though you have seen him kind of

902
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: do a little bit of everything here in training camp,

903
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 1: Um yeah, I mean he's more he can do, right

904
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: so he I think that that's probably my biggest takeaway.

905
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: And then defensively with what Jalen Holmes and Hercules mod

906
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 1: Off are doing at the three technique spot and just

907
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: the type of rotation they're going to have there behind

908
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: Shamar Stephen and what's going to happen on third down

909
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: passing downs with a pass rush there. I think that

910
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,359
Speaker 1: was a bright spot, even though Mike Zimmer did call

911
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: out some mistakes from Jalen Holmes about not being able.

912
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 1: You know, you have to fight off double teams and

913
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 1: you have to um if you're lining up in the

914
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,320
Speaker 1: wrong spot like it's it's an issue. So um, that

915
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: to me are probably the biggest takeaways. And a lot

916
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,720
Speaker 1: of people ask who's going to be that defensive tackle

917
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: behind Shamar Stephen and Lindvall Joseph. A lot of us

918
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: think that Zim is going to just keep him fresh

919
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: and sub them in and you have Hercules a mount

920
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: off of who's a little more quick, and then you

921
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: have a guy like Jalen Holmes who's a bigger body

922
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: in there. So I think a bunch of these young

923
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 1: players can really have an impact this year. Yeah, and

924
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: I think Jalil Johnson too. It knows tackle behind Linville Joseph, Um,

925
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 1: this will be you know, a really important year for

926
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: him because Linville's getting up there age and kind of

927
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,399
Speaker 1: figuring out okay, um, he's coming off injury. We haven't

928
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 1: seen him out in full practice yet, so when when

929
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: is he going to be able to go, how's he

930
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: going to look? And having that depth behind them, because

931
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: as I continue, I do like a weekly on radio,

932
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 1: we'll talk about like fifty three projections. I do actually

933
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,720
Speaker 1: like two in print, one before the season, then also

934
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: one that I'll probably go into Week four team making

935
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: your team, Um, who oh, yeah, I have nine defensive linemen. Wow. Nine? Yeah.

936
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: They never usually keep ten. They're never that heavy upfront.

937
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: So the way that I do it is I kind of,

938
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: you know, try to try to keep that consistent pretty

939
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: much like about nine on the defensive line, ten on

940
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: the offensive line. But with that group, people question kind

941
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,799
Speaker 1: of the depth of the defense, where where they're strong

942
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: or where they're heavy, where they light ye, And I

943
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 1: think that they're actually okay on the defensive line with that,

944
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: And we saw some good performances from those from the

945
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 1: reserves like a Fadio Dnibo two absolutely New Orleans absolutely so.

946
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: We saw a bunch of sacks from the team, which

947
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: was good to see. So a lot of a lot

948
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: of plays being made by the offense and defensive sides

949
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: of the ball. Now we're gonna give you a little

950
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,839
Speaker 1: game here. It's kind of a mad libs type game,

951
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 1: and we had you fill out a few beforehand, and

952
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna have you fill in the blanks for us

953
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: as we go through some of these little sayings that

954
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: Jay Nelson, our producer the Minnesota Vikings podcast, put together.

955
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Speaker 1: The first one special teams is blank compared to last year,

956
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: I said, in the same spot compared to last year.

957
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Speaker 1: And the reason I'd say that is well, and I

958
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: do have some I filled out a few of these

959
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 1: before we started recording, where I'm trying to be not

960
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: giving you phrases the whole time, but this one I

961
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: kind of struggled with because they really are in the

962
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:23,880
Speaker 1: same spot they were in last year. There were a

963
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 1: ton of think back to like training camp between Kai

964
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: four Bath and Daniel Carlson. It was a kicking competition

965
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: where clearly Kai was the guy and he wasn't missing

966
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 1: field goals, and then they end up releasing him and

967
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: going with Daniel Carlson. We all know how that went.

968
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,760
Speaker 1: So I think just kind of given the wild twenty

969
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,240
Speaker 1: four hours from this past Sunday through Monday and getting

970
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: you know, releasing Kevin McDermott at Long Snapper when I

971
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: think he was at least in terms of I'm not

972
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,799
Speaker 1: looking necessarily at coverage units there. I'm thinking about who

973
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: was snapping the ball on field goal, and you know,

974
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 1: Pets he was the better of the two long snappers.

975
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: So I'm wondering, okay, w you know, there seems to

976
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:08,719
Speaker 1: be just always some sort of unsettled field feel here. Absolutely, yeah,

977
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,440
Speaker 1: that's kind of where I'm at with that. The Vikings

978
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: decided to go with Austin cutting the seventh round draft

979
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: pick at long snapper instead of Kevin McDermott. So um,

980
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: that was the move that was made there. The next

981
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: question on special teams. Special teams needs to be blank

982
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:28,360
Speaker 1: to succeed, not unsettled go off the world that I

983
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: think with you know, they need to figure it out.

984
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: Whatever Corey Vedvick's going to do. Um, I don't think

985
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: it's probably the best idea to let him punt and kick.

986
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: I mean, heaven is an emergency on one or the other.

987
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: But so he's a kicker and punter. I think he'll

988
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: be the punter on team, punter and holder. So that

989
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: would mean the Vikings would hold on to Dan Bailey,

990
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,840
Speaker 1: but he could also do the kickoffs as well, and

991
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: kind of take that off Dan Billy's plate. True. The

992
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: next one our defensive depths. We kind of talked about

993
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: this is blank questionable in spots um what spots cornerback?

994
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:06,360
Speaker 1: Obviously safety depth. I could see them potentially bringing a

995
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 1: safety in via they you know, they're light at the

996
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:13,560
Speaker 1: safety position behind Anthony Harrison Harrison Smith. So those two

997
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,879
Speaker 1: in the defensive line depth, I think there are once

998
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 1: it's skeptics, but the people are questionable questioning, okay, like, well,

999
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 1: is the Jalen Holmes Hercules Mota offa three technique rotations

1000
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: that really going to work out? Are they going to

1001
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: miss Sheldon Richardson that much that it's going to be

1002
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: that noticeable, Like, you know behind it's Stephen Weatherly gonna

1003
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: be able to do what he did last year. Odentibo

1004
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,800
Speaker 1: is still a relatively unknown product, but I think that

1005
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 1: I think they should be comfortable and confident in what

1006
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: they have on the defensive line. We're going over the

1007
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,360
Speaker 1: to the offensive side of the ball. Stefanski and Kubiak

1008
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: are looking for blank in the preseason, I'll say consistency,

1009
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 1: Like does the offensive line look the same from week

1010
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: to week? Does Kirk you know when he goes under center.

1011
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 1: Is leading to better use of play action? Is it

1012
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 1: leading to better use of outside zone? How's that affecting?

1013
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: You know, their whole philosophy of marrying the run in

1014
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: pass if they can look if it cannot be such

1015
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: a big drop off because think about the preseason game

1016
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: number one last year where they threw to sixteen different receivers,

1017
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:18,319
Speaker 1: put up four hundred plus yards offense amazing against Denver,

1018
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: and then look what happened against Jacksonville the week thereafter,

1019
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 1: and they were just completely I mean from an injury standpoint,

1020
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 1: they were dismantled. They lost like six guys in that game,

1021
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: a lot of reserve pieces, but the offense looked awful.

1022
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 1: So it's you know, I think to show Mike Zimmer

1023
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 1: that this unit can be in a stable position this year.

1024
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: It's it's just consistency from week to week in the

1025
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,320
Speaker 1: preseason and also just with your younger guys, Um, you

1026
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: know that these are opportunities to flush out the receiver position.

1027
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 1: Flush out you know who you're running backs are going

1028
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: to be in that room behind Cook out there too. Yeah,

1029
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: I do. I eventually I think he needs to be

1030
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: out there because I don't think it was um the

1031
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 1: best situation last year for him to have such a

1032
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: discrepancy and workload between the preseason and week one, So

1033
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,279
Speaker 1: I think at some point he needs to be out

1034
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,800
Speaker 1: there the last one. And this is probably the biggest

1035
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,880
Speaker 1: question that fans are looking for an answer to, and

1036
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:15,479
Speaker 1: that his cousin's second year will be blank better based

1037
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 1: on the personnel around him in the scheme. Better. You

1038
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 1: said better, that's good. I wouldn't want to say worse, right, Like,

1039
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 1: I mean, that's uh. It's kind of going back to

1040
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: what I was saying with like Stefanski and Kubiak. I

1041
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: think the way that this scheme has been built around Kirk,

1042
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, him going under center, I mean the play

1043
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: actions marrying with where he's at, you know, either in

1044
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 1: the shotgun or under center, and then leading to outside

1045
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: zone and you can describe, you can disguise your looks more.

1046
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,759
Speaker 1: You don't look as predictable as they did last year

1047
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,800
Speaker 1: when they were dropping back so often. You want to

1048
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:49,800
Speaker 1: be multiple, yeah, of course, and I mean that's the

1049
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: that's the cliche term, but how are we actually seeing

1050
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,720
Speaker 1: that play out in games? And I think the biggest

1051
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: another big takeaway that relates to that coming off of

1052
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: what we saw in that pre season game was that

1053
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:03,560
Speaker 1: they weren't lying about what they said with Hey, we

1054
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:06,560
Speaker 1: want heavier personnel groupings, we want twenty one personnel, we

1055
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:08,719
Speaker 1: want twelve personnel. He was on the move every time

1056
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: pretty much. And yeah, that too, you know a lot

1057
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 1: of movement they you know, they said they wanted to

1058
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: use a tight end. Well, Tyler Conklin looked pretty good

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Speaker 1: on that tight end screen. They said they want to

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Speaker 1: run the ball more and be you know, run the

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Speaker 1: ball more, especially in the red zone. They did it

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Speaker 1: with Alexander Madison. What all the stuff they said that

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Speaker 1: they wanted to do in the off season, we're starting

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00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,799
Speaker 1: to see here. And yes, it was one preseason game

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Speaker 1: for four with a touchdown. Pretty good. Yeah, And I

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Speaker 1: mean just but like beyond that, just like the actual

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Speaker 1: the play calling and how that whole thing is coming together.

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Speaker 1: It lines up and it mirrors what they said they

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Speaker 1: wanted to do. They're not changing their philosophy or trying

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Speaker 1: to you know, fit a square peg into a round hole. Yep. Well,

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Speaker 1: I like to hear that. I like to hear better

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Speaker 1: because that's always good. So we thank you for your time.

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Speaker 1: And we can find your work on ESPN dot com

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Speaker 1: Score North. You're also on kfan every once in a while.

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Speaker 1: Every once in a while. You're doing it all, and

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Speaker 1: I know we try to get you on Vikings game

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Speaker 1: plan as much as we can. Yeah, it's fun. It's beautiful,

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Speaker 1: beautiful studio. Okay, a couple of things to wrap up

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Speaker 1: before we go here. On episode four of the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast, the end of training camp is basically here.

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Speaker 1: This is the last week of the open portion of

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen Verizon Vikings training camp, so the team will

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Speaker 1: practice the rest of this week with the exception of Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: The team is off on Wednesday, no practice Wednesday, but

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Speaker 1: there is practice on Thursday and Friday. So for those

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00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,279
Speaker 1: of you who want one last chance to check out

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00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: the team in a training camp practice, you gotta do

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00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,839
Speaker 1: it on Thursday Friday. Yeah, you gotta get here, all right,

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Speaker 1: Go ahead and come to training camp because then we

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00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: play our second preseason game and then training camp continues

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00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,360
Speaker 1: for the team, but it's not open to the public,

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Speaker 1: So make sure you get out here and one of

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Speaker 1: these last two days and check out the team. The

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Speaker 1: next preseason game is on Sunday at seven pm. Week

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Speaker 1: three of the preseason is Saturday, a week from this Saturday,

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Speaker 1: we played the Arizona Cardinals first overall draft pick Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray and the Arizona Cardinals, including Minnesota native Larry Fitzgerald.

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Speaker 1: They will be at US Bank Stadium. That game is

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Speaker 1: Saturday at noon, and then just a few days later,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings conclude the preseason in Buffalo Thursday night, six

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Speaker 1: thirty pm. After that, August thirty first is the fifty

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Speaker 1: three man cut. September first, waivers will happen, other teams

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Speaker 1: will claim guys who got cut, teams will establish a

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Speaker 1: practice squad. So lots of stuff coming up here in

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Speaker 1: the next few weeks. A big news item that you

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Speaker 1: and I didn't get to, Chris, was the trade for

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Speaker 1: the kicker, that's right, Corey Vedvik. So we'll see what

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Speaker 1: happens here for the rest of the week and in

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Speaker 1: the preseason game. Kicker slash punter Corey Vedvik acquired from

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens for an undisclosed draft pick, most likely

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Speaker 1: from twenty twenty and so that's going to be interesting

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Speaker 1: to watch here the rest of the week in practice

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Speaker 1: and then in the preseason game against Seattle, and we'll

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Speaker 1: see if the Vikings make any roster moves after or

1115
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 1: before that preseason he boots the ball him. I saw

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Speaker 1: him hit a sixty and sixty two yard kick in

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Speaker 1: front of the fans at practice on Monday, So the

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Speaker 1: guy's got a big lag. I think he's missed one

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Speaker 1: field goal in two preseasons with the Ravens. He's been

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Speaker 1: he had two fifty plus yard punts in Week one

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Speaker 1: of the preseason with the Ravens. So the guy's obviously

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Speaker 1: a stunt and we'll see what he can do here.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what Zim has in store for him. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's go, let's get out of here on this Chris.

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Speaker 1: Episode two of The Voyage will be don't miss it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it will be released on Wednesday. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: will be listening to this episode of the podcast and

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Speaker 1: who will already have been Wednesday or it is Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: In that case, we're going to be done in less

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Speaker 1: than a minute. Click out of here and go find

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Speaker 1: the Voyage. Episode one very well received as you went

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Speaker 1: behind the scenes with members of the Minnesota Vikings roster

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Speaker 1: and coaching staff as they went through the offseason program

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Speaker 1: and got ready for training camp. Wait till you see

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Speaker 1: what's in store for episode two of the voy Again.

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Speaker 1: It will be released on Wednesday. You can find that

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Speaker 1: on Vikings dot Com, on Vikings social media platforms all

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Speaker 1: across the digital network of the Vikings Entertainment Network. All right,

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Speaker 1: that's it for episode four of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I thank co hosting co producer Chris Corso and Jay

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Speaker 1: Nelson for all of their work producing the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 1: We also thank Alexander Madison for taking time out of

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Speaker 1: his busy training camp schedule to join us, and of

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Speaker 1: course ESPN's Courtney Cronin, someone who knows football, knows it well,

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00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:30,719
Speaker 1: knows the Vikings and knows it well, and someone who

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Speaker 1: will join us many times in the future. Our thanks

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Speaker 1: to her for joining us as well. In our thanks

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Speaker 1: to you for listening to episode four of the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast. We'll be back with episode number five of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast after the Seattle Seahawks preseason game

1151
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 1: on Sunday at US Banks Steady. Make sure you check

1152
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 1: that game out kick off again just after seven o'clock,

1153
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: and make sure you catch the game on the Vikings

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Speaker 1: Radio network. That's it for now. One more thing, scull

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Speaker 1: Vikings bo