1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Spallon Montage is the Twin Cities premier salon and spa 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: destination and proud official hair sponsor of the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: With three convenient locations any Dinah, Woodbury and chan Hassen. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: There is a spalan close to you. Visit online at 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: spolon dot com. 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: Hey, what's going on? 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 3: Everybody? 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. We have a great 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 4: show for you guys today. Our special guest is Paul 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 4: Meat Sauce Lambert from camafey In. He helps us break 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 4: down Super Bowl fifty eight with the Kansas City Chiefs 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 4: and the San Francisco forty nine ers. Also, we talk 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 4: about the new recent hire Marcus Dixon for this Minnesota 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 4: Vikings team and what that means for our defense as 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 4: well as the entire team going forward. And we wrap 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 4: today's show talking about something fun and I'm talking about 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 4: the Vikings team name. It was voted as the best 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 4: team name in the NFL. Here are thoughts on that 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 4: and today's show coming right up. 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 3: Hope you're Joe. 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 4: Today's show, wedawn of a new season is upon us 22 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 4: as we welcome you inside the tc over Radio studio 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 4: for the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by PEPSI. My name 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 4: is Gabe Henderson Tatum Everett. She's out today. However, Jay 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 4: notes In is here and our producer Eric Davidson is here. 26 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 4: And I won't say our guest is filling Tatum's role. 27 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 4: He's just an added asset to what we're doing today. 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 4: And I'm talking about our guy, mister Paul. Meet Sauce 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 4: Lambert from Kfan, Meet Sauce. I'm gonna just call you 30 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 4: Sauce for fans who already know who you are, But 31 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 4: thank you for joining. 32 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 3: Us one two. 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 4: I guess similar to last year, I was following you 34 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 4: closely on Twitter slash x, just hearing and trying to 35 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 4: see what your Super Bowl live time responses were, and 36 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 4: as always, that did not disappoint. 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 3: What were your thoughts on the Super Bowl? 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: I thought it was great, Thanks for having me. I 39 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: thought it was a game for the ages, and I'm 40 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: still convinced that half of both teams didn't know the 41 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: overtime rule. It's like, if you watch that that mcole 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: Hartman game winning touchdown, I don't think he knew he 43 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: caught a game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, which 44 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: is something as every kid always thinks about their whole life, 45 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: and anybody who plays sports thinks about catching a touchdown 46 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: or hitting a home run or whatever it is. And 47 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: you're in the last game of the season. I mean, 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 2: we've seen this is maybe an old reference, but Joe 49 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: Carter hit that home run in Game seven of the 50 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: World Series, which I think is the only walk off 51 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 2: game winner in World Series history, and he acted like it. 52 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: Hartman acted like it was just a routine second week 53 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: of the season touchdown. But it was an awesome game. 54 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: The super Bowl is always the best, but the only 55 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: problem with the Super Bowl is it just means it's 56 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: the end of the season. 57 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 58 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 5: The one thing I thought about with the Michel Hartman, 59 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 5: like in the moment when I saw it, the fact 60 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 5: that he kind of threw the ball away and then 61 00:02:58,960 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 5: went to celebrate. 62 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 3: Dude, what are you doing? That is a momento. 63 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 5: You have to keep that that think and that's that 64 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 5: just kind of goes to what you're talking about. I 65 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 5: think he really did not understand like what happened in 66 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 5: that moment. 67 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And as Tony Romo, who you know, he's very polarizing, 68 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: I thought he picked the wrong time to tell everybody like, hey, listen, 69 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: they're not hurrying because if the clock ends, it just 70 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: goes to a second quarter or whatever, which I don't 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: think a lot of us knew, but they kind of 72 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 2: botched that whole thing. But I think a lot of 73 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 2: the players on the forty nine ers are like, we 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: had no idea that that's how obertime ended up. It's 75 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: weird that a wonderful organization that is the NFL. I mean, 76 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: I had no idea until they tweet it at the 77 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: very end of the game how overtime in the Super 78 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 2: Bowl and the playoffs work. 79 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 80 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 4: I mean it's one of those things where for people 81 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: inside the building or people that know the game or 82 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 4: that I guess our rooms of the game, you would 83 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 4: say that a coach should know to tell their team 84 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: the rules, like that's what we sign up for. You 85 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 4: get paid a lot of money to do so. But 86 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 4: still to to you and Jay's point, the Mikole Hartman 87 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 4: touchdown celebration kind of, in my opinion, was my overall 88 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 4: theme of the Super Bowl. It just didn't feel like 89 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 4: a big game, right, Like, you know, there was a 90 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 4: lot of entertainment around it. There's people talking about you know, 91 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 4: thanks to Usher for allowing two football teams to participate 92 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 4: in this concert. Yeah, still like it just didn't feel 93 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 4: like the actual Super Bowl, if you know what I'm saying. 94 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent. And even in the first half. 95 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 2: You know, we're used to and these offenses did nothing 96 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: all season most of the time, but run up and 97 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 2: down the field you have. I mean, you took that team, 98 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: the Chiefs and the forty nine ers, and you made 99 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 2: it into one offense. I think they beat any defense 100 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: ever created. That's how amazing some of those offensive skilled 101 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: position players are. But the first half was kind of 102 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 2: a snoozer. The commercials were the best part the first half. 103 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 5: The thing for me saw us that I was thinking 104 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 5: about in that first half too, was the amount of turnovers. 105 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 5: You know, like there was a bunch of turnovers in 106 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,799 Speaker 5: this game, and I think maybe guys got a little skittish. 107 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 5: You know, it's the whole thing of squeezing the ball 108 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 5: just a little too tight, you know, kind of a deal. 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 5: And to see kind of guys who were fairly sure 110 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: handed during the regular season putting the ball on the 111 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 5: ground over and over again. I kind of attributed maybe 112 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 5: that was why it was as low scoring as it 113 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 5: was in the first half, but in general to me 114 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 5: that it really didn't ramp up until you basically got 115 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: to like the last three minutes of the third quarter, 116 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 5: and then you're like, all right, well, we're gonna see 117 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 5: if we get a sprint to the finish here. And 118 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 5: you know, if anything, it was kind of crazy to 119 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 5: think about how important the kickers were in this game, 120 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 5: just bombing, you know, fifty plus yard kicks repeatedly. You know, 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 5: do you have any thoughts on Moody and Butker at 122 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 5: this point and how they played in that game? 123 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 2: Well, I think there's a lot of people who think 124 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: Butcker should have been that the MVP. I mean, Moody 125 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 2: kicks that Super Bowl record field goal and then about 126 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: eight real time minutes later, Bucker kicks the other one 127 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: that makes it the record even longer. I think the 128 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 2: Kansas City Chiefs kickers should have won the MVP. I mean, 129 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 2: other than the last drive, it wasn't a Patrick mahomes 130 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 2: as game. And as we also saw Chris Jones, the 131 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: defense of the lineman for the Chiefs, he was multiple 132 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 2: times was in the face of that offense that screwed 133 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: up their timing. But both the kickers were ice cold 134 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: in that game in a good way. 135 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, you look at that and you can tell that 136 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 4: all three phases of the game wins you championships offense, defense, 137 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 4: special teams. And that's something that the Chiefs did. You know, 138 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 4: they were very good defensively. We saw how young their 139 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 4: defense was, and then on offense they got Pat Mahomes 140 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 4: and then we were just talking about Harrison Bucker, their kicker. 141 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 3: For this Vikings team. 142 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 4: When you look at the two teams that were in 143 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 4: the Super Bowl this year, the Chiefs and the forty 144 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 4: nine Ers, what can the Vikings learn from experiencing Super 145 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 4: Bowl fifty eight in European. 146 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: That's a great question. I think you can learn when 147 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: you look at both teams. I think you can learn 148 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 2: a lot about from each team. I think the Vikings 149 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 2: with the forty nine Ers. If you take the forty 150 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 2: nine Ers for example, the Minnesota Vikings have a similar 151 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: style offense. They any justin Jefferson is better than any 152 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: wide receiver the Vikings have, and Kittle and Hopkinson are 153 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 2: about the same quality. I think you could argue from 154 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: both sides that you could take one over the other. 155 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: They're offensive line with that left side of the San 156 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: Francisco forty nine Ers offensive line is really good. Christian 157 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 2: Darisa is a soon to be, if not already a 158 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: stud left tackle. But I think the thing that the 159 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 2: Vikings need to learn, and this is my opinion, is 160 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 2: we saw a Kansas City Chiefs team years ago in 161 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: twenty seventeen say, you know what, we keep winning nine, ten, eleven, 162 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 2: twelve games a season with Alex Smith, but you know what, 163 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: that's not good enough. We're gonna go up and get 164 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: our guy. And I think that's something and the Vikings 165 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: can learn from it. I think as we go forward 166 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 2: in the draft process, which is seventy three days from 167 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: today if you're listening to this on Wednesday, not that 168 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 2: I'm keeping track, but let's just say, I know what 169 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: it is is that you can't be afraid because of 170 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 2: pass misses to go get your guy, quarterback or not. 171 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: I think the Vikings need to make a couple of 172 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: big splashes in these in the NFL draft where you 173 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 2: can get players that are on cheaper deals and you 174 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 2: can maybe find a guy that can lead you to 175 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: the super Bowl. Because Kansas City, it wasn't like Kansas 176 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: City was six and eleven with Alex Smith, they were 177 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: winning games, and I think that's something the Vikings can learn. 178 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 2: And I think another thing the Vikings can learn is 179 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: you need a dominant running game. They have it with 180 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey, and I think that's something else the Vikings 181 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: can find. 182 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, Alex Smith fifty and twenty six in his career 183 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 4: with the Kansas City Chiefs, that's crazy. 184 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: And they moved on from it. 185 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: True. 186 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, And that's the thing like for them, you know. 187 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 5: I think one of the aspects of this whole thing 188 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 5: to me is it been interesting to think about how 189 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 5: the narrative on Andy Reid has changed since he's come 190 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 5: to Kansas City. I think there were a lot of 191 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 5: people that felt like, yeah, I just I think there 192 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 5: was a lot of people who felt like he didn't 193 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 5: get to where he needed to be or that he 194 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 5: wasn't good enough when he was in Philly. And then 195 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 5: he gets to Kansas City and all of a sudden 196 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 5: they start putting something together. And then he gets paired 197 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 5: with a guy like Patrick Mahomes, and Mahomes is, you know, 198 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 5: otherworldly at this point, and just having both of those 199 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 5: guys together, to me, feels like Andy Reid has really 200 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 5: solidified what I think a lot of the naysayers were 201 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 5: saying prior to him coming to Kansas City kind of 202 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 5: like almost like he's a cast off at that point 203 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 5: to get to Kansas City. What do you think, you know, 204 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 5: kind of his thoughts are in this point. He's been 205 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 5: in the league now for nineteen years, five Super Bowl appearances, 206 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 5: kind of thing like he it feels to me like 207 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 5: he really has changed kind of the narrative on who 208 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 5: he is. 209 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 3: As a coach. 210 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 2: I think you could argue Andy Reid is the best 211 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 2: coach to coach football. I think one of the things 212 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 2: you can also look at what Andy Reid is that 213 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: he has found a way to not dictate all of it. 214 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: And we hear a lot about the way the Kansas 215 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 2: City operates, and some of these guys are like, hey, 216 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: we thought of this well playing Madden er, we thought 217 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 2: of this over the weekend. Can we try this like 218 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 2: that corn Dog plays call it to win the game. 219 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: Andy Reid is just super relaxed. He trusted his players, 220 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 2: he trusts his quarterback, and I think that's something that 221 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 2: a lot of coaches and any level can learn from. 222 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 2: I think you just see how like Andy Reid has 223 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 2: gotten this team so good where I mean, you ask 224 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: a casual football fan, I don't think they could tell 225 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 2: you every wide receiver on that team, like they are 226 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 2: just so good with that now. The quarterback helps, but 227 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 2: I think the relaxing and letting the quarterback kind of 228 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: play his game and dictating the way he wants to 229 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: keep it going, I think is helped immensely. I think 230 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 2: that the tyrant is maybe the wrong word, but the 231 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: Bill Belichick, where you're in control of everything, I don't 232 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 2: think works as well as the Andy Reid just kind 233 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 2: of like, all right, I trust my guys. If it 234 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: doesn't work, you know what we have Patrick Mahomes will 235 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 2: probably do it again. But trusting in your guys is 236 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: a big thing Andy has learned and it's worked in Spade. 237 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's those are really good points. And just looking 238 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 4: at he's trusting young guys to do their jobs also 239 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 4: is something that I feel like it's kind of underrated 240 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 4: because when you look at that defense and you look 241 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 4: at Steve Spagnolo and for Andy Reid to have the 242 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 4: in my opinion, the humility to have Steve Spagnolo to 243 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 4: run the defense to say Hey, you got that, and 244 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 4: I trust that you're going to get those guys in 245 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 4: the right position to be able to play championship ball. 246 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 4: I believe that says a lot, And in my opinion, 247 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 4: I think that's what Kevin o'connoe has done with Brian Flores, 248 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 4: to bring a b flow in a former head coach, 249 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 4: a guy with the alpha alpha mentality, to say, look, 250 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 4: I know everything that's you know, kind of surrounded your name. 251 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 4: You've been a head coach in the league. I want 252 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 4: you to just take control of the defense and I'll 253 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 4: take control of the offense. Isn't even as the head coach. 254 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 4: I believe that says a lot about this team. But 255 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 4: when you look at just the offense, defense, and special 256 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 4: team side of the ballf of this Minnesota Vikings team, 257 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 4: with that eleventh overall pick, at what position do you 258 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 4: think they should go younger with to start things out 259 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 4: in the draft? 260 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 2: I mean it's quarterback. I just even with or without 261 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins. I think even if you bring Kirk Cousins back, 262 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 2: I think we've seen you know, you look around the 263 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 2: division and you look at a team like the Green 264 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: Bay Packers. They took a quarterback when they didn't need 265 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: one that you put if you put together a list 266 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: in that twenty twenty draft, the players the Packers needed, 267 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: I would bet quarterback would be next to kicker and 268 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 2: punter for first round picks, and they took one. I 269 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 2: think it's quarterback. I think if you bring Cousins back, 270 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 2: you take one, because Cousins isn't going to play six 271 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 2: more years. If Cousins doesn't come back, you're gonna you're 272 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 2: really gonna need one. But I think you can stay 273 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: at the eleventh pick, and I think maybe you maneuver 274 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 2: up to maybe the ninth pick to maybe make sure 275 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: a team like Denver doesn't get ahead of you, even 276 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: though you're ahead of them anyway. But I just think 277 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: you might have to maneuver a tad But I think 278 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: your guy is JJ McCarthy. I think you find a 279 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: way to JJ McCarthy, and if he has to play now, 280 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 2: I think he can win a few games. I think CJ. 281 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: Stroud has changed totally what teams are going to do 282 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 2: with quarterbacks. CJ. Stroud is a top twelve quarterback already, 283 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: and there are a lot of teams who thought when 284 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 2: they traded from twelve to three to get Will Anderson junior. 285 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 2: Last year, the team they traded with was probably like, well, 286 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: this is going to be great. We might get the 287 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 2: number one overall pick with this trade, and Houston won 288 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: their division and went to the playoffs. So I think 289 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: young quarterbacks can play, and I think they can play 290 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 2: right away, and I think that's your option for the 291 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 2: Vikings at pick eleven. 292 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 3: Saus. 293 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 5: I know one of the things that you absolutely love 294 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 5: is draft season and even for agency. Like if you 295 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 5: had to pick for agency or draft, what is your baby? 296 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 5: What would you absolutely be able to not do without 297 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 5: if you had to choose between the two. 298 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: Funny you asked me that because today I'm the fan. 299 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 2: Is the preposterous statement tournament. This is not a preposterous statement. 300 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 2: I live by this. You can ask my wife. I 301 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: would watch the NFL Draft over a regular season game 302 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: of any team in Minnesota, including the Vikings. If you 303 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: said you could watch the Super Bowl or the NFL 304 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 2: Draft and the Super Bowl didn't include the Vikings, I 305 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 2: would pick the NFL Draft. I have loved the NFL 306 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 2: Draft since nineteen ninety eight when the Minnesota Vikings got 307 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 2: Randy Moss. I remember following it kind of on TV. 308 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: It was before the internet was what it is today. 309 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 2: It was like a two day event. They had a 310 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: Saturday and Sunday. And the only thing I love more 311 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 2: than the NFL Draft is my wife. That's a folly. 312 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: I love the NFL Draft. I wish it was I 313 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 2: wish it was sooner. I just I think it's wonderful. 314 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 2: You can watch teams put together. I think it's amazing 315 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 2: how the just the subterfuge of it leading up to it. 316 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 2: I love the train. It's just it's a wonderful event 317 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 2: in the NFL and mel type where I have made 318 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: it the best event ever and it's a standale. It's 319 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 2: on prime time TV. That's how great of an event 320 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: that is. If that answers your question. 321 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 5: Oh for sure. And honestly, Saus, you're talking about that 322 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 5: ninety eight one. I remember where I was when that happened, 323 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: because I was sitting with some friends at a at 324 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 5: a bar, chopping on a burger and it was on 325 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 5: the TV and trying to explain to them like why 326 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 5: it mattered, you know, why it was something that right? 327 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 5: Why I was staring at the TV instead of having 328 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 5: the conversation that we were as you know, picks were 329 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 5: coming off the board, and then you know, we all 330 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 5: know what happened in that ninety eight picking Randy Moss, 331 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 5: and we were just like, oh boy, you know what 332 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 5: do we got here? 333 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 3: Kind of a thing. 334 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 5: But I do just like you said, that one was 335 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 5: stuck in my mind too, as kind of a pivotal 336 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 5: moment for this franchise. 337 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: I mean you, I don't mean to keep using this point, 338 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: but like you go back to the Houston Texas, like 339 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: they were a team that people thought would be a 340 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 2: bottom of the barrel team. No is it one? Maybe 341 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 2: Demico Lyons helps a ton, he's a stut of a 342 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 2: football coach. But two picks, two picks change that entire 343 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: franchise in one season. That's the beauty of the NFL draft. 344 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 2: You can do that in free agency, but you get 345 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 2: a young guy that clicks right away in can be 346 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 2: a dominant player. The NFL draft can do wonders for 347 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: a lot of teams. It can also sink a team, 348 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 2: which makes it even more fun. 349 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 4: That's a hot take and I love it. I just 350 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 4: look at the date that we're recording this podcast, February fourteenth. 351 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 4: We are seventy days away until the NFL Draft, and 352 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 4: there has never been a rookie quarterback that has led 353 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 4: his team to the Super Bowl. Maybe that is this 354 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 4: year and the twenty four NFL Draft, Sauce, I will hopefully, 355 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 4: just based off of your enthusiasm, be watching the draft 356 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 4: besides you this year because I need to fill the 357 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 4: energy that you feel because the draft is kind of 358 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 4: I got mixed emotions, but maybe you can change that. 359 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 4: But appreciate you joining us today. 360 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 2: Of course, you guys are the best any time. 361 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 4: That was Paul Meat Sauce Lamb from Kfan. Just a 362 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 4: pleasure having him on the show today. But Jay, this 363 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 4: is a podcast where you know, we do get to 364 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 4: talk about the vikings, but still we didn't get a 365 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 4: chance to talk about, you know, just our initial thoughts 366 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 4: on the Super Bowl. And for me, we talked a 367 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 4: little off air of just I just didn't feel like 368 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 4: it was a big game. Yeah you got you know, 369 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 4: the first time a team has won back to back 370 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 4: Super Bowl champions since I guess in over nineteen years, 371 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 4: and the only I guess the Chiefs are the ninth 372 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 4: team ever in NFL history. 373 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 3: To win back to back Super Bowls. 374 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 4: But still I guess watching that game, I was like, oh, oh, 375 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 4: like they just won the Super Bowl, Like this is 376 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 4: this isn't just a regular AFC NFC matchup Week eight. 377 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 378 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 5: You know, we talked about it last week on the 379 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 5: show that the Super Bowl has almost turned into a 380 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 5: production now where the everything around it is bigger than 381 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 5: the game. But I mean, the super Bowl, the game matters. 382 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 5: It is the reason we're there, It's the reason why 383 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,239 Speaker 5: everything else is going on is this game. And to 384 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 5: me watching that game through the first three recorders, there 385 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 5: was a lot of stuff that happened, but there was 386 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 5: also a lot of mistakes and all of a sudden, 387 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 5: it felt like once you got to like the last 388 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 5: two three minutes of the third quarter and then pushed 389 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 5: into the end of the game, everything was on the table. 390 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 5: The stakes were raised immensely because of how tight things got. 391 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 5: I mean, you had turnovers in the first half, you 392 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 5: had the muffed punt that went off the guy's heel, 393 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 5: and then all of a sudden, that completely flipped everything 394 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 5: on its head. Because the whole feeling with the Niners 395 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 5: was they were in control of that game. You know, 396 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 5: the Kansas City couldn't do anything, but the Niners did 397 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 5: not put them away, and that's. 398 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 3: We've talked about it repeatedly. 399 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 5: I was texting with a friend of mine who lives 400 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 5: in the Bay Area at a Super Bowl party where 401 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: everyone else at the party was a Niners fan and 402 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 5: he was not. And it got to the point where 403 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 5: it got, you know, super tight, and the Niners ended 404 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 5: up taking the lead, and he's just like, yeah, everyone 405 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 5: here is going nuts. They said, have they do they 406 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 5: remember Patrick Mahomes because we all know what this guy 407 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 5: can do. I saw a stat yesterday saying in the 408 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 5: history of like gotta have it last drives, he is 409 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 5: a perfect seven for seven when it comes to those 410 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 5: kind of moments. Wow, he's the only quarterback to be 411 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 5: perfect in a you need a drive to win a 412 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 5: game in a playoff type atmosphere, and he's a perfect 413 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 5: seven for seven. That guy is as cold blooded as 414 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 5: you can find. And so to me, that was when 415 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 5: I was watching it at the end of the game, 416 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 5: what I was intrigued by was going like, can he 417 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,239 Speaker 5: do it again? You know, Tom Brady's had mess ups, 418 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 5: These other guys have had mess up. He's been now 419 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 5: perfect in his career at the age he's gonna be 420 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 5: what twenty nine coming up here in twenty eight, twenty nine. 421 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 5: This guy is he's he really is, he's He's on 422 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 5: that Tom Brady, if not another level, and I'm really 423 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 5: curious to. 424 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 3: See what's going to happen. 425 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 5: That the Chiefs earned it, and that game, to me 426 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 5: was it was very fun at the end, just to 427 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 5: see how everything everything ramped up. It can be a 428 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 5: boring game for three quarters and everything comes down to 429 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 5: the fourth quarter and then it's just amazing to watch 430 00:19:58,880 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 5: what happened. 431 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 3: Almost felt scripted right like that we go back to 432 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 3: it again. 433 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 5: The NFL script makers were going, hey, we got to 434 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 5: have the drama. 435 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 4: At the end of the season, like for Pat Mahomes 436 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 4: to get the ball in the last drive of the 437 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 4: game in overtime, to win a Super Bowl and to 438 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 4: do it with the play that Andy Reid hasn't called 439 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 4: in over two years. To a guy and Mikole Hartman 440 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 4: who predicted that he'll be playing the forty nine ers 441 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 4: when he was a Jet before he got traded to 442 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 4: the Kansas City Chiefs mid year. Like it just the 443 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 4: scriptwriters were in their bag this week and just thinking 444 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: about Pat Mahomes being able to will this team to 445 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 4: another victory. To everyone's point of saying, well, I hate 446 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 4: the Chiefs or like screw those guys, like you have 447 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 4: to respect greatness. The fact that he's doing this year 448 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 4: in a year out and to your point, only twenty 449 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: eight years old, like this is this is one of 450 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 4: those things that we may not see again for another 451 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:49,479 Speaker 4: few decades. 452 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 3: After Pat Mahomes retired. 453 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 5: Well, we said the same thing about Brady. You know, 454 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 5: now we got Patrick Mahomes. And I've heard some people 455 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 5: debate and say, is this something now that is going 456 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 5: to be more regular than we have experience in the past. 457 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 3: I don't know. 458 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 5: I think there's so much parody in this league, and 459 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 5: there's so many good players, But one thing that cannot 460 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 5: be denied is that those two teams have had the 461 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 5: AFC on lockdown for the last two decades at this point. 462 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: And I don't think barring something major happening to either 463 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 5: Mahomes or even an Andy Reid retiring or something like that, 464 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 5: that's going to completely derail that. I think, you know, 465 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 5: kind of what we talked about earlier. 466 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: The idea with. 467 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 5: Andy Reid is that when you pair somebody who has 468 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 5: the history that he does in this league with a 469 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 5: guy who is at the. 470 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 3: Talent level that a Mahomes is. 471 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 5: And then if you really think about it, you know, 472 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 5: he talked about it too, or meets us talked about 473 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 5: it too. With the wide receivers, they're fairly nondescript. There's 474 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 5: names there. There's Mikole Hardman's there, there's Veldaz Scantling, and 475 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 5: then you got a rache Rice there on, you know, 476 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 5: as the rookie kind of coming in here and he's 477 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 5: showing some really good flashes. But if you really think 478 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 5: about it, you have Mahomes at quarterback, you have Kelsey 479 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 5: at tight end, and you have Pacheck oh slash Jack 480 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 5: McKinnon in the running back position. Those three positions are 481 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 5: the thing that I really think led this team. And 482 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 5: then Mahomes just elevating those wide receivers, and I kind 483 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 5: of feel the same thing happened in New England with 484 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 5: Tom Brady. Outside of your Julian Edelman types, you had 485 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 5: your gronks and you had soup de jure for the 486 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 5: running backs there at the Patriots at the time, but 487 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 5: everyone did their job surrounded by an absolute ace at quarterback. 488 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 5: So to me, I don't feel like the Chiefs are 489 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 5: going anywhere anytime soon. And what I'm really nervous about 490 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 5: is the fact that if the Chiefs do, either in 491 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 5: free agency or in the draft, find a true number 492 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 5: one wide receiver, that just unlocks them again like they 493 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 5: used to have with Tyrek Hill. So I'm super interested 494 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 5: to see what happens this offseason. And it's just hard 495 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 5: for me to think at this point of anyone else 496 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 5: being able to chase them down outside the Bills making 497 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 5: another jump or the Dolphins making another jump at this point, 498 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 5: and who knows what Houston's going to turn into. They 499 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 5: have a great young cores, but I think the parody 500 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 5: in the AFC is going to be very difficult, and 501 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 5: that you have to try to knock the king off 502 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 5: the hill, and that's going to be the Chiefs for 503 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 5: the foreseeable future. 504 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 4: Really good point, I think, just from my last take 505 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 4: on the Super Bowl is a question that I asked 506 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 4: aus of what should the Vikings learn from Super Bowl 507 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 4: fifty eight. Well, I think you have to learn that 508 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 4: if you run the ball effectively, you can win big games. 509 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 4: This was a San Francisco forty nine ers team run 510 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 4: offense that was fourth best in the NFL coming into 511 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 4: this game averaging almost one hundred and forty yards per carry. 512 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 4: When you look at the second half alone for this 513 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 4: forty nine Ers offense, the only had thirty five rush yards. 514 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 4: They ended the game rushing for less than four yards 515 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 4: per carrie. The Kansas City Chiefs, on the other end, 516 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: they're not even the top fifteen run offense. They have 517 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 4: more rushing yards than the forty nine ers. Is game, 518 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 4: they had one hundred and thirty rushing yards and they 519 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 4: average over four yards per carry. So I believe if 520 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 4: you really want to put teams away, to your point 521 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 4: of like, why caun't the forty nine ers put a 522 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 4: team away, Well, they couldn't run the ball effectively. And 523 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 4: when you run the ball effectively, one, it makes the 524 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 4: defense tire too, it keeps the clock going three, It 525 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 4: forces the other team to be a little bit more 526 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 4: discombobulated when they get the ball back because they understand 527 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 4: that they have to score the ball immediately in a 528 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 4: certain timeframe if they want to be successful. 529 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 3: So that's why I. 530 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 4: Think running the ball was so much more effective and 531 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 4: so much in my opinion, it was a very underrated 532 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 4: stat when it came to why the Kansas City Chiefs beat. 533 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 3: The forty nine ers or Super Bowl fifty eight. 534 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 5: You just literally described the final drive of the Super 535 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 5: Bowl in overtime. That was what got them there. They 536 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 5: were doing dink and dunk passes and everything. They weren't 537 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 5: throwing any bombs, but they were just battle of attrition, 538 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 5: smash you in the mouth every single play, and they're 539 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 5: gashing them for four or five, six, seven yards of 540 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 5: play and just kind of marching down the field, and 541 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 5: then when they needed they ran a couple of basic 542 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 5: screens or scene passes in order to just move that 543 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 5: ball within scoring position and ultimately that hardman play you know, 544 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 5: early in the game, I think that was the thing 545 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 5: that you saw McCaffrey and those guys ripping off bigger 546 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 5: chunks on the ground, and I think that's why it 547 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 5: felt like the Chiefs were on their heels, that they 548 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 5: just Chris Jones and those guys were not getting the 549 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 5: pass rush that they wanted. But then all of a sudden, 550 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 5: you saw, like second half Spagnola, whatever he saw. 551 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 3: You saw in. 552 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 5: Certain plays where whether they wanted to try to run 553 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 5: screens or just the typical ones where they would dump 554 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 5: it off to either Debo or McCaffrey as a screen 555 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 5: and just get him in an open space and let 556 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 5: him go. All of a sudden, there were four people 557 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 5: in that space recognizing exactly what that play was just 558 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 5: from the formation. As soon as the ball was snapped, 559 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 5: It's like that defender standing right in front of where 560 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 5: the running back's going to be. Those two defenders are 561 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 5: standing where the blockers are going to be, like they 562 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 5: understood what was happening. And I think that was the 563 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 5: deal in the fourth quarter and overtime that it felt 564 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 5: like the Chiefs had finally figured out the puzzle and 565 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 5: were just kind of marching as they needed to. 566 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, they made the game of football look simple, right, 567 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 4: Just run the ball short, pass the ball short, get 568 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 4: a couple of yards, and just keep building until you 569 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 4: get to the end zone. So I guess it goes 570 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 4: to the fact that you know, football is in rocket size. 571 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 4: Just get the ball in the hands of your playmakers 572 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 4: and let them make plays, and ultimately, if you have 573 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 4: the right coaches, you can win some games in this league. 574 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 3: And I think that's the thing for the public. 575 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,719 Speaker 5: They see it as as simple as it looks, you know, 576 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 5: play for play, Just to think about how many hours 577 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 5: and years of lives go into all the game planning 578 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 5: and stuff, and honestly, what it turns into is offense 579 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 5: versus defense. Get the right matchups you want an offense, 580 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 5: and if you can get into playmaker's hands and let 581 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 5: them do what they're doing, that is where the specialty 582 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 5: of each of those superstars comes out. And that's what 583 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 5: makes it so exciting is to be like, you can 584 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 5: understand that all twenty two people on the field understand 585 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 5: what's happening right now, but one of those players that 586 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 5: has the ball in their hand is going to do 587 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 5: something spectacular that's going to make everyone say wow. And 588 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 5: that is what I truly feel like when you see 589 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 5: like the McCaffrey touchdown where he got out in space 590 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 5: and kind of rip through a couple of tackles to 591 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 5: get to that touchdown, that's when those moments where you go, man, 592 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 5: that guy special. And I think that's what makes the 593 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 5: game of football fun to watch. 594 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 4: Coaches, players, GM's front office, just so many different aspects 595 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 4: going to a team winning games, and it starts from 596 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 4: the bottom, right, You have to start from the bottom 597 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 4: with your players, with your staff, and will ultimately get 598 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 4: to that ultimate goal, and for me, I think that's 599 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 4: what the Vikings are doing right now with their coaching staff. 600 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 4: They just hired Marcus Dixon from the Denver Broncos, who 601 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 4: was a defensive line coach last year for the Denver 602 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 4: Broncos the last two years in Denver. The Vikings just 603 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 4: hired him as their defensive line coach and also they 604 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 4: added outside linebacker coaching duties to Mike Petin's title. Mike Penton, 605 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 4: who's already here with the initial Kevin O'Connell's scheme, assistant 606 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 4: head coach here, just a class at guy won, but 607 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 4: someone that players are familiar with, and I think having 608 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 4: that continuity and adding what he has already done in 609 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 4: this league being a former defensive coordinator in Green Bay, 610 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: I think that will ultimately help not only this defense, 611 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 4: but this entire team. So happy to have Marcus Dixon 612 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 4: in our stable now with this Minnesota Vikings team, and 613 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 4: then actually have Mike Petton have some I guess extra 614 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: added duties onto his plate going into the twenty twenty 615 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 4: four season. 616 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 3: Your thoughts shift. Yeah. 617 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 5: The thing about that's interesting for me on the Pettin 618 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 5: side is if you've listened to him, sit down in 619 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 5: his one on one interviews with Paul Allen. That guy 620 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 5: is so cerebral, like he is constantly thinking of trying 621 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 5: to find ways to put people in the right position 622 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 5: and to get something extra out of his player, you know, 623 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 5: out of players in general, especially defensively, So to have 624 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 5: a guy like Petton get some of the extra duties there, 625 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 5: it's not surprising on my end to think that they 626 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 5: would want to lean on a guy like that that 627 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,919 Speaker 5: has so much experience to try to see if they can, 628 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 5: you know, take this defense to another level. 629 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:41,479 Speaker 3: And bringing in Dixon. 630 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 5: You know, he has a history with the Rams, with 631 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 5: Kevin O'Connell, and so to think about getting a guy 632 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 5: like Dixon to come in here, given what kind of 633 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 5: them has been for the Broncos defense, everyone kind of remembers, 634 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 5: especially the von Miller days, of kind of what their 635 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 5: identity has been in Denver with that d defensive line. 636 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 5: So to see him come in here, I think it'll 637 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 5: be great to you know, again add some more talented 638 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 5: coaches to come in and help scheme and put these 639 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 5: guys in the best position possible. So to be able 640 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 5: to sign these guys and bring them in I think 641 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 5: it's great to get him in now, or at least 642 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 5: to have Dixon in now, and to have Petting even 643 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 5: more engaged with what we're doing defensively as they go 644 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 5: in to try to figure out what's going to happen 645 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 5: during combine season. 646 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 3: So you got a couple weeks. 647 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 5: To the combine, these guys are all going to be, 648 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 5: you know, putting their heads together and trying to figure 649 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 5: out exactly what we got and what we're looking for. 650 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 5: So looking forward to seeing these guys get into the stable. 651 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think just my last thoughts on just the 652 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 4: Marcus Dixon hires when you look at the numbers in 653 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 4: his second season in Denver last year, Dixon coached the 654 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 4: defensive line that helped the Broncos record a league leading 655 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 4: fifteen thumber recoveries last year. And we know this is 656 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 4: a league where if you're on offense, take care of 657 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 4: the ball. If you're on defense, take the ball away. 658 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 4: And the fact that he understands how to get his 659 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 4: defensive line, we're not even talking to our sception here, 660 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 4: his defensive lineman to take the ball away and give 661 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 4: it back to our offense. I think that's something that 662 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 4: in my opinion Kevin O'Connor or Brian Flores were very 663 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 4: high on when it came to all right, this is 664 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 4: what we want this position the identity to look like. 665 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 4: And I feel like Marcus Dixon the resume he put 666 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 4: together matched that identity. So I'm looking forward to saying 667 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 4: what that looks like in twenty twenty four. 668 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 5: And as big as that key metric was last year 669 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 5: for our team, just the turnover battle. 670 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 3: Anything well, and that's the thing. 671 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 5: Anything you can do to kind of pull that back 672 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 5: towards the you know, even level, or even get to 673 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 5: the plus level when it comes to the turnover numbers, 674 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 5: you know, I think being able to have a guy 675 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 5: who helps, you know, defensively, the old adage what especial 676 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 5: when your kids was the idea of the balls in 677 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 5: the ground, just fall on it and let our offense 678 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 5: go to work. And the NFL that's not the deal anymore. 679 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 5: It's the idea of you get a chance to make 680 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 5: a play, you pick that ball up, and you run 681 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 5: as fast as you can to get to the end zone. 682 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 5: So being able to have a guy like him with 683 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 5: the mentality it feels like to really be you know, 684 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 5: looking to make a play and to be a difference 685 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 5: maker there on defense. It'd be great to have his 686 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 5: attitude there at the defensive line. 687 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: Nice. 688 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 4: Well, I want to end this podcast on a lighter 689 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 4: note one. Josh Vintellis did a phenomenal job co hosting 690 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 4: Good Morning Football two days last week as a guest host, 691 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 4: And I've retweeted a segment that Good Morning Football day 692 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 4: with Josh when he was breaking down a couple of 693 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 4: plays against the Chiefs last year and what he saw. 694 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 4: And to see him break that down in real time, 695 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 4: you felt that he felt that he was actually in 696 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 4: that moment again, which ultimately gave fans the perspective of 697 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 4: being in that moment with them. So I really do 698 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 4: believe whenever he decides to hang up his cleats, whether 699 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 4: that's five or ten years down the road from now, 700 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 4: he's going. 701 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 3: To have a bright future in the media realm. 702 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 5: He's super comfortable and we've seen that when we've had 703 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 5: him in here doing our show and some of the 704 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 5: other things that he's participated with v end He just 705 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 5: feels like a natural and so it's great to see 706 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 5: him do that. I also know I think he had 707 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 5: a big week because he did that for Good Morning 708 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 5: Football and then he went on the power trip to 709 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 5: play the Initials game. 710 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 3: So like that guy was making the media rounds. But 711 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 3: it's great to. 712 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 5: Have a guy like him who has been matching the 713 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 5: play on the field with what he's been doing off 714 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 5: the field here in the offseason. And I think that 715 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 5: guy especially, he's somebody who's earned it, going from practice 716 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 5: squad to basically a full time starter and in multiple positions. 717 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 5: So I can't be happier for a guy like that 718 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 5: who's earned it completely. And I hope that he's on 719 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 5: this team playing football for a very long time. 720 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 4: Well, I don't know if we've earned this last comment 721 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 4: that I'm gonna make just now, but have you been 722 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 4: following the New Heights Show fan poll on Twitter for 723 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:40,959 Speaker 4: best team name? 724 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 3: I have casually. 725 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 5: I saw that it turned into a thing, and I 726 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 5: saw that we were reacting to it. 727 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 4: But yeah, yeah, So the Vikings were voted as the 728 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 4: best team name in the NFL. According to New Heights Show. 729 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 4: We edged out the Pittsburgh Steelers in the bracket finals, 730 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 4: winning sixty to forty. So we had a sixty percent 731 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 4: and fan vote to forty percent fan vote for the 732 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 4: Pittsburgh Stillers. 733 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 3: I think the Stillers are a good name. 734 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 4: But one thing that stood out to me is that 735 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 4: for people that are listening to this podcast and say, okay, whatever, 736 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 4: like who cares about best team names? I get it, 737 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 4: like a best team name is not going to win 738 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 4: your super Bowl. But forty thousand fans voted on this. 739 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 4: There were over seven hundred thousand views on Twitter on 740 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 4: this fan poll, so people actually care about this. So 741 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 4: I don't know, take it for what you want, but 742 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 4: the Vikings were voted the best the best team name 743 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three. 744 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 5: I for one, am biased and say, yes, it is 745 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 5: the best team name that is possible. 746 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 3: So for me, it's fun. 747 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 5: You know, you can definitely tell it's the silly season 748 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 5: the offseason when this is the kind of stuff that 749 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 5: comes out. But I think it's you know, honestly, what 750 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 5: it really shows though, is that people identify this team, 751 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 5: this name, this brand with you know, something that is 752 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 5: that is positive and I think, you know, as the 753 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 5: team itself. You're looking at this saying if the fans 754 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 5: are invested or casual fans are invested, there whatever we 755 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 5: can do to keep them engaged and to keep them 756 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 5: kind of looking at us as an organization as something 757 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 5: that they want to follow. You know, we ultimately know 758 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 5: that if you win a bunch of games, everybody loves you, 759 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 5: and money you don't. It gets a little more difficult 760 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 5: at times, but in general, one thing that I think 761 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 5: this organization takes pride on is knowing that as a 762 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 5: as a brand and as an organization, we want to 763 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,240 Speaker 5: do things the right way and to represent their fans 764 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 5: the right way. And I feel like there's a lot 765 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 5: of strides that this organization takes. So when people go 766 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 5: through and do something like this and say that, you know, 767 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 5: Vikings is the best possible name to have for NFL team, 768 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 5: I think they will gladly take it and kind of 769 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 5: put that as a feather in your cap. 770 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 4: Nice well, as we look for, there's a lot to 771 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 4: look forward to, and Vakings fans make sure you stay 772 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 4: tuned for the most up to date coverage of the team. 773 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 4: But before you look for you will actually have an 774 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 4: opportunity to look back on this recent Minnesota Viking season. 775 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 4: There is a three part series called The Voyage. We 776 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 4: all love The Voyage and some of the storylines on 777 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 4: this year's show is justin Jefferson's rise to start them 778 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 4: MVP first half of the season in the explosion on 779 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 4: the scene of rookie Jordan Addison and Brian Flores in 780 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 4: their first year of dominance in the NFL. So that 781 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 4: will be posted each week through the NFL Combine on 782 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 4: Vikings dot com, the Vikings YouTube page, and it will 783 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 4: also air on Saturday nights at ten pm Central Time 784 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 4: on Fox nine starting this week. I'm looking forward to 785 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 4: watching that. There's multiple places Vikings fans can tune into that, 786 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 4: and I don't know if it's trauma or if it 787 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 4: helps people just come to terms on what happened this 788 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 4: past year. But our Vikings Entertainment Network team do such 789 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 4: a phenomenal job a year in and year out making. 790 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 3: Sure we tell the best stories of the team. Yeah. 791 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,439 Speaker 5: I think the thing about the voyage is they put 792 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 5: so much time and effort throughout the year to be 793 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 5: able to tell that story, and the people that are 794 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 5: working behind the scenes on it, I mean it truly 795 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,720 Speaker 5: is working on an NFL Films level style of production, 796 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 5: and those guys and gals that are working on that 797 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 5: product is just amazing. And so I always look forward 798 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 5: to seeing because you really do truly get behind the 799 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 5: scenes access that you would not normally get, So make 800 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 5: sure to tune in, whether it's YouTube or any other 801 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 5: place that you can get your Viking's Entertainment Network video. 802 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 5: The voyage is totally worth your time and enjoy it 803 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 5: as much as possible. 804 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 4: Well, it's a new season that is correct twenty twenty four. 805 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 4: Every team is owned well zero and zero, O and 806 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 4: O however you want to say it, And I'm looking 807 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 4: forward to saying what this Minnesota Vikings team looks like 808 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,880 Speaker 4: as we move forward. 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