1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hey, Vikings fans, been over here. I'm so excited to 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: be a new Lifetime member, and so are my kids. 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: They love the tennis, the pickaball, the basketball, and of 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: course the yummy cafe. Check them out at Lifetime dot 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: life to find a club nearest you. 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: Welcome to Schools Stories, presented by three M, the official 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 2: science partner of the Minnesota Vikings. Tonight, we're joined by 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: former Viking Corey Chavis. 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 3: Thanks again for tuning into another episode of school Stories. 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: Tonight's guest had an eleven year career in the NFL, 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: but nowadays he's an NFL draft expert and TV analyst 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 3: for both college football and the NFL. Please enjoy tonight's 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 3: conversation with former Vikings defensive back Corey Chaves. Well, Corey Cheves, 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: thanks so much for spending some time with us today 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 3: and school Stories. One of the fans love hearing from 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 3: you and your energy that you always bring. You did 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: it on the field to bring off the field, but 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 3: give the fans a kind of an opportunity to catch 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 3: up to what you doing these days, and it's probably 20 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 3: a lot because you're always You're always running somewhere. 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 4: First of all, thanks a lot for having me man. 22 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 4: I was, like I told y'all, I was pretty geek 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 4: to be able to get on there and that opportunity 24 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 4: to talk with y'all. But I actually just kind of 25 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 4: doing a lot of the same things that I've been 26 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 4: doing for years in terms of, you know, going around 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 4: to to really look at both baseball, basketball, football, all 28 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 4: those different sports. And I'm still looking at all the 29 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: college prospects from all over the country for the most part. 30 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 4: So that's something that I probably do, I guess until 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 4: I have to lay it down for good. 32 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: Let's go back, second round pick in Arizona. I think 33 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: you were Buddha Baker before Buddha Baker was Buddha Baker, 34 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: and you ended up just coming into Minnesota Vikings. Tell 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: us about that and what brought you here and what 36 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: led up to your becoming a Viking. 37 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 4: Well, it's kind of a crazy story. You made a 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: good point. I was kind of moving around a little 39 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 4: bit like he was at first. I actually played corner 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 4: when I got there. They had drafted me to come 41 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: in and kind of play that multi dimensional role. I 42 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 4: never played any other position other than corner in college, 43 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: and then I ended up starting opposite the Nias Williams, 44 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 4: so y'all are probably familiar with, having played against them 45 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,839 Speaker 4: the Hall of Famer, and we played for a couple 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 4: of years. We started opposite each other and I pretty 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: much played corner the whole time there. So really the 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 4: only reason I ended up in Minnesota where I came 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: on a busy, I think because coach Tye and at 50 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 4: the time Willie Shaw, who you familiar with, she and 51 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 4: as well Mark. He basically was interested in me coming 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: to play corner in Minnesota, and Coach Tyson was kind 53 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 4: of messing with me, with me and them when we 54 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 4: had the dinner that night, and you know, he was 55 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 4: asking me what I ran, and so basically he kind 56 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 4: of I was. I told him I'd get out of 57 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 4: bed and run four or five. And I didn't have 58 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 4: any expectation I was coming to Minnesota at all, because 59 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 4: I had a business schedule to Oakland the next day 60 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 4: and I just thought maybe they were bringing me in 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 4: just to see if maybe in an emergency situation, that may 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 4: give me like a one year deal. So Coach Tyson 63 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: next morning, when I was about to leave, he comes 64 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: in the locker room, he having to run into me, 65 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: and he had some sneakers in his dand or some 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: shoes and he said, remember you said you could get 67 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: out of the bed and one there, four or five, 68 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 4: and he threw the shoes on. I said, let me 69 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: see if you can do it. So that typical coach 70 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 4: tys man that's why he's my guy, but kind of 71 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 4: challenged me. And so I went out and ran a 72 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 4: forty basically went I ran for coach Knots and also 73 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: got still Will done such a fabulous job. And that's 74 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: how I ended up coming to Minnesota. They after that 75 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 4: I ran, I r I guess I ran good enough, 76 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: and they said, all right, the contract's upstairs. 77 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 3: Well before he came to the Vikings in two thousand 78 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: and two, you were a member, as you mentioned, the 79 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 3: Arizona Cardinals, and the year that stands out of my 80 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 3: mind is nineteen ninety eight, which stood out from many 81 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: many Viking fans for lots of reasons. But you were 82 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 3: on the field against you know, Randy Moss and Jake 83 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: Reid and Chris Carter and Randall Cunningham in a player 84 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 3: game here. What do you recall about that Vikings team 85 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: and when when we look back on it, how powerful 86 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 3: an offense. Was it that you faced. 87 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 4: I think that's a great question, like something I haven't 88 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: really been asked a lot of having been to somebody 89 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: who played against that team, and you go into that game. 90 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously it was a fifteen to one season, 91 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: but that was their first playoff game against US. We 92 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: had just beaten Dallas the week before. 93 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a huge victory for you guys. 94 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was. I think as me and Nils were 95 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: preparing for that game, one of the things that we 96 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: were trying to pick up on some of the red 97 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 4: zone tendencies and when they would take the deep shots, 98 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 4: and there were certain areas of the field that there 99 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 4: was some tendencies as to when they would go deep. 100 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 4: And even with that being said, Randy still made a 101 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 4: fabulous catch or one fabulous catch over a Nias, although 102 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 4: Nias came back and got an interception on him. And 103 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 4: then a lot of the red zone rots that I 104 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: had to go against against Carter that day, some of 105 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 4: them helped some of the tendency tailed up true, and 106 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 4: they also had some tendency breakers. So the one thing 107 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 4: about it was they were just so explosive. They could 108 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 4: beat you with so many different guys. When it's David Palmer, Lee, 109 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 4: Roy Hoard out of the backfield, Andrew you know, Glover. 110 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 4: There was a lot of guys beyond just the big 111 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 4: three receivers and obviously Robert Smith in the backfield, and 112 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 4: the hell of an offensive line as well. And then 113 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 4: I think defensively they forced about a turnover. So really 114 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: was surprised to see that. Chris Chandler and Ray Buchannan 115 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 4: and those guys, Chuck Smith and all those guys the 116 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 4: next week came in and beat them. But that was 117 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 4: a hell of a game the next week as well 118 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 4: in the NFC Champion. 119 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you bring up a couple of things, right, 120 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: he's talking about field position and uh tendencies. You've always 121 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 2: been a student of the game. You've you know, you've 122 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: always loved the game. Just tell the listeners how important 123 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: that is, because you get everybody has the height, weight 124 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: and speed. It's it's that next level of professionalism, let's 125 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: call it. And what goes into that every single week 126 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 2: you know for a player, well. 127 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 4: They pe you know better than anybody because I think 128 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 4: you when you coach, you prepared your player as well 129 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 4: through that same lens. And I just feel like it's 130 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 4: really more about it's not necessarily I think people sometimes 131 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 4: get it confused. They feel like you watch all this table, 132 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 4: you memorize plays, and that's not really why you watch. 133 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 4: You want to have a feel for what the other 134 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 4: team is doing because of what we're trying to get 135 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 4: done defensively, Right, I can kind of even when I 136 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 4: listen to you again announce the game, you can kind 137 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 4: of you're you're always talking about it through the lens 138 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 4: of Okay, this is what we're kind of respecting here. 139 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 4: You kind of have a feel you're not You're going 140 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 4: to still react, right, But I think the preparation in 141 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 4: terms of normal you have to do, and then also 142 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 4: knowing kind of what the opponent likes to do and 143 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 4: kind of what's in that offensive coordinator said, I think 144 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 4: that's important. I thought it was very beneficial for me 145 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 4: during my first five years playing corner because then you're 146 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 4: more isolated and then it's about split and if but 147 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 4: Gouy has this type of split, this type of alignment. 148 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 4: These are the types of routes City likes to row. 149 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 4: And it doesn't mean that's the rowdy's going to run. 150 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 4: You can't get well at least you have an idea 151 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 4: you can kind of cut the field in half. I 152 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 4: guess it's a good expression, so or maybe that quarter 153 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: of the field and half. And I think that's why 154 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 4: it's important, is to kind of limit what you have 155 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 4: to defend. Don't defend everything when you are already giving 156 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: the answers to the test. To the film. 157 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 3: Again, we're talking with Corey Chavis walking encyclopedia of college 158 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 3: football players, future NFL players, draft nastymagazine dot com and 159 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 3: breaks it down like no one else. And I wanted 160 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 3: to get into the quarterback position just a little bit 161 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: because you always look at the Heisman Trophy winners and think, well, 162 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: this guy's a surefire NFL star, and you think of 163 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: Bryce Young back in twenty twenty one, Caleb Williams with 164 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 3: the Vikings just saw and beat for the second time 165 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: and looking a little confused. Given this to the entire 166 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 3: situation in Chicago, what are your thoughts about their development 167 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: and maybe how these guys potentially sometimes are getting rushed 168 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: into action before they're real. 169 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 4: Mark, I think you said the best rushed into action. 170 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 4: Let's remember John Elway's rookie year seven touchdowns and I'm 171 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 4: familiar with that because my uncle played for the Broncos 172 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: and I was this little kid just watching them, and 173 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 4: I remember it was him and Steve de Berg splitting 174 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 4: time and he struggled, you know, seven touchdown, fourteen interceptions. 175 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 4: In fact, Gary Kubiak, I think, came in that year. 176 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 4: He was a rookie draft pick out of Texas A 177 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 4: and M. And he actually played better when he got 178 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: in the game, or at least to me anyway. But 179 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: and that was way later on in the season. But 180 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 4: the point I'm making is that quarterbacks, aside from maybe 181 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 4: Dan Marino on a couple of others, historically struggled when 182 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 4: they got their first NFL introductions. Randall Cuttingham when he 183 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 4: first came into the league, they would only bring him 184 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 4: in on third down for Jaworski still playing, and he 185 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 4: was like that in that draft. That was one of 186 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 4: the few years that there was no first round pick 187 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,959 Speaker 4: that quarterback the year cutting Gam. Cutting Gam came out 188 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 4: in eighty five. So I think now it's because I 189 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: think the fact that you could actually get a bargain 190 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 4: at the quarterback position because it's not the same rookie 191 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 4: face scale as even when I came into the league, 192 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 4: or with Sam Bradford came into the league. That's the 193 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 4: reason why, Like, it was a good possibility that McCarthy 194 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 4: would have been starting for y'all this year potentially, and 195 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 4: it wasn't like he wasn't playing pretty well in the preseason. 196 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 4: So I just don't think that the quarterbacks have as 197 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 4: much time because you want to take advantage of the 198 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 4: roster building. And that's the reason why the development has 199 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 4: to speed up so fast for these guys. 200 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: Oh you see, what's what's going on with Sam Donald 201 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 2: and what do you see out of him? And I 202 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: think he can't talk about Donald without talking about his 203 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: meshing with with Kevin O'Connell and and kind of how 204 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: he's gotten this reputation as being a kind of a 205 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 2: quarterback whisperer. And the results speak for themselves. 206 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I got a chance to talk to Josh mcconwn 207 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 4: to a little bit a couple of weeks agoing on there. 208 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 4: I was trying to see y'all as well, but I 209 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 4: got a chance to talk to him briefly, and I 210 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 4: think it's just about one of the things. I went 211 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 4: up to him and said, you know, one of the 212 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 4: things that I like him that Sam's doing this year 213 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 4: for my lands are a point of view, he's just 214 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: playing and not worrying so much about the last play, 215 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 4: moving on to the next play. Even with when he's 216 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 4: made some mistakes and games, he's been able to move on. 217 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 4: And I think he understands that with all the weapons 218 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 4: that y'all have, that he just has to be the conductor, 219 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 4: right And I think that's where he's grown. And I 220 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 4: think some of the improvisational capability that was so prevalent 221 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: at USC, I think some of that. I even think 222 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 4: about that touchdown he threw the second touchdown to Jefferson 223 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: last week. That was an incredible play, and I think 224 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 4: when you're just playing, you get to see more plays 225 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 4: like that. I don't think you can win just making 226 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 4: those types of plays, but I think with the comfort 227 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 4: level that he does have, he's making the requisite number 228 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 4: of players you got to make in the pocket as well. 229 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 4: So really it's impressed with how the comfort level in 230 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: his play. 231 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: Stick around for more from Corey Chavs right here on 232 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 2: School Stories presented by three M, From the Field to 233 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: the roof and everywhere in between. 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Because you certainly have a passion for it, 244 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 3: and it's it's fun. I don't think we play fantasy football, 245 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 3: but it's really I always enjoy I think the fans 246 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 3: love listening to your takes on all these players. 247 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 4: Well, it really started, like I said, with my uncle. 248 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 4: I mean, I think when I was a young kid. 249 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 4: I think it's a little different when you when your 250 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 4: uncle plays in the NFL and you get a chance 251 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 4: to you know, he kept us involved in it, you know. 252 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: And I remember I was sixteen years old. I was 253 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 4: a ball boy in the Broncos training camp and so 254 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 4: many excellent players. You know, you know, when you're at 255 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 4: a young age like that and you get exposed to 256 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 4: the game and. 257 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 2: You were Larry Fitzgerald before Larry Fitzgerald Jr. 258 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 4: Right, Well, what a great player he was in the NFL. 259 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 4: But yeah, I just that's probably I would say the 260 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 4: best answer is just because I was around the game 261 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: at a young age and I was just always really 262 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 4: more of a sports fanatic. I think probably people would 263 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 4: be surprised that. That's probably the biggest thing that people 264 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 4: from my community know is that, you know, being a 265 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 4: sports fanatic is something I've always been and that just 266 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 4: goes like it's very crazy that I was a sports 267 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: trivia person, right, But I think because I ended up 268 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 4: playing football or that's the final sport I played, I 269 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 4: think that's when most of the concentration lies. But I'm 270 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 4: I'm just a huge sports fan Geral. 271 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: So with your you know, Draft Nasty and everything that 272 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 2: you've been doing with the draft over the last couple 273 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: of years, there has to be some nuggets, some guys 274 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: that you've that you've doted on that have made it 275 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 2: now for me. I know, I remember talking about Aleen 276 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 2: McNeil years ago as a third you know, you end 277 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 2: up being a third round draft picking up being a 278 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 2: good football player, but there's something, isn't it. There's there's 279 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: just something about finding a guy and having them turn 280 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: out that makes you feel like a proud papa in 281 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: a way, doesn't it. So who is that for you? 282 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 2: Who have you found Corey Chavis that you've been that 283 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: you can just say when you hear the name, you go, 284 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 2: I told you, So you know what I guess. 285 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: I guess probably you know the one day I can say, Pete, 286 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 4: to be honest with you, in terms of having to 287 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 4: do so many different players, because obviously I've been writing, 288 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 4: you know, writing books all this time, and so when 289 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 4: you're doing a book, it's it's a job, you know, 290 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 4: like it's not a you know what I mean. Like, 291 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 4: it's like, so you get so many you get a 292 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 4: lot of people. Wouldn't nessarily say wrong because it all 293 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 4: comes back to, you know, I guess, like how it 294 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 4: all plays out. You don't really go by draft day, 295 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 4: per see. It's more And I would say probably some 296 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 4: of the ones that stand out are players that don't 297 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 4: get drafted right. And there's a number of different guys 298 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 4: you could point to, but those are the ones I 299 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 4: think that that probably stand out the mind and I 300 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: wouldn't necessarily do anybody specifically, But there's so many players. 301 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 4: There's so many players available every year. I think most 302 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 4: of the time, like when you're doing that, the large 303 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 4: majority of players that you're evaluating don't get drafted, right. 304 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 4: I think that's the part that sometimes get confused is like, 305 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 4: let's say, for instance, there's two hundred and let's say 306 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 4: fifty five players drafted. Well, you're gonna have to prepare 307 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 4: that possibly out of six to seven hundred or a 308 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 4: thousand players. And out of those players, you know what 309 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 4: I'm saying, Like, there's only gonna be two manty five 310 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 4: to let it, so you got to know all of them, 311 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 4: and so that I think it's so many free agents 312 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 4: that make it. I think that's the thing that's fascinating 313 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 4: to see. It's a lot of guys that haven't gotten 314 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: drafted and have made it. 315 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 3: Corey, we're in the throes of the ball season, college 316 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 3: ball season, the playoffs, and yet the overriding aspect for 317 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 3: all these teams right now, there are a couple of phrases, 318 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 3: you know, transfer, portal and name in image and likeness. 319 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: What do you make of the college game right now? 320 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 3: And would you want to be a part of it 321 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 3: from a coaching standpoint, given the fact that sometimes the 322 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 3: highest bidder ends up with the best players and you 323 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 3: don't know if you're going to have the guy next year. 324 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: Anyway, that's a great point, and I think let's look 325 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 4: at SMU. I guess that's a good place to start. 326 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 4: SMU is basically Miami Southwest. We think about several players 327 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 4: on their defense. No, it's serious. I mean because you 328 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 4: had that connection when you have the coach having come 329 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 4: from where lastly come from. Miami was office coordinating from 330 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 4: twenty eighteen to twenty twenty, and I spent a lot 331 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 4: of time with him over the years, so I used 332 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 4: to announce games for a long time, and just knowing 333 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 4: that when he went down there and coming back, he 334 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 4: was a coordinator at SMU and left and went to 335 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: Miami and came back, so they had some familiarity with them. 336 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 4: And now he because of that connection to Miami, he 337 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: brings a number of players. They're starting running back right now, 338 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 4: who went for like twelve hundred yards, was a receiver. 339 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 4: He didn't even play running back at Miami. He brings 340 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 4: him to the SMU and he's a starting running back. 341 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: And goes to twelve hundred in the ACC. And so 342 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 4: I think that that's kind of the advantage when you 343 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 4: can be able to go out a program that was 344 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 4: by the way, they were the AAC champions a year ago, 345 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 4: but still the fact that they could come and get 346 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 4: to the ACC Championship and a different conference the next year. 347 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 4: I think that's where I think the advantage of that 348 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 4: part of the transfer portal and NIL has made college 349 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: football just exciting to me. It really is, because there's 350 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 4: so many competitive teams. 351 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 2: Would you rather play in today's You may stayed in 352 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 2: college for about seven years. You'd have made too much money. 353 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, Hey, there's no way anybody. Hey listen, now, 354 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: you played at a pretty day you know, darn good school, 355 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 4: so maybe you wouldn't. But I'm telling you I would 356 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 4: love to. I would love to be in this era, 357 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 4: no question about it. 358 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 3: Hey, Corey, when you were here for the Atlanta game, 359 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: I understand you had a photo credential. So is that 360 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 3: a hobby of yours? And how much do you love 361 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 3: being a photographer on the sidelines. 362 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, I've been doing that a long time. I've probably 363 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 4: been doing videography since the nineties and I probably I 364 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,719 Speaker 4: think I added the photography probably in around two thousand 365 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 4: and nine. So I've been shooting games like I do 366 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 4: all our photography for all of our magazines and books, 367 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 4: and then obviously outsourced some as well, but a large 368 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 4: majority of that. I mean, I shoot baseball, basketball, football, 369 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 4: I shoot games all over. I'll probably go to I 370 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: would say, you know, I probably go to more baseball 371 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 4: games to shoot those than even football. So and love shooting. 372 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 4: I shoot NBA basketball games. I do a lot of 373 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: photography throughout all over, and so it's been pretty cool. 374 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 4: It's something that I really love and I've tried to 375 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 4: improve on, you know, through the years. 376 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 3: So, Corey, what's it going to take from your perspective 377 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 3: for the Vikings to kind of knock the door down 378 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 3: this postseason? We know they're in, they'll be battling for 379 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 3: the NFC North title, surprising almost everyone. They were picked 380 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 3: to win six or seven games this year, and here 381 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 3: they are already clinching a playoff earth and maybe a 382 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 3: lot more. 383 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you make a great point about knocking 384 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 4: the door down, because I think obviously all these years 385 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 4: I heard Feat last night talk about understanding the opportunity 386 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 4: and he talked about the last time they had a 387 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 4: home playoff game that they won with the Minneapolis Miracle. 388 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 4: I thought that was such a great point that a 389 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 4: lot of times what people think they're gonna always get back. 390 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 4: I'm surprised. I would imagine Sam Donald is probably like, 391 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 4: how did I ever believe I being situation? Although he 392 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: was with the forty nine ers. But I'll say this, 393 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: I believe that the stretch from that Indianapolis to Chicago game, 394 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: that four game stretch. And I ran into coach Floyd 395 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 4: As before the game the other day and I just 396 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 4: told him I impressed. I was, And I'm sure Pete 397 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 4: would probably agree with this. I mean, this team has 398 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 4: been pretty good this year stopping the run, and you know, 399 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 4: for the last three games yesterday wasn't bad at all, 400 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 4: but those two games prior to that a little bit 401 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 4: of an anomaly when you look at how good this 402 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 4: team has been stopping to run, and I think if 403 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 4: they could stop the run at the level that they're 404 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 4: capable of the Vikers, I think they have a very 405 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 4: good chance to not only go to the Super Bowl, 406 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 4: but win it, because to me, that's the number one 407 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 4: characteristic in college football. Professional football. I don't care how 408 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 4: much people are throwing. Now. If you could stop the run, period, 409 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,719 Speaker 4: point blank, then you have a chance to me and 410 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: to win it all. And I think that's the thing 411 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 4: that I've been most rest with with the Vikings this year, 412 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 4: and that's been their ability to stop. 413 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 2: The world and court in your career, and this is 414 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 2: kind of the point I was making, how you know 415 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 2: how many playoff games were you in? Because Denny Green 416 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 2: every year, you know, I was fortunate enough we never 417 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: had I never had. I played here seven years, never 418 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 2: had a losing season, eight and eight was the worst. 419 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 2: Always were in the mix for the playoffs. So it's 420 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 2: you just kind of assumed that you're gonna you're going 421 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 2: to be there. But every year Denny would ask anybody 422 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 2: here never been in a playoff game, and there'd be 423 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 2: two or three guys that, you know, been in the 424 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 2: league five ten years. You never that. That just never 425 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 2: made it. So how many games did you play in 426 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 2: in your career playoff games? 427 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 4: Well, my rookie year, I started two playoff games. We 428 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 4: just went over those and then I put the two 429 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 4: playoff games when we were together, I might have been 430 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 4: a year. I think we were together the two playoff games. 431 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 4: I didn't play in those because I got hurt at 432 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 4: the last game of the season. So that was it, 433 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 4: you know, four playoffs in eleven years, and so that 434 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 4: that I think about. To kill Spikes, a guy was 435 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 4: in my draft class and one of the better linebackers 436 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 4: I think, a Hall of Fame caliber linebacker. I don't 437 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 4: think he ever played in the playoff game, and maybe 438 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 4: he did by the end of his career, but I 439 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 4: feel like one of the best linebackers of my generation 440 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 4: and I don't know if he ever played in the playoffs, 441 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 4: which is crazy to me, you know, like so and 442 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: I don't know. I just I think it's I think 443 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 4: it's a great point I'll make, like that point is 444 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 4: certainly valid. You cannot anticipate that you're going to get 445 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 4: back just because you made it this year. It's a 446 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 4: very rare opportunity. 447 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: Well, Corey, appreciate your time, your energy, and obviously your 448 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: knowledge of the game of football and a lot more. 449 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 3: And maybe we'll see you back up here at the 450 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 3: US Bank for a playoff game with that camera on 451 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 3: the sidelines. That would be That would be cool. 452 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, oh man, I would love to come back. That 453 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 4: would be awesome. Man, I had such a good time 454 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 4: watching Just Well in that fourth quarter annihilated the Falcons 455 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 4: and the kind of leave them. Really that was a 456 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 4: pretty good game. 457 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 3: Stay well, Thanks, Corey, appreciate your time. 458 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me man I really 459 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 4: appreciate it. Well. 460 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 3: Thanks again to Corey Chabas for joining the show today. 461 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 3: He's always very entertaining. It's been fun to see his 462 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,719 Speaker 3: success at his post NFL journey. All right, Pete, Well, 463 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 3: the Vikings once again took care of business on Monday 464 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 3: Night Football against the struggling understatement a struggling Bears team. 465 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 3: They're now twelve and two, best start to a season 466 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: since nineteen ninety eight. Every week it seems like a 467 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 3: new set of impact players show up. On top of that, Well, 468 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 3: Josh Allen helped the Vikings out the Bills gave the 469 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 3: Vikings the opportunity they needed to control their own destiny 470 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 3: by winning in Detroit forty eight to forty two in 471 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 3: a wild game Sunday afternoon. If the Vikings can win 472 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 3: their next three games, it looks like they'll be the 473 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 3: number one seed in the NFC and host a divisional 474 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 3: round game at US Bank Stadium. But we're getting ahead 475 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 3: of ourselves a little bit. They got to start with 476 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 3: their three tough opponents starting at well on Sunday afternoon. 477 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 3: Your thoughts about kind of moving ahead on a short 478 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: week and getting healed up and playing on the road 479 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 3: in always a tough environment. 480 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: Well, I'll say this, if the Vikings are able to 481 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 2: to you know, win the next three or who knows 482 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 2: what's going to happen with you know, with Detroit going 483 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 2: forward or Philadelphia, you can't control any of that. If 484 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 2: if you can win these next three games and earn 485 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 2: the buy and get the home field home field advantage, 486 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 2: you've earned it, right And Seattle's is a good football team, 487 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: they're struggling right now. You get you know a lot 488 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 2: of the lot of the quarterback situation and everything else 489 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: with them, Gino Smith, and then you have to beat 490 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 2: a very very good Green Bay team and then beat 491 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: the you know, one of the best teams in the 492 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 2: league in Detroit. So if you can go ahead and 493 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: pull all this off, yeah, you deserve it. And and 494 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 2: that's kind of that's kind of my my my, my 495 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 2: point when talking with Corey too, is opportunities like this 496 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 2: do not come by very often, maybe once in a 497 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: career if you're lucky as a player. And so I 498 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 2: just and I know that's the problem. I think the 499 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: challenge if you're a head coach and if you're a 500 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 2: player and talking with them and saying, you know, you're 501 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 2: you're so short sighted. It's what's important? 502 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 4: Now? 503 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 2: What do we got to do today? 504 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 4: Uh? 505 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 2: You know, this practice, this snap, all this, But then 506 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 2: on the bigger picture side, you have to take a 507 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 2: step back and understand what is what is sitting right 508 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 2: there right that that goal that you had that everybody 509 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 2: has going in a training camp, you know, after the 510 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: combine right you have, it just seems like it's one 511 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: hundred miles away, but right now it is so close. 512 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 2: Just don't just don't do anything to to to not 513 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 2: how would I say it, It's just you just want 514 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 2: to do everything you possibly can to make this happen 515 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 2: because you will regret it the rest of your life 516 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: if you don't. Because again, these opportunities don't come by 517 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 2: too often. So there's a lot of stake and I'm 518 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 2: just excited to see how this thing plays out. And 519 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 2: again I'm I'm saying, if they win these next three games, 520 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 2: they absolutely deserve to be the you know, getting the 521 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 2: buy in the NFC playoffs. 522 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 3: How does that message get across to the younger players 523 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 3: without putting too much pressure on him to say, you know, 524 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 3: you know where you are right now, right they are 525 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 3: in a great shape to get a home home game 526 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 3: and the home field advantage of just kind of taking 527 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 3: it day by day. 528 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 2: I think you can do it. And I think when 529 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 2: I like when I played for Denny Green, it was 530 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 2: it was in Mike Tye I think did the same thing. 531 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 4: It was. 532 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 2: It was a perfect example when you sit in that 533 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 2: room and you you ask, you know, how many guys 534 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 2: in here have never been in a playoff game? How 535 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 2: many guys? How many guys in this room? You know, 536 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 2: with these careers, in these long careers, and these great 537 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 2: players that you see Corey Chavis mentioned to Keyo Spikes 538 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 2: never made it to the postseason. So it's not it's 539 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 2: not just a given. And the younger players, you know, 540 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 2: they you just kind of assume this kind of success 541 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 2: comes every year because this is what you do well. 542 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 2: It doesn't, so don't take it for granted. Understand what 543 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: you had to do to get to where you are now. 544 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,479 Speaker 2: The attention to detail, the being on time lifting on 545 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: Mondays after a game when you just absolutely don't feel 546 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 2: like it. All those all that work adds up collectively 547 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: to these victories week in and week out. So don't 548 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 2: waste it. Right, You've done all this work from if 549 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 2: you look behind you and say, my god, it's been 550 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 2: fourteen weeks of season, three preseason games, all the offseason, 551 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 2: all that all that work is led up to this point. 552 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 2: But you're not there yet, right. That's where you have 553 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 2: to set expectations at the beginning of the season to 554 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 2: say we're not here just to you know, to win 555 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,959 Speaker 2: the division. We're not just here to have a winning record. 556 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 2: Our goal is to win the Super Bowl. We all 557 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 2: agreed upon that right early in the season. This is 558 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 2: what you have to do to get there. Yeah, it's 559 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: been a hard it's been a long road. It's been 560 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 2: a lot of hard work. Right, Well, we're not there yet. 561 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 2: There's still a lot more to do. That's what makes 562 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: a Super Bowl champion, right. I wouldn't know personally because 563 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 2: I never played on a Super Bowl champion. I played it, 564 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 2: and I think teams that were in that mix and 565 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 2: that you know personally, you look back to ninety eight 566 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: and how everything went right, everything went but and just 567 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 2: never take it for granted. So you know, that's that's 568 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 2: the point that these young players have to understand, and 569 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 2: I think they can. And it's to be able to 570 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 2: be able to come in as a younger player and 571 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 2: make it to the ultimate game. That would be just amazing. 572 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 3: So the Vikings look to continue their winning ways this 573 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 3: Sunday afternoon as they head to the Emerald City to 574 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 3: take out the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. It's a 575 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 3: three oh five pm kickoff locally, and the TV covers 576 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 3: will be over on Fox, so be sure to check 577 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 3: your local listings for details. Of course, you can also 578 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 3: catch Paul Allen, ben Lieber and Pete Burstitch with the 579 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: call right here all across the Vikings Radio network. The 580 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 3: Vikings Football Sunday pregame show starts at one pm on 581 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 3: kfa N, so be sure to tune in with host 582 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: Mike Mussman and the rest of the crew leading up 583 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: to kick off. Thanks again to Corey Chaves for joining 584 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 3: the show, and thank you fans for tuning into another 585 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 3: edition of Skull Stories presented by three M the official 586 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 3: science partner of the Minnesota Vikings for Pete Pursage. I'm 587 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 3: Mark Rosen, and we'll see you all again next week.