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Speaker 1: This week. I'm expecting at least two hundred all purpose

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Speaker 1: yards to Dalvin Cook. Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast,

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Speaker 1: Episode one twelve. We are so excited that football returns

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Speaker 1: know that we're looking forward to Sunday so excited about

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Speaker 1: Greg Bostrom. It'll be six hundred and thirty seven days

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Speaker 1: since Usbank Stadium was packed with the Purple faithful fans

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Speaker 1: are making their long awaited return on Sunday afternoon. Making

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Speaker 1: sure that they have a good time. Is Vikings Director

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Speaker 1: of Entertainment, Greg Bostrom our podcast guests this week? Greg,

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Speaker 1: how are you? And I mean, I'm sure you're like

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Speaker 1: a kid on Christmas Day. Yeah, we've been excited for

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Speaker 1: this day. Like you said, six hundred and thirty seven

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Speaker 1: days since we had fans. That just seems absolutely insane.

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Speaker 1: But finally, the home openers around the corner, And can

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Speaker 1: I just say, I'm so honored to be your guest today. Guys,

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Speaker 1: if everyone you could have chosen, so, I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: be on. You're kind of a big deal, Greg, just

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't know if I would say that,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to think of myself a little bit more

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Speaker 1: of the Wizard of Oz behind the curtains, and certainly

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Speaker 1: the credit belongs to everyone on the team doing all

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Speaker 1: the hard ware. But it's a lot of fun, especially

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Speaker 1: when when we look at game days and the ten

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Speaker 1: home games at US Think Stadium or some of my

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Speaker 1: favorite days of the year every year. Yeah, it's like

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Speaker 1: Christmas came early. But I guess three weeks late in

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Speaker 1: this case, we had two away game, well three away

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Speaker 1: games if you count the Chief's last preseason game. So

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Speaker 1: it's long overdue that we finally have fans back. And

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Speaker 1: I know there's a lot going on. I know we've

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Speaker 1: had I mean with Van like eight or nine shoots

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Speaker 1: getting ready for I guess this will cooming Sunday. So

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Speaker 1: any any teasers that you can get fans for what

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Speaker 1: to expect this upcoming Sunday. Yeah, Well, like you said,

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Speaker 1: we've been working hard this extra opening at home on

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Speaker 1: weeks three has actually been a huge blessing for our

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Speaker 1: team to give us a litle extra time to tie

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Speaker 1: it all together. But we've just been treating this day

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Speaker 1: as a historic moment for the franchise. It's not the

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Speaker 1: same without fans in the building. This is a really

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Speaker 1: important moment. We're treating it like a grand reopening of

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Speaker 1: the building, and we're trying to give it that big

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Speaker 1: game feel that you would have if he came to

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Speaker 1: a playoff game, any other big game in the state

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Speaker 1: as history. So we've been really focused on giving the

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Speaker 1: fans a great experience when they do come back. A

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Speaker 1: couple elements in there I'd love to chat do, but

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Speaker 1: I think the key takeaway is we're trying to bring it.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to bring that bring it for the fans,

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Speaker 1: and we know that fans will bring the energy and

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Speaker 1: we know the impact that they will make on the team. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there are some exciting, exciting things planned for Sunday. As

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Speaker 1: someone who may be a little bit more privy to

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Speaker 1: the knowledge as we are here, I almost don't even

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Speaker 1: want to tell people because it's like I don't want

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Speaker 1: to spoil the surprises, But as far as what goes

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Speaker 1: into creating a game atmosphere, what has it been like

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Speaker 1: to make sure this really pops on Sunday. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: I think we started with trying to define the guidelines

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Speaker 1: of what we wanted to achieve and what do the

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Speaker 1: fans actually want If you go back, you know, we've

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Speaker 1: we've got a lot of good data and analytics and

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Speaker 1: surveys from fans over the years and conversations. Then that

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Speaker 1: sense of camaraderie at the game is a huge part

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Speaker 1: of people's experience. That traditions we have with this franchise.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I feel so lucky to work for the

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Speaker 1: sixty one year old franchise here with so many cool

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Speaker 1: traditions and historical elements. So we wanted to strengthen and

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Speaker 1: amplify those traditions, and we just wanted to make sure

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Speaker 1: that when you're coming to a game, that is the

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Speaker 1: best place to watch the vikings play. You know, the

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Speaker 1: broadcast experience is really really good, and we know not

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Speaker 1: every fan can come to every game, but when you

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Speaker 1: do come to a game, we want to make sure

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Speaker 1: that is a lifelong memory and that it's the best

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Speaker 1: place to watch the Vikets play. Speaking of lifelong memories,

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Speaker 1: I hear there's a big time intro that you guys

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Speaker 1: are preparing. So I know you don't want to tell

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Speaker 1: us too much, Greg, but tell us a little bit

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Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, thanks, Chris. So, there's actually a lot

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Speaker 1: of fans come to only one or two games every year.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have a big season ticket member database,

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Speaker 1: but you know, the season ticket member might send their

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Speaker 1: tickets to their brother or you know, a friend, or

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Speaker 1: they sell a ticket here. So there's in previous years

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Speaker 1: we've had over five hundred thousand people attend at least

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Speaker 1: one Vikings game, which is kind of crazy when you

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Speaker 1: think about it. And one way that that that influenced

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Speaker 1: our thinking is the tradition of introwing our team onto

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Speaker 1: the field. For a lot of people, they'll only see

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Speaker 1: that one time, maybe they'll see it twice, And we

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Speaker 1: spent a lot of effort in that sequence. If you

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Speaker 1: think about if you've ever you know, you guys have

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Speaker 1: been to the game. So the team comes out and

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Speaker 1: does their warm ups about an hour prior to kick.

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Speaker 1: That's a really fun experience. Then they go back in

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Speaker 1: the locker room about thirty minutes prior to kick off,

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Speaker 1: and there's this there's this moment where you're kind of

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Speaker 1: waiting for them to take the field and for them

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Speaker 1: to run out of that big, beautiful dragon ship. And

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Speaker 1: we've really focused a lot of our efforts there and

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Speaker 1: bring bringing fans along for a journey there, building up

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Speaker 1: the anticipation for that really big moment when the Vikings

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Speaker 1: finally hit the field as a team ready to play,

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Speaker 1: and we're just really excited to unveil for fans. I

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Speaker 1: mean a couple elements I'll share from within that for

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Speaker 1: anybody doesn't know. We entered into a partnership with the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Orchestra this year and they provided a custom score

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Speaker 1: for this whole showtime sequence. So legendary conductor Osmo Vanska

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Speaker 1: in his final year with the Minnesota Orchestra after after

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Speaker 1: a long run, they commissioned Tommy Barbarella of local fame.

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Speaker 1: He was part of Prince's New Power Generation and has

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Speaker 1: done a lot of cool stuff since then. He composed

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Speaker 1: the custom score and the entire one hundred plus person

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Speaker 1: orchestra perform the music that our fans will hear as

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Speaker 1: part of its introduction sequence. That's a really cool element

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Speaker 1: We've been grateful to the orchestra for their partnership and

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Speaker 1: excited for fantasy see it. So you're saying it's going

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Speaker 1: to be theatrical and dramatic. Yeah, it's a show. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's a show people. At the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: people come to the game this year on the fans.

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Speaker 1: But it's entertainment, right, so we will want to entertain

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Speaker 1: them and we think that fans will come along to

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Speaker 1: the ride. I guess our only plea would be, make

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Speaker 1: sure you're getting your seats at least, you know, thirty

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Speaker 1: one minutes part of kickoffs, you can see it all. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a show. Yeah. I've told um I have some

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Speaker 1: family coming in town and I told him the game

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Speaker 1: stars are three twenty five. Make sure you're there by

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Speaker 1: two fifteen so you don't miss out. That's it. But

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Speaker 1: but talk about you know, orchestra like you're you're stringing

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Speaker 1: me along now, So just speaking of stringing fans along

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Speaker 1: with that, I know. I mean there's so much that

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Speaker 1: goes into it. I mean, if you if you just

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Speaker 1: type in best NFL game Day experience on Google right now,

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Speaker 1: and if you click on any article vikings, are you know,

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Speaker 1: at least number one, number two, there were within the

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Speaker 1: top five on every article. And I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of hard work goes into that, so that the time

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Speaker 1: and effort I spent putting into game day, like how

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Speaker 1: many hours or how much work is involved and putting

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Speaker 1: all of that together, Oh man, I mean it's a lot.

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Speaker 1: Jay would know. Jay's a big part of it. He's

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Speaker 1: in all these meetings, so he's just not producing these

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Speaker 1: wonderful podcasts. He's a big part of our game days.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, we just we know it's a responsibility.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's one of those like great power, great

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Speaker 1: responsibility things. I grew up a Vikings fan. I started

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Speaker 1: loving the team when I was ten years old and

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Speaker 1: Randy Moss was breaking every record in the world, and

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Speaker 1: so I know how much this means to people because

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Speaker 1: it means that much to me too. So to have

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Speaker 1: the chance to kind of guide their game day experience,

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Speaker 1: I know, I feel great responsibility there. The team feels

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Speaker 1: great responsibility there, and we really put as much as

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Speaker 1: we can into it. But when we're talking about what

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Speaker 1: it takes upa off a game that ad were missed.

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Speaker 1: Not to mention a few names here, Darius Smith, who's

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Speaker 1: in charge of our entertainment, and my guy, Arthur, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: everybody's guy, he's a man. Arthur Coup Video and graphics,

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Speaker 1: Jesse Marquette and Alan Wardheimer and Ryan McCarthy on the

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Speaker 1: tech side, Jay after mentioned wonderful Jay Nelson, the Lee

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Speaker 1: Berg on the on the graphics side. So that whole

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Speaker 1: team there has been putting in long hours for weeks

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Speaker 1: and months on end to prepare for the stand work sided.

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Speaker 1: And I know that you spoke just a second ago

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Speaker 1: about being a longtime Vikings fan, and there have been

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Speaker 1: plenty of traditions that you've been a part of over

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Speaker 1: the years, but there's one that you guys are trying

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Speaker 1: to get going this year, and I think it's pretty special. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So to your point twenty sixteen, the first game was

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Speaker 1: that was the first time we ever did the Skull chant.

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Speaker 1: It seems crazy that it's only been around that long

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Speaker 1: because it's such a part of our lifeblood. Now, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Gallahorn proceeded up by not too many years. It

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Speaker 1: started in the Metrodome. We're calling back a story from

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Speaker 1: the sixties here, which I think is so cool. Some

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Speaker 1: of our fans will have heard it. Everybody knows the

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Speaker 1: Purple people eaters, right, the most vaunted d line in

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Speaker 1: history if you asked me, Jim Marshall at d N,

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Speaker 1: Carl Eller at d N, Alan Page at d TACKLE.

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Speaker 1: So they used to play in the Mets Stadium, which

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Speaker 1: was freezing cold, right, it's the outdoor stadium in Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: and they would tell a story that when the sun

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Speaker 1: dropped in at stadium, it went from cold to like

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Speaker 1: another planet, you know, the drop ten degrees, the snow

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Speaker 1: comes whipping through, it's windy. And after playing there number

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Speaker 1: of the years, all our guys knew that was about

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Speaker 1: to happen, but the opponents didn't know it was about

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Speaker 1: ten degrees, they would stand at the at the old

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Speaker 1: line and start channing Odin, Odin, and Odin is the

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Speaker 1: Viking god of war if you didn't know. So they're

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Speaker 1: calling out to the Viking god of war basically, and

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Speaker 1: then a few minutes later it's like a new entity

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Speaker 1: as entered the field. It's freezing cold and starts snowing,

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Speaker 1: and it's the quote from Jim I love is. The

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Speaker 1: opponents like what matter of men are these These guys

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Speaker 1: are crazy. So we just think that's such a cool story.

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Speaker 1: We had a chance to talk to Jim about it

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Speaker 1: and Carl and Alan Page and Paul Kraus and some others,

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Speaker 1: and um, we'll be kind of retelling that story as

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Speaker 1: part of the Showtime sequence. I love the ability to

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Speaker 1: that franchise history touches back on actual Viking history with

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Speaker 1: the sort of the Norse mythology. So, um, I look

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Speaker 1: at you know, Greg, I look at things in threes

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Speaker 1: and I look at Sunday. As you know, once the

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Speaker 1: game starts, it's the player's job to deliver a good

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Speaker 1: performance for courso j Tatum and I our job is

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Speaker 1: to get fans in the seats, or at least get

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Speaker 1: them to the game. So that's the second phase of

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Speaker 1: you know, of what we do here with the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: I feel like for you, once they get in the seats,

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Speaker 1: you guys' job to entertain them until the players get

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Speaker 1: out there. So you know, how much pride and passion

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Speaker 1: do you have behind you know the element of what

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Speaker 1: you guys do so much, so much pride and passion

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Speaker 1: you know, the football side has been really supportive of us.

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00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: That every step the ownership, the will family has been

643
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: really supportive. They understand the impact we can make at

644
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: the end of the day. And I'm sure everyone in

645
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 1: my position would say this, but it's actually true for me,

646
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: Like we have the best fans in the NFL. Um,

647
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: we could probably do our jobs poorly and it still

648
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: makes us the building the best. But but it's uh, yeah,

649
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: just to be able to give that fans that experience.

650
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: I mean, they want to provide a home field advantage

651
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: for the team. They know the impact they're making, so

652
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: just to be able to support them and kind of

653
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, help rally the troops when needed, you know,

654
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: big defensive stop, give them something to cheer about. Um,

655
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: it's a big source of pride. And especially after being

656
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: in the building last year with no fans. You can't

657
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: put into words how much the fans were missed. You

658
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: cannot put into words. Um, you could. You could look

659
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: across the NFL and for the first time ever, I

660
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: think there was no home field advantage that road team

661
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: won just as maytimes as a home team won. Yeah,

662
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: so that's a tangible stat you can look at and

663
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: say home field advantage matters, and we didn't have it

664
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: last year. So yeah, Tatum and I this is are

665
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: both of our first home game as a Vikings employees,

666
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: so we're pumped. We are extremely pumped. Tell him about

667
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: the skull chant, Greig while you're here, because I know

668
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: that's a basic thing for a lot of the Vikings

669
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: fans listening. But we have two people in this TCO

670
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: Radio studio that I've never heard a full skull chan

671
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: at us Banks and honestly, I just learned something new.

672
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: I didn't realize it was a fairly new thing that

673
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: that does actually blow my mind. When we went to

674
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: like Iceland right and like adopted it. We got it

675
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: approved by the Iceland soccer team, who pretty much had

676
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: the original skull chant. They didn't call that, but it

677
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: was so amazing and led by Brian Harper, the head

678
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,959
Speaker 1: of VN here, and guys like Greg and you know,

679
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 1: all the content videographers we have were they were able

680
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: to pull something together that concluded with the mountain from

681
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: Game of Thrones talk about tapping in coming and smashing

682
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: a Green Bay Packers helmet on a video at us

683
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: Bank Stadium and introduced Yeah, he introduced the skull chan

684
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: and Greg, why don't you give a little background about that? Yeah,

685
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: that one was really cool. I joined the team in

686
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: May twenty sixteen. You know, we opened the building and

687
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: um we had a ribbon cutting in July twenty sixteen.

688
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: So it was like straight into the deep end. I

689
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: I came from the music festival world. I used to

690
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 1: produce music festival so that I was in the entertainment space.

691
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 1: But honestly, game pres was brand new to me, and

692
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: uh right away got to work on some really fun projects.

693
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: That fire Breathing Dragon that we talked about was one

694
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: of the first projects I got to work on. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

695
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: I was there. I was on the field. Oh sorry,

696
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: what we're on that. I gotta tell the fans that

697
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: are listening here, we do not get to shoot fire

698
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,240
Speaker 1: from the field. It's the NFL policy. It remains in place.

699
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: So we're very sad about that, but it's not our choice.

700
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: We could ye But back to March shutting stuff school chant,

701
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was. It was right around that time

702
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: Iceland the national stock team had beaten England, which I mean,

703
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: full disclosure, I'm not a huge soccer guy, but apparently

704
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: that's like equivalent to a Triple A baseball team Beaten

705
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: Corsos Yankees or and so like, they had this giant

706
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: town Square gathering and they did this Viking War clap

707
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 1: and it was the first time the world had kind

708
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,240
Speaker 1: of seen it go viral. And you know, as Brian Harper,

709
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: our boss, tells the stories, he had a you know,

710
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: a dozen people email him and say, Viking War clap.

711
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,360
Speaker 1: You guys got to do this, so um, it was

712
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: perfect timing to sort of pick it up and run.

713
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: My predecessor in this role, Brett Tabor, is a legend.

714
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: He now heads up our foundation, but he kind of

715
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,479
Speaker 1: led the efforts to get in touch with m with

716
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: the people on the Iceland national team, Aaron Gunderson there

717
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: or Gunnerson there, captain and thorpe Jorance in the Mountain,

718
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: as of course I mentioned, and really made it something

719
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: authentic where we said, we love this chant, we don't

720
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: want to steal it, we want to make it, we

721
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: want to extend it to the brother you know, your

722
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: brothers in Minnesota sort of thing, and they leaned into that.

723
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,439
Speaker 1: You know, the rest is sort of history. Over time,

724
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: it just got better and better and now it's kind

725
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: of ingrained in what we do. I think that's awesome. Yeah,

726
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: I mean I don't think we can stress enough in

727
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: this conversation just how much how important it is for

728
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: fans to get there early. I mean, if you think

729
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,959
Speaker 1: getting there early on your normal time is right, I'd

730
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: give yourself an extra hour because you've got between traffic

731
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: and people and the kickoff concert, we've have Dustin Lynch

732
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,359
Speaker 1: playing out the common Area. I mean, it's just gonna

733
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,280
Speaker 1: be a whole day. I'd say i'd take it there

734
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 1: really early, just so that you don't miss anything. I mean,

735
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 1: this is gonna be epic. Yeah. Absolutely, I'm glad you

736
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: mentioned the kickoff rally out on the Commons. That's a

737
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 1: good excuse to get there early. Like you said, Dustin

738
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 1: Lynch headlining, I mean, just one of the great names

739
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: in country music. And I'm sure most of the people

740
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: listening if you type them into your Spotify you've heard

741
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: a couple of his songs. He to go on stage

742
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: at one, but that that party starts as early at

743
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: ten am, So come out, you know, have a beer

744
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: or two if you so desire, listen to some great

745
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: music headlined by Dustin Lynch and then head on inside

746
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: and get ready for the showtime. It's free. By the way,

747
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: it's free. You don't even need a game ticket to go.

748
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,399
Speaker 1: I'm glad you added that. I feel like the beer

749
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 1: has always taste better when it's free, right, That's right. Yeah.

750
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,240
Speaker 1: And then also it's the return of split the pot.

751
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: From what I hear, that's something I haven't seen before.

752
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 1: But Greg, I mean, that's kind of something I think

753
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: fans love to do when they get to the stadium

754
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. I mean, I think you know mentioned

755
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: Brett Tabor and the foundation. His team has been working

756
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: on bringing this to the US Banks Stadium for years

757
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: and we finally got it. And for people that aren't aware,

758
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: you buy a raffle ticket, half of it goes to

759
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: charity and the one of the things that the Minnesota

760
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,720
Speaker 1: Vikings Foundation supports, and the other half goes to a winner.

761
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: You know. So I don't know how high the pot

762
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: will get, but some of these places that winner takes

763
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: home forty thousand bucks or something, so that could be

764
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: a little side action for your game. Great. Um, I

765
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: feel like we're talking about what we're most looking forward to,

766
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: but being on the game Press team leading this team, Like,

767
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: what are you most looking forward to? As basic as

768
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: it is, just having the roar of the crowd again,

769
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: it's it's such a visceral thing for when you're standing

770
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,240
Speaker 1: there in the building and you feel the crowd reacting

771
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: to what's going on, and um, you know, for the

772
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: people that work on game Press, that's what we that's

773
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: where we live for the other three hundred and fifty

774
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 1: five days a year when there's not a home game,

775
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: is that roar of the crowd. And so I'm just

776
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: excited for that. I think this whole showtime sequence that

777
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 1: the team I mentioned before has brought a lot of

778
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: that project in the house. Um. You know, most teams

779
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: will hire out a third party production company to do

780
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: this stuff. Not not the case for our team really

781
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: leaned into it. Build something that's specific to our team,

782
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: specific to our fans, has meaning to the community, we think. So, Um,

783
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 1: I'm really excited for for that to debut. And I'm

784
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: really excited because I know the team's going to get

785
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: a win this week. Heck yes, yes, and I think

786
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: that will definitely get them amped up and ready to

787
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: play the Seahawks on Sunday. So A big thank you

788
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: to Vikings Director of Entertainment get Greg Brostrom for joining us,

789
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,720
Speaker 1: and Greg, honestly, thank you so much from a fans

790
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: perspective for putting in all the blood, sweat and tears

791
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: to making this a really special moment for the fans

792
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: and kind of getting us all prepped up and ready

793
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: to go for Sunday. My pleasure, and thanks so much

794
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: for having me on on behalf of the whole team

795
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: and fans. We can't wait to see you on Sunday.

796
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, Thanks Greg, have a good day. Well,

797
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: I know we are all excited to return to US

798
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: Bank Stadium. And while we're at it, let's go around

799
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: the table and do two things we're excited about one

800
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 1: thing we're nervous about. I will say though off limits.

801
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: You can't say you're excited the football's back. You can't

802
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: say you're excited to see fans off limits. Greg did

803
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: that already. So I want to get more into the

804
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: actual game itself, so of Courso why don't you take

805
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: the lead this time and two things you're excited about

806
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: and one thing that makes you nervous. I'm excited to

807
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 1: see Justin Jefferson do the gritty into the end zone.

808
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited. I think we've missed that electrifying

809
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 1: play from Justin Jefferson. We had one in Week one

810
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: where he kind of we thought he had a touchdown,

811
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: but it wasn't. I want to see him, you know,

812
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: break a deep ball from Kirk Cousins and do his

813
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: little gritty easily into the end zone. The second thing

814
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: I'm excited about is to see the defensive line and

815
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: how they react to the fans. I think the Vikings

816
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: defense has just been so much better at home. We've

817
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 1: played Russell Wilson so many times in this Mike Zimmer tenure.

818
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: A lot of times it's been in Seattle. This time

819
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: it's here. Finally, it's here. I believe. The last time

820
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 1: they came to Minnesota was at that terrible game with

821
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: the Blair Walsh missed kick. That was the end of

822
00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 1: my first season with the Vikings. Not a great first impression,

823
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 1: that's for sure, But I I just since then, I've

824
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: just wanted to beat this team. Every single time we

825
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: play him. It's always been on Monday night in Seattle,

826
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: and I'm so happy it's here at US Bank Stadium.

827
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: Last thing I am worried and not excited about dress

828
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: is Russell Wilson. I mean, he just has our number.

829
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: I know, Mike Zimmer is some of the best numbers

830
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: U as a defensive coach against Russell Wilson, Like if

831
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: you go back and actually look at the stats, but

832
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: he's found a way to win a lot of these games.

833
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: And it's really you know, mobile quarterbacks against Mike Zimmer.

834
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 1: It's just something that I hate and I want to

835
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 1: see Anthony Barr hopefully get back. That would be a

836
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: big time help for that whole situation. Carsel Russell Wilson

837
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: is seven and l against the Vikings in his care

838
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: I think I know my stuff. That's it. I mean

839
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 1: he's seven and olh And like you said, the last

840
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: time he was here, nine six wins, ten nine wins,

841
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: Like I don't even know if those are the exact numbers,

842
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 1: but that's what they felt like. Yeah, the last time,

843
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: the last home game, it was ten to nine and

844
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: that twenty fifteen playoff game. And that's the thing that

845
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: people always go nuts about Seattle is why are we

846
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: always playing in Seattle? Now again you get some home

847
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: cooking and you know, hopefully this will be a difference

848
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: maker again, like we've talked about, with the fans having

849
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: their juice in the in the building, hopefully we'll help

850
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,919
Speaker 1: us get over that home. Why don't we always beat

851
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: the Saints and not the Seahawks. They're both very good

852
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: teams and we final way to beat the same I

853
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: think you hit the head of the nail on the

854
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: head with the mobile quarterback. They're not going to get

855
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: that out of it like that. It's it's the mobility

856
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: of it all that Mike Zimmer. Although I will say, like,

857
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 1: how promising that looks. I'll save this for mine, but

858
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: how promising that looks for um? After watching the you know,

859
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: I know Kyler was able to do some Kyler Murray things,

860
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: but you know, the defense kept him in check for

861
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 1: the most part besides the big plays. I mean, you

862
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 1: really can't ask them to do more than that, And

863
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 1: so I think they're all. I know, Russell and Kyler

864
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: are very different in the way that they play, but

865
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: they still have that mobility factor, and so I think

866
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: that was a good primer to get the defense ready

867
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:11,720
Speaker 1: to go to finally beat Russell Wilson. Yes, all right, Jay,

868
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: two things you're excited about. One thing you're nervous. The

869
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: first thing I'm gonna say is actually I'm excited about,

870
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 1: but I'm also minorly nervous about because we still don't

871
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: have a full answer. First thing I'm excited about is

872
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,240
Speaker 1: the prospects of the running game against the Seattle defense.

873
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: Last week. Everyone's seen the stat King Henry ran for

874
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty three yards. He had one hundred

875
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: and forty seven in the second half and three touchdowns.

876
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,439
Speaker 1: That's very Adrian Peterson like when he used to be here.

877
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,840
Speaker 1: But the fact that Derrick Henry not only had one

878
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two yards rushing, but combined he had

879
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty seven yards on the game. So

880
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,799
Speaker 1: that sounds absolutely stoked for a guy like Dalvin Cook

881
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: to have a monster game. Now, we all know Seattle

882
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: keyed off of him last time we played him. We

883
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 1: all know every team is going to key off of

884
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: him because as he goes, our offense seems to go.

885
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: But if full healthy or at least close to healthy,

886
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: Delvin is going to be on that field. I think

887
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: his prospects for this week are are really really good. Secondly,

888
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: this Seattle secondary is also very vulnerable Tannehill last week

889
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: had three hundred forty seven yards passing, including six receptions

890
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 1: for one hundred and twenty eight to Julio Jones. There

891
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: were nine different receivers that had a reception in that game,

892
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: and that just means that if our guys are looking

893
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: to try and pick it up. We've had kJ Osbourne

894
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: the last couple of games really stepping up. Corso you

895
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 1: cited justin Jefferson. I think if JJ can get going

896
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,439
Speaker 1: to it's not only those guys, but you can see

897
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,759
Speaker 1: tight ends and everybody across the board be able to

898
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,959
Speaker 1: have a shot downfield. Now, what am I worried about

899
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 1: or what makes me nervous? Bobby Wagner. Bobby Wagner had

900
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: not only a career high, but a franchise high twenty

901
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: tackles last week in that game, breaking his own record

902
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: of nineteen from a couple of years ago. Yeah, Bobby Wagner,

903
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 1: there's a reason why he is the lifeblood of that defense.

904
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 1: And I think given some some of the issues that

905
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: we had, Yes we did better on protection. Yes, downfield,

906
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 1: some of our guys were getting open, But Bobby Wagner

907
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: is a guy that's used like Eric Hendricks like Anthony Barr.

908
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 1: He can spy, he can get all over that field.

909
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 1: He can also cover. Bobby Wagner's my guy. That's the

910
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: X factor that the offense is going to have to

911
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: pay attention to. Yeah, Bobby Wagner is a bad man. Yeah,

912
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: bad bad man. No. I like all your points. I

913
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: think that with Derek Henry and Ryan Tannhill popping off,

914
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: it does kind of mirror this offense to a certain extent,

915
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 1: and I do think that could be a huge benefit

916
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 1: to watch that tape and hopefully emulate that. But I mean,

917
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: but in that regard, you're going to need this. You're

918
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: you're gonna need the Seahawks, to put it bluntly, have

919
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 1: a minor melt down in the second half because they

920
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: were up fifteen at halftime, and obviously they made the

921
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: right The Titans made the right adjustments to kind of

922
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: have their number. So you're going to have to be

923
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: able to adjust on the fly just in case they

924
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 1: feel like they have the blueprint for this team. And

925
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,479
Speaker 1: even then it came down to an overtime and field

926
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 1: goal to make that happen. They were fifty two and

927
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: ol going coming out a half with a fifteen point lead.

928
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,280
Speaker 1: They were fifty two and ol going into that game,

929
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: and then the Cowboys were able to capitalize on that

930
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 1: and make them choke it away in that game. And

931
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 1: so I just think for them, they're seeing this as

932
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,399
Speaker 1: a lick their wounds type game as well, where they're

933
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: going to come into our house going we shouldn't have

934
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: lost that game. We should be two and oh, and

935
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 1: they're they're going to be hungry for blood. Two things

936
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: you're excited about and one thing you're nervous about. Well, Jay,

937
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: I feel like you were looking at my play call again.

938
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: I know this is this is the running joke now,

939
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: Like me and Jay we have a running joke now

940
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: where he's like, I stole your thunder. We literally will

941
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: text back and forth after I listened to something he

942
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: said on another show and was just like, man, it

943
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 1: took your take on this thing. Now you're good. But

944
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,439
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is one thing I'm excited about. I think

945
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 1: this is a big game for him last year, but

946
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,720
Speaker 1: I think he had seventeen carries six sixty five yards

947
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: right before he got hurt, and he had I think

948
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,280
Speaker 1: five receptions for twenty four yards, so he almost had

949
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 1: one hundred yards in the first half before he got hurt.

950
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 1: And we know Dalvin Cook or any good running back

951
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,719
Speaker 1: against the Seattle Seahawks defense, they pretty much have a day. Jay,

952
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 1: you already talked about Derek Henry what he did last week.

953
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: But four hundred and one all purpose yards given up

954
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: to running backs this season in two games, I think

955
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: that fares well for for Dalvin Cook. This week. I'm

956
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: expecting at least two hundred all purpose yards for Dalvin Cook.

957
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: I think one hundred and fifty is the start for

958
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:28,959
Speaker 1: in the run game, I think, you know, Dalvin Cook

959
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: is a more dynamic or at least more explosive running

960
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: back than Derek Henry. Derrick Henry's more, you know, more strong,

961
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 1: he can probably break more tackles. But I'm a huge

962
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook fan. I'm happy to have him on the team,

963
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: and I think this is his breakout game, at least

964
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,720
Speaker 1: in my eyes. The second thing that I'm excited about

965
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: is our defensive line. I think we will get to

966
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson a numerous amount of times. Jay, I know

967
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: you talked about how Russell Wilson and course so you

968
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: said it too. He has our number. However, we have

969
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: sack Russell Wilson eleven times. In those seven games that

970
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,919
Speaker 1: we've played. Russell Wilson is the most sacked quarterbacks since

971
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: two thou and twelve. He's been sacked four hundred times

972
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 1: exactly since two and twelve. And I think Danielle Hunter

973
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: will have another day. I think Michael Pierce and Dalvin Thomlinson.

974
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: I'm expecting Dalvin Thomlinson to get his first sack this week.

975
00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:17,240
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce is my sacked machine. Yeah, and he should

976
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 1: have thought you and he should have been. I mean,

977
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: I think they will get a lot of pressure on

978
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,399
Speaker 1: this Seattle Seahawks front. I guess front five. I don't

979
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,800
Speaker 1: think their front five is as good as the Arizona Cardinals.

980
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: So I mean, I'm expecting the big game there. It's

981
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: just containing our Russell Wilson. But the one thing I

982
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: am nervous about is Tyler Lockett. I know all the

983
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: credit is going to DK Metcalf and you know his

984
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: physical attributes, but Tyler Lockett, I mean just his stats

985
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: alone last game eight receptions, one hundred and seventy eight yards.

986
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: Week one, four receptions, one hundred yards, two touchdowns. He's

987
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: averaging twenty three yards per catch in two games like

988
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: that is outlandish. Second in receiving yards right right now

989
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I know that's not saying much. It's

990
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,319
Speaker 1: only Week two, but the guy is getting open. He's

991
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: getting better every year. Every single season he's gotten better.

992
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 1: He had a thousand receiving yards the last two seasons

993
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,399
Speaker 1: and then in twenty eighteen he had nine hundred receiving yards.

994
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: So he's getting better every year. And I'm no he's

995
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: expecting to have a big game against P two and

996
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,319
Speaker 1: Bashard Brillian and maybe Cam Dancey, so I think those

997
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 1: guys are up for the challenged. Luckily, P two is

998
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 1: seen Tyler Lockett the past five or six years, just

999
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: being in the same division the past five or six years.

1000
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 1: So we'll see how that how that'll bold against this

1001
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:32,319
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings defense. But I'm a little concerned. According to

1002
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,760
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, Tyler Lockett is the first is first

1003
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,840
Speaker 1: in the league verse man coverage, which I can believe it,

1004
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,439
Speaker 1: and so he's got a ninety eight point five Pro

1005
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: Football Focus grade when it comes to man. He's so shifty,

1006
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: he's like and you can't play press man against him

1007
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 1: because he's just gonna run by you and then if

1008
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: you play off man, I mean, now you gotta deal

1009
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: with him in space. So yeah, he's going to be

1010
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: pesky for me. Lockett is my puff, my stout guy

1011
00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 1: for when he came into the NFL, because I was

1012
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: a giant fan of his at Kansas State. I thought

1013
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 1: he was a great k State guy. And when he

1014
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 1: originally came in, They're like, oh, this is gonna be

1015
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: our punt returner, and then he started going crazy for

1016
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 1: him and he just worked his way into the offense

1017
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 1: more and more. I put him in all my Dynasty leagues,

1018
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 1: all my fantasy teams as a rookie. But it was

1019
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,320
Speaker 1: just one of those things that he over the years

1020
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 1: has evolved from not only being the shifty guy to

1021
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,319
Speaker 1: being the home run hitter and then DK came in

1022
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 1: all the accolades rightfully so, but Lockett has been that

1023
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: steady guy that game to game he might not have

1024
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: triple digits, but like you were just talking about, if

1025
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 1: you leave him one on one or you start getting

1026
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 1: into a track meet, he is going to burn you

1027
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 1: more than not and he's going to make you pay.

1028
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: And that's what teams have been doing. They've just been

1029
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: doubling DK Metcalf because they know how great of a

1030
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 1: receiver he is. So Tyler Lockett is one on one

1031
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: and it's just like, man, we forgot about this guy

1032
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,839
Speaker 1: number sixteen that can stretch the field. And I mean

1033
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,360
Speaker 1: he had an eighty r bomb last week. Yeah, it

1034
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:00,879
Speaker 1: was just just a regular post route called the ball

1035
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: split the defender six points like eight. I mean the

1036
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: guy can play. So we will be about plays anymore. Yeah,

1037
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: I mean, especially after last week. I'm exciting. I'm sure

1038
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:13,759
Speaker 1: we'll see a lot of too high, too high show

1039
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: from this defense this week. Okay, guys, well I'm gonna

1040
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna dive right into what I'm excited about. I'm

1041
00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:23,040
Speaker 1: excited to see this offense go to work um after

1042
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,239
Speaker 1: I mean, what a glow up from Week one to

1043
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 1: week two is just the best way I can put it.

1044
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: I just felt like everyone was more comfortable with each other.

1045
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: The line really stepped up. They're going to have to

1046
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,239
Speaker 1: do that again this week. And you touched on it

1047
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: a little bit about all of you kind of did

1048
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: about being able to move against this Seattle defense. Last season,

1049
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: they were on pace to set an NFL record for

1050
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 1: most yards allowed. In the first half of the year. Um,

1051
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: they've never and during that stretch they never allowed more

1052
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,919
Speaker 1: than five hundred and twenty two yards of offense, which

1053
00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: obviously seems insane, but they did allow the tight five

1054
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty two, So you know, they kind of

1055
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,759
Speaker 1: have this jekylin hide of who's going to show up

1056
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,359
Speaker 1: that day. So I really hope they can get in there,

1057
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:12,800
Speaker 1: make some third down conversions and just you know, enforce

1058
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 1: their will on the Seattle defense early in this game

1059
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:20,759
Speaker 1: with the help of the fan energy. The other thing

1060
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,799
Speaker 1: I'm excited about, and go with me on this one,

1061
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: I am excited to see Greg Joseph's response to this

1062
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,840
Speaker 1: past week because I think he won the press conference.

1063
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: I think Mike Zimmer is winning the situation as far

1064
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,399
Speaker 1: as how to handle everything, and I think this will

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00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: be the moment whether you say that kick or that

1066
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:49,160
Speaker 1: situation made or broke Greg Joseph, and I'm really excited

1067
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: to see him respond because I don't I don't know

1068
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:55,880
Speaker 1: what it's going to be like. Obviously none of us do,

1069
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: but I want to. I think we're going to see

1070
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 1: it in this game because it's we're gonna He's gonna

1071
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 1: have to get in there at some point. Well, and

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00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 1: I mean obviously like make all his extra points, but

1073
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,320
Speaker 1: like we're going to see it, and I'm really excited

1074
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 1: to see his response because i do think that a

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Speaker 1: lot of a lot of the talk this week has

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00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: been surrounding that. Um what I'm nervous about. I know

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00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 1: you said Tyler Lockett, And yes, I obviously I am

1078
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: very nervous about Tyer Lockett, but I'm I'm actually with

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00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:22,759
Speaker 1: the way that he's played the last two weeks. I'm

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00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 1: a little more nervous about DK metcalf because I feel

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00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 1: like he's due for a big game and I think

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00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: that there will be more focus now, maybe a little

1083
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 1: bit more so on Lockett. So metcalf um is definitely

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00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:38,520
Speaker 1: a point of emphasis. The way that you they silenced

1085
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins in the first quarter after the first quarter,

1086
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:47,360
Speaker 1: I think you can do that with Lockett. I'm worried

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00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,879
Speaker 1: that it might be like a Rondelle Moore situation where

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00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:55,479
Speaker 1: we'll see either Swim or DK kind of pop off

1089
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: because you've got, you know, one good man coverage guy

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00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: on the guy that is so good against man coverage.

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00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:05,319
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm nervous about. There's a lot of

1092
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:08,680
Speaker 1: weapons out there. But if your points about seeing the

1093
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,279
Speaker 1: defensive line step up, then I think that they could

1094
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 1: really help out the guys in the backs. Yeah, for sure.

1095
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: I mean, and those guys compliment each other. I mean

1096
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:20,839
Speaker 1: if you coverage sacks or you know, rush sacks or blitzacks.

1097
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: I mean, the secondary and defensive line compliment each other rightfully.

1098
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,280
Speaker 1: So but I'm with you with what you're nervous about.

1099
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:29,640
Speaker 1: I do think DK is due for a big game.

1100
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 1: But Freddie Swain is the guy that, yes, that that

1101
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,800
Speaker 1: bothers me or concerns me too, because you saw Rondel

1102
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,879
Speaker 1: more right, and yeah, five recessions for ninety five yards

1103
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: last we could gainst the Tennessee Titans. So that is

1104
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:45,240
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. So that's something that that not many

1105
00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: people are talking about. And I'm sure he's licking his shot.

1106
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:50,279
Speaker 1: Just being the slot receiver myself, I know how it

1107
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: feels when the two outside receivers get all the praise

1108
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: and everybody's doubling them. I'm like, all right, bet, I'm

1109
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: about to have me a big game. And then all

1110
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: the time halftime head something, you know, I got a

1111
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,439
Speaker 1: buck twenty and they were like, yeah, we didn't even

1112
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: game plan for this guy, Like why is this guy

1113
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 1: getting one hundred twenty receiving yards on us? So, yeah,

1114
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: that that is Eric Kendricks or I guess McKenzie Alexander.

1115
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,360
Speaker 1: He's gonna have this hands full this week like he

1116
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,800
Speaker 1: did last week. It's gonna be a big game on Sunday.

1117
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: Kickoff set for three twenty five. But as you heard

1118
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:21,000
Speaker 1: earlier in the podcast, get there early. There's gonna be

1119
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 1: a lot of fun times starting with the kickoff concert

1120
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: in the Commons opens at ten am Dustin Lynch one

1121
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 1: o'clock and obviously the brand new intro and all of

1122
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:37,240
Speaker 1: the fun pregame festivities within US Bank Stadium beginning before kickoffs.

1123
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,399
Speaker 1: So make sure you get there early and to get

1124
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 1: you ready for this week, guys, what's going on within

1125
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Speaker 1: V and what's something that you think fans need to

1126
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: check out this week to get you ready core, So

1127
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: you want to go, I'm gonna start with the audible

1128
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:52,720
Speaker 1: and I'm just producing this for V and I'm really excited.

1129
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: We got kJ Osbourne joining Justin Jefferson talk about his

1130
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 1: first career touchdown last week, So I'm really excited about.

1131
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,720
Speaker 1: You know, we'll have Gabe ask him some fun questions,

1132
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: a little trivia action, maybe some know your teammates sort

1133
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,799
Speaker 1: of thing. So I'm very excited for that show. So

1134
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:15,759
Speaker 1: be on the lookout. Game. Viking Circle is back this week.

1135
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:19,839
Speaker 1: We have Patrick Peterson and oh wow, we intentionally did

1136
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:21,400
Speaker 1: it this way because we knew everybody was going to

1137
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,720
Speaker 1: get him last week because it's going back to Arizona.

1138
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,839
Speaker 1: But people kind of overlook the fact that he played

1139
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: the Seahawks thirteen fourteen times in his career, so he

1140
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 1: knows the Seahawks better than he knows his own team.

1141
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: So we'll talk a little bit about that. We'll talk,

1142
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 1: you know, just his time in Arizona last week. I

1143
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: know he kind of downplayed it to the media, so

1144
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,359
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to pull some strings, like I told

1145
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,319
Speaker 1: Greg Bostrom earlier, So pull some strings, pull it out

1146
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:45,879
Speaker 1: of him a little bit, and have some fun. So

1147
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:48,600
Speaker 1: be on the lookout for that. I know he does

1148
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 1: not like the Seahawks at all, so good conversation. Be

1149
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: on the lookout for that. And of course we'll have

1150
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 1: opposing viewpoints this week with Seahawks writer John Boyle. It

1151
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 1: should be fun for all. Air Smith will be providing

1152
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,759
Speaker 1: our perspective on those opposing viewpoints. That will be on

1153
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 1: Thursday and of course after the game. This week we

1154
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:11,640
Speaker 1: have the Vikings Postgame Live presented by Miller Lighte and

1155
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,600
Speaker 1: this week's guest, we've got Ron Johnson joining us as

1156
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 1: our analysts, so that should be a lot of fun.

1157
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: He'll get all that done before he had to hit

1158
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 1: the phone lines for the fan lines, So don't worry.

1159
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 1: Don't worry about Ron. He'll be on those fan lines.

1160
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,919
Speaker 1: We're just going to borrow him for a little bit beforehand.

1161
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 1: So you're here Ron Sunday twice, you're here after the

1162
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 1: game with you for Postgame Live, you're him you know,

1163
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: kay Fan fan line, and then he's on Vikings Vantage

1164
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:37,920
Speaker 1: this week, which would be on Kyfan on Friday. Well,

1165
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: if you're a fan of Ron Johnson, yea, yeah, sure,

1166
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:46,320
Speaker 1: make sure you listen to everything, watch everything this week.

1167
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 1: I know it's going to be such an amazing weekend,

1168
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:52,760
Speaker 1: something we'll all remember as the first time back for

1169
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 1: fans in US Bank Stadium. Like I said at the beginning,

1170
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 1: in six hundred and thirty seven days, I went and

1171
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 1: did the math I know you guys are ready to

1172
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: see your Vikings team out there, and we're going to

1173
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: get a win this week. I am very confident, I

1174
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 1: am very optimistic. So for Greg boschemar guests today, Chris Corso,

1175
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 1: Gabe Henderson, Jay Nelson, I'm Tatum Everett. Let's go Vikings.

1176
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Speaker 1: This is gonna be a big week, school,