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Speaker 1: camp to another level for us. And really it's always

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Speaker 1: been a great fan experience, but I think we can

431
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,800
Speaker 1: now take it to the next level. We have some

432
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 1: obstacles this year just because we're still kind of in

433
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,320
Speaker 1: the midst of this pandemic. So there's some things that

434
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,399
Speaker 1: training camp is going to look different, some things that

435
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,160
Speaker 1: we wouldn't normally do. But that's okay, you know, It's

436
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 1: it's about it being excited about coming back to football

437
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 1: and people I gave and I really appreciate everything that

438
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 1: you've brought gave and you know, the point of view

439
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,399
Speaker 1: that you have, and it's just this committee and this

440
00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: whole process is really put training camp in a whole

441
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: new perspective. So, CJ, this is actually going to be

442
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,119
Speaker 1: my first training camp and I'm excited to experience it

443
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,439
Speaker 1: with fans for the first a few years as well.

444
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,919
Speaker 1: You talk about changing it up a little bit and

445
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,400
Speaker 1: how exciting it is to plan to see the fans

446
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 1: in the stands watching practice. It really just starts the

447
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: season out on the right foot. So give us a

448
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,479
Speaker 1: picture of how many practices there will be, what fans

449
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: can do, what are those unique things you're incorporating this season.

450
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,320
Speaker 1: So we're gonna go to fourteen open practices this year.

451
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:45,919
Speaker 1: That's a little bit less than what we've done in

452
00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,840
Speaker 1: the past. I think in twenty nineteen we were at

453
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: eighteen or nineteen, I'm not to remember. So we're going

454
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: to reduce it to fourteen more just because of the

455
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: way the schedule worked out. But although spots teen practices,

456
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 1: ten of them are going to be completely open to

457
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Speaker 1: the public. We're gonna, i think, have four thousand tickets

458
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: a day that you claim online. It's really important to

459
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 1: be able to get families and stuff out there. I mean,

460
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 1: this is where a lot of people have their first

461
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 1: experience with the team. So those ten practices are really

462
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: key to helping build young fans and families and great

463
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 1: opportunity to get out and do something different. And then

464
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: on July thirty first, kind of our first Saturday practice,

465
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Speaker 1: we're gonna have our annual night practice. This year, we're

466
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Speaker 1: doing something all different. We are going to charge for it.

467
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Speaker 1: But with all of everything that we're charging for, one

468
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: of the cool things is a percentage of all of

469
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 1: the proceeds that we make from these are going back

470
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Speaker 1: to the Vikings Foundation, So we're gonna put that money

471
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Speaker 1: to good use. It's not just about trying to make

472
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Speaker 1: props or anything like that. It's also trying to find

473
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Speaker 1: a way to have impact. So we're gonna have seven

474
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: thousand people roughly, that's the capacity of the stadium. We're

475
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Speaker 1: gonna lose trying to blow it out. The NFL has

476
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 1: kind of made the thirty first kind of that returned

477
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 1: to football Day, so they want teams to do a

478
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 1: lot around it. So that's why we chose that for

479
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 1: the night practice. So we'll have some activations before practice.

480
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 1: I think gates are going to open it five. Practice

481
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Speaker 1: doesn't start till seven thirty, so we'll do some things

482
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 1: between five and seven thirty. Still working on those plans. Sorry,

483
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 1: I can't give you a whole lot more detail on

484
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 1: that yet, but come on, CJDJ, Come on man. The

485
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,919
Speaker 1: NFL gave us this like two days ago, so we

486
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: haven't even had a chance to have a meeting about

487
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: it yet. Gave geez no. But we're gonna program heck

488
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Speaker 1: out of that, and then post practice we'll do, you know,

489
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: our annual intro to the team and you know, try

490
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,880
Speaker 1: to throw some footballs into the stands and things like that.

491
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,400
Speaker 1: We're working on fireworks. Hopefully we're still allowed to do them.

492
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 1: With the development around the stadium and everything. It's it's

493
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 1: still kind of up in there. But we're gonna make

494
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 1: it a really fun night, and it's really it always

495
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 1: is a fun night, and this year I think it's

496
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,199
Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit extra special. One of the

497
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Speaker 1: big changes to training campus year and sometime we're gonna

498
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Speaker 1: give a shot. We've talked about it for years, it's

499
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,399
Speaker 1: never worked. This year it did. Is We're gonna take

500
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Speaker 1: a practice to US Bank Stadium, So Saturday, August seventh,

501
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: we're gonna be down at US Bank Stadium kind of

502
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: just get a feel for what it's like to be

503
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: back in the building, you know, and get the team

504
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,879
Speaker 1: back in there. And a lot of those guys have

505
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,560
Speaker 1: never seen it and never seen it with fans, so

506
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:58,959
Speaker 1: we're gonna try to get it. You know. I think

507
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: we have a capacity set up to twenty thousand somewhere

508
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: around there. We're gonna gets many people in there as

509
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: we can and just try to make it exciting and

510
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 1: let the team see what that building is like and

511
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: what that building can do. Some of those guys only

512
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: saw it last year, you know, people like Gabe, you

513
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,640
Speaker 1: were only in there without fans. You've never seen exactly

514
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 1: what she can do. So we're gonna start to reintroduce

515
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,679
Speaker 1: fans that prior to the Broncos game. And then speaking

516
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: of the Broncos, the last two practices this year, the

517
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: Broncos are going to join us for practice. So we

518
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,359
Speaker 1: did that in twenty team with the Jaguars. There was

519
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 1: a ton of fun. Obviously, the Broncos have some familiar faces,

520
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 1: not just with their GM but Teddy Bridgewaters. There still

521
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: be awesome to bring Teddy back and get to see

522
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: him again. So a lot of exciting things going on,

523
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Speaker 1: and you know, some of these new activities I think

524
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 1: will bring a new you know, a new field to

525
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,439
Speaker 1: training camp. The night practice is always one of my

526
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: favorite nights of the year, like games everything, like it's

527
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: it's like the beginning of hope for the new season.

528
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,719
Speaker 1: Coach Zimmer always gets on the mic. I love it.

529
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Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to that US Bank Stadium. I

530
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Speaker 1: love that you mentioned how many players literally have not

531
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: heard a skull chant from Vikings fans, like a lot

532
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: of the Vikings rookies. I remember talking to DJ Wanham.

533
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: He's like, I don't even think he knew what the

534
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: school chant was a few games into the season last year.

535
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 1: So that's a really good point. But I want to

536
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: ask you kind of about how the joint practices what

537
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:18,880
Speaker 1: the Broncos came about, because obviously Vikings assistant former assistant

538
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: general manager George Payton is now the GM of the

539
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. We know Kelly Klein, who's one of our

540
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,239
Speaker 1: all of our good friends with the Vikings, has a

541
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: really big role over there in the personnel department. So

542
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: was there a little bit of talk between Rick Spielman

543
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: and those guys and were you involved in any of that?

544
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: It feels like there was. I wasn't involved in any

545
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 1: of that. I mean, we had kind of heard whispers

546
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 1: that it might happen, and then I think once George

547
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: made the jump over there, I think that's when we

548
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 1: were you know, the schedule worked out the way it was.

549
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: It just kind of feels that way, right, And you know,

550
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: anytime you bring in another team, I earn think back

551
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: to twenty team of Jacksonville. These guys been hitting teammates

552
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: for two weeks, right, so then all of a sudden,

553
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 1: you're throwing another color uniform from him, and it gets

554
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 1: a little bit chippy, and it just it gets a

555
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: little bit more full speedium though they tell you it's

556
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: not going to be full speed. Guys are going a

557
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: little bit harder. Competition gets ramped up a little bit.

558
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 1: So I think that that Rick and George just have

559
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: that great relationship and I think that it just made

560
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: a lot of sense, and you know, they know each

561
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 1: other well. I think they can set expectations a little

562
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: bit better, and I mean, it just it felt right.

563
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: It'll be great to see everybody again too. Hopefully the

564
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,679
Speaker 1: Broncos will give us some of their plays, right, I

565
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: mean that's I guess as a part of the partnership.

566
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,959
Speaker 1: Hey George, you give us some plays, well, let you go,

567
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,400
Speaker 1: But on a series, no, I mean, you gotta think

568
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,120
Speaker 1: with joint practices, right, fans are gonna want to talk

569
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: to the players, are gonna want to see you know,

570
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 1: or Teddy Bridgewater or some of those guys, or try

571
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: to get up close and personal, especially being what a

572
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: fence away from these guys. How will that work though,

573
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: you know, with player autographs or player engagement with us

574
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: being in a pandemic still. Yeah, So that's I mean,

575
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: that's kind of the tough part. And that's one of

576
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: the big changes to training campus year. You know, Normally

577
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: we have the autograph sessions every day, and we have

578
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: the opportunity to get special community groups in front of

579
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: players and stuff. Because of COVID and because of trying

580
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: to keep everybody healthy and everything, this year, we can't

581
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: have those kind of close interactions. I think there's going

582
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: to be a certain amount of space that fans have

583
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: to be cut back from players still kind of getting

584
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: that information, but we know for a fact that we

585
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 1: won't be able to do autographs, so we're going to

586
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: find some other ways to create some player engagement. You know,

587
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: hopefully we can get some guys to jump onto I

588
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: can thank fans for coming out, toss some autographs, stuff

589
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 1: into the stands and things like that. We're still going

590
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: to connect the fans to the players because that's what

591
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: it's all about. Our guys are really excited about getting

592
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: back in front of the fans. So it's kind of

593
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: a bummer that we can't do it the way we

594
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: would normally do, especially not being able to see players

595
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: last year. But we'll make it worthwhile. I'll definitely be worthwhile.

596
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: I mean to be able to see players look up

597
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: in the stands during training give You have to believe

598
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: that just provides that extra juice come season to get ready.

599
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: It'll finally feel like football is returning to a little

600
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: bit of normalcy. So CJ, why don't you tell us

601
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: how fans can get some of those tickets and where

602
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: they can go to sign up and come on out

603
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: to TCL. Yeah, you bet so. A couple of ways.

604
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: You can always go online Vikings dot com, back Slash

605
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: training Camp. Everything's there. You can click on the date

606
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: that you want to go and list all the different

607
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: ticket options. Parking, you can pre pre purchase a past

608
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: to the museum. Highly recommend that for all Vikings fans

609
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: if they haven't done it. Shameless plug there the other

610
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: way that goes. You can always contact the ticket office

611
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: and they can help you out too, But dot com

612
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: is definitely the best way. It's the easiest. It's really

613
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: it's pretty seamless. All of our tickets are going to

614
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: be digital, so it'll all be through our app again

615
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: like it is on a game day. But we have

616
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 1: a great staff that can help people through everything if

617
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: they need it. Yeah, I'm expecting to see you saw

618
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: some autograph. Cj also for putting all this together. I'm

619
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: just gonna take the people that don't want your autograph,

620
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: Game and Tatum and I'll just stand in the back

621
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: and when you guys have to cut off your line,

622
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: I'll take everybody on the backside of it. All right, Well,

623
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: let me know if I can be your caddy for

624
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: a round to golf one day, then no, you can't

625
00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:00,040
Speaker 1: be my caddy, but you can play with me. That

626
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: is the Vikings manager of Special Events and the men

627
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: behind the US Bank Training Camp at the TCO Performance

628
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 1: Center at US Bank Stadium and against the Denver Broncos

629
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: this year. So for Tatum and Gabe, thank you so much. CJ.

630
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: Will we will have you on every single year because

631
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: you bring so much fun to this Vikings training camp

632
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: and we're all looking forward to it. Appreciate it. Good

633
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 1: to see everybody. Thanks you. Hey care all right, guys.

634
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: Well that was CJ. Rue one of my all time

635
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: good friends at the Vikings. He has been an awesome

636
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: guy to chat with off the field, not talking about football,

637
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: and also a great resource to learn about what is

638
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 1: going to be happening at training camp. So we remind

639
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: Vikings fans to go to Vikings dot com go find

640
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: those tickets. Gabe, I mean, I'm excited about three or

641
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: four of these events that are going to be going on. Yeah,

642
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: and before we get to those events, I was excited

643
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: about what TJ said off camera. He said, this is

644
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Speaker 1: his thirteenth season organizing training camp, but this one feels

645
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: much different than any other that he's put together. So

646
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: for me and Tatum who have yet to experience a

647
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: normal Vikings training camp, like this is like heaven. I

648
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: can only speak for myself, but it's just like heaven

649
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: on Earth for us. Training camp is going to be

650
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: a lot of fun training camp. There's a lot of

651
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: content coming, there's a lot of festivities. It's just so

652
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: good to see people in person again wearing purple here

653
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: at the TCO Performance Center. I was driving to the

654
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: TCO Performance Center to day, and of course what is

655
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: that O'Neill drive right there? I saw the bleachers being

656
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: put up on the practice fields and I'm like, okay,

657
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 1: all right, it's getting real now, Okay, I got excited

658
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: pulling into the parking lot. So it just feels like

659
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,719
Speaker 1: football again. You know, you got the smells of the grass,

660
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: you see the chalk, I mean the spray paint band

661
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: sprayed on the fields. Like it. It's starting to feel

662
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: like football again. And what we're what a little over

663
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: a little less well, a little over a month away

664
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Speaker 1: from July twenty seventh, when the first training camp will

665
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 1: be held here at TCO PC. Yeah, I agree, man.

666
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: What I'm really looking forward to, and you guys haven't

667
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: seen it yet, is that night practice. That night practice,

668
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: it is like you get goose bumps, there's fireworks. Coach

669
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: Zimmer takes the mic in front of the fans, which

670
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 1: he's not the most comfortable doing, so it's always fun

671
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: to see what happens there. Jane knows exactly what I'm

672
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: talking about when it comes to that. He introduces every

673
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: player on the roster. So, Tatum, I think you're going

674
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Speaker 1: to enjoy that night practice. But what else are you

675
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: What are you most looking forward to in your first

676
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: Vikings training camp with the team? Yeah, I think Gabe

677
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: kind of touched on it a little bit. It's just

678
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: the feeling and the buzz that'll be around Tco is

679
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: going to be so different, and I know that it's

680
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:51,719
Speaker 1: not going to be maybe exactly the way that fans

681
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: may have remembered it a couple of years ago. It

682
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: may be better in a lot of ways. But at

683
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: the same time, I think I'll probably have a moment

684
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: where I stand on the field or stand near fans

685
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: or I'm talking to a fan and could not have

686
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: pictured this to be what I would be doing a

687
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: year ago, and thinking back and being grateful that we've

688
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: come this far, that we got through this, that we're

689
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: back to being at a training camp with fans around

690
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: a sport we love, around a team that we love,

691
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: cheering for something and rallying around each other and honestly

692
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: not to get like super sentimental, but that to me

693
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: is like what I'm looking forward to being back in

694
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: that moment and feeling like we've you know, we're we're

695
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 1: through a lot of hard times and we're thankful for

696
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: being here. I agree with that. I mean, at the

697
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: end of the day, we're all. This all started with

698
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: us being fans and being enjoying the games, enjoying rooting

699
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: for a team altogether. Just being at a whether it's

700
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: a baseball field or an NBA or or an NFL stadium,

701
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: being at that stadium and seeing what US Bank Stadium

702
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,399
Speaker 1: is like on a Sunday. That is what this all

703
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: leads up to training camps, the beginning of that, and

704
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: you guys will also hear what the skull chant sounds like.

705
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: You'll get a little bit of an appetizer of the

706
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: skull chant with a smaller crowd at the TCO Performance

707
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: Center and then eventually finally at us Bank Stadium. So

708
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 1: that's that's what I'm looking forward to. I know that

709
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: these fans, these Vikings fans, they care so much about

710
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: their team, they want to be involved, they want to

711
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: be there at US Bank Stadium and No, I love that,

712
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: take Tatum, because that's that's really what I'm looking forward

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00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: to as well. But Gabe, you have anything else to

714
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: throw in before we move on to the to the

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00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: next topic. Yeah, I wish I could be at the

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00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 1: night practice this year, but I'm I'm pulling the Corso

717
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,720
Speaker 1: just from the other end. I'll be at a wedding.

718
00:34:54,880 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: So Tatum Corso, Jay, enjoy it for wedding. My wife's

719
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: sister is getting married and I'm standing up, Oh, you

720
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: can't miss that. I try to tell him. I'm like, dude,

721
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: it's the first night practice. You sure I gotta come?

722
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: And of course I got pulled by my ear to

723
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: Chicago for that weekend. Well, I just got games so

724
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: excited for the night practice and he's not even gonna

725
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: be there. So let's go to the next topic. Here.

726
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: Jay Nelson, producer of the Vikings podcast, has found an

727
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: article on NFL dot com by Adams Shine and we're

728
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: talking about hope, we're talking about fans getting excited for

729
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 1: the season. Well, Adams Shine has pointed out, I think

730
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: nine teams that really have a chance to win their

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00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: first Super Bowl in then twenty twenty one season and

732
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Speaker 1: guess what. The Vikings are number six on this list,

733
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: and the Buffalo Bills are number one, Cleveland Browns number two.

734
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: Familiar faces on both of those teams the Tennessee Titans

735
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: who added Julio Jones or number three, Arizona Cardinals number four,

736
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Speaker 1: Chargers number five, and Vikings number six. Gabe, you want

737
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: to run through what Adam Shine sees from the Vikings

738
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: and why we are number six on his list. So

739
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: we play three out of those five teams that you

740
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,760
Speaker 1: just said, right, Yeah, So we got to prove Adam

741
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: Schein wrong, is what you're saying. Yeah, And I mean

742
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: he has a point, right, I mean Adam Schein says

743
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: this might be the most fascinating team speaking of the

744
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: Vikings this year. And of course, you know, if Aaron

745
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: Rodgers never plays another snap, and it's not looking like

746
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: he will according to Adam Shine, but he's got Minnesota

747
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: as his picktor win the North. If Aaron Rodgers never

748
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: plays again. He goes on to say, the Neil Hunter

749
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: is back on defense and that puts the Vikings back

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00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: in the mix. Of course, the pass rush was not

751
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: existent without him. But he loves the Patrick Peterson signing,

752
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: which is a perfect match with defensive guru Mike Zimmer.

753
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: Of course, we talk last week about P two and

754
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: Zimmer literally doing one on one dB training in the

755
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: middle of practice, just them two and Mike Zimmer is

756
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: in a defensive stand. It's backpedaling, touching P Two's hip

757
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: right beside him, and I'm like, this guy's a ten

758
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: year VET, eight time pro bowler. Yet Mike Zimmer still

759
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: has the you know, the knowledge and the respect of

760
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 1: his players to be able to pull him aside and

761
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 1: give him that kind of I guess that kind of coaching.

762
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: But Adam Sean goes on to say, Justin Jefferson enjoyed

763
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: the magical rookie season and it was no fluke. The

764
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: guy is a dominator outside and if Adam Filling can

765
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 1: stay healthy, Minnesota can have the best one two wide

766
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: receiver punch this side of Julio Jones and A J. Brown.

767
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 1: Of course, Dalvin Cook is the game brikn star in

768
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: the backfield, which leads us to the lightning rod, and

769
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 1: the lightning rod being in the Minnesota Vikings. I guess

770
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,439
Speaker 1: striking up that Lombardi Trophy this upcoming well, I guess

771
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: next February so we'll see. Man, this is this is great, right.

772
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 1: This is great for Vikings fans to read. It's good

773
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: to hear someone saying that, hey, this is the year

774
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: that we might be able to win at all. But

775
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: like like Tatum said, can't pull the cargo before the horse,

776
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: So we gotta put everything together first before we can

777
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: start talking Lombardi Trophy and NFC Championship. Yeah, Tatum's slowing

778
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: the role on us getting all excited. Adam Shine is

779
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: like kind of hyping us up because she was in

780
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: Nashville last year and was on site when the Titans

781
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 1: beat the Viking. So sure, but man, I'm looking I'm

782
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: reading through this and it seems like Adam Shine is

783
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,240
Speaker 1: pretty excited about what the Vikings have, what they added

784
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: in the offseason, and what the Vikings offense brings back

785
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: and what they were able to do last year. So

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Speaker 1: I'm just looking down the list. Seven through nine is

787
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: Cincinnati after us, the Bengals, Atlanta Falcons, and Carolina Panthers,

788
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: which I hope we're ahead of those three teams. Nothing

789
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: against them, but just looking at where we are on

790
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: this list. But Tatum, what are your overall takeaways from

791
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 1: from this article and what you think about our chances

792
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: to finally get that first Super Bowl Lombardi Trophy. Ye

793
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 1: call me a hater. Eight and nine seem a little

794
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: fluky to me, But I do think that the Vikings

795
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: definitely deserve to be on that list. And you mentioned

796
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: my time in Nashville the last three seasons. I'm not

797
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: surprised to see the Titans on the list, but to me,

798
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: a lot of the similarity there's there have been a

799
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: lot of similarities as I'm acclimating to this new team now,

800
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: as far as you know, a veteran quarterback, a dynamic

801
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: wide receiver duo, one of the best NFL running backs

802
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: in the league back there. And the Titans also had

803
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: to add a bunch of pieces this offseason to get

804
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: their defense some experience and just to kind of reset

805
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: and recharge that since they had such a bad season

806
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: last year defensively. So I think when you see all

807
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 1: of the names and you start checking off all the boxes,

808
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: the Vikings are definitely in the thick of it. I

809
00:39:56,040 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 1: would almost maybe move them up to were I agree

810
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: with that. I think like four would be very right

811
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Speaker 1: after Tennessee. I think would be fair, you know, not

812
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: not to hate on the Titans. I just sometimes I

813
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: just don't. You just don't. You just don't know. You

814
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: just don't know with them. I can even see them

815
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: dropping down to six and the Vikings switching with them, honestly,

816
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: but don't don't tell my Nashville friends that. I guess

817
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: it's too late. Oh I'm happy you said that, Tatum,

818
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: because I was looking through this list. I understand Buffalo,

819
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: Cleveland great years last year, even Tennessee great years at

820
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 1: number three, but Arizona and the Chargers being ahead of

821
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: the Vikings, I don't know about it. I think I

822
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: completely agree. I don't know about you, Gabe. Yeah, make

823
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: that three of us. And I always like asking Jay

824
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: this question because I always say, Jay is the Minnesota

825
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: Like when I think of Minnesota Vikings fans, I think

826
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: of Jay. He's a little bit more logical, but always say, like,

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Speaker 1: what would the city of Minneapolis be like if the

828
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings one this year? And his eyes are getting

829
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: big with me just asking that, and for for us

830
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: to be able to, you know, possibly experience that, you know,

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00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: just just basing off of this article, with us being

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00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 1: you know, have an opportunity to maybe experience that, dude,

833
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 1: that will be so so crazy, so crazy. But it

834
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 1: starts week one, practice one, and you build from there

835
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: about to say, gave you really put that card out

836
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: there in front of the horse, didn't? Yeah, yeah, yeah,

837
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: I'm so far ahead right now like the horses in

838
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: the stable right now. He's excited. He watched how many

839
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: games last year with zero fans in US Bank Stadium's

840
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: He's raring to go. I think we all are raring

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00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: to go. And no, I this was a great episode,

842
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: great discussion, and great great to meet Tatum and just

843
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,879
Speaker 1: talk football because that's what we're all looking forward to,

844
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: and that's what we're all excited for talking with c

845
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: j Rue about US Bank Vikings training camp coming up here.

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00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 1: With that being said, we have to bring up one

847
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 1: tough note within the Vikings organization. Um, there was some

848
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: very positive news, but defensive tack well. Jalen Twyman was

849
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: actually shot four times in a scary incident in Washington,

850
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: DC where he was visiting a family member. He is

851
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: expected to make a full recovery, according to his agent

852
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 1: and according to people around the organization. So with that,

853
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,240
Speaker 1: I'll just read the Vikings statement. Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle

854
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: Jalen Twyman was one of several victims wounded during a

855
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: shooting in Washington, d C. We have been in direct

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Speaker 1: contact with Jalen and his family and we were extremely thankful.

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Speaker 1: Jalen is expected to make a full recovery. At this time,

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Speaker 1: we will defer any further comment to the proper authorities.

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Speaker 1: So I think we all can agree to you guys

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Speaker 1: that we are very, very happy to hear that Jalen

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Speaker 1: is expected to make a full recovery. I know Gave

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Speaker 1: and I were talking all offseason about how excited we

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Speaker 1: are about what he can do on the field, being

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Speaker 1: the last Vikings draft pick. But I'll i'll throw out

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Speaker 1: to Gave. Yeah, I'm positive, but you know, a little

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Speaker 1: bit sad. Also, I just remember the Thursday that practice

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Speaker 1: got canceled. Of course, you know, the rookies are still

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Speaker 1: trying to get accustomed to the building and being in

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Speaker 1: a tier system. They get lost all the time. So

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Speaker 1: it's Kellen Man, Patrick Jones is second, and Jayleen Twineman

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Speaker 1: walking past the v in doors here in the first floor,

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Speaker 1: and I just so happened to be coming out and

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Speaker 1: I was like, hey, man, you guys be safe over

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Speaker 1: the weekend, and Jayalen was like, yeah, man, I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited to go back home to DC and to spe

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Speaker 1: with family and friends. And then hearing this, it is

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Speaker 1: very sad, but thankfully he's you know, feeling better. He's

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Speaker 1: expected to make a full recovery, but I'm sure he'll

879
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Speaker 1: be the first person to say like, hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: enjoy life, like enjoy the opportunities that you have and

881
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Speaker 1: make the most of it. I'm glad he's still going

882
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: to be in Minnesota Viking this year and I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to see what he brings to the table. Yeah. I

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00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: saw a note from Patrick Jones, his former obviously teammate

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Speaker 1: at the University of Pittsburgh and fellow rookie with the

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Speaker 1: Vikings on the Vikings defensive line, and just just saying

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Speaker 1: prayers for him. I know those guys are super close,

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Speaker 1: so definitely prayers with Jalen throughout the Vikings organization. We

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Speaker 1: are definitely, very very happy to hear that he's expected

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Speaker 1: to make that full recovery. So we had to touch

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Speaker 1: on that and let's hopefully get him back in the

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Speaker 1: building and back on the field. I'm excited to see

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Speaker 1: what he's gonna bring to the field and excited to

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Speaker 1: see that he's gonna make a full recovery. So with that,

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Speaker 1: just a few programming notes. Obviously, US Bank Training Camp

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Speaker 1: tickets are available right now on Vikings dot com. Make

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Speaker 1: sure to click on that training Camp tab on the

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Speaker 1: top of Vikings dot com. You can find all the

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Speaker 1: information on your tickets and parking passes today for the

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Speaker 1: TCO Performance Center. Also, be sure to check out all

901
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Speaker 1: of the content leading up to Vikings Training Camp at

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Speaker 1: the TCO Performance Center. We have miked up segments from

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Speaker 1: mini camp this week. It was Viking safety Xavier Woods,

904
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Speaker 1: a new member of the Vikings Secondary. He was pretty

905
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Speaker 1: funny at one of those mini camp practices chatting it

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00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: up with longtime Viking Harrison Smith. So go check that

907
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Speaker 1: out and all of the Vikings miked up segments coming up.

908
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 1: And also I have some great news. I'm gonna let

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Speaker 1: Tatum announce this one because she's a part of it

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Speaker 1: and being a new member of the organization, I will

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Speaker 1: let you promote what you guys have coming up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Gabe and I we're just getting thrown into the water.

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Speaker 1: Now we're excited. We are taking over for the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Vikings show on CAFAN one hundred point three

915
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Speaker 1: FM Thursday morning, nine to noon. We're taking over for Pa.

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Speaker 1: He's allowing us to send his chair for the day

917
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Speaker 1: and take over the show. We've got some really exciting guests,

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Speaker 1: ranging from LSU head coach at ozeron. Plus we got

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Speaker 1: one of Gabe's dudes hanging out with us in the

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Speaker 1: show later on. Gabe, Yeah, Claim Porter, that's my guy

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Speaker 1: from the Washington football team. He's joining the show. Of course,

922
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Speaker 1: when you think of Gary Kubiak style offense, Clinton Portis

923
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Speaker 1: was one of the first running backs to be successful

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Speaker 1: in that offense. And him and I talk today and

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Speaker 1: he's like, bro, like absolutely, he said, Bro, there's so

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Speaker 1: many comparisons between that Denver Broncos team in O two

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Speaker 1: oh three and this Minnesota Vikings team. Now, so that'll

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Speaker 1: be that'll be cool having him on the show along

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Speaker 1: with Michael Pierce. So we got to load a show. Tatum,

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Speaker 1: I think you guys will be just fine with that.

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Speaker 1: That is quite the lineup. Obviously, you guys have connections

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Speaker 1: to a lot of those guests, so really excited to

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Speaker 1: hear that. And you can obviously check that out any

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Speaker 1: time on the iHeartRadio app. Just go look at that

935
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Speaker 1: nine to noon tab and you will find the newest

936
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Speaker 1: hosts of that show. I'm very excited to hear you

937
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Speaker 1: guys kill it on Thursday. So thank you again, guys.

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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed meeting Tatum. I enjoyed this conversation. I

939
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Speaker 1: enjoyed talking football and getting ready for US Bank Vikings

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Speaker 1: training camp at the TCO Performance Center. So for Tatum,

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Speaker 1: for Gabe, and of course for Jay Nelson and C.

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Speaker 1: J Rue, we will see you on the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: podcast next week