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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Official Minnesota Vikings Podcast. I'm your host

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Speaker 1: Tatum Everett, alongside my co host Gabe Henderson and our

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Speaker 1: producer Jane Nelson. It's with heavy hearts that we begin

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Speaker 1: this episode number one forty eight today. After the mass

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Speaker 1: school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where nineteen children and two

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Speaker 1: teachers were viciously gunned down and murdered by an eighteen

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Speaker 1: year old, it's tough to go out about our day

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Speaker 1: and not think about all of the gun violence that's

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Speaker 1: in our country. I know a lot of our listeners

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Speaker 1: dropped their kids off at school, something that when you know,

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Speaker 1: we were in school, guys like we didn't have to

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Speaker 1: think about that. We thought school was a safe space.

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Speaker 1: It was even more poignant yesterday when the Vikings coaching

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Speaker 1: staff and a few players visited Hywood Hills Elementary. They

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Speaker 1: helped students pick out books from the Scholastic book Fair.

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Speaker 1: Here's Kevin O'Connell, offensive lineman Brian O'Neill, and linebacker Eric

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Speaker 1: Kendricks from that community event on Wednesday. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: a very sad day to day and a lot of

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Speaker 1: emotions for some of us, not only that have kids,

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Speaker 1: but have parents that were teachers and thinking about the

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Speaker 1: recent events, it hit me extra special in a way

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Speaker 1: today to be able to be a positive for some

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Speaker 1: of these kids that may or may not know what's

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Speaker 1: you know, what has gone on and transpired, you know,

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Speaker 1: around our country that's happened way too much. But to

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Speaker 1: know that this is a safe place and when visitors

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Speaker 1: do come in, to have a positive event like this,

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Speaker 1: it's really important that you're gonna see nothing but smiles.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna see nothing but us being excited to be

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Speaker 1: around these kids, because it's authentic and really thankful for

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Speaker 1: everyone here, teachers and faculty allowing us to be here.

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Speaker 1: The kids need to be able to go to school

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Speaker 1: and go home and going to school every day and

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Speaker 1: feel good about being there. It's really important and obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, our thoughts and parents are with everybody affected

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Speaker 1: by the shootings in Texas and but for the main

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Speaker 1: thing for us is you know, supporting the people who

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Speaker 1: about going to school because lately there's been too many

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Speaker 1: reasons not too Yeah, you know, obviously everyone's hard to

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Speaker 1: heavy from what happened yesterday in Texas. You can't ignore

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Speaker 1: that everybody was talking about it on the bus coming in.

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Speaker 1: But it made it that much more important for us

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Speaker 1: youth is the future. You know, it's it's what's really important.

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Speaker 1: You get a sense of that as soon as you

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Speaker 1: walk in the door, and you know we're all kids

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Speaker 1: at heart. You know we need to we need to

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Speaker 1: embrace it more often. You know, we need to laugh

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Speaker 1: a little bit more and embrace each other more and

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Speaker 1: and just love. Visiting a local school isn't the only

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Speaker 1: thing Vikings players felt called to do. Just last night,

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Speaker 1: quarterback Chris Boyd started to go fund me for the

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Speaker 1: families affected by the Rob Elementary School shooting. Boyds, a

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Speaker 1: Texas native, attended the University of Texas, and he wrote,

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Speaker 1: my heart is in Texas. I pray for everyone there

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Speaker 1: Uvaldi specifically to show love and support with me, I

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Speaker 1: created a go fund me for the families of the

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Speaker 1: young children and teachers of Rob Elementary. This is from

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Speaker 1: a place of love and right now Chris has raised

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Speaker 1: over thirty five hundred dollars. His end goal is one

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Speaker 1: kind enough to take some time out of his day

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Speaker 1: Where did that? Where did that come from? I've asked

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Speaker 1: and I honestly don't know myself it was. I just

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Speaker 1: for me because a lot of things that has happened,

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Speaker 1: But when that happened, I'm like, man, that that was

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Speaker 1: I would have been hurt. Like I probably wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: and I don't know, I just feel like like I

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Speaker 1: I just feel like this is what I could do.

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Speaker 1: I get that feeling. Man. You know, sometimes the feeling

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Speaker 1: think that's why I always, you know, admire athletes using

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Speaker 1: But for you know, someone who doesn't have the platform

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Speaker 1: so so hearing you say say that, man, I just

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Speaker 1: want to give you your flowers, and you know that

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Speaker 1: that's very you know, I have the utmost respect for

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Speaker 1: you with that. But like, as you know, this is

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Speaker 1: another instance in America where like, you know, there was

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Speaker 1: it's like just the cycle social media extravagance and thoughts

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's not even my go fund me. You

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Speaker 1: can go find anyone else, like someone that's what was

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Speaker 1: affected by the families. Somebody in their family has made

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Speaker 1: it go For me, I'm sure, like, don't even look

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Speaker 1: more than that, but that's reality. So like all I

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Speaker 1: like just from being on social media, I mean, this

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Speaker 1: So like what was your first emotion? That's like, oh dang. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I was actually headed up back home to lay

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Speaker 1: actually we was on the phone and he was like, hey,

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Speaker 1: I was devist like I cried, I can't, I can't

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Speaker 1: I wish everyone in the world had like this same

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Speaker 1: But like I said, like I wish it was pasted

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Speaker 1: just a post. Yeah yeah, and that something means to

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Speaker 1: me enough at some point, is what it is. The

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Speaker 1: numbness of the social media is seeing three mass shootings

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Speaker 1: am I going to forget? And who's going to be

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00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,840
Speaker 1: upset about it? Yeah? It is for sure. No, that's

430
00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,240
Speaker 1: the hardest part about being on a football team is like,

431
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,280
Speaker 1: let's say I have a barbecue at my house, right, Like,

432
00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,879
Speaker 1: I can't invite ninety guys. I mean you can, but

433
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,480
Speaker 1: it's good. Yeah, so it's kind of like this weird thing, right,

434
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,399
Speaker 1: But uh so usually you stick kind of in your

435
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,159
Speaker 1: position groups just because that's kind of like a good number,

436
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,760
Speaker 1: but you still feel bad, right, but uh but yeah,

437
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,000
Speaker 1: in this event, it's even harder. Right. But but again,

438
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,959
Speaker 1: I want I want all those guys and no, they're welcome.

439
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,800
Speaker 1: I better get that message out here pretty soon that

440
00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,040
Speaker 1: everybody's welcome, and then just try to make sure that

441
00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,400
Speaker 1: whoever shows up we'll have a good time and we'll

442
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:50,920
Speaker 1: just kind of figure it out as we go. As

443
00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 1: far as non Viking people, what kind of names are

444
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,160
Speaker 1: we looking at here? As well? As part of your event,

445
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,160
Speaker 1: we'll have meat sauce out there. Some of those power

446
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 1: Trip guys. Those guys will be a black It's like

447
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,120
Speaker 1: a lot of ficked event for them, you know, come

448
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 1: out and and uh and kind of kind of lead

449
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,159
Speaker 1: the lead the event there from from getting everybody, the

450
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,280
Speaker 1: crowd into it and things like that, just from your foundation,

451
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 1: Like what do you how would you define success for

452
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,280
Speaker 1: this event? Two things, right, Like the first thing is like,

453
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,200
Speaker 1: we want this to be super fun for the players

454
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,560
Speaker 1: and for the fans, because we don't want this just

455
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,000
Speaker 1: to be a one time thing. We don't want to

456
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,919
Speaker 1: just uh do it raise a bunch of money and

457
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 1: then you know, obviously doninate a bunch of money in

458
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 1: the city. Like that's great, but like we want it

459
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,240
Speaker 1: to be every year thing that that people are super

460
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,159
Speaker 1: excited about. So we want to do it right. Number one,

461
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 1: We want to treat the players right, we want um

462
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,919
Speaker 1: them to be excited about doing it again, not just

463
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,199
Speaker 1: one time. And then obviously the fans right so um

464
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,800
Speaker 1: so that's number one. Uh, and then number two is

465
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,719
Speaker 1: just we want to fill that place because I think

466
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: it's a it's a really cool thing. Honestly, It's kind

467
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 1: of like for the fans will be like training camp,

468
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,600
Speaker 1: but we won't be in a stressful environment. So like

469
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,160
Speaker 1: we'll be like more free to go hang out and

470
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,600
Speaker 1: mingle with the fans and um sign autographs and throw

471
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,920
Speaker 1: a baseball into the stands, um, stuff like that. Hang

472
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: out with the kids, maybe bring a kid on the field.

473
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,359
Speaker 1: Like it's gonna be a lot more of a family friendly.

474
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,120
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, training camps great, they get to watch

475
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: this practice and all that, but it's a stressful environment,

476
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,639
Speaker 1: right like that guys are trying to uh, you know,

477
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,680
Speaker 1: keep their jobs and get a job, you know, so

478
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 1: it's a little bit harder to have fan interaction. But

479
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 1: this is an event that like, man, we should fill

480
00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 1: that place because for the fans, they're gonna have total

481
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,160
Speaker 1: access um that they that they don't get. I got

482
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 1: an idea for you for next year this event, or

483
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: maybe not next year. What are you afterwards? You know

484
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 1: how they have like for hockey, they have the stadium series. Okay,

485
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,320
Speaker 1: so put a basketball court here on their practice fields.

486
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 1: You already got the bleachers up there, put some hardwood there,

487
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,919
Speaker 1: and then just let the guys just play ball and

488
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,879
Speaker 1: do a basketball game. Do a basketball game, do the

489
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: softball game too, but then have a basketball game. I'm

490
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 1: all about that. Coach O'Connell would probably kill me for sure,

491
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 1: But other than that, I mean, it's a great idea,

492
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,720
Speaker 1: be on board. Maybe what we should do is as

493
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 1: soon as I retire, we do that. But it's all

494
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,239
Speaker 1: retired guys, you know, like bring back Chad Greenway, you know, uh,

495
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph ever since. We bring back like all these

496
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: guys that are done playing, um and uh and maybe

497
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: you know, bring in coach O'Connell to play and Quacy

498
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 1: you know, let's let's let's see those guys play some basketball.

499
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 1: That'd be a good idea. Well, that's the thing. The

500
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: amount of teammates that you've had in the past to

501
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: have all tried to say they are the best basketball

502
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 1: player on the team. You can finally settle it once

503
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 1: and for all that's true. Right, Yeah, you probably injure

504
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: yourself a little lesson of softball game too, so it

505
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,200
Speaker 1: can't be like current players, right Ryan, I think, yeah, exactly,

506
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,199
Speaker 1: And I think I think with a softball game, at

507
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,959
Speaker 1: least like no one's really played softball before, so at

508
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: least like no one's like trying to prove how good

509
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 1: they are, and like we're like when you get on

510
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: the basketball court, like everybody's trying to prove, like, hey,

511
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 1: like I was that guy can hoop because because for

512
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 1: five years or ten years in my case, I've been

513
00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: saying I'm the best basketball player in the in the

514
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: in the locker room. So I better go prove that,

515
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: right So so I'm not I'm not getting out that

516
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: beast card right now. Their food can only do so much. Yeah, exactly. Now,

517
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 1: that's that's awesome, man. I think this is a great,

518
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: great thing to do to bring the community together. And

519
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,239
Speaker 1: I think just being from Minnesota, like this idea just

520
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: to bring your home state together over a good cause

521
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,879
Speaker 1: and then have some some really good people. I know

522
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 1: we talk about them as teammates and players and athletes,

523
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: but these are really good, good human beings on both

524
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: sides of the ball or the batter's box. So this

525
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 1: is I'm excited for you. Yeah, that's I think that's

526
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,400
Speaker 1: a great thing about it too, is UM Obviously, like

527
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 1: everything that we raise is going to go back to

528
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 1: this community, right, this community that's done so much for

529
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: my wife and I and the Theone Foundation, UM. And

530
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: another great thing is all these A lot of these

531
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: players that are playing in the game, they UM they

532
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,199
Speaker 1: give a lot back to this community as well. So

533
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: we're going to because they're so generous to give their

534
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,919
Speaker 1: time to us, we're going to give back to those

535
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 1: organizations as well that they have UM that they have

536
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 1: relationships with, and we want to make sure that they

537
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 1: know that Hey, like, yeah, we appreciate your time, but

538
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 1: we also we also appreciate what you do in this

539
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,880
Speaker 1: community and we want to get behind that as well.

540
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 1: Have you put any thought into who's throwing the first pitch? Coaches? Yeah?

541
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: Which one? So he he agreed to. So I kind

542
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: of put him on the spot like it was at

543
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 1: practice and I'm like, hey, coach, would you ever would

544
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: you consider, you know, throwing out the first pitch? He's like, yeah,

545
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 1: and throw it underhand or is he throwing it over here?

546
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: That's a good point. I think he has to throw

547
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: the high lobbing spinner. Yeah, that is a lot less

548
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 1: stressed all right. Well, and then Blake Prole is singing

549
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,640
Speaker 1: the national anthem, so he's I've stressed him out out

550
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: of his mind because he's never saying the national anthem.

551
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 1: But I wanted him to show off as you know,

552
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: his musical talent and uh so that'll be pretty special

553
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,360
Speaker 1: as well. I think people should maybe just come for that, right,

554
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: I mean as far as how people can find out,

555
00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: you know, where can they go to get more information

556
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: about your event? Yeah, Feeling Foundation dot org. Um. If

557
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,639
Speaker 1: not there, uh, go to my instagram, go to my

558
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,959
Speaker 1: wife's instagram, go to the Feeling Foundation Instagram page. Um.

559
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: I'm hopefully some other players will tweet out some stuff

560
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 1: about it details as well, but but yeah, you should

561
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 1: be able to find it. Just kind of look look

562
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 1: it up on the internet Feeling Foundation dot orger Feeling

563
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,639
Speaker 1: Softball Game. You'll find it. Can people will sign up

564
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,199
Speaker 1: for your football camp on June eleventh there too, they can, Okay,

565
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: but I believe it's full. O. Wow, we open up

566
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: another one. Uh we open up too, so so I

567
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,639
Speaker 1: think that one filled up as well. But but don't

568
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: mark my words. Go check it out, try to sign up.

569
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: I got it. Yeah, that's that's awesome man. Um, I

570
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: guess we're happy to have you back on the field. Um.

571
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: I know we're talking celebrity softball game and youth football camp,

572
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: but it's I think it's just like peaceful just watching

573
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: you run routes. For me, just being a former receiver

574
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 1: and seeing you out there in your element, that's been

575
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,680
Speaker 1: really fun to watch, especially with this new offense. Oh yeah,

576
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 1: it's uh for me. It's like it's like therapy for

577
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 1: me because I get to go out there and do

578
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: what I love. It's kind of crazy that I'm in

579
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: year ten and like, wow, I woke up at five

580
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: fifty this morning excited to go to work. I don't

581
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: know if that if that happens to everyone or not,

582
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: but I just feel like that's crazy. Like, um, I

583
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: just feel like that that just proves how how awesome

584
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: this staff is, how awesome this locker room is, how

585
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: awesome the support staff, everybody in this building. Um, the

586
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: vibe right now is just it's just off the charts

587
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: and and and like I said, like it doesn't happen

588
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 1: that I just want to you know, I get up

589
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 1: before my alarm and I'm excited to go to work.

590
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: That's that just doesn't happen. The only other time that

591
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: happens is if I'm going golfing. So all right, if

592
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,159
Speaker 1: you have a flight to catch us something is that

593
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: the pinch me five year ten year goal from ten

594
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: years ago. If somebody would ask you, what's your dream

595
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: scenario for your career? You know, I think I think

596
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: I've never really given that that information out because I

597
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: don't even know, Like I'm just taking it day by day.

598
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 1: And I think, again, that's why I'm so excited to

599
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,719
Speaker 1: come to work every day because I know. I know

600
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: it can be gone tomorrow, it could be gone after

601
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: this season. I have no idea. So I'm gonna enjoy

602
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: being in work every day. Um. I feel like the

603
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,439
Speaker 1: days that that you miss m that you're not in

604
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: the building, you're like, you're like, oh, like I really

605
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: like this and I don't want to I don't want

606
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: to lose this, So I'm gonna maybe work a little

607
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: extra hard. I'm gonna work a little harder, Um, do

608
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: the little things to make sure that I can stay

609
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,439
Speaker 1: healthy and and be on the field and get with

610
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: my guys. Yeah. Yeah, Oh I get that bad. Yeah,

611
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 1: get that bad. All right. This is a serious question,

612
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: Like seriously, this is a serious question. But seriously, but

613
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: I think if you have like, okay, serious questions, then

614
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: and Joe, everyone has been talking about how complex this

615
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,040
Speaker 1: offense is, how complex the playbook is BC Johnson used

616
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: the word confusing. Kirk Cousins talks about the new schemes

617
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: being so different. Even Matt Stafford last year in LA

618
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: when he first got there, said this is the most

619
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: complex playbook he's ever seen. As a receiver that's been

620
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: here ten years that still loves that challenge. I feel

621
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: like the complexity probably is another reason that brings you

622
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: to work. It's like, I want to learn something new today.

623
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: How complex is this playbook? It's extremely complex. I'll put

624
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: it this way. Like as soon as I feel like

625
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: I'm getting it down and like, oh, we got a

626
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: lot of stuff in, like we got to be close

627
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: to like being done, it's like then we like they

628
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: load us back up with like new plays and like

629
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: new code words, and I'm like, whoa, Like I was

630
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: just figuring this out and now like and then now

631
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: we go back to the old stuff that we maybe

632
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: first installed, and I'm like, I don't know, no idea,

633
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 1: I have no idea, Like I've heard this word before,

634
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.

635
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: But now it's a great it's great challenge. I have

636
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: always enjoyed that part of the game. Learning different playbooks.

637
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I've learned what five in my career, I've

638
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: had eight different offensive coordinators in ten years, so it's

639
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: not new to me. But but it is in a

640
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: way that the last three years I didn't have a

641
00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: different system. You know, it was the exact same verbiage, um,

642
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 1: exact same system for the last three years. So when

643
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 1: you're so used to just showing up and not having

644
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: to like study and just like you know it like

645
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: the back of your hand, uh, and then you you

646
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: flip it. Um, it's it's just a little different, but

647
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: it's exciting. Kirk said he this week that he uses

648
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: flash cards. That's how he's kind of been learning how

649
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 1: to do it. What is your learning style? How are

650
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 1: you kind of approaching that now that you've had to

651
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: get back into it. Yeah, Well, if anybody knows me

652
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: and they know I have heavy a d D. So

653
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: so like sitting there like doing flash cards like God

654
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: bless kerk hard. But that's I have tried it though.

655
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: They have this really cool app it's called Quizzlet, Okay,

656
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: and uh it's yeah, that's funny. Wait. Yeah, So that's

657
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: how I know he's young because when I was in college,

658
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: Like we had flash cards, like legit flash cards, but

659
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 1: but basically this is this is slash exactly, but this

660
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: is uh flash cards, but on your phone, so that

661
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: that actually does help. UM. But for me, it's it's

662
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,959
Speaker 1: being on the field. That's why I love being here.

663
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: That's why I get excited to come to work every day. Today.

664
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: I think we UM ran through probably I don't know,

665
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 1: thirty forty plays, let's say, and just that thinking and

666
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: and then you know it's it's it's play call, line up,

667
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: snap go. Where you don't get that by sitting in

668
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: the classroom. You don't get that by looking at a

669
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: flash card. You know, you could look at a flash back.

670
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the the Z has this and the Y

671
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: has this, and like in a game that doesn't or

672
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: in practice that doesn't happen, Like it's like double right

673
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: off two jet blah blah blah blah blah. Like you're like, oh,

674
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: and then it's like and it's like, oh, so, so

675
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: it's for me, it's it's being on the field and

676
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: just going through it making mistakes, you know, hopefully not

677
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 1: making mistakes, and then but when you do, you kind

678
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: of remember it, UM because you're like oh I screwed

679
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: that one up, I got I gotta do this so um.

680
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: And then and then it's taking the next step, right, Like,

681
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: once you learn the playbook, now you have to figure

682
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: out the intricacies. Right, there's so much, the more more

683
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: that goes into football than just running the line on

684
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: the playbook. Right. So then it's like that's kind of

685
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: where I'm at right now. I'm trying to trying to

686
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: not think as much, um and just be able to

687
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: play free and kind of do my thing within the playbook.

688
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: To everything you just said, I think that really helps

689
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: fans understand how mental this game is. You you don't

690
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: really you don't really understand how mental the game is

691
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: until there's a new coach and then everyone has to

692
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: relearn a playbook or like there are certain things that

693
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: stays the same, but the fact that you have to

694
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 1: relearn a playbook and that's what separates the good from

695
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: the great. So to hear a tim your vet say like, Okay,

696
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: like some of this stuff was overwhelming, but I'm going

697
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: to figure this thing out. Appreciate you providing that for fans.

698
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: I can talk about it for hours, So anybody wants

699
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 1: to talk more about it, learn more about it. I

700
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: don't know if you're coaching GM want you talking too much? Yeah,

701
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: they then they better stop giving me coffee. Well, thank

702
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: you so much for being here at and we appreciate it.

703
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: And of course don't forget to go out and buy

704
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: those tickets to the CELEBT Pretty Softball tournament next week

705
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: should be fun. I don't know if you guys talked

706
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: about this, because I had to come in there a

707
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: little bit late, but the home run derby is what

708
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: I'd be looking forward too. I want to see some bombs. Yeah,

709
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: we haven't talked about that, so Ersmim Journey has been

710
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: talking about. So you know, he played, he did a

711
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: Trevis Keltzie celebrity won that last he won the home

712
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: run derby Lush or Trevis s all right, Well he's in.

713
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: I gotta get him in there because because we were studying,

714
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,959
Speaker 1: we're doing like seven guys or something like that, so

715
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure out who do it? Uh, well,

716
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: I was, I was like I was telling Hammer. I

717
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: was like, dude, you gotta do it like you're the hammer,

718
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: Like like, how is the Hammer not in the home

719
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: run derby? And he's like, oh, I don't want to

720
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: embarrass myself, you know, so he won't do it. But

721
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: I'm like the hammer. Hammer's gotta hit the home runs, right,

722
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: you know. Again, we'll go back to cam Dancler like

723
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: he thinks he's good at everything and so he thinks

724
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna win. But I wanted, like I wanted some

725
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: of the big guys in there, yeah, because like I

726
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: feel like they don't have to swing hard, kneel. Yeah,

727
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: Brian in he has no option like he is doing.

728
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: You imagine the Danielle Hunter trying to swing a bat.

729
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: He's had a big strikes one. That is true. That

730
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: is true. I feel like he's a little forget the

731
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 1: bat on the ball, But I don't know he he's

732
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: gonna be there, he's excited to play. I don't think

733
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna swing any but uh but he might be

734
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 1: like the enforcer. Yeah, so that guy stands behind Yeah, yeah, right,

735
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 1: for sure, Hunter swings a bat like Charles Barkley swings

736
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 1: a golf club. Definitely is a strong possibility. Wow. On

737
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 1: that note, thank you so much for Haley for being here.

738
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: And you guys, you're not gonna want to miss this. Obviously,

739
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: it's going to be a ton of fun. So thanks again,

740
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: am appreciate it. The double feature podcast was such a

741
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,439
Speaker 1: good idea. I'm really glad we had both of those

742
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: guys on and obviously for a vastly different reasons. Very

743
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: much so, you know, after after we do a lot

744
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 1: of these pl interviews, I like the fact that we

745
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: kind of reflect on what we learned from them and

746
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: what we you know, whether it's how much fun we're

747
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: going to have it with Adam at the celebrity softball

748
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: tournament for a good cause. I mean, you see so

749
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: much of the personalities come out in the situation, but

750
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: then how real moments are with these guys kind of

751
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 1: brings you back in When you listen to Chris talk

752
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: and I know that you guys can tell in his

753
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: voice how much this affected him, but even seeing in

754
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 1: his face just really hit home for me. Yeah, it's

755
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 1: a it's a tough subject no matter where you're from, right,

756
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: it just so happens that you know, feel a little

757
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: bit more different when you're like actually from the place

758
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: where you know this tragedy happened. I mean, it's a

759
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 1: terrible just a terrible event, right, But I think just

760
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:49,240
Speaker 1: from talking to both Adam and Chris Voyd. My biggest

761
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: take it was like, you know, we're all human just

762
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 1: trying to be safe and enjoy life and get back

763
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: and give back. That's the thing. Yeah, And I think

764
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, enjoying life is giving back to others. Yeah,

765
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 1: And really, you know, no matter how much you get

766
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: like Adam, we know he makes a bunch of money,

767
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, a lot of

768
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: that money is going back to the community that raised him.

769
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 1: And for Chris Boyd in this situation and it's a tragedy,

770
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: but no matter how much money he makes, he wants

771
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: to give that money back to people in need. And

772
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: I just hate that this is the conversation we have

773
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: to have. I don't want to be like everyone else

774
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: and say this has to stop, but it does, Like

775
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: this is this is just terrible, like just just terrible,

776
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: so very humbling just to hear those two guys just

777
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 1: be candid about what they're passionate about. But Chris Boyd

778
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: in this situation, it affects, It affects a lot of people,

779
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: and it's and it's easy to just be non by

780
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: a lot of what is going on. So kudos to him.

781
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,880
Speaker 1: America has to. We have to be better. God. I

782
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: know why we can't really get on a political commentary

783
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: on our sports podcast, but I totally agree. I don't

784
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,320
Speaker 1: think you'll find one person right now that I'll disagree

785
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: with the fact that something does need to change. And

786
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: I don't think that's politically. I know you don't mean

787
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: any harm about that, but like, yeah, between both of them,

788
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,879
Speaker 1: they're both trying to do what they can to help

789
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: in some way across the board. Chris, it's a personal

790
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: thing because he feels that pull being halfway across the

791
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 1: country and being like, you know, like you said, what

792
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: if this was my community, what if this was my niece,

793
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: what if this was my kid. That is something that

794
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 1: was just pulling at him, and he just reacted to

795
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: do something. And there's so many people right now that

796
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: are trying to find ways to do something to help.

797
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 1: The fact that he still wants to help, the fact

798
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: that Adam has a foundation to use it for good.

799
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: He does his camps to try to give back to

800
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 1: the kids. For both of them, they're doing it in

801
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: different ways, but both of them are It's coming from

802
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: the right place. Yeah, altruisms coming from the right place.

803
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 1: Platform is such a huge thing. You know, I think

804
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: a lot of us feel helpless in these situations because

805
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,919
Speaker 1: we don't maybe we don't have a platform. We want

806
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: to do something like that. We want to affect change

807
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: so that we don't have to have these conversations anymore.

808
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: They're they're doing that, and I have a lot of

809
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: respect for, you know, for what they're doing what and

810
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: not just them, but anyone with a platform that's doing

811
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,760
Speaker 1: for this, because nothing will change until we all speak

812
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: up and speak out right. Well, the difference I think

813
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 1: on a lot of this stuff is how many times

814
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: do we hear these shut up and play football? Yeah,

815
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: these guys are doing what you want them to do.

816
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: You want them to be good citizens, not only for

817
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, but of the world and for them

818
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: when football is gone, they're going to go back out

819
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: in this world and probably have to answer the question

820
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,839
Speaker 1: that a lot of us do and say, what good

821
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: am I doing for the rest of the world to

822
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: try to help humanity? And a lot of people aren't.

823
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: A lot of people tweet and say, you know, thoughts

824
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: and prayers and that's about the extent of what they

825
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 1: go with. And like, you know, Gabe brought up, and

826
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: the whole thing too of saying there's this cycle gets

827
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: tweeted about, people get upset. Twenty one days later, here

828
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: we are again doing it again. I think with these

829
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: guys taking an active role, you know who knows what

830
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: this sparks for Chris, maybe this is something that'll stick

831
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: with him and he'll do what he can moving forward.

832
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: On a similar topic, for a guy like Adam, he's

833
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: been established in the league now for ten years, and

834
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,320
Speaker 1: he and his wife have been very vocal, not only

835
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: on social media but across the board, trying to do

836
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: what they can to help not only Minnesota but everybody else. Hopefully,

837
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 1: tragedies like this aren't the reason why we just sit

838
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 1: there and feel like we need to keep doing things. Hopefully,

839
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: it's a spark to say. Once these kind of tragedies

840
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: hopefully stop, at some point, they'll continue to feel that

841
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 1: that need to give back. And I only hope that

842
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: for all humanity at this point, cooler heads can prevail

843
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: and we can find a way to fix some of

844
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: these problems. That was beautifully said. No, on that note,

845
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: I think it's probably good to point out Lindsay Young's

846
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: incredible series is continuing her Getting Open series also doing

847
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: the good work. And this week is is a very

848
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: candid conversation with Fox Sports. Is Jay Glazer. You know

849
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: him as this big tough guy on sports, but he's

850
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: been very vocal over the last few years about his

851
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Speaker 1: struggle with depression and anxiety. And after hearing him speak

852
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Speaker 1: a couple of times while he was up here in

853
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Speaker 1: his visit, this is one of those conversations I think

854
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Speaker 1: a lot of people will be able to relate to.

855
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: I think a guy like Jay Glazer seen as this

856
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 1: big tough guy who has everything. He's on TV shows,

857
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: on HBO, he's on Fox Sports. You know, he'd former fighter,

858
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Speaker 1: He's a tank of a person. And for him to

859
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Speaker 1: come out and basically say, every single day of my life,

860
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Speaker 1: I have struggled mentally for a guy like that, who

861
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Speaker 1: you see him out there with a smile on his face,

862
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: enjoying what he does, to pull off the facade and say,

863
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Speaker 1: I am somebody who needs help and I need it

864
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Speaker 1: from not only clinicians and those kind of people, but

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Speaker 1: friends and no support staff. The message that he's preaching

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00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 1: when it comes to not only his book, but his

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Speaker 1: speaking tour, and the fact that he was willing to

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00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: talk to us as a staff. You'll get a glimpse

869
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: of it here within this podcast with Lindsay and I

870
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: think the conversation was very candid and very good between

871
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Speaker 1: both of them, and I feel like I related to

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00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: him in a sense of a broadcaster level, like having

873
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: to deal with that kind of like that side of

874
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: him and hearing his stories from that perspective really helped me.

875
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: I personally think it's a muscleston for anyone that is

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Speaker 1: feeling anxious or who struggles just day to day and

877
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Speaker 1: if you're not sure what that means. I think he's

878
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: a great example of understanding the psyche of like what

879
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: people are thinking about when they're struggling with these things.

880
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 1: So I think for so long when someone says, oh

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00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: I struggle mentally, it's kind of an ambiguous question. He's

882
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: very candid with that particularly means for him and for

883
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: those maybe that are similar to him. Yeah, And that's

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00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:39,439
Speaker 1: why I love this Getting Open series because it highlights

885
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: so many different individuals from different backgrounds going through honestly

886
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: the same things. Yeah, just trying to be human and

887
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 1: be normal in this life. And you know a lot

888
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: of that comes from you know, trauma or depression, and

889
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,399
Speaker 1: Jay Glazier's case, you know, depression and anxiety and who

890
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: knows what that stems from. And that's why I'm happy

891
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: for Vikings fans to be able to hear about where

892
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: that stem from. But this, this does hit home because

893
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: it's so close to what we do. So, you know,

894
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 1: Vike's fansh should you know not only just tune to

895
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 1: this Jay Glazer Getting Open series, but go back and

896
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: listen and read some of Lindsay's other interviews with Getting

897
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: Open with this Getting Open series, and I feel like,

898
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 1: you know, this is kind of the icing on a

899
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: cake for all the great work that Lindsay Young does here.

900
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: So really good stuff, really really good stuff. You can

901
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: check out all that stuff out on vikings dot com

902
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: or your app. You can listen to the conversations, which

903
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: really add such a fantastic layer. Jake, congrats on all

904
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: that good work you guys are doing, because it does

905
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: add a layer when you're able to hear it straight

906
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: from those people. You know, Lindsay's a beautiful writer, and

907
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: she's obviously a fantastic talented interviewer as far as getting

908
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: people to open up to her but it is really

909
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: nice to hear the voices. Yeah, And I think it

910
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 1: just makes it more personal for sharing their own voice.

911
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: You know. Christian Rangel, who's helping edit this piece, has

912
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: done a phenomenal job, you know. Between Lindsay, Christian, myself

913
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: and everybody else with PR and everyone who's been willing

914
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 1: to help, it's been a great thing. And I think

915
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: it just shows you that and as somebody getting older,

916
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: you realize, at least I've realized as I've gotten older,

917
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 1: everybody's going through something. Yeah, everybody can use a help,

918
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 1: use help once in a while. And I'm hoping that

919
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: this series and the positivity that's come out of it,

920
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: not only for Lindsay locally, but even on a national scale.

921
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,359
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that this helps the message to reach other

922
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 1: people that are feeling alone so that they don't have

923
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 1: to suffer in silence. Yeah. Yeah, I just love the

924
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: title of this book is how I Turn My depression

925
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: and anxiety into motivation. And I think that's what we're

926
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: all doing, right, We're all turning our whatever we're going

927
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Speaker 1: to to something that we can use to make this

928
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Speaker 1: world better. So kudos to Jay Glazer for realizing that

929
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 1: and wanting to get help. And I think, like you

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Speaker 1: guys said earlier, getting help is like the first step,

931
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Speaker 1: that's the first step to anything. But that's so hard.

932
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: It's the hardest part. I would I would almost argue

933
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 1: the first step is actually admitting it to yourself. That

934
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: is I think the hardest part. How many times have

935
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 1: you heard the phrase suffering in silence? Yeah, I am

936
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: somebody who does that. I will flat out admit I

937
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: am somebody who does that. The hardest part is being

938
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Speaker 1: able to open up and admit it not only to yourself,

939
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: but then being willing to vocalize it to somebody else. Stuff.

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00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: And so for a guy like Jay who's gone through

941
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: this his entire life, for him to finally come out

942
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: and talk about the methods and the things that he

943
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: does to help himself cope and not only be there

944
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: for himself but be a support system for other people,

945
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 1: that is what the message is that's so powerful in

946
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 1: this thing. It's in his book, he talks about it,

947
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: and like I said, this interview is a chunk of

948
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: what you can kind of understand, but to really understand

949
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 1: what he's doing to help himself and everybody else, highly

950
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 1: check out you go check out the book or listen

951
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 1: to him if you can see him speaking person definitely well.

952
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 1: I think this is probably one of the more powerful

953
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,480
Speaker 1: episodes that we've had of the MVP. We are not

954
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: in the toy department, not today, taking a lot of

955
00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 1: great lessons home and honestly learn to be better, p bowl,

956
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 1: give back, be there for each other. It's a tough

957
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: time and it has been a tough time, and the

958
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: only thing we've learned over the last four years three

959
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 1: years is that we have to be there for each

960
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: other and we need to support each other and have

961
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 1: these kinds of conversations. So I feel very lucky to

962
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,319
Speaker 1: be able to have that. So even if this is

963
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: our platform, I guess you could even say, guys, that

964
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,439
Speaker 1: this is our platform to be able to talk about

965
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 1: these kinds of things too. Thank you so much for listening,

966
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: and we will see you guys next week. It'll be

967
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Speaker 1: Phase three of OTAs followed by Mini Camp the next week,

968
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: so we will have more vikings content for you. Come

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Speaker 1: in your way,