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Speaker 1: amount of his passes. But they've given up eleven sacks.

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Speaker 1: We know that we historically don't love playing mobile quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: but with an old line that's struggling a little bit,

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Speaker 1: if you can contain him and bring him to the

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Speaker 1: ground a few times, and like we said, the offense

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Speaker 1: is getting off that's that's the sort of thing you

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Speaker 1: have what happened last year with that. If you can

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Speaker 1: go out and you can be a little bit prolific

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Speaker 1: on offense, and then you get the Anthony Harris circus

440
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Speaker 1: interception from last year, or you get a special team's turnover,

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Speaker 1: or you get a striped sack fumble in those games,

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Speaker 1: if your offense is prolific and you make a play

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Speaker 1: running around a right tackle, that can really shift things. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and going back to your mobile quarterback what you were

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Speaker 1: talking about there. The Vikings haven't had success with them

446
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Speaker 1: in the recent past, but last game it was totally

447
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Speaker 1: different because I was shocked to see the way they

448
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Speaker 1: used Eric Kendricks in that spy quarterback situation. And I

449
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Speaker 1: think He did a great job with it, specifically on

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Speaker 1: a play where he made Deshaun Watson throw the ball

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Speaker 1: and dove and deflected it, acting as that spy on

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Speaker 1: the mobile quarterback. Obviously a few sacks for the Vikings

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Speaker 1: young defenders as well onto Shaun Watson. So I think

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Speaker 1: that's a good test heading into this game. Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: we know he moves, we know he can make plays

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Speaker 1: on the run. I think they're gonna do the same

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Speaker 1: kind of thing. I'm really really interested to see how

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Speaker 1: they attack this because normally Anthony Barr is the guy

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Speaker 1: who plays that spy QB spy spot at the linebacker position,

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Speaker 1: but it seemed Eric Kendricks did a good job. I

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Speaker 1: saw Eric Wilson play that role as well. And then

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Speaker 1: you have some of these young pass rushers like DJ

463
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Speaker 1: Wanna making a huge play his first stack of the year.

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Speaker 1: And the last thing to add is unique and Goaqwe

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Speaker 1: was on under center with Kirk Cousins this week and

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Speaker 1: he said, he's like, man, we're just getting started. Like

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Speaker 1: you guys gotta have some patience. I just moved here

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Speaker 1: like two weeks ago. I had to get my little

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Speaker 1: pit pull settled in like I'm ready, like literally, I'm

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Speaker 1: ready to get going here. And he said, we look

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Speaker 1: good last week against the Texans, and I want to

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Speaker 1: look great on national television. And one more thing here

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Speaker 1: is we talk about the sort of things that might

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Speaker 1: align for the Vikings to kind of pull an upset.

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Speaker 1: Opponents are sustaining drives versus Seattle. That has been the

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Speaker 1: kryptonite for the Vikings to start the season. And on average,

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Speaker 1: you're seeing eleven more offensive plays for Seattle's opponents versus

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. And you're seeing on average, forty nine

479
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Speaker 1: point eight more yards per game from the opponents as

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Speaker 1: opposed to the Seattle Seahawks offense. So I'm just hoping

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Speaker 1: all these things kind of come together. That's what you

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Speaker 1: can hope for. And I'm sure anybody like I'm sitting

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Speaker 1: here predicting a high scoring game and a last minute touchdown,

484
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Speaker 1: and anybody who's actually important on the team would probably

485
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Speaker 1: shout at me, because let's go out and act like

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Speaker 1: we're gon we're gonna shut down one of the best

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league. You don't walk into a game going, hey,

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Speaker 1: let's let's be prepared to give up points. You know,

489
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Speaker 1: obviously the goal is going to be to keep the

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Speaker 1: score as low as possible for Seattle. I'm just trying

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Speaker 1: to point out that there might be an opportunity here

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Speaker 1: to let the offense that we thought was going to

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Speaker 1: take the lead this year to continue to take the

494
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Speaker 1: lead and take the lead in a difficult situation, you know,

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Speaker 1: against probably the best team in football along you know,

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Speaker 1: along with the Chiefs. One of the things to think

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Speaker 1: about too, there is another X factor here that we

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Speaker 1: haven't talked about, and that's the fact that this Vikings

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Speaker 1: offense is not going to have to go against the twelves.

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Speaker 1: So the fact that if it comes down to deep

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Speaker 1: in a game, the Twelves become the eleven. That is correct,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's basically in the game, if you're on offense,

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Speaker 1: you're not going to have to fight that noise that

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Speaker 1: is on the field constantly in droning while you're trying

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Speaker 1: to talk and communicate. I just I that is something

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Speaker 1: actually Seattle people are freaking out about in these games

507
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Speaker 1: that they're having to play at home because they know

508
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Speaker 1: that it is a gigantic advantage. They literally engineered the

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Speaker 1: stadium to focus all of the noise to the bowl,

510
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Speaker 1: so like that is something that they bank on having,

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Speaker 1: and Russell's been able to erase that for the entire

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Speaker 1: season so far that it doesn't really matter because they're

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Speaker 1: scoring so many points. But if it really comes down

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Speaker 1: to it, and again it'd be similar to the Tennessee game,

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Speaker 1: and you have to make a game winning drive, you're

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Speaker 1: not going to have to fight the level of noise

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Speaker 1: in the chaos that happens in that stadium typically, So

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Speaker 1: if it gets to that point, that is something that

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Speaker 1: actually could be a difference maker in the late in

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Speaker 1: the game for the Vikings. It's one of the craziest

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Speaker 1: stadiums on Earth. I've told this story on multiple Vikings

522
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Speaker 1: platform since joining the group here, but I remember I

523
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Speaker 1: was out, like I was about to ride a train

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Speaker 1: home to Minnesota and they kicked a game winning field

525
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Speaker 1: goal at the gun and I was sitting on the

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Speaker 1: train and I was like, I freaked out because of

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Speaker 1: the noise. I was like, is this a terrorist attack?

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Speaker 1: And a woman goes, oh, honey, no, no, the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: just won the game, and I was like, what the

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Speaker 1: hell are you talking about. It is bonkers how loud

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Speaker 1: it is there and if you think about it, they

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Speaker 1: literally registered on the Richter scale when the Beast Quake

533
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Speaker 1: game happens, like they are rabbit, they are bananas. They

534
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Speaker 1: absolutely love that team, and I just I feel like

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Speaker 1: if you are able to take that away from them

536
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Speaker 1: as another advantage, we'll take all of the extra pieces

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Speaker 1: that we can get in this game at this point,

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Speaker 1: because right now they are humming. The Voyage delivers unprecedented

539
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Speaker 1: access to fans who will be able to get inside

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Speaker 1: the office of coach Mike Zimmer and have an insider's

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Speaker 1: look and listen during this talks with the team. Viewers

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Speaker 1: also here directly from current Vikings who will be writing

543
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: outcomes of games through their play on the field. Watch

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Speaker 1: bi weekly during the NFL season on the Vikings digital

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Speaker 1: slash Voyage. Well, Jay, let's keep this show humming here.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on on to Chris Corso's interview at Garrett

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Speaker 1: Bradberry The Vikings Center. Sat down with mister Corso talk

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Speaker 1: about the twenty twenty Viking season. Chris, I'm gonna let

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Speaker 1: you take it away. Welcome back to the Minnesota Vikings podcast.

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Speaker 1: And look who it is. It's Vikings second year center

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Speaker 1: Garrett Bradberry. What's going on, man? Nothing much? All be

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00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: doing doing pretty good. I've I've really enjoyed watching your

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Speaker 1: progress so far this year. It's been it seems like

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Speaker 1: you've taken a huge step from year one to year two.

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Speaker 1: Does it? Does it kind of feel that way for

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Speaker 1: you in the Vikings offensive line? Yeah, yeah, it does.

560
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Speaker 1: I feel like we're just stacking one week after the other,

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Speaker 1: trying to be better this week than we were last week.

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Speaker 1: Year two. Definitely feel a lot more comfortable just with everything,

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Speaker 1: with routines, with expectations and all that. So I just

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Speaker 1: gotta keep it going. Why do you feel more comfortable?

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Speaker 1: I mean, you were the number one ranked center by

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus last week with your perform against the

567
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Speaker 1: Houston Texas Dalvin Cook ran all over the field. Like

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Speaker 1: his offense has obviously been pretty successful the past two weeks.

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Speaker 1: So what is it this year that that makes you

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Speaker 1: feel more comfortable? Individually? It's it's it's the same system.

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Speaker 1: It's the same pretty much the same guys in the huddle,

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Speaker 1: same guys in the locker room. And I've been through

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Speaker 1: it before. I've played most of these teams before. I

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Speaker 1: know what I'm supposed to feel like. I know how

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Speaker 1: prepared I'm supposed to feel. Experience is invaluable. So did

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Speaker 1: some things last year. But I think here too, you

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Speaker 1: just you feel more comfortable. I think talking to the

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Speaker 1: other rookies on the team, like we all kind of

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Speaker 1: feel the same guys from last year, I should say,

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Speaker 1: did you put some strength or some weight? I know

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Speaker 1: you like those sonships who are talking about last year

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Speaker 1: with Kirk or was it thought or those of your

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Speaker 1: secret and ingredient to putting on some strength in the

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Speaker 1: off season. I don't know if that's the secret ingredient,

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Speaker 1: but no, having a full off season was huge, just

586
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Speaker 1: to focus on the strength and conditioning, and um, it

587
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Speaker 1: was awesome because last offseason wasn't really an offseason with

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Speaker 1: Senior Bowl Combine, Rocky Minney camp OTAs. It was just

589
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Speaker 1: it was a little different and this year is different too,

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Speaker 1: But feeling good where I'm at right now. Dalvin Cook

591
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Speaker 1: leads the league in rushing yards this season. He also

592
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Speaker 1: leads the league in yards per carry. What has it

593
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: been like blocking for him in this in this zone

594
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Speaker 1: blocking scheme and then just watching what he does after contact.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's unbelievable. It is, it is. He is

596
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Speaker 1: a special player. I think he doesn't get nearly the

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Speaker 1: recognition across the league that he deserves. He's one of

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Speaker 1: the best teammates I've been around. His personality it is contagious.

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Speaker 1: Its competitive attitude is contagious. It's just it's fun to

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Speaker 1: see him get fired up after his bust out of

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Speaker 1: ten twenty yard run. Just get fired. I mean, that's contagious.

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Speaker 1: You want to block for someone like that and his

603
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Speaker 1: attitude on and off the field. I mean, he's just

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Speaker 1: a great guy and awesome guy to be a teammate with. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he normally gives you guys the football the

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Speaker 1: spike when he scores touchdowns. Last year, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen u spike when lately or kind of

608
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: you gotta get the ball back from him after one

609
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: of these touchdowns. I think we'll just leave the ball

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Speaker 1: in his hands. He does special things with the football.

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Speaker 1: We'll just leave it with that. I like that, Speaking

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Speaker 1: of the guy who has the football in his hands.

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Speaker 1: Most of the time. It's Kirk Cousins of the Vikings quarterback,

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Speaker 1: take us inside the huddle of what's been going on.

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Speaker 1: Like when he's talking to you guys getting ready for

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Speaker 1: a play, it's it's a lot different than it was

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Speaker 1: last year. It's quiet. What is that like? Like when

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Speaker 1: he's when he's breaking you guys down in the huddle

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Speaker 1: getting the offense ready for the next play. You know,

620
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Speaker 1: everyone's asking about what it's like playing with no fans.

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Speaker 1: I feel like once you're out there, you don't really

622
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Speaker 1: notice if there's fans or no fans. I mean, he

623
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Speaker 1: definitely noticed, like after big plays, But when you're like

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Speaker 1: we are locked in, Kirk has commanded the huddle, whether

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Speaker 1: there's a bunch of fans or no fans, He's got

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Speaker 1: command in respect from everyone in that huddle. And so

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Speaker 1: we're just going out there and doing our job, trying

628
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Speaker 1: to block out all of the distractions or no distractions

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Speaker 1: and just trying to do our job. That's that's what

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Speaker 1: we're doing. So you guys came up with that Kurt

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Speaker 1: Dirt nickname last year. It's his little alter ego. Have

632
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Speaker 1: you seen a little bit of that in the past

633
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Speaker 1: two games, we always see a little Kurt Dirt. I love,

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Speaker 1: I love to hear that. I'm looking at the rest

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Speaker 1: of the Vikings offense. Rookie wide receiver Justin Jefferson. The

636
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: past two games have been unbelievable. It's almost like he

637
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Speaker 1: took his first start in the NFL and he's run

638
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: with it one hundred and seventy five yards and one

639
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: hundred four yards last week. What is the ceiling for

640
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Speaker 1: him and how does he pretty much make this Vikings

641
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Speaker 1: offense kind of take it to the next level. He's

642
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: a special player. He looks effortless doing it. Sometimes it's crazy.

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Speaker 1: He's only in game four of his NFL career. He's

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Speaker 1: got this kind of humble confidence about him where he

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Speaker 1: knows he's one of the best players in the field.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna go out there and make plays. He's another

647
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Speaker 1: fun guy to have him that huddle. We've got some

648
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Speaker 1: special players and so we just have to do our

649
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Speaker 1: job upfront because we know there's gonna be some separation

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Speaker 1: on the outside and there's gonna be some great runs

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Speaker 1: by Dalvin and Alex in the backfield. So it's a

652
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Speaker 1: lot of fun to work with these guys, you'd be

653
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Speaker 1: in the first round draft pick last year and him

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Speaker 1: this year. Do you have any sort of connection like

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Speaker 1: talking about that or sharing any like similar experiences. We've

656
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Speaker 1: gone through two very different off seasons and years. So

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Speaker 1: I didn't have a whole lot for him, just because

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine going through what these rookies went through

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Speaker 1: this year. But he's obviously he's handled it great. He's

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Speaker 1: done a great job. I'm excited to see how how

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Speaker 1: far he can go. You started and played in all

662
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Speaker 1: sixteen games last year, same thing so far this year.

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Speaker 1: What is it about yourself? Just to be able to

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Speaker 1: stay on the field, stay healthy, and continue to do

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Speaker 1: your job weekend and week out. Just gotta be there.

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Speaker 1: Availability is the best thing that you can have at

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Speaker 1: any position, and so just gotta stay healthy each week,

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Speaker 1: eat the right things, prepare my body on the weight room,

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Speaker 1: in the training room, held to and be ready on

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Speaker 1: Sundays getting ready for this Sunday you're taking on the

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Speaker 1: dreaded Seattle Seahawks. I feel like we go there every

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Speaker 1: year on primetime television. What do you see from this

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Speaker 1: defensive line? I mean, you went against JJ Watt and

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Speaker 1: a few other good pass rushers last week. So what

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Speaker 1: do you see in the defensive line for Seattle. You know,

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Speaker 1: they're good, They're really good upfront. They have a few

677
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Speaker 1: similar guys, a few new guys from last year. Clown

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Speaker 1: he's not there anymore, but they're still good. It's still

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Speaker 1: the NFL. I mean, they're gonna they're gonna be bringing

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Speaker 1: it ready to go on Sunday, and so we're gonna

681
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Speaker 1: need to as well. I know you were the guy

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Speaker 1: who made smoothies for the team last year up in

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Speaker 1: the cafeteria. I assume you're not able to do that

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Speaker 1: this year with the COVID protocols. This year is very different,

685
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Speaker 1: doing a lot of things different this year, but we're

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Speaker 1: making it work. Awesome. Well, good luck on Sunday and

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Speaker 1: hopefully we get a w and kind of get back

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Speaker 1: on track before bye week. And we appreciate you joining

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Speaker 1: the show, no doubt appreciate it. Thank you Chris and

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Speaker 1: Garrett for catching up before the big tilt this weekend.

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Speaker 1: And before we get out of here, I want to

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Speaker 1: take a quick look at the NFL standings and the

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Speaker 1: ton of time here on other teams. I'm focused on

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Speaker 1: our team, but I want to talk unbeatens and beaten's

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Speaker 1: unbeaten's in the AFC, Bills, Chiefs, Steelers, Titans. Who's at

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Speaker 1: the top of that list for you, Chris? I know

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Speaker 1: everybody in the world says Chiefs. Can you make a

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Speaker 1: case for anybody else? Yeah? I really can't. I've been

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Speaker 1: able to watch the Chiefs of times, and I just

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Speaker 1: think their offense it does things Eric the enemy Andy Reid,

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Speaker 1: with the things that they're doing pre snap and after

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Speaker 1: the snap, with movement and motions and so many playmakers.

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Speaker 1: I think they're the team to beat. The Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: are playing pretty pretty pretty good, and it's been definitely

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Speaker 1: pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty good in the game.

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Speaker 1: It hasn't been fun to watch number four team in

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Speaker 1: that jersey. Yeah, it really upsets me. The Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: do a little social media tweet of whatever the new

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Speaker 1: trend is of here now and there, then whatever I

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Speaker 1: want to see them start playing terribly honestly, see see

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Speaker 1: I feel very differently, Chris. I'm all in on the Bills,

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Speaker 1: and let me give you the reasons. And I actually

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Speaker 1: think they're the exact sort of team that can beat

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs because they're really really balanced. They're putting up

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Speaker 1: points on offense, but they have a stud defense, and

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Speaker 1: their coach, who looks like a buff Ron Howard, is

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Speaker 1: a fantastic football coach. And I feel the opposite of you,

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Speaker 1: especially especially with Justin Jefferson playing so well. I am

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Speaker 1: as a fan of Stefan Diggs as a guy who

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Speaker 1: will love him forever because of the Minnesota miracle. I'm

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Speaker 1: enjoying watching him thrive. And I've said this on this

728
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Speaker 1: podcast and anywhere else I've been allowed to speak about football.

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Speaker 1: I thought we got a great deal. I also think

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Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs is a top five wide receiver in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and it's been fun to watch that. I think everybody

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Speaker 1: feels that after four weeks, you take a guy who

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Speaker 1: was an okay quarterback that got a ton of criticism

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Speaker 1: off and on throughout the year, and now all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, if Russell Wilson wasn't playing, you'd have people going,

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Speaker 1: is Josh Allen the Is he an MVP candidate right now?

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Speaker 1: It's crazy? So I'm with you, Chiefs are there? Steelers

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Speaker 1: surprise me. I'm not buying the Titans because of how

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Speaker 1: closely we were able to play them and some of

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Speaker 1: the flaws I saw on the field in that game.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Bills, I think the Bills are

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Speaker 1: are a sleeper there. And then there's all the the

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Speaker 1: three and one teams that we could spend a half

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Speaker 1: hour talking about, like my guy Philip Rivers and the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Let's flip over to the NFC, Jay, two teams unbeaten Packers, Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: Which one of those teams? If right now I'm like,

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Speaker 1: which teams in the super Bowl? And I know that's

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Speaker 1: a that's a very cliche sports show question, but Jay,

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Speaker 1: right now, which one of these teams do you think

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Speaker 1: is going to the Super Bowl? In the game the

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Speaker 1: Big Game? Yeah, if it's between Packers and Seahawks as

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Speaker 1: of now, I have to lean towards the Packers and

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Speaker 1: the who's Who's Yeah, who's your better unbeaten team right now?

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Speaker 1: Is a more grown up, actual host way I could

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Speaker 1: have asked that question. No, no, no, you're good. I

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Speaker 1: just I personally don't make me feel good about myself

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Speaker 1: when I make a mistake. Joe, Joe, don't make there's

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Speaker 1: a mistake. There we go, baby, To be honest with you.

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Speaker 1: For the reason why I say the Packers is just

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Speaker 1: because I feel like defensively they have a solid secondary

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Speaker 1: and they have some serious weapons for pass rush and

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Speaker 1: being able to stuff the run. I just for me,

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Speaker 1: it always feels like you have these giant running gun

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Speaker 1: teams that are putting up a ton of points and

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Speaker 1: they're able to outsprint everybody, But when you get to

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Speaker 1: the playoff time, it turns into a points are at

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Speaker 1: a premium unless you're Kansas City. Can you rattle off

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Speaker 1: thirty forty points if you get behind on somebody. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Sea Idol can and maybe Russell's having an MVP type season,

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Speaker 1: But as a more well rounded team as of now,

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Speaker 1: it feels like the Packers are that team. For the

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Speaker 1: same reason why I think you were willing to look

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Speaker 1: at the Bills, I felt the same way about them

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Speaker 1: because it feels like they're a more well rounded team.

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Speaker 1: There's a long way to go. We're only a quarter

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Speaker 1: of the way through the season, but as of now,

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Speaker 1: I'd have to say probably Packers over Seahawks. And I

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Speaker 1: would too for the exact reasons the things that we

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Speaker 1: just highlighted in terms of opportunity to beat the Seattle Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: you have to be honest, the Packers do all those

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Speaker 1: things really really well. They can score a lot of points,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is playing incredibly, and they can get home

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback they have, really you know that that's

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Speaker 1: in one of those games if you get Zadarius Smith

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Speaker 1: and Preston Smith getting home against against Russell Wilson and

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Speaker 1: making it difficult for him. I just, you know, I

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Speaker 1: didn't think the Packers were going to be bad. I

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Speaker 1: didn't necessarily expect to be sitting here week four thinking

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Speaker 1: that they are arguably the best team in football. And

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Speaker 1: that's the conversation that they're in over to the beaten teams,

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Speaker 1: the teams that have yet to win a football game.

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Speaker 1: Chris Corso Jets, Texans. Bill O'Brien gets shown the door

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Speaker 1: after the loss against the Vikings, and you know, what

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do all four Jets, Texans, AFC, Falcons, Giants,

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Speaker 1: NFC Ken I mean, historically, starting out owned for and

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Speaker 1: making the playoffs just doesn't happen in this league. Do

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Speaker 1: you expect any of these teams to pull out of

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Speaker 1: their early season tailspin? The Jets and Giants are at

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Speaker 1: the bottom of the barrel. I think there's no worst

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Speaker 1: teams in this league, that's for sure. The Texans I

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Speaker 1: saw a little light from them last week. Obviously, you

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Speaker 1: see they fire their head coach and general manager, Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: so that'll be tough to come back from. But I

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Speaker 1: think they're a step ahead of the Falcons because the

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Speaker 1: Falcons have shown they cannot close games. Even when they've

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Speaker 1: been up in games, they find a way to blow it,

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Speaker 1: just like they did in the Super Bowl a few

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Speaker 1: years ago. So definitely did not impress me at all.

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Speaker 1: And they played the Packers last week. There wasn't really

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Speaker 1: any sort of competitiveness in that game. So I'll give

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Speaker 1: the Texans the edge out of these beaten teams. But again,

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Speaker 1: when you lose your head coach and general manager, it's

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Speaker 1: it's not going to be a happy trail ahead. For

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Speaker 1: that team. Jay, you know the thing about the Texans

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Speaker 1: is they've got Romeo Crenelle coming in. You can help

816
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Speaker 1: stabilize that team. But still looking at that AFC South,

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Speaker 1: They've got Tennessee and India in that division, and I

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Speaker 1: just don't see them catching them as of now. I

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Speaker 1: mean to be honest with you, I would look at

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Speaker 1: the Falcons purely because they have been putting up points. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they have lost some close ones at the end and

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Speaker 1: some bonehead plays that they've made to choke away some

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Speaker 1: of those games, which, like you said before, since the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, everyone's looking at them going there's this aura

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Speaker 1: and this stink that's on them that everyone just kind

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Speaker 1: of feels like they can't do it. They can't do it,

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Speaker 1: and maybe that's starting to seep into their psyche. But

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Speaker 1: looking at the NFC South, Carolinas two and two in

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Speaker 1: New Orleans are two and two and they're only two

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Speaker 1: games back from that, So like, there's a chance that

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Speaker 1: they can catch it. And if you're going to potentially

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Speaker 1: have the extra team in the playoffs this year, Atlanta's

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Speaker 1: one that if they finally can figure out how to

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Speaker 1: hold onto leads that they are actually putting up the

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Speaker 1: points to do it. So for me, I would actually

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Speaker 1: look at Atlanta as having a chance out of those

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Speaker 1: four teams. I agree with the Atlanta thing, but also

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Speaker 1: I'm the guy who every year is continues to be

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Speaker 1: completely and utterly shocked when Atlanta doesn't show up. Every year,

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Speaker 1: I act like they're going to be a threat. Every year,

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Speaker 1: I say, I know you're in on the Saints, he

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00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,280
Speaker 1: will look out. This is the year the Falcons rebound.

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Speaker 1: I don't get it. I don't understand how they're on four.

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Speaker 1: They didn't look great against the Packers, but I just

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Speaker 1: it shocks me. Every single year you're telling me Kelvin Ridley,

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones, Austin Hooper and Todd Gurley and Matt Ryan

847
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Speaker 1: can't score points and have a team hold on to

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Speaker 1: a lead. That just blows my mind. It's bonkers, is

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Speaker 1: Gabe Henderson and Chris Corso give you everything you need

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Speaker 1: to know as we head into and up to kick

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Speaker 1: off this weekend. It's live on kfan or you can

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Speaker 1: the social media platforms Vikings dot Com, Fox nine. You know,

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Speaker 1: unfortunately people, I know, we're out in Seattle this week,

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Speaker 1: but the team here is putting together really great pregame

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Speaker 1: stuck at home. Mate, We're trying to make you feel

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Speaker 1: as connected as humanly possible, and I think the team

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Speaker 1: here at ven is doing a fantastic job of that stuff.

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Speaker 1: And speaking of some of that stuff, tune into Vikings

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Speaker 1: the app, the social you can find it on Twitter

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Speaker 1: and all the social media channels Instagram, and on and

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Speaker 1: on and on. Boys Week five is another tough matchup

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Speaker 1: versus one of the hottest qbs in the NFL. Final

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Speaker 1: thoughts walking into this game, Chris, I think there's a

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Speaker 1: chance that we catch the Seattle Seahawks at just the

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Speaker 1: right time. Our offense is rolling right now. The pass

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Speaker 1: offense looks great. Dalvin Cook leads the NFL and rushing

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Speaker 1: yards and yards per Carrie. I think the fact that

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Speaker 1: their defense is so weak, one of the worst in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. I think there's a chance we can outscore

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. The thing for me this weekend is going

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Speaker 1: to definitely be the bend, but don't break, because they

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Speaker 1: are going to put up some points on you, especially

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Speaker 1: the way that they've been doing it against most secondaries.

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Speaker 1: But if you're going to have to bring out the

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Speaker 1: beast and have him be the X factor, Dalvin Cook

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Speaker 1: has got to get more than fifty yards in a game.

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Speaker 1: They're being super stine, but Dalvin's been putting up some

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Speaker 1: serious numbers and he's got six rushing touchdowns so far

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Speaker 1: this season. Dalvin's going to have to be your X

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Speaker 1: factor in this game to try to help control the

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Speaker 1: clock and limit the amount of times Russell Wilson gets

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Speaker 1: his hands on the football in their offense. I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: looking for the trend that has continued through through the

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Speaker 1: last two weeks to continue through to this week, and

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Speaker 1: in a bigger spot against a better team, I'm looking

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Speaker 1: for the offense to come through. I know it's high expectations,

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Speaker 1: like I said, historically, given the numbers that our skilled

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Speaker 1: position guys have put up the last two weeks, but

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Speaker 1: I want to see it again. I want to see

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Speaker 1: a big game out of Dalvin. I want to see

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Speaker 1: a big game out of out of our wide receivers,

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Speaker 1: and I want to see a big game out of Kirk.

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Speaker 1: I start to feel like a broken record here, but

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Speaker 1: this is one of those games that putting together a

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Speaker 1: couple of big moment drives. Like we said, it might

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Speaker 1: be a shootout, and if it's a shootout, there might

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Speaker 1: be some mistakes and that's the opportunity to put some separation.

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Speaker 1: And so what I'm really hoping to see here is

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Speaker 1: the bye whether it's low scoring or high scoring, can

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Speaker 1: keep pace and then take advantage of a moment. This

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Speaker 1: is one of those games when you play a super

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Speaker 1: Bowl caliber team, they're gonna give you a chance. I'm

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Speaker 1: not exactly sure what it'll look like or when it'll

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Speaker 1: come or how it will come, but you will get

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Speaker 1: your chance to capitalize in this game. And if the

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Speaker 1: offense can step up or the defense whoever it is,

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Speaker 1: can step up and capitalize on that moment, I absolutely

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Speaker 1: think we can compete in this one and break an

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Speaker 1: unfortunate streak of losses in Seattle. That's going to do

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Speaker 1: it for us. We appreciate you guys, tune an in

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Speaker 1: and we will see you next week