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Speaker 1: to Alexander Madison. Hello and welcome to the newest edition

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Speaker 1: host Chris Corso of Vikings dot Com and Mike Wabshaw

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Speaker 1: how you doing good to thea This week we have

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Speaker 1: It's really something. What do we thank David Spade, Chee, Britney,

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Speaker 1: different to me, same dance, smile, different attitude than the

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Speaker 1: heart because he's been questioned by everybody, including his own teammates,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like he's responded not only to what's

432
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Speaker 1: going on outside the locker room, which is somewhat easy

433
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Speaker 1: to do, but responding to your own wide receiver, saying

434
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Speaker 1: we need to hit the big shots. Step Stefandie's coming

435
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Speaker 1: out and saying, I don't know if I want to

436
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Speaker 1: be here, and then rallying all the troops and I

437
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Speaker 1: care less. He's if he doesn't throw a touchdown. Dalvin

438
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Speaker 1: Cook's cooking. Let him cook the game when he has

439
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Speaker 1: to step up and make a play, whether it's versus

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Matt Moore which he'll win the next week,

441
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Speaker 1: versus Dallas. I feel like kirk Cousins is a different

442
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Speaker 1: man because of him realizing we're not laughing with him.

443
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Speaker 1: There's a lot of people in this league that are

444
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Speaker 1: laughing at him, and he's tired of him. I think

445
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Speaker 1: the first thing kirk Cousins would say, yeah, it's really

446
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Speaker 1: nice having Dalvin Cook behind me, and that's a huge difference.

447
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Speaker 1: I also think that Adam feeling thing with the apology

448
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Speaker 1: whatnot was a really important moment, not only in the season,

449
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Speaker 1: in his career. And I remember when it happened. Peter,

450
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,520
Speaker 1: you said something, you said, you gotta be who you are.

451
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Speaker 1: You can't fake it. You can't be a fake tough guy.

452
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Speaker 1: You can't be nice. If you're not nice. We see

453
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Speaker 1: a lot of quarterbacks were not nice, and they don't

454
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Speaker 1: try to be. I think Kirk Cousins is the guy

455
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Speaker 1: who watches the film, apologizes to his receiver, and then

456
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Speaker 1: he puts the antlers in the red nose on his minivan.

457
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Speaker 1: I think that is him, and I think it's serving

458
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Speaker 1: him well. And I think the Vics are going to

459
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Speaker 1: the Platts with Kirk Cousins this year, I really do.

460
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Speaker 1: I think them and the Packers are going to go.

461
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Speaker 1: It's the middle of the season. I've seen enough. I

462
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Speaker 1: love them. You think they'll beat the Cowboys this week

463
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Speaker 1: after next? I do. I saw the Cowboys a week

464
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Speaker 1: ago lose to Sam Donald. I think they're going to

465
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Speaker 1: could that one could go either way. We'll go a

466
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Speaker 1: long way in my book to see what he does against.

467
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Speaker 1: It's not only the Cowboys. I'm with you on on

468
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Speaker 1: the Road under the Lights with Alan Chris on the

469
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Speaker 1: call like it matters. Those are the ones I don't

470
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Speaker 1: know about. Thursday night against the Redskins at home is

471
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Speaker 1: going to be what the slam? Don't he did it

472
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Speaker 1: without Dylan? That's right? Schrieger wants to see more. This

473
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Speaker 1: is the Kirk Cousins experienced bust. It also awesome coming

474
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Speaker 1: on our show. I went on his show to check

475
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Speaker 1: out the under Center podcast with Kirk Cousins. He's a

476
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Speaker 1: man task that's a fine. He gets great gas. Yeah,

477
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Speaker 1: Tom Izzowani. He is a bunch of guys from Mission State.

478
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Speaker 1: The episode premiere is tonight. Head to Vikings dot com

479
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Speaker 1: for more info. Kirk, Yeah, coming out of that, Kirk

480
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Speaker 1: is one of those guys I think in the locker room,

481
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Speaker 1: as you said the first four weeks, it's not any

482
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Speaker 1: kind of mystery at this point that there was some

483
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Speaker 1: feeling out and the way things were going in the

484
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Speaker 1: locker room, and once it came to the point where

485
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Speaker 1: he was sitting out with the lineman here in our podcast,

486
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Speaker 1: it was fun. It was fun with those guys to

487
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Speaker 1: sit down and kind of see that relationship between them,

488
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Speaker 1: the joking, kind of the fun that the guys were

489
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Speaker 1: having and getting a little bit looser with that kind

490
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Speaker 1: of stuff. And the fact that not only has it

491
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Speaker 1: gone from the locker room to now the podcast on

492
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Speaker 1: Kirk Show too, Good Morning Football, and you're seeing guys

493
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Speaker 1: like Kyle Brandt picking up on this kind of stuff.

494
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Speaker 1: If you can have that kind of feeling as a

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Speaker 1: group that there's this special bond with this group. I

496
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Speaker 1: think it's a huge thing moving forward for this team

497
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Speaker 1: and the success that they can have for the rest

498
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Speaker 1: of the year. Yeah, and we've definitely seen that from

499
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Speaker 1: the offensive line. And the Vikings obviously had that game

500
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Speaker 1: on Thursday night, which means for a long weekend, which

501
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Speaker 1: means for time off throughout the week. On Monday, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings actually, I think they had during the weekend, they

503
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Speaker 1: had a holiday Halloween party were they're all dressing up.

504
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Speaker 1: You could probably see some of those pictures on their

505
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Speaker 1: instagrams and stuff like that. Eric was also with a

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Speaker 1: lot of the players on Monday evening where they had

507
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Speaker 1: a Halloween party at the TCO Performance Center. But Eric

508
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Speaker 1: covered the event and the community initiatives that the Vikings

509
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Speaker 1: took part in for Halloween. Yeah, pretty cool. On Monday afternoon,

510
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Speaker 1: Kirk actually surprised around fifty kids at a party city

511
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Speaker 1: here and Egan and the kids are associated with a

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Speaker 1: group called People Serving People, which is focused on families

513
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Speaker 1: who are kind of transitioning from homelessness. So he's the

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Speaker 1: price of the kid the party city and bottom all

515
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Speaker 1: Halloween costume. You know, they probably wouldn't have had costumes otherwise.

516
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Speaker 1: And then they all got on a bus that came

517
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Speaker 1: back here to Twint to do the Orthopedics Performance Center

518
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Speaker 1: and they went trick or treating around the indoor practice

519
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Speaker 1: facility and the kids had a great time. Kirk had

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Speaker 1: a great time. A couple of the linemen came out.

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Speaker 1: Oftensive lineman came out to support Brian O'Neill and and

522
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Speaker 1: Pat Alpine draft up is Mario and Luigi what's a

523
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Speaker 1: pretty neat Dakota dojo with Batman, But yeah, with great

524
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Speaker 1: you know, it was good for the kids. You know,

525
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Speaker 1: Kirk had the good heart and people don't see that

526
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Speaker 1: all the time. He's usually quiet with a community endeavor,

527
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Speaker 1: which it's a good all the way around. So the

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Speaker 1: Vikings have Tuesday off and Wednesday they come back to

529
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Speaker 1: the TCO Performance Center to prepare for the Kansas City Chiefs,

530
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Speaker 1: who are one of the best teams in the AFC currently.

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Speaker 1: The past two games, they are without their starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, who has a tough knee injury where he

533
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Speaker 1: dislocated his knee. There are questions on if you will

534
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Speaker 1: play this week, but looking at the guy who's taken

535
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Speaker 1: his place. It's longtime veteran and journeyman Matt Moore, who

536
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Speaker 1: actually has played pretty good the last two weeks against

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Speaker 1: the Packers and the Broncos. He's thirty four for fifty

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Speaker 1: six with three hundred and eighty four passing yards and

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Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Hasn't made too many mistakes, which is all

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Speaker 1: you could ask for from a guy like that. There's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a big difference if Mahomes plays this game,

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Speaker 1: where Matt Moore plays this game. How do you see, um, Eric,

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Speaker 1: how do you see the Vikings kind of preparing for

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Speaker 1: this week with the differences in those two quarterbacks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you have to prepare as if Mahomes is

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Speaker 1: going to play. You know, he somewhat close to play

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Speaker 1: in last week. I mean, he seemed like he's rebounding

548
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Speaker 1: very quickly from the knee injury. Like you said, Chris,

549
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Speaker 1: there's a much, much bigger different if you're playing Mahomes

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Speaker 1: or you're playing Matt Moore. I thought Matt Moore played

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Speaker 1: great on Sunday Night against Green Bay. I mean, who

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Speaker 1: would have thought Aaron Rodgers and Matt Moore go on

553
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Speaker 1: toe to toe on national TV? Yeah, it's it's gonna

554
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Speaker 1: be that's gonna be a storyline all week to see.

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Speaker 1: You know what, how did the defense kind of prepare?

556
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Speaker 1: And you know, not even that quarterback. The Chiefs have

557
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Speaker 1: tons of weapons on offense, you know, and they have

558
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Speaker 1: enough weapons where you know, all Matt Moore got to

559
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Speaker 1: do just get the ball in their hand. And you know,

560
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Speaker 1: their offensive is pretty pretty explosive. We saw that on

561
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Speaker 1: Sunday night too. Yeah, looking at some of their weapons,

562
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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill at wide receiver, they have a bunch of

563
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Speaker 1: young wide receivers. Met Hardman was a draft pick they

564
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Speaker 1: took early in the draft this year out of Georgia.

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Speaker 1: He's another explsive wide receiver. And if you look at

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Speaker 1: their backfield, I mean they have like three or four

567
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Speaker 1: options back there as well. And Travis Kelsey and Travis

568
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Speaker 1: Kelsey who's their leading wide receiver at tight end? Who

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Speaker 1: are you gonna stop? Jay? I think at this point,

570
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Speaker 1: like you were talking about the difference between Mahomes and

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Speaker 1: More at this point is essentially you have More who

572
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Speaker 1: is the journeyman, but he's the veteran, so he's not

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Speaker 1: gonna get rattled. It's not gonna be one of those

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Speaker 1: things where he's going to be like, oh no, what

575
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Speaker 1: am I doing this week? He understands what it means

576
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Speaker 1: to be in live action, and so if it's Mahomes,

577
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Speaker 1: the thing that is hard with him is the elusiveness.

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Speaker 1: And with More, you saw he got a little tricky

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Speaker 1: when he was having to do things like loft the

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Speaker 1: tiny pass over the top to Travis Kelsey who was

581
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Speaker 1: wide open, but you saw the wheels turning for him

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Speaker 1: and knowing where he's gonna go. He tried to hit

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill a couple times down field, who was in

584
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Speaker 1: double and even triple coverage at that point. But I

585
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Speaker 1: think the biggest thing is, like what you guys said,

586
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Speaker 1: there's a ton of weapons on this team, and what

587
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Speaker 1: it's going to be is minimizing the amount of damage

588
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Speaker 1: that they can do. It's like keeping these guys in

589
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Speaker 1: front of you so Tyreek Hill doesn't burn you for

590
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Speaker 1: a sixty five yard touchdown pass. You can put pressure

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Speaker 1: on a guy like More, who's less elusive than a

592
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes is at this point. But it's taking all

593
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Speaker 1: of those other weapons and just trying to put them in,

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Speaker 1: you know, keep them accountable for it because you're gonna

595
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 1: get matchups where you have linebackers in D linemen and

596
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: different guys like that just because of the scheme that

597
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: they're gonna be on there, and it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a probably a bend. But don't break attitude this week

599
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Speaker 1: for the defense and making sure that once you take

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Speaker 1: your shots and trying to get guys like more on

601
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Speaker 1: a blitz or you know, trying to put pressure on

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Speaker 1: a guy like that, don't let them get comfortable and

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Speaker 1: make them have to make plays. Where with Mahomes it's

604
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Speaker 1: almost kind of a trying to contain a quarterback who

605
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Speaker 1: can hurt you with his legs. It feels like with

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Speaker 1: more it's going to be more take those chances when

607
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Speaker 1: you can pressure wise. Yeah, And I think one other

608
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Speaker 1: thing to note about the chief offense that they are

609
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Speaker 1: actually down a couple of starting linemen on the left side,

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Speaker 1: and so I think that's where everything would line up.

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Speaker 1: He'd line up on the on the right side of

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Speaker 1: the Viking D lines though that the matchup to watch

613
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: this week did everything against us potentially a backup left tackle.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the offense this season, twenty eight point two

615
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,880
Speaker 1: points per game for the Chiefs, that's fourth in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Three hundred ninety two total yards per game, that's fifth

617
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. The passing yards three hundred and nine

618
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Speaker 1: point five per game, that's second in the NFL. So

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Speaker 1: they're a past heavy offense. Um, let's move over to

620
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Speaker 1: the rushing attack. Lashawn McCoy is back there, who we

621
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Speaker 1: all know as a veteran's been around forever. He's not

622
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Speaker 1: as as nimble and quick as he used to be,

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Speaker 1: but he's definitely a chilling presence back there for the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: But there's a couple other young running backs that they

625
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Speaker 1: have in the backfield as well. Eric, Yeah, they have

626
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Speaker 1: two guys. Two william guy actually Damian Williams and then

627
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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams. I think Daryl. Darryl Williams did the rookie.

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Speaker 1: Damian Williams is pretty good. You know. He can he

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Speaker 1: can run the ball, he can he can catch the

630
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Speaker 1: ball on the backfield. He kind of a dual threat guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to have McCoy back there, he kind of had some

632
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Speaker 1: fumbling issue, I mean if he fumbled Sunday aget the Packers.

633
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Speaker 1: But yes he did, of course. But yeah, they don't

634
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Speaker 1: rely on the run quite as much as we do.

635
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Speaker 1: I think that's at fair to day. They're probably in

636
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Speaker 1: the lower third in the league and rushing attemph you know,

637
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Speaker 1: but when you have homes, why not put the ball

638
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Speaker 1: in hisoth hand as much as possible. Yeah, good point.

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Speaker 1: They're at eighty three yards per game rushing, which is

640
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Speaker 1: twenty sixth in the league, so they're definitely more dependent

641
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Speaker 1: on the pass game. Travis Kelsey is the one, like

642
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Speaker 1: like we said, that leads the team with forty two

643
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: receptions and six hundred forty yards. When you're looking at

644
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: a tight end like that, the Vikings have had some

645
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: issues in the past covering guys like Zach Ertz and

646
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: larger size pass catchers that cut across the middle of

647
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: the field. Jay, how do you stop a big tight

648
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: end like Travis Kelsey? I think a lot of times

649
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: with those kind of guys, you gotta get him early.

650
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: You gotta jam them at the line and try to

651
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 1: not let them get those three releases a special running

652
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: up the seam. It just it feels like a guy

653
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: with like Kelsey, you know, like you said, ERT's grunt Kelsey.

654
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: Those kind of guys were the guys that were the

655
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: big body guys kind of like a Rudy who can

656
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: get down the middle. You just kind of loft it

657
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: up there in order for him to go get it,

658
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: and they can make a play and make you hurt.

659
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: The problem with Kelsey is when he gets lost in

660
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: the wash. You know, we saw that the other night

661
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: where Kelsey just kind of got released out the middle

662
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,719
Speaker 1: and that was one more floated over the top. I

663
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: think Kelsey is one of those guys. He's a personality.

664
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Speaker 1: People know him, and part of it is because he

665
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: makes big plays, and especially in the red zone area,

666
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: if you can't get two more or Mahomes whoever it's

667
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 1: going to be, and you give them time to find Kelsey,

668
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: they're able to try to see if they can just

669
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: let him go up and get it to get his touchdown. Yeah.

670
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: I think a good comparison is maybe what we saw

671
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago with Zack Art against Phil

672
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: again Philly. You know, in that game he had a

673
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: four kettoo for fifty four yards here again death, but

674
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: it seemed like he didn't do a ton, you know.

675
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's pretty quiet, and I think

676
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: most of the time I'm the Viking shadowed him or

677
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: kind of bracketed him with double coverage. I know Harrison

678
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: Smith was involved on that a lot. You know, when

679
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: you kind of put put a guy on him and

680
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: then Harry kind of lurking around. That might be the

681
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: same strategy we used against Kelthy. I mean, he's such

682
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: an agile route runner. You know, he's just still quake

683
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: and good out of his break. Looking over to the

684
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: other side of the ball, the Chiefs defense, this is

685
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: not one of the strong suits of their team and

686
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: hasn't been in the past. The team is a lot

687
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: three hundred and seventy seven yards per game. That's twenty

688
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: fourth in the league. So they're they're kind of in

689
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: the middle of the pack when it comes to a

690
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: lot of the defensive statistics. What do you see eric

691
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: out of this Chiefs defense? Who are the key contributors

692
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: and playmakers? Yeah, they're they're kind of banged up on

693
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: defense as well. They got a couple of starters who

694
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: are out. I know, their defensive lineman Chris Jones did

695
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: not play against Green Bay. He was a Pro bowler

696
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: last year. I think he had fourteen fourteen and a half.

697
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: Fact defensive end Frank Clark didn't play against Green Bay.

698
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: They're one of their starting cornerback, Kendall Fuller, was out,

699
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: so they were kind of beat up on defense. Yeah,

700
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: they haven't had a great defense in recent years. They

701
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: kind of have the ben but don't break approach kind

702
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: of like we mentioned earlier, you know, they kind of

703
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: allow yards and most of their game seemed like they're

704
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: kind of shootouts, you know, where they kind of rely

705
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: on the offense. But they have some talent. I mean,

706
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: they have Matthew he came over from Houston. You know,

707
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: he's kind of a leader back there. In the secondary.

708
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: They got a couple of young linebackers that are playing well.

709
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: But I think at the unit that we can have

710
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: six death again if we keep it balanced like we've

711
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: talked about. Yeah, the Vikings. When when you go against

712
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: the shootout with the Minnesota Vikings, I think you're you're

713
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: in for a treat because I think that the defense

714
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: is going to do a pretty good job. A lot

715
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: of times this season, teams aren't scoring more than twenty

716
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: one points against US. So if Kirk can go out

717
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: on the road score the twenty one point total that

718
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: we always look at, I think there's a good chance

719
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: that the Vikings win the game. Yeah, and I think,

720
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: you know, defensively, if they want to show up for

721
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: a big matchup like this with all of those weapons improved,

722
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: that they are one of the top defenses in the

723
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: league as far as the Chiefs defense goes here though too.

724
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: You know, they've only had six interceptions and five fumble

725
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: recoveries for the entire season at this point. It's kind

726
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: of weird, I think for them because Andy Reid's teams

727
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: it seems like have always been more offensive focused and

728
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: defensively they've been a little bit more leaky. If they

729
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: want to go at the shootout, it works really well

730
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: when you have Patrick Mahomes. When you don't, I think

731
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: it's going to be more difficult. At the same point,

732
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: you know, with the weapons, they can kind of do

733
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: what they need to moving forward. What I think for

734
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: us is there are going to be places that we

735
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 1: can exploit that. Watching that Green Bay game, I was

736
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: kind of paying attention to line play and just trying

737
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: to figure out, like, how was Green Bay attacking them?

738
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: And one of the things with Jones when he would

739
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: get to the outside corner, they had three guys blocking

740
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: on the outside edge, and as soon as Jones saw

741
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 1: that block, he hit that thing, and he just took

742
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: off on those long plays And the whole time I'm

743
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: watching this, I'm going Delvin Cook, if we can do that,

744
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: is going to be bust, big, big plays in this game,

745
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: and not only getting to the edge like that, but

746
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: I think if you can do that and also get

747
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: him into the screen game, it looked like they were

748
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: susceptible to that as well. I think Dalvin Cook is

749
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: going to be able to have some fun in this

750
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: game if we can do that to him. And I'll

751
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: be curious to see, you know how Stefanski in those

752
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,360
Speaker 1: guys game playing this one. Yeah, they're definitely going to

753
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: attack that Chiefs defense. I would expect if Kevin Stepanski

754
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: and I definitely expect them to rely heavily on Dalvin Cook.

755
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: The Vikings will be out the Chiefs at twelve pm.

756
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: That game is a Fox game, so make sure to

757
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: tune into that. It's a good thing for the Vikings

758
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: that they've had about a week and a half to

759
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 1: get ready for this Kansas City Chiefs team preparing for

760
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks can definitely be tough. All right, Let's move

761
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: forward to the top five question producer Jane Nelson comes

762
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: up with these categories every week. They're always fun to

763
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: talk about, and this week he went with the top

764
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: five defenses in the NFL. So all three of us

765
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,879
Speaker 1: are going to go through our top five, and we're

766
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 1: gonna start with our guests of the week. Eric Smith,

767
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: all right, I'll started off here. I am going with

768
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. They aren't coming off a great game.

769
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: They gave up a good amount of points against Philly,

770
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: but I think they're a tough, tough, note defense. You know,

771
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: they play New England twice year. They played New England

772
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: well earlier in the year, but they couldn't get the win.

773
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: Number four, I have the vikings. I think we have

774
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: the potential to be a top two defense. I think

775
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 1: we've been good, too, really good so far in twenty nineteen.

776
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: We haven't been great. I think there's area to improve.

777
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: You know, we're third in the league with the point

778
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,320
Speaker 1: per game allowed at sixteen point five. Sometimes we're a

779
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: little slow to start the game, kind of give up

780
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: opening drive touchdown quite a bit, and then we get

781
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: settled in. We're obviously good on third down. But yeah,

782
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 1: I have the vikings at number four, Number three. I

783
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: have the New Orleans Saints. They are number two against

784
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: the run in the NFL, number four on third down.

785
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: That team has kind of shifted their identity. I think

786
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: in recent years they used to be all offense, no defense.

787
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: Their offense is obviously still very good, but their defense

788
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:10,280
Speaker 1: is getting much better. Cam Jordan. It's the great pass rushers.

789
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: They got some good guys on the back end in

790
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: the secondary, so I have them at number three. Number

791
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: two I have the undefeated San Francisco forty nine ers.

792
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 1: They are number one against the past. They're only given

793
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: up like one hundred and twenty nine yard per game,

794
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: which is just incredible. They're given up less than one

795
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing per game. It feels like every one

796
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: of their defensive lineman was the top five pick. Nick Botha.

797
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 1: I mean he's a rookie, but I mean he's playing

798
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: like a ten year veteran. He's playing out of his mind.

799
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: He had that interception on Sunday and the number one

800
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: no surprize New England. Their strength of schedule has them

801
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: been great, but they've taken advantage of that. They have

802
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: nineteen interceptions so far in eight games. They have twenty

803
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: five takeaways. They've only allowed two passing touchdowns an eight game,

804
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: which is just incredible. And obviously they're led by Bill Belichick,

805
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: which kind of gives you the leg up on anyone. Yeah. That, well,

806
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: your list is pretty good because I'm like right on

807
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: par with whatever cast. Do you want to get close

808
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: to what you want to go first, Jake? Sure, that's fine.

809
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: So um, it's very similar, very similar names at the

810
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: same point, just a little bit of a difference for me.

811
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: I've actually got the Vikings at number five. It's kind

812
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,840
Speaker 1: of weird. I know, I know, I love the Vikings,

813
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: I trust me, I do, and I love this defense

814
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 1: at the same point, just kind of looking through statistically,

815
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: if you want to go through the numbers, there's a

816
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,800
Speaker 1: reason why I had him at five. But when I

817
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: went went through and kind of broke it down. I mean,

818
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: this Vikings defense is only given up one hundred and

819
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: thirty two points this so far this year in eight games,

820
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: which is pretty pretty good. Five point one yards per play,

821
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 1: thirteen turnovers including eight interceptions in there too. So I

822
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: had to put him down there. Trying to be realistic here,

823
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 1: and I had him at number five, number four. Actually

824
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 1: I still have Chicago in there at number four. Main

825
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: reason why I have Chicago in there at number four

826
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: was because when they are dominant, they are dominant. There

827
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: is they have one hundred and twenty two points given up.

828
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: This year, They've only given up twenty two hundred and

829
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: sixteen yards. It's basically five yards of play. They have

830
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: eleven turnovers and five interceptions. It's not the same Bears defense,

831
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: not as dominant, though that is correct. I mean last

832
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: year they were just off the rails. Yes, this year

833
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: they're still good, but I think part of the problem

834
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: that the Bears are having in this year too is

835
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: the defense is holding up there into the bargain the

836
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 1: offense is not. And I think when the defense is

837
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: constantly on the field at this point, it's hard to

838
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: kind of that whole ben but don't break and getting

839
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: tired at the end of games and that kind of stuff.

840
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 1: It just feels like if the offense isn't scoring points

841
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: and they're not moving the ball and they're not controlling

842
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: the clock, it's not giving them a chance to get

843
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: rest and be what they can be. As dominant as

844
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,880
Speaker 1: they are, but I still feel like when the Bears

845
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: are the Bears and they're playing well. That defense is

846
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: absolutely nasty, especially given the game that we had earlier

847
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,800
Speaker 1: this year. So we'll find out week seventeen kind of

848
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: what they are and where they are at the end

849
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: of the year in general where the team is, but

850
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: from now the last place exactly. So at this point

851
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: I still had the Bears defense as being number four.

852
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 1: Number three I had the Bills basically in their same

853
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: kind of thing. They have the exact same amount of

854
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: points given up as the Bears, one hundred and twenty two.

855
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: Part of the thing with the Bills is they're two

856
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: losses that they've had. Offensively, what they've given up, it's been,

857
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: you know, noticeable, where everything else has basically been shut

858
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: down at that point, eleven turnovers with six interceptions, and

859
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: that Bill's defense has been I think part of the

860
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: reason why they've been as successful as they have so

861
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: far this year. And then number two, same thing as

862
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,399
Speaker 1: what you had. I had the Niners as well. They've

863
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: given up seventy seven total points, sixteen turnovers with ten

864
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: interceptions in there. Like you said, they're loaded at talent. Now,

865
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 1: you know, the defense for the Niners had been leaky

866
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: for many years. And one thing. With Lynch taken over

867
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: as the GM, that team has definitely loaded up on defense.

868
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: Number one Patriots sixty one points, eighteen hundred and seventy

869
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: two total yards for the year. That's my top five

870
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: at this point. I'm pretty similar to you guys. I'll

871
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: go through quick because you guys already touched on most

872
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: of them. I have number five the Buffalo Bills. With

873
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: the season that they're having, it's led by their defense.

874
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: Number four I have the Chicago As. I have to

875
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: support some of those tough defenders on that team, Khalil Mack,

876
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd, the big man in the middle. You gotta

877
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,360
Speaker 1: you gotta watch out for for the Chicago Bears always.

878
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: I know the record isn't great. I attribute that a

879
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: little more to the other side of the ball. Number

880
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: three Minnesota Vikings. I think that this team's defense has

881
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: pretty much been the strong suit for the team throughout

882
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: the season with the up and the down of the offense.

883
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,800
Speaker 1: So you got to give number three to the Vikings.

884
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 1: Number two the undefeated San Francisco forty nine ers. Eric

885
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 1: you referenced the play of Bosa. He had an incredible

886
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,439
Speaker 1: game last week against the Carolina Panthers three sacks which

887
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: he just completely decimated the Panthers offensive line. And then

888
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: the play that you referenced where he picked the ball

889
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: up in the middle of the air, caught it, and

890
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: then ran it for like fifty yards. I think that

891
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: was the best defensive play I've seen all season from

892
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: any player on defense. So that was incredible. I think

893
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 1: he's one of the best young defenders in the NFL.

894
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: And Number one. I hate to do it. I hate

895
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: to do it so much your favorite team, but the

896
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: New England Patriots are the number one defense right now.

897
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: The point differentials through the roof with all the teams

898
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: that they're playing, it's unbelievable what they're doing, the interceptions

899
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,919
Speaker 1: they're making, and the fact that they only had two

900
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns the whole season. That's amazing. I think we

901
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 1: all had at least four the same team. Then there

902
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: there we go, so we can all huddle up and

903
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: feel good about our numbers. That this one we'll have

904
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: to get wobbies whenever he gets back here, and just

905
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: to say, he'll come back in and he'll just completely

906
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: blow us out of the water at this point, right, Yeah, Webby,

907
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: we always have the debates with the top five. So

908
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: he always thinks he's he's right over everybody, so well,

909
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,800
Speaker 1: try to represent him pretty well, all right. Next is

910
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 1: our favorite segment of all the segments, and it's the

911
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: fan voicemail segment. Earlier last week we asked the fans

912
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: who will be the next Minnesota Viking to join the

913
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: Ring of Honor. We just had Steve Jordan, the leading

914
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: tight end in Vikings history, joined the Ring of Honor

915
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,720
Speaker 1: last week on Thursday night in front of a national audience.

916
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,919
Speaker 1: It was an awesome scene. His son Kim, who plays

917
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: for the New Orleans Saints, was able to be in

918
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 1: an attendance wearing his pro Bowl jersey from back in

919
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: the day. Was that made its way through social media.

920
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: So congratulations to Steve Jordan. Jay, Yes, this is your

921
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: topic right here. You went and did the research on

922
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: the Ring of Honor. You talk to the people that

923
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: you had to talk to. You so kind of explain

924
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,360
Speaker 1: what it takes for a Vikings legend to make the

925
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: Ring of Honor. So there's kind of a base criteria.

926
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: The base criteria is essentially you are eligible the year

927
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: before your Hall of Fame eligibility, So typically Hall of

928
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: Fame eligibility is five years after you have completed your

929
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 1: NFL career, so technically that would make us basically four

930
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: years after you are done playing football. It all comes

931
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: down to as long as you keep prolonging your career,

932
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: moving from team to team to team, that also extends

933
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: how long it takes for you to get into the

934
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame and technically for us as well, the

935
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: Ring of Honor. Once those guys are eligible, then there

936
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 1: is an internal committee here at the Vikings and they

937
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: go through in review essentially all the players that are

938
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: eligible at this point and how they represented the Vikings

939
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: when they are part of it. So it's a cool process,

940
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: and I think it's really kind of a good way

941
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 1: and a good tip of the cap by the organization

942
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 1: to give guys recognition for the fact that they meant

943
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,240
Speaker 1: something to not only the fans and the league itself,

944
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: but they represented the team the right way, not only

945
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: here internally, but also in the community. All right, let's

946
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: go to our first fan with their suggestion for the

947
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 1: next Vikings Ring of Honor. Hey, Wabby and christ Is

948
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: Garrett from Green Bay, And my pick would probably go

949
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: to coach them, because I mean I'd love to see

950
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: it this year, but I think it's coming in the

951
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: near future. Finally getting one of those Super Bowl rings.

952
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: Just the way the team has been playing and leading

953
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: under him, and just his record. I definitely think when

954
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 1: it happens, he's gonna have his name up there with

955
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: some of the group great. So yeah, I think it's

956
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: going to be a long time before he's head coach.

957
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer is eligible for the Ring of Honor. He's

958
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: fifty three and thirty four. Thanks for the stat from

959
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 1: Jay Nelson, he just passed Jerry Burns for third on

960
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: the Vikings all time all time list, which, yeah, I

961
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 1: think he's putting up the record to be there, but

962
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: hopefully there's a few others who get there before him. Yeah.

963
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: And if if the coach Zimmer wins the Super Bowl,

964
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: when he's the coach here in Minnesota, he can get

965
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:31,360
Speaker 1: a name up there, he can have a statue, he

966
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: can do whatever he wants. I think he'll be a

967
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: shoeing at that point. You know, it comes down to

968
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: longevity on some of these guys and the fact that

969
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,239
Speaker 1: if you look at the two guys that are had

970
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 1: to be a Dennis Green and Bud Grant. Those guys

971
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: are institutions here and they were here for a long

972
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: time with a lot of success. I think Zimmer's on

973
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 1: the road at this point in order to get to

974
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: that point, and like like you're saying, I hope it

975
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,800
Speaker 1: gets delayed years and years at this point and we

976
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 1: just keep having continued success with Zimmer and you know,

977
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: go get that Lombardi. And if you do that, I

978
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,879
Speaker 1: think you're a shoeing at that point. All right, let's

979
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: take our next caller's suggestion. Howdy, Vikings Nation, It's and

980
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: forward Texas again, the Vikings mouth of the South. If

981
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,439
Speaker 1: you could see me right now, you'd see me kicking

982
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 1: it with my purple tug boat, a proud English Bulldogs

983
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 1: fan of our Minnesota. Like now those English bulldogs tend

984
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: to do. He's just drooling at a chance to get

985
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: at those Kansas City Chiefs are Sunday. We both want

986
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: to see our Vikings chew up the Chiefs like want

987
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: a tugboats chew toys and routes to a Ksey masterpiece.

988
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 1: Now you're just houlding up right there, master, I won't

989
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 1: stand for all this disrespect. I'll talk about my Kansas

990
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: City chiefs. Now, this may not be the seventies anymore,

991
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,320
Speaker 1: and nobody wears that bottoms. An arrowhead is usually in

992
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: a place where the Chiefs playhoff hopes go to die.

993
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: But we were good back then. Well, my name isn't

994
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: Hanks Tram. I just keep giving come on, let me

995
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: pumping in that baby, just keeping a trick, lating the

996
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 1: ball down the field boars, and then it worked against

997
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: your purple people eaters, Van. I can't imagine what I

998
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: could have done with a player like our guy Patrick Mahomes.

999
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: Tell them Patrick, what do you do? Well? First off,

1000
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: I continue my endless search for some nuson X to

1001
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,800
Speaker 1: clear up my voice. Second of all, I try to

1002
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: think of a happy thought about Vikings defense smothering me

1003
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: like Barbie True sauce on some Kansas City ribs. I'm

1004
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: sick of having to call my my homie Aaron Rodgers

1005
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,839
Speaker 1: in the middle of the night after waking up from

1006
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: another Everything Griffin nightmare. What what help is? If I

1007
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: had another great wide receiver like Vikings legend Anthony Carter,

1008
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: he was a legend first of Michigan, had also started

1009
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 1: for the Vikings. He should be the next player in

1010
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: their ring of honor. If I could get some ac

1011
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 1: in case, i'd be said, Wabby and Chris. You heard

1012
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 1: it there from Fozzy Bear. I'm Patrick Mahomes. Now I

1013
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: also hear you're coming to my city. My Self and

1014
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 1: my fellow DFW Lakings fans would love to meet you.

1015
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: Guys will of course be showing all those cowboy fans

1016
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:11,760
Speaker 1: what real tailgating looks like before the game. So definitely

1017
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: come see us, fellas and school. He has a lot

1018
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: of efforts that guy regular on him. Van Van is

1019
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: a regular. Every single week. We always get a call

1020
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 1: from Van, and you know, felt bad a couple times

1021
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:29,480
Speaker 1: because the amount of work and every that he puts

1022
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 1: into this stuff. When we go through it, we haven't

1023
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: been able to use it just in general because we've

1024
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: had other stuff going on, or we've had more of

1025
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: the emails versus voicemail kind of thing. But yeah, Van

1026
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: is an institution at this point. One of the things

1027
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: I will say, Van, I don't know if you need

1028
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: to clear your voice because of the Casey masterpiece, but

1029
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: that was a little bit more of Louis Armstrong than

1030
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: I think it was. Patrick Mahomes. At this point, I'm

1031
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: ready for a little wonderful world rendition coming here. Well,

1032
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: we had then with his crazy offensive call. We had

1033
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: another fan earlier with the head coach, and now we're

1034
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: going to go to the defensive side of the ball. Hey,

1035
00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: what's going on? Guys? This is new know from Arleans Knights, Illinois.

1036
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: So this might be a long shot. I realized that.

1037
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: But one of my favorite cornerbacks of all times his

1038
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield, and I think he considers he may have

1039
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: some considerations because first of all, we don't have a

1040
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: cornerback in the Ring of Honor. But I've never seen

1041
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: a cornerback before or since control the line of scrimmage

1042
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,279
Speaker 1: like anton Winfield did. He was really good at that,

1043
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,839
Speaker 1: and you can tell just by looking at how many

1044
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: tackles he has. I mean, the guy is a cornerback.

1045
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: You don't see you know, you know, cornerbacks have that

1046
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 1: many tackles, and he had a ton of tackles. So

1047
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: I think he spend like nine years with the Vikings,

1048
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: and I think he deserves some consideration. Although I realized

1049
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: that cornerbacks are probably not going to get in there,

1050
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: but that would be my pick. So thanks for the

1051
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: topic and goal. Vikings what a call. That's a great

1052
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:01,839
Speaker 1: educated call. Three time Pro bowler, the Greatest Vikings when

1053
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: they were honored that year, a thousand and fifty four tackles,

1054
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: four team forced fumbles. I mean, he had a hell

1055
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: of a career with the Vikings, and that's a really

1056
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: educated call. I think that's the thing is these last

1057
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 1: two guys that you brought up were both institutions on

1058
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 1: those teams that they played for Anthony Carter. You know,

1059
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: there's the ACCC connection when Chris Carter came in as well.

1060
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 1: Those two guys were definitely a tandem that had to

1061
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:27,759
Speaker 1: be dealt with. Anthony Carter, you know, was MVP at

1062
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,439
Speaker 1: Michigan when he was in college, in a top flight pick,

1063
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: and then when he came in, he was a three

1064
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 1: time Pro bowler. He was on this team from eighty

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Speaker 1: five to ninety three, fifty greatest Vikings, four and eighty

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Speaker 1: six reception seventy seven hundred and thirty three receiving yards

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Speaker 1: with fifty five touchdowns. Anthony Carter was definitely a guy

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Speaker 1: I remember as a kid who was just a standout

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Speaker 1: on this offense, working with you know, Kramer and Wade

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Speaker 1: Wilson and those kind of guys, and then you shift

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Speaker 1: over to Antoine Winfield. I mean Antoine defensively was that

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Speaker 1: shut down corner on the edge, his reaction being able

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Speaker 1: to read a quarterback or just the play in general,

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Speaker 1: and be able to read if it was going to

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Speaker 1: be a quick out or if it was going to

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Speaker 1: be a run play. I think he recognized faster than

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Speaker 1: anybody what was happening on a given play when he

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Speaker 1: would watch him and then his force fumbles. He had

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Speaker 1: eleven force fumbles, twenty seven interceptions, and five defensive touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield the smile. He was one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: players on those late nineties and two thousands defenses. Looking

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Speaker 1: forward to next week, you know that we have another

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Speaker 1: question for you guys to answer, and it's a good

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Speaker 1: one from Jay Nelson Show fifteen. Question. Now that we

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Speaker 1: have the first half of the season over, we're sitting

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Speaker 1: at six and two taking on the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: What record do you think the Vikings will finish with

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Speaker 1: if you have them making playoffs? What seed will they be?

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Speaker 1: We'll go over the playoffs standings really quick. Number one

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Speaker 1: in the NFC is the San Francisco forty nine ers

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Speaker 1: at seven and zero. Number two is the New Orleans

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Speaker 1: Saints at seven and one. Number three is the Green

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers, the leaders of the NFC North at seven

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Speaker 1: and one. Number four is the Dallas Cowboys at four

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Speaker 1: and three. The weaker division of the NFC East. Number

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Speaker 1: five is the Seattle Seahawks at six and two, and

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Speaker 1: number six is You're in Minnesota Vikings at six and

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Speaker 1: two as well. Trailing just outside the playoff races the

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Speaker 1: LA Rams at five and three in the Carolina Panthers

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Speaker 1: at four and three. You know the number, It's nine

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Speaker 1: to five two nine one eight eight four three eight.

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Speaker 1: To leave a call again, it's nine to five two

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Speaker 1: nine one eight eight four three eight. We have a

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Speaker 1: lot of Vikings programming for you this week on the radio,

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Speaker 1: starting with Under Center with Kirk Cousins. As we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Brandt of Good Morning Football joined the show, a

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Speaker 1: lot of dad jokes, a touchdown celebration recommendation. He was awesome.

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Speaker 1: You can hear that on kfa N at six to

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Speaker 1: seven pm on Tuesday night, and if you miss the

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Speaker 1: live you can catch it on all of the Vikings platforms,

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Speaker 1: So stay tuned for that. Per usual, every Wednesday you'll

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Speaker 1: have this Minnesota Vikings podcast on all of the Vikings platforms.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Eric for joining this week and Skulls Stories.

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Speaker 1: This week we have a special guest, Jared Allen will

1115
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Speaker 1: be the guest as Mark Rosen hears from Jared Allen

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Speaker 1: who tells stories of his time with the Vikings and

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Speaker 1: was a member of the Chiefs as well. What a

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Speaker 1: guest for Skoul Stories this week. And we'll finish it

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Speaker 1: off on Friday with Vikings Final Prep that will be

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Speaker 1: on kfa N at six thirty to seven pm and

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Speaker 1: we'll bring all the best sounds and sites from the

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Speaker 1: TCO Performance Center as the Vikings get set to take

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Speaker 1: on the Chiefs. That is the damage that we have

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Speaker 1: done for week nine of the regular season. The Vikings

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Speaker 1: are in a good spot. At six and two, they

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Speaker 1: take on the Kansas City Chiefs at twelve pm Central

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Speaker 1: Time on Fox. You can catch the Vikings taking on

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Speaker 1: either Matt Moore at quarterback or Patch Mahomes. Eric. I

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Speaker 1: want to thank you for joining for your hometown team,

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, and of course thank you Jay

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Speaker 1: for all the work that you do with the entire

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Speaker 1: outline of the show and being able to use your

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Speaker 1: voice this week. I appreciate getting the chance on here

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Speaker 1: and very much look forward to Wabby being back next week. Awesome. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: hopefully we get Wabby back. We have to replace him

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Speaker 1: with two of our best here at the Vikings Entertainment Network,

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Speaker 1: but we will see you next week and Scold Vikings