1 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: I was a guy that had to sit behind a 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: guy for four years or you got to really put 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: that work in day in and day out, because your 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: opportunity will come. I didn't know when, but I just 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: knew that if I kept working, it would all work out. Man, 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: Danil We've been talking about it being one of the 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: best duos in the league, man, and we all got 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: a chip on our shoulder. Nine. I hate it for 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: the guys who who have to go against us. This 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: is the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, Episode one to forty. Wow, 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: what a run it's been on. What a run, and 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a big run for the Vikings as 13 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: we had into the NFL Draft kicking off on Thursday. 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: So when this drops, it's almost what a week away. 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: I can't believe we've had all this talk just to 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: finally be right here at the moment where we're gonna 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: really see what this new Viking staff is gonna be 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: looking for. So many question marks right, I mean, free 19 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: agencies just passed. I feel like people kind of have 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: an identity of what who Kevin O'Connell is as a 21 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: head coach as far as like the off season wise 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: and then Quacy but we really won't understand their true identity. 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: It may take a couple of years still, but we 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: really won't understand their entire process that they talked about 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: this past February until April twenty eighth, when they make 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: that first draft selection. We all have speculated all the 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: mock drafts are still out. There will probably be a 28 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: boatload of mock drafts between now and the next time 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: we record our podcast next week, next Tuesday or Wednesday. 30 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: So it's more so of just trying to figure out, 31 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: all right, what is the what is the pulse of 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: the team, Like where are they leaning? And we got 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: another week till we find out. This is the beauty 34 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: of the NFL. It's the hype of the pre draft. 35 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: Then the draft actually happens. Everyone can then give their 36 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: opinions of the post draft, and then and then it 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: runs into the off season. Like again, the NFL never stops. 38 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: It's it's twenty four seven, three sixty five. The one 39 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: thing that's always interesting, especially this time of year, this 40 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: is the season of the liars. This is where all 41 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: of the subject yeah, just everything just starts getting stirred up. 42 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: You get all of the well, this player might get traded, 43 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: These trades might happen. This player is rising up the board, 44 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: this one's following, this one's got question marks. All of 45 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: it is the season of the liars. Everyone is trying 46 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: to put out as much subterfuge as possible just to 47 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: get whoever they want to fall to their spots. I'm 48 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: the most curious to see what is the mo of 49 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: how we draft this year. Um. Something that's been talked 50 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: about even from the beginning of Quacy and Kevin coming 51 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: in here is, you know, what is their strategy going 52 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: to be? Who are they gonna want? What are they 53 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: gonna want to do? This is where you start to 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: see a little bit of peak behind the curtain, and 55 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: I'm just excited to see exactly what's going to happen. 56 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: If we're going to trade, what's the mo of this 57 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: style of players they go after, what's their style of aggressiveness. 58 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: You're getting down to the last few days before actually, 59 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: you know, Christmas Day happens. You can start opening your 60 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: guests and see what you got. Yeah, you know, Quasi's 61 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: not a guy I think that believes in pressure of 62 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: a situation. I think he kind of thrives in it 63 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: and lives off of it. I know he said a 64 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: few quotes before about how this is just the moment, 65 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: Like you just take advantage of this moment. This is 66 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: your job. You prepare for this. There's no pressure when 67 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: there's preparation, is I think what he usually says. Yeah, 68 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: he always says you have to be comfortable with uncertainty, 69 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: and that's what he tries to instill in his scouting staff, 70 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: even the interns, And I think that that's a blessing 71 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: for life. Right, there's so many on certain times, but 72 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: having a guy in quacy in that position with the 73 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Vikings basically saying uncertainty is just a part of the job. 74 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: If you're okay with that, then everyone would get their 75 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: job done effectively. So hopefully that comes to light if 76 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: for twenty eight when the draft rose around, because these 77 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: are some very uncertain times for what the Vikings are 78 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: going to do, you know, and the conversations we had 79 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: in the past with like Jamal and Monins and some 80 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: of these different people. The amount of preparation that goes 81 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: into that weekend is unbelievable. They've been working on this 82 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: basically since July and then all of the the evaluations 83 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: and everything that have happened basically since November until basically March, 84 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: and then there's just there's so many scenarios, so many 85 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: kind of mocks that they go through. You know what 86 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: happens if we get a phone call from this team 87 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: beating around the bush trying to figure out from other teams, 88 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: you know, what do they need, who do they want? 89 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: What are the potential picks that they're going to make. 90 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: The wild card is whenever somebody just completely random comes 91 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: off the board. In the past, it's usually been the 92 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: writers making that pick, but having those scenarios kind of 93 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: throw a little bit of a monkey runch. But for 94 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: everything that's been said, especially on Quasy's end of preparation 95 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: to be able to be comfortable in the chaos, I 96 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of faith in these guys. It's just 97 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: again curious to see what their m is and how 98 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: they handle the situation. And these mock drafts have been 99 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: all over the place. You know, when we first started 100 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: this journey into figuring out what the Vikings draft needs are, 101 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: it was really heavy corner and it still really is 102 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: heavy cornerback. But I think catching some steam here lately 103 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: is the fact that the Vikings would go receiver in 104 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: first round, and I'm like, I'm in Eric. Eric Smith 105 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: was on the po. Was he on the podcast? I 106 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: know we were talking, So we were talking to him 107 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: after we did a podcast a couple of weeks ago. 108 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: He was sitting in between Tatum and I and he 109 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: was basically talking about why we should go Garrett Wilson 110 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: over a cornerback. And I've been hard pressed on a cornerback. 111 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, dude, yeah, cornerback. I don't want to talk 112 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: about anything else, especially after we got Za Darius Smith. 113 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: So after looking at some of these mock boards lately, 114 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: I'm just like, when you look at the past history. 115 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: Of course, the ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl, right, 116 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: But when you look at the past history of like 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: teams that have won the Super Bowl, they have been 118 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: way better than they have been on offense than they 119 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: have been on defense. And I mean from the La 120 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: Rams last year to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The last 121 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: five Super Bowl winners have been in the top five 122 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: in total offense and finish the year on defense they've 123 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: been in like six, seventeenth, twenty of twenty first. So 124 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: when it looks at when I look at this, this 125 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: upcoming draft. I'm like, all right, do we want to 126 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: just outscore opponents and just say f the defense? Because 127 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: that's pretty much what a lot of teams have been doing. 128 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: They get a solid pass rusher and then they just 129 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: load up on the offensive side of the ball. The Buccaneers, 130 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, La ram So, Garrett Wilson, or 131 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: another receiver that may fall right there. I don't know 132 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: if Jamison Williams. He may be your project because he's injured, 133 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: but I'm not. I'm not all in as of I mean, 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: we're recording at eleven o three as of ten forty 135 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: five this morning. I'm not really all in on a 136 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: cornerback anymore. It's hard because if you think about the 137 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: way that the entire league has shifted even a decade ago, 138 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: the amount of top tier running backs that were going 139 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: in the draft early that everyone's like, you got to 140 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: have a top tier guy because of the rule changes 141 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: that have happened, the amount of I guess pass interference 142 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: changes that have happened, and the idea of roughing the 143 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: quarterback and that kind of stuff. The idea of having 144 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: a top tier wide receiver playing with a top tier 145 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: quarterback is crucial for every single team, And like you said, 146 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: the idea now is basically, we're just going to try 147 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: to outpoint you and with our guys coming from LA 148 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: with that being the m O and them kind of 149 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: saying like we're going to put people in mismatches in 150 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: order to make things painful for other teams. That is 151 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: the MO of what the Rams did last year to 152 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: win it. That's the m of Kansas City. That's something 153 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: we've talked about in the past two of wanting like 154 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: speed playmakers. That is the idea of we're just going 155 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: to outsprint you. Let's see if you can keep up 156 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: and go and so again, like the idea of a 157 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: wide receiver, even a top flight tight end at some 158 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: point here in the draft, getting extra weapons to make 159 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: this offense as lethal as possible and just put a 160 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: lot of teams players in bad situations. That is the 161 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: new MO of how the NFL thrives so far. So, yes, 162 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: we need need quarterbacks, Yes we need pass rush because 163 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: it was such a glaring issue. We had a top 164 00:07:55,680 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: statistical offense last year with a bottom statistical defense. That 165 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: is something that everyone's just looking at saying what we 166 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: have had a better season, if our defense was better, 167 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: I have no problem showing that up. But if you're 168 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: talking being able to get a top tier stud who 169 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: can come in right away and contribute on offense, that 170 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: is not something I am opposed to. Yeah, at Purple 171 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: Buckeye on Twitter says draft a wide receiver at twelve 172 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: and just I'll score everyone to hell with what the 173 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: cornerback room looks like. Well, and if you think about 174 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: what you're saying though top ten offense and how many 175 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: of those games came down to one drive, you don't 176 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: have to make the defense even go like you said, Gabe, 177 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: in the top ten, it doesn't have to be a 178 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: top ten defense. Because even if you go from you know, 179 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: thirtieth or twenty sixth or whatever it was, and you 180 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: make it fifteen, that's an improvement. And that, to me 181 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: is probably the difference between some of those one score, 182 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: one drive games from last Selvescorman. I mean, being thirtieth 183 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: in overall defense doesn't really help. But when you look 184 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: at like the twenty eighteen New England Patriots that that 185 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl, they were twenty first, and overall 186 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: defense they were fifth, and overall offense we were fourth 187 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: and overall offense in that year and twenty overall defense. 188 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: So there is there is some some proof in the 189 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: pudding that if you just outscore people, you're gonna put 190 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: butts and seats first and foremost, because that's what the 191 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: NFL wants. They wanted to be shootouts every game. But 192 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: more importantly, you're gonna win some of those close games 193 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: because somebody has to get tired, and if you have 194 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: more weapons than the other team, you pretty much are 195 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: going to always win that battle if you don't turn 196 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: the ball over. And I should before we get so 197 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: far down into this draft talk, preface this conversation with 198 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: the fact that we don't actually sit in the draft meetings. 199 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: I thought, you did, you know, that would be very 200 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: nice because then I could come in here and really, 201 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, break some news, you know, pull people's legs, 202 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: and tell us some in the completely opposite directions. But 203 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: such refuge exactly. But we're not, so this is still 204 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: just a lot of us speculating. We're kind of tossing 205 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: things around just in case you think, just you know, 206 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: this is the official podcast. We're not actually in the meetings, 207 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: and I think it's it's to that point that is 208 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: a great I'm glad you made that point. But I 209 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: mean everything that we've talked about on this podcast, on 210 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: Pick six, on any other platform has been well, the 211 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: Vikings should go defense. So I think this provides a 212 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: healthy balance of like, yeah, well what if the Vikings 213 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: don't go defense? Here are some options on the offensive 214 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: side of the ball. And this is history to prove 215 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: why we were saying some of these these quotes. But 216 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: like I said, we don't this podcast, the Minnesota Vikings podcast, 217 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: but like we're not in those meeting rooms. And it's 218 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: great to have, you know, the flexibility and you know, 219 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: clearance by people at the top to be able to 220 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 1: you know, entertain fans because a lot of fans want 221 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: to understand why would the Vikings go offensive side the 222 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: ball or defense inside of the ball. But like I said, 223 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: as a ten forty five Wednesday morning, April twentieth, I was, hey, 224 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: I'm all cornerback, like don't. I mean even on pick 225 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: six yesterday, I'm like, we're going to get stings like 226 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: if Sting was there, or let's get them. What changed? 227 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: What made you change your mind? Someone sent me a 228 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: text message last night. I actually helped Bye. They sent 229 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: me purple buck eye because I'm like, no, I'm like, 230 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: we're going corner, and someone sent me a text mess 231 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: it was like, dude, just stop thinking the way you're 232 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: thinking and look at the wide receiver position and if 233 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: you have some some homework to back up why I'm 234 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: saying this, then let's have a conversation out forwards. So literally, 235 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: while driving into this it's a TCOPC today, I was 236 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: just doing researching you know before hopefully not on your 237 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: phone while driving. Yeah, yeah, I had Siri tell me, 238 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: but yeah, just who are redrafting? Um? And just listening, 239 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: just just formulating that research and then like putting some 240 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: stuff in. I'm like, dude, like offenses, you know, defense 241 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: wins games. They say defense wins championships, but I think 242 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: defense wins championships and championship games, like because usually you're 243 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: going to have two really good offensive teams. Whoever has 244 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: the better defensive team in that game, they got you 245 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: to that point. That's what's going to propel you over 246 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: the top. Because it's still a quarterback past driven league 247 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: and you still have to look at it that way. Granted, 248 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: you want your defense to be able to stop teams, 249 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: but you know, these guys on offenses side of the ball, 250 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: they get paid to to further this argument a little 251 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: bit more. I mean, we talk so much about Quacy 252 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: and his decision making, and obviously it is his call, 253 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: but they also preach collaboration. Yeah, very end communication within 254 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: this organization. Now head coach Kevin O'Connell with his offensive 255 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: pass with his offensive mind. Not that saying that's a tell, 256 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: but that's just to support your argument. Like he may 257 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: want this receiver with the twelfth pick, he likes eleven 258 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: personnel that would allow him to do that a little 259 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: bit more. He doesn't really have to manipulate this roster 260 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: to fit his scheme. He can just have his scheme 261 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: and put new players into that. And so, you know, 262 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: not saying that will happen, but that's another point to 263 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: maybe they are looking at it from that perspective because 264 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: of who the head coach is, right, and they just 265 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: come it's that's a great point. And just having Quacy's 266 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: background mixed with that coming from a Brown's offense, I'm 267 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: coming from a Browns game that predicated to having two 268 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: really good pass rushers. And then look at Denzel Ward 269 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: who just got extended the other day, like they want 270 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: to sign really good cornerbacks. They they really approach their 271 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball in the draft. Granted, Nick 272 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: Chubb and Baker Mayfield, they those are two really good 273 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: picks for them also, But if you go back to 274 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: his days in arguable no comment. When you look at 275 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: the days in his days in San Francisco, those were 276 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: defensive minded teams. So when you mix Quasy's background with 277 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Kevin's background ground, who's like very offensive minded, that's what 278 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: makes all this thing so interesting. So it's like, it's 279 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: great that we're having these conversations like, hey, we've got 280 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: two guys that come from two opposite backgrounds, Like they 281 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: may just go best player available, which may be un 282 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: even not say it, Well, they may just go best 283 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: player available. So we don't know what the future host. 284 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: But this is this is why I love this time 285 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: of the year. But see best player available as a 286 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: luxury we have at this point, given the speculation we 287 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: had at the beginning of free agency. I know we've 288 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: hammered this over and over again, but just the idea 289 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: that they have done a ton of moves this offseason 290 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: to try to shore up some of those things that 291 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: if it is somebody in a position that we don't 292 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: necessarily on the outside world look at it and say, wow, 293 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: that didn't look like a need. But for them, they've 294 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: identified this is a top caliber person that could be 295 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: a game changer for a long time for this team. 296 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: They have the luxury to do that. On the flip side, 297 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: something that you were just talking about, think about the 298 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: fact that Kevin O'Connell coming from the Rams where they 299 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: haven't had a first round pick and they're not going 300 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: to for I think it's seven straight years. It's just 301 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: the mentality that they're basically buying proven commodities the differences 302 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: that gets a lot more expensive when you start having 303 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: those kind of players on your roster. They went out 304 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: and got to Matt Stafford last year and it worked 305 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: out for him. The question is how long can you 306 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: ride that train until it really gets paid pful for 307 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: the later years of your career. But it's going to 308 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: be interesting now to see what the mentality is again 309 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: of the coaching staff, the GM whatever they've worked together, 310 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: the scouting department. They're working with the idea of we 311 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: have a roster of players, the majority of them are 312 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: people that we didn't have a say in and who 313 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: we picked given, how do we function moving forward for 314 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: the next you know, what's the plan for the next 315 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: decade for this team, and how do we start changing 316 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: over for the identity of our team versus their team 317 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: with this first draft. And I want to see a 318 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: little bit more of the layers of the onion being 319 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: peeled back and just try to see if you can 320 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: get a feel of is this for now, is this 321 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: for the future, or what do potentially these changes signal 322 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: for their mentality moving forward after the twenty twenty two seasons. 323 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: That's those are all really good points. I'm gonna go 324 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: back to your first point of free agency this year. 325 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: You made a really good point maybe two or three 326 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: weeks ago. You said, the signings Patrick Peterson Zadarius Smith 327 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: helps us in the draft because it gives us more 328 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: flexibility to go best player available, so we don't have 329 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: to put all our eggs in one basket just focusing 330 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: on a pass rush roo or quarterback instead of, hey, well, 331 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: who's on our draft board? All right? This guy is? 332 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: We think we value this guy a little bit more 333 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: than this guy, and if they're both on the board, 334 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: you can go best player available. Versus, hey, well we 335 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: have to have this right now and skip out on 336 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: somebody that's a generational talent. So inter resting times in 337 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: saying that too. Here's the best part. We're all talking 338 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: about the first round. Yeah, everyone is talking about the 339 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: first round. The problem is is that that is the 340 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: only thing you can kind of clearly see, here's what 341 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: the numbers are, and here's most likely what's going to 342 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: guestimate to happen. I think whenever you look back on 343 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: drafts and you one of my favorite things is go 344 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: back and look at all the experts of their mock drafts, 345 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: and it's like the day before saying, here's how it's 346 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: going to shake out, and if they hit fifty percent, 347 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: they're lucky. And so everyone speculating the first round, we 348 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: keep forgetting. You start pulling some top tier talent in 349 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: rounds two, typically rounds three. Rounds four through seven is 350 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: when things get a little more murky, but you can 351 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: still find your diamonds in the rough at that point. 352 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: But the idea of you know, what happens if the 353 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: Vikings trade back and you snag another second or third 354 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: round pick. What happens if the Vikings identified what if 355 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: we've identified somebody that's in like the top five or 356 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: top eight, and we give up a bunch of draft 357 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: capital to move up and snag somebody like that. It's exciting. 358 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: At the same point, you're like, how does the trickle 359 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: down effect effect the rest of those positions that we 360 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: need to pull something from. I just remember when I 361 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: was in Washington same year as Kevin and the same 362 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: year we drafted Dwayne Haskins with fifteenth overall. I was 363 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: in Nashville during the pick, but I remember like talking 364 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: to some people that I were in a draft room 365 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: and they were saying, Kevin and a few other people 366 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: were like banging the table on trying to draft back 367 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: well to trying to trade back up in the first round, 368 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 1: because there was a guy named Montez sweat Ye who 369 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: was six six for the combine, but he had a 370 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: heart condition that a lot of teams were skeptical on. 371 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: So he was supposed to go into top ten but 372 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: kept sliding. We had a second round pick, and I 373 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: think we had two forth say or something along those lines, 374 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: and they said he was one of those guys that 375 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: banged the table for Montes sweat Now look at him. Yeah, 376 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: we traded back up to get him. Didn't have a 377 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: second round pick that year, but we spent the third 378 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: rounder on Terry mclauren that year. Now look at what 379 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin has done. So there's so many variables, and 380 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: I think Kevin O'Connell was going to pound the table 381 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: for a lot of these guys. And if you just 382 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a big person on saying if a 383 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: lot of these quarterbacks right, A lot of people, a 384 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: lot of these mock drafts don't have quarterbacks being drafted 385 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 1: in the top ten, top twelve. If those guys start 386 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: to go off early on the board, a lot of 387 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: those big name guys are going to start to slide down. 388 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: And I think that's from the phone rings, and I 389 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: think if Kevin has that same mindset, there may be 390 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: a possibility for us to trade back up if we 391 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: don't get the guy that we want early on the 392 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 1: last time the Vikings were that aggressive to like move 393 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,239 Speaker 1: back into the first round to snag another person, that 394 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: was the year we selected Teddy Bridgewater. And I just 395 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: remember it. You know, draft party, don't forget to go 396 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: buy your draft party tickets. But we're sitting at Draft party, 397 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: and everyone is we made our pick. Everything's kind of 398 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: ramping down, and I remember getting a text from somebody 399 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: basically saying, don't leave yet, something might happen, and we're 400 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: all just kind of raising an eyebrow, like, what is 401 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 1: gonna go on here? They end up picking moving back 402 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: in and picking Teddy at thirty two, majority of people 403 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: have left, majority of everything had been almost shut down 404 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: at that point, and then people are scrambling going, oh 405 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: you know, oh crap, we just picked Teddy Bridgewater. This 406 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: is crazy being able to do that and having that 407 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: in a situation where you identify somebody that you really 408 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: want to go get. If we are that aggressive, I 409 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: think the fans will be excited by it because it's 410 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: something that rarely happens around here typically. But you need 411 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: to hit on those kind of players in order to 412 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: make sure that you are giving up a ton of 413 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: draft capital not only for now, but potentially future picks 414 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: in future drafts. If you are doing that, you have 415 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: to identify that this person is going to be somebody 416 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: that you think is going to be a major factor. 417 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: And I just that is the speculation part of the 418 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: draft is fun, and Draft night is always exciting whenever 419 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: the fireworks go off, But you know, the uncertainty for 420 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: this year for me is something that is a big 421 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: check mark going I probably feel like I have less 422 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: information going into this draft about what we're really going 423 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: to do on top of all of the other players 424 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: across the draft, because you have a lot of people 425 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: saying pass rush. There's a ton of pass rushers, there's 426 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: a ton of wide receivers. There's not a lot of quarterbacks. 427 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of people that have been identified. 428 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: There are a ton of needs across the board for 429 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: all these teams that all feel like those are the 430 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: positions that they need. Well, what happens if all that 431 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: stuff starts getting sniped in front of us and you 432 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: start falling down the board and then there's somebody that 433 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: you didn't anticipate being there that you jump on it. 434 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: It's the fun part of the draft, and we'll just 435 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: have to kind of keep keep hearing what's going on 436 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: here for the next week and then keeping our eyes 437 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: open draft weekend. I mean, I love this twelve spot. 438 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: I think all of your speculation is so valid because 439 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: it's at that sweet spot where in this class not 440 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: being very quarterback strong. Those teams that need quarterbacks that 441 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: are depending on the draft to get a quarterback might 442 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: look at twelve and be like, they're going to be 443 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: available there. That's half can we give? Yeah, I mean, 444 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: and that's to me is what's so interesting about this 445 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: draft because it's it's a class that sets up great 446 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: for a team that's middle of the way when it 447 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: comes to draft picks. You don't need to trade into 448 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: the top five. Yeah, you don't need to because because 449 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: usually in the past, if you trade it into the 450 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: top five, you know you're getting a quarter quarterback. Yeah, 451 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: But like that's I feel like that's a reason why 452 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: not many teams have have traded just yet. I know 453 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: a lot of the trades usually start to come in 454 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: the week of or the day of. But that's what 455 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: makes this You're so interesting in Jay to your point 456 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: of like why you haven't really speculated or said anything 457 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: because we don't like I'm similar to you, Like I 458 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: don't know how any Like I've done my research on 459 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys, probably over one hundred and 460 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: fifty of these guys, but still I don't know what 461 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: this new scheme is gonna look like, Like like there's 462 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: so many unknown so a lot of the research that 463 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: I've done it's just been all right, this is what 464 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: this guy does, is their strength, is their weaknesses, and 465 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: this is how they could possibly fit. But still there 466 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: there's still no identity, Like we haven't played a snap yet, 467 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: we haven't gotten to a practice yet for um, what 468 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: the new offense will look like. I know. The only 469 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 1: thing that I that keeps coming to mind is Matt 470 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: Stafford when he got traded from Detroit to la first 471 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: thing you said about the La Rams offense is that 472 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: it was the most dynamic playbook he's ever seen, and 473 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 1: he says he's never studied this hard for a playbook 474 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: in his life. So if that's the case, and Kevin 475 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: O'Connell has the same mindset, then I exactly Yeah. Going 476 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: into this draft, there's usually the identified positions that you 477 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: say we have absolute needs at X, Y and Z. 478 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: Typically there has been a very clear cut even on 479 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,479 Speaker 1: the national stage. These are the top five to ten 480 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: picks at those positions that everyone identifies, and you know 481 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: those names by rote ye. The fact that I've heard, well, 482 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: these are the top twelve wide receivers that could go 483 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: off the board in the first you know, potentially two 484 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: rounds that blows everything else out of the water. You're like, 485 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: why are you paying attention to these other areas when 486 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: you have dynamic playmakers at corner at wide receivers and 487 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: then people who are fast enough to play wide receiver 488 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: but didn't have hands. Like the idea of cornerbacks and 489 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: wide receivers dominating this draft, I think the idea that 490 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: pass rushers that everyone's identifying as well saying is super deep. 491 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 1: You don't hear a ton of talk about offensive lineman. 492 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: You don't hear a ton of talk about tight ends 493 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: at this point. And and that's my point is like these, 494 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: for lack of a better the sexy positions are the 495 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: ones that are getting all of the coverage going into 496 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: the draft, and kind of the the the lunch pale, 497 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: blue collar you know, guys in the trenches are the 498 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: ones that are kind of being shoved down the board here, 499 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: at least in the minds of most people, because you're 500 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: looking at it saying we have to keep up dynamically 501 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: on offense and defensively, you have to try to do 502 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: everything you can to mitigate the bleeding. It just it 503 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: feels like versus every other draft I've paid attention to 504 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: since I've worked here. This year's draft has been pushed 505 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: as the here are all your playmakers and this is 506 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: who you need to know going into the draft. Yes, 507 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: I feel like it is going to be like the 508 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen draft. And in a sense, like I'm just 509 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: thinking of Cleveland Ferrell, right, he played at Clemson and 510 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: he was on nobody's mock draft in the top ten. 511 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: The Raiders selected him with the fifth overall I think 512 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: it was the fifth or the fourth overall pick in 513 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: that twenty nineteen draft, and everybody's like whoa, Like, where 514 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: did this guy come from? And I can you can 515 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: see some names like that this year, like nobody's ever 516 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: heard of him and they're in the top ten and 517 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: that changes everything. So to your point of hey, instead 518 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: of these first five guys are gonna go off the 519 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: off the board, you know first, it's more so of like, okay, well, 520 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: here are the top like you said, Jay, the top 521 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,479 Speaker 1: players at each position, and they may or may not 522 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: go get off the board in the first round. So 523 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I don't know. This is this 524 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: is I hope, like Vikings fans are entertained by this 525 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: because there's so many unknowns, and I think that's what 526 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: makes this thing so much more fun. My only comment 527 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: does the Raiders don't have a first round pick this year. 528 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: They had, they had traded out their number twenty two 529 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: pick away to the Packers and the Davante Adams trade, 530 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: and so that wild card val most likely be off 531 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: the board here in the first round. But what else 532 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: is going to happen here? You have multiple teams that 533 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: have giants seven. Yeah, really it's kind of interesting. You've 534 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: got like multiple teams with like two or more. Yeah, 535 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: you got the Giants here. Um, you've got the Eagles 536 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: as well at fifteen and eighteen. You got the Saints 537 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: at sixteen and nineteen. And think about like, if you're 538 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: those teams, you're either going to potentially package those together 539 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: to jump into the top ten or you could potentially 540 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: be sitting there with kind of a glut of players 541 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: that you have identified and just know that you can 542 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: kind of see how the teleaves fall. Make your pick 543 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: at sixteen and no, you just have to get through 544 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,239 Speaker 1: two spots or not have somebody leap frog you in 545 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: front there. If you're the Saints and know that you're 546 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: picking two top tier talent people within four picks of 547 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: each other. For those teams and for their fan bases, 548 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: has to be super exciting thinking about the possibilities. But 549 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: those are also the teams that could throw a complete 550 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: monkey wrench in this thing and you know, package stuff 551 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: together to get into the top ten if they've identified 552 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: somebody that they really need to have. Speaking of players 553 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: who will make an impact this season, we have a 554 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: special guest on the podcast today. I know that we've 555 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: really kept you in suspense this entire episode unless you 556 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: read the description of the podcast, but we have outside 557 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: linebackers Darius Smith on the podcast. Z has been a 558 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: fast fan favorite and we are excited to sit down 559 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: and chat with him to get to know him just 560 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: a little bit better. Right joining us now in the 561 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcast to Darius Smith, as you liked you 562 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: called Z. Yes, how's everything been going. It's been a 563 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: couple of weeks in now. Everything's been great. Get a 564 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: chance to get with the teammates, get with the coaching staff, 565 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: also getting with the guys outside of the building. So 566 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: it's been great. I've been enjoying himself. For the weather, 567 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: How was that how was that Timberwolves game. It was great. 568 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 1: We got a chance to get a suite get all 569 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: the younger guys in. Um. It was something that they 570 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: said they had never experienced an older guy taking them out. 571 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: So for me to do that out and learn that 572 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: from the guys, you know, the leaders that was before me. 573 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: You know, they taught me that. So to brain that 574 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: man and the chairs them guys. Man, it was a 575 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: great time that night. What's what's the move been like? 576 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I know, you're just going from green Baya. 577 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota's four three and probably fun to have for our drive, 578 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: but still, like Green Bay doesn't have like a big 579 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: sports town like Minnesota though, So what's that move been like? 580 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: And being in this town? You know what, being ten 581 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: minutes from a city is better, I could say that, 582 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: but being in Green Bay, you know, it's nothing there. 583 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: I think you actually have to go two hours to 584 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: Milwaukee to basically get a city life. But you know, 585 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: it was all well, it was all good. Um. I 586 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: think it helped for the best to keep us focused 587 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: and locked in. I mean, you could do that anywhere, 588 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: but just Green Bay has nothing to do this, so 589 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: to think about just football, it's all good man. I 590 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: could say that, man, But I'm just happy to be here. 591 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: How about that. We've been hearing a lot of the 592 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: players talk about when you met with the coaches for 593 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: the first time, it was it's been fun. It's been 594 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: a different vibe, a different mood. So that first day 595 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: when they asked you to like talk about yourself in 596 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: the meeting, Like, was that kind of a different experience 597 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: for you, No, it wasn't. It was because a lot 598 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: of guys knew my story and they want to hear 599 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: from me. Per um. To sit down in front of 600 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: the team and the guys to tell them a little 601 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: bit about myself. I was big. And also for other 602 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: guys to know more about them. Um, it was big. 603 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: And then just the first day it was like the 604 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: first day of school, you know. Um, everybody happy, excited. 605 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: And it still feel that way when I walk into building. 606 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: But all is well and happy to be here. Like 607 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: I said, you talk about your story a little bit, man. 608 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: I know everybody talks about Kentucky and the Baltimore and 609 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Um, but understanding I have a couple of 610 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: friends that went to Eastern Mississippi OCC. I mean, it's 611 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: one of the best TV shows, but it's one of 612 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: the best because it's honest and it's real and it's 613 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: and it's raw. But at the same time understanding where 614 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: you were then I was reading earlier that you know, 615 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: usually people in the off season, they get to get 616 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: away from from from Mississippi. Never got to stand there, 617 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: never got a chance to look a little bit about that. 618 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: I played one year high school football. Um. I always 619 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: wanted to go to a big school, D one school. 620 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: I didn't have that opportunity because I only played one year. UM. 621 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: So it was a coach that came down from East 622 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 1: Mimisissippi and was like, I got your film, I watched 623 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: your film, and I want to recruit you. And I 624 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: was like where where, Well we're gonna it was like 625 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: East Mississippi. I said where's that? And he was like 626 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: Scoopa Mississippi schooler And I was like, school of Mississippi. 627 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: But I never even heard of that. So he was 628 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: telling me a little bit about it. And actually I 629 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: went on a visit there and I was like, like, 630 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: where's everything? Yeah, you know, like is there a store 631 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: gas station? It wasn't, and that was the only thing 632 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: that was there was two gas stations. So I was like, 633 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: you know what, I could do this for two years 634 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: and go to a D one school and it could 635 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: be real. And when I got to a D one school, 636 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: the skip a little bit ahead. I went to a 637 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: D one school Kentucky, and I was telling them my 638 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: story of how it was in East Mississippi, and they 639 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it, right until the show came out exactly 640 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: and that show came out of everybody. Yeah, everybody like 641 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: man Zee, we believe you now. But it's ought me 642 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: a lot to just you know, be out on my own. 643 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: And really, if I want to dream for something and 644 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: want to go big, you really got to work hard 645 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: for It. Also gave me the opportunity to get away 646 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: from my friends from back home and not go back 647 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: home every weekend because I wanted to learn the game. 648 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: Like I said, I had played one year of high 649 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: school football, didn't know football. So it took the time 650 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: out to coach me. Coach shout out to coach Jimmy 651 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: Bromball for keeping me there on the weekends and just 652 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: bringing me in the film study by myself on the 653 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,719 Speaker 1: weekend when everybody left in Scooba in school. But I 654 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: was there when everybody left for the weekend and go home, 655 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: I was still there. And I think that's why I'm 656 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: so good now what I do because I better my 657 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: craft and I got better each and every day. What 658 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: led to you pursuing football that for that one year? 659 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: Like what kind of you know made you not one 660 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: two or then really get into it in your senior year. 661 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: I grew up a basketball player. I played basketball out 662 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: of my life. But I came from a small town. 663 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: I was a guy who was the center at my 664 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: position at six three, so we all know. So I 665 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to play AAU basketball. I had an opportunity. 666 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: I think it was Eric Bledsoe's team in Birmingham Ice. 667 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: Birmingham Ice got a chance to play on it. Traveled 668 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: a little bit and I got to Orlando to the 669 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: I think it was the Peach Classic. I think peace 670 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: Jam Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I got to the Peace 671 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: Jam Man and they put me in the game and 672 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: me being six three and the other center seven man. Look, 673 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: I was getting my shot block. I felt bad. This 674 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: is my before my senior year. So I told myself, 675 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, this is not for me. I 676 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,719 Speaker 1: didn't have the scholarships know, I had some small schools, 677 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: but I didn't have what I wanted. So I went 678 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: back to school and that was the beginning of the 679 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: school year. My senior year, and head coach kept asking 680 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: me to come out and play footballs he come out 681 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: and play. So I tried to go out and ask him. 682 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: I was like, coach, I want to come play because 683 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: basketball is not for me. And he told me, and 684 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: I hope this make it to the media website. So 685 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: he taught me, says, Ze, you gotta go ask all 686 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: your seniors in your class if you can play. Because 687 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: I skipped the summer because I was playing basketball, skipped 688 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: the summer, skill fall to train and spring training. All 689 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: that skipped it. He said, man, go ask your senior 690 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: class if you can play. If if they say yeah, 691 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: you can come out here and play. So if them 692 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: guys would have said no, man, I would not be 693 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: I was trying to have a hoop dream, probably somewhere 694 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: working somewhere, you know, a hunday playing to something. But 695 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: you know all this well, I want to thank them 696 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: guys for just saying yeah, Zee, come out and play. 697 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: So when did it click? Then? When did it click? 698 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: I may be pretty good in football to the league. 699 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: You know what. I was late in the game coming 700 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: into high school. So they was like, we can't teach 701 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: you technique right now, you know what, just go get 702 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback. And I think my senior year I had 703 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: like ten sacks. So I knew then, like, yeah, this 704 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: is for me. You know, I can actually put the 705 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: skills and the techniques down. They but you know what, 706 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: dribbling and using my feet with my hands, I also 707 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: taught me how to use that on the football field, 708 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: and that's why I felt like I was so good 709 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: at it. So so, I mean, the NFL Draft is 710 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: coming up, right, and just looking back to the twenty 711 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: fifteen NFL draft, right, I mean, you got all these 712 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,760 Speaker 1: guys that go ahead of you. I think we're seventeen 713 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: guys who went ahead of you, right defensive and I'm 714 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: looking at the twenty fifteen draft, right the top five 715 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 1: players in the draft with sadnil is number one. Okay, 716 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: Preston who you played with his number three? You got 717 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 1: Frank Clark number two. You're you got the fifth most 718 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: sacks in that twenty fifteen class. So what And we 719 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,399 Speaker 1: could probably ask the Neil the same question, what would 720 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 1: be your advice for for late bloomers in this NFL draft, 721 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: that's like not getting that credit. Hey, you're not going 722 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: to be a number one, number two round pick, like 723 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: that will be your advice. Like I said, man, just 724 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: keep working on your craft. I was a guy that 725 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: had to sit behind a guy for four years to 726 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: rail sucks, Elvis Dumerville, you know um. And it was 727 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: times to where sugs didn't want to practice. You know, 728 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: he's an older guy, and it was my opportunity. So 729 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: saying training camp, he didn't participate much in training camp. 730 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 1: That's when I got my shot. It don't have to 731 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: be in a game. It don't have to be when 732 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: everybody's watching, you know, it's got to be when when 733 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: those one when no one is watching. You know, you 734 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: got to really put that work in day in and 735 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,160 Speaker 1: day out, because your opportunity will come. I didn't know 736 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,839 Speaker 1: that I was gonna go to Green Bay and make 737 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: that much money. I didn't know that I was gonna 738 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 1: go to Green Bay and get that many sacks. But 739 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: it was off of my work ethics of how I worked. 740 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: I prepared myself to know that my time was gonna 741 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: come one day. I didn't know when, but I just 742 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: knew that if I kept working, it would all work out. 743 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: So here I am today. Uh, like you said, one 744 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: of the top five guys out of the two time 745 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: fifteen draft telling you tied for fourth four? Yeah, who 746 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 1: with Marcus Golden. Okay, so if we're being technical, but 747 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,360 Speaker 1: still like that's I mean, that's big time. I didn't 748 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: play that much in Baltimore, you know. Yeah, No, you're 749 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: great to talked about the four years. It feels like 750 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,240 Speaker 1: a benchmark of your career has been patience, patient, and 751 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: that's not something a lot of guys have, even even nowadays, 752 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 1: when you see college kids and grads coming out and 753 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,439 Speaker 1: trying to recting thing. They want everything right now. How 754 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: did you learn patience? How did that become something that 755 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,319 Speaker 1: is really in your character? I could say coming out 756 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: of college, I was a defensive end, being a defensive 757 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: vent with my hand in the ground. Going to Baltimore, 758 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: I had to go to a three four system, so 759 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: I didn't know pretty much nothing about being an outside 760 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: linebacker or dropping So I was frustrated. But at the 761 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,800 Speaker 1: same time, like you said, I wanted it. I didn't 762 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: want it right now, but I knew that I knew 763 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,280 Speaker 1: that my time wasn't right now. I knew that Terrelsa 764 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: was basically stealing his prime Elvis Doumerville. So just watching 765 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: those guys, watching them work and watching them better than 766 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: craft also taught me how to better mind. So it 767 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: feels like it's natural, Like you feel like you are 768 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: naturally patient person, even from the days in Scoopa at school. 769 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: That was the worst one. But I mean, you got 770 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: to you gotta see the vision. This is my last question. 771 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 1: I mean, just understanding that vision, understanding when you were 772 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: in Baltimore you weren't going to play much. Understanding now 773 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: where you are right now and where I mean you 774 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: and the Neil are sad setters. How do you set goals? 775 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: And where are you in that personal I know what 776 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 1: the team goal process were you in your personal goal setting? 777 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: Personal goals be better than I was last year. Well, 778 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: let's not said last year, yeah, the year before that, 779 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 1: to be better E should never Yeah. I make that 780 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 1: goal for myself to be better than what I was 781 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,840 Speaker 1: last year, to work on my craft even more, you 782 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: know throughout practice, spend more time after practice just working 783 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: with coach and just also having like good coaches like 784 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,359 Speaker 1: Mike smith Man. He he loves the game and he 785 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 1: was also a player once that you know what I'm saying, 786 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 1: new the INDs and out of this so him showing 787 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,280 Speaker 1: us the ropes man, and it all was just paying 788 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,439 Speaker 1: out now to be able to come in and play 789 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 1: with a guy like the Neil Hunter. Like I said, 790 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: I was there with Preston from nineteen twenty one. We 791 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 1: also had goals to be better than we were last year, 792 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: and look how that worked out in twenty nineteen for us. 793 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: So mend Neil. We've been talking about it being one 794 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,360 Speaker 1: of the best duos in the league, man, and we 795 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: got something to prove because I know last year he 796 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,319 Speaker 1: spent some time off too. He had some time like 797 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,319 Speaker 1: when he was hurt, so we both were hurt. So 798 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: we all got a chip on our shoulder. None. I 799 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: hated for the guys who we have to go against us. Yeah, 800 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 1: Christian Derrisa, I was looking at you being like, I'm 801 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: gonna get much better going up against your practice every week, 802 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 1: and that makes Vikings fans so excited. We're also excited 803 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: that you were here and you guys are becoming fast favorites, 804 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: fast fan favorites, so we appreciate you taking the time 805 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 1: to be the podcast problem happened to be. What a 806 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: great conversation with z As. I love it. It isn't 807 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: a lot easier to just kind of say when you 808 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: pass him in the hall. He's so friendly, you can 809 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: always already see an immediate impact between him and the guys. 810 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,719 Speaker 1: When he took the guys in the Timberwolves game, I 811 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 1: mean the minute that happened, I was like, this is 812 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: this is a good thing. That's a great thing. And 813 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 1: that you have a veteran taking the young guys, as 814 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,320 Speaker 1: he said, who had never had that experience before, and 815 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: the fact that he just kind of realized to pay 816 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: it forward and to take the leadership spot there and 817 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,879 Speaker 1: just to say, guys, this one's on me. Come over, 818 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: let's break some bread, Let's have some lamp chops and 819 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,439 Speaker 1: some crab cakes and go out and watch a game. 820 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: And the game was really a lot of fun. It was. 821 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 1: It was cool. Having been at the game. I saw 822 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: the entire crew come walking through the hallway when they 823 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: were there, so all of a sudden, he saw a 824 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:45,839 Speaker 1: couple of big dudes and then you're like, and they 825 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,480 Speaker 1: keep coming and coming, and it's like Yep, it was 826 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 1: z and the guys, and it was really fun just 827 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: to see them doing that. It was a great bonding experience, 828 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 1: I think for those guys, and so hopefully this is 829 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: the beginning of more of that stuff happening amongst that group. 830 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: And it's great to have a guy like him doing 831 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: those kind of things. Even as the new guy walking 832 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: in the locker room, he understands his position as a 833 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: veteran that everyone's going to look towards for leadership on 834 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: this team. And I think even if they didn't want 835 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: to go to the game when you say lamb chops 836 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: and crab cakes like I'm coming over, let me know, 837 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: but the fact that they watched a really good game also, 838 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: I think it's great for just team chemistry, team camaraderie. 839 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: That energy that they fed off of just from the 840 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: Timberwolves that night, I think that kind of bring that 841 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 1: They kind of brought that back to the building when 842 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: they got back that following day. So having a guy 843 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: like Zadarius Smith that makes this entire team better both 844 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 1: on end off the field. I know that even the 845 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,799 Speaker 1: night of the game, some of the players that we 846 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: had interacted with when we saw them, they came over 847 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,279 Speaker 1: to say hi. They even made the comment they're like, man, 848 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: you know, as my first experience of kind of a 849 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,879 Speaker 1: Minnesota crowd, and if our crowds or anything like this one, 850 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna be really excited and just kind 851 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:52,359 Speaker 1: of letting them know, like, yeah, it's the first time 852 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: in a long time it's been like this that I've 853 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,799 Speaker 1: seen it like this, but this is a taste of 854 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 1: what you can get. So hopefully not only for the guys, 855 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: but for the fans as well, that they're this excited 856 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,800 Speaker 1: to have kind of this new change happening in the building. Yeah. 857 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,759 Speaker 1: I mean, his spirit is infectious. Every time you sit 858 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,240 Speaker 1: down and talk to him. He's just an open book 859 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,759 Speaker 1: and completely like he just gets it. And I think 860 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: it's a great veteran presence for these young guys to 861 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 1: learn from. And you know, talking about young guys, we're 862 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,879 Speaker 1: about to have a whole new crop of them coming up. 863 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 1: The NFL Draft is a week away. Lots to talk 864 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 1: about dissect. Obviously we already did that in the first 865 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: half of the podcast. But one thing that Jay mentioned 866 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,959 Speaker 1: a little bit earlier and that I will mention once 867 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,920 Speaker 1: more is that the Vikings draft Party is back in action. 868 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,279 Speaker 1: It is so amazing to have this happen once again. 869 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,720 Speaker 1: I think it's been a couple of years, and so 870 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 1: to be back at us Bank Stadium, we want to 871 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: see everyone there. Tickets are on sale. It's going to 872 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,760 Speaker 1: be Thursday, April twenty eighth. Doors open at six o'clock. 873 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,120 Speaker 1: You can see players meet players. There'll be lots of entertainment. 874 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: It should be a lot of fun. Kfan will be 875 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: there autographs session, so there's gonna be a lot of 876 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,920 Speaker 1: not only current players but also some of your favorite alumni. 877 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,960 Speaker 1: And honestly, the Draft Party is one of those events 878 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 1: that internally we really look forward to because it's the 879 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:15,240 Speaker 1: signal of kind of official kickoff for the new season 880 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,879 Speaker 1: with the new players, the excitement, just to get all 881 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,319 Speaker 1: the fans back in us Bank Stadium, let them go 882 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:24,080 Speaker 1: run around on the field. You've got the NFL network coverage, 883 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: you've got the local coverage on Cafe n and the 884 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: Draft party is just it's a lot of fun to 885 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 1: be around all your favorite vikings, roubes and to have 886 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 1: everybody in one place again really celebrating this team and 887 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: just being excited about whoever we draft. On Draft night, 888 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,799 Speaker 1: you can also meet Gabe. He's talking like this has 889 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: been like your thirtieth one, and I know it's probably 890 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,160 Speaker 1: like your twentieth. So I'm like, it's a lot like learning. 891 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,600 Speaker 1: While you were talking, I'm like, Okay, there's this going on. 892 00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:50,839 Speaker 1: That's there's that going on, and I just so happen 893 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: to beat there. So if you want to come, say 894 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,919 Speaker 1: hey to either meet or Jay. Jeddy will be in Vegas, 895 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,759 Speaker 1: so you won't be to say hey to her, She'll 896 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: be silly. You'll be in Vegas saying yeah, hey. If 897 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,920 Speaker 1: you're in Hey, guys, come fine, Melp. I need to 898 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,880 Speaker 1: do some interviews for some fans, so hit me up. 899 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: So there will be a lot both on site here 900 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,759 Speaker 1: in Minnesota and in Vegas, so good Vikings fans stay 901 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: tuned to the most up to date coverage of the team. 902 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,719 Speaker 1: I know this will be a fun, fun, fun, and 903 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:18,320 Speaker 1: more fun time for everything Vikings related. So more information 904 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,920 Speaker 1: about how to get your tickets, make sure you go 905 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,800 Speaker 1: to the website Vikings dot com. Vikings dot com is 906 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:27,320 Speaker 1: also a place where you can see the latest draft coverage. Lindsay, 907 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 1: Eric and Craig have been hard at work compiling position 908 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:34,319 Speaker 1: reviews and mock drafts, and it's like a one stop shop, 909 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,680 Speaker 1: so you don't have to keep clicking on eight different websites. 910 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,839 Speaker 1: You can see what everyone is saying right on one 911 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,799 Speaker 1: at vikings dot com. Gabe and I also are doing 912 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,399 Speaker 1: interviews with some draft experts that you can check out 913 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 1: either on YouTube, the app, or Vikings dot COM's video page. 914 00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:51,120 Speaker 1: There's just a lot going on, a lot to do, 915 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,880 Speaker 1: a lot to talk about. We appreciate you choosing the 916 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,240 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcast and listening to us for the latest 917 00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,719 Speaker 1: as well. Guys, I'm just I'm ready to get next 918 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,800 Speaker 1: week and I feel like a week is going to 919 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: fly by, but also it's taking forever. Next week's podcasts 920 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,640 Speaker 1: will be a lot of fun. Yes, eight more sleeps, Yeah, 921 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,040 Speaker 1: I love that. I love that eight more sleeps exactly, 922 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,960 Speaker 1: So podcasts every night after we be draft. That is 923 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: very true. That will be fun. So stay tuned. Even so, 924 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,920 Speaker 1: what we got five four podcasts next just four next week, 925 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,680 Speaker 1: that's all. Yeah, it'll be a lot of quick edit 926 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: from me, that's yeah. Well they'll be quick lessons, I 927 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:27,879 Speaker 1: think too. We won't we won't do a whole hour 928 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:31,799 Speaker 1: long thing on that's the thing. Is like those Draft 929 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: night podcasts just a Little Behind the Curtain are some 930 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,280 Speaker 1: of the most popular ones we do for the entire season. 931 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: It's just because everyone is so excited about what just happened. 932 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: So hopefully night one, especially after that first round pick, 933 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,560 Speaker 1: we can not only get you up to speed on 934 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,400 Speaker 1: what just happened, but also kind of set up the 935 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,160 Speaker 1: table for what's potentially going to come for the next 936 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,600 Speaker 1: two days as well. So stay tuned, enjoy it, and 937 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,400 Speaker 1: now we're looking forward to it. Stay tuned, Subscribe, like 938 00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,960 Speaker 1: and whatever else you do for these podcast channels. We appreciate, 939 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,880 Speaker 1: hate you. Listening. Yeah, listening is good too. Listening is 940 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 1: a good one too. But I think it's just subscribe, review, rate, subscribe. 941 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get my podcast influencer voice. Don't they 942 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,880 Speaker 1: always have to be like rate, subscribe like the podcast 943 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,920 Speaker 1: or something. Yes, there you go, just do that, and well, 944 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,960 Speaker 1: we appreciate you, and and and stick around for more 945 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,319 Speaker 1: draft coverage as we get going.