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Speaker 1: The offseason is in full swing here with the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: play back tri less offense. Kudos, Top Bowls, Kudos, Top Bowls.

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Speaker 1: Is right, I mean it was pretty impressive what he

432
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Speaker 1: was able to do from an XSNOS standpoint, what he

433
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Speaker 1: was able to do in the key moments with his defense,

434
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Speaker 1: and Gabe, you touch on it. I couldn't believe Jason

435
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,440
Speaker 1: Pierre Paul still has the ability to rush the quarterback

436
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,200
Speaker 1: the way that he did in this game. I mean,

437
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: you saw him in the backfield like so many times,

438
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Speaker 1: along with a bunch of the linebackers that the Tampa

439
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,840
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers have. I mean, they made Aaron Rodgers really

440
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,280
Speaker 1: uncomfortable in this game. But going to the other game

441
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 1: a little less dramatic was the AFC Championship. The Kansas

442
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,240
Speaker 1: City Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills thirty eight to twenty four.

443
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,960
Speaker 1: The game ended with Stefan Diggs pretty much watching the

444
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,640
Speaker 1: celebration at Arrowheads Stadium, which is probably the lasting image

445
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,640
Speaker 1: that I took from this game. And obviously the Buffalo

446
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,919
Speaker 1: Bills fans had the hopes and dreams of going to

447
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,200
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. What did you see in this game?

448
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: Game from their offense, they weren't able to really get

449
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,480
Speaker 1: it going the way that they have in weeks past.

450
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,600
Speaker 1: They said, hey, Josh Allen, if you're gonna beat us.

451
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Speaker 1: We're going to force you to run. We know you

452
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 1: don't have your start and running back. I mean t J.

453
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: Yelden couldn't really do much. So it was pretty much

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs not beating themselves, and they almost beat themselves

455
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,280
Speaker 1: in that first quarter with that muff punt. But the

456
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,480
Speaker 1: Bills offense, there was really nothing they could really do

457
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Speaker 1: to try to get the ball to Stefan Diggs or

458
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: Cole Beezy or any of those guys because they pretty

459
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 1: much took that away. Tyrn Matthew was always where Stefan

460
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Speaker 1: Diggs was. And when you have your best defensive player

461
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Speaker 1: facing your best offensive player while getting double team, your

462
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 1: your best receivers getting double team, I mean, it takes

463
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,640
Speaker 1: away pretty much any and everything you can do. So

464
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,879
Speaker 1: just great adjusting Garrett adjustments by this Chief secondary to this

465
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 1: this Chiefs defense, And I feel like that was pretty

466
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 1: much the story of the game. I mean, I feel

467
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 1: like the score was a little bit closer than what

468
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: the actual game showed, but it was just the Chiefs

469
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 1: having their way, Chiefs defense having their way with this

470
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 1: Bill's offense. Yeah, you kind of knew that if the

471
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,640
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense was able to stop the high flying Buffalo

472
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Speaker 1: Bill's offense, that Patrick Mahomes was going to put whatever

473
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Speaker 1: points on the board that he needed to put up.

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Speaker 1: And I saw a stat that he's averaging like over

475
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Speaker 1: thirty points in every playoff game he's played so far,

476
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Speaker 1: which is just unbelievable considering the career, how young he is,

477
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: and how simple he makes it look. So Jay, I mean,

478
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,440
Speaker 1: it was the same story for this Chiefs offense, whether

479
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Speaker 1: it was running the ball, devising up plays, Eric bi

480
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: Enemy and Andy Reid, they continue to make some of

481
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Speaker 1: the best defenses in the league look pretty much foolish.

482
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: And that was the same thing that happened in this game.

483
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 1: I mean, to see little Tarry Hill just freaking scooting

484
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: and go all around the field, it was the same

485
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 1: story for his Chief's offense. We all know how insanely

486
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: talented all of these players are in this league. Right

487
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: to see a guy like Cheetah get out on that

488
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:23,160
Speaker 1: field and watch him make cornerbacks, let alone linebackers look

489
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: absolutely foolish, like they have no business being on the

490
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,919
Speaker 1: field with him, is mind blowing. That guy has another

491
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Speaker 1: gear that's on top of everybody else. It's kind of

492
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: like when you watch Lamar Jackson as a quarterback and

493
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: he's running an open field and you're just like, man,

494
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 1: Quarterbacks aren't supposed to move like this. Wide receivers are

495
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 1: supposed to have moves like this, but he is that

496
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 1: next level. And so not only having that guy who's

497
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: able to wiggle get open make you look stupid out

498
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,719
Speaker 1: in open field and pick up another twenty yards. On

499
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,480
Speaker 1: top of that, when you're running around and you've got

500
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Speaker 1: giant Travis Kelsey who's able to go snag everything and

501
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,199
Speaker 1: run people over like that tandem of Tyreek Hill and

502
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,400
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey is just lethal. So the fact that you're

503
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,200
Speaker 1: running game with Durrell Williams and Mikole Hardman and Clyde

504
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: Edwards a layer. They didn't really have to do a

505
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,879
Speaker 1: ton for me. The feeling with this team is you

506
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: can stop one, but we've got two or three more

507
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,240
Speaker 1: that are out there in open field and good luck.

508
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 1: And that's where this Tampa stopping a Davante Adams and

509
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: letting the other guys do what they're gonna do that

510
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: that's not going to work this way because of the

511
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,680
Speaker 1: amount of ridiculous playmakers that have at every single level

512
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 1: and the fact that you have to get a pass

513
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 1: rush on Mahomes in order to try to stop it.

514
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: And other than that, I mean, you are going to

515
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,199
Speaker 1: be having to play a shootout game against these Chiefs

516
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 1: if you're the Bucks coming up in the Super Bowl,

517
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: and I think whatever they do try to figure out

518
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: in their game planning to try to combat this man,

519
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: good luck, because it is a very very difficult thing

520
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: to do. Jay, to your point, you didn't even bring

521
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Speaker 1: up Sammy Watkins like what he can do, but in

522
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 1: in you know, in opposition to what you're saying, the

523
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: Buccaneers like their weapons. Also, like if you're an NFL fan,

524
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: this is the perfect super Bowl, Like there are like

525
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: this is there are so many storylines, so many things

526
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,919
Speaker 1: to talk about Antonio Brown, Leonard, for Nette Ronald like

527
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: there are so many takes on both sides of the ball.

528
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: And for me, the thing is is in a league

529
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Speaker 1: that has kind of pivoted and shifted to become more

530
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: of a high flying passing league, you've got the old

531
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 1: goat versus the new goat. And I just think either

532
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 1: it's going to be Tom Brady absolutely cementing with an

533
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: absolute steel door that he is and will be the

534
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 1: greatest of our generation, let alone for the next potentially

535
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Speaker 1: forty fifty years, or you've got the passing of the

536
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Speaker 1: baton to the new dog, who's going to be sitting

537
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 1: there saying I love what you did and I've paid

538
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: attention to your career. But man, this is my league now.

539
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: I just think what that's going to potentially turn into

540
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 1: and the storylines everyone's going to talk about it. But

541
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 1: like you said, I mean, there's so many weapons that

542
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: we haven't even touched on. I just think it's got

543
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: to be super exciting for the league to be able

544
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: to promote this thing coming up here in the next

545
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. So it was a super fun game.

546
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: It's super exciting to see how this is going to go.

547
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 1: I feel bad for the Bills and their fans, like

548
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: you said, Corso, but you know, Josh Allen didn't look comfortable,

549
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: and I think the Chiefs defense made it look that way.

550
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: So the Chiefs in the box. It's going to be

551
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 1: an amazing super Bowl coming up here. Three hundred twenty

552
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: five passing yards three touchdowns for Patrick Mahomes, one hundred

553
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: seventy two receiving yards for Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey had

554
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: thirteen receptions, one hundred and eighteen receiving yards and two touchdowns.

555
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: You can start to go down the list. It's like

556
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 1: they have the perfect skill position players. I haven't even

557
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: talked about the running backs and Clyde Edwards Hilaire who

558
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: was injured heading into this game. He had a rushing touchdown.

559
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: And then Durrell Williams, who's pretty much a backup running back,

560
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: who had a touchdown in fifty two rushing yards. But Gabe,

561
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: I can't help think about the time that Patrick Mahomes

562
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: played Tom Brady in the AFC Championship a few years ago,

563
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 1: and it looked like the Chiefs we're going to go

564
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,880
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. If it wasn't for de Ford,

565
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: the defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, jumping on

566
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: a Tom Brady interception, they would have been the Chiefs

567
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: going to the Super Bowl. And obviously it ended up

568
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 1: being the Patriots and they went on to beat the

569
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams and that Super Bowl. But I think

570
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Gabe probably thinks about that game as he's

571
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: heading into this Super Bowl. Oh. Absolutely, like this not

572
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: only solidifies that he is the best quarterback in the NFL.

573
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,959
Speaker 1: But like this takes him over the top of like

574
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: superstar him, Like he's a superstar. But if you beat

575
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: Tom Brady in a super Bowl where everyone is watching,

576
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: because you know, during the times that we are in

577
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: right now, I think this takes him over the top.

578
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: I think my next question for him is, like when

579
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: are you going to start getting bored? Because like, like

580
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: what's fun anymore? But switching the other side, Tom Brady

581
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: if he wins this super Bowl right like he's in

582
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: the conversation for Grady's Athlete ever, like I I mean,

583
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: you can't. I don't know, man, Like I'm getting excited

584
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: to talk about it and I'm like losing words, Like

585
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: this is like literally the perfect matchup for the Super Bowl,

586
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: Like you can't ask for anything better than this. New

587
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: school versus old school. J just hit it right on

588
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: the head. So I'm expecting a showdown. I'm expecting a

589
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: lot of points to be scored. I mean, with everything

590
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: you just said about Tyreek Hill and Travis Keltzi U,

591
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: Devin White and Lavonte David for the for the Tampa

592
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 1: Big Buccaneers going to have their hands full and it's

593
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: gonna be m you know, are we're gonna see it,

594
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: you know, another false start by the Chiefs on tom

595
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: Brady interception this time. I feel like that's what it's

596
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: going to come down to. One play like you like,

597
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 1: Tom Brady doesn't, doesn't choking games like this, and we've

598
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: seen what Pat Mahomes doesn't big games also, So there

599
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: are so many things to talk about, and I'm expecting

600
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: the big game. They need Anton Winfield Junior act in

601
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: the biggest way for the upcoming game. And on top

602
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: of that, once again, piggyback off what you said, think

603
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: about the fact of what Tom Brady just did. He

604
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: left the New England Patriots went to the Tampa Bay Bucks,

605
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: who were eight and eight, but also where they struggled

606
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: was at the quarterback position. Was Jamis throwing as many

607
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: touchdowns as picks in the previous season, walking into a

608
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 1: new offense and basically taking them on top of rookies,

609
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: including a guy like Tyler Johnson who has definitely had

610
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,560
Speaker 1: a couple moments here in the playoffs, and taking those guys,

611
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: solidifying them, bringing in for Nett during the season and

612
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 1: just kind of hodgepotting this team together and then saying

613
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Speaker 1: this is my time going through his first Wildcard game

614
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: and forever, if not ever, and getting to the super

615
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: Bowl with another franchise in the first season. The closest

616
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: we got to seeing something like this was two thousand

617
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: and nine with five, but they didn't get the money,

618
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: they didn't get to the super Bowl. If Brady does

619
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: and goes to where he did with the Patriots struggling

620
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: the way they did, it shuts up the conversation forever,

621
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: and it just further cements the fact that what he's

622
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: doing in his career is special. And whether whether he's

623
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,959
Speaker 1: broken your heart, you don't like it or not, it

624
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter. The fact of what he's doing is

625
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: something special and we should all feel kind of proud

626
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: and happy about the fact that we're actually getting to

627
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,719
Speaker 1: watch history when it comes to the football side. So, Gabe,

628
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: if he's not the best athlete ever, he will solidify

629
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: it and has in my mind, solidified himself as the

630
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: most successful athlete ever when it comes to the sport

631
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: of NFL football. Oh and he for sure he won't

632
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: be like Peyton Manning when he won his Super Bowl

633
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: in his forties. So he's not right enough to the

634
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: sunset he's trying to get eight, so we'll see. We'll

635
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: see what happens there, but I can't see Tom Brady

636
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 1: hanging it up after this year. Growing up as a

637
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: New York Jets fan, I can't say that I've loved

638
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: that has happened in this guy's career, but I did

639
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: enjoy seeing him do it in another uniform other than

640
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: the rival that I grew up despising every single year,

641
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: and that's for sure. But like you guys said, it's

642
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: one of the one of the most interesting, intriguing matchups

643
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: in recent memory. I can't even imagine having a more

644
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: perfect storyline heading into the biggest game in all sports.

645
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited for that to come up. We

646
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: obviously have some off time here for the Vikings, but

647
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: before we go, we're gonna look at some way too

648
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: early mock drafts. As we've talked about, we have four

649
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: mock drafts, four experts who picked for the Vikings at

650
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 1: the number four team pick. This is what Vikings fans

651
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: have to get excited about. I know I'm excited about it.

652
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: I personally think they go with the defensive end just

653
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: because the fact that we were really missing that pass

654
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: rush of this season, and Mike Zimmer probably won't let

655
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: the front office staff go without getting his defensive player

656
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: at this spot. That is the whether Daniel Jeremiah went.

657
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: He went with the edge rusher Gregory Rousseau at the

658
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: University of Miami, and I've watched. I watched every single

659
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: Miami game this year because one of my best friends

660
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: went there, and I just enjoyed the run that they

661
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: went on this season. This guy is an absolute beast.

662
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: If you're talking about an athletic guy like Daniel Hunter

663
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: coming out of college, I think this guy fits into

664
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: that category. He's the reason why a week Miami defense

665
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: in the secondary this year had some success because of

666
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: the pass rush he was able to put on the

667
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: quarterback this year. So, um, Gabe, what do you know

668
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: about Gregory Russeau out of the University of Miami. Yeah,

669
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: I've watched a little bit of his tape and I

670
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: mean he I feel like he's very raw. Six six

671
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: two sixty five, right, yeah, like six six two sixty five.

672
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he does what he needs to do. But

673
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: I think a guy, if he was elected, I think

674
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: a guy like Andre Pattison will be perfect for him

675
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: to refine some of his techniques. I mean, we saw

676
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: a Daniel Hunter when he came out. I mean I

677
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: think he only had what four and a half sacks

678
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: in his career at LSU, and saying what he did

679
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: for the Vikings and then you got a similar body,

680
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: a similar body frame and Gregory Rousseau who's played some

681
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: big time college football, and is you know, able to

682
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. But you can see on film

683
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 1: that he can continue to work his hips, he can

684
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: continue you can tell his technique isn't there with his

685
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 1: hand placement. He just he's just bigger than everybody. He

686
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 1: just dominates everybody off the ball, and I mean it's

687
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: just one of those things where you know, if he's

688
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: getting a straight pass rush, he can reach over the

689
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: offensive tackle's arm and you know, grab the quarterback because

690
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,439
Speaker 1: he's taller and bigger than everybody. But I think there's

691
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 1: gonna be some refining to his game. He's very raw,

692
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: he's very long, he's very edgy, and he has a

693
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 1: knack to get to the quarterback. So I think with

694
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: that knack to get to the quarterback, with his physical traits,

695
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: I think there's a future star in the making. If

696
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: he drops to the fourteenth overall pick. Yeah, Miami had

697
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: an incredible season. I mean they only lost the game

698
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,760
Speaker 1: early to Clemson, and they pretty much took a seven

699
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,400
Speaker 1: and one record into that last game of the season

700
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: and against North Carolina which they were not able to

701
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: play well in at the end there, which but definitely

702
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: a great season for him on the Miami Hurricanes defensive line.

703
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: I'm looking at Pro Football Focus and they have a

704
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: defensive lineman out of the University of Michigan, Quitty pay

705
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: Who I mean, I watched a decent amount of Michigan

706
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: football as well. We all watched Big Ten being in

707
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: Minnesota throughout the year, and I know this guy can

708
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: rush the quarterback as well. Jah. Yeah, that's the thing.

709
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: Like you saw with Michigan this year, they were a

710
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 1: little more buzzy than they have been crushed the Gophers.

711
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: That's the stent. So like for me, you know, Michigan,

712
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 1: I as a kid, I grew up a Michigan fan. Yeah,

713
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: I'm from Minnesota, but I grew up a Michigan fan

714
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: due to other reasons long story longer. Basically and being

715
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: able to watch some of their games even this year.

716
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: One of the things you saw was they did have

717
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: a little bit more of a defensive presence, and for

718
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: a guy like this, a defensive edge rusher. What this

719
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: says to me is, think about the last couple of

720
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: drafts and what we've done the last couple of years.

721
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 1: You went from basically four or five years ago having

722
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: some top notch guys like Everson and Jared and then

723
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: bring in a denial and letting them ascend into what

724
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: they've turned into. This just points out to me the

725
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: fact that we're seeing some of these big name guys.

726
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: We've talked about this at the end of last season.

727
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: We talked about it during the season that we're going

728
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: to need to kind of restock and refuel some of

729
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: these positions, and you know, by going ahead and grabbing

730
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: a guy like DJ want him that we felt was

731
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: a project last year, but he did show up in

732
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: a couple of games, including that that big sack that

733
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 1: he had against the Green Bay Packers. I think having

734
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: guys like pay and being able to possibly revamp with

735
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: these young guys like this, this is potentially setting us

736
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: up for you know, probably close to a decade. If

737
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: you hit on a two or three of these big

738
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: name guys and allow them to do what they do

739
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: and rotate in. I think it would be a lot

740
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: of fun to see some sort of a big defensive

741
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: edge rusher being able to come in here and not

742
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 1: only work with, but grow with guys like Daniel Hunter

743
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,399
Speaker 1: and Wilikis and want him and some of these other

744
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 1: guys we grabbed last year. I said it here first,

745
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: Quity Pay is the most pro ready defensive end in

746
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: the draft class this year. Like when you look at

747
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: him on film, he can pretty much do everything you

748
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: need him to do. I mean he's quick with his hips,

749
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 1: I mean he can get around the corner. He understands

750
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: the game, he has different he uses different techniques to

751
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: get around the tackle. Like if you put on the

752
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: tape of this guy, he is ready to play him.

753
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: But this Vikings defense, I think you need somebody who is,

754
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 1: you know, a high motor guy opposite of Daniel Hunter,

755
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: because I feel like a fidio o'denibo plays better when

756
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: the pressure isn't on him. But when you put those

757
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: four guys him quitd he Pay, Daniel Hunter and DJ

758
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: want him together, I feel like this is a complete unit. Yeah,

759
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: that's a lot to say for a guy who you

760
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: think is absolutely game ready for the NFL coming out

761
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,760
Speaker 1: of college. I mean, I did see a decent amount

762
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: of his tape and what he was able to do

763
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: at Michigan, and I know he stands out on the

764
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: screen when you're watching the game, that's for sure. Looking

765
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: at some of the other picks here we have CBS Sports,

766
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: they took a linebacker, which obviously, with all the contracts

767
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 1: that the Vikings have to look at in this offseason,

768
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: you never know what's going to happen at that linebacker position.

769
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: We know Eric Kendricks and Eric Wilson played real well.

770
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: Eric Wilson's contract is up, so we'll have to keep

771
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,320
Speaker 1: an eye on what happens at that at that position

772
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: with Eric Wilson because he was such a key part

773
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,760
Speaker 1: of what the Vikings did and Anthony Barr was injured

774
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 1: all year. But Micah Parsons linebacker at a Penn State,

775
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: I'm pretty familiar with him as well. With the success

776
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: that Penn State has had years passed. This year Penn

777
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: State wasn't so great. Their defense was definitely better than

778
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 1: their offense. But I know Michael Parsons game is probably

779
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: one of the best linebackers are regarded as one of

780
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: the best linebackers in the nation. Yeah, and I feel

781
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: like he fits more into a three four scheme. I

782
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: see a lot of traction of him going to the

783
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, but I think if he played here, they

784
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,280
Speaker 1: will probably trying to move him to the defensive van position.

785
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: Really good motor, very explosive. He makes me when I

786
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: think of him, I think of a guy like Von Miller,

787
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 1: you know, not the tallest guy, but it's long and rangy,

788
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: and it's very savvy with his hands. So he's a

789
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 1: He's a guy right there that could actually make a

790
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: lot of plays. I mean in that Penn State defense,

791
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 1: you know, they they're very multiple. But I could see

792
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,240
Speaker 1: Michael Parsons being well thriving in a three four system,

793
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: and if he does here, it'll be at that defensive

794
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,839
Speaker 1: van position. Yeah. They have him listed a six three,

795
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: two hundred and forty five pounds at the age of

796
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: twenty one, So I can't even imagine what kind of

797
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: player this guy can be. I know, he flies around

798
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: the field as well, and he's super athletic, so that

799
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 1: would be quite the addition to the Vikings linebacker unit.

800
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: The last pick is from melk Hyper and I saved

801
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: this one for last because everyone pretty much when they

802
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: see what Nope Kuiper has to say, they think there's

803
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 1: a chance that it might happen for the Vikings. So

804
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: he goes offensive line USC Elijah Vera Tucker definitely one

805
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: of the best offensive lineman prospects in the nation. I

806
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: know we're talking defense right now, though I want to

807
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 1: see a defensive player taken at this position. We know

808
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: that Brian O'Neill is pretty much stapled in at the

809
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: right tackle spot for the Vikings, and you have an

810
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: elder Riley Reith, who had some contract situation go on

811
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,879
Speaker 1: last offseason, was able to hang on at the left

812
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: tackle spot. But I know the Vikings really need help

813
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: at that interior spot Jay, and that's where I think

814
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: this guy might be able to help. Yeah, And that's

815
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: kind of where a lot of people are pegging him.

816
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: He's he's six foot four or three hundred and fifteen pounds.

817
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: He started as a left tackle and slid inside to

818
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: guard as well at USC, So he's got position and flexibility,

819
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 1: which is something the Vikings always love to have. And

820
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: having a guy like that at the size that he is,

821
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: and you know, to be honest with you, I haven't

822
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: seen enough USC football or paid attention to him this season.

823
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: But the thing is is, if he can move in space,

824
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: which is what they love to do with those interior linemen,

825
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: that's going to be something that they're gonna have to

826
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: take a long, hard look at. Yeah, coach is gonna

827
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: want to get some of his top flight defensive guys.

828
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: But if you're telling me that some top prospects that

829
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: offensive line are going to be potentially sitting there, given

830
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: the amount of speculation that's already been happening about positions

831
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: in front of us getting eaten up by quarterback picks

832
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, you're going to see some top

833
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: tier talent possibly sliding down to that early mid round

834
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: of the first round. So hopefully with the Vikings, they've

835
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 1: they've got a plethora of talent that they can pick from,

836
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: and a guy like this with Vera Tucker, I think

837
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: he would definitely fit the bill. If they feel like

838
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: he's the right guy, they could definitely pull the trigger.

839
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 1: And I don't think anyone in Viking Land, including the

840
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: front office, would be probably sad about the fact that

841
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: they grabbed a guy like that with this pedigree coming

842
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: out of USC six four three hundred fifteen pounds. He

843
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: lists him as either a guard or a tackle. I

844
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: think he put a lot more guard at USC, but

845
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: I think mel Kiper sees him kind of fitting in

846
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: to the guard position and maybe a long term answer

847
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: at the left tackle position. So he can pretty much

848
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: play all around the Vikings offensive line. And the biggest

849
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 1: thing he says is that he's a great run blocker game.

850
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if you watched a lot of USC

851
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 1: football this year, but um mel Kiper lists him as

852
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: a great run blocker. Yeah, I havn't watched too much

853
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: of his games. I watched a little bit of his film,

854
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: and he's very good in space. I mean, he's very

855
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: good at getting to the second level. And USC did

856
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: a lot of zone. They have a great I mean,

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Speaker 1: of course they run the spray, but they do a

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Speaker 1: lot of zone run blocking, and I think that fits

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Speaker 1: perfectly with what we have done in the past. Here.

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Speaker 1: We don't know who the new offensive coordinator is going

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Speaker 1: to be, so we don't know how things are going

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Speaker 1: to change. But he is very good in space, like

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Speaker 1: you said, Like Jay said, he's moved to guard and

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Speaker 1: he's done great job. He's done a great job there,

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Speaker 1: I think at the same time, he's a really good

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Speaker 1: a great job at at USC and now moving him

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Speaker 1: to the inside where there's less space to cover, I

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Speaker 1: think there's a great opportunity for him to succeed in

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Speaker 1: this Vikings offense, both run blocking and pass blocking. It's

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Speaker 1: always fun to track the names that some of the

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Speaker 1: experts nationally pick for the Vikings. I mean, I love

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Speaker 1: doing it. I love college football. I've been watching a

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Speaker 1: ton of it ever since I started working in the

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Speaker 1: so I always enjoy watching these guys, and I think

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Speaker 1: Gabe and Jay have have knowledge of some of these prospects.

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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see at the Vikings go

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Speaker 1: either offense or defense, because obviously there's needs on both

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Speaker 1: sides of the line for the Minnesota Vikings, but there

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Speaker 1: will be a lot to track, including the offensive coordinators.

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Speaker 1: Search we will see who will fill the spot of

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Speaker 1: the legendary Gary Kubiak at that position. Continue to check

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Speaker 1: out all Vikings social media platforms for breaking news this offseason,

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Speaker 1: whether it's free agency, the draft, team news, transactions, more.

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Speaker 1: We have you all covered on all of our platforms

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Speaker 1: on everything you need to know at Vikings dot com.

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Speaker 1: So thank you Jay, thank you Gabe. We will see

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Speaker 1: you next time on the Minnesota Vikings Podcast