1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Lifetime, the official Athletic country Club of the Minnesota Vikings, 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: has something for every member of your family. Get your 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: family going today at Lifetime, dot Life Forward, slash Kits. 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: You know I'm coming back to It's just that I'm 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: familiar with an amazing environment as you see, like grating 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: across all things are pretty much eight plus anywhere, and 7 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: that goes to show a type of organization in Minnesota. 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: Hit Man so glad to have him back, to have 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: his leadership back, to have his on field off the 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: field savvy. There's a lot of things a while, Harrison, 11 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: that you just can't coach. You just can't teach. This 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: is the Minnesota Vikings Podcast coming to you from TCO 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: Radio Studios. Guys, we are not on spring break. I 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: feel like the rest of Minnesota is on spring break. 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: They're going to Disney World or Florida or something, and 16 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: here we are just working, going, yeah, going somewhere that 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: doesn't have a three in the temperature on the front, 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: then that that is the ideal situation right now, or 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: a place that is in ran by museums and the 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: National Hall and the government. Like the guys to my left, 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: mister Eric Davison, just came back from DC. But yeah, 22 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: this is um, this is like full in season mode. 23 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: I feel like, yeah, free agency is just a whole 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: other animal and it really has taken over our workload 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: over here because as much as we would like to 26 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: take those breaks. There are several new faces, several familiar 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: faces returning to the Minnesota Vikings. The last episode that 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: we did of this podcast we hit on the opening day, Yeah, 29 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: the big, the big free signings. So we haven't really 30 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: talked about a lot of these names that have been 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: coming up over the last few days. So we're going 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: to kind of touch on that, go over the list 33 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: of what's been going on. But also we are really 34 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: excited to have a player returned to the podcast. Our 35 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: guests this week is Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Madison. Yeah, baby, no, 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm really happy about that one because he's somebody that 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: as basically after he got drafted, he came in and 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: everyone's like, what's this role going to be? You know, 39 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: Devin's the guy, what's he going to do? And he 40 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: was always a guy that I think turned into a 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,839 Speaker 1: fan favorite because of the effort and everything he put 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: into it. Let alone hurdling guys out on the field. 43 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: So getting a guy who is young, athletic and you know, 44 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: jumping onto his second contract here back in the squad 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: is really exciting just to see a guy like Alexander 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: return and be able to do some more damage here 47 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: for the next couple of years. Yeah. He Subjectively, he's 48 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: one of my personal favorites, just human beings, just his story, 49 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: his family and the fact that he gets his second contract. 50 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: Couldn't be more happy for him. But what he does 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: on the field when he gets the opportunity. He's a 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: starting runner back in the NFL and quasia dopamensa and 53 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: this front office sees something in him and I'm excited 54 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: to have him back, but more importantly have him on today. Yes, 55 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: I cannot wait for him to call in. I really honestly, 56 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: every time I hear his name, there are two things 57 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: that hoppen into my head. Not none of them a 58 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: flow related number two right right, No, The first one 59 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: is if you're an Alexander Hamilton fan or a Hamilton fan, 60 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: Whenever I hear the Alexander Hamilton, it's one of my 61 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: favorite name is Alexander Madison. I just like it always 62 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: just pops into my head. That's number one, first and foremost. 63 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: Number two when he did the rap rapping on the 64 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: Christmas content we had where it was like skull Gang 65 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: Skull like this in the room. Yeah. No, it was 66 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: one of the Friday challenges and they were given like 67 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: and you should definitely go do the deep dive on 68 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: YouTube if you haven't. Where they were given these like 69 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: beats and they just laid down bars on these beats. 70 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: This is such a about Christmas. There are Christmas wraps on. 71 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: This is such an Alex Worley production. Shout out Alex Worley. 72 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: I mean I used it in some of my content, 73 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: like as an intro because it was just Christmas themed. 74 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: I mean, we we know that he has a background 75 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: in music, that that's his like side passion. Besides, while 76 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: he loves it and he has that talent, so it 77 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: was good to see him marry the two together. You 78 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: got to see the personality coming out love it. That's 79 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: the best part of us. My two favorite those Friday 80 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: challenges that I like is just to see how different 81 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: people react. There's other guys that I'll walk up look 82 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: at it and go like nope, walk out the room. 83 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: There's others and there's other people they just they look 84 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: at it and get a giant smile on their face 85 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: and like, how much fun can we have with us? 86 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: He's a guy that likes to have One of my 87 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: one of my favorite Practice Squad players, Perry Nickerson, held 88 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: down the mic in that room for the Rap challenge 89 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: for like a solid fifteen minutes by himself and just 90 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: like went all in and I was like, this is 91 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: this is what I like to see. I think when 92 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: Perry has like ties to like lie Wayne, wouldn't be surprises. Yeah. 93 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean those Friday challenges are always so 94 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: good you can't wait till their back. Yeah. I mean 95 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: it is very weird, which I think that's the reason 96 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: why fans love it. They gravitated towards them. It's like, man, 97 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: this is different and no other team is doing it. 98 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: And I applaud Alex Worley for doing stuff like that 99 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: are doing, but not to the extent of how Alex 100 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: is doing it copying him. Yeah, they're all copies, I know. Yeah, 101 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: that's true. That's true. Well, um, if you haven't checked 102 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: out vikings content recently, I suggest you go to vikings 103 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: dot com or the Vikings YouTube page, because there have 104 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: been a lot of things going on in the last week, 105 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: whether that was one on one interviews with our new 106 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: free agents or the newest segment that Gabe Pete and 107 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: I did where we discussed the free agency moves so 108 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: far and more in depth. I would say, it's love. 109 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: It's nice to get you guys as inside on on 110 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: these names are popping in. But before we talk about 111 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: who's in, let's talk about a name who has made 112 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: a huge impact on our organization. Who is now Carolina 113 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: Panther and that's Adam Feeling. I think everyone agreed it 114 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: was sad to see him go, but happy to see 115 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: him with a three year deal with another team. Jay. Yeah, 116 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: Prior to the last episode, we were trying to figure 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: out he was one of the last big names that 118 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: we just didn't know what was going to happen. You know, 119 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: he's talked about for a while when it came to 120 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: this time of year, being able to advocate for himself. 121 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: I think he could be a contributor at a different team, 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: And to see him get a three year deal at 123 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: the Panthers for twenty five million at least that was 124 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: the agreed upon for the deal. You know, I got 125 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: a place like Carolina that just traded Dj Moore to Chicago. 126 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: They were looking for a primary receiver, and you know, 127 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: looking at a guy like Adam who has as many 128 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: years as he does been a two time pro bowler, 129 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: I think Adam might be a perfect fit there, at 130 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: least from a veteran standpoint and a production standpoint, given 131 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: what they've just given up in Dj Moore in order 132 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: to obtain that number one overall pick. Yeah, three years, 133 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: twenty five million, eight million dollars a year. I think 134 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: that's probably the most he would have gotten in free 135 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: agency this year. So for Adam maximizing his value with 136 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: the team that is trying to get over that hump, 137 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: will probably sign a rookie quarterback CJ. Stroud as the 138 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: guy that mil Kuiper says is going to the Panthers 139 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: number one overall. So it'll be interesting to see how 140 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: Adam thrushes with the guy like CJ. Stroud or whoever 141 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: the ricky quarterback they're going to bring in is going 142 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: to be. But the first thing he came to my 143 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: for me was Bojangles. Yeah. Likely he probably doesn't know that, Oh, 144 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: it's going to change his life. He probably has no idea. 145 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: There's no Bojangles in the state of Minnesota, and I 146 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: put any kind of money that Adam Thieland would try 147 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: to open up the first franchise in Minnesota. Well, he's 148 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: never lived anywhere else before, has he? No, he hasn't. 149 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: What a summer house and a winterhouse in Orlando, So yeah, 150 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: that's true. The best thing for me was seeing that 151 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,239 Speaker 1: they already had, you know, the kids and the family 152 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: and everybody there, and they're doing all the posing and 153 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: the kids are having fun. I think as long as 154 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, they welcome him and his family in and 155 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: are able to get kind of integrated and everything, I 156 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: think Adams one of those guys that's going to be 157 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,559 Speaker 1: able to thrive wherever. He's competitive. At the same point, 158 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: you know, he's, as he's shown here, a really solid guy, 159 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: and I think he's somebody's going to fit into the 160 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: community well there as well. I must say it was 161 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: kind of depressing. Um. I was driving down thirty five 162 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: towards the Twin Cities where I guess towards US Bank 163 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: this past weekend, and they were like all these billboards 164 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: that said thank you Adam, Like, oh, my god, Like, 165 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: we really lost a legend here. So while as excited 166 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: we are all are for Adam, like, it is kind 167 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: of like bittersweet because it'll be we're seeing him not 168 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: in Purple or not in the state of Minnesota. So 169 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: good luck to him. Knowing his family, for sure, we 170 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: are going to miss him. He was always a really 171 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: good person to talk to, whether it was a win 172 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: or a loss, always open to doing our content and 173 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: being just an overall team player, not just for the 174 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: organization but on our side of things with the marketing 175 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: side and the business side as well. So definitely gonna 176 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: miss him and all of his community efforts as well. 177 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: Agreed to terms is a popular term or phrase we've 178 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: been using a lot for these nuga or these guys 179 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: that were bringing back a couple of those names defensive 180 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: lineman Jonathan Bullard, offensive lineman Only Udo, offensive lineman Austin Schlotman, 181 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: kicker Greg Joseph, and long snapper Andrew Depaula. Out of 182 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: those guys, Jay, you got a favorite in there that 183 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: you're excited to see come back. You can't say all No, 184 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: I'm not going to say all Actually, I'm really excited 185 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: to see a guy like Olie come back because of 186 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: something we took, because we talked about last week adding 187 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: depth in certain positions, you know, Between Olie and then 188 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: seeing Schlotman as well come back, there's a feeling there 189 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: that the offensive line room feels like continuity and in 190 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: knowing what they have in some of these players, getting 191 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: these guys back in that you know, stepped in at 192 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: big moments when there were some injuries that happened this 193 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: past season. So I am excited to see Olie come 194 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: back just because it feels like then he definitely showed 195 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: something this past season that makes them feel like, you know, 196 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: he's worth bringing them back in. And I'm happy to 197 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: see a guy like Olie who knows the system, knows 198 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: what's going on. I want to see if he can 199 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: grow again this season coming up here. So I was 200 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: happy to see him actually come back and resign um. 201 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: I said Alexander Madison on our free agency show that's 202 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: on one Vikings dot com and our YouTube page, and 203 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: I gave reasons why they're so go check that out. 204 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: So I'm going to get go with another guy and 205 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: Jonathan Bullard. We didn't really get to see much of 206 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: him last year one because he was injured, and two 207 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: because he was behind Dalvin Thomlinson. So for him to 208 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: be back in purple and kind of have another opportunity 209 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: to prove why he is the guy that the Chicago 210 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: Bears drafted early on in twenty sixteen, I'm excited to 211 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: see what that can mean for this Minnesota Vikings defense. 212 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: Physical presence, a really good locker room guy, but haven't 213 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: really seen him on the field, So excited to see 214 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: what his offseason and training cample look like. Yeah, I 215 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: totally agree with that one. Love seeing him. I know 216 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: he had some flashes definitely during the preseason as well. 217 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: Remember one of those early on games trying to get 218 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: locker room interviews. He had a really good preseason contest, 219 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see where he where he can 220 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: go in this new defensive front. For me, I think 221 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,599 Speaker 1: it's because I like you, Gabe, I said it was 222 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: going to see Greg and Andrew back for the special 223 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: team's unit this year. I'll go with someone different just 224 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: to round out this beautiful list, and I will say 225 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: Austin Schlowman, not only because, like you said, Jay, depth 226 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: is so important and I think we saw a last 227 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: season with gart Bradberry out how that center position was 228 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: such an integral part in how this offense functioned. And 229 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: you saw Schlatman coming off of getting injured and that 230 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: really kind of hurt the team there for a while. 231 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: And so I think I think him back off of injury, 232 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: We've seen him around the facility, he's been hard at 233 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: work in the rehab and I think that that's exciting 234 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: to again, not only do you have the continuity of 235 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: the starters on the offensive line, but now you've continuity 236 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: in depth. And I think that also helps coming up 237 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: with the draft trying to address, you know, what are 238 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: our needs at this point. Everyone always talks about best 239 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: player available. We had talked last week again the idea 240 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: of depth and trying to figure out in some of 241 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: these positions, if you have guys that are veterans, especially 242 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: in positions like offense and defensive line, which they've shown 243 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: here between Bullard, Udo and Schlatman, I just feel like 244 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: retaining those guys because they do feel like they do 245 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: fit in this system. That's a big deal because then 246 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: it means you don't have to turn around and utilize 247 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: some sort of draft capital to replace a player like that. 248 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: So I think we've all, you know, nailed down three 249 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: different players here that are all promise and to see 250 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: what they could become. Because to be honest with you, 251 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: any of those three guys could potentially turn into a starter, 252 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: especially if they make a giant jump. So it's great 253 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: to bring them back in and see what they can 254 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: do with this coaching staff here in the second season. 255 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: All right, Well, totally excited about these guys coming back, 256 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: and I'm really excited about these new names as well. 257 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: We've got defensive lineman Dean Lowry in the building. And 258 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 1: the latest free agent name to pop up on the 259 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: radar is linebacker Troy Reader. He is a guy who 260 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: spent two of his three seasons with Kevin O'Connell at 261 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: the Rams, and you kind of saw the writing on 262 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: the wall when Eric Kendricks was no longer with the 263 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: team when they released him, that they were going to 264 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: be needing a little bit of depth that linebacker, especially 265 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: some experience. So it's good to see Reader walk into 266 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,719 Speaker 1: the door. What do you think, Abe, I like this 267 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: move a lot Troy Reader. You look at his stats, 268 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: he got better his first three years fifty eight tackles 269 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: year one, eighty one year two, and then the Super 270 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: Bowl year, I believe he was top two or top 271 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: three in tackles with ninety one tackles on that La 272 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: Ramps team. When you look at him going to the 273 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: Chargers last year, I believe he was more and more 274 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: of a special team's role, So that kind of mitigated 275 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: what he could do on the defensive side of the ball. 276 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: What that means with this Minnesota Vikings team, I have 277 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: no idea. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 278 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: No idea. I think he at the least he would 279 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: be a good special teams player and provide some some 280 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: much needed depth at that linebacker position. Yeah, that's what 281 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: I was gonna say. Is then it also shows his 282 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: flexibility and that, you know, one of the things that 283 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: we've actually done special teams wise here is we've always 284 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: used our linebackers in some sort of a special teams 285 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: whether it's a you know, punt coverage, kick coverage style. 286 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: We'd like to use those kind of athletic guys in 287 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: that way. So if he's got both experienced live action 288 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: and playing in games and then also doing special teams, 289 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: you know, it seems like a guy who's who's versatile 290 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: and would be a good fit on this Vikings team 291 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: in both positions. Yeah, And I mean it's just the 292 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: fact that he is a healthy guy. He comes in 293 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: here having played in every game last year. That is 294 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: such a big selling point. Is your available career. That's 295 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: pretty impressive. That was very, very impressive. Well, moving on 296 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: to the next couple of names, we were going to 297 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: talk about making this all possible for us to be 298 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: a little bit wheeling and dealing and figuring out who 299 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: we can sign and not sign. It's important to restructure 300 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: those big contracts, and we saw Kirk Cousins and Harrison 301 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: Smith restructure. Great to see these two guys coming back. 302 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: And I think the main point, especially from the defensive 303 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: side of things, was with the it felt like the 304 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: old guard was leaving there for a while with Dalvin 305 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: Tomlinson and Eric Kendricks and Patrick Peterson. You're these guys 306 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: who were such vocal leaders leaving the team. Now you 307 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: get to keep someone like Harrison Smith. How big do 308 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: you think that could be? Jay? I think the thing 309 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: about Harrison is he's always been known as the field general, 310 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: especially on the back end, and the thing that excites 311 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: me like crazy is knowing how Brian Flores like to 312 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: like defense having a guy like Harrison Smith who can 313 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: be a roamer, who can be an attacker, who can 314 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: also cover cover, and just understand that his background and 315 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: being able to recognize and be able to pick up 316 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: on different kinds of styles and defenses. I think he's 317 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: a guy, even towards the back end of his career, 318 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: who is going to be another have another big splash 319 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: moment playing in this kind of a defense, because it 320 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: feels like this is fit for his tenacity and aggression. 321 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: So I am excited to see Harrison come back, knowing 322 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: what he's meant to this organization and how he still 323 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: seems to be able to play at this point in 324 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: his career the hit man. So glad to have him back. 325 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure if he would have went to any other 326 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: team or requested a trade from this Minnesota Vikings team 327 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: this offseason, probably got more money than what he is 328 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: making right now, or even the previous contract that he 329 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: was under before he restructured. So to have his leadership back, 330 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: to have his just on field, off the field savvy. 331 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things about Harrison that you just 332 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: can't coach. You just can't teach only experience does that. 333 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: So of course he's going to be the oldest guy 334 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: on defense. I think he's been that guy for a 335 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: while now. So to have just another resource for these 336 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: young guys, Like I'm just excited to see what year number. 337 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: Probably I'm just going to say, you're twenty five for 338 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: Harrison Smith looks like hair in purple because I feel 339 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: like he's been here forever. So he'll beat Tom Brady. 340 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Could basically be they Kareem abdul Jabara football, here we go, 341 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: and we also have return we restricted free agent. Writes 342 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: on Ben Ellison, the tight end Minnesota born and bread 343 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: an outside linebacker Kenny Willikiss, two young guys that I 344 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: think this coaching staff wants to have as depth options 345 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: and kind of develop within this system. I think there's 346 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: a reason why the Minnesota Vikings brought Kenny Willikes back 347 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: so early and didn't play all a lot. Is that reason? Game? 348 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: He is very very very very explosive. Yes, and he 349 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: is very very young, very raw. Just I'm trying to 350 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: find a great word to use outside of just saying 351 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: a dog. He's going a live wire. Yeah, he likes that, 352 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: Like you don't know what you're going to get from 353 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: him kind of like, yeah, twitch to him. I mean, 354 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: he has a lot of motivation just being a guy 355 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: that was I guess walked onto Michigan State then one 356 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: the best I believe, I can't think of the award 357 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: right now, but won an award for best defensive Lineman 358 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: in the country his senior year, then coming in making 359 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: some splash plays the last couple of years, at least 360 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: preseason last year too. Now I believe he was like 361 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: one of the like highest priority guys that the Vikings 362 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: wanted to bring back. So I'm excited to see, you know, 363 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: what he can do if he stays healthy. You know, 364 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: he lost he lost a season due to injury, and 365 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: I think a guy like him who's been rehabbing and 366 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: trying to get back on the field as much as 367 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: he can, and like we were all just talking about 368 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: all the adjectives of what his motivation and style of 369 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: play is. He's a guy who feel like he's gonna 370 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: be shot out of a cannon this year when he 371 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: finally gets his opportunity get back out on the field. 372 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: And I think it was great to see a guy 373 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: like Kenny come back because we feel like we've barely 374 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: scratched the surface of what its potential is, and it'll 375 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: be fun to see him back on that field. I 376 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: feel like a lot of these names that we're hearing, 377 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: the outside linebacker, some of these defensive linemen who are 378 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: young and maybe not as proven, we're just kind of 379 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: waiting to see what's next for them. Like there could 380 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: be a lot of guys that make significant contributions that 381 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: we're not really talking so much about right now because 382 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: of the way that this roster is structured. Well, I 383 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: think that the bigger question mark is you would typically say, 384 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: here's how we play defense, here's how they would slot in, 385 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: here's where we could see them producing. Now with the 386 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: new potential new defense coming in, they have an idea 387 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: of what they would like to do and what kind 388 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: of players they think will fit there. So that's where 389 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: you're seeing kind of the younger, the athletic, the playmaker 390 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: type guys that are either getting resigned, restructured, or brought 391 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: in from you know, quote unquote off the street. That's 392 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 1: the kind of player that they're looking for. And what 393 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: you're seeing is us going from one of the older 394 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: defensive teams to one of the younger at this point. 395 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: And so that's why, you know, keeping a guy like 396 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: Harrison Smith is so important because you have a veteran 397 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: leader in that room, especially defensively. But on the flip side, 398 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: those younger guys are going to be hungry and it's 399 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: going to be really fun actually to watch competition that 400 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: that linebacker group, just to see who jumps out and 401 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: stands out to play on let alone preseason, but every 402 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: single Sunday, for sure, And I'm not sure you're I mean, 403 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: I know kind of feel like I know your feelings 404 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: on this Vikings free agency so far. But according to 405 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: gambling dot Com, Vikings fans are the most disgruntled fan 406 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: base after free agency. So apparently the experts quote unquote 407 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: experts went out there and scoured the social media sphere 408 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: and they said, you know, nine percent of Vikings posts 409 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: on Facebook, we're negative, thirty seven and a half or 410 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: point two percent of posts on Twitter we're negative, and 411 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: fourteen point seven percent of Vikings FoST on Reddit we're negative. Shocking. 412 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a twenty percent negativity rate, 413 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: which to me, I'm like, oh cool, that'sn't that bad. 414 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 1: I think it all comes down to where. But that's 415 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: the thing. It all comes down to who are you 416 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: looking at? Because when you go to like PFF, people 417 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: put a lot of stock into Pro Football Focus. They 418 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: gave us an a minus so far. So like, it 419 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: just kind of depends what group I think subjective exactly. 420 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: That's like depends on who really wants to do to 421 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: the evaluation and who really cares. I just think so 422 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: much a free agency is what splash move are you making? 423 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: And you know what giant free agent are you signing 424 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: for a ton of dollars? And you know, we've talked 425 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: about this weekly for a chunk of time. Now, if 426 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: you're not going to be making huge names signing splash plays, 427 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: that every's gonna go, what are we doing? We're not 428 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: signing on anybody who It's just like, guys, it's a 429 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: supplement through free agency, and then you got to hit 430 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: the draft. I bet that they gave a plus Russell 431 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: Wilson and the Broncos. You know, so you just never know, 432 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: never know. But I mean people probably looked at Russ 433 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: as like a year two guy, year two system and 434 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: he'll figure it out. But I'm sure most of our 435 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: fan base is happy about a guy in Alexander Madison. 436 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: I'm sure the sixty or whatever fifty percent reviews were 437 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: positive in his favor, so I'm excited to see what 438 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: he can do for this Minnesota Vikings team. Well, and 439 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: if you thought Gabe was crafty, you didn't see that 440 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: TF coming, did you. We're gonna bring Alexader Madison into 441 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: the show right now. Joining us now on the Minnesota 442 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: Vikings podcast is Vikings running back Alexander Madison, fresh off 443 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: that new deal. Feel how does it feels? Amazing? Feels great? Um, 444 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: it really is a true blessing. But it's also just 445 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,959 Speaker 1: a great feeling just to be back. I wouldn't want 446 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: to play anywhere else, So I'm glad that I'm able 447 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: to come back. And you know, it's just amazing feeling. 448 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: And we have the best locker room, the guys in 449 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: there is this amazing the best team as far as 450 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: you know, staffos, I mean Luke wom on right now, 451 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: amazing staff and everybody. So I just I'm just extremely 452 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: excited to be back. We're excited to have you back in. 453 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know it had to be a process 454 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: for you, just being that it was your first time 455 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,479 Speaker 1: dealing with free agency. You always hear different stories from 456 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: different players that deal with it, But for you, how 457 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: much was familiarity a common factor when it came to 458 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: ultimately being back with the Vikings. Um, I mean, yeah, 459 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: it was full man free agency. I tell you, it 460 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: feels like you're getting drafted all over again, and except 461 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: this time you can kind of gauge, you know, who 462 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: interested and who's offering what. But I think definitely that 463 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: that played a role. Not only that, but the respects 464 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: factor behind the offer that they made. I was just 465 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: something that you know, I understood and knew, you know, 466 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: they actually really want me there, they actually care about 467 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: me and me as a person to me as a player, 468 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: and so that really weighed in heavy on there. And 469 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: then it just yeah, like you said, definitely, familiarity is 470 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,719 Speaker 1: is ultimately one of the best things about you know, 471 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: making that decision was just knowing that, you know, I'm 472 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: coming back to a system I'm familiar with. An amazing environment. 473 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: As you see, like graded across all things are pretty 474 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: much a plus everywhere, and that goes to show what 475 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: type of organization it is in Minnesota. Yeah, I mean, 476 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: it's gotta be a crazy time to know that you're 477 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: in this free agency like frenzy. Everyone keeps talking about 478 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: how were you able to navigate that process and what 479 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: did it look like for you on like a day 480 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: to day basis. Well, I tried to stay pretty much 481 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: oblivious to things, just to you know, not stress out 482 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: or anything. Just leading up to the weeks before talking 483 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: to my agent. You know, he's at the draft and 484 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: they earned the combine excuse me, and they're able to 485 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: you know, talk to teams and meet with all the teams. 486 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: So that pretty much was like the start of the 487 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: process of like who's interested and getting to know that. 488 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: But I just tried to stay as oblivious as that 489 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: as far as you know, stressed levels and everything, just waiting. 490 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: And then when things just kicked off, I started to 491 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: get going, you know, talking to my agent pretty much 492 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: like three times a day, four times a day starting 493 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: the thirteenth all the way through the fifteenth. So like 494 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: that part of it was like, man, Okay, what are 495 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: they They're saying this, Okay, they're saying that. Okay, this 496 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: team is you know, and then when stuff starts to 497 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: get moving, then you start to see, you know, who's 498 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: playing their cards and everything it's pretty much a whole scheme, 499 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: like have you ever seen the movie Draft Day? Now? 500 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: I haven't unfortunate only man now, but it's on my 501 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: lesson now. That was you got to check it out. 502 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: It kind of gives you a background inside of like 503 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: a frenzy of like the draft day, and that's kind 504 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 1: of like a similar field with like free agency, because 505 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: they just kind of hit up your agent like, hey, 506 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: what are he signed for? This much? You know, is 507 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: he interested in this team or that team? I heard this, 508 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: I heard that, And there's just like a whole bunch 509 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: of different things going on. So yeah, it was pretty 510 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: it was a good stressful three four days there. Wow. 511 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean it kind of sounds like signing day two 512 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: in like college, like you have all these teams that 513 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 1: that offer your scholarship and then ultimately you have to 514 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: figure out, all right, which school is best for me? 515 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: How much of were there aries? Were there any similarities 516 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 1: to college recruiting when it came to this free agency process? 517 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: Um Noe's always an honest answer to not really really, 518 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: it was. It was a lot dealing. You know, the 519 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: teams are going through basically if it was like college recruiting, 520 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: But like they went straight to my dad or something 521 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: and maybe it would be similar, but yeah, it was 522 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: pretty much just like my agent he would be like, hey, 523 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: this is you know yeah, And it really was, I think, 524 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: more than anything, a kind of a crazy running back 525 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: market this season as well, like this offseason as well. 526 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: You saw franchise tags, you saw a little bit of 527 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: you know, you still see moves that are potentially set 528 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: to be made. I mean, what do you make of 529 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: the timing of it all? And knowing that you could 530 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: come back to Minnesota considering what was going on with 531 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: other running backs around the league and other situations. Yeah, 532 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: that was a part of, you know, just understanding where 533 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: my options were, Understanding where are you know, my best 534 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: fit was. I was just kind of waiting it out 535 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: a little bit and seeing and not jumping on like 536 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: the first off or anything like that, but understanding that 537 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: there are these backs I need to come off the 538 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: board to, you know, the backs I got to set 539 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: the market all those things. So you know, you're seeing 540 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 1: all these these other backs that I I got franchise tagged, 541 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: What does that mean for me? And this back just 542 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 1: took a one year deal, what does that mean for me? So, 543 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: like you know, playing that game and understanding that game 544 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: was a little bit of a stress ball as well. 545 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, just seeing you know, the teams that were 546 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: interested and then they signed it back and it's like okay, 547 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: that team's out. Okay, that team's out, and then you know, 548 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: just kind of coming down to it and seeing you know, 549 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: who's taking what deal and where where I said best. 550 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: I'm glad that ultimately the Vicus, you know, they they 551 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: showed the most respect um and definitely made me feel 552 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: good about, you know, coming back to the place where 553 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 1: I'm wanted. Well, dudes, the last time we saw you 554 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: was playoff wild Card game after the Giants loss, and 555 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: then this is the first time we're hearing from you 556 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: since then. What's that process been like in between? I 557 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: guess excluding how the past couple of weeks with free agency, UM, 558 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: a lot of mind and body therapy as far as 559 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, just trying to get refreshed um. You know, 560 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: coming off off of that, I had to make sure, 561 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: you know, get my body right, let my body hill up, 562 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: the do a lot of breathing, meditation, stretch work, and 563 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: I committed to only hoping and hitting the sauna until 564 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: after the Super Bowl, So I was I was kind 565 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: of getting my cargo, you know, in a fun way, 566 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: and just kind of just separating mysel so from um, 567 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,479 Speaker 1: you know, that deep grind that we go through, especially 568 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: with the seventeen game season playoffs. I just had to 569 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: make sure that I got my mind right on my 570 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: body right before hit the ground running with some training. Um, 571 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: but other than that, you know, it's still with a 572 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: whole bunch of daddy duties. That. Yeah, So I've been 573 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: loving that time. I've been doing a little bit of 574 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: stuff with my brand and doing some stuff with doing it. 575 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm trying to write a children's book and trying to 576 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: say wow. So hopefully that'll be maybe in the works 577 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: and published by season, so we'll see. Wow. I had 578 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: a whole other question for you, but don't don't mind that. 579 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: I was about to ask you, did you say hooping? 580 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: Did you say hooping when you when you said that 581 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: you started? Yeah, Yeah, I've been playing basketball and getting 582 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: some card in that way. All right, All right, let's 583 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: be honest here, man, You're running back. Running backs are 584 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: terrible at basketball? Like is it competitive basketball? Are you 585 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: just getting shots up? No, it's it's more just like 586 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: you know, we we go run running it and twenty four, 587 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, we might be on for a couple of games. 588 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: I got to write people with me, I get more 589 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: and hit occasional three basketball you know. Nice. Yeah, So 590 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: back to this children's book. This is really cool. I 591 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: obviously being a new dad, you probably that's that's where 592 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 1: the inspiration comes from. But what made you actually like 593 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: put that into works Like, Okay, I really want to 594 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: do this. This is something that I need to do well. Honestly, 595 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: it's something that I started to do um after my 596 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: rookie year and it kind of got put on hold. 597 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: I started that I came back home for the off 598 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: season and I was staying down in Carson training in Exos, 599 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: and I was just in the airbingle by myself, and 600 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: you know, I was like, you know what, I'm gonna 601 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: start writing the children's book because it was just something 602 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: I don't know why. Honestly, it was easier than writing 603 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: like a novel memoir. Yeah, and it's something that you know, 604 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: I love giving back. I think our youth there's something 605 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: that's extremely important. Their minds, extremely important. So the message 606 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: behind my children's book is is um a lot of 607 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: deep subliminal messages within it, but overcoming adversity, disciplined m 608 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: you know, all the things that you know, striving, chasing 609 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: their dreams, and all the things that the qualities that 610 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: you would need to succeed in life, they're going to 611 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: be embedded in that children's book one way or another. 612 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: So that's kind of where the inspiration started, and then 613 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: just got put on hold. You know, COVID hit. Then 614 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: I started going back to school. I did that for 615 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: the past one year with my second and third year, 616 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: so you know, it kind of just got put on hold. 617 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: You know, I was I was loading up in classes 618 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: in the summer, and then I was taking classes during 619 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: training camp, and then during the season it was it 620 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: was grind time. And so I finally getting back to 621 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: it and got the ball rolling. And yet it should 622 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: be a great, great turnout if I can get it right. 623 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: Going to need you to send that's a copy. Here 624 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:11,479 Speaker 1: are you doing the illustrations. I'm on the sea now, 625 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: that's where I'm on the edge. Okay, I've got pretty 626 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: much a good amount of like the whole scripted and 627 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: the writing done. But now I'm like, okay, am I 628 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: starting to do some illustration and then send it to 629 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: someone's perfect or do I just go straight for the 630 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: see if somebody else can perfect my vision type of deal. 631 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: I didn't know you had it in you though. The artists. Yeah, yeah, 632 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: I know. I draw up all my fleet. If you 633 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: look at all the designs and stuff, I just love 634 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: my hand and then she just goes to work on 635 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: the man. Nice. What is the motivation just I know 636 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: you said the inspiration, but like, what is the motivation 637 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: to like continue a kid's book like during that time? Really? 638 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: I mean even just looking at yeah, I mean even 639 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: just us. It's something that I set my mind to do. 640 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: It's a goal that I had and you know, once 641 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: I do that, once I get to talking to myself, 642 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: once I get to the plan and something I got 643 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: to follow through, you know, whether it's whether it was 644 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: you know, following through that summer, following through the next summer, 645 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: following through now I'm finally and you know, had that 646 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: extra motivation and looking at my daughter every day to like, 647 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: you know, get this thing done, get this goal that 648 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: you have put that in the archives. So that's something 649 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: that really for me is just the driving force and 650 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: a lot of things that I do. Once I put 651 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: my mind to something. Once I start something, I have 652 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: to finish. And I think that's that's one of the 653 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: lessons that you know, I'm trying to make sure I 654 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: spread and carry out to like this. These kids nowadays 655 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: have to understand that, you know, you have a dream 656 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: and aspiration, you have a goal, you have something you're 657 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,719 Speaker 1: striving for. Uh, never give up on that. And you know, 658 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: no matter how long it takes, you can accomplish whatever 659 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: you sit out to accomplish. And this is why we 660 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: needed to ring Alexander Madison back into the fold because 661 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: he is multi talented, multifaceted, just an all around a 662 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: good guy in the locker room. Oh yeah, he is 663 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: good a football forgot about that part. Thank you so 664 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: much for calling into the podcast today. We're so excited 665 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: to see you very soon. Enjoy the rest of your 666 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: off season. And uh, skull Vikings, I guess is do right, Yes, 667 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: it is skull Vikings. I really appreciate you guys. Thank 668 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: you so much again. Such a big thank you to 669 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: Alexander Madison for giving us some of his time during 670 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 1: this off season to talk to us and the mindset 671 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: I just find what he just went through so fascinating 672 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: because I couldn't even imagine just sitting around waiting for 673 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: the phone call, waiting for the day, seeing the breaking 674 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: news and watching it from that vantage point. Yeah, it 675 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: feels good to you want it. That's kind of what 676 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: I got out of it, is when you go through 677 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: that process, at least someone wants you to be on 678 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,719 Speaker 1: their team. So clearly he has a lot of motivations 679 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: that kind of kept him busy through that process. But 680 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: Alexander Madison one of the best human beings you're ever 681 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,959 Speaker 1: fund easily, I know, it's always nerve wracking whenever you're 682 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: just trying to find a job in general. Phone call, yes, 683 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: let alone your agent calling to say here's where your 684 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: new life will be. So football players are just like us, kay, yeah, 685 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: just not just a little different. But the idea for 686 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: him of waiting to see officially where it's going to be, 687 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: you know, it sounds like he's happy to be back 688 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: in Minnesota and so just to be able to have 689 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: that connuity for he and his family too. It's great 690 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: to see him be able to come back as a 691 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: Minnesota biking one percent. We are all so excited to 692 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: have him back and seeing where this can where he 693 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: can help the running back room go in twenty twenty three. 694 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: Speaking of twenty twenty three, the draft is only about 695 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: a month away, which is just crazy to say out loud. 696 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: Just recently, I think, like yesterday, NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah 697 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: released his mock draft three point zero. So this is 698 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: the third one that he's done, and uh, you know, 699 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: it's something a little bit interesting. They're cheap changed on 700 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,399 Speaker 1: his mock drafts from since free agency and right now, 701 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: with the twenty third pick in the twenty twenty three 702 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: NFL Draft, Damn Jeremiah has the Minnesota Vikings choosing quarterback 703 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: out of Tennessee Hendon Hooker thoughts feelings, that's my feeling. Okay, 704 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: that's good. That sounds that looked more like an emoji, 705 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 1: I think or something. I feel like, what is the 706 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: emoji you're feeling right now? Mine is the mind on 707 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: the chin wondering up, looking up of the ceiling. Mine's 708 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: the two hands and hair going I have no idea 709 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: what's going on? Yeah, So I get it, like I 710 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: get it. He was as in front front Runner. Yeah 711 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 1: he was, you know, I don't know, I feel like 712 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: he was to your point, objectively. You know, he knows 713 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 1: Christian Dara saw pretty well. They played at Virginia Tech together, 714 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: so they have that connection. Not that they're going to 715 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: solely golf of that right. Um, I think it may 716 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: be a bit of a reach to go hendon Hooker. 717 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: That's just my opinion. But damn Jeremy I he does 718 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: this for a living, So can wait till four point 719 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: out comes out. I was gonna say, I always look 720 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,800 Speaker 1: forward to these to see how much it changes from yeah, 721 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 1: one point zero until literally draft night, and you're just 722 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: the whole idea. If they hit fifty percent of them 723 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: correctly for the first round, they're seen as a draft expert. 724 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: So it's always interesting to me just to see how 725 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: much this stuff changes. The organization is going to be 726 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,760 Speaker 1: interesting to see what they deem as first round pick worthy, 727 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 1: so to have the Michael Jordan pick here at twenty three, 728 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: and it'll be interesting to see what the vikings in 729 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 1: the year of twenty three that is correct. Well, if 730 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,400 Speaker 1: you want to get some more vikings content and you 731 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: want to hear about mock drafts, and you want to 732 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 1: hear about cap issues, or you want to hear about 733 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,879 Speaker 1: free agents, be sure to go to Vikings dot com. 734 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: Those videos we uploaded in the next few days. We 735 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: have a couple of one on ones with some of 736 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: PFF's finest Pete's Film rooms and the latest vikings are 737 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,240 Speaker 1: coming soon. Those we dropping in a few short days, 738 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: as well as the owners meetings next week, which I 739 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: know you are headed to, ye and we'll be able 740 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: to get some insight into what they're talking about behind 741 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: closed doors. Maybe. Yeah, Like next week is like the 742 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: week off for everyone in the NFL, so except the owners, 743 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,399 Speaker 1: except for owners, So like like scouts coaches, they'll all 744 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: get a break, so to be able to you know, 745 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 1: talk to Ko and Quacy and I think at this 746 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: point Mark Wilf, it'll be good just to see like 747 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: their thoughts on what this team could be in twenty 748 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: twenty three. So stay tuned, yep, lot come in your way. 749 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,880 Speaker 1: It's only the offseason in theory the owner. The thing 750 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: about the owners meetings that's always I always love is 751 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: the fact that you end up getting rule changes, whatever 752 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,239 Speaker 1: those turn into. There's a lot of scuttle butt out 753 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: there that you know, Goodell might get a new contract 754 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: from the owners on a podcast before and then um, 755 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 1: you know, just the idea of again, what's going to 756 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 1: happen again, rumors wise with the commanders and stuff. So 757 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: like there's always something going on at the owners meetings 758 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,719 Speaker 1: from well see what kind of comes out for the 759 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: league during that that week. I think that's what I 760 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: love most about owners meetings because I'm like a nerd 761 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: when it comes to stuff like that. So like just 762 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: hearing the conversations and just saying, you know, how people 763 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 1: move out there, It's always like the highlight of the 764 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,839 Speaker 1: year for me. So, um, yeah, this will be fun. 765 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,240 Speaker 1: This will be fun because I think they're like seventh 766 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: Way to rub it in LA like the week afterward, 767 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,280 Speaker 1: and then Eric just came back from DC. I started 768 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: the podcast off with that, so Eric's Eric starting, Well, 769 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: Jay was in Vegas two weeks ago. I was in 770 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,279 Speaker 1: New Orleans. We're all just going to warm areas well. 771 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: The warmer the better, that is correct. Yeah, but yeah, 772 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: stay tuned vikings dot com, Vikings dot Com vikings on YouTube, 773 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,040 Speaker 1: the app. If you haven't done that already, I would 774 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: do that. You can listen to this on all of 775 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: your favorite podcasting channels. We appreciate you listening. Thank you 776 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: again to Alexander Madison for joining us this week, and 777 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: we will have more for you online and on this 778 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 1: podcast next week. Whoa game? Just kidding, that's how you 779 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: ended podcast. That is, he just dropped his charger, went 780 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: to drop the mic, but the charger hitter. Yeah, we out.