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Speaker 1: The Vikings end the twenty twenty four season with fourteen wins,

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Speaker 1: exceeding outside expectations with more than double the amount of

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Speaker 1: victories than many thought. Welcome into the Minnesota Vikings podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tatum Everett. I am now joined by

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Speaker 1: Paul meetzas Lambert from Kafans The Power Trip Morning Show. Paul,

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Speaker 1: we had a few good shows, a good run of

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Speaker 1: shows before this season ended, and then you had a

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Speaker 1: beautiful baby boy. Congratulations, Yeah, thank you.

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Speaker 2: The only bad part about my son Louis is he

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Speaker 2: has not seen a Vikings win. But on a good note,

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Speaker 2: he has not seen a Packers win either, and that

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Speaker 2: is his mom's team. So he's zero for four. In

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Speaker 2: our favorite teams games. But there's always next season and

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Speaker 2: he will bring us luck starting in Week one in

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Speaker 2: about eight months.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes he will.

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Speaker 1: And you grew up a lifelong Vikings fan, he will

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Speaker 1: obviously have that in his future.

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Speaker 3: Would you say this team overachieved?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think at one hundred percent overachieved. And

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Speaker 2: you and I have talked about this a lot. We've

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Speaker 2: talked about this a lot on the Power Trip. When

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Speaker 2: the schedule came out. I made a bet with Chris Hockey,

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Speaker 2: and I said they'll win one game in the first five.

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Speaker 2: They won all five, right, Yeah, they doubled their over

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Speaker 2: with six and a half. They doubled that, right, got

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Speaker 2: seven and a half wins over that, right, which is amazing. Yes,

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Speaker 2: they completely overachieved, but I don't I think they would

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Speaker 2: say that in the building. And that isn't just you know,

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Speaker 2: football cliche and sports talk. But they didn't think this

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Speaker 2: was a rebuild. And that has been the whole thing

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Speaker 2: since Quacy and Ko took over, was this isn't a rebuild.

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Speaker 2: The competitive rebuild word was thrown around in two out

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Speaker 2: of the three years they proved that they won thirteen

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Speaker 2: and then they won fourteen. And that is why Ko

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Speaker 2: has gotten that massive contract extension, which he one hundred

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Speaker 2: we record this on Thursday. But you know, it's one

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Speaker 2: of those things where, yes, they overachieved, but I don't

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Speaker 2: think the team thinks they did.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, I mean I think they there's a

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Speaker 3: The amazing ride that they took us on this year.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned the Kevin O'Connell contract extension if you haven't seen,

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Speaker 1: he signed a multi year contract extension that'll keep him

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it had to right, like, this was

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Speaker 2: he won fourteen games, you know, and what he did

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Speaker 2: had to get a contract. I've said it on the air.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the best coaches Minnesota sports I've ever had.

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Speaker 2: He will be here for a while. He one hundred

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Speaker 1: Is it just an it factor for you for him?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he is also up for an award.

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Speaker 3: Are actually selected.

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Speaker 1: By nationwide balloting of one hundred and one sports writers

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Speaker 3: Of the Super Bowl and he's up for a Coach

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Speaker 2: They won fourteen with a quarterback. A lot of people

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Speaker 2: they won fourteen games. You can't just win fourteen games

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Speaker 2: And they did that. He one hundred percent deserves to

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Speaker 2: be Coach of the Year. And the comeback is as

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Speaker 2: people say, well, Dan Campbell got his team to you

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Speaker 2: If you put koc on that staff and in Detroit

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Speaker 2: don't know if that's right. That's more of like sounded

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Speaker 2: like Yogi Bara may have said it, but that's what

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Speaker 2: I mean. It's like, he's a great coach and it's

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Speaker 1: It's so interesting because I think there's always a debate

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Speaker 3: Of the Year once.

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Speaker 2: I think you're correct.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So it's it's just an interesting way. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: I do think people tend to lean, I think historic

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Speaker 1: So I think that kind of makes him a front

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he'll win it. I think he'll win it, and

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Speaker 2: it'll be great when he wins it, because they deserve

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Speaker 2: and he deserves all of the things that he's got

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Speaker 2: and this, Uh, there's a very bright future for this organization.

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Speaker 1: I love that positivity means us because I do think, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, after the way the season ended, there may

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Speaker 1: I think Kevin O'Connell admitted as such in his post

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Speaker 1: and it's it's I want I want people to keep

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Speaker 1: I mean just the atmosphere of US Bank Stadium, the

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Speaker 1: the postgame speeches from Kevin O'Connell. I just thought that

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Speaker 1: And I wish fans I would kind of remember that

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Speaker 3: Bit more, you know. Uh yeah, I mean maybe maybe

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think you're wrong. I think that when

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Speaker 2: a different podcast, But I listened to the Gleaman and

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Speaker 2: the Geek podcast, which is John Bonus and Aaron Gleaman,

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Speaker 2: and it's about the twins, and they talk all the

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Speaker 2: time about how like people in sports need to start

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Speaker 2: realizing that this isn't just about one season, right, Like

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Speaker 2: this season was great, but this isn't the last season.

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Speaker 2: I know this sounds dumb, but like, this isn't the

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Speaker 2: last season They're going to play Vikings football. This was

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Speaker 2: a huge step in the right direction. This has all

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Speaker 2: So they're going to spend big in a free agency.

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Speaker 2: They have very few draft picks, but that'll change in

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Speaker 2: It's flip. Now we think we have our quarterback and

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Speaker 2: which is like forty five days from today, not six months,

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Speaker 2: that is something to be excited about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm very excited to see what happens.

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Speaker 1: It's a different set of circumstances this season than I

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Speaker 1: think we've seen with the amount of cap space, the

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Speaker 1: uncertainty at several positions. There are several free agents that

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Speaker 1: we're going to be keeping tabs on at vikings dot

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Speaker 1: But I want to go back to the season itself

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Speaker 3: But I just want people to be patient, that's all.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be great, it'll be worth it.

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent, And that's something we can address in

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Speaker 1: Oh, I know, I every time I get to this

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Speaker 3: I always do. I just think that's exciting.

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Speaker 3: And obviously, you know, no no hiding my fandom. I'm

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Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels who he's so good and I will say.

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Speaker 3: I'd be missed. I didn't say that when he played

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Speaker 1: I was like, this is terrible idea. I don't want him,

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Speaker 2: He's so good.

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Speaker 3: He's so good.

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Speaker 1: He's one of those quarterbacks that makes an immediate impact

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Speaker 3: He was like that at LSU.

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Speaker 1: But I do think that again, like I think that's

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Speaker 1: I mean, Cliff Kingsbury can see what Jaden Daniels is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's that's what makes him so good, is

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Speaker 2: how quick he is up and down the field, how

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Speaker 2: everybody plays now and the Commander's just it's four down

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Speaker 3: I know, man, these games are going to be awesome

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Speaker 1: I'm very, very excited also with you though, would love

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Speaker 3: I think that would be my number one choice. But

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Speaker 3: can't wait, can't wait, can't wait.

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Speaker 1: Well, we still are going to watch the Honors Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl week to see if Kevin O'Connell wins Coach of

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Speaker 1: the Year. Other than that, you know, Saus, I think

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Speaker 1: we're going to sign off for a little bit. We'll

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Speaker 1: take a little break. The Minnesota's podcast will be sporadic

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Speaker 1: be sure to like and subscribe to our channel so

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Speaker 1: appreciate you, Paul for joining us today and for the

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Speaker 1: last several weeks that we had you on. Enjoy your

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Speaker 1: off season and have a really fun weekend with these games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. You did the same. It's been super fun.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Well, just because we're signing off here on the podcast

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Speaker 1: we have a beat Writer's Roundtable that's coming out where

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Speaker 1: we dissect the season as a whole, as well as

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Speaker 1: talk about the Kevin O'Connell contract extension alongside ESPN's Kevin Seaffert,

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Speaker 1: and so that will be dropping really soon, and we're

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Speaker 3: Of your favorite players.

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be an exciting time despite anything else,

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Speaker 1: So be sure to hang with us to get your

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Speaker 1: football fix. Thanks for tuning in to MVP the Minnesota

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