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Speaker 2: You know, me being a tryout guy from from way

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Speaker 2: back in the day, you know, I get really excited

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Speaker 2: about seeing those guys who get the called after the draft. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: every single year, somebody turns, somebody, somebody's said.

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Speaker 3: You have a Justin Jefferson who's going to be you know,

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Speaker 3: primetime spotlighted throughout the entire league for everything. Now you've

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Speaker 3: got to Jordan Edison to add to that offense. You're

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Speaker 3: going to know, hopefully halfway through the season kind of

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Speaker 3: what you're.

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Speaker 4: Really doing with. We're one week closer to Vikings football

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Speaker 4: being back as we welcome you to Egan, Minnesota for

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Speaker 4: another edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Twin

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Speaker 4: Cities Orthopedics. My name is Gabe Henderson Tatum Evert's here,

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Speaker 4: Jay Nelson is here, Eric Davison is here, and it

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Speaker 4: is starting to feel like football again. Guys. Not only

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Speaker 4: do rookies report this week for Rooky Mini Camp, but

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Speaker 4: the Vikings official schedule for the upcoming season has officially released,

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Speaker 4: and I cannot wait to break it down with you guys.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna just get it right into it, just starting

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Speaker 4: with week number one, the Baker Mayfield Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Speaker 4: are in town. Just the thoughts of that hosting another

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Speaker 4: of our year is going to look like. What's the

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Speaker 5: It feels great.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I love the ability to start out at home.

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Speaker 1: When I talked to Kevin O'Connell after the schedule release,

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Speaker 1: he said that was like they're one big thing he

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Speaker 5: Went so well last year.

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Speaker 1: But he was very quick to point out that it's

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Speaker 5: Jay, Yeah, very short time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no more as far as far as we understand.

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Speaker 3: At this point, it is no longer Tampa Bay. Mister

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Speaker 3: to be at home. I think everyone's always juiced, especially

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Speaker 3: It's going to be home games leading up to that

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Speaker 1: Another point is that the preseason games are leading right

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that first preseason game is at Seattle. We don't

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Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to just seeing, you know what that

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Speaker 3: Jay, Yeah, and I think it may make sense here

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Speaker 1: It was one of the top matchups to watch for

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Speaker 3: For me, this is the most hand ringing game on

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Tandam brought up a good point of playing

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Speaker 5: And the return of Eric Kendrick and Eric Smith and

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Speaker 5: Eric Smith, Yeah, you thought that's where I was going,

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Speaker 1: One of the things he always talked about is the

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Speaker 5: What a home field advantage that is like.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's quite fitting that he's coming back

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Speaker 5: I do not think he'll be met with booze.

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Speaker 6: It will be.

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Speaker 3: Nice to get a team like the Chargers at home

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Speaker 3: One thing I love about the schedule this year and

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Speaker 4: Very interesting that we start this season off with three

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Speaker 3: Yeah, trying to figure out, you know, who really are they,

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Speaker 1: Oh man, they're coming here, I was like, dang, that's see,

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Speaker 3: I mean for me, it's it's you're going to be

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Speaker 1: And for what it's worth, I think that people are

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Speaker 6: Yeah, what Halloween weekend.

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Speaker 3: Week one team that we're playing. We're playing halfway through

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Speaker 3: the season. Speaking of what are they going to be?

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Speaker 4: I feel like we've been saying that a lot about

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Speaker 4: the Atlanta Falcons, and for the second straight week, the

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Speaker 4: Vikings would be on the road playing the Falcons November fifth,

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Speaker 4: and we don't know, I mean, there's no Matt Ryan,

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Speaker 4: we don't know if Desmond Rider is going to be

445
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Speaker 4: the quarterback. Marcus Mariota is not in Atlanta anymore. But however,

446
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Speaker 4: they did sun Bejhon Robbinson this offseason, so clearly they're

447
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Speaker 4: going to try to run the ball in the vikings.

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Speaker 4: When you look at that Atlanta Falcons game, tat is

449
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Speaker 4: there anything that stands out?

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Speaker 5: Just the fact that I don't know what to what

451
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Speaker 5: to think, what to expect. I mean, you really have

452
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Speaker 5: no closure.

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Speaker 1: There's going to be twelve teams with new starting quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and I think whenever you have a new starting quarterback,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what we've been saying for each of

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Speaker 1: these teams that has like that question mark under center,

457
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Speaker 1: and so twelve teams and we're facing a lot of them,

458
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Speaker 1: which is kind of exciting for a defensive guy.

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Speaker 6: That's the thing.

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Speaker 3: If you look at their depth chart here Desmond Ritter, Taylor, Heineke,

461
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Speaker 3: Logan Woodside, and Felipe Franks, so like that is a

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Speaker 3: giant question and none.

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Speaker 1: Of them look the same. Yeah, Like they don't have

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Speaker 1: a very similar self skill sets. That's really interesting.

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Speaker 3: And for me with with Bijon Robinson coming in there,

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Speaker 3: like how do you not make him the focal point

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Speaker 3: of that offense? You know they have a Kyle Pitts

468
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Speaker 3: still that everyone kind of felt was a little underutilized.

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Speaker 6: He had so much fanfare coming in.

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Speaker 3: That's the thing, Like, he's just a crazy athletic, and

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Speaker 3: I think they're hoping that maybe a guy like Bijeon

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Speaker 3: can help free a guy like him up a little

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Speaker 3: bit as so that people aren't having a double or

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Speaker 3: even you know, triple team against him. But they're so

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Speaker 3: they're so weird in that you just don't know what

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Speaker 3: they are. And they've always been known as kind of

477
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Speaker 3: either the high flyers with the Julio Jones or you know,

478
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Speaker 3: back in the day with Jamal and they were just

479
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Speaker 3: running like crazy, but they always had a Matt Ryan

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Speaker 3: style quarterback or a Michael Vick style quarterback to really

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Speaker 3: be dynamic. And I think there's a lot of question

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Speaker 3: marks still about Desmond Ritter. Does Taylor Heinekee supplant him

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Speaker 3: within training camp, Like we don't know. I hope Taylor,

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Speaker 3: And that's the thing is, you know, the Taylor Henekee

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Speaker 3: factor is a possibility.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, he's a good game like, he's a game manager.

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Speaker 5: He wins games.

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Speaker 1: He's a proven winner, and I think that that's kind

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Speaker 1: of just what Atlanta needs. They don't really strike you

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Speaker 1: in the face with their receivers right now, Drake London,

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Speaker 1: Matt Collins, and Scottie Miller listed as the starters on here.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't tell you any of these people behind him,

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Speaker 1: really honestly. And so when you think about Kyle Pitts

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Speaker 1: needing to be a bigger part of the offense, that's

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Speaker 1: what Arthur Smith is known for, Like he was a

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Speaker 1: tight ends coach before he was an offensive coordinator. So

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Speaker 1: it always kind of perplexed me that Kyle Pitts was

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Speaker 1: so quiet.

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Speaker 5: So maybe if they have a distraction.

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Speaker 1: Like Bijon in the back that everyone's accounting for, you

501
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Speaker 1: get Desmond Rider a little bit more comfortable or Taylor hiding,

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Speaker 1: you more comfortable to just not throw the game away

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Speaker 1: and find Kyle Pitts. But then again, how are you

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Speaker 1: not doubling Kyle Pitts when you've got those receivers.

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Speaker 3: Here's the thing for them, that's the thing. They can

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Speaker 3: go double tight with Kyle Pitts and John new Smith.

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Speaker 4: I want to see that.

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Speaker 5: Oh and you know, and they know Arthur Smith coached

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Speaker 5: John new And in Tennessee.

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Speaker 3: So that's the thing is so they can have Kyle

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Speaker 3: Pitts and John ou Smith, and they can make it

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Speaker 3: look like they're going to be running and then all

513
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Speaker 3: of a sudden like okay, this this Bijon Robinson is

514
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Speaker 3: probably are more important pick than a lot of people realized.

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Speaker 3: They everyone knows the talent that he has. Yeah, but

516
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Speaker 3: he given what they want to do at their offense

517
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Speaker 3: and what they what the question marks are at quarterback,

518
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Speaker 3: like that might be even more critical than the real.

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Speaker 1: Well then, and then I think another point going to

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Speaker 1: the other side of the balls, that they did really

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Speaker 1: beef up their secondary, which you know, obviously we have

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Speaker 1: a lot of offensive weapons that would be seeing guys

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Speaker 1: like Jesse Bates, Jeff Wakuda, AJ Tarrell, like Bud Duprees

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Speaker 1: on there. I'm not sure how much gas he has

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Speaker 1: left in the tank. But some of these free agent

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Speaker 1: guys that they've added is pretty you know, I.

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Speaker 5: Mean their names yeah, so uh so, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, they had I feel like they had

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Speaker 4: a really good draft this year. They drafted some key

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Speaker 4: guys and key positions, and a lot of that is

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Speaker 4: to protect the quarterback, to protect whoever it is, Desmond

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Speaker 4: Ritter or what's his name, Taylor Honek but Taylor Honekee

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Speaker 4: reminds me a lot of Derek Carr, and the following

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Speaker 4: week we played Derek Carr in the New Orleans Saints

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Speaker 4: up here, New Look Minnesota. Right, we really don't know

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Speaker 4: what the New Orleans Saints are going to be this year,

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Speaker 4: but that that bodes well for this Minnesota Vikings team

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Speaker 4: coming off of a two game road stretch back home

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Speaker 4: in front of your fans.

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Speaker 6: Gem they don't even know what they're going to look for.

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Speaker 5: I mean, it sounds like Michael Thomas is coming back.

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Speaker 6: Though, well so for how long?

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying it sounds like and it's confirmed, nor

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Speaker 5: did I.

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Speaker 3: So you have a guy like Chris Olave, you possibly

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Speaker 3: have a Michael Thomas. You don't know what's going to

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Speaker 3: happen with Elvin Kamar because he's still got legal issues

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Speaker 3: that are hanging over his head.

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Speaker 6: He might get suspended. So like New.

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Speaker 3: Orleans always brings it, we always have fits with them,

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Speaker 3: especially their defense last year. Yeah, but that's the thing,

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Speaker 3: like offensively, we don't know what they're going to look like.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Car is a gamer. I like him getting

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Speaker 3: him out of a place where it felt incredibly toxic,

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Speaker 3: especially at the end where he just was basically like, yeah,

556
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Speaker 3: I'm done with the Raiders, you know, like get me

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Speaker 3: out here as fast as possible. Maybe a place like

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Speaker 3: New Orleans, you know, going in as that big acquisition

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Speaker 3: in the offseason. I think a guy like him is

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Speaker 3: going to see that as a breath of fresh air.

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Speaker 3: He's got some fun weapons there in the offense, So

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Speaker 3: I'm New Orleans defense always brings it. I'm just glad

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Speaker 3: we get to play them at home and don't have

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Speaker 3: to go back down there in order to face this one.

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Speaker 1: And so to be that was the London game less night,

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Speaker 1: so we have to see the Superdome in quite some time.

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Speaker 5: Was the postseason? Yeah, you know, I feel like it's

568
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Speaker 5: always been like.

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Speaker 1: A rivalry game, so this is I feel like again

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Speaker 1: that's going to be another just electric atmosphere. I do

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Speaker 1: think that the Saints have always responded well when they

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Speaker 1: have a quarterback who has had a lot of leadership

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Speaker 1: in their past, who is vocal, who has experienced, and

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Speaker 1: I think that that could go a long way. I'm

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Speaker 1: actually really excited about the addition of Foster Moreau as

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Speaker 1: far as what their offense can do. Bringing Derek Carr

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Speaker 1: and Foster Moreau back together from the Raiders. The reason

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Speaker 1: I say excited is not because I'm being a Homer,

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Speaker 1: but because Foster Moreau was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma recently

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Speaker 1: and he's battling that.

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Speaker 5: He's a New Orleans kid.

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Speaker 1: He went to high school a jazz what went to LSU,

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Speaker 1: and so now he's back as a Saint.

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Speaker 5: So I love a little story like that.

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Speaker 1: But I and I, you know, I hope that he

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Speaker 1: can be good enough to play. I'm not sure when

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Speaker 1: that timeline is, but to be able to have Derek

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Speaker 1: Carr have a familiar target there also, I think is

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Speaker 1: another key move by the Saints this offseason.

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Speaker 3: One player that I was really excited about for them

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Speaker 3: that they grabbed in the draft was Kendre Miller and

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Speaker 3: just he's coming off he's got some injury questions and everything,

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Speaker 3: you know, and they drafted him, which is probably why

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Speaker 3: he slid a little bit. But I mean he could

595
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Speaker 3: get some run depending on what happens with Kamara. They've got,

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Speaker 3: you know, Kamara, Jamal Williams and then him sitting third currently,

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Speaker 3: that's a name you might see him jump up like crazy.

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Speaker 3: Given their situation there.

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Speaker 5: But they're not afraid to play their rookies early, not

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Speaker 5: at all.

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Speaker 3: Look at a Lave last year. You know, they will

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Speaker 3: pop those guys in there. If they feel like they

603
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Speaker 3: can trust him, they're going to do it. And so

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Speaker 3: he you might get to kind of that dual running

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Speaker 3: back situation they've had in New Orleans over the years.

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Speaker 5: You know, Alvin's just been quiet recently.

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Speaker 3: Well, but for him, he's he's been somebody who's been

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Speaker 3: so dynamic.

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Speaker 6: They're just like, that's his spot.

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Speaker 3: Why would you take the ball out of his hands

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Speaker 3: because he can catch and run.

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Speaker 6: I just think the further.

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Speaker 3: You get along, especially at this point in the year,

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Speaker 3: you might see him integrated into that offense a little

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Speaker 3: bit more.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they got a lot of options down there in

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Speaker 4: New Orleans. It's just finding ways to put it together and.

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Speaker 5: Not knowing what it's going to look like. Especially you're

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Speaker 5: just not sure.

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Speaker 4: They haven't been good since Sean Payton.

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Speaker 5: Fact.

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Speaker 4: And now Sean Payton's in Denver, YEP. And we traveled

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Speaker 4: to Denver the following week.

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Speaker 5: I wonder why that's a Sunday night football game, guys.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that is. I know we talked about that on

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Speaker 4: the schedule release show that will be on Vikings dot

627
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Speaker 4: Com should be out there right now since his Thursday

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Speaker 4: and we're releasing this and it'll be out Yeah. So

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Speaker 4: long story short, we talked about that game possibly being

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Speaker 4: flexed back to like a three twenty five kickoff. I

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Speaker 4: just don't understand that maybe the Sean Payton or George Paton,

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Speaker 4: I don't understand.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, it's definitely the Sean Payton versus the Vikings

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Speaker 1: narrative most like.

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Speaker 4: It's yeah, I guess so, I guess that's.

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Speaker 1: A peak by time right, Like there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of by games going on right there, so maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: this there weren't as many pickins.

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Speaker 5: But for me, I think it's I think it's the

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Speaker 5: Sean Payton narrative, if I'm honest, because I think about it.

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Speaker 1: If it's if it's Nathaniel Hackett, is that the game

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Speaker 1: that's going to be flex to Sunday Night Football that night?

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Speaker 4: Now, I just think that it was Russell Wilson, I

644
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Speaker 4: mean know, a big time quarterback. But that's as you.

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Speaker 5: Have a total like stuff stir and grin on your face.

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Speaker 5: Corrected myself there.

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Speaker 3: I think the thing about it too, with peyton Is.

648
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Speaker 3: You know, last year they went all in for a

649
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Speaker 3: ton of games, primetime games for Denver because of the

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Speaker 3: Russ factor. I think they're looking at Sean coming in

651
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Speaker 3: and being able to get the best out of him

652
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Speaker 3: within that offense. Denver's weapons as well, especially wide receiver wise,

653
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Speaker 3: had just felt completely underutilized last year with Hackett. I

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Speaker 3: just feel like, with it being Denverday night game November

655
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Speaker 3: in Denver is going to be absolutely gorgeous. I think

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be a lot of fun. I have a

657
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Speaker 3: hard time with them flexing that one out, But at

658
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 3: the same point, yeah, there are question marks to that. Yes,

659
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 3: the front office is tied to us, but to me,

660
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 3: it just feels like they're looking at it saying, there's

661
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 3: a bunch.

662
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 6: Of young guys.

663
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 3: There's there's a new sheriff in town with Sean Payton

664
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 3: there in Denver, and I think they're thinking that this

665
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 3: might be more of a fireworks kind of game scoring wise,

666
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 3: given what our offense and their offense are supposed to be.

667
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:36,400
Speaker 5: Patrick certain against Jefferson, the return of Javonte Williams, can

668
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 5: the Vikings stop the run.

669
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 4: It'd be a lot of man and man coverage, and

670
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson was number one in the NFL with seven

671
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 4: hundred and ten receiving yards versus man coverage last year,

672
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 4: So it'd be interesting to see how that bodes for

673
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 4: another year for JJ trying to go for two thousand

674
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 4: receiving yards. He's got a lot of big, big time

675
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 4: defensive backs he's going against this year. And you know

676
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 4: that next week Monday Night Football Chicago bears back to

677
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 4: back prime time, back to back prime time games five.

678
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: I love this, It's going to be honest, and I

679
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: love the fact that seven possibly seven. I love the

680
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: fact that most of them are at home. Yeah, yeah,

681
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: just for selfish reasons for sure.

682
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I just like Bikings in Prome. Tim last year

683
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 4: weren't good at home.

684
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: This is really and Ron talked a lot about this

685
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: in the schedule release show. This is really going to

686
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: test primetime Kirk and the and the tired narrative from

687
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: the national media.

688
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 5: Ken Kirk win primetime games.

689
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 4: The new nightmare. I mean, that's the thing. But you

690
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 4: want to see Kurk.

691
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 5: The many noon games.

692
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I'm just thinking about with it being primetime.

693
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 6: You know, I was.

694
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 3: One going into the schedule of thinking before I even

695
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 3: saw anything, saying I don't know how many prime time

696
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 3: we're really going to get. You know, I know you've

697
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 3: got it justin Jefferson and you've got some other high

698
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 3: profile people, but how much are they Is the league

699
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 3: or the national side going to buy into what we're selling?

700
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 3: And when I saw five primetime games here, I was like,

701
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 3: oh boy. And then when I saw back to back

702
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 3: at Denver and then home against Chicago, They're all in.

703
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 3: I love it because I want this team to get

704
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 3: as much promotion as possible, so let people understand what

705
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 3: the heck we're working with.

706
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 6: I love that pressure.

707
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 3: I love the idea of being able to showcase what

708
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 3: we've got. And I really do feel like if they're

709
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 3: they take that jump defensively, Like this is a scary team,

710
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 3: especially within the NFC.

711
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 4: Jay being from Minnesota, you just made a good point.

712
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 4: You just made me think about just the state. This

713
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 4: is the first time that the Vikings have ever had

714
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 4: this many prime time games in one season. Yeah, understanding that,

715
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 4: Like is that like for for Minnesota native, like a

716
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 4: diehard Viking fan? Like if that get you excited? Does

717
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 4: that get you nervous?

718
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 7: Like?

719
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 4: What's that emotion, uh.

720
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 3: To me, it makes me feel like you're people are

721
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 3: they have high expectations for you. You know, in the past,

722
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 3: you'd play your new games and stuff. I love new

723
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 3: games because then you get the rest of your day

724
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 3: to do whatever you gotta do. But I've always been

725
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 3: somebody who loves primetime games because because that is the

726
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 3: singular focus. Typically if it's not Week one and they

727
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 3: got the doubleheader and all that kind of stuff going on.

728
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 3: If you're the Thursday night game, the Monday night game,

729
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 3: or the Sunday night game, the pomp and circumstance that

730
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 3: comes with that is always fun for me. And it

731
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 3: also means that everybody is watching. Everybody wants to see

732
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 3: what you've got, and it means to me that you've

733
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 3: got something special.

734
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 6: So I'm hoping that, you.

735
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 3: Know, given that we're set up for success that way,

736
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: that we actually you know, show up and show out

737
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 3: and have fun with it. And I hope that, like

738
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 3: you guys are just talking about the whole narrative and

739
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 3: all that stuff, that stuff flies out the window, because

740
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 3: if we can rip off a bunch of wins against

741
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 3: high profile people on these primetime games, I think it's

742
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 3: awesome for this team.

743
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, that would be awesome. And this Chicago Bears game,

744
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 4: I feel like it's a trap game for two reasons. Okay,

745
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 4: on Thanksgiving is the Thursday before, so instead of us

746
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,719
Speaker 4: playing Thursday like we have last year, or playing Sunday,

747
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 4: we played Monday. Sure, so I know it sounds cliche,

748
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 4: but like, well that you know Thanksgiving hangover affect this team, right,

749
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 4: we don't.

750
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 5: Maybe, but there's a looming buy Then.

751
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 4: My second, my second reason why I think it's a

752
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 4: trap game because it's like, Okay, well we get our Thanksgiving,

753
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 4: but we also get a bye week next week and

754
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 4: we're at home.

755
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 3: If it was Sunday night, maybe, but the fact that

756
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 3: it's Monday night, you've got that extra day after the Thanksgiving.

757
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 5: Run off, the extra turkey you ain't.

758
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 3: But for me, it's it's the idea of even if

759
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,719
Speaker 3: there is quote unquote the distraction of Thanksgiving and all

760
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 3: the other stuff, you can still be back there on Friday, Saturday,

761
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 3: Sunday and getting that extra day and Monday knowing that

762
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 3: you have the buye. I think that is even more

763
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 3: of a way for the coaching staff to look at

764
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 3: the players and go you have a week coming off

765
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 3: of this. I need your best effort here on Monday

766
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 3: night to knock this out and then go into the

767
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 3: buy the correct way.

768
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 4: I mean we went into the bye week the correct

769
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 4: way last year, playning the Miami Dolphins and then having

770
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 4: to buy and then planning the Arizona Cardinals. So clearly

771
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 4: Kevin O'Connell knows how to I guess prep these guys.

772
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 3: If you would feel if you felt nervous about it,

773
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 3: I would feel more nervous if it wasn't away game.

774
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 3: The fact that it's a home game at Monday on

775
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 3: Monday night against the Bears. That place is going to

776
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 3: be bananas that use Oh my gosh.

777
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 4: But that week thirteen bye, I was doing some research

778
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 4: and I believe the latest the Vikings have had to

779
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 4: buy in franchise history was Week twelve in twenty nineteen.

780
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 4: So Week thirteen bye, I'm a little uncertain if that's

781
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 4: good or if that's like worry some for this Vikings team.

782
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,959
Speaker 4: I mean, you have five games left at the end

783
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 4: of the year. But I don't know, like I don't know,

784
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 4: Like I asked CJ. Ham this yesterday, who's going to

785
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 4: be our guest on the show today and I just said, like,

786
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 4: how does that feel? And it was like, you know,

787
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 4: you just kind of just roll with the punches, so

788
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 4: that I mean, it's kind of a cliche answer, But

789
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 4: I've never seen a team with the buye this late.

790
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 4: I know there has there has.

791
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 5: Been, but don't they go into like fourteen?

792
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: I believe so, But I mean as a fantasy football player,

793
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: I think fourteen is the latest. But like, but I

794
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: am drafting. I am just side note total fantasy nerd

795
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: over here. I am like stocking up on Vikings offensive players.

796
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: If my week, my week is thirteen?

797
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 5: Are you kidding me? My guillotine team might all be

798
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 5: Viking players.

799
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 6: I think that's sound like a Homer I'm going off.

800
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think do you have inside information?

801
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 4: No?

802
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:18,720
Speaker 5: I don't.

803
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 4: I just wouldn't that be great? Though? Like no, and

804
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 4: like we want every week? I not tatum if that

805
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 4: would be?

806
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: Like okay, so how much are your earnings? Are you

807
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: going over what you can actually earn? Are you playing

808
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 1: by the roles? You know we have a gambling policy.

809
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: Yes I do, Calvin Ridley.

810
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 4: Detroit Lions for that, but yeah, go ahead.

811
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 3: I was going to say, is being a week thirteen

812
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 3: by I think coaches tend to say, if we can

813
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,319
Speaker 3: get to like week ten, then we're happy, because it

814
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 3: feels like kind of the split halfway through the season,

815
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 3: you start leaning towards thirteen. You're just hoping that there

816
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: aren't looming injury injuries or things that they would normally

817
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 3: want people to get right. Thirteen can actually be a

818
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 3: little advantageous because if you have a a five week

819
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 3: run after that for the rest of the season and

820
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 3: then hopefully playoffs after that, that actually might end up

821
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: being you know, the bye to help you get healthy,

822
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 3: and then depending on what happens playoff wise, if you're

823
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,720
Speaker 3: still in the hunt that way, that would be actually

824
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 3: kind of advantageous to have that thirteen week to get

825
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 3: fully healthy to make that final sprint for the final

826
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 3: month for sure.

827
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 4: So like recap in you get week ten, you get

828
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,240
Speaker 4: the Saints at home, and then you get an extra break,

829
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 4: you go to Denver and get a Sunday night football game,

830
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 4: and then you get an extra day of the following

831
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 4: week and you get Monday night football against Chicago Bears,

832
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 4: and week number twelve you get a bye week week

833
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 4: number thirteen, and then week fourteen you go out to

834
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 4: Vegas to face the Las Vegas Raiders.

835
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 3: There's a lot of people that are circling that one

836
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 3: on their calendars. Just get one, that's the thing. Well,

837
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 3: and everyone was hoping that game wasn't going to be

838
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 3: September or sometime earlier in the year. With it being

839
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 3: December and hopefully is still nice and warm there in

840
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 3: Vegas December tenth, I think that's going to be a

841
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 3: fun one again. Another team that we just don't know

842
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 3: what the heck is going to be, especially after losing

843
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 3: their car. But Vegas is always a crazy time. That

844
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 3: stadium is amazing. I really like Allegiant Stadium. I've done

845
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 3: some tours there and been through it, and I know

846
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 3: that people had a good time there with preseason last year.

847
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 3: So hopefully December tenth, people, you're really going to start

848
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 3: booking those flights as early as possible and getting ready

849
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 3: to head to Vegas.

850
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 4: I mean, you might as well book book your flight

851
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 4: after the Chicago game, book your flight December first, and

852
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 4: just stay out there for I guess.

853
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 3: I'd say go to the site right now. Flight those

854
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 3: flights are going to fill up fast, and they're going

855
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 3: to be a little extra Price Ya the Logger.

856
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 4: You wait, I think the best away game this year

857
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 4: is going to be Week number fifteen. A date and

858
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 4: a time is not determined yet, but that Cincinnati Bengals

859
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 4: game Week fifteen at Cincinnati is going to be huge.

860
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 4: I mean, you got.

861
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 5: I can't just the.

862
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 4: LSU, I mean just the LSU storylines there with Joe Burrow,

863
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 4: Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson, so on and so forth at Ing. Yeah,

864
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 4: I mean the two rookies this year and Elllle.

865
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 5: Collins is on the Bengals offensive.

866
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 4: Jay Ward also Jacquelin Roy. Like, there's so many ties

867
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 4: in this game. But I'm excited about that week Week fifteen,

868
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 4: No date, no time, but it is the Cincinnati Bengals, Guys.

869
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I you know, I'm I love football and

870
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: I think I follow players more than teams now more

871
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: than ever. And obviously I have a deep love for

872
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: the Vikings being in this building. I want them all

873
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: to succeed and I want them to beat the Bengals.

874
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: I just love Joe Burrow. I'm unabashedly and one of

875
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: my favorite all time players ever for obvious reasons, and

876
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: I just think that the way that he went into

877
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,280
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and turned things around. I wouldn't say single handedly obviously,

878
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,760
Speaker 1: because great coaching staff has to help turn things around.

879
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: They've made so many improvements, They've put people in place

880
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: to keep Joe Burrow safe back there.

881
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 5: I mean they to me, like, first of all, they

882
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:00,919
Speaker 5: should have been Super Bowl too.

883
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 1: I won't go there, but like I just that team

884
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: is so interesting to me that that would be a

885
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,280
Speaker 1: signature victory late in the season that says the Vikings

886
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: are here, We're going to make a playoff run, We're

887
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 1: gonna make some noise in the postseason. You need to

888
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: take us seriously, Like if no one's taking seriously up

889
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: until that game, that is the game where you go

890
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: out and you say we've arrived.

891
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 3: I always want to see us play at home against

892
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 3: top tier talent, but going to a place like Cincinnati

893
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 3: and if you can, you know, pull the w out

894
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 3: of that one, like you said, I think that's gonna

895
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 3: be a lot of people unnotice And again with all

896
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 3: the primetime games, people are gonna be paying attention to us,

897
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 3: but that one in particular, I feel like there's gonna

898
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 3: be something different, There's gonna be something extra and what

899
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 3: I am curious about is the fact that it is

900
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 3: to be determined. I know later later in the year

901
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 3: with college football and everything being done, is that going

902
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,439
Speaker 3: to be a Saturday game?

903
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 6: Would it be a Sunday? What are they gonna do?

904
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 3: The other thing too, that's gonna be a little different

905
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 3: this year and we haven't even touched it. Is the

906
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 3: idea that teams could potentially play two Thursday night games

907
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 3: because they can do the flex scheduling for Thursday. So again,

908
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 3: like it really depends. I don't know if they would

909
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,280
Speaker 3: do that to us, given that it's at Las Vegas

910
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 3: and then at Cincinnati.

911
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 5: Back like games. Yeah, probably not.

912
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 3: The only thing off of that then would be the

913
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,840
Speaker 3: following week is a home game. But still with it

914
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 3: to be determined. I know one person that that's not

915
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 3: going to be overly happy about outdoor December game Cincinnati

916
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 3: who's been begging for this game, Siaminson. I would have

917
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 3: preferred this one to be a little bit warmer. But

918
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 3: it will be fun to see, you know, what he

919
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 3: ends up doing out there in cinciat. I know he's

920
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 3: really looking forward to seeing his hometown team come out

921
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 3: to Cincinnati.

922
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 4: That'll be fun. Yeah, that'll be for sure. The Code

923
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 4: is Game of the Year and Vikings fans are very

924
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 4: excited about that. But I'm gonna just rattle through these

925
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 4: next three to round the season off. The Vikings have

926
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,800
Speaker 4: the Detroit Lions at home on Christmas Eve, December thirty

927
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 4: first at home Green Bay Packers. So I guess you

928
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 4: can watch that game and then go to your New

929
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 4: Year's parties afterwards.

930
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 5: If you can make it.

931
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 4: If you can make it, hopefully, I guess yeah.

932
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 5: I mean there's like an overtime or something. We're all

933
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,360
Speaker 5: ringing in the New Year together.

934
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 4: Maybe after a win, we have fireworks and we count

935
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 4: down and everybody stays in at US Bank State. That's

936
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 4: a that's a great way to sell tickets.

937
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 5: Go tell, Go tell. The third four with.

938
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 6: The Vikings marketing needs to listen to what gave.

939
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: Well, I heard that there's like a club inside the

940
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: Vegas Arena, I mean stadium, Allegiant Stadium.

941
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, where like they do that.

942
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: If they have like something like that, they're like, okay,

943
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: so the game's over coming to the club and ring

944
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: the forum.

945
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 4: Back in the day with the Lakers, Yeah, I guess

946
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 4: the Vegas. That's Vegas for.

947
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: You, though, I know, so maybe like come parties. At

948
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: the Come party with us in the Delta.

949
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 6: Club almost said something it's going to be.

950
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 5: Nuts, popping bottles and Medtronic.

951
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's going to be nuts.

952
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 3: I'm I'm happy we get those two division teams back

953
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 3: to back, Detroit and green Bay at home. I would

954
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 3: have liked some of those to be spaced out a

955
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 3: little bit more, but we all know how the back

956
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 3: end of the season gets loaded. The fact that half

957
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 3: of our divisional games are in the final three weeks

958
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 3: of the season, that means you're going to help control.

959
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 6: Your own destiny.

960
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 5: To me, it tells me that the NFL is just

961
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 5: like all in on this Detroit Minnesota top end of

962
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 5: the conference two out.

963
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,240
Speaker 4: Of three weeks and to end the season in Detroit

964
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 4: divisions like that'll be for the divisional champion.

965
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 6: And we've done that before.

966
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 3: We've had this kind of scenario happen before where we

967
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 3: needed to get a final week or final game of

968
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 3: the year to get in and Detroit spoiled our party

969
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 3: or whatever. Like, if Detroit is real and Detroit is

970
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 3: going to take that next step up, those three games

971
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 3: at the back end of the season are going to

972
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 3: be incredibly fun and incredibly critical, and the fact that

973
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 3: two of those are at home are going to be huge.

974
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 3: The final one of the year at Detroit still to

975
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 3: be determined as far as time and date. Again, they're

976
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 3: going to try to figure out if this is a

977
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 3: prime matchup for the division. They're going to want to

978
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 3: flex that thing to late game or even prime, especially if.

979
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 5: It's like winner wins the division and haven't won.

980
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 3: Winning in kind of a thing. But having those be home, home,

981
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 3: away against Detroit and getting them twice in essentially three games,

982
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 3: that that's going to be a little more daunting than

983
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 3: I think a lot of people.

984
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 4: Think well, coming down this final stretch of the season

985
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 4: this year, especially those last three games, Veteran leadership is

986
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 4: going to have to be key if this Minnesota Vikings

987
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 4: team wants to make that late playoff push. And a

988
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 4: guy who understands what veteran leadership is and winning late

989
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 4: in the season is our special guest of today's show,

990
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 4: Mister c J. Hamp Or, Minnesota Vikings fullback c J.

991
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 4: Ham is here and CJ. We we talked a little

992
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 4: off camera about the schedule release in which we'll get into,

993
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 4: but just being in the locker room today. I feel

994
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 4: like everyone had the same face and same reaction after

995
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 4: the offensive workout today. What was the workout like today?

996
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,320
Speaker 4: And like why is every why is everybody like? I

997
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 4: guess sucond Win.

998
00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,839
Speaker 7: I mean, we're really just putting it, putting in work.

999
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 2: I mean off season training, you got you got to

1000
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 2: train through some of the soreness, lifting, running, sprinting, running

1001
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 2: long routes. So uh, just putting into work. And you

1002
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 2: know after you know, going going on our fourth day,

1003
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 2: you get a little sore, you know, and that that happens,

1004
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 2: and uh we got the we got a three day

1005
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 2: weekend to recover.

1006
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: You got second year with these guys now, the second

1007
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 1: off season, I guess with them, has.

1008
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 5: It has How have the relationships built? I guess from

1009
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 5: this time last year.

1010
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's been great.

1011
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 2: Obviously having majority of the guys coming back and just

1012
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 2: being able to uh hit the ground running, you know,

1013
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 2: have having a little bit of a tune up and

1014
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 2: just reminders, but just ultimately being able to come in

1015
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 2: and not necessarily learn a new system, but just kind

1016
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 2: of remind ourselves and then go out there and be

1017
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,240
Speaker 2: able to you know, get get ahead and get ahead quickly.

1018
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 4: Congrass on the extension. I don't think you haven't done

1019
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 4: an interview since your extension, right, I have not.

1020
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 7: I appreciate it.

1021
00:43:58,160 --> 00:43:58,879
Speaker 5: That's a big deal.

1022
00:43:59,040 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 7: It was.

1023
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,919
Speaker 4: It was a big deal for to be able to

1024
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 4: start your career as a Viking and hopefully finish it

1025
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 4: as a Viking like that. That has to be rewarding, right, Like,

1026
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 4: what's that? What's that?

1027
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a blessing, you know, just to be

1028
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 2: in the league as long as I have now going

1029
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 2: on to you know, year eight with the Vikings?

1030
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 7: Was it seven on the active roster?

1031
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 2: It's just a blessing in and of itself, you know,

1032
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 2: being able to look back and you know, see where

1033
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 2: I started from as a as a trial player, to

1034
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 2: you know, make an active to signing my first extension,

1035
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 2: to now signing another one.

1036
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 4: It's crazy, you know.

1037
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,439
Speaker 2: I just look back at it and just just see

1038
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 2: how God has been just very faithful, and you know,

1039
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 2: He's got something doing for me here, and I'm just excited.

1040
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 7: My family's excited. We get to stay home.

1041
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: Not to get too into the weeds with like the

1042
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: negotiation process, but how was it knowing this coaching staff

1043
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: willing to work on it, willing to bring you back,

1044
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: wanting to bring you back, wanting to.

1045
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 5: Work this out with you. What was that process like

1046
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 5: and what did that mean to you?

1047
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 7: It meant a lot, you know.

1048
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 2: You know, obviously we all know how last year, last

1049
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 2: year when we won a lot of games, but you know,

1050
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 2: playing time for myself when went down, went down to

1051
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 2: tick and you know, at the end of the day,

1052
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 2: I'm trying to do whatever I can, you know, help

1053
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 2: the team, but I also want to compete. I love

1054
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 2: I love to compete, I love to play. I want

1055
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 2: to help our team win. And yeah, it showed me

1056
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 2: that they were able to look back at everything, look

1057
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,840
Speaker 2: at the tape and you know, see something that you

1058
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 2: know they want to do more of. So it just

1059
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,360
Speaker 2: showed me that they that they still saw value in me.

1060
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,280
Speaker 2: And yeah, we're just really excited to be back for

1061
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 2: the next three years.

1062
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 4: I feel like even though your usage went down, your

1063
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 4: level of impact went up. Like the there's a handful

1064
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 4: of guys that I've that I've talked to that said,

1065
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 4: like you've given them tibbits for the off season. Pilates

1066
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 4: is one You've been like telling people to do pilates

1067
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 4: or take care of their body. Like where does that?

1068
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 4: I guess, where does that come from? Like what what

1069
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 4: did you What have you learned along your career that

1070
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 4: has helped you give back a little bit and give

1071
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 4: little tibbits.

1072
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 7: I mean, really, just you really got to take care

1073
00:45:58,840 --> 00:45:59,320
Speaker 7: of yourself.

1074
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 2: In my career, I'd say I didn't do a lot

1075
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 2: of the extra things to make sure my body was

1076
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 2: able to perform and just be at its best. I

1077
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 2: kind of just practice and take a shower and go home,

1078
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 2: you know, But over the years, talking to so many people,

1079
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 2: just learning, you know, the pilates, the the you know,

1080
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 2: spending time in the training room, the massage therapist, the acupuncture.

1081
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 2: Those are all things that I think have helped prolong

1082
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 2: my career. And as I get older, I'm feeling better

1083
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 2: and better each year too. So that just goes to

1084
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 2: show that investing in your body really does help.

1085
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 7: You know. You hear about the Lebrons and.

1086
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 2: The Russell Wilson's and how much money they invest in

1087
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 2: their body, and like, you know, you might think it's crazy,

1088
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 2: but it really does make a difference. So just trying

1089
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 2: to share that with you know, guys on the team,

1090
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 2: guys you know, my running back room. We actually do

1091
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 2: pilates every Friday morning so as a group, so we

1092
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 2: just love it and it's making us all better.

1093
00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 4: That's one of the hardiest workouts.

1094
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 7: Oh man, Yeah, no joke.

1095
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 1: What what does it helped you improve upon? Like platy

1096
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: specifically just.

1097
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 7: Total body awareness.

1098
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 2: I mean I can definitely tell, like when I'm doing

1099
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 2: a workout, if I'm feeling it in my low back,

1100
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 2: I know, I know what I need to turn on.

1101
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 2: I know I need to, you know, tilt my pelvic

1102
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 2: my my pelvic floor, you know, forward to you know,

1103
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 2: take it, take it out on my low back and

1104
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 2: just you know, my deep ab core muscles have been

1105
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,719
Speaker 2: able to, uh have been able to activate those and

1106
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 2: use those and when I when I sprint, when I move.

1107
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 7: So yeah, plates, it's been it's been amazing, all right.

1108
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 4: Now, it's the fun stuff. Schedule release. Man, you're you're

1109
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:44,640
Speaker 4: what seventh eighth schedule? Different schedule release. I know you

1110
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 4: and I know we had a conversation yesterday and I

1111
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,840
Speaker 4: was like, like, how excited are you for the schedule?

1112
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 4: You're like, dude, I just take it one day at

1113
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 4: a time. And I was like, dude, that's not a

1114
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 4: great way to live. Like, but at the same time,

1115
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 4: like when you look at this schedule, five primetime games

1116
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 4: possibly seven, what about this schedule gets you excited just

1117
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 4: for another year?

1118
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 7: I mean, that's that's really it.

1119
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, obviously just having another season is

1120
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 2: a blessing in of itself, but like you said, having

1121
00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 2: five prime time games just shows that the NFL wants

1122
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 2: to see us play and they want to have people

1123
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 2: see us play.

1124
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 7: So that gets me excited.

1125
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,279
Speaker 2: And you know, we love you know, these guys on

1126
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 2: this team who just love to shine, right, So to

1127
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,800
Speaker 2: give us those opportunities to go out there and and

1128
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 2: and play in front of everybody, you gotta you gotta

1129
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,800
Speaker 2: bring a little extra juice and ask competitors.

1130
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:28,880
Speaker 7: That's that's what we're trying to do.

1131
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: What about the home opener, it's uh, the season opener

1132
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,719
Speaker 1: being able to be at Usbank Stadium again for the

1133
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: second straight year.

1134
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 7: Mm hmm. I love it, love it.

1135
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 2: You know, just opening up at home is it's always

1136
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 2: it's always a blessing to be able to, you know,

1137
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 2: go from training camp to preseason and then just stay

1138
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,920
Speaker 2: at home for that first week, not have to travel. Families,

1139
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 2: get to come get to come in, and uh, it's

1140
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 2: always it's always awesome and the US Bank is always rocking,

1141
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 2: and you know, we love our we love our fans.

1142
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 4: Man, I can't wait. Like I'm just thinking about last

1143
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:01,840
Speaker 4: year Green Bay had a different effect just because it

1144
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,279
Speaker 4: was green Bay home opener, but home openers at us

1145
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 4: Bank Stadium, Like, there's a reason why us Bank Stadium

1146
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 4: was voted the best sporting experience in sports because as

1147
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 4: a fan you can feel it. But as a player,

1148
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 4: what are home home openers like for you? When you

1149
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 4: like run out the tunnel for the first time.

1150
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 2: Man, it's there's there's not a lot of words that

1151
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:25,479
Speaker 2: can explain it. But I know it's just different because

1152
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:27,879
Speaker 2: every time I tell, I tell somebody, man us Bank

1153
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 2: is just different. And I talked to the other I

1154
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 2: talked to my teammates who come from different teams. I've

1155
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 2: talked to you know, other players, and just like man

1156
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 2: Us Bank is, US Bank's a really nice place. I mean,

1157
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:41,439
Speaker 2: your guys' fans are amazing. The venue itself is just

1158
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 2: just top notch. So yeah, it's it's just different, man,

1159
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 2: just to have to be inside but it feels like

1160
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 2: you're playing outside. Yeah, that that field is just unmatched.

1161
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,839
Speaker 2: I've haven't been to another another place that feels like that.

1162
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:54,479
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of the indoor places just feel

1163
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 2: like you're enclosed and it's dark. And US Bank is

1164
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,279
Speaker 2: just so bright, and you know, especially at a new

1165
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 2: and kickoff and there's nothing like it.

1166
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:03,720
Speaker 5: Just so esthetically pleasing.

1167
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 7: It is it is.

1168
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,400
Speaker 5: I really thought about it. Right, great, everything's the natural

1169
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 5: light in the building is beautiful, you all. I also

1170
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 5: wanted to.

1171
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: Ask you, have you ever had a week thirteen by

1172
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:17,760
Speaker 1: something that late in the season.

1173
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 7: I don't think so.

1174
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 2: I mean, I know it's like if I had a

1175
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,480
Speaker 2: week eight by or a week ten by, what do

1176
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:24,799
Speaker 2: you think?

1177
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1178
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 5: What what do you think it'll be like?

1179
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 1: I guess you know, having to play those twelve straight

1180
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: games before you get a break really.

1181
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:33,280
Speaker 7: Definitely a grind.

1182
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 2: You know, on paper, you look at it and you're like, man,

1183
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 2: that's that's that's a lot of that's a lot of

1184
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 2: football before before we get to break. But at the

1185
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 2: end of the day, once you get rolling, you're rolling,

1186
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 2: especially if you're if you're hot and things are starting

1187
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:47,880
Speaker 2: to go great, man, you just want to keep playing.

1188
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 2: So yeah, well we'll see I won't really know how

1189
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 2: it feels until until until we're in it. But uh,

1190
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 2: on paper, it seems like a long time. But I'm sure.

1191
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 2: I'm sure it'll be fine.

1192
00:50:56,719 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there's a couple of ways to build

1193
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: and the rest days there you got a couple Monday

1194
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: night football games and the Thursday night. You know, you

1195
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 1: get the two games like within four days, five days

1196
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: of each other.

1197
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 5: In the beginning.

1198
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,440
Speaker 4: You get like five different like longer weeks this year,

1199
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 4: so that that helps. But I mean there's only one

1200
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 4: team in franchise history that has had to buy this late.

1201
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 4: Like technically, this is the latest buy in franchise history.

1202
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 4: Like in nineteen ninety one, there was a week fourteen by,

1203
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 4: but like that was earlier. That was like an earlier date.

1204
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 4: So this is this is I mean, you guys are

1205
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 4: experienced history for the first time.

1206
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 7: Oh that's wild. I didn't even know that.

1207
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,919
Speaker 4: But do you do you feel like do you feel

1208
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 4: like that is advantageous having a late by, Like what

1209
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 4: about that by that late in the year makes it

1210
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 4: advantageous versus disadvantageous. Yeah, disadvantages of work. I just made

1211
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 4: it one who now, so good?

1212
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:50,839
Speaker 2: You know, I feel like there's there's there's pros and

1213
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 2: cons to to to to both. You know, sometimes you

1214
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 2: have an early buy and you know, then the rest

1215
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 2: of the season feels like really long and it's a drag,

1216
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:02,279
Speaker 2: but you have that late by you you always have

1217
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 2: something to look forward to.

1218
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 7: You always have something to look forward to.

1219
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 5: Wait in one of these weeks, when is it. I

1220
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,360
Speaker 5: don't know the schedule, But then.

1221
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:12,839
Speaker 4: You just take it one day at the time.

1222
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:14,000
Speaker 7: I do, I do.

1223
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 2: But yeah, but then again though, like it's it's nice

1224
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 2: to get to get things rolling and just just just

1225
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 2: just to get into a rhythm.

1226
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:22,880
Speaker 7: You know.

1227
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 2: I'm and you know, if we get hot during those

1228
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 2: first thirteen weeks like it, that buy is going to

1229
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 2: feel really really good too, you know. So yeah, man,

1230
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,800
Speaker 2: we'll just see. But like you said, I I've always

1231
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,799
Speaker 2: just taken it one day at a time. Yeah, you know,

1232
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 2: I go, I go, I go into every going to

1233
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 2: every work week.

1234
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:40,880
Speaker 7: And like we got this weekend, you know.

1235
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think fans get a little more excited about

1236
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,719
Speaker 1: that because then they're like, Okay, now I know what

1237
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: my fall.

1238
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 5: Is going to look like. I know what weekends I

1239
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:48,280
Speaker 5: got to be at the stadium.

1240
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 1: I know what games I want to travel towards things

1241
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 1: like that how much when you're watching and we just

1242
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,600
Speaker 1: obviously went through the NFL draft, and the Vikings added

1243
00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 1: some pieces working minicamp against today, it's going to be

1244
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 1: early report today against tomorrow. You see a lot of

1245
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 1: fresh faces and a lot of those guys are going

1246
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: to be under your wing in special teams. And I

1247
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: know that there are a couple of guys who've already

1248
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: said I am pumped to play. I want them to

1249
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 1: put me in on all special team stumps. I'm ready

1250
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: to go have Is there a name that maybe popped

1251
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 1: out during the draft or do you pay attention to

1252
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: that of someone that maybe could be a real weapon

1253
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: for you guys on that side of the ball.

1254
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,800
Speaker 7: You know, No, I don't really.

1255
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, he wait till they get here, get to know, I.

1256
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,160
Speaker 7: Pretty much pretty much wait did they get here?

1257
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: And you know, me being a tryout guy from from

1258
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 2: way back in the day too, it's a you know.

1259
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 7: I get I get really excited.

1260
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 2: I love the draft and I love the process, but

1261
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,399
Speaker 2: I get really excited about seeing those guys who get

1262
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 2: the calls after the draft too. Yeah, and those guys

1263
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 2: who get the rookie Minnie camp invites because I know

1264
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 2: there's a lot of guys who may have not gotten

1265
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,759
Speaker 2: the opportunities in college or didn't they didn't go to

1266
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:52,759
Speaker 2: a big enough school to get the notoriety, but they

1267
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 2: deserve to be in this league and they Every single

1268
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:58,360
Speaker 2: year somebody turned somebody somebody's head. And I'm sure that

1269
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 2: will happen this year too, that there there will be

1270
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 2: an undrafted guy or rook community camp guy who you

1271
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:07,800
Speaker 2: know coach Hat or you know that coach Hat seasons

1272
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 2: like this guy can ball. You know, That's that's what

1273
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,680
Speaker 2: happens every single year, and I'm excited to see, you know, see.

1274
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 7: Who that is this year.

1275
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:15,399
Speaker 5: Yeah, I love that part too.

1276
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 4: Yeah. One thing I also enjoy is you being available

1277
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 4: for the next generation because when when younger kids get

1278
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,480
Speaker 4: an opportunity to touch Mighty that's in the NFL, or

1279
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 4: like see someone actually live out their dream and your

1280
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,560
Speaker 4: story of being an undrafted free agent and working your

1281
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 4: way onto your onto the Minnesota Vikings roster. That that

1282
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 4: only provides hope and understanding. That you're having your fourth

1283
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 4: annual football camp this year in your hometown Duluth, how

1284
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 4: does that feel? Just first and foremost having your fourth time,

1285
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,799
Speaker 4: your fourth time doing this, but also providing an opportunity

1286
00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:50,400
Speaker 4: for the younger generations to be able to touch you.

1287
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 7: Yeah, first off, maybe maybe sound very old.

1288
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,280
Speaker 4: You are you are, That's okay.

1289
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:59,359
Speaker 5: Just you go, okay, But if you're trying to see

1290
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 5: you're probably come on now.

1291
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 4: But I just got to rub you know. I can't

1292
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 4: wait to like text CJ. When he's done with football

1293
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:10,080
Speaker 4: like four or five years and now I'm like, yo,

1294
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,560
Speaker 4: what you got played for the weekend? It can't be

1295
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 4: I know, it's just another day.

1296
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,719
Speaker 7: True, I haven't eve thought that far.

1297
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 5: Yet anywhere about that right now.

1298
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 4: I just tried to like revert the conversation from calling

1299
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:21,640
Speaker 4: myself for.

1300
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 2: But no, it's it's truly a blessing to be having

1301
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:29,839
Speaker 2: our fourth camp in Duluth. We're actually doing our first

1302
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 2: camp in Sioux Falls here in a couple of weeks too,

1303
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:34,919
Speaker 2: June fourth. But to be able to bring this back

1304
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,279
Speaker 2: home to the Louth has always been really special to me.

1305
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:40,120
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, Duluth has a lot of

1306
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 2: great athletes, but a lot of the times, you know,

1307
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 2: not a lot of people are going to Northern Minnesota.

1308
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,960
Speaker 2: You know, necessarily for recruiting or there's not a lot

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Speaker 2: of big, big time recruits that come out of there,

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Speaker 2: and you know, not a lot of schools are going

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Speaker 2: there to do a lot of deep recruiting, especially for

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Speaker 2: football and basketball, hockey for sure, but some of those others,

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Speaker 2: especially not football. So it's just nice to be able

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Speaker 2: to bring that back, have something. You know, when I

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Speaker 2: was in the boys and Girls clubs growing up, you know,

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Speaker 2: whenever the Vikings came to the Louth or did you

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Speaker 2: and d football players didn't event at the boys and

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Speaker 2: Girls club, it was it was always something really special

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Speaker 2: for me to be able to look up to these

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Speaker 2: people that I aspired to be someday. So for me

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Speaker 2: to be able to do that now, I only want

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Speaker 2: to do that because somebody did that for me.

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Speaker 7: And it's always been It's always been a great success.

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Speaker 2: Kids come out and have a great time and I

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Speaker 2: just love being back. I love that community. They mean

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Speaker 2: the world to me.

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Speaker 4: If you want, if you want to feel leaving the

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00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 4: older man, you're the you're the second longest team, You're

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Speaker 4: Viking on this roster. So I'm excited for these kids

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Speaker 4: to be able to to get your wisdom and your advice.

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Speaker 4: Do you nember want is gotta be hairy? Yeah? Question,

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Speaker 4: But yeah, man, we appreciate your time, and I'm just

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Speaker 4: looking forward to seeing you work this offseason and just

1334
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,440
Speaker 4: seeing you grow as a human being is first and

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Speaker 4: foremost in my opinion, but just seeing how you've been

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00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:00,959
Speaker 4: able to impact others. Man, we're in the Vikings fans

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00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,080
Speaker 4: are very pleased and excited to have you back this

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Speaker 4: year in Purple.

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Speaker 7: I appreciate it. Mami's a lot.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're a fan favorite, and there was a lot

1341
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:10,839
Speaker 1: of excited Vikings fans after you signed that deal.

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Speaker 7: I love it. I love it. Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Well, guys, we just had CJ. Hamm on and we,

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Speaker 4: I guess just recap the schedule to start the show off,

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Speaker 4: just to end it. Just overall thoughts on the schedule

1346
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Speaker 4: this year. I know Tatum thinks it's very favorable. Ron

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Speaker 4: Johnson says it's not favorable.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think selfishly it's favorable.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I like that that you know, you don't have three

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00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: straight home games. I like that you don't have back

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Speaker 1: to back till the end. I feel like the.

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Speaker 5: Balance between traveling and staying home.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of there for a player, I feel like

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Speaker 1: the late bye week might be helpful. I know that

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Speaker 1: that might be a cold take. No one really kind

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Speaker 1: of may agree with me on that one, but I

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Speaker 1: think that that might be good heading into the postseason

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Speaker 1: kind of feel for me personally, I do think that

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Speaker 1: it is a little bit you know, like there's a

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Speaker 1: couple of Monday games, there's a Thursday game. There's just

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Speaker 1: like a wide range range of things for fans. So

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Speaker 1: I like the fact that there's that many primetime games.

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Speaker 1: I like playing the division games a little bit later

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Speaker 1: in the season. I don't know, and that's that's why

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Speaker 1: I think is favorable. I also just think as a fan,

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Speaker 1: like I'm looking at this and I'm excited. I'm just

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00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 1: excited about the way the layout is. I think it's

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Speaker 1: better than last year's for sure.

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Speaker 4: I think, well, there are five opportunities for this Minnesota

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Speaker 4: Vikings team to get at least one extra day of

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Speaker 4: recovery this year. So the fact that you get that

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00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:31,560
Speaker 4: that does bode well for this team. But also it

1374
00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 4: keeps your guys healthy. So it'll be a tall test

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Speaker 4: for this for this team. When you finish first in

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00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 4: your division, you get the best team in the other

1377
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 4: divisions every year, so we'll get to see what this

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Speaker 4: Minnesota Vikings team is made of this year.

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Speaker 3: I think the three toughest road games are at Philly,

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Speaker 3: the Denver one is always daunting for whatever reason, and

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Speaker 3: then at Cincinnati. You know, those those three to me

1382
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,800
Speaker 3: are going to be interesting as far as how we

1383
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 3: handle that. On the flip side, I like the idea

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Speaker 3: of having the Charge, the Chiefs, the Niners, New Orleans,

1385
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 3: and then Detroit. You know, in some capacity there at home,

1386
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 3: having those kind of games that are going to be

1387
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 3: more difficult but at least favorable in your building, that's

1388
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,920
Speaker 3: going to be more helpful. If it was reversed and

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Speaker 3: we had Philly, Denver and then Cincinnati at home, you're

1390
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 3: like great, But if you had those other ones on

1391
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,960
Speaker 3: the road, I know you're a lot more difficult. So

1392
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Speaker 3: having those those those top teams coming to your house,

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Speaker 3: I think is going to be a little bit more beneficial.

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Speaker 5: And you're getting the NFC South.

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Speaker 1: Like if you're going to have to play the best

1396
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:40,040
Speaker 1: teams in every division, YadA, YadA, YadA, because you won,

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Speaker 1: at least you're getting the NFC South.

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Speaker 5: They were garbage last year.

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Speaker 4: We had the NFC East last year.

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Speaker 1: And that was Could you imagine if you had that

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00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 1: this year. I mean they well they got them last

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00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: year and they were pretty good too.

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Speaker 5: But I mean that's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Besides the Eagles, Yeah, like, thank goodness, you don't have

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Speaker 1: that schedule.

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Speaker 5: You don't have those teams. So I mean, it's the eighteenth.

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Speaker 1: It's the eighteenth strongest schedule or tied with the Bears.

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Speaker 1: So to me, I'm thinking that's pretty average. It's an

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Speaker 1: NFL schedule.

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Speaker 5: It's not too hard, it's not too easy, it's just right.

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Speaker 3: It's always the piece of you know, typically half of

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01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:15,840
Speaker 3: the playoff teams from the year before go by the

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Speaker 3: wayside and somebody jumps out. I am curious to see

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Speaker 3: who that's going to be. If I had to go

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Speaker 3: through any of these teams and feel like somebody that

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Speaker 3: maybe somebody that would jump out. One of the teams

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Speaker 3: to me is New Orleans with car at quarterback at

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Speaker 3: this point. Again, they're dealing with some weird stuff in

1419
01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:36,920
Speaker 3: their locker room, just given Kamaras situation, but they're a

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Speaker 3: team to me that if they do take the next

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01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:42,439
Speaker 3: step with a veteran quarterback at this point, they could

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Speaker 3: be somebody that could be scary there in Week ten.

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Speaker 4: I think it's a healthy balance, Like the NFC South

1424
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,360
Speaker 4: isn't the strongest division, but at the same time you

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01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 4: face the AFC West, which you know, going into twenty

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01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,280
Speaker 4: twenty two, everyone's saying this is the this is the

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01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 4: best division in football. So the vikings will be battle

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01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,960
Speaker 4: tested for sure, but I'll would like to see what

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Speaker 4: we're really made of thirteen to four. A lot of teams,

1430
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 4: or a lot of pundits or a lot of experts

1431
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:07,920
Speaker 4: are saying we didn't really deserve that. Winning eleven games

1432
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:10,520
Speaker 4: by one point like that, that doesn't happen very often.

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Speaker 4: So let's see how that works with this same offense

1434
01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:16,919
Speaker 4: this year. And Brian Floor is leading to defense.

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Speaker 6: And the end, your record is what you say.

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Speaker 3: You know what you've earned, right you are what your

1437
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 3: record shows, and you know you did earn thirteen wins

1438
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 3: last year, albeit lots of them by the skin of

1439
01:01:26,360 --> 01:01:28,240
Speaker 3: your teeth at the end of a game, but the

1440
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:31,280
Speaker 3: fact that you showed that you were able to prove

1441
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,440
Speaker 3: that you could win in tight situations.

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Speaker 6: Hopefully that carries off to this year.

1443
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,240
Speaker 3: And you just instead of making all those games tight,

1444
01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:40,479
Speaker 3: you can get some more blowout, definitive wins and save

1445
01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:41,720
Speaker 3: all of our sanity.

1446
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 6: A little bit.

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01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:46,760
Speaker 1: You're looking at the defense getting just a bit better.

1448
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,960
Speaker 1: You avoid those ones who are wins, you don't necessarily

1449
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:53,440
Speaker 1: need them close. If the defense can just finish straight.

1450
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:56,280
Speaker 4: Eight home games, nine row games is the task for

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01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 4: the Minnesota Vikings this year, and we want you all

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01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 4: to experience at least one of those Vikings home games

1453
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,360
Speaker 4: with us. So head on over to ticketmaster dot com

1454
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:06,840
Speaker 4: or go to Vikings dot com to get your tickets

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01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 4: for the twenty twenty three Minnesota Vikings. Schedule for air Davidson, Tatum, Everett,

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Speaker 4: C J. Ham, and J Notson. My name is Gabe Henderson.

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Speaker 4: Thank you again for tuning into the schedule release edition

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Speaker 4: of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.