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Speaker 1: We get a chance to chat with her twice a

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Speaker 1: year because we play the Lions twice a year. It

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Speaker 1: is Tory Petrie, the MVP of today's MVP is our guest,

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Speaker 1: Tory Petrie, because she works for the Detroit Lions, knows

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Speaker 1: everything about the club and has been there for a

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Speaker 1: long time, almost as long as I've been here with

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Speaker 1: the Vikings. And she's en route to a shoot on

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Speaker 1: a short week following a Monday night unfortunate loss to

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Speaker 1: the Packers on the road. So I mean, Tory's the MVP.

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Speaker 1: Safe to say we were rooting for the Lions were

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Speaker 1: last night? I believe so we were. We were on

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Speaker 1: your side last night. Oh yeah, I believe that. And hey,

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Speaker 1: that was quite the intro. I think I need you

439
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Speaker 1: to be my hype man, hype me up for everything

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Speaker 1: I can do that I can be. I can be

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Speaker 1: your hype man. Um. You can find Tory on Twitter

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Speaker 1: at sports Tory t o ri I. She's a uf

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Speaker 1: A lump, so she's in a good mood about her

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Speaker 1: Gators right now. But Tory, you're a little down about

445
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Speaker 1: the game last night and our apologies for the loss.

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Speaker 1: I know you guys got to turn around quickly and

447
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Speaker 1: get ready for us, and we appreciate your time today.

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Speaker 1: Of course, I'm happy to do it. We've always worked

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Speaker 1: well with each other and done these kinds of little

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Speaker 1: check ins with each other as what's going on with

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Speaker 1: our team. So it's all it's fun, fun to do,

452
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Speaker 1: so obviously the mood is somber. I mean, I we

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Speaker 1: know what it's like to lose games at lambeau Field

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Speaker 1: and now it's a short week and a lot happened

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Speaker 1: in that game last night, Tory, But what was your

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Speaker 1: takeaway with how the Lions played, taking out the officiating

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Speaker 1: and losing a close game? How did you guys play

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Speaker 1: and what is your form now heading into week seven

459
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Speaker 1: and the Vikings? Well, it's really tough to talk about

460
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Speaker 1: that game and take out the officiating was certainly a

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Speaker 1: central part of it, but ultimately the Lions didn't play

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Speaker 1: well enough to win. I mean, you gotta understand that

463
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Speaker 1: sometimes calls are going to go against you and you

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Speaker 1: need to be able to play well enough to overcome that.

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Speaker 1: And the biggest problem yesterday was that the Lions kicked

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Speaker 1: field goals against Aaron Rodgers. And anytime that you do

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Speaker 1: that and you leave a window for Aaron Rodgers to

468
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Speaker 1: come back, you're setting yourself up for a little bit

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Speaker 1: of disappointment because he is just able to do incredible

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Speaker 1: things in fourth quarters of games, and you know he's

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Speaker 1: never out, So the Lions left a window for him

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Speaker 1: to get back. In there, and some of it was

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Speaker 1: because of just foolish mistakes. I mean, leaving twelvemen on

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Speaker 1: the field for a field goal defense and then opening

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Speaker 1: up the window for the Packers to actually score a

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Speaker 1: touchdown instead. That was a huge mistake for them. You know,

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Speaker 1: there was a questionable drop touchdown from t J. Hawkinson.

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Speaker 1: There were just different moments in this game where the

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Speaker 1: Lions could have gotten touchdowns and instead, you know, they

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Speaker 1: said Matt Prader, who of course is automatic and he

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Speaker 1: kicked fins field goals last night around here. I understand,

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Speaker 1: as good as Prader is, you you if you want

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Speaker 1: to when games, you gotta score touchdowns. The Lines only

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Speaker 1: had one touchdown last night against the Packers, and that's

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Speaker 1: ultimately what did them in considering the hits that they

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Speaker 1: got from the officiating as well. Yeah, and I think

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Speaker 1: you're right about that, Tory. I mean, I know you're

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Speaker 1: probably like we are. The game is over and you're

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Speaker 1: looking at stat sheets to figure out line of questioning

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Speaker 1: and storylines to write and talk about. And one of

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Speaker 1: the things you always look at is critical areas, third downs,

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Speaker 1: red zone touchdown percentage. Those are the critical areas that

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Speaker 1: determine the outcomes of games and for as well as

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Speaker 1: the Lions played, particularly on defense, I thought, Tory, I

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Speaker 1: thought your guy's defense against the Packers for the balance

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Speaker 1: of the game was really good. And you know until

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Speaker 1: the very end of the game. I mean, you're holding

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers at home. Granted he had some receivers out,

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Speaker 1: but your defense played well enough to hold Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: pretty much in check when he was at home. You

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Speaker 1: have to feel pretty good about how your defense. Yeah, definitely,

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Speaker 1: the defense has been playing well. And they were without

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Speaker 1: starting safety Quandre Digs last night as well, so they

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Speaker 1: were down a player, but they played really well, and

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Speaker 1: you know, what they did with Aaron Rodgers was impressive.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you mentioned the injuries on the Packers

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Speaker 1: side of things, but you know, ultimately, they've got to

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Speaker 1: be able to finish out games. And that's what they've

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Speaker 1: been struggling with this year, is that you know, they'll

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Speaker 1: get off to a hot start and then something will

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Speaker 1: stall in the fourth quarter and they just aren't able

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Speaker 1: to close it out. We saw that in Arizona when

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Speaker 1: the game went into overtime and they didn't then a tie.

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Speaker 1: We saw that against the Chiefs where they fought really

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Speaker 1: hard for most of the game and then things kind

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Speaker 1: of just you know, fell apart there at the very end.

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Speaker 1: And again against the Packers, I mean, they started so

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Speaker 1: hot with you know, just coming out with some deep

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Speaker 1: shots on offense. It's fun to watch and h you know,

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Speaker 1: c Matthew Stafford air it out. That's always entertaining to

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Speaker 1: watch his arm get going. Not for Viking fans, but

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Speaker 1: on this side of things. You know, he is a

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Speaker 1: really good quarterback and to see him be able to

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Speaker 1: throw those deep balls is impressive. And they got off

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Speaker 1: to a hot start with those, but then they just

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Speaker 1: could not make things happen in the red zone, and

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Speaker 1: that's been their issue this year. One thing that was

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Speaker 1: missing for the Lions of the past couple of years

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Speaker 1: at least since I've been here with the Vikings has

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Speaker 1: been the running just the consistent running game. And this

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Speaker 1: year you have a young back who obviously has been

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Speaker 1: around now for a few years. But carry On Johnson.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk about the season that he's having in

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Speaker 1: the threat that he is in the backfield totally? I mean,

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Speaker 1: carry On Johnson is a really good player, but unfortunately

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Speaker 1: the Lions have not been able to really piece their

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Speaker 1: whole run game together yet this year. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: did it against the Kansas City Chiefs right before the

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Speaker 1: bye week in Week four. But you know, the big

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Speaker 1: thing there was that Carryon had a bumble right at

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Speaker 1: the goal line. That ended up being a big swing

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Speaker 1: in points in that game. But you know, he did

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Speaker 1: have one hundred and twenty five yard rushing games. Last

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Speaker 1: night against the Packers, not so much. The Lions just

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Speaker 1: could not get the run game going. The Packers were

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Speaker 1: able to stop that, So that is something that line

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Speaker 1: made more consistency in as well. They've been protecting Matthew

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Speaker 1: Stafford pretty well up front, but they've got to figure

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Speaker 1: out how to get that run game going too. And

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Speaker 1: that isn't just on the offensive line. That's on all

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Speaker 1: the guys that are blocking. Hey, you know Dan Miller,

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Speaker 1: you guys is radio play by play guy joined our

553
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Speaker 1: radio play by play guy Paul Allen a couple of

554
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Speaker 1: weeks ago, and he said that this is the best

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Speaker 1: he has seen Matthew Stafford play in his career with

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Speaker 1: the Lions. Do you agree with that, And whether you

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Speaker 1: do or you don't, what do you like about what

558
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Speaker 1: Darryl Bevill Your offensive coordinator is doing with Matthew Stafford. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean Stafford has looked really good. I mean he's

560
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Speaker 1: been fun to watch. We've seen him air it out

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Speaker 1: and that was something that they kind of dialed back

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Speaker 1: on in recent years before Daryl Bevil came along, was

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Speaker 1: there wasn't as much of the deep ball, and we've

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Speaker 1: seen that more with Daryl Bevil, and I think that's

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Speaker 1: fun for Stafford. I think he enjoys that. So I

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Speaker 1: think he's thriving off of that a little bit, just

567
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Speaker 1: being able to throw the ball down the field and

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Speaker 1: find his receivers. So I definitely see some of that

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Speaker 1: for sure this season in Stafford. So you know, he

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Speaker 1: is playing really well. They just have to figure out

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Speaker 1: how to give that complimentary run game to go along

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Speaker 1: with it, because that's when he's really gonna, you know,

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Speaker 1: play his best ball because they have that element of

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Speaker 1: the offense as well. The thing that bugs me about

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Speaker 1: Stafford is he's like the only quarterback to have like

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Speaker 1: multiple wins at US Bank Stadium. He's won a few.

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Speaker 1: I know we're overseeing you guys, but um I always

578
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Speaker 1: tell Lobby how much he's so underrated in our in

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Speaker 1: our division, and everyone talks about everyone's Rogers, this Rogers

580
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Speaker 1: A and I'm like, oh, that guy Stafford, he kills me. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he definitely is underrated. I don't think he gets the

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Speaker 1: respect nationally that he deserves often because you know, the

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Speaker 1: team hasn't gone the playoffs and one as as much

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Speaker 1: as people expect that, you know he should, but it

585
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Speaker 1: isn't just all on Stafford. And when Stafford's playing really

586
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Speaker 1: good ball, he's fun to watch. Yeah, you said you're

587
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Speaker 1: on your way to a shoot. So what's what's happening

588
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Speaker 1: for you guys early in the week production wise? What

589
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: are you going to shoot? Yeah? So we do a

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Speaker 1: show every week called Lin's Game Plan on Foxworts Detroit

591
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Speaker 1: here and we basically do you know a little bit

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Speaker 1: of film breakdown with head coach Matt Patricia. That'll be

593
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Speaker 1: a little bit later on today, But we also shoot

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Speaker 1: some stand ups for the show, kind of steam it

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Speaker 1: around whatever the opponent is that week. And since it's

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Speaker 1: the Vikings this week and you know Minnesota and all

597
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Speaker 1: your lakes, we're going around to some lakes around Okay

598
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Speaker 1: in Michigan and doing our stand up there for the show.

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Speaker 1: I got it I'll be honest with you. Not many

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Speaker 1: states can stand up to us when it comes to lakes,

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Speaker 1: but Michigan might be one that could give us a

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Speaker 1: run for our money, don't you think No, I think so.

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Speaker 1: I think we are very underrated. It's beking of underrated.

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Speaker 1: We are underrated on the lake front. Yeah, you might be.

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Speaker 1: That's that's pretty true. We always enjoy our trip to Detroit,

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Speaker 1: and we have that one coming up here this week.

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Speaker 1: It's always fun to come and match up with you

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Speaker 1: guys and play the Lions and usually two evenly matched teams.

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Speaker 1: And I think this week is no exception. When you

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Speaker 1: look at the Vikings story, and maybe you haven't had

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Speaker 1: time to do it, but I know you had a

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Speaker 1: bye week, so maybe you checked out a Vikings game

613
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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago when we played the Giants.

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Speaker 1: But just quickly before we let you go, give us

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Speaker 1: one thought you have on the Minnesota Vikings in twenty nineteen. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think that Zimmer defense is always something that you

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Speaker 1: have to look out for. I mean, the Lions have

618
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Speaker 1: certainly had to match up against that defense plenty of times,

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Speaker 1: and that defense has has gotten from the Lions from

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Speaker 1: time to time. So that's certainly something that you're always

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Speaker 1: keeping an eye out on. They always find a way

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Speaker 1: to get after Matthew Staffords sow that offensive line is

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Speaker 1: going to have to be on their a game. Okay,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun matchup. We'll be checking out

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Speaker 1: your stuff this week as we try to get all

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Speaker 1: the Lions info weeken. But we appreciate your time this

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Speaker 1: morning on a short week. Tory, good luck this week

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Speaker 1: in the preparation and we'll see on Sunday. Okay, thanks

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Speaker 1: guys so much. It's always fun to join you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Tory. Bye. That was awesome to hear Tory

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Speaker 1: give her input on the Vikings. Obviously we got her

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Speaker 1: immediate reaction to a tough loss against the Green Bay

633
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Speaker 1: Packers pretty much driving to work the next morning, so

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Speaker 1: that was cool. Yeah, we've been in that spot. That's

635
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Speaker 1: a tough spot, off of an emotional, close, tough loss,

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Speaker 1: having to turn the page really quickly and get ready

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Speaker 1: for the next week, and you know you have to

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Speaker 1: work with your head coach who's obviously grumpy like that.

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Speaker 1: That's a tough spot. She was gracious with her time.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it. What he was Next is the fan questions.

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Speaker 1: We've been doing the fan voicemails most of these weeks,

642
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Speaker 1: but now we have the old school way of doing it.

643
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Speaker 1: A couple of emails to WABI. Let's start off with

644
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Speaker 1: Eric Travis, Eric from Seattle. I noticed Kirk went straight

645
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Speaker 1: to the sidelines after all four touchdowns. Why do you

646
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Speaker 1: think he isn't celebrating with his teammates in the end zone.

647
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 1: Seems like he's playing angry, all right? So this is

648
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Speaker 1: this is this is a good one. I want it

649
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Speaker 1: in because I want your perspective on it, because you

650
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Speaker 1: sit in this room with him for at least an

651
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Speaker 1: hour every Monday. Quickly, for me, this is one of

652
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Speaker 1: those where it's like the quarterback can't win, he goes

653
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Speaker 1: to the end zone to celebrate, and I got some

654
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Speaker 1: people emailing me being like, why is he celebrating? Act

655
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Speaker 1: like you've been there before. Then he doesn't celebrate and

656
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: he's all business, And now someone's emailing saying, what the heck?

657
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: Why is he celebrating? So I think Kirk should just

658
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Speaker 1: do whatever he feels like doing after we score. If

659
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Speaker 1: he's like intense and angry and wants to get back

660
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Speaker 1: and look at the polaroids just go to the sideline.

661
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: Let everyone else celebrate. But if he wants to play

662
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Speaker 1: a leap frog or duck duck, gray duck or whatever,

663
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: he can go do that too. Who cares. We score

664
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Speaker 1: a touchdown, everyone should be happy. The Prince music is playing,

665
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: the lights are flickering on and off. Why do we

666
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: give a rats tail what they're doing? Who cares? I agree?

667
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: And he spoke about handling his emotions and not getting

668
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 1: too high after wins, not getting too low after losses.

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Speaker 1: If you listen to everything that some of these people

670
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Speaker 1: say about him, it wouldn't be too good. So he

671
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: doesn't listen when they're saying good things about him either,

672
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Speaker 1: which is amazing. I think it's unbelievable in this social

673
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Speaker 1: media age, with all these people who crush him, completely

674
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Speaker 1: crush him, and he just doesn't listen to it. Here

675
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Speaker 1: he comes in here on a Monday, and I say,

676
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Speaker 1: you see what people are saying? He goes, He goes, no,

677
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: I don't see it. He didn't know that. The linebackers

678
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Speaker 1: said that he was the worst part of the defense

679
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Speaker 1: until after the game. Offense, Yeah, of the offense till

680
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Speaker 1: after them. He said he's a dude. I didn't even

681
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: hear about that until after you're burning right now? Okay,

682
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Speaker 1: what's my man's name? Who emailed that? Eric? Eric? All right, Eric,

683
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Speaker 1: thank you for the email. Now. Eric did include the

684
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Speaker 1: purple emoji guy after it, basically joking around saying, I

685
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Speaker 1: think Kirk's playing angry, so I appreciate him being able

686
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Speaker 1: to be to be lighthearted about it. So to answer

687
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Speaker 1: Eric's question, don't read into the non celebrations or the celebrations.

688
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: That's just who Kirk Cousins is. Sometimes you get the

689
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: you like that guy coming off the field at FedEx

690
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: Field after a big win. Sometimes you get him, you know,

691
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Speaker 1: running straight to the sideline to study the polaroids. Doesn't

692
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Speaker 1: really matter to me as long as he's throwing three

693
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Speaker 1: touchdowns a game. Yeah, I don't know touchdowns a game.

694
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Speaker 1: I don't know about all you fans, but I think

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Speaker 1: I like the you like that guy more than the

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Speaker 1: other fans do too, and they too, Yeah, which is

697
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Speaker 1: which Let's let's get that you like that. Let's take

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Speaker 1: them off over all, right, let's said, let's let's go

699
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Speaker 1: with a number two? What he got number two from

700
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Speaker 1: Rick in Davenport, Iowa. Can't say his last name, okay Um.

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Speaker 1: Over the last several years, the Vikings have struggled in

702
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: many road games. The performance in New York was awesome

703
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Speaker 1: with breakout performances by key players. What observations can you

704
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Speaker 1: provide regarding the Detroit game? Good question. Yeah, I mean

705
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Speaker 1: Detroit is a good team when it comes to playing

706
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Speaker 1: on the road and home field advantages, you know, and

707
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Speaker 1: you're talking about some of the best ones in the league.

708
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Speaker 1: You know, Detroit does not enter that conversation traditionally. Um.

709
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Speaker 1: You know, you're usually going to talk about Seattle and

710
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: Can's City and Minnesota and Chicago for home field advantage places.

711
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Speaker 1: So Detroit's not going to be in that conversation. Now,

712
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: Detroit as a good team and they're going to be

713
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Speaker 1: playing at home after a close emotional loss. So I

714
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Speaker 1: think on in the universe of ford Field, I think

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Speaker 1: the noise will be a little bit higher than normal

716
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Speaker 1: for ford Field. But in the universe of the NFL

717
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Speaker 1: and home fieldvantages, you know, ford Field is not one

718
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Speaker 1: that you typically talk about as being in the top

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Speaker 1: five or six. Yeah, I agree with that. Obviously, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings last year had a little bit of a tough

721
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Speaker 1: time getting out the gate in Detroit, which ended a

722
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Speaker 1: second half with I think a hail Mary pass. First

723
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Speaker 1: end of the first half with a hail Mary pass

724
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Speaker 1: to Kyle Rudolph which kind of brought us back and

725
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: we ended up winning that game. It's always a tough

726
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: place to play, though, I think for the Vikings, I

727
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: think that extra day for the Vikings to prepare and

728
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: one less day for the Lions to prepare will help

729
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: our causes a little bit. Kirk Cousins is also from

730
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: the area, so you kind of is excited to have

731
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Speaker 1: his family in the building and stuff like that. So

732
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: these are a few of the things that play into that.

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Speaker 1: The Vikings are one and two in road games this

734
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Speaker 1: year and undefeated at home. I'd like to see them

735
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Speaker 1: even that out, especially losing the first two in division

736
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Speaker 1: games to both the Bears and the Packers. Let's get

737
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: this one against the lines that that would be huge, ye.

738
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Speaker 1: Question number three. Question number three is a long one.

739
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Speaker 1: I think it's your favorite because you were excited to

740
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Speaker 1: answer this. Oh yeah, I forwarded two guys earlier in

741
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Speaker 1: the week. He did Josh Anderson and nice easy last

742
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: name one or all happy? Well? I thought maybe um

743
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Speaker 1: the second one. His last name was Cole, and you're

744
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: you're afraid of anyone with the last name of Cole,

745
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Speaker 1: right now, That's why you didn't want to say no,

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Speaker 1: it's actually oler rich O E L E R I

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Speaker 1: C H not Wobby. Could you elaborate on the offensive

748
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: and defensive use of hands to the face Often? I

749
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: often I see defenders or o lineman get penalized for

750
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: legal hands to the face or face masking. I also

751
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: see runners, running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks, tight ends stiff

752
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: arm to the face mask and not get penalized. What's

753
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: the rule on that? All right? So, if you're a

754
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: defender trying to make a tackle, you can't grab, twist,

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00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 1: and pull forcibly the face mask at all if your

756
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: hand is on their face mask. Now the referee is

757
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: in the subjective gray area zone where he has to

758
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: decide if this is forcible contact and there's grabbing, pulling,

759
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: or twisting. So for a defender making a tackle, it's

760
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: basically you can't twist it. You can't use it to

761
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: help you tackle by accident or intentionally. So that I

762
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: think that's pretty cut and dry. Where it gets weird

763
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: is if you're stiff arming someone, can you do that? Yes,

764
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Speaker 1: you can go flath hand and stiff arm someone in

765
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: the face as long as you don't grab the face.

766
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,839
Speaker 1: But you, as an offensive player cannot grab their face mask,

767
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: just like the defender can't grab yours. Now, if you're

768
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Speaker 1: an offensive lineman or a defensive lineman and it's hand

769
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: to hand combat and there's pass protection or run blocking,

770
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: or you're trying to get after the quarterback, you can't.

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00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: You can't put your hand on the guy's helmet or

772
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 1: face mask at all. You can't do that. That is

773
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 1: illegal hands to the face. That's the difference. So, if

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00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: you're a defender tackling someone in your hand just grazes

775
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: the face mask or touches the face mask, it's not

776
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,320
Speaker 1: necessarily a penalty. But if you're rushing the passer and

777
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: your hand gets on the face mask at all, they're

778
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,320
Speaker 1: gonna flag that. So it's all about the circumstance, the

779
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: situation where you are. That's what it comes down to.

780
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: It's not a one size fits all rule for every player,

781
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: every position on both sides of the ball. Really good question, Yeah,

782
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: it is. That's an educated nuance. It's getting into nuance.

783
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: And that's why I was excited about that, because that's

784
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 1: an emailer who is watching a lot of games and

785
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: is able to see something and then in a different

786
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: game see something similar and wonder what's the distinction, And

787
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: that's the distinction with the hands to the face and

788
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: the face masking or the stiff arming. It's pretty good.

789
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Speaker 1: You did a good job of explaining. Thank you. Let's

790
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: get back to the Fan Voicemail Box next week. Next

791
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Speaker 1: week will be show number thirteen, so obviously there's um,

792
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Speaker 1: you know, some people are superstitious about about things and

793
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 1: about numbers, and this is show thirteen coming up. So

794
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Speaker 1: that's got producer Jay Nelson thinking the topic for the

795
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 1: Fan Voicemailbox for next week. It's our thirteenth show and

796
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Speaker 1: as we all know, that's got a lot of superstitions

797
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: tied to it. So what is your biggest superstition that

798
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: you believe helps make a difference in the outcome of

799
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: a game, whether you're an athlete, a former athlete, or

800
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: a fan. I got one we want to know. Is

801
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,240
Speaker 1: it a specific outfit you wear, is it a routine,

802
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: is it something you eat? What is your superstition as

803
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: it relates to the Minnesota Vikings. Can I give you

804
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 1: an example? Yeah? Can I let the folks know how

805
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: they can submit their examples first? The question hasn't be

806
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Speaker 1: excited these phone number nine five two nine one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight nine five two nine one eight

808
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: eight four three eight. What is your Vikings related superstition?

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00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: Let us leave us a voicemail, Chris, what is yours?

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Speaker 1: I dress up my dog, Oh boy, that's what I do.

811
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Speaker 1: I dress up my dog and a Vikings jersey on

812
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: Vikings game day, and I dress her up in a

813
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: Yankees jersey on Yankees playoff game day. It seems to

814
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: be working pretty well. Um. I also have my own

815
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: jerseys and things that I do on the side. But

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Speaker 1: that's my superstition. When I played baseball, I got dressed

817
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 1: the exact same way every single time. Did you like,

818
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: put one sock on before the other sick? Yeah, just

819
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: the same thing, the same routine every single time, no

820
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: doubt about it. I can't say I really have like

821
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Speaker 1: a superstition right now, though, I don't think I really do.

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Speaker 1: But we've had some good ones over there. Take a

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00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: picture of the sign down. Oh yeah, games home games. Yeah,

824
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Speaker 1: that's right, I put it on the Graham as the

825
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: kids say, right that, I say that, right, you put

826
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Speaker 1: it on the grid. You Graham a picture of the

827
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Speaker 1: do your job, and you get all excited. I love it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I love Yeah. It's just I mean, I'm walking into

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Speaker 1: the doors and I try and do a different one

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Speaker 1: every time. Though. Producer Jay Nelson eats peanut M and

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Speaker 1: M's before Vikings games. Oh do okay? Like it? I

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Speaker 1: like it? Yeah. I mean everyone's got a good one,

833
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: or most people have a good one. We want to

834
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Speaker 1: know what it is. Nine five two nine one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight nine five two nine one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight. Leave us a voicemail. Let us

837
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Speaker 1: know what your Vikings related superstition is. Okay, last thing

838
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Speaker 1: before we go. We love doing this top five and

839
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Speaker 1: we have another dynamic one. We have two top fives.

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Speaker 1: Chris is gonna do through six games, six weeks, the

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Speaker 1: top five happiest fan bases right now, this week, right now,

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Speaker 1: who is the happiest among the fan bases in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I will do the saddest fan bases right now in

844
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Speaker 1: the National Football League. You or me first? You go first,

845
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Speaker 1: I'll go first, all right? The top five saddest fan

846
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Speaker 1: bases right now. Number five the Los Angeles Chargers. This, yeah,

847
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Speaker 1: it would be pretty sad. This squad has so much talent.

848
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: They have Phill Rivers, who's an awesome quarterback. I think

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00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: they have a good coaching staff, and they play in

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Speaker 1: Southern California, which is, you know, for some people, are

851
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,439
Speaker 1: a great place to live. Unfortunately, it's not a great

852
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: place to have great home field advantage. The Pittsburgh Steelers

853
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: basically just played a home game in their house, and

854
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: one with their third string quarterback. So the Chargers are

855
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: a team full of talent and promise, and they live

856
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: in a great climate, and their team right now is

857
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 1: is not in great shape. So that's a really sad

858
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: fan base right now. I don't care if they Hopefully

859
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 1: they snap out of it. I hope they lose to us.

860
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 1: Nothing against them, but I think you know that that

861
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 1: losing to Pittsburgh the way they did, with all those

862
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: Steelers fans in their national team, I think that made

863
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: them sad. The Atlanta Falcons, they they're up there. Another

864
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: team with so much talent, you know, and a great

865
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: quarterback and Julio Jones and a really fast defense with

866
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 1: a good scheme, but they just encounter and incurse so

867
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: many injuries and Keyan O'Neil's hurt again, and they're losing games.

868
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: I think they're one in five, like like that's like

869
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: the most talented team that's been one in five that

870
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 1: I can ever remember. I think that's a sad fan base.

871
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:12,919
Speaker 1: The Dallas Cowboys a great fan base, really really talented team,

872
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: especially on offense, defense that's getting better, even keeled head coach,

873
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: great owners, playing in Texas, which loves football. Started the

874
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: season three and oh, and they lost to Chrissie's New

875
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: York Jets and then out three and three. That's a

876
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: sad fan base right now. That's amazing. Now, that's a group,

877
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: like no disrespect, but we don't want them to rebund

878
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 1: because we play them and we're competing with them for

879
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,279
Speaker 1: a playoff spot. So another team that qualifies as that,

880
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: a team that we're competing with for a playoff spot

881
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: that's also three and three. That's very sad right now.

882
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: That also plays in California. The Rams. Yeah, the Rams

883
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: are sad right now, and they just lost at home

884
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: to the San Francisco forty nine ers, a team that

885
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: for the last few years has kind of been a

886
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: doormat around there, and the Niners jumped up and beat

887
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 1: him at home. So Jared Goff like I think he

888
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,319
Speaker 1: had a fewer than a hundred yards passing in that game.

889
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: So they're sad. Rams fans are sad right now. But

890
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: you know who's the saddest. Who's the saddest. Anyone who

891
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: watched the Monday night game this week knows what I'm

892
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,760
Speaker 1: gonna say. It's it's the team we play, the Lions.

893
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: The Detroit Lions are sad right now, or maybe they're

894
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: angry angry and said that's a bad combo. We're gonna

895
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: go into their house, said, look, the Lions win that game,

896
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 1: and they're in the first place in the division. They're

897
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: in the driver's seat. They have a chance to put

898
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 1: us at oh and three in the division. They were

899
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: going to be in great shape if they would have

900
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,760
Speaker 1: won that game. But the they had a little problem

901
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: with some penalties or non penalties, a lot of field goals.

902
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't you can't be inside the tenant

903
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: at Lambe Field and kicked field goals. You cannot do that.

904
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: You have to, I mean, you gotta you gotta score

905
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: touchdowns and they didn't. And um, I think you heard

906
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,760
Speaker 1: it in Tory Petrie's voice on this show, she seemed

907
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: pretty sad. My girl, tor is a peppy, gregarious, nice

908
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: like fun loving girl. She she's sad right at. The

909
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions are sads, Rams, Cowboys, Falcons, Chargers are sad

910
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: right now. But the good news for them is this

911
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: is a week to week league, and two weeks ago

912
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 1: the Vikings were sad and now they've won two straight

913
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: and the Vikings are very happy right now. So, speaking

914
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: of happy fan bases, Chris, what do you got all

915
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,359
Speaker 1: right for happy fan basis? Maybe not as funny as

916
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: the sad fan basis. We'll start out with number five.

917
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: I have a two way tie thanks to Jay Nelson,

918
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: our producer, Carolina and the Houston Texans. Both teams are

919
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: FOURIGN two. Carolina, I would be pretty happy losing your

920
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: starting quarterback and your FOURIGN two backup. Kyle Allen is

921
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: playing out of his mind and running back CJ McCaffrey

922
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: cannot be stopped in any facet of the offense, probably

923
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 1: one of the leading MVP candidates right now. The Texans

924
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 1: are tied with them because they're fourign two and they

925
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: just beat the Kansas City Chiefs on the road, so

926
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: just winning that game puts them in this category. Four

927
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: and two, they're in a good spot. Number four is

928
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. They've put a lot of home games,

929
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: that's why they're number four. Most of their five of

930
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 1: their first six games are at home. They're five and one.

931
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: They lead our division. I don't want to put them

932
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: too high because they don't make me very happy, but

933
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: I have them at number four. Big, big win with

934
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: some help from from the officiating crew, I'd say, so

935
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: that makes a fan base pretty happy. Yeah. Number three, well,

936
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,919
Speaker 1: first of all, or lastly on that one, Uh, they're

937
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: always happy. They're always hackers. Fans are always happier people.

938
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: They eat their cheese and they're drink their beer and

939
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: even like for our games at Lambeaux, like they're they're

940
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,839
Speaker 1: pretty nice fans. Yeah, yeah, I mean they are. They

941
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,919
Speaker 1: welcome you into their stadium. UM, and they've been winning

942
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: a lot lately, and they have a great quarterback. So yeah,

943
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: they're they're happy. Number three has a great quarterback and

944
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 1: that's the Seattle Seahawks. They're five and one. Um, they

945
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: have Russell Wilson, who has thrown for like twenty something

946
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:57,879
Speaker 1: touchdowns and has zero interceptions, probably also in that MVP race.

947
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 1: The guy's mo Yeah, he's been the best quarterback in

948
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: the NFL so far this season, and that's why they

949
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: are at number three. He's been better than Mahomes, to

950
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 1: be honest with you, because he wins games on the

951
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,800
Speaker 1: road and just like he did this past week, and

952
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: he does not turn the ball over. So unbelievable performance

953
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: so far. That is number three. Okay. I'm trying to

954
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: think of who's left. I know two who for sure,

955
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,399
Speaker 1: who are left. I'm wondering if there's maybe a third

956
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 1: you're leaving out there's a third. I think you're not

957
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: gonna name who you should who you're not, and I'm

958
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,920
Speaker 1: gonna roast you for it. Finish your top five. My

959
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 1: number two is a team that's gonna hit the heart

960
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:36,720
Speaker 1: of Vikings fans, and it's the New Orleans Saints. WHOA

961
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: you got two that I think you should put in there, Okay,

962
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: because they lost their starting quarterback for a bunch of week.

963
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:48,359
Speaker 1: Strewberrees and Teddy Bridgewater has come in and been undefeated

964
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: in maybe the not so Saint's way of winning games,

965
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,320
Speaker 1: not scoring as many points, but finding a way to

966
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: win games just like you did. This past week. They

967
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: won like thirteen three or thirteen x Um. He's winning.

968
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: He's showing his personality in the locker room. And they're

969
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 1: just hanging in the hunt. And I think they're still

970
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: right there in that division. And yeah, we're gonna have

971
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 1: to worry about the Layer in the year. That's good.

972
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: I think they should be in there. They gotta be in.

973
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: I don't know who you're gonna You're gonna leave two

974
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: teams out here. My number one is the San Francisco

975
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: forty nine. How psyched are you guys? You guys have

976
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: played the Buccaneers, the Bengals, win the Steelers on the

977
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: Browns one, and then you went and beat the Rams

978
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: on the road. And you have a game against the

979
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: Redskins coming up. You play the Panthers at home, you

980
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: play the Cardinals. I mean, they play the Packers by

981
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 1: the way coming up. I freaking hope. So they gotta

982
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: play some good teams, because man, this team is a

983
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: team that lost their quarterback to a torn acl earlier

984
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: in the season. Last last year, the whole season went

985
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 1: down the tubes and now this year they I mean,

986
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: they're running the ball all over the field no matter

987
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,440
Speaker 1: who they play, they can't the run game can't be stopped.

988
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: So that is my number one. Who did I leave out?

989
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,120
Speaker 1: You left a couple out? Who'd I leave out? I'm

990
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,320
Speaker 1: not leaving out the Patriots because they don't care about

991
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: football until they're in the AFC Championship. So that's why

992
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 1: I let that lack them out. I won't ask you

993
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: about them. That's my reasoning for the Patriots, similar to

994
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:19,320
Speaker 1: why I like, I didn't put in the Redskins or

995
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:22,200
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, like they're they're beaten down exactly, they're fan

996
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: bases are. They're not sad. There's something else. I don't

997
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: know what their emotion is, but it's not sad. The Raiders.

998
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: I did leave out the Raiders. The Raiders fans should

999
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 1: be super happy. Are they three and two? Yeah? They

1000
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: won two in a row? Wow, they're on a buy

1001
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 1: this week. They can't lose this week. They've won two

1002
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: in a row. Raiders fans should be happy. That's a

1003
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,799
Speaker 1: pretty good team to put in there. Yeah, all right,

1004
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: So that's it. Top five happiest and saddest fan bases.

1005
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: And that's it for the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. This episode,

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1013
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