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Speaker 1: I'm Tatum Everett, Gabe Henderson, J Nelson or in TCO

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Speaker 1: the ones and twos, and right off the top, we're

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Speaker 1: You heard him all season on the Vikings podcast channel

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Speaker 1: with the tailgate. It's siamitson SI. Have you processed everything

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Speaker 1: We're at like about mid Sea old Ish area fifty

427
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Speaker 1: forty other forty something like that. And in the history

428
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Speaker 1: of modern football, with that clock situation, everybody's throwing the

429
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Speaker 1: ball everybody and they hand it off to Adrian Peterson

430
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,159
Speaker 1: because he's the only thing that works for him and

431
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: Peterson runs it like thirty forty yards down to the

432
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Speaker 1: goal line to set up the game winning feels like

433
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: that was a moment, and then he didn't. He comes

434
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Speaker 1: up seven yards short, and he's in the post game interry.

435
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: I think it was maybe Tafoya asking him like seven

436
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,160
Speaker 1: yards eighty or nine yards whatever. He came up short,

437
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: and you've got that great quote of Hingers on nine

438
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 1: what nine? What? Like? He had no idea, but there

439
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: was such an iconic imagery with that time moment in

440
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: big time run, capping off this big time season. I

441
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,360
Speaker 1: think the same thing, Tatum. I think you're absolutely right

442
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,159
Speaker 1: to say if JJ would have had an iconic moment

443
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 1: to cap off the season, I think they'd almost have

444
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: been forced to give it to him, given what he

445
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: did in Buffalo on such a visible level, what he

446
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,240
Speaker 1: did all year long. Yeah, I think the thing about it,

447
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,120
Speaker 1: especially with that Peterson year, was he was just completely undeniable,

448
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: and you know, and that one it was the whole

449
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 1: idea of you know, their stack in like eight and

450
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,880
Speaker 1: nine man boxes and Adrian was still ripping off those

451
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: kind of yards and so so oh for sure, And

452
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: and part of it though too. The thing about Jefferson,

453
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 1: you know, on a similar vibe, was you just brought

454
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,199
Speaker 1: up like the Bills game. If he doesn't have that

455
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: ridiculous circus catch, you know, we're not even getting close

456
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 1: to having the ability to stay with them, let alone

457
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,719
Speaker 1: win that game. How many times did you have to

458
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,400
Speaker 1: have it? You know, making the catch on the three

459
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: yard line at the end of the game. He was

460
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,360
Speaker 1: doing everything he had to. You know, everyone in the

461
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: entire stadium, let alone the country who was watching that

462
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: game knew who was going to get that ball, and

463
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: he was still doing it. And I think having more

464
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Speaker 1: of those moments as his career continues to progress, is

465
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 1: going to make him more and more undeniable. And if

466
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Speaker 1: he does continue to have seasons like this, at some point,

467
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,200
Speaker 1: he's going to pop one of those awards. And it's

468
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,120
Speaker 1: whether it's almost a lifetime achieved an award for everything

469
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 1: that he's doing versus you know, season to season that

470
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: I think so many of these MVP awards and everything

471
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: are popularity contests, and you know, guys, all the four

472
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 1: other guys that are in the running for it right

473
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: now are one of those guys that are undeniable too,

474
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Speaker 1: And how much of a difference maker they are for

475
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Speaker 1: their team. I think for Justin, the whole idea is

476
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Speaker 1: going to be if he continues to do this year

477
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: after year after year, you know he's going to pop

478
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Speaker 1: something like this because of just him being completely undeniable

479
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: as one of the best players in the league. And

480
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: I think to your points, I of Justin Jefferson will

481
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: be at the top of some of those lists next year.

482
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: I think that's what that's the reason why we have

483
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: not seen running backs or non qbs win this award

484
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: because the following year they kind of have a drop

485
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Speaker 1: off year. So if Justin Jefferson, you know, we could

486
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: use him in a more quality and efficient way and

487
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 1: he still has the same production, I do think it's

488
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: a very valuable argument next year that he should be

489
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: a considered for MVP. I mean, his goal next year

490
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Speaker 1: is to get two thousand receiving yards. If that's the case,

491
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 1: but we're not targeting him as much as we did,

492
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: I mean we had. I mean, if he has the

493
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: same amount of targets this year, which was I believe

494
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighties something targets and two thousand receiving

495
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: yards next year, he's definitely in that in that in

496
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: that argument, Yeah, I think I think that's kind of

497
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 1: I'm just one of those guys. Whether it's basketball or

498
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 1: football or anything else. You know, athletes have changed how

499
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: they're how they raised. They don't play three sports anymore,

500
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: you know, how the body how they recover high usage

501
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: doesn't like take Vikings and Jefferson out of it. Really

502
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: high usage consecutively, you know, usually leads to a little

503
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 1: bit of a tougher time in the future. So, you know,

504
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see them get some more weapons in

505
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:48,360
Speaker 1: the building and really fully form, you know, an offense

506
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: that feels multiheaded, because that's the thing you hit on,

507
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 1: another wide receiver, another weapon. All of a sudden, you

508
00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 1: start looking like the Dolphins weapons, the Chief's weapon, you

509
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: know where You're like, oh my gosh, it's coming at

510
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: us from a lot of different ways here. So jj

511
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 1: Gott in the MVP conversation, but I saw on Twitter

512
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: there were several several fans who are pretty upset that

513
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: they felt Kevin O'Connell was snub for Coach of the Year.

514
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on the list of coaches on

515
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: their not including koc first year head coach with thirteen

516
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,439
Speaker 1: wins and eleven and no and one score games. What

517
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: are so who are the coaches that are on the

518
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: list above him? Sean McDermott, Nick Sirianni, Kyle Shanahan, Brian Dable,

519
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 1: and Doug Peterson. Yeah, I mean that's pretty stupid. Now

520
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: I'm going to say some things that Viking fans will love,

521
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,120
Speaker 1: and I'm going to say some things that they will

522
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: not love. That'd need to have five names and have

523
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: them be those like, it's very stupid. I think Nick

524
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: Sirianni is a fantastic coach. I think Kyle Shanahan is

525
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,960
Speaker 1: a fantastic coach. To me, those organizations should be up

526
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Speaker 1: for General Manager of the Year, and I'm sure they

527
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: probably are. But when you look at the rosters built,

528
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 1: the draft picks that have been hit year in and

529
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: year out in San Francisco, you know the A. J.

530
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: Brown trade in Philadelphia, combined with the draft picks they've

531
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 1: hit there, you know the signings they've like, to me,

532
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 1: those are those coaches are absolutely fantastic. But there is

533
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Speaker 1: a bit of a you know, there's a there's a

534
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 1: organizational vibe there. It's like, what are you to me, coach?

535
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Speaker 1: Of the year is what are you dealing with and

536
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: what did you accomplish? So do I think Kevin O'Connell

537
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 1: could go coach those two rosters and have really good years. Yeah,

538
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: I do very much think that. To me, it was

539
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: Brian Dable. That team was horrific. They've been horrific fort

540
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: so long. Like think about this, people are like the

541
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: Giant should keep Daniel Jones. Can you imagine that conversation

542
00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:00,120
Speaker 1: a year ago Brian Dable? Like I thought Dable and

543
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 1: his staff kafka. I mean, look at what they did

544
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: to us in the biggest moment. Dable is fantastic. I'm

545
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: a huge Doug Peterson guy. I love Trevor Lawrence. It's like,

546
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: it's not difficult to be better than than Urban Meyer,

547
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: you know, I think I think you can be very

548
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: bad and be better than Urban Meyer as an NFL

549
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: head coach. But what Doug Peterson did there this year,

550
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: So like those two, I very much get those. I

551
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: love Sean McDermott. I don't know if anybody saw the

552
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: video of him. You know, Diggs is an emotional player.

553
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: You know he can be a little tough to deal with.

554
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: These I love. I think he's fantastic. He's one of

555
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: my favorite players. But I don't know if you guys

556
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: saw the video of McDermott calling him down on the

557
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: sideline this year and Diggs like putting his head on

558
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: his shoulder, fantastic. I think that guy is an awesome coach.

559
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: So if you look at it, what's what's more impressive?

560
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: Is it you know two guys who have awesome, awesome

561
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: rosters built really really well, you know, low price quarterbacks,

562
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: talent all over the place that hasn't come to contract yet.

563
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: Or is it you know what Dable and Peterson are doing.

564
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: Or is it McDermott who's dealing with a lot of

565
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: the cap issues now that you have a high priced

566
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: quarterback and your defense was out all year. You know,

567
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Speaker 1: I don't know man to keep that conversation going and

568
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: apply it back to Kevin O'Connell, like you took a

569
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Speaker 1: team that had been like it literally is coaching. I

570
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: don't know how else you go like, hey, we lost

571
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: all those games last year and we won them this year.

572
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: It's it's one of the few times that you can

573
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: and I liked Mike Zimmer, but you can directly say

574
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 1: like coaching made a difference like, so, yeah, he wouldn't

575
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: have been my pick for winner, sorry everyone, but to

576
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: have him not in the top five, let alone maybe

577
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: the top three, is absurdity. I agree with you and

578
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: part of that that's why I'm not on Twitter. I

579
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: would have thrown an I agree with you and that,

580
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: And the whole thing is, again, if it's not the

581
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: popularity contest of who is the best team this year,

582
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: and it truly is, who is the coach that led

583
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: his team to a point where people didn't expect them

584
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: to be there? To me, it's day Ball. And the

585
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 1: reason why is if you remember even preseason, why they

586
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: were listed to potentially be like a bottom five team

587
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: in the league as far as what people expected for

588
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: their wins, and for them to make the run not

589
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: only to the playoffs, but then to win a playoff

590
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: game on his dime. I just it felt to me

591
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: like day Ball is the one that really outshined the

592
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: other coaches and even Peterson. You know, there's some talent

593
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: down there's definitely some young talent in Jacksonville, and again

594
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: they were kind of surprising, but to me, it was

595
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: day Ball this season overall surprised me. The most as

596
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: far as what he got out of that team. Well,

597
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: this is something else that nobody's gonna like. And I

598
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: don't know when they decide these awards. Do they decide them?

599
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: They decide them at the end of the regular season,

600
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: right typically, Yes, that's where the voting happens for MVP

601
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: and everything is the end of the regular season. So

602
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: but I you know, I have this thing that you

603
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: can't pass the class if you fail the final. And

604
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: you know, and I think we our state is so sensitive.

605
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: Our fans were also sensitive that, like if you were

606
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: like that wasn't great, Like how dare you say we

607
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: did something not good? Like we get our we get

608
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: our hot dishes up in our you know, all up

609
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: in our loins and lose our minds. But it's I

610
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: think when you lose the way you've been winning, when

611
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: you've been winning around the margins, when you lose in

612
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: that way in the playoffs, I think that's tough. I think,

613
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of the things that are being

614
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: dissected about our loss, you know, fall into that category,

615
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 1: like it's you know, we you know, took the class

616
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: all year and kind of failed the final and to

617
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: day Boles credit and to Doug Peterson's credit, they went

618
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: in as as lower seeds will Jacksonville. They had a

619
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: home game. I thought they were the worst team, but

620
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: to go in and pass the final if you will

621
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: that that says a lot. You know, Yeah, I would.

622
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I agree with the list outside of Doug

623
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: Peterson and Sea mcdermoy, like you guys said, like, I

624
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: do think Kevin O'Connell should be on that list, but

625
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: I would also put Dan Campbell on that list also

626
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: from turning a three or fourteen team to a nine

627
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: in Campbell no go ahead years, that's him. You're right, Gabe,

628
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: How did I not think of that that psychopath is

629
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: my coach of the year. That he is absolutely one

630
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: of the guys we had on the tailgate. Zach Martina,

631
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: die hard lifelong Vikings fan. He has or excuse me,

632
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: Lions fan. Has brought me into the world of Dan Campbell,

633
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: brought me past the corny quotes and the silly like

634
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 1: the craziness, you know, and brought me into who he like.

635
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: I told this, Jay, Well, I mean it's Zach Martina

636
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: had told both of us, and then was hammering on me.

637
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: He was like, I need to let you know that,

638
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: and he wasn't being cocky. He goes, Dan Campbell is

639
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: going around town like when the Vikings went there and lost.

640
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: He goes, he is selling this game like it's the

641
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: super Bowl, like he is hyping an entire state up.

642
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,240
Speaker 1: He goes, if Jamison Williams gets the ball and gets

643
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: behind somebody, they might bear the roof off of this stadium,

644
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: right and lever texting me during the game, he goes,

645
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: this is the loudest I have ever heard the stadium

646
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: ever in my life. And I think Dan Campbell where

647
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: he's still hey, I think he's starting to put those

648
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: silly mistakes behind him, like those game management mistakes, even

649
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: like we saw against us in the first game. And

650
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 1: I just think you want to talk about a culture change,

651
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: hell of a culture change here in Minnesota. Can you

652
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 1: imagine changing Detroit's culture. I'm convinced, like to win the

653
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: NFC North and be a dominant team, We're going through

654
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: Detroit in the next few You like you're you're everybody's

655
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: worried about the Packers. Aaron Rodgers one hundred and sixty

656
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: years old, Jordan Love can maybe play. Detroit is about

657
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: to be a monster and Dan ca Amble good call game.

658
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: That is he's my coach of the year. That's very silly,

659
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: but he's my coach of the year. Yeah. A lot

660
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 1: of people were talking about that, um you know with

661
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: him not being mentioned. I mean I get it to

662
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: an extent. He didn't make the playoffs, but what he

663
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: has done with the Detroit Lions and just how they

664
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,240
Speaker 1: ended the season, I think he should have at least

665
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: been one of those five. So we'll say, but yeah,

666
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: it'll be a purple and blue division I think for

667
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: the for the years to come, at least the next

668
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: couple of years with the Vikings and Lions being at

669
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: the top. How good is it to think about, like

670
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: now I'm gonna say this and I'm gonna knock on

671
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: someone in my house here, But how fun is it

672
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: to think about Packer fans like there's gonna be this

673
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: moment because I you watch him right now and they're

674
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,760
Speaker 1: like good Rod Rogers, it's time for love. Like they're

675
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: they're like trust fund baby, you know where they don't

676
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: you know, like the richest kid in your high school.

677
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: Like they would crash their Porsche and then a week

678
00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 1: later they'd give him Mercedes now, like there's no real

679
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: understanding of what anyone else who's like I worked. I

680
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: worked two years to buy a Volkswagen Jetta from nineteen

681
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: ninety five. Like, imagine when they if the Jordan love

682
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: thing doesn't if he doesn't turn out to be, you know,

683
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play professional football.

684
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: Think of the odd reality that's going to hit their

685
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: fan base when they enter into the quarterback reality that

686
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 1: almost every other organization has existed in because there's never

687
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: been I mean, we've had back to backs where you know,

688
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: far Rogers, you had Montana Young, you know, Manning Luck,

689
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: even though Luck retiredly, but we've never had We've never

690
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: seen back to back to back Hall of famers in

691
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: an organization, have we not? That I can think of

692
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: off top of my head. And the thing is, you know,

693
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: you think about the organization they even had Bart Starr

694
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: way back in the day before any of us were

695
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: born at this point, but like that is something that

696
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: you know, they had the lean years going into Brett

697
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: Fire with Makowski, and so a lot of fans tend

698
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: to say, you know, there's a whole generation of fans

699
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: at this point that have never experienced that, and you know,

700
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: I think being on this side of the river, everyone's

701
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: always kind of going, guys, you have no idea what's coming,

702
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 1: and I think there's always kind of that wishful feeling

703
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: because you're tired of being beaten down by thirty years

704
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 1: of Hall of Fame quarterbacking. But I mean, one thing

705
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: that they've proven to do is identify those kind of players,

706
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: and kudos to them for doing it, but still, you

707
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: know them, don't give me that. That's funny. Listen, GM

708
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: wise if you're willing to do it, and you can

709
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,959
Speaker 1: find those guys more Part two. But it's been it's

710
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: been killer for us. So yeah, zero kudu to them.

711
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: They have two titles in thirty years. Hey, congratulation. That's

712
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: like somebody you like, like if you inherit ten million

713
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: dollars and then thirty years later you have ten million,

714
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: two hundred thousand dollars. Tatum, I have a question for you.

715
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 1: Oh wow, Tables of Turns. You've seen it, Like, I'm

716
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: just this is relating to the Green Bay thing, but

717
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: you've you've watched it being a New Orleans person, and

718
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: I know you have a lot of friends down there

719
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: and I know you have a lot of people down

720
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: there and family have you, like they are going through

721
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: it right now, right you you go through the twenty

722
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: years of Drew Brees and Sean Payton and then you're nothing. Yeah,

723
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: You're like, wait are there bad coaches and quarterbacks? Sometimes? Oh?

724
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I would say it kind of

725
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: feels like you're watching them revert back to like pre

726
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: Sean Payton, pre Drew Brees, because when you aint the

727
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: Aints right, like you wear the bag on your head,

728
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: you know. Um, I'll be honest, like I don't really

729
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 1: talk to a ton of Saints fans anymore. Like my

730
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: friends are Saints fans. We just don't talk about it.

731
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: And my parents end up keeping up with the Vikings

732
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: marks they watch what I do, so they're more Viking

733
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: stands right now than they are Saints fans. So yeah,

734
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: you kind of have this feeling of like where to

735
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: go next and will it ever work out? And what

736
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: band aid are you going to put on until you

737
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 1: finally are able to draft a quarterback? Which was I

738
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: mean personally, I remember remember when when Joe Burrow won

739
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: the Super won the national championship and everyone was like, Okay,

740
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 1: how what do the Saints need to trade They can

741
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: trade up and get Borrow because we know Breeze is

742
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 1: going to be gone. We know this is we got

743
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 1: to keep him in the state. Like people were knew

744
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 1: what was going to happen, but that they you know,

745
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: and obviously everyone there, most of them are also LSU fans,

746
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: so they really wanted to keep Burrow in state. But um, yeah,

747
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 1: I mean I think it's I think it's going to

748
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: be a route awakening. You can't just I mean, when

749
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: you have a Hall of Fame once in a generation,

750
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: not once couple in a generation style player like Aaron Rodgers,

751
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,280
Speaker 1: Jordan Love probably is not going to be the answer.

752
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: He might be efficient, but he's not going to be

753
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: the game, you know, the absolute ultimate game changer the

754
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: way that he is. Yeah. Absolutely, I mean that's like

755
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: it's almost like being Michael Jordan's son. They're like, what

756
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: are you supposed to do? Like you could be pretty

757
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: great and everybody's like, yeah, when are you gonna dunk

758
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: from the free throw line in a cool way? Is

759
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: gonna everybody and win six titles? Like there's no that's

760
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,240
Speaker 1: a that's a tough thing to be the third guy. Also,

761
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: can you imagine if it pans out, like if you're

762
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: Jordan Love and all of a sudden you have an

763
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: of fame career, you all that is that's some pretty

764
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: boss right there. That would be cool. But it would

765
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: be cool, right, that would be some that would be

766
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: some boss stuff. And the only thing that worries me

767
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: about Jordan Love is in that game he came in,

768
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: I think it was against the Philadelphia Eagles. I it

769
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: was it would suck to see I think if you're

770
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: a Pakistan it was good, but it sucked to see

771
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: his Like he was pretty even, you know he was.

772
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: He was pretty calm, and he had a little bit

773
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 1: of that like Rogers thing where he was moving around

774
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,919
Speaker 1: throwing positionally from different spots. His cool, calm demeanor made

775
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: you go uh, because you know, we all talk about

776
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: we all talk about like core backs like it's backyard football,

777
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: like he's squat and win the game and throw it.

778
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: But the reality is, like being a quarterback in the

779
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: NFL is getting your play walking up to the line

780
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, reading the defense, knowing your progressions. Maybe you

781
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: make a change depending on like the where you are

782
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: on the Peyton Manning scale. And what you're allowed to

783
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 1: do as a quarterback. Right, you make your adjustments, you

784
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: make your read, and then as the ball is snapped,

785
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: you find out if your read was right essentially right, Gabe,

786
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: and you adjust to it, and you progress and you

787
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: make a decision. Like when Tony Romo, everybody's like he's

788
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: like a genius. He's calling where Tom Brady throws the

789
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 1: ball air for time. You're like, no, he's just an

790
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback man, Like he's looking at the same thing

791
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: tom Brady is looking at and going, well, if that

792
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: linebacker goes there, tom Brady's gonna throw it here. And

793
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: since Tom Brady's amazing at reading defenses and progressing and

794
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: process seen information, he was right a lot. So I

795
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 1: think I think the thing that scared me a little

796
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: bit was it looked like Jordan Love was processing information

797
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 1: in a quick, non frantic manner. So you know, I

798
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: don't love that. I love that every fan has like

799
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: a super thick country accent. I just don't do other voices.

800
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 1: And if I do, like, I could do my Italian

801
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: guy voice, but I don't want Chris Corso to send

802
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: me a DM on Instagram yelling at me. So I know,

803
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. Sounds like every fan

804
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: I ever that ever called into the TV station in

805
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: Texas and Louisiana to complain about their team not being

806
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 1: you know, the first thing on the sports cast. Oh,

807
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 1: I love that. People sometimes get after me for using

808
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: that voice. I don't know what you want me to.

809
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: I come from uncles who go, hey, did you see

810
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: the game like that? If you don't think that's gonna

811
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: be my voice when people say something outrageous, it's just

812
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 1: gonna be. I love it. I love it. I'll right

813
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: at home. Well, SI, One last thing before you go,

814
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: what is your off season looking like? I know you guys.

815
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: Have you started a series ranking the Purple. You can

816
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: see that on YouTube and hear it on the Vikings

817
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: audio channels. But is there anything more going on for

818
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: you as far as the ring. There's always stuff going on, Tatum.

819
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 1: That's a fantastic answer, thank you. Yeah, we're gonna We're

820
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: gonna do We're gonna do more ranking the Purple. Um,

821
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: you know, and I think when we came up with

822
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: the idea, you know, and the Vikings were playing so well,

823
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: it was a perfect opportunity to do a playoff. One,

824
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: and it was so nice of Paul Lamberton and Eric

825
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: Nordquist coming and be a part of it. And I

826
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: think the original idea for the show is that it,

827
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,800
Speaker 1: you know, we just get to rank anything and everything

828
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: Vikings and so it doesn't necessarily like it gives you

829
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk about the team in the off

830
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: season when there's not as much to talk about in

831
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: those moments, you know, And so I like the idea.

832
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: I want to rank the greatest we just talked about

833
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. I want to rank the greatest Adrian Peterson

834
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: moments of all time, the greatest Randy Moss moments of

835
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 1: all time. I want to do, you know, I want

836
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: to rank iconic fans that we've had, you know, the

837
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 1: New World Order Championship belt, dude. I want to do

838
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: food at the stadium. I want to do you know,

839
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: there's so much stuff that is you know, involved with

840
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: Viking fan culture and being a Viking fan, and so

841
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: we are going to do more of those. I don't

842
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: know what the schedule is going to be. I don't

843
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: know when we're going to do them, how we're going

844
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: to do them, but we are going to do them.

845
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: That I know. The next one is that we're going

846
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,839
Speaker 1: to do is coming up here in the next month

847
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: or so, and it'll be it's a really really fun idea.

848
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: But maybe I'll come on for a couple of minutes

849
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: and tell everybody about it when we do it. But

850
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: I just want to lock it in first. But thank

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Speaker 1: you for mentioning that. Yeah, the door is always open.

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Speaker 1: You can only be on here. We enjoy having you

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Speaker 1: in your perspective. Um for now. Oh no news, Oh no,

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Speaker 1: is there really? Oh goodness, Jet, it's it's small breaking

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Speaker 1: news that I can tie to a conspiracy theory. The

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Speaker 1: Jets have hired Nathaniel Hackett to the offensive. Okay, where

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Speaker 1: where is this? Where is this person? Who did I

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Speaker 1: talk to? And they were like, where is Aaron Rodgerson going?

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Speaker 1: I was like, the Jets make a lot of sense

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Speaker 1: and they were like, no way, that's no, it's raiders

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Speaker 1: or nothing. I'm like, no, listen, I listened all the weapons.

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Speaker 1: I listened the reasons why I got I will find

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Speaker 1: them right now. Yeah, who are they to get right

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Speaker 1: down there? Oh here's the thing. I like doing that.

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Speaker 1: If Woody is willing to give up, their owner is

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Speaker 1: willing to give up multiple first round picks, which I

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Speaker 1: don't like. The moment that news came out, you're like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: they're getting him because no one else is gonna You

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Speaker 1: have to be a pretty specific team to sacrifice that

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Speaker 1: much for a guy who at the end of every

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Speaker 1: season it's like, I don't know, maybe I'll retire and

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Speaker 1: hike through the woods. So it's, uh, yeah, he's gone. There,

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Speaker 1: that's that's im. He's gone. Yeah. I mean the conspiracy

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Speaker 1: before was when he got hired at the Broncos, was

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Speaker 1: that they were going to get him. That's why they

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Speaker 1: made that move. And then it didn't work out and

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Speaker 1: they one got Ross and we all know how that's

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Speaker 1: gone so far. But I mean, you got to think

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Speaker 1: all the Jets need is a quarterback. Yes, that's what

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Speaker 1: I said. They have all they they have the running backs,

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Speaker 1: they have the receivers, they have an amazing defense. The

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Speaker 1: defense kept them in those games and made them good

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Speaker 1: this season. They literally have everything. Yeah, and all he

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Speaker 1: has to do is change one color in his jersey

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Speaker 1: from gold to white and they're good. So yeah, and

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Speaker 1: your name is publicly said retired number twelve for Aaron Rod.

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Speaker 1: He did it's happening, and he gets to go to

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Speaker 1: New York, so what the heck? Yeah, yep. Also, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to I wonder if you'll change that fake Southern accent. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: New York. Forget about sits on snap Mac. You know

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Speaker 1: I do. And every one time I dipped into a drawl,

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Speaker 1: You're like, what do you mean telling jokes literally from California? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Uh okay, thank you guys, Goodbye. I appreciate you, appreciate

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Speaker 1: your side. What a way to end. That's that's the

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