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Speaker 2: Well, Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by PEPSI.

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Speaker 2: My name is Gabe Henderson. I am in the TCO

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Speaker 2: Radio studio with the one and only Keenan McCardell. Minnesota

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Speaker 2: Vikings by Receiver coach Keenan. This is an honor, first

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Speaker 2: and foremost to be talking to you. I know we

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Speaker 2: talk a lot off air, but just thinking about how

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Speaker 2: this season has gone, I feel like your room has

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Speaker 2: been the most entertaining room, not just in this building,

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Speaker 2: but for the entire NFL. Just describe what these first

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Speaker 2: two weeks have been like for you and your unit.

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Speaker 3: That's been next man up type mentality for us. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I think everybody's been scrambling and thinking about who's gonna play,

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Speaker 3: who's not gonna play. It doesn't bother me because the

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Speaker 3: way I teach it is that the next man up

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Speaker 3: you gotta stay ready, you know, and I think you know,

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Speaker 3: Jordan's been down.

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Speaker 4: Speed, He's been down.

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Speaker 3: You know, guys have been hurt, and it's just been

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Speaker 3: like the next man up has to play, you know.

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Speaker 4: Trent's Trent's been a big.

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Speaker 3: Part of our room. VP has been a great part

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Speaker 3: of our room. So he's been there. He understood it

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Speaker 3: from last year when Jets went down, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm not changing the next man up.

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Speaker 4: Next man has to make his plays.

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Speaker 3: And I think we have that type of mentality in

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Speaker 3: our room and we understand it, you know. And I

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Speaker 3: guess it kind of comes from the way I feel

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Speaker 3: the way this game should be played, or the way

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Speaker 3: I was brought up in this game. You know, you

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Speaker 3: always got to stay ready, you know, so you don't

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Speaker 3: have to get ready as the old quote say. You

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Speaker 3: know that's what they say, but it's true in our room.

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Speaker 3: I mean, those guys know that. I stress to him.

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Speaker 3: At any given moment in a game, somebody could go

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Speaker 3: down and you got to be ready.

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Speaker 4: I mean, like I tell him all the time, you

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Speaker 4: got to be a pinch hitter. You got to hit.

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Speaker 3: You know, if you're not a starter, you got to

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Speaker 3: be able to hit, you know, And pin Shitter's got

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Speaker 3: to hit when they when they're called on. So and

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Speaker 3: my guys have responded, and I hope they continue to respond.

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Speaker 3: I think they will. I have a great group of

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Speaker 3: guys that love to play the game. They love to

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Speaker 3: play with each other. So that's been good. And we

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Speaker 3: kind of established that in training camp. You know who

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Speaker 3: we want it to be so and I think.

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Speaker 2: And what what is that? You know?

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Speaker 3: We want to be a group of group of guys

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Speaker 3: that when my numbers call, I make my play. High

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Speaker 3: model in our room is hit a call not to call.

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Speaker 4: Do your job? Is your job to be.

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Speaker 3: Open all the time? Is your job when your numbers call,

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Speaker 3: to make that play. And it's not just for you,

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Speaker 3: It's for the team, you know. And I think they

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Speaker 3: understand that. That's how we that's how we think about it.

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Speaker 3: It's a team game at the end of the day,

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Speaker 3: you know, and everybody has to do that job selfless.

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Speaker 2: Just hearing you talk about everything that you just said,

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Speaker 2: the word selfless comes to mind. And a play one

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Speaker 2: place sticks out to me more than one because I'm

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Speaker 2: thinking about the New York Giants game Week one. Justin Jefferson,

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Speaker 2: Trent Shirfield is running the post and he has to

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Speaker 2: this ball should be coming to me, but he's thinking

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Speaker 2: about Jalen Naylor. Give me an example of like that

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Speaker 3: Those things like that happen all the time. And I

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Speaker 4: And I think they understand that. You know a lot of.

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Speaker 3: we understand that. Like that's how we talk about it,

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Speaker 3: the EBB and FLOYDA game, Like all right, now they're

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Speaker 3: doubling jets. It's your turn to go make your plays.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna get one on one. I think I think

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Speaker 3: those guys know it. We I mean like it's preached.

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Speaker 3: It's preached in my room so much because I don't

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Speaker 3: if you want a bigger role in the movie, go

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Speaker 3: do your role and do it to the highest level,

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Speaker 3: and maybe the director would give you another role, give

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Speaker 3: you some more, some more camera time. And they start laughing.

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Speaker 3: But then they really realize what I'm talking about. The

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Speaker 3: think about this. You keep making plays when your numbers

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Speaker 4: So that's how I tell them. Man, it's crazy, but

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Speaker 2: It makes sense because you talk about the team aspect

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Speaker 2: you got to be able to, you know, be selfless,

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Speaker 2: do a clear out route, but also when your numbers called,

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Speaker 2: you got to be patient enough to let the ball

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Speaker 2: come to you and go make a play. But one

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Speaker 2: underrated aspect that I've started to see from the wide

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Speaker 2: Hockinson he hasn't been playing the first few games due

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Speaker 2: Walk me through just that aspect of being a complete

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Speaker 3: Being a complete wide receiver, we always talk about being

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Speaker 3: Everybody's like, well, you're going to catch the ball, catch

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Speaker 3: And sometimes the dirty work calls for you to go

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Speaker 3: don't look like you can get there. It's going to

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Speaker 3: I think your job in this run play is to

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Speaker 4: So you got to go do your job.

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Speaker 3: And those guys have they've set a standard in there

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Speaker 3: this all the time. Being physical with the DB's in

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Speaker 3: the run game is only going to set up the

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Speaker 3: play pass for us. Prime example, Speedy's touchdown on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: You know that both of the safety in the corner

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Speaker 3: We bluffed it and went through and got a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: But probably first half we ran a similar run where

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Speaker 3: Speedy came down and Tie broke outside and Speedy thump

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Speaker 2: The safety didn't want to He was trying to brace

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Speaker 4: He thought, yeah, he thought it was coming. So it happens.

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Speaker 3: And I think, you know, that's part of the game

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Speaker 3: that that guys don't they underestimate, you know, And I

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Speaker 3: think I always tell them, we can run the ball

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Speaker 3: put eight in the box. We can throw it over

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Speaker 3: you don't need twenty four targets to get your hundred yards.

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Speaker 3: You need, you know, back in the old day, you

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Speaker 3: get about six of them and you're over one hundred

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Speaker 3: and you've done You've done your job, and we won

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Speaker 3: the game.

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Speaker 2: I mean this past Sunday, the ninety seven yard catch

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Speaker 2: justin Jefferson's touchdown catch is a prime example of hey,

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Speaker 2: look all it takes is one play and you're three

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Speaker 2: whether you know it was the ref running full speed,

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Speaker 2: turning hips like a defensive back, yes, and running the

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Speaker 2: touchdown block when you relived that play, what's one of

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Speaker 3: First to the playfate, I mean, because we set that

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Speaker 4: Been running the ball.

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Speaker 3: We ran the ball well the week before, and we

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Speaker 3: the play fate really sucked everybody up. You know, it

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Speaker 3: was really two on three. Jets had two guys, Speedy

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Speaker 3: and you know, Sam saw it. I saw it on

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Speaker 3: the sideline. I was like, well, I'm pointing at Jalen,

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Speaker 3: like throw it to him. And then I look up

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Speaker 3: and I see Jets split. And I knew Jets was

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Speaker 3: going to split him, but I just didn't know what

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Speaker 3: time and it made a great throw. Then after that,

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Speaker 3: you know, I call it a mad play because I

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Speaker 3: think he was on the like the thirty five yard line,

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Speaker 3: and Speedy is just the extra effort. Those are the

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Speaker 3: type of things that those little things like that make

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Speaker 3: that that people was like, Wow, these guys are are

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Speaker 3: really playing for each other, you know. And I think

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Speaker 3: Jets ninety seven yards, he was just surprised that they

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Speaker 3: really gave him the coverage. But he's also just surprised that,

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Speaker 3: you know, he had a chance to have one, a

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Speaker 3: big one down the field. And I think that's what

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Speaker 3: it's all about, you know. And I always preached that

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Speaker 3: and be like, man, that ninety seven yards is part

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Speaker 3: of your one hundred yard game. And I always tell them,

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Speaker 3: I say, in long drives and backed up situations, you

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Speaker 3: have to have an explosive play to convert into some points.

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Speaker 2: Before we go to break. My final question for you

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Speaker 2: is just thinking about that that one play. I mean

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Speaker 2: Sam Donald throws the perfect ball, right, I mean he

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Speaker 2: We are back. This is the Minnesota Vikings Podcast resented

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Speaker 2: by Pepsi, Keena Marcardo, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver coaches here

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Speaker 3: For me, getting chance to coach Steph was great for me.

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Speaker 3: We must execute to a high level. Penonies and turnovers.

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Speaker 4: Yep, you can't. You can't let that happen.

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Speaker 3: You gotta come out and meet physicality with physicality, speed

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Speaker 4: You know, it's gonna be a great game.

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Speaker 3: I think last week was a was a test for us,

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Speaker 2: Bro.

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Speaker 3: I mean, sometimes we're talking and I'm like, say that again.

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Speaker 3: Yes, especially when the defense is on the on the

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Speaker 3: if say that one more time, hold on, let it

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Speaker 4: All right? Talk, you know.

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Speaker 3: But that's great though. That's what our guys love. That's

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Speaker 3: what a home crowd should do. It should bring that energy.

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Speaker 3: And our fans have been amazing and I hope they

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Speaker 2: They will.

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Speaker 3: We just got to continue to put good product in

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Speaker 2: Three and oh is the goal? And uh a guy

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Speaker 2: Ken McCart One of those is the goal. One of those.

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Speaker 4: This chapter, this chapter has got to get to be

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Speaker 4: one and oh.

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Speaker 2: One and oh. That's the only thing that matters. You

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Speaker 2: get one this week, one this week you stack the

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Speaker 2: winds and continue to build from there. But in the meantime,

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Speaker 2: came at appreciate you as always.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you, bro.

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Speaker 2: That was Minnesota Vikings wide receiver coach Keenan mccardeal kind

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Speaker 2: enough to give us his time heading into the Week

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Speaker 2: three matchup against the Houston Texans. So many things to

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Speaker 2: few things they stand out to me heading into this

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Speaker 2: matchup is that both the Texans and the Vikings are Yes,

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Speaker 2: they're two and oh right now, but still this is

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Speaker 2: the first time that both teams have started this season

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Speaker 2: five to oh all time against the Houston Texans, and

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Speaker 2: ultimately you want to get that six win and keep

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Speaker 2: the tradition alive. But as we move forward, we know

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Speaker 2: this is going to be a hard fought battle between

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Speaker 2: a lot of guys that know both organizations very well.

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Speaker 2: I believe there are a handful of guys on both

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Speaker 2: But I believe the team that has the quickest turnaround

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Speaker 2: and getting over that adversity to start the game will

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Speaker 2: be the team that comes out victorious this upcoming Sunday. Ultimately,

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Speaker 2: we want that team to be the guys in purple.

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Speaker 2: But as we continue to move forward, Kevin O'Connell said

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Speaker 2: it best. When this Minnesota Vikings team is playing at home,

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Speaker 2: the extra juice is felt throughout the entire team. So

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Speaker 2: Vikings fans, make sure you're there early at US Bank

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Speaker 2: Stadium on Sunday, make sure you're allowed, make sure you're

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Speaker 2: wearing purple, and now ultimately cheering this Minnesota Vikings team

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Speaker 2: on to another win, resulting in three and zero for

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Speaker 2: the season for Keeney mccardo. Our producer Eric Davidson, my

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Speaker 2: name is Gabe Andersen. Guys, thank you so much for

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Speaker 2: tuning into the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by PEPs