1 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Yo, what's going on? Welcome to a celebratory version of 2 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings postgame report, and I'm Paul Allen, joined 3 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: to buy former Vikings player and coach Pete Bersich after 4 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 1: each and every game here at Vikings dot com. And 5 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: this is courtesy of Lumen. The Minnesota Vikings beat the 6 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals forty eight to ten. That's the best news. 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: But the Cleveland Browns also beat the Green Bay Packers 8 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: thirteen to ten, so that's like the one A of 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: good news. Kevin Stefanski, former offensive coordinator, here his former 10 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: team of solid But back to the lesson at hand. Here, 11 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: let's begin here. Carson Wentz started a quarterback, replaced JJ 12 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: McCarthy with his bad ankle. Carson Wentz two touchdown passes. 13 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: What's you think? 14 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: I think Carson Wentz did a great job executing the 15 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: offense that they asked him to do. His anticipation, his 16 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: timing on his release, him strategically just holding out of 17 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: the ball on a short drop to get the receivers open, 18 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: knowing where to go with the football. I think I 19 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 2: think he managed this offense and ran it very well 20 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: for him. What a special day, right to be able 21 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: to get out there and get that bad taste out 22 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: of your mouth from what happened to her Sunday night, 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: to beat a Cincinnati team that was undefeated, by the way, 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: and just leave no doubt so offensively, just getting back 25 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 2: to that passing game. See that come alive. That's Vikings football. 26 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 3: Now. 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: The number two seems to be a common thread here. 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings achieved their second victory of the season. 29 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz threw two touchdown passes for the first time 30 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: in Jordan Mason's career. The running back. He ran for 31 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: two touchdowns his fourth game of more than one hundred yards. 32 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: Jordan Mason, Yeah, you know why you brought him in, right. 33 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: He saw what he did with the forty nine ers 34 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: last year getting his chance to start and his ability. 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 2: I mean, he almost put up a thousand yards or 36 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 2: right at a thousand yards last year. He's a big back. 37 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: He's gonna punish a defense. And you may not be 38 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: getting a lot of moving the ten to fifteen twenty 39 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: yard runs early on in the game, but just in 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: this case, when once you get a lead and you 41 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: have some time and you have the patients to hand 42 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: that ball off some of those big runs, right, they 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 2: start to appear out of nowhere. 44 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Yep. 45 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: And Jordan Mason has absolutely delivered what he did in 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: the third, in the fourth quarter, excuse me of the 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: Bears game averaging eight and a half or eight eight 48 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: something in the yards per carry, and then in this 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: game coming up with seven point three per carry. What 50 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: a great day. And by the way, with an offensive 51 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: line with it with substitute center. We had, you know, 52 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: our first game back with Darris saus He was in 53 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 2: and out, so things up front weren't were necessary early, 54 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,119 Speaker 2: all of a sudden back together again. Mason went out 55 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: there and did a fantastic job. That's why you brought 56 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: him in. I mean Isaiah Rodgers. To think about that, 57 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: you bring in Isaiah Rodgers. I don't think anybody was 58 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: was just over the moon when we signed Isaiah Rodgers. 59 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: Most most everybody was like, who's this guy? 60 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Well? 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: How about that? Our defense, our defensive coaching staff, our 62 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: personnel department, they found him right. They they lasered on 63 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: him very very early in free agency to bring him 64 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: in here, and my heavens says, he paid dividends to 65 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 2: this defense. What a great day, you know by him 66 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: and I just go back to that fumble Eric Wilson 67 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: caused on Sunday Night. That has started a trend and 68 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: the way that this defense is just punching that football 69 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: out every team, right the Pittsburgh Steelers, when they turn 70 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: on this tape, they're gonna see, hey, we have to 71 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: protect the football against this bunch because they are ballhowking 72 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: no interceptions the first two weeks, you come back with 73 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: two today three, you know, three, and a couple of 74 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: fumbles turnover wise defensively, it's on again. 75 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: And with that number two being the operative theme here, 76 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: Isaiah Rodgers wars number two. And he had two defensive 77 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: touchdowns a pick six from eighty seven first of his career, 78 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: first interception for Isaiah Rodgers since twenty twenty one when 79 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: he played with the Indianapolis Colts. And he also had 80 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: a fumble recovery touchdown from sixty six to sixty seven yards. Well, 81 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: he became the first player in the history of Minnesota 82 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: Vikings football to have two defensive touchdowns in a game. 83 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: How about this, He's football immortality for the entire NFL. 84 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: He's the only player in the history of the NFL 85 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: with two defensive touchdowns and two forced fumbles in the 86 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: same game. 87 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: He's Isaiah Rodgins. And think about this, Carson Wentz on 88 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: his number two quarterback. He's a number two quarterback, but 89 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: he's the first guy to start for six different teams 90 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: in six seasons. He went from Philly to Indianapolis to Washington, 91 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: La Rams to Kansas City back to US. Right, so 92 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: you have another guy and to be the first person 93 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 2: to do anything in the NFL. And it's been around now, yeah, 94 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: you know, seventy years, eighty years, whatever it's been. Technically, 95 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: that's incredible. So the two theme continues. I just thought 96 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 2: of it. 97 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: Oh, here you go. What number does Harrison Smith ware? 98 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 2: Twenty two? 99 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: So he has two twos and he tipped the he 100 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: tipped the pass that was the pick six for Isaiah Rodgers. 101 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: I mean, this was so perfect for Kevin O'Connell today 102 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: because if you're reintegrating Christian Darisaw, Andrew Van Ginkle and 103 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: Harrison Smith back into the mix, so you were able 104 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: Darrisow came in with a pitch count and he left 105 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half. There are no problems. 106 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: It was part of the recovery plan. But then he 107 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: came back in the second half. I think Ben Ginkle 108 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: had two sacks. 109 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: I was gonna say, how many secks you think Bean 110 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: Ginkle had it turn he had two? 111 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, two twos the yeah. I mean, we're just too 112 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: hot to stop with this postgame report right now, so 113 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: you know, but let's pause, why because we have two 114 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: press conferences coming up, and the first just from head 115 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: coach Kevin O'Connell in areas. 116 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 3: Really proud of our team. 117 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 4: It was not too long ago we were, you know, 118 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 4: in this very room, our team in that very locker room, 119 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 4: and we did we didn't have very good taste in 120 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 4: our mouth. And this the NFL is about facing adversity 121 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,119 Speaker 4: head on, collectively working to do the things you gotta 122 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 4: do to correct whatever you need to. But sometimes it's 123 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: just a reality check on figuring out exactly who you 124 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: want to be as a team. And I felt like 125 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 4: there were some critical parts to not only our preparation 126 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 4: but our performance today from a standpoint of winning the 127 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 4: turnover battle clearly five to nothing, that that's a hallmark 128 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 4: of our organization, led by our defense, our offense, and 129 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 4: special team's ability to not turn it over and effectively 130 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 4: move the ball and do our jobs and play complimentary 131 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 4: of one another. But it was also about the leadership 132 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: and our team, and we've got a lot of them. 133 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: It's not just our captains. We've got nearly thirty players 134 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 4: received votes to be captains this year. And I can 135 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 4: name player after player that showed up today and we're 136 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 4: phenomenal for their team and just so proud of those guys. 137 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: And this is the feeling that we chase. 138 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 4: And now we've got to go back to work and 139 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 4: start checking the box of being a consistent football team 140 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 4: showing up on game day still very much some things 141 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 4: to correct. I thought we had way too many penalties, 142 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: way too many self inflicted penalties. 143 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: But when we were not hurting. 144 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 4: Ourselves, we did move the ball effectively and complimented the 145 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 4: other two phases of our team well. Individual performances, you 146 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: have to start with Isaiah Rodgers. It's really hard to 147 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 4: find a performance defensively, especially on the you know, in 148 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 4: the back end and the secondary where the players normally 149 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 4: have to come to them for them to make such 150 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 4: an impact on the game. He was finding plays to 151 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 4: make regardless of whether the ball was thrown to him 152 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 4: his way or he was just seeking the ability to 153 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: impact the game, and my goodness, what a performance. Not 154 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: surprised though, it's that's a player that from the very 155 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 4: moment we signed him, I knew he was going to 156 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 4: have a monumental impact on our team. Jordan Mason clearly, 157 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: you know, being a little bit of a bel cout today. 158 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: I thought the other two runners, A and Cam both 159 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 4: ran it well when they got opportunities our offensive line 160 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 4: controlling the. 161 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: Line of scrimmage. Uh. And then I do believe. 162 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 4: Carson Wentz just uh, you know, a guy that came 163 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 4: in played point guard for. 164 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: Us, ran the show. It was efficient. Uh. 165 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: He made great decisions, he got through his progressions and 166 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 4: did a lot of things to help the Minnesota Vikings win. 167 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 3: Today. 168 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 4: I know was a you know, out of body kind 169 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 4: of experience for him, you know, today winning winning a 170 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 4: game here at Eos Banks Stadium as a former uh 171 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: you know, lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. Not former, he is 172 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 4: a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan. But to me, the goal 173 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 4: was to go want to know today, I know sometimes 174 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 4: the owen ones you know, cause a cause a like 175 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 4: storm and frenzy, and they should, especially with the expectations 176 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: that I know I have for this team and hopefully 177 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 4: what our fans have for us. But it showed some 178 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: growth and maturity and the ability to come back and 179 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 4: put a performance like that together. Really in all three 180 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 4: phases was very encouraging for the future. Just a little 181 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 4: injury update, we did come out relatively clean for the 182 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 4: most part of Kudo was evaluated for a concussion but 183 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: was cleared to return, and Hargrave had a you know, 184 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 4: like a chest rib contusion that whatever that is. But 185 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 4: he could have came back if required, but we wanted 186 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 4: to be smart with him. I thought Christian darsol snaps 187 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 4: were absolutely outstanding and he could have continued as well, 188 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 4: but we had a mindset on kind of what we 189 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 4: got from Christian today from a snap standpoint, and hopefully 190 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 4: this is a big stepping stone for the future. Harrison 191 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 4: Smith comes back and immediately puts his hands on a ball, 192 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 4: tips it and led to Isa's first touchdown on the 193 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: pick six. 194 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 3: And then you know Andrew. 195 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 4: Van Ginkle with the two sacks coming back being his 196 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 4: reliable self in every way. I could go player after player, 197 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 4: but today and it's about those guys today, so I 198 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 4: want to make sure I allow you guys to get 199 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 4: back there and continue to talk to those guys about 200 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 4: the win they just had. 201 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: How much of the turnovers can you attribute to personality? 202 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: The defense on the pick six Marriguez was a Brownings 203 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: feed Harrison Tipsey, Asiah picks it off. 204 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 3: And then goes downfield. 205 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it goes to Flow on the call it 206 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 4: goes to There's probably four or five other guys that 207 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 4: had in some way shape or form an impact, whether 208 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 4: it's eating double teams, whether it's attacking with movement, regardless 209 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 4: of the call. I thought Flow called a tremendous game. 210 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 4: I thought we had a great plan, mix it really well, 211 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 4: and the guys made it. 212 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: Come to life. 213 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 4: So but clearly, when you can have your defense scoring 214 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 4: fourteen points and giving you opportunities as an offense, and 215 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 4: then what I did like was our ability to, you know, 216 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 4: for the most part, turn those things around and execute. 217 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 4: And when we didn't have penalties, I thought our offensive 218 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 4: execution was was pretty good. And to me, it's the 219 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 4: pre snap ones, new quarterback, you know, new center, cadence, 220 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 4: all those things. 221 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 3: All those things can be excuses. 222 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 4: They're not going to be We've got to fix those 223 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 4: things and be on the hunt to play even more 224 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 4: consistent football for sixty minutes next week. What you're seeing 225 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 4: from Isaiah Rogers behind the scenes that sort of legendi 226 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 4: believe this building, Well, it starts I mean, if I'm 227 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 4: being one hundred percent honest, you know it starts with 228 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 4: I can remember vividly the conversation with Brian Flores about 229 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 4: him when in the vision for the player, the vision 230 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 4: pairing him with Murph, and what we thought that could be, Like, 231 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 4: you know, Flow, you know, I don't want to go 232 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 4: through the time we've been together and those types of 233 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 4: names when he's got that tone in his voice when 234 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 4: he brings it to me and we collectively then collaborate 235 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 4: with the personnel side. But he Isaiah's on that list 236 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 4: of guys and the other ones that he's mentioned have 237 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 4: turned out pretty darn well here and then some of 238 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 4: the guys that maybe went elsewhere, those guys have showed 239 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 4: up well. So I think it's a matter of Flow's 240 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 4: impact and his ability to have vision for players like 241 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 4: we've seen here with two free agencies now where there's 242 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 4: been an immediate impact on our team from some of 243 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: these guys that show up and end up being great 244 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 4: Minnesota vikings for us since he. 245 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 5: Got Travision for a player, like what did you see 246 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 5: for Jordan Mason? 247 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 3: And then has he kind of met what you've offered 248 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 3: him exactly? 249 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 4: I mean, you guys can feel the power he runs with. 250 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 4: He's a really good, you know, eight to nine wide 251 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 4: zone runner. He finds the space, he can put his 252 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 4: foot in the ground, he can get north and when 253 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 4: he gets around the goal line, and we have the 254 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 4: type of movement and some of our work up front 255 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 4: that we had both from our line and our tight ends. 256 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 4: Our receivers were involved in the plan today big time. 257 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 4: I thought Adam Thielen was huge in the run game, 258 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 4: Jalen Naylor justin Jefferson had some you know blocks that 259 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 4: you would have thought we threw an adr touchdown with 260 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 4: how the guys in the booth and some of the 261 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 4: coaches were reacting. So the all eleven feel was there 262 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 4: absolutely in our run game. And then I felt it 263 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 4: as well, you know, in our execution in the past game. 264 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 3: And there's some. 265 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 4: Plays out there that that we would you know, thought 266 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 4: we could make and and we'll make those we'll continue 267 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: to grow as a unit. But Jordan Mason, I mean 268 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 4: I would have loved to get him more work. But 269 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: it got you know, it got to the point there 270 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 4: where we wanted to be smart with him, and he 271 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 4: got north of that Hunter mark. He got on the 272 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 4: end zone twice and we're gonna shut him down for 273 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 4: the day. 274 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: Christian, what was the conversation like over the last week 275 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: getting him to the point where everybody. 276 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, I knew Ben. 277 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 4: I knew basically wednesday's practice he was the first guy 278 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 4: to every drill, first guy in the huddle, just a 279 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 4: juice that quite honestly elevated our entire team. I told 280 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: him if there's I told him out on the field, 281 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 4: if there's ever a question of what a franchise left 282 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 4: tackle means to an organization. I think we felt it today. 283 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 4: I think we felt it throughout the week. I think 284 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: the confidence level that his teammates had, our quarterback had. 285 00:13:59,400 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 3: Was felt. 286 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: And that's really what guys like CD at the you know, 287 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 4: the top tier their position in the NFL due to 288 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 4: football teams. And I knew early in the week we 289 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 4: would have a chance. But at the same time, it's 290 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: all it was always going to be a process, the 291 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 4: work from the start of his rehab, from the moment 292 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 4: he had the procedure to now. I could get emotional 293 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 4: talking about it, just because I'm there every day and 294 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 4: I see it. I see the journey that this guy's 295 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 4: been on, and I, you know, the love of football 296 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 4: and the love of his teammates every single day working 297 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 4: back to this moment, probably my you know, I loved 298 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: giving Will Reker and Isaiah Rodgers and Carson Wentz game balls, 299 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 4: but that was by far my most you know, the 300 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 4: most memorable one that I've had in a long time, 301 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 4: just because of the personal, one on one kind of 302 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 4: journey from that moment late in the second quarter against 303 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 4: the Rams on Thursday night to right now and watching 304 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: him do what he did today, and he will only 305 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 4: build on it. But I think he's you know, I'm 306 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 4: just so proud of him. 307 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 6: This is what you envisioned when you signed Carson's uttered backup, 308 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 6: and I know he didn't want to necessarily want to 309 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 6: see him when he did. 310 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 4: And yeah, I think I think the most important thing 311 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 4: is Carson. Whether it was the Thursday practice Atlanta week 312 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 4: he stepped in or having all the reps all week long, 313 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 4: I think he's learning with the type of people in 314 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 4: that huddle with him. If he just takes the right footwork, 315 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 4: does his job, runs the show. There's going to be 316 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 4: people to throw the ball to. We're gonna be able 317 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 4: to be efficient, and once we rectify the penalty being 318 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 4: something that gets in our way from success, we will 319 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 4: have a chance to be a complete offense. And I 320 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 4: think he felt that and he just you know, felt 321 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 4: like he could go out there and execute. And I 322 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 4: thought he gained kind of confidence and settle down as 323 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 4: the game went on, and really proud of him. That's, 324 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 4: you know, this is the vision you have for sure 325 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 4: to answer your question. And I thought that his his poise, 326 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 4: his calmness, and his do your job kind of effectiveness 327 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 4: as the quarterback provided poise for everybody in that huddle. 328 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 7: A nice He's a speed pretty much every day. 329 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm pretty confident when he got the ball in 330 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: his hands both times that he was gonna be able to. 331 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: Take it all the way. 332 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 3: Oh, I mean it was. 333 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 4: I just know this guy is begging to return kicks 334 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 4: and he's begging to go back there. But as I've 335 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 4: told him many times, you're gonna score this year. And 336 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 4: he told me in the locker room, he's like, coach, 337 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 4: you said, I was going to score. I said, I 338 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 4: wasn't telling you something you didn't know. We just had 339 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 4: to get your hands on the ball. And and then 340 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: he's a problem when he's got it because he's got 341 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: natural running instincts and the guys get the guys know 342 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 4: when when number two, you know, catches that ball, that 343 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 4: there's gonna be some uh, there's reasons to go put 344 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 4: a hat on somebody in block because he's all he 345 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 4: needs is a crease and he's. 346 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 3: Gonna be a tough guy to catch for sure. 347 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: Do you remember what Flow saw specifically with him that 348 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: maybe other people hadn't seen from a covers carner. 349 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 4: Well, you know, I think he saw sticky coverage. I 350 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 4: think he saw a guy that you know, was growing 351 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 4: from a standpoint of being able to project his fit 352 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 4: with how we would use him, you know, specifically when 353 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 4: he's that kind of field corner. And then we wanted 354 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 4: to pay that with a you know, big physical body 355 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 4: like Jeff Acuda who did a lot of good things 356 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 4: today as well. And then that allows Murph to really 357 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 4: be what we need Murph to be, incredibly impactful inside 358 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: outside the flex of all that. But but yeah, it 359 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 4: was it was a combination of a lot of things, 360 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 4: and then you know, we sat down and watched him, 361 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 4: and quite frankly, I was you know, I was pretty 362 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 4: surprised that we were gonna have a legitimate chance to 363 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 4: get him. And I think that's sometimes teams have whether 364 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 4: they've drafted you know, a couple DB's in the first round, 365 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 4: and they you know, have a veteran player, you know, 366 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 4: like the team Zay was on. But I know that, 367 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 4: I know that, you know, he's been impactful wherever he's 368 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 4: ever been. He just it's the consistency of getting the 369 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 4: opportunity and what a performance today is just spectacular. 370 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 7: Does a kick like that from will change how far 371 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 7: you might be willing to let him let. 372 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 3: Him dry in? Yeah, I mean you guys saw it. 373 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 4: It was to hit it sixty two, you know, darn 374 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 4: near halfway up the net is something else. And he 375 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 4: I got so much confidence and will it's almost dangerous 376 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 4: because he starts seeing Okay, you know they give me 377 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 4: lines before the game of make it, take it all 378 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 4: that stuff. I normally add two or if I scratch 379 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 4: it out and add two or three to. 380 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 3: It to either number. 381 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 4: But I thought it was just a nice way of 382 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: capitalizing getting points off that last turnover. I'd kind of 383 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 4: told Flow, hey, all the timeouts are yours, you know, 384 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 4: we let's let's get a stop here and then we'll 385 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 4: come out and get another stop and keep the momentum going. 386 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden we had an op 387 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 3: and I wish we didn't get the penalty on first 388 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 3: and ten there. 389 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 4: You know, you know, Christian was gonna go in and 390 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 4: get retaped to be able to come back out. That 391 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 4: was the only reason why he missed that sequence of 392 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 4: snaps right there, because he was excited to get in 393 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 4: and make sure he was ready to. 394 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 3: Come back out and roll. 395 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 4: And then we got called for, you know, our left 396 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 4: tackle being lined up too far back, which seemed to 397 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 4: be something that probably both sides were getting warned about 398 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 4: throughout the day. It was unfair to Blake. It's his 399 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 4: first snap really in there, and they call him for it. 400 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 4: But that's that's the rules. That's the way. It's very 401 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 4: clear to us that's that's what happens. But would have 402 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 4: nice to see, hey, little drive starter, a little trick 403 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 4: play there and then see where we could have maybe 404 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 4: gone from that with all of our timeouts left. But 405 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 4: we got the three points and carried that momentum through 406 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 4: the second half. 407 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: Would you have let him go from sixty two if 408 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: you hadn't run out of time? 409 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 3: Say that again. 410 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: Would you let him go from sixty two any other 411 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: time during the game if you weren't up. 412 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: Against the clock? Oh yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean 413 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 3: we'd be right on that number. 414 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 4: The big thing is, you know you're thinking about throughout 415 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 4: the game, you know, is it a fourth and is 416 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,479 Speaker 4: it a green on our charts to maybe go for it? 417 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 4: You know, the way Ryan Wright's been punting the ball 418 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 4: and our gunners are consistently showing up at the shoelaces 419 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 4: of the returners, like sometimes the menfield position in a game. Sometimes, 420 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 4: especially with your defense playing like that, that leads into it. 421 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 4: But there's gonna be times where Will's gonna hit that 422 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 4: kick in a really close game, and it could be 423 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 4: to win it. It could be to be the three 424 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 4: points we need to win it. It could come early 425 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 4: on in the game if it if it presents itself. 426 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 4: And that's the kind of confidence that I have in him. 427 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 7: Kevin Carson has a ton of experiences in this league. 428 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 7: I mean, you talk about his poise, can you feel 429 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 7: just him drawing on everything that he's been through as 430 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 7: he goes through a practice, as he goes through the game. 431 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 4: So smart, so smart has an understanding of exactly who 432 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 4: he is as a player at this point. And look, 433 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 4: I you know, I know that we write a lot 434 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 4: of narratives about these guys, good and bad, and we 435 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 4: use those words very quickly in many ways. But listen, 436 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 4: he's last couple of years, he's played in Week seventeen 437 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 4: for two really good football teams in many ways, with 438 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 4: you know, a lot of the starters resting right alongside 439 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 4: the starting quarterback. And he goes out there and competes, 440 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 4: and when you go back and you really go back 441 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 4: over the you know, the timeline when he's been given 442 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 4: really good opportunity normally he's played really good football. And 443 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 4: I've always been a fan of his. You know, he's big, 444 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 4: he's strong, he's smart, he commands and I was not 445 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,239 Speaker 4: you know, I told him, you know, when we took 446 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 4: him out of the game, I was the least surprised 447 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 4: person in the whole building today that he was able 448 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 4: to go out there and effectively run our offense. And 449 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 4: I think there's a reason why I came here, he 450 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 4: had a lot of you know, opportunities potentially, and and 451 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 4: going through the plan, probably the most fun part was 452 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: we were trying to, you know, make sure he was 453 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 4: comfortable with everything we were doing. We did some things 454 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 4: that were new for us but very comfortable for him, 455 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 4: some RPO type plays, some some different things that he 456 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 4: made come to life throughout the week and then showed 457 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 4: up on game day. But at one point he said, Coach, 458 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 4: the reason why. 459 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 3: I came here is this system. 460 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 4: And you guys and our players and the guys they 461 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 4: get to be in the huddle with, so you fire 462 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 4: away and let's rock. And that was probably you know, 463 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 4: as exciting of anything throughout the week because then at 464 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 4: that point I knew the trust was there. We clearly 465 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 4: trusted him to go play football. And and he did 466 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 4: so many good things today and and I think he'd 467 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 4: be the first one to tell you that there's there's 468 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: even more you know comfort now that he's kind of 469 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 4: gone through a full week, played a game, and now 470 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 4: you know he'll he'll he'll get another opportunity. 471 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 3: Here, you mentioned get another opportunity you go in. I 472 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 3: see that means going the week we're playing for him 473 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 3: to start. 474 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, see the thing about JJ's you know, he's got 475 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 4: his high ankle. He's responded well to the early part 476 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: of the treatment. But for a young player, you know, 477 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 4: I want to make sure that he's healthy, especially the 478 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 4: guy with the movement skills that he has UH and 479 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 4: has clearly shown in his first two opportunities. We're you know, 480 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 4: we're gonna do right by him and make sure Listen, 481 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 4: he you know this guy, this guy probably would have 482 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 4: tried to go today and be, you know, out there 483 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 4: doing whatever he could. I mean, he nothing that he 484 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 4: wants more than to be back out there with his 485 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 4: teammates and and but at the same time, he was 486 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 4: so supportive of Carson all week. I thought Josh McCown 487 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 4: did a phenomenal job getting Carson ready to go, leaning 488 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 4: on their experiences previously together and finding that balance of 489 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 4: allowing me to have my time with him as well 490 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 4: so that on game that that dynamic could help us win. 491 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 4: So look, this was a you know, we wanted to 492 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 4: win a football game. Get the taste of last Sunday 493 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 4: at home out of our mouth with a great another 494 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 4: unbelievable performance by our fans. You felt them all day 495 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 4: long and that you know, I call it feed the 496 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 4: energy at the bank. 497 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 3: Man. 498 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 4: Our team knows how important it is to do that 499 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 4: because our fans never let us down when we're able 500 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: to give them things to get excited about. And can't 501 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 4: wait to get back here. It's going to be a while, 502 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 4: but I can't wait to get back here for our 503 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: next opportunity we can in front of our fans. 504 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: All right, coach. The Vikings also have two games in 505 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: Europe coming up next week, the first against the Pittsburgh 506 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: Steelers from Dublin next Sunday, then our home away from 507 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: home Pete Tottenham Hotspur in London to play the Cleveland Browns. 508 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, former offensive coordinator for the Vikings, did us 509 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: a solid today, but Vikings will try to beat him 510 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks and you know, we'll see 511 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: who's that quarterback at that time. JJ McCarthy having that 512 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: ankle sprain. You know, before we hear from Carson Wentz 513 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: Pete on the broadcast today in the first half when 514 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: it was still kind of a game. It was like 515 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: fourteen zero something like that. Yeah, that there were plays. 516 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: Wentz throw a touchdown to Josh Oliver Okay to start 517 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: Festivity seven zero. But a lot of the plays we 518 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: were seeing were between the numbers, between the hash marks 519 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,959 Speaker 1: with Jefferson and Hockinson and players catching it and running 520 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: after the catch in the middle of the field. We 521 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: just hadn't seen a lot of that the last two games. 522 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 2: What changed, No, we hadn't seen a lot of that 523 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 2: in in in a lot in a little more of 524 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 2: the pistol type of a look in a quick, a 525 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: quick throwing game. What's changed is just this is the 526 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 2: That's the offense that Carson Wentz has used to executing. 527 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: That's the offense that Carson Wentz executed brilliantly in his 528 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 2: in his one game that he played with the UH 529 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 2: with the La Rams a couple of years ago against 530 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 2: the forty nine ers. He's very very good with the timing. 531 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 2: No one when to pause, let that let that MI 532 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: receiver come open, and then not have to really put 533 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 2: his foot in the ground and deliver the football on time. 534 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: But when it's going to the flat, it gets out 535 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 2: there early. Allot TJ. Hocketson to turn one up yes, 536 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 2: you know, in the end zone, almost almost into the 537 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 2: end zone for a touchdown. Later hits him over the 538 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 2: middle of the field right, kind of an off schedule throw. 539 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 2: So for Carson Wentz, he played as well as I 540 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 2: think you could expect for a guy who hasn't been 541 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: here for very long, and you feel confident with him 542 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 2: going forward. Now here's the other thing, too, Paul, is 543 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 2: you take a look. I mean, Pittsburgh I think had 544 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 2: a good day today. Cleveland won. These are two road 545 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 2: games that we're playing on neutral sites, so it's gonna 546 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 2: be a lot easier for this football team, I think 547 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 2: to travel on Ireland and then to London instead of 548 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 2: having to go back to back from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. 549 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 2: And this game, this was as big of a third 550 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 2: game of a season, I think as you can get 551 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: in that you lose this one, it's a long week, 552 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 2: long road trip, and then whatever happens in Ireland, you've 553 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 2: got another week in London to just fester with it, 554 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 2: good or bad, and you know, a shot in the arm. 555 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 2: Guys responded when they needed to write proverbial fork in 556 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 2: the road. You're you give up nine sacks in the 557 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 2: first two weeks of the season. Offensively, You're you're stagnant, 558 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 2: You're just it's just not the offense that we've seen here. 559 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 2: For them to bounce back impressive. 560 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz Bismarck, North Dakota go crazy through for two 561 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: touchdown passes today and here's what he had to say 562 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 1: after the game. 563 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 5: Person you talked on Friday about being excited just for 564 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 5: this opportunity and especially with the Vikings, just wondering kind 565 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 5: of what your emotions were today and the first series following. 566 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, there was definitely a lot of emotions. I had 567 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 8: a channel, you know, running out there. It's been a 568 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 8: while since get any chance to do this, But then 569 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 8: obviously being in the Purple and Gold means means a 570 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 8: little extra something to me personally. So yeah, I definitely 571 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 8: had a lot of emotions, but it was able to 572 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 8: channel them to the best of my ability to go 573 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 8: out there and have a lot of fun those guys. 574 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 9: Yeah, and that's what it was. It was a ton 575 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 9: of fun. Also, a ton of fun. Watching the defense 576 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 9: play like that always helps. 577 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 8: I think it was five turnovers or whatever, so that 578 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 8: definitely made it a little easier for for the whole squad. 579 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 3: But yeah, it was it was. 580 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 9: All I can say is I had had a blast out. 581 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 9: There was something tone early on on that first drive 582 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 9: kind of yeah. I mean I think that was, you know, 583 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 9: big for me personally, but big for this team. You know. 584 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 8: I think that's something that we've we've been maybe lacking 585 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 8: a little bit. So it's something we've talked about, is 586 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 8: starting fast, you know, and and finding our identity in 587 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 8: a game quickly. And I thought the guys really the 588 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 8: old line kind of set that tone right away, both 589 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 8: with with the run game. I mean, we were getting 590 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 8: JP wasn't getting hit till he was ten yeards down 591 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 8: the field, it felt like early on. And so just 592 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 8: with that, but then protecting me early in that drive, 593 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 8: Like I mean, it was it was fun to go 594 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 8: out there and just go right down the field like 595 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 8: that and set the tone early and then kind of 596 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 8: let our defense dig in. 597 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 7: Carson, it looked like you were comfortable out there all game. 598 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 7: Did you feel a comfort level even though you haven't 599 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 7: been here terribly long? 600 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I did. 601 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 8: It felt felt like football game, you know, which was fun. 602 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 8: So you know, once once that that kickoff happened, it 603 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 8: just felt like another game going out there, and so, 604 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 8: like I said, I was able to channel all those 605 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 8: emotions just go play. Did I play a perfect game. 606 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 8: By no means there's definitely plays I want back. Took 607 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 8: a couple of sacks. I can't be doing that, you know, 608 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 8: So there's still a lot to learn. But any time 609 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 8: to come away with a win like that, it's hard 610 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 8: to win in this league. So it's it's fun to 611 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 8: be fun to get him when you can. 612 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 7: Said you might have a point guard the way you 613 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 7: kind of were a distributive. 614 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,959 Speaker 2: All did feel like that you kind of get into 615 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 2: rhythm as the game went on with with your personnel. 616 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean that's that's obviously, that's what I want 617 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 8: to do when I go out there. I mean, I 618 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 8: don't want I don't want to be the one making plays. 619 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 8: I just want to get it to these playmakers. 620 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 3: You know. 621 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 8: That's always been my my philosophy. And we got some 622 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 8: good ones here and that's been fun just seeing them 623 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 8: work and practice. It's only been a couple of weeks obviously, 624 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 8: but seeing it live in a game like today, even 625 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 8: Jets just catching you know, a little deep slant and 626 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 8: turn it into whatever he did thirty forty yards. It's 627 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 8: one for me to see that because my job just one, two, three, 628 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 8: throw it and let them do the hard work, and 629 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 8: so that's really the goal every time, you know, I 630 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 8: don't want to be running around trying to make plays. 631 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 8: It happens, but yeah, it's fun to fun to kind 632 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 8: of see that and see those guys come to life 633 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 8: like that. What were the emotions out of the tunnel 634 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 8: when you go to your girls and you guys had 635 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 8: that moment. Yeah, it's been now, we've been doing that 636 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 8: in a couple of different uniforms, but that moment as 637 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 8: a family was was pretty special. 638 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 3: It always is. 639 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 8: You know, It's something I don't take take for granted. 640 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 8: I'm seeing my my beautiful wife and my beautiful three 641 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 8: little girls standing there. They are so fired up to 642 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 8: come to these games, and they're already doing the skull chance. 643 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 8: They got it down. So for me to come out 644 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 8: and just get that breath of fresh air with just 645 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 8: my family remind me of, you know, put my brain 646 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 8: in my mind in that perspective, there's so much more 647 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 8: to life than just this football game. That kind of 648 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 8: helps me have a comfort when I go out and 649 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 8: play with a little sense of peace that's a little different. 650 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 8: So seeing them that meant a lot always does to me. 651 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 6: With Zickie with you talk with your owners briefly after 652 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 6: meeting with your family, would you would you chat with him? 653 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 8: Yeah, nothing, nothing in particular, but it was it was 654 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 8: fun to fun to talk to him. I've talked to 655 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 8: him now a couple of times, and you know, again, 656 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 8: grew up chairing for this team, so it's it's pretty 657 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 8: special even just chatting with him pre game quickly and 658 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 8: getting this opportunity like. 659 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 7: Playing with with Justin for the first time, and maybe 660 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 7: some of the unique ways that teams covered him. 661 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 9: Yeah, he's he's pretty good. 662 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 8: That's that's the obvious statement, but it definitely presents teams are, 663 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 8: without a doubt aware of him, and you know, you 664 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 8: get some unique coverages that quite frankly, I've probably never 665 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 8: seen in my now ten ten years, just because of 666 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 8: who he is and the attention he draws. And so 667 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 8: there's some different coverages that teams are throwing at us, 668 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 8: and I'm seeing that on film already, and so it'll 669 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 8: be interesting to see how teams want to keep trying 670 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 8: to stop him. Thankfully, we have a plethora of options, 671 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 8: which is which is pretty fun. Uh fun to be 672 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,719 Speaker 8: the guy pulling the trigger to all these other guys. So, 673 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 8: but yeah, he's he's pretty dang good, and so it's 674 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 8: fun to get out there and finally connect with him person. 675 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,719 Speaker 5: You mentioned the play that justin extended. I guess, just 676 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 5: what is it like when you have a receiver of 677 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 5: his caliber who's so willing to basically run a guy 678 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 5: over and take that contact. 679 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, just seeing him do that is obviously 680 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 8: pretty special. But I think just seeing him do that, 681 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 8: as far as being a leader on this team, speaks 682 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 8: volumes of that. You know, he wants to he wants 683 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 8: to not only make the catches, but he wants to win. 684 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 8: You know, he's gonna do everything he can help this 685 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 8: team win. And I see that in practice. I see 686 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 8: it with how how hard he practices. You know, guys, 687 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 8: I've been around some really good players in my career, 688 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 8: and he works as hard as any of them, and 689 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 8: so I respect that about him. And again, it's only 690 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 8: been a couple weeks since I've been here, but that's 691 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 8: something I noticed pretty quickly. 692 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 9: So the leadership that. 693 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,959 Speaker 8: He brings to the table. Not only is he as 694 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 8: good as he is, but he works as hard as 695 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 8: he does. And when those two things go hand in hand, 696 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 8: it's tough to stop. 697 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 6: You're a new guy. How much easier does it make 698 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 6: it for you? When your quarterback has two touchdowns. 699 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 9: On its terrific. It's just terrific. 700 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 8: I mean, for a while there, I don't think we're 701 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 8: on the field, and we scored a couple of touchdowns. 702 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 9: I didn't have to do anything. That's great. 703 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 8: That's great is I'm not sure sure I've ever well, 704 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,959 Speaker 8: nobody's ever seen a performance like that, So that was 705 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 8: That makes it real nice early in a game like 706 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 8: that to settle in, especially after we already kind of 707 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 8: did go down and score, to see them do that. 708 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 8: This defense, our defense pretty nasty. 709 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 6: Especially about the way Jordan Mason runs. 710 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 9: I mean, he's not afraid to go right up the middle, 711 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 9: even if there's only a. 712 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 6: Little bit of a hole and all that. 713 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 9: Yeah, he runs hard. 714 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 8: He runs hard, and obviously that's pretty clear to see. 715 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 8: But I think defenses will be you know, they don't 716 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 8: want to come downhill and tackle him either. And he 717 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 8: runs hard, and he though line did a great job 718 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 8: of opening those gaps and getting him into the second level. 719 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 8: And if I was playing safety, I wouldn't want to 720 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 8: come downhill and tackle him. So, and he does all 721 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 8: the other little things well too. He you know, pass 722 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 8: protects really well, catches it out of the backfield. He's 723 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 8: really on his on his stuff. So I can't say 724 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 8: enough good things about him. It's fun to see him 725 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 8: kind of slashing out there today. Ken mentioned during the 726 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 8: league that you had told him, like, you came here 727 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 8: because of the plays, and you kind of wanted the 728 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 8: plays that he had, just what you would envision when 729 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 8: you came here, and why the decision. 730 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 2: To be at Viking. 731 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 8: Yeah, just something i'd scene, you know, in my last 732 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 8: couple of years of him being a play caller and 733 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 8: head coach. Is just the way he's always able to 734 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 8: move the football and be successful. And so that was 735 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 8: a big part of wanting to come here, was working 736 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 8: with him, but also just this roster and so getting 737 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 8: to see it up close and personal today. Obviously it 738 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 8: was only three quarters, which was weird. Didn't expect that one, 739 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,959 Speaker 8: but it was fun to kind of just get our 740 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 8: feet wet, so to speak, and looking forward to to 741 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 8: the next one. 742 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: All right, Steelers next with Aaron Rodgers, a familiar foe. 743 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: The Vikings played Aaron Rodgers in Europe last year in 744 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: London and Andrew Van Ginkel picked him off for a 745 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: pick six and they beat the Jets. Pittsburgh will be formidable, 746 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: but they're all formidable. Unfortunately, the Vikings come at it 747 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: from a two and one record after they beat the 748 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals forty eight ten. Thank you very much, Luman, 749 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: We thank Pete Bursich, and I'm Paul Allen convincing Minnesota 750 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: Vikings victory today at US Bank Stadium. Thank you for 751 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: listening to the postgame report, and don't forget to peruse 752 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: vikings dot com for reaction and recaps of all of 753 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: the action.