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Speaker 2: Vikings Fans, The moment you have been waiting for has

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Speaker 2: finally arrived. The twenty twenty four Minnesota Vikings schedule is

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Speaker 2: finally here. My name is Gabe Henderson, and on today's show,

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Speaker 2: we are diving deep into every opponent on the Viking

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Speaker 2: schedule this season, with so much to discuss, Today's episode

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Speaker 2: is a jam packshow with excitement without further ado, Let's

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Speaker 2: jump right in, Vikings fans. The weight is officially over

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Speaker 2: and the twenty twenty four Minnesota Vikings schedule has finally released.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to episode number two eighty of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast,

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Speaker 2: resented by Pepsi. My name is Gabe Henderson, and we

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Speaker 2: have the full MVP team with us today. That's Tatum

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Speaker 2: Everett from Vikings dot Com, alongside Jay Nelson and our

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Speaker 2: producer Eric Davison. I'm guys, we finally wrapped up rookie

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Speaker 2: Minnie camp and now the schedule makers have graced us

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Speaker 2: with the twenty twenty four Minnesota Vikings schedule. So I

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Speaker 2: want to start with week number one. So the goal

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Speaker 2: for today's show is to break down each six weeks

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Speaker 2: What stands out to you about those first six and

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Speaker 4: It's always one of the best days and most anticipated

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Speaker 3: They are tough, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Is game stretch. I mean, that's just brutal right there. Luckily,

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Speaker 3: That is correct. Yeah, my gosh, they're again.

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Speaker 4: So And that's the thing too, like you know, you

436
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Speaker 4: anticipate Stroud being Week three. You know he's going to

437
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Speaker 4: be completely comfortable with whatever they're cooking with at that point.

438
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Speaker 4: The one thing that gets weird at the front end

439
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Speaker 4: of the season usually is a little bit of timing

440
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Speaker 4: issues on offense for all teams. Usually defense is a

441
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Speaker 4: little ahead of the offense. But to have a guy

442
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Speaker 4: like Stroud who had a good season last year and

443
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Speaker 4: now you get to the classic sophomore season and team

444
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Speaker 4: defenses have had a chance to plan against you for

445
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Speaker 4: an entire offseason. We'll see what happens with some of

446
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Speaker 4: those guys. I mean, perty week two, you anticipate that

447
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,440
Speaker 4: guy being on another level again this season. And you

448
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,840
Speaker 4: got Jordan Love week week four and Aaron Rodgers most

449
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Speaker 4: likely week five. So again, there's some fun quarterback matchups

450
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Speaker 4: here this season, and it just kind of feels like

451
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Speaker 4: front end back end for me. There's there's a heavy

452
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Speaker 4: dose of some top tier talent at the quarterback position

453
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Speaker 4: that you know, Brian Flores is gonna have to try

454
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Speaker 4: and scheme for and hopefully we'll see what's cooking.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, three out of our first four games this year

456
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Speaker 2: be against twenty twenty three playoff twenty twenty three playoff teams,

457
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Speaker 2: and the final three three out of our last four

458
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Speaker 2: games will be against playoff team So just seeing how

459
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Speaker 2: that's kind of bookend right there. You really get to

460
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Speaker 2: see who you are as a team at the start

461
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Speaker 2: and after finish of the twenty twenty four roster.

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Speaker 4: One more thing for me is I'm just excited that

463
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Speaker 4: we're playing at Seattle. It's not preseason because it's just

464
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Speaker 4: you know, year after year after year in Seattle, preseason wise,

465
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Speaker 4: it's always it's always fun to be able to play there.

466
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Speaker 4: It's not as fun when the games don't start till

467
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Speaker 4: nine o'clock at night here and people are getting back

468
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Speaker 4: at four o'clock at five o'clock in the morning. So

469
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Speaker 4: being able to be able to go to Seattle week sixteen,

470
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Speaker 4: it's usually going to be a little more chilly in December, but.

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Speaker 5: It's usually we'll take it over Chicago Green Bay.

472
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Speaker 4: It's not as crazy as those outdoor stadiums, So hopefully

473
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Speaker 4: you know that game there. That could even be a

474
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Speaker 4: sneaky one too, because you know the West is gonna

475
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Speaker 4: be weird. You assume that the Niners are going to

476
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Speaker 4: still be kind of planting their flag as the leaders.

477
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Speaker 4: But you never truly know what's gonna happen with Seattle

478
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Speaker 4: and what's going to happen with the Rams. But and

479
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Speaker 4: I mean, we got Arizona as well, so there's a

480
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Speaker 4: ton of former Viking coaches and personnel that are with

481
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Speaker 4: at Arizona staff, so I'm sure they'll have a little

482
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Speaker 4: extra that they would like to play far against us.

483
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Speaker 4: But again, just being able to look at that one,

484
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Speaker 4: I think that Seattle game might actually be something a

485
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Speaker 4: little bit even more extra than anticipated at the beginning

486
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Speaker 4: of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you did bring up preseason games also and the Vikings.

488
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Speaker 2: The preseason schedule has been announced for the Vikings. A

489
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Speaker 2: preseason Week one would be at home against the Las

490
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Speaker 2: Vegas Raiders. Preseason week number two it would be on

491
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Speaker 2: the road against the Cleveland Browns. That week, we'll also

492
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Speaker 2: have a joint practice with the Browns. We know, you know,

493
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Speaker 2: Quasi has a huge well, he has a lot of

494
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Speaker 2: experience working for the Browns for a number of years

495
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Speaker 2: before ultimately landing the job as general manager here with

496
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Speaker 2: the Vikings, and then preseason week number three, we were

497
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Speaker 2: not on the road at the Seattle Seahawks. We're on

498
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Speaker 2: the road facing the Philadelphia Eagles. So Raiders, Browns, Eagles

499
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Speaker 2: are the three preseason games this year, and a lot

500
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Speaker 2: of it excitement will be built starting with that first

501
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Speaker 2: preseason game number one.

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Speaker 3: Against the Las Vegas Raiders. Because Jay, when you when you.

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Speaker 2: Look at it, that first preseason game is probably going

504
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Speaker 2: to be the second week of August. The first home

505
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Speaker 2: game will be a month after, So there's going to

506
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Speaker 2: be a month span between when fans were able to

507
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Speaker 2: go to US Bank Stadium to kind of get a

508
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Speaker 2: practice run of this and then when it actually makes

509
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Speaker 2: or when it actually means something.

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Speaker 4: Well, it's going to be one of those things where,

511
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Speaker 4: like we were just showing up with the rest of

512
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Speaker 4: the schedule, you're going to have like four to five

513
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Speaker 4: week chunks, and maybe as a coach and as a

514
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Speaker 4: front office staff, you're kind of looking at I know,

515
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Speaker 4: you do it week to week and everything, but you're

516
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Speaker 4: also got to be looking at these things we'll talk

517
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Speaker 4: about doing in quarters or whatever else. I mean home games,

518
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 4: road games, home games kind of a thing for the season.

519
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Speaker 4: Even preseasons a little bit different because you're traveling with

520
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Speaker 4: larger parties of people and everything. You're not necessarily in

521
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Speaker 4: the groove for a week one just kind of normal routine,

522
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Speaker 4: but it will be interesting. You know, you're going to

523
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Speaker 4: play Las Vegas luckily indoors in August. That's gonna be

524
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Speaker 4: really we're in Vegas for that exactly. But then even

525
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Speaker 4: that Cleveland one, that's gonna be interesting. You know, Cleveland

526
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Speaker 4: isn't necessarily cool in August as well. It's usually kind

527
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Speaker 4: of kind of cooking out there, and Stefanski and the

528
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Speaker 4: crew out there is gonna have some fun. There's also

529
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Speaker 4: some former players on that roster. Again, it'll be interesting

530
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Speaker 4: to see what happens in in UH training camp. And

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Speaker 4: then you know, there's no love loss with us in

532
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Speaker 4: the Eagles, So with that being our our final game

533
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Speaker 4: there for the preseason, feels like, you know, there will

534
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Speaker 4: be something interesting and I am curious to just to

535
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Speaker 4: see how the Eagles are going to handle things too,

536
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Speaker 4: because then they got to go deal with Brazil, so

537
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Speaker 4: you know, so for them having to boogie out head

538
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Speaker 4: to Brazil play a Friday night game. I'm gonna be

539
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Speaker 4: very curious as to you know.

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Speaker 1: It might be a very early earlier preseason game for

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Speaker 1: US than we maybe expect.

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Speaker 3: It could be.

543
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Speaker 4: And it could be one of those things too, where

544
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Speaker 4: you know, usually by the the final preseason game, there's

545
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Speaker 4: not a ton of starters or bubble people. They might

546
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Speaker 4: have already made up their mind roster wise what they

547
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Speaker 4: want to do because they have to leave early.

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Speaker 2: So and granted that that following week, now that there's

549
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Speaker 2: no fourth preseason game, they'll still get that week to

550
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Speaker 2: kind of prepare, So maybe that does change their approach,

551
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Speaker 2: like do they practice that week instead of giving players

552
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Speaker 2: the week off. That's an interesting take.

553
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Speaker 4: That's just it on my end. You know, there's always

554
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Speaker 4: weird stuff because like in the past, we've played the

555
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Speaker 4: Hall of Fame game and that kind of accelerates timetable

556
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Speaker 4: as you get into training camp actually early in order

557
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Speaker 4: to get an extra week or two because you have

558
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Speaker 4: to go to Canton for.

559
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Speaker 3: Something like that.

560
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Speaker 4: So I don't know how it's going to work for

561
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Speaker 4: them with that international game in Brazil, but that just

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Speaker 4: it might have implications there for that final preseason game.

563
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Speaker 2: Speaking of international games. Our special guest today is an

564
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Speaker 2: expert when it comes to that. He is from the UK.

565
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Speaker 2: He is a regular contributor to the NFL on his

566
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Speaker 2: own and the NFL UK. His name is George Egator

567
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Speaker 2: and he I guess in this case, he graced us

568
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Speaker 2: with his presence today. So without further ado, let's jump

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Speaker 2: right into it. Well, the twenty twenty four Minnesota Viking

570
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Speaker 2: schedule has officially released, and to help us break down

571
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Speaker 2: the London game is our guy, George from George on Sports.

572
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Speaker 2: He is a regular contributor to the NFL on his own,

573
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Speaker 2: but he also is more importantly a contributor here to

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Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings podcast today. George, thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 2: First and foremost, we were talking before and you were,

576
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Speaker 2: you know, conveying to me via Instagram that you have

577
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Speaker 2: been to the Vikings London games the past three years.

578
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Speaker 2: Like your first comment was you remember Adrian Peterson's long

579
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Speaker 2: run a few years ago when we've I believe we

580
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Speaker 2: played the Pittsburgh Steelers that year in London. Just just

581
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Speaker 2: walk us through your familiarity with the Vikings one and

582
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Speaker 2: then just us making the trip back over to the

583
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Speaker 2: UK this year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean when I've been a fan of the

585
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Speaker 6: sport for gods how many years now, I also played

586
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Speaker 6: the sport for eleven years, the running back, So when

587
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Speaker 6: I say the sport is in my blood, the sport

588
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 6: really is in my blood. I've got family members who

589
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Speaker 6: who managed to play some stint in the NFL. But

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Speaker 6: I've always been a fan of the sport of watched

591
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Speaker 6: pretty much all the games that have happened here in London,

592
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Speaker 6: and some of them at Tottenham, some of them at

593
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Speaker 6: Wembley Stadium. The one you speak about in particular with

594
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Speaker 6: the Vikings, I mean the Vikings as as a team

595
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Speaker 6: and a brand. I think I kind of came across

596
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,959
Speaker 6: them back when I first got into the sport because

597
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Speaker 6: I don't see many purple kind of purple and yellow

598
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Speaker 6: logo team college for starters, so I really got my attention.

599
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Speaker 6: And then I don't know if you know, but the

600
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Speaker 6: UK has a history with Vikings itself, actual Vikings who

601
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Speaker 6: you know back in the day, So there's a strong

602
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Speaker 6: link between the UK and that in the sense that

603
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Speaker 6: you got out the Vikings. So mya is kind of

604
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Speaker 6: pricked up. And as a running back, you know, you

605
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Speaker 6: guys had the main man Adrian Peterson, you know, all

606
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 6: days they liked to call him and he's for me,

607
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 6: he was like, and him and Marshall Lynch, guys that

608
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Speaker 6: I really looked up to. And that game we speak

609
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Speaker 6: about in London in twenty thirteen, and you're right, it's

610
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Speaker 6: Pittsburgh's theater. There's a big win thirty four to twenty seven.

611
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Speaker 6: I was watching that game as a fan and I

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Speaker 6: honestly I have it on a video somewhere. I will

613
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Speaker 6: never forget seeing Adrian Peterson went out of a tunnel.

614
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Speaker 6: The flames would go and the lights were low. My

615
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Speaker 6: heart was pumping.

616
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Speaker 3: Out of my chest. It was unreal.

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Speaker 6: And then I was I was with my wife at

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Speaker 6: the time governing at the time, now wife, and I

619
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Speaker 6: was telling her, look, you need to this guy here,

620
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Speaker 6: Adrian Peterson, and he's going to make a big play.

621
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Speaker 6: And lo and behold he made a play for the agent.

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Speaker 6: I think he broke a tackle stiff. I'm the guy

623
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Speaker 6: into the ground and out run a couple of guys

624
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Speaker 6: to score to the right hand side of the end zone.

625
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Speaker 6: And I absolutely lost my mind. So I will never

626
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Speaker 6: ever ever forget that play. But you mentioned again. There's

627
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Speaker 6: a couple more games that obviously the Vikings have played

628
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Speaker 6: in London. Twenty seventeen the Cleveland Browns, I believe case

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Speaker 6: Keenan might have been the putterback at that point in time.

630
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Speaker 6: Another big win there over thirty points. But the game

631
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Speaker 6: for me that sticks out most aside from the ap

632
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Speaker 6: game is the twenty twenty two game. And that's one

633
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Speaker 6: of the games I've attended as n FO UK Media

634
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Speaker 6: and I have done for the last three years now,

635
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Speaker 6: and that's the game that I coined, the Double Doink Game.

636
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, we've heard that time or two.

637
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Speaker 6: I'm sure you guys know exactly what I'm talking about.

638
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Speaker 6: And yeah, that game was electric for many different reasons,

639
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 6: not alone the ending, but you know, justin Jefferson, I've

640
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Speaker 6: able to interview him, connect with him, create some content

641
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Speaker 6: with him. At that point in time, I think he

642
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 6: had became the first athlete in a video game series.

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Speaker 3: In Fortnite you with the Griddy. Yeah. So, yeah, the

644
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 3: Vikings they do a lot, and you know they've got

645
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Speaker 3: a good relationship here do you go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned going to many of the games already.

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Speaker 1: How would you characterize Vikings fans compared to the rest

648
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Speaker 1: of the NFL fans, and you've encountered.

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Speaker 6: That's a great question. Passionate, very friendly, always welcoming. I

650
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 6: think one of the things that's good about the Vikings is,

651
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Speaker 6: you know, you've obviously got the whole skull chart right,

652
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Speaker 6: which is quite easy to get behind. It's really easy

653
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 6: to get behind and once people see that going, but

654
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 6: it mom and dad, kids as well, it's very infectious

655
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 6: and it carries really really easily. So I mean I

656
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 6: was able to host one of the Vikings watch parties

657
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 6: here in London and they had the drama, they had

658
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 6: the skull chart, they had everything going. I believe with

659
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 6: the playoff game, don't think it ended the way. That's

660
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 6: the one where I think, I don't think it.

661
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 3: No, Yeah, I think yeah that game.

662
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: Yeah.

663
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 3: But the fans, we'll move on to the fans are great.

664
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, they always bring the energy and I think again,

665
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 6: it's that relationship between and even goes into everything like

666
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 6: the culor scheme, the people in the building, the people

667
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 6: at the top of the building, all the way down

668
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 6: to the players. You can see that what the Vikings

669
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 6: stand for carries through the people that you have in

670
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 6: the squad done, it goes a long way.

671
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Speaker 3: George.

672
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 2: You sound like you're about to be a converted Vikings

673
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: fan here, man, Like I'm enjoying the analogies and the

674
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 2: description behind this.

675
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 3: Do you know what it is?

676
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 6: I mean, like I said, for people who don't know,

677
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 6: they're probably thinking the Vikings fan or not. That's a

678
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 6: different story obviously, But as someone who's in the UK,

679
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 6: and sometimes people have people support different teams, and obviously

680
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 6: I support the Colts, you know, but the Vikings that

681
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 6: I can appreciate good team, Yeah, I can appreciate teams,

682
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 6: good management, the way all additions are run because they

683
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 6: has a knock on effect and if it doesn't go right,

684
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 6: then the team is and if it does go right,

685
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 6: then the team is right.

686
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 3: Yeah. And I will say they've got great people.

687
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 6: I mean again, I've got a good relationship with the

688
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 6: Viorkings over here and some great, great people who do

689
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 6: great things in the UK. And particularly the fact that

690
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 6: you got either one of the home market teams, right yeah,

691
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 6: and we are the home market team, but we're in

692
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 6: you know, your home country. And when you think about

693
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 6: how the NFL has grown to host some of these

694
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 6: international games, what does that meant for your home country.

695
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 6: Oh man, everything I mean, even if you remove the

696
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 6: fact that I played and I'm my head is in

697
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 6: the game twenty four seven. As you know, regular fans

698
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 6: in this country who and I'll take it all the

699
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 6: way back to the days that I touched on before

700
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 6: we started. The UK has a rich heritage and a

701
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 6: rich history of American football, all the way back to

702
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 6: the days of the London Monarchs where we used to

703
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 6: sell out Wembley Stadium and we still do now, but

704
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 6: we were sponsored by the lacks of Coca Cola badwise,

705
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 6: it was a serious, serious thing. The London Ravens and

706
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 6: London Olympians more recently now London Mariors in London Blitz,

707
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 6: one of the teams that I played for who carried

708
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 6: that crown. So if you look at every game that

709
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 6: we have here dating back to god knows how many years,

710
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 6: every game is a set out.

711
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 3: Every game is a set up because.

712
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Speaker 6: We I don't think people understand the passion and the

713
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,479
Speaker 6: want that we have for the sport. So when it's

714
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 6: announced that you know this is the next the next

715
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 6: few games that are happening here in UK, not one,

716
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 6: not two, but three games.

717
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 3: I think we might have had four at one point.

718
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 6: But for the fans, both the hardcore fans, the casual fans,

719
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 6: the fans who are looking to pick a new team,

720
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 6: the fans who just want to get involved, the potential

721
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 6: fans who just want to get involved in the sport

722
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 6: and maybe don't know too much about it. For them

723
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 6: to hear that a sport that they associate with the

724
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 6: States operates here in the UK and hosts a number

725
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 6: of games is unbelievable and it just continues to grow.

726
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,959
Speaker 5: George, why do you think that is?

727
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: You guys have the Premier League, you have all of

728
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: your hometown football teams. Why do you think American football

729
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: is something that the UK is getting more and more into.

730
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 3: I think it's a number of things.

731
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 6: One of the things I think is it gets passed

732
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 6: down traditionally from family. So if you look at generationally,

733
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 6: there used to be people who who put my father

734
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 6: law actually who played this sport many years ago, right,

735
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 6: and naturally they kids and they pass it down to

736
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 6: their kids and their kids one day want to ask

737
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 6: questions that my kids now ask questions about what I do,

738
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 6: and they are actually.

739
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 3: What's that I've not seen U sport before.

740
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 6: But the other side to that is I think there's

741
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 6: a culture and an atmosphere element to it. The atmosphere,

742
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 6: the vibe, the aura, the culture I mentioned of this

743
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 6: sport is so so so infectious, right some people, I

744
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 6: mean football with the big sport over here Soccer To

745
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 6: you guys, there's obviously a big sport, like you mentioned

746
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 6: the Premier League, which is about to come to an end,

747
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 6: and it has its ways and it has its traditions.

748
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 6: Let's say right now, if I wanted to take my

749
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 6: kids to one of them games, I might think twice.

750
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 6: But bringing them to it, and yeah, you know that's correct,

751
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 6: that's correct. But bringing them to an NFL game. The

752
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 6: whole culture of the vibe, the atmosphere is something different too,

753
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 6: like people are. Sometimes it's hard to put into words.

754
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 6: You have to feel it. You walk into a stadium,

755
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 6: you walk into a game. You see the guys of

756
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 6: their helmets one you see that the amazing entrance is

757
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 6: with the music, the flames of smoke. You hear the

758
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 6: guy on the tannel in the booth commentating on the game.

759
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 6: It makes you feel like something you want to be

760
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 6: a part of and one of the ways you can

761
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 6: get involved is obviously pick a team and you go

762
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 6: from there. But honestly, I can't say enough about the sport.

763
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 6: I honestly I wish I knew about the sport from

764
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 6: a younger age.

765
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 3: I really do.

766
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 2: I love that, man, I mean, I'm just thinking about

767
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 2: I mean, I think that was a great, great question

768
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 2: I Tatum asked speaking of you know, how does you

769
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 2: know football and soccer compare? But now talking about you know,

770
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 2: the affiliances and now some of the I guess hometown

771
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 2: cooking that yeah, the UK has when it comes to soccer.

772
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,840
Speaker 2: Do you expect that to happen with the NFL starting

773
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 2: to host more games in the UK, do you expect

774
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 2: it to be more of an allegiance towards a certain

775
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 2: team versus players like there are in soccer.

776
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:52,280
Speaker 6: That's a great, great question because yeah, in soccer, obviously

777
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 6: you do have the team alliance, but you also have

778
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 6: the player alliance, and a lot of people do that

779
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 6: for basketball over here, they'll like to pick teams, but players,

780
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 6: I think with that doubt, I mean, I can already

781
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 6: say I know tons and tons of people who they

782
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 6: have their team and that's the team only, and to

783
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 6: be fair.

784
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 3: That's how it should be.

785
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 6: You have your team, doesn't mean you can't enjoy other

786
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 6: teams and watch what they do and enjoy when they

787
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 6: win games or when they lose games, depending on the sport.

788
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 6: But I think the more that this goes on, the

789
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 6: more that we have games here, the more that we

790
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 6: continue to sell out, the more that we have different

791
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 6: pathways by the way we have the NFL Academy, we

792
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 6: have the international Player partway program. The more that we

793
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 6: have these opportunities, people are going to find their way

794
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 6: to picking a team. And when you do pick that team,

795
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 6: it's like a brotherhood, a sisterhood or togetherness. You root

796
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 6: for that team, you do everything you can, You travel

797
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 6: with the team if you can. I mean for you

798
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 6: guys in the States. Obviously, the States is a lot bigger,

799
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 6: so you know, for some people it might be a

800
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 6: bit harder to get to certain games. But where we

801
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 6: only get three or four year, we're gonna go into

802
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 6: every single one of them games because we never want

803
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 6: to miss an opportunity.

804
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, no, no.

805
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: I was just thinking about how the UK Vikings fan

806
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: club like and that that club is so intense.

807
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 5: I've met a lot of the guy eyes there.

808
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 1: They came out to a game recently and it may

809
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: have been the Jets game.

810
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 5: I can't remember, but it may so.

811
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 1: Ironically enough, maybe they will see two Vikings Jets games

812
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: in the last two years.

813
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 5: So yes, I want to talk about that.

814
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: The Jets are coming in town, another franchise who has

815
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 1: a long history with a very strong.

816
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 5: And passionate fan base.

817
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: What are your expectations or what are you hoping to

818
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: see from that Vikings Jets matchup? And were you excited

819
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: when that was the team that that we knew the

820
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: Vikings were going to play.

821
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.

822
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 6: I mean again, I've spoken to a highdad the Vikings,

823
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 6: so anything to do with the Vikings is always a

824
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 6: good thing.

825
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 3: Number one.

826
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 6: Number two, you only have to look at the guy

827
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,479
Speaker 6: on the other side of the field who is going

828
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 6: to be the main man in that building, and unfortunately

829
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 6: for him, he took about four snaps and was done.

830
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 6: So this time around, we're going to actually see what

831
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,760
Speaker 6: he can bring to the table, some of the weapons

832
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 6: that they've got, and it's going to make for an

833
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 6: exciting game. I think games in London are always exciting, podly

834
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 6: because they just don't happen as often as you guys

835
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 6: get games. So I know we've got we've got two

836
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 6: at Tottenham and one at Wembley. They've got the Germany game,

837
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 6: and then obviously we've got Brazil and Spain next year.

838
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 6: But anytime we get a game, it's science. So now

839
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 6: that you look at the Vikings team that has it

840
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 6: has that natural connection to the UK anyway, and then

841
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 6: you've got the Jets. Aaron Rodgers is the name that

842
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 6: everyone knows, right, Everyone knows his name and everyone talks

843
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 6: about him. And now you have to look at what

844
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 6: comes with the Jets. Right you mentioned about some of

845
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 6: the UK fans going to the Jets game. Well, for

846
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 6: those guys in particular, this it's going to be even

847
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,760
Speaker 6: better because it's like a running it back at Jets

848
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 6: and then the Vikings. But the atmosphere always great, it's

849
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 6: going to be even better. I mean, obviously, the Packers

850
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 6: came here with Rogers last year all the year before

851
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 6: and didn't win that game. But anytime you have a

852
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 6: game that includes Jin Jefferson, one of the best to

853
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 6: ever do it in the league. And I will say

854
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 6: I had him on my fantasy team last year, didn't

855
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 6: make it all the way.

856
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 3: But it's great.

857
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 5: That's surprising. Injuries, right, injuries, yeah, injuries.

858
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be great. Man.

859
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 6: Honestly, I can't I can't wait be he knew the

860
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 6: Vikings one of the teams and not to hear out

861
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 6: the Jets the other team.

862
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 3: It's going to be it's gonna be fireworks for sure. Now.

863
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,399
Speaker 2: I just remember the twenty twenty two game, right when

864
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 2: we played at Tottenham Hotspur, and just the energy was

865
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 2: so unique for me. And you've alluded to that a

866
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 2: lot of you know, how everyone comes to that game,

867
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: no matter what your affiliates is. But I think that

868
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,959
Speaker 2: was the first game because you know, for us Vikings fans,

869
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 2: when you go to a Vikings home game or a

870
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 2: Vikings road game, there's either Vikings Purple or the other team.

871
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 2: There were so many different jerseys at Tottenham Hotspur in

872
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,359
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. When you look at just the firepower

873
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 2: that the Jets and the Vikings have, do you expect

874
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 2: there to you know, be more you know, maybe Green

875
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 2: Packer twelves or New York Jets.

876
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 6: Eight, do you know what, I think there'll be a

877
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 6: very very strong Purple outing honestly, I really do, and

878
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 6: I just have to look at the games prior, in

879
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 6: particular the Vikings game. Yes, I mentioned that Aaron Rodgers

880
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 6: is a big name, but the Vikings have such a

881
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,919
Speaker 6: strong relationship here. They got such a strong fan base here.

882
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 6: And it's a good point you mentioned. And a lot

883
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 6: of people say this in particular, whether if they've come

884
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 6: from the States and when I when I've been to

885
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 6: a lot of the media days and the training days

886
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 6: leading up to the game, a lot of the players

887
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 6: talk about, Yeah, I've been told, you know, there's a

888
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 6: lot of different jerseys in the in the in the stadium,

889
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 6: and it's not it's not like your regular home game.

890
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 6: Although technically, like you say, if you were back home

891
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 6: in Minnesota, it's a sea of purple.

892
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, it's quiet and quite See.

893
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 6: Here's here's the thing, right, And this is the other

894
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 6: thing that players talk about is when they described the

895
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 6: UK fans, is the UK fans tann't they cheer for anything.

896
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 6: I passed a running, a run, a stiff arm, a flag.

897
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 6: But I think the whole that, combined with the whole

898
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 6: different element of different jerseys, it goes to show how

899
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 6: strong the want is, and I get it's not to

900
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 6: say there isn't a Vikings fan base, because you know

901
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 6: and I know they're definitely it. But it just goes

902
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 6: to show those who are lucky enough to get tickets

903
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 6: will represent their team. And we spoke about finding teams.

904
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 6: They have their teams, but the opportunity to watch an

905
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 6: NFL get let alone the Jets and the Vikings or

906
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 6: pretty much any team that comes it is never going

907
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 6: to be passed up.

908
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I saw all thirty two jerseys when

909
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 5: I was there last year, which is fair.

910
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: But I will say, yeah, the Vikings were the away

911
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: team last year and they think they had more fans

912
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: than the Saints fans did. So that's always a really

913
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: exciting thing being the home game. Now I can attest

914
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 1: just being out and about in the last few months

915
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 1: that there are several Vikings fans who've been waiting for

916
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: this day to buy their tickets. They've been waiting to

917
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: know when the flights are they're going to be It's

918
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,760
Speaker 1: going to became the town Purple, which I'm very excited about. However,

919
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: I wanted to put you have you put your analysis

920
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: hat on Georgian kind of is there an off season

921
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: move or a drafty or anything like that that really

922
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: excites you about this particular Vikings roster this year.

923
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 6: I think for me, I like Dallas Turner right nice

924
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,359
Speaker 6: And obviously you guys, obviously they know Hunters have moved

925
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,959
Speaker 6: on and you've got some other guys and other moving

926
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 6: pieces j Osborne and someone I was lucky to interview

927
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 6: and then Nail too a look on the matters and

928
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 6: the guy that I love personally gave me a lot

929
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 6: of his time, which is great. Obviously you have moved on.

930
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 6: But Dallas Turner, when you look at what that defense

931
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 6: did last season, I don't think a lot of people

932
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 6: are expecting it right. That defense had turned around, completely

933
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 6: turned around. And now you add a guy like that

934
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 6: in Dallas Hana who can really cause damage on that edge.

935
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 6: That's going to be a big problem for teams, a

936
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 6: huge problem.

937
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 3: Obviously. You look at the quarterback room.

938
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 6: You know that the NFL people talk about the first

939
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 6: thing that people talk about is the quarterback. You know,

940
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 6: Netflix really is the whole show about the quarterback. And

941
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 6: Kirk's obviously moved on, and you guys have drafted J. J.

942
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 6: McCarthy from Michigan he's a winner. You know he is

943
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 6: a winner. I don't know. You guys have probably seen

944
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,800
Speaker 6: there are certain players that have been drafted to other teams,

945
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 6: and now it's about the time where you start to

946
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 6: see highlights on Instagram, on YouTube and Facebook, and then

947
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 6: you get the coaches saying certain things. I'm not going

948
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 6: to go down that rabbit hole, but everyone pre season,

949
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 6: but when you guys can bring it to the building,

950
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 6: a winner who's been in high pressure moments. I mean,

951
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 6: don't get me wrong, all of these guys who have

952
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 6: played in college have been through things and they've had

953
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 6: to overcome obstacles. But bringing a guy like jj In,

954
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 6: who is a winner who has been in those high

955
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 6: pressure scenarios, is coming into a building where expectations are high.

956
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 6: You've got a guy like Justin Justin Jefferson who can

957
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 6: do it all and has done it all for the

958
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 6: time that he's been there. You now have a guy

959
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 6: who I think people keep sleeping on it, Aaron Jones,

960
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 6: who's made an inter division switch, which is going to

961
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 6: be absolutely huge.

962
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,439
Speaker 3: That's a great point. I can't wait.

963
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 6: I mean, I've seen Aaron Jones play in London before

964
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 6: and seeing him in that purple and seeing him on

965
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 6: the field, you now think about pick your poison scenario,

966
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 6: you have a double JJ, or you put eight man

967
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 6: in the box with Aaron Jones, because otherwise you're in trouble.

968
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 6: So no, it's I'm excited to say exactly HOWK on

969
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 6: the side. You've got Adison as well, So I feel

970
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,320
Speaker 6: like in terms of I think for me it's the drafts.

971
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 3: I like the JJ pick.

972
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 6: You get the quarterback in the room, get him that

973
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 6: time with the guys, but also Dallas Turner and then

974
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 6: obviously Aaron Jones and backfield. So I feel like you

975
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 6: guys heading the right way for sure.

976
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 2: Man, My final question for you, because you just said

977
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 2: heading the right way, where do you want to see

978
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 2: the NFL lining games continue to head being that we're

979
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 2: playing in your home country.

980
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 6: Again, that's a great question. I think you probably get

981
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 6: the same one so many people. I want more games.

982
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 6: I want more games. A slight hot take. I don't

983
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 6: know if an NFL team based in London is the

984
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 6: right thing, and as it stands, that's not necessarily happening.

985
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 6: You always get the same question every year the draft,

986
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 6: every time Roger Goodell comes over, when we get in

987
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 6: the team. At one point it was supposedly the Jags because,

988
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 6: as you may or may not know, the Jags owner

989
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 6: Cahn't also owns Fulham C, which is the football team,

990
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 6: a sub Premier league team over here, so he own

991
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 6: faithful for them FC, both them and the Jags, And

992
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 6: at one point it seems as if Wembley would become

993
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 6: the home of the Jags operationally. I just don't think

994
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 6: it works. There's too much red tape, there's too much

995
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 6: travel involved. I don't think it would be fair. So

996
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 6: it's a it's a bit of a cop out answer,

997
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 6: but more games, honestly, and there is no doubt in

998
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 6: my mind that every if we were to extend a

999
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 6: four or five games, let's not forget. I believe there's

1000
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 6: no agreement that from I believe from next year can

1001
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 6: push games up to eight games international games a year.

1002
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 6: So there's no reason why we can't give the UK

1003
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,919
Speaker 6: four maybe even five, who knows, because I guarantee they.

1004
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 5: Keep going elsewhere and then they take games away from you.

1005
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 6: Guys, I mean ago, but we've still got the three,

1006
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 6: which is great. Germany is good, it's great fun. But

1007
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 6: here in the UK I want more games, right, give

1008
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 6: us four games and let's see. I mean the other

1009
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 6: the other side to that is the opportunities that UK

1010
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 6: guys are getting. Like you saw there was a guy

1011
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 6: in the seventh round, Travis Clayton, who was drafted one

1012
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 6: of my guys.

1013
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 3: So happy for the guy.

1014
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 6: F a Ebarda who'd been through the Falcons and Panthers

1015
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 6: and now with the Washington Commanders went through the same

1016
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 6: program and he's flourishing. So it's it's amazing to see

1017
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 6: these stories and then then return back to the UK

1018
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 6: and play on their own home soil. So you know,

1019
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,720
Speaker 6: let's get more of that going. Let's get more games,

1020
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,280
Speaker 6: more fans. It's going to be a set out regardless

1021
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 6: every single year. So if my answer to that question

1022
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 6: would be again bit of a cop out, give us

1023
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 6: more games.

1024
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 5: The demands there, the demands.

1025
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 2: There, and especially you know, if you're for selling tickets,

1026
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 2: that's all that matters.

1027
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 3: Right exactly. Money talks, right, money talks.

1028
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 2: And you've been great, You've given us more than what

1029
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 2: we've asked for. George, thank you so much for joining

1030
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 2: us Vikings Jets in London this year. Looking forward to

1031
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 2: seeing you out there at Tottenham Hotspur. Absolutely thank you

1032
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 2: for having me, guys, it's been a pleasure.

1033
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 6: Well.

1034
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 2: J George gave us a lot of insights on you

1035
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 2: know what this what the implications of the Vikings, not

1036
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: only the Vikings, but the NFL making a return to

1037
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 2: the United Kingdom. It ultimately grows the game, but also

1038
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:49,760
Speaker 2: showcases a different type of energy in the UK outside

1039
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 2: of what they call football, which is American soccer.

1040
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 4: The thing about that game for me has always been

1041
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 4: the idea that it's more of a celebration of NFL

1042
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 4: in general. I think as we do more and more

1043
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 4: of these games on an annual basis, yes, people are

1044
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 4: kind of lack of a better term, planning their flags

1045
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 4: more with a specific team, but it was always recognizable,

1046
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,240
Speaker 4: like fans just didn't care there was a game playing

1047
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 4: happening there in London, so that everybody with any kind

1048
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,320
Speaker 4: of jersey that they had would wear it. It's similar

1049
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 4: to when you have like EPL teams or whatever doing

1050
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 4: games over here. Everyone just wants to wear their jersey

1051
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 4: to the game in order to celebrate what they're being

1052
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 4: able to have access to. I think the idea of

1053
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 4: going back to London as we've done this repeatedly. Now

1054
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 4: as an organization, was it four times and twelve years

1055
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 4: I think, and so and just remembering what that was

1056
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,720
Speaker 4: like before. To see the evolution of what the NFL

1057
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 4: has been able to do with this, not only now

1058
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 4: in London but Munich. There's going to be a ton

1059
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 4: of excitement surrounding it. And so what's really cool on

1060
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 4: our end too is that we have had a big

1061
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 4: focus on the UK market and kind of expanding there,

1062
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 4: so to see that paying dividends and bearing fruit is

1063
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:01,759
Speaker 4: going to be something and fun to be able to

1064
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 4: work with. And there's a ton of events that are

1065
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,279
Speaker 4: going to be happening in London while we're there too,

1066
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 4: So to have guys like George be a part of

1067
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 4: it is going to be great to be able to

1068
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 4: share with them and just kind of be able to

1069
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 4: celebrate the Vikings over there, hopefully getting a win against

1070
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:15,720
Speaker 4: the Jets.

1071
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,840
Speaker 2: Man, if we can go four and zero in London,

1072
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 2: that will make every Vikings fan happy if you don't

1073
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:21,759
Speaker 2: know what I'm talking about, with the Vikings one to

1074
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,399
Speaker 2: twenty thirteen, twenty sixteen as well as twenty twenty two.

1075
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 3: So let's go.

1076
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 2: Let's go for four hundred percent. This is going to

1077
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 2: be an exciting time. Well, this is an exciting time

1078
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 2: for this Minnesota Vikings team. Rooky Mini camp just passed

1079
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,279
Speaker 2: OTA's was prior to that, and then we're coming up

1080
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,839
Speaker 2: on mandatory mini camp. So ultimately we'll get everybody back

1081
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 2: in the building, this entire team hopefully back in the

1082
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 2: building in a few weeks. And now that we know

1083
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 2: who our opponents will be, I think you can finally

1084
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 2: start pushing your weights a little bit harder or using

1085
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 2: a different type of motivation to get to where you

1086
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 2: need to go. Because now you're it's kind of like

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Speaker 2: a boxer, right you stay in the gym, you stay,

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00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 2: you know, spar You stay sparring until you get your opponent.

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Speaker 2: And then when you get your opponent, you can kind

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Speaker 2: of fine tune how you want to approach are your

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00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 2: upcoming fight. We know are upcoming fights now, so these

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Speaker 2: workouts mean a little bit more for this Minnesota Vikings team.

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Speaker 4: Let's basically stay ready so you don't have to get

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00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 4: ready right absolutely, once you get your opportunity, then you

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00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 4: got to actually face what you're dealing with. I think

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00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 4: you know, all the coaches have had the ability to

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Speaker 4: go through and do their off season scouting and do

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Speaker 4: it kind of the preliminary pieces. Now we get an

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Speaker 4: idea for those guys and how they're going to have

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Speaker 4: to line up those chess pieces in order to play it.

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Speaker 4: So for them, they again they'll go through and try

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Speaker 4: to do they'll deal with it week to week and

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00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 4: change the game plan week to week, but they can

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Speaker 4: really start to formulate and figure out, you know, who

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Speaker 4: are we going to be dealing with, and how are

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Speaker 4: we going to be handling this and what kind of

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00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 4: pieces are we going to change week to week to

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Speaker 4: add to the playbook, Because especially preseason wise and training

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Speaker 4: camp wise, they are getting through a bunch of the

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Speaker 4: bare bones. But now you're at a point where the

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Speaker 4: season is a reality. You knew it was coming. Now

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Speaker 4: you actually have the details and for this team and

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Speaker 4: the head coaching staff and all the players that have

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Speaker 4: been added. Now they can actually truly start to formulate

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Speaker 4: and say, you know, we can't focus on that yet,

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Speaker 4: but this is what we're dealing with with our reality.

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Speaker 4: And I think you know a lot of those guys

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Speaker 4: that are living in different cities and stuff too, are

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Speaker 4: circling different dates on their calendars trying to figure out

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Speaker 4: how many tickets are they gonna have to buy for

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Speaker 4: family and friends that they're gonna be asking for.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure those those ticket asks or a ticker requests.

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Speaker 2: I've been through the roof as we speak. But there's

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Speaker 2: so much to be excited about. I'm sure Kevin O'Connell

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Speaker 2: has already started watching film with the New York Giants,

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Speaker 2: granted we played them twice in twenty twenty two, so

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Speaker 2: he can finally get his revenge. But not only are

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Speaker 2: we preparing for that, we're also preparing for our trip

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Speaker 2: to London and so on and so forth. So now

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Speaker 2: that you know us internally have been able to decide,

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Speaker 2: you know what our schedules will look like for the

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Speaker 2: rest of the year. Vikings fans, we hope you can

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Speaker 2: join us for at least one of the eight home

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Speaker 2: games this season.

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Speaker 4: And the other thing too for the fan being stadium

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Speaker 4: one hundred percent. And the other thing for fans to

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Speaker 4: realize too is with everything coming out, make sure you

1138
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Speaker 4: double check and watch the NFL Network broadcast starting at

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Speaker 4: seven pm Central. Being able to go through and break

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Speaker 4: down the entire NFL, not just the Vikings and what's

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Speaker 4: always interesting too is being able to break down and

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Speaker 4: see what the schedule layout is for the rest of

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Speaker 4: the division. So whatever the Packers, the Bears, and the

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Speaker 4: Lions are trying to do, they've all got weird schedules

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Speaker 4: they're trying to balance as well. So if you get

1146
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Speaker 4: a chance, definitely check out NFL Network and just kind

1147
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 4: of be able to break down everything that's happening within

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Speaker 4: the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Well, this show has been real so for our producer

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Speaker 2: Eric Davidson, Tatum Everett, Jay Nelson, and our special guests

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Speaker 2: of the show Georgie Gator. My name is Gabe Henderson,

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Speaker 2: who will talk to you guys next week.

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