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Speaker 1: fourth in California. Fun, you know. So, yeah, that was

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Speaker 1: the toughest one for me. Understandable. Well, I've probably got

431
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,480
Speaker 1: a flag for going over on time, you know what,

432
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,720
Speaker 1: You're okay, because I don't think mine's gonna be very long,

433
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 1: because I mine was very similar to you guys. Um.

434
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 1: I mean basically, when I feel like I'm we keep

435
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,199
Speaker 1: hitting this point home about the worst team in the

436
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,200
Speaker 1: NFL in the final two minutes of the first half.

437
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: So I don't want to keep harping on that, but

438
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 1: it really did feel like it was one of those

439
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,920
Speaker 1: moments where we should be up by fourteen. This this

440
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,440
Speaker 1: team should be dominant at halftime. This should not be

441
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,439
Speaker 1: how we were going and after the trajectory of the

442
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,080
Speaker 1: last two games, for me, it just was so deflating

443
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,480
Speaker 1: to see it almost take a step back, not capitalizing

444
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 1: the momentum and the opportunity that we had with plenty

445
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 1: of teams in the NFC getting losses that could really

446
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,240
Speaker 1: potentially help the Vikings playoff picture. Although not down and out,

447
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 1: I do think that the loss just played right into

448
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 1: the hands of the forty nine ers and I think

449
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: that was it. You know, I don't think it took

450
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,880
Speaker 1: a very like elite football minus PA likes to say,

451
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: to know that the factors that like the boxes that

452
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 1: we checked or we were talking about last week, you know,

453
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over, control the time and possession,

454
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,399
Speaker 1: limit penalties, those kinds of things, don't let them have

455
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,920
Speaker 1: the ball for that long. I mean, you couldn't check

456
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: any of else. Yeah, And that was frustrating for me.

457
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,720
Speaker 1: I remember I tweeted, like right before halftime, I was

458
00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,160
Speaker 1: sitting in between Pa and Bursts and I was like, dude,

459
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,919
Speaker 1: I feel like we should be about fourteen right now.

460
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: And I tweeted it out and just seeing the responses

461
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,119
Speaker 1: and everybody was like, oh you figure, Like yeah, really

462
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 1: so but but you felt so good about that half

463
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 1: for some reason, right until the eight and a half

464
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 1: minute drive. It's just so hard. I feel like this

465
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: year it's just so hard of sustaining momentum. Yeah, we've

466
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: had so many problems doing that, Like we would have

467
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: a good play or just think think about the Cane

468
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 1: Wango kick return, like oh, like Ryan Ficken always says,

469
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: the special team's unit is the momentum responders. So to

470
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 1: get her kick return for a touchdown and then missed

471
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: the extra point, it's just like, why can't we just

472
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,679
Speaker 1: sustain that and actually finish what we got going. It

473
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: was one of those moments where you're like, oh, no,

474
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: this is great, but then they get the ball back

475
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: and you're like, well, crud. Like I think it's great, Sure,

476
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 1: the points are good, like happy about that, but like,

477
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,360
Speaker 1: do we really have to give the ball to them

478
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: again right now? This was so fast. There wasn't much

479
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 1: that their offense did that that surprised me. It was

480
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,240
Speaker 1: more so every time they random ball, I was like,

481
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,040
Speaker 1: oh shoot, But when they threw the ball or I

482
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,000
Speaker 1: did a play action passing or whenever we're in you know,

483
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: a longer down to distance, like I felt comfortable with us,

484
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: with our defense, even though we were kind of depleting

485
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: the D line to stop them. So it was just

486
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,959
Speaker 1: that momentum, and it didn't really register completely with me

487
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: until after the game and We're on the way back

488
00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 1: to the hotel and I was talking with Ben Lieber

489
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: a little bit, and he was just describing how Garoppolo

490
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: works the middle of the field. And I mean, more

491
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: than eighty two percent of their pass yards on Sunday

492
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,640
Speaker 1: were the middle of the field, like he is going

493
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: into the game. More than half of his pass yards

494
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: were middle of the field. So it's almost like you

495
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 1: know what's coming. So if you look at Jimmy G's

496
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: interceptions on film, I could about ninety percent of those

497
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: came outside of the hashes and numbers. So whenever we

498
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 1: forced him to throw it down field, that's where he

499
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 1: was not accurate. But you know, some of those deep,

500
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,440
Speaker 1: big routes thirty yard ends, twenty yard ends, or checkdowns,

501
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna slice and dice you up. All right,

502
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: we need to put this to bed. I feel like

503
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,240
Speaker 1: this is one of those games where you know some

504
00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,640
Speaker 1: of them. You sit there and you're like, oh, well,

505
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,439
Speaker 1: there's a couple of things we could touch on, but

506
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 1: this one it just felt like it was a lot.

507
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 1: But we'll close that book and go to the next

508
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: chapter because there is an exciting game up ahead. The

509
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,399
Speaker 1: Vikings look to extend their nine game win streak over

510
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,719
Speaker 1: the Lions, but more importantly, keep themselves in the playoff picture.

511
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,439
Speaker 1: Earlier this year, the good guys walked off with a

512
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: Greg Joseph field goal nineteen to seventeen. Too close for comfort,

513
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: as some would say, but the Lions still winless this season.

514
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: They do have a tie under their belts. They tied

515
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: the Steelers, but you know a lot of close games recently.

516
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: So we're going to get ready the way we know

517
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,880
Speaker 1: how one thing we're excited about and one thing we're

518
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,320
Speaker 1: nervous for. So Craig, why don't you get us going

519
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,120
Speaker 1: with the one thing you're excited about in this Lions

520
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 1: Vikings matchup. This is going to sound silly at first,

521
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: but I love a noon kickoff, especially with a couple

522
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: of three primetime games still on the schedule, and that

523
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: kind of feeds into how well Kirk has been against

524
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 1: the Lions and his numbers in Detroit since joining Minnesota,

525
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 1: he's completed more than seventy or sent it passes, he's

526
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: averaging three hundred thirty two passing yards a game, and

527
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: he's thrown ten touchdowns at Ford Field with zero interceptions.

528
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 1: Add that all up, that's passer rating a one thirty

529
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 1: five point one. Uh. You know, new new head coach

530
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 1: that he would always feast on the man demand like

531
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: the Vikings did a great job of finding man demand

532
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 1: beaters the past three years when playing Matt Patricia led

533
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: Lions teams. So we'll see what is in store what

534
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: coach Campbell has in mind for trying to slow down

535
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: the Vikings passing attack. But the passing conditions are great there.

536
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: Kirk's history is great there. He's a perfect seven and

537
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 1: oh as a starter since since joining Minnesota against Detroit.

538
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: So it's just one of those things where he's just

539
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: really locked in against the Lions. So that that should

540
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,680
Speaker 1: be a big help as as a team comes back

541
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: and tries to even out that record and get ready

542
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: for the final push. Yeah, because after a loss like

543
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: what you just went through, where you thought the offense

544
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: had finally found their identity, this could be the game

545
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: to get them right back to feel he like themselves

546
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: again for sure. All right, Gabe, what are you excited

547
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: about in the Vikings Lions game. I gotta say our runt. Well,

548
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: Alexander Madison, I'll just say that, just in particular, averaging

549
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: over one hundred and four rushing yards against this team

550
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: the past two times that we've played him. He's been

551
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: a starting running back the past two times that we've

552
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,919
Speaker 1: played him. So I don't wish injuries on anyone, but

553
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: if Dalvin could sit out any game, I will want

554
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: this to be the one because Alexander Madison has had

555
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: field days against the Steve Tory Lions defense. Right now,

556
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 1: they are the fourth worst run defense in the NFL,

557
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: given up one hundred and thirty three yards per game.

558
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: So I like my chances on Alexander Madison on Sunday. Yeah.

559
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 1: So you're saying, fantasy owners, if you need a waiver

560
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: wire pickup this week, Masson might be take him off

561
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: your bench. Yeah, take him off your bench. Give the

562
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 1: guy a start. He's been really great in games that

563
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 1: he starts. Maybe he wasn't as effective coming in as

564
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: a backup last week, but when he gets the call

565
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: and he has the reps of the week of practice

566
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 1: knowing that he is the guy that's going to be

567
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: the starter. He's been a little bit more successful in

568
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: the game for sure. All Right, Jay, what are you

569
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,239
Speaker 1: most excited for in the Vikings Lions game? Piggybacking off

570
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 1: what Gabe's talking about, I'm actually going to look at

571
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 1: the other guy who's probably going to get some more

572
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,400
Speaker 1: touches this week. I want to see Cane Wongo out

573
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: there actually getting to play in some actual backfield action.

574
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: I know, as a rookie one of the things you're

575
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,360
Speaker 1: probably nervous a little bit about is knowing the protections

576
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: and knowing everything else that goes besides just you know,

577
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: handling the rock and getting some rushes. But I want

578
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 1: to see what happens if they put him in there.

579
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: Are they going to potentially use him as a swing

580
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: pass kind of guy and get him out in space

581
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 1: and let him use a speed But given the fact

582
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: that you cannot deny what we've seen so far in

583
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: the kick return game, which is when he gets the

584
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: ball in his hands and you get him in open space,

585
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: he is electric. It's so fun to watch, and so

586
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that in this game, if Alexander is going

587
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: to be the main guy, and typically he would be

588
00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 1: the guy getting these spots to spell Delvin doing his Thing'

589
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: gonna se what happens if they do put Canay in

590
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: there and just see how he reacts to actual live

591
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: game action from the backfield. So that's what I'm excited

592
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: about this weekend. Maybe even still a couple of plays

593
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: from that San Francisco playbook that they've used for STEM exactly. Yeah,

594
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: I thought you were going to say a J Rolls.

595
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: We haven't seen him since the preseason. He had a

596
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 1: hundred rushing yards against the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm not

597
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: sure if he would be active, but unau I think

598
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: he's canas back up. But yeah, I want Canad have

599
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: a big game that I'm one that when we drafted him,

600
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,719
Speaker 1: you know, there's a there's a text thread that that

601
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: was Corso siamins him myself and They're kind of like

602
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: why are we picking this guy? And I'm like, I

603
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: just want to see if you think about what does

604
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: Kansas City do really well? They have a ton of

605
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: playmakers that have speed that they just get the ball

606
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: out of the homes hands and get it to these

607
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: playmakers and just say, make something happen, you know, And

608
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: it's the speed factor of it. And he's one of

609
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: our few guys that we have, especially on the offensive side,

610
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: that is just pure speed. At least that's the way

611
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: that we look at him currently. Again, I just to

612
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 1: see in live action what does that look like. You know,

613
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: he might still need time, but you're not going to

614
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: know that until you get him out there with live

615
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 1: reps happening. Well, yeah, I mean Zimmer said this week

616
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: that the problem with young backs is that they the

617
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: protection is always the hardest, understanding their routes. Understanding. Okay,

618
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 1: so if this is the play call, where do I

619
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: line up? Who who's my guy to block? If I

620
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: have to? So I think getting him in there for

621
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: more of those like like you said, Samuel type plays

622
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: might be a little a good way to ease him

623
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: on into it, because that's it's the learning curve. It's

624
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: the hardest part for rookies. Yeah. And you also saw

625
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson back there in the back field against Green

626
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: Bay too, and Zimmer said he's not back there for protection,

627
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: so fin find the times you don't need him there

628
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: for protection. I love that you went there with that

629
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: because that's exactly where my mind was. Yeah, it was

630
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: just like, yeah, let let him. We're not hiding what

631
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,479
Speaker 1: he's going to be doing, right, like it's no secret.

632
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: But if he's back there or justin Jefferson's back there,

633
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: we're going with that. I love that when he said that, Um,

634
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: I will go with I'm most excited to see our

635
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: receivers against this line secondary kind of picking back off

636
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: of your point, Craig. Last game, the Vikings had two

637
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five passing yards, led by Jefferson with

638
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty four. I think this group of

639
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: corners is super young. They do have amani Uarier who's

640
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: playing a lot better. He has five interceptions this season,

641
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: which is good for the rookie. But I like Jefferson's

642
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: ability to run routes and win the battle and you

643
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: know those fifty fifty balls and the man coverage, so

644
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: I m like that matchup. They also get back rookie

645
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: cornerback feet of mail of Funa Woom. I'm sure I

646
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 1: totally said that correctly. Sometimes I learned I learned in

647
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: you know, my broadcasting day. Sometimes if you just say

648
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: it with confidence and roll right through it, no one

649
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: will ever know. So that's what I'm gonna go with.

650
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: He was activated off injured reserve, and while he is,

651
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: you know, he only has two games under his belt,

652
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: so he is again not a very experienced corner. Last week,

653
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: the Lions allowed three hundred and seventeen yards passing in

654
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: eighteen first downs, and that's with Andy Dalton, not how

655
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: well Kirk Cousins plays against this Lions team on only

656
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: one sack. The Lions were really able to get one sack.

657
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: So I like this, this, Uh, the chances for this

658
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: passing game for sure. Let's do the next one, which

659
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: I know I think all of ours might have kind

660
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: of similar themes in this one. But um, but we're

661
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: going to go around and see and see if that's

662
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: the case. Craig, what are you most nervous about in

663
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: this Lions game? Detroit's ability to hang with opponents in

664
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: Minnesota snack for keeping opponents in games. It's got to

665
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: give everyone, like, you know, past the pepto, right, that's good.

666
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: You need to coin the train market like so undoubtedly,

667
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, like no other team has led every opponent

668
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: by seven I think this year. But the Vikings are

669
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: five and six because of not either putting the you know,

670
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: the hammer down and closing out in those like I

671
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: mean the five minutes stretch in San Francisco where they

672
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: forty nine ers took control of the game. There's got

673
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: to be like a stretch of games, even when you're leading,

674
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: even when you're favored to win, where you just take

675
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: control and say, this is our game to win, this

676
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,479
Speaker 1: is not our game to lose, and this is not

677
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: our game to play not to lose. So I feel

678
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: like Detroit's been pesky. They've been knocking on the door.

679
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: You know, the phrase don't be that guy's there's a phrase,

680
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of like, don't be that team

681
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: that gives you know, an O ten and one team

682
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: it's first taste of victory. They've been so close. The

683
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: Vikings should have a very good reminder of what it

684
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: was like to lead by ten and nearly lose to

685
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: Detroit from week five. One of the stats at least

686
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: looking through their season and trying to figure out why

687
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: haven't they be able to do anything? And now frustrating.

688
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: It's got to be to be a Lions fan this

689
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: year and in they're eleven games, five of them have

690
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: been within a single score essentially, and so like if

691
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: you really think about it, including our game and even Baltimore,

692
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: it took a last second field goal, last second field

693
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 1: goal with the Santos, like all three of those games.

694
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: It's got to be just gut wrenching, and I guess

695
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: you know to the point you're just making about not

696
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: being able to put the hammer down, like this is

697
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: one of those games. I think if you can do

698
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: that early and get a twenty point lead or something

699
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: that is a point, you will see them start to quit.

700
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: And I think, given how close that first game was

701
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: with us, I think that that's something that we're going

702
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: to try to avoid at all costs. Yes, don't give

703
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 1: them hope. They're similar to the Vikings and the fact

704
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: that they have the fight to stay in games and

705
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 1: they want to get that first win. But you can't

706
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: give them the hope that this is the week it's

707
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: going to happen. Gabe, what are you most nervous for

708
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: our run defense versus their run offense? Even though DeAndre

709
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: Swift may or may not play, they're strong suit is

710
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 1: running the ball like they average four point eight yards

711
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 1: per run, which is I think the sixth best and

712
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: then in the NFL, and we've given up two hundred

713
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,120
Speaker 1: yard rushers twice this season, and the last time we

714
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 1: played the Detroit Lions, we had to Kneel Hunter, Everson Griffin,

715
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: and Dalvin Tomlinson as our starting d linman. Probably none

716
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 1: of those four guys will play on Sunday, and that

717
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: that kind of scares me against a team that we

718
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: know they're One good thing that they do this year

719
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: is run the ball effectively downhill. So um, if we

720
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: can stop the run, I don't think it'd be a

721
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: a game that we should lose. But that's that's easier

722
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 1: said than done here here in Minnesota. Yeah, it's interesting.

723
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: I know you say dangerous if may Or may not play,

724
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 1: but Jamal Williams is just as good. And if we

725
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: remember last last time we played the Lions, he was

726
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: their leading rusher. It was by six yards, but you

727
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: know it was only like fifty eight, but those fifty

728
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: eight were hard earned, right, Well, they will they rush

729
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: for over one hundred yards against us, and so yeah,

730
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: I mean it's definitely a concern, especially after watching Elijah

731
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 1: Mitchell look like, I don't want to make a comparison

732
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: here but he just looked like he was playing out

733
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: of his mind. Well, you have a team that wants that,

734
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: you know, they're going to run the ball. That does

735
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,760
Speaker 1: put a lot of pressure on a defense to say, okay,

736
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: well we gotta we just gotta stop this. I mean,

737
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: three yards is a good run for those guys, like

738
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: two two yards is a good run for those guys

739
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: because they're going to try to make it up on

740
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 1: the next place. So that's what San Francisco did, and

741
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: I'm sure any other team that that sees that watches

742
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:16,879
Speaker 1: that film is want to say, okay, well we want

743
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: to run the ball at least thirty five times and

744
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: tell them to stop us. So we got to put

745
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: our big boy pants on and do it. All right, Jay,

746
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: it's time for you to put your big boy pants

747
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: on and tell us what you're nervous about. Actually buckle

748
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: your built Yeah already already there. Uh, what makes me

749
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: nervous about this one? Everything? Everything, okay, because they're trying

750
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: to not just have be a quote unquote trap game,

751
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 1: and that they have everything to play for because they

752
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: need to get a win, like they're looking at the

753
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: rest of their schedule as well, and just trying to

754
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: figure out, like, where are we potentially going to get

755
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: a win, and knowing how close the first game was,

756
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 1: they're looking at us as a team that, like we've

757
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 1: all just pointed out, there's vulnerabilities. Our defensive line is

758
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: not the original one that we were playing with at

759
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. We're talking about no Delvin

760
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: in this game as well, So we're just looking at

761
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of people having to step up now. The

762
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: one thing we do have is we have Kirk, and

763
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: we have JJ and we have Feeling. But for me,

764
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: this is the classic trap game and that you're just

765
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: looking at it as being a complete letdown because everyone's

766
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: expecting you to win and they are clawing to try

767
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: to get relevancy for a win for the season and

768
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: try not to be an over team for the entire

769
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one years. So for me, this game there's

770
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: everything that I'm nervous about. I think the one thing

771
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: that you can do to try and affect this game

772
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: is get to Jared Goff. He's taken twenty seven sacks

773
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: so far this season, six picks, and he's got an

774
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 1: oblique injury he was coming back from in that Bears game,

775
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: he just does not look right and I just feel

776
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: like with that offensive line issues that they have, he

777
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: is probably still super skittish. So I'm hoping that in

778
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: this game defensively weak and try and put some pressure

779
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: on him, even though it is in our original front four.

780
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: But for me, that is where my nervousness comes as again,

781
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: like kind of touched on earlier, do not let them

782
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: stay into this game, do not let them feel relevant,

783
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: get them to quit midway through the game, and just

784
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: get out of this one and get ready for Pittsburgh

785
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: coming up the following Thursday. Yeah, and the trap nature

786
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: can be magnified when you have a Thursday game too,

787
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: because coaches are likely to go ahead and start doing

788
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: some work on the Steelers on Friday before the Lions

789
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: game is played. And so then, are you calling the

790
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,839
Speaker 1: game you're in cleanly, are you leading your team through that?

791
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: Are you thinking about Thursday? And a prime example of

792
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 1: that actually is something that we've had from our history

793
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 1: years ago, which was our first London game. We were

794
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: playing the Cleveland Browns, who were all for at the

795
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: time that was led by North Turner, and basically that

796
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns game, we were going into it going, Okay,

797
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: we just got to get through this one because we're

798
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: heading to London to play the Steelers. And then we

799
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: turned around and got smoked by the Cleveland Browns at

800
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: the end of that game, and you're just walking out

801
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: of it going wait, we were supposed to win that.

802
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: It's the classic thing of do not look ahead to

803
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: the next opponent. I feel like coming off of a

804
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: loss in San Francisco, the mentality wise, they won't be

805
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: doing that. But again, it's just another thing setting you

806
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,800
Speaker 1: up for don't be that team. Yeah, this is this

807
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: is this is a big game. Like, it's still an

808
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: NFC opponent, so a win helps our standing, our rankings

809
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: in the playoff picture. So tastebak Spilers games. That's big,

810
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: but still that's an AFC team and we still got

811
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: to beat this team to get there. For me is

812
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: the next three games, and this is kind of what

813
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: I'm nervous for that are so big because you get

814
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: through the gauntlet two and two, like we had said,

815
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: and then the forty nine Ers was a winnable game.

816
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: You think if you could go win the next four

817
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: and you know you got the Rams and the Packers,

818
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: your toughest names still left, team still left on the schedule.

819
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: I'm just nervous that I'm kind of like you. I'm

820
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: nervous this is a trap game just because of the

821
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: sheer fact that it's building up this magnitude of facing

822
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: the Lions. They're over you look ahead, you don't think

823
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: about it. You think of it as a guaranteed, and

824
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: you can't always think of it that way. But I'm

825
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: hoping that mistakes of last game past kind of like

826
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: a Christmas Carol reference, is kind of like creeping in

827
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: and maybe thinking, you know, they're not as we have

828
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: to play above that level. We need to have a

829
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: dominant performance, and I don't know if we've really had

830
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: that so far this season from the vikings seeing just

831
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: an absolute total dominant performance. I'm very nervous that if

832
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: we do not hold them at the end of the

833
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: second quarter and go into halftime with momentum, that that

834
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 1: really could be the kiss of death, because if they

835
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: go in the halftime thinking, oh, we're right in it,

836
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: We're still in it, this could be another blast from

837
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 1: the past. Since the bye, the Lions have had a

838
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: sixteen and sixteen tie with the Steelers and two close

839
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: losses thirteen and ten to the Browns, sixteen to fourteen

840
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 1: to the Bears, so their defense is playing much better.

841
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: I'm just nervous that that's gonna be another close game,

842
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 1: and you know that's always a coin flip for this team.

843
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: And in that tie that I think they missed an

844
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: extra point in regulation and a forty eight yard field

845
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,320
Speaker 1: goal they've they've kind of had to go through multiple kickers.

846
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,320
Speaker 1: Riley Patterson is now there, spent the offseason with the Vikings.

847
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 1: But it's it's kind of one of those things like,

848
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: oh man, they lost, hell, you're kind of hoping that

849
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: maybe they'd already have that taste that they didn't like

850
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: does that fuel? Does that build more confidence? You know?

851
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: So like it's just whatever it is. It all comes

852
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 1: down to executing, scheming during the week, executing during the

853
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,320
Speaker 1: game the game. Earlier this year, I think jay Or Tatum,

854
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: you might have made the point like we played a

855
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: fairly decent game on defense leading up to I guess

856
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: like the last two minutes of the game. So I

857
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: think it's just starting fashion and just finishing. We still

858
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: haven't just finished this year. Outside of it, I just

859
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: want to dominant win Yeah, I want to feel comfortable

860
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 1: heading into the fourth quarter. I want to feel like, like,

861
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: you know, like we we we had a control for

862
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: sixty minutes, I would take forty five. I would take

863
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 1: forty five for all I get out. So you want

864
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: to see aj Rolls also, not that I think he's

865
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: a fabulous person and a great player, whatever it takes

866
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: to get the win. I've given up on writing because

867
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: you know, one of the first posts immediately after the

868
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: game is the Running Gamer, and I've almost given up

869
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,760
Speaker 1: on writing that the Vikings were ahead. Actually, I've stopped

870
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: doing the entire lead um this season, and Detroit the

871
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: first time around was where I deleted about ten paragraphs

872
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: yes on a moment's notice, and we're like, ah, so

873
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just like whatever, We'll get it up

874
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: as soon as we can. But like this this season

875
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: is just down to the wire season. I think you

876
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: Matthew Coller said that earlier this year, right, he just

877
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: basically said he does so much backspacing, like at the

878
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: end of the game because it changes so much. So yeah, well,

879
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: speaking of what you're working on, not to get ahead

880
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 1: of ourselves and not talk about what you're doing this

881
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: week but you've got a couple of big weeks ahead

882
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 1: for uh the for Vikings dot Com with and the

883
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: playbook with the Steelers game. Yeah, it's always exciting the

884
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 1: opportunities we get to do the some of the content

885
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: for the playbook, game programs, and UH, big thing I'm

886
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: working on right now is a feature on our Vikings

887
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: community Man the Year. He will be the NFL Walter

888
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: Peyton Man the Year nominee. Uh. It's going to be

889
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,799
Speaker 1: announced league wide on December seventh, but I've been able

890
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 1: to do a little bit of work on that. So

891
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: we're excited to unfail that. Really proud of the player

892
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: and happy for the recognition. I think it's a super

893
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 1: deserving Uh, he's a super deserving person to receive this. Uh.

894
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 1: Combine that, so that'll be in that playbook. We'll have

895
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 1: primetime purple features, we'll have my cause, my cleats. You know,

896
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: it's not at all you know, so it's it's just

897
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 1: super exciting. And uh, jeff justin Jefferson's on the cover.

898
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:09,240
Speaker 1: So that'll be funny favorite. Yeah, so nice. He's gonna

899
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: be looking really fly in those primetime purple uniforms. So

900
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 1: Eric's got that story good to go. Lindsay's done some

901
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 1: great stuff with my cause my cleats and just just

902
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,839
Speaker 1: excited to bring that home. I was just gonna make

903
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,240
Speaker 1: a little jab here and say, I mean justin Jefferson's

904
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: always looks great in primetime purple. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I

905
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,320
Speaker 1: had to get my I had to get my Lshue

906
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 1: in there for you. No, I understand. Yeah, if anyone

907
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: did know, Craig went to Misisipi State. We have a

908
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: friendly rival going on. Gabe, what's going on with the

909
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,759
Speaker 1: Audible this week? Eric Kendricks is the guest this week.

910
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: You will be talking. Maybe we'll talk about that that

911
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: holding Oh yeah, yeah, maybe get his thoughts on that,

912
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: because yeah, that that was that was That was an

913
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: interesting call. But he'll be on. He highroded it after

914
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 1: the game. He did. It was just like they let

915
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,959
Speaker 1: us play, you know what he wanted. Yeah, yeah, that's

916
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 1: not what you're saying really in the time, in the

917
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: heat of the moment. But yeah, So he'll be the

918
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: guest for this week and we'll have some fun with that.

919
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: It's awesome. And Jay, we've got Vikings vantage this week. Um,

920
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 1: what's going on with that Detroit native and outspoken Lions

921
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,280
Speaker 1: critic Ron Johnson will be on the show. That's always

922
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: fun when it's Lions week with Ron because he's always

923
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: very opinionated on what is happening in Detroit. So it'll

924
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:27,919
Speaker 1: be fun to have Ron back on the show again

925
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: this week. So check it out this week on Friday Night.

926
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 1: You really can't help but like feel the pain and

927
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 1: Ron's voice Waink talks about them, and it's almost like

928
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: he's it's okay that he says those things about the

929
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,319
Speaker 1: Lions because of what how he grew up around there. Yeah,

930
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: I would just feel bad if he was actually a Lion,

931
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: if he grew up a Lions fan, I will be

932
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: oh full forest pain. But the fact that he's hilarious

933
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: about it, it makes everybody's job about it. It It does,

934
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 1: it does well. This week on opposing viewpoints, we will

935
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,840
Speaker 1: have Fox to Detroit's Dan Miller on the show to

936
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: talk about the Lions matchup with Vikings reporter Eric Smith.

937
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: And then also Friday Football Feast is headed to a

938
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 1: Dinah and so I will be there. Actually, this week

939
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: is my week to go and head out there, um,

940
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: and I'm really excited. It should be a lot of

941
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: fun Friday football feast, adding Dinah on Friday mornings from

942
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: nine to noon. Well, this is our chance to get

943
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: to five hundred this weekend and stay in the playoff picture.

944
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: When the Vikings hit the road heading to Detroit to

945
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: face the winless Lions, kickoff is set for noon on CBS.

946
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: So that is that is a little bit different this week.

947
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 1: Make sure what is I don't know that is? Well,

948
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,360
Speaker 1: I mean you just always used to rely on road

949
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: conference determining which network, and now they've started cross flexing

950
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 1: the past couple of years to try to have this

951
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 1: added flexibility at the end of the season to get

952
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: certain games on certain time slots. I was gonna say,

953
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,479
Speaker 1: because CBS for two NFC teams is pretty interesting call.

954
00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: It's usually more atwork, maybe on a holiday thanks type thing.

955
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: But yeah, the cross flexing has kind of made its

956
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: way through. And yeah, I did a double take when

957
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: I saw CBS. So just keep that in mind if

958
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,359
Speaker 1: you're tuning in, if you're not headed to the game.

959
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:16,479
Speaker 1: And that was that negget of information courtesy of Craig

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00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: Peers with Vikings dot Com. Thank you so much for

961
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: being on the podcast this week. We loved having you. Oh,

962
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: it's so great to be here. Thanks so much for

963
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: having me, of course, well you guys. Stick with Vikings

964
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,719
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