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Speaker 1: Paul the Fan's time for x as and o's with

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell of the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: Radio Network. Now from the TCO studios at Egan. Here

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Speaker 1: is the voice of the Vikings Paul Allen.

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Speaker 2: Hey if that fits an o's on the KFA and

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings Radio Network in Vikings dot com. I'm Paul

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Speaker 2: Allen with Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell, and the winds

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Speaker 2: of change have been blowing at Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center.

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Speaker 3: We record this on a Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: You hear it on a Wednesday, so it was hot

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Speaker 2: and heavy around here on a Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Holy cow.

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Speaker 2: Let's begin with a quarterback, Josh Dobbs. You guys traded

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Speaker 2: for him ten starts with Tennessee and Arizona. Started out

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Speaker 2: with Pittsburgh. Eight tds this year. Look quite good against

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Speaker 2: the Dallas Cowboys. What do you like about Josh?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think anytime at this point in the season,

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Speaker 4: you can, you know, really kind of in the face

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Speaker 4: of adversity, losing you know, a quarterback that maybe was

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Speaker 4: playing as well as anybody in our league. And Kirk Cousins,

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Speaker 4: we wanted to try to solidify that room, solidify the

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Speaker 4: depth of the room, knowing that Nick Mullens is still

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Speaker 4: recovering from from you know, his stint. On the short term,

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Speaker 4: I are, we're excited about Jaron Hall and giving him

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Speaker 4: an opportunity this weekend, but really what Josh Dobbs brings

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Speaker 4: is really experienced, a guy that's played against the Niners,

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Speaker 4: played against the Cowboys, played against some really good the

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Speaker 4: LA ram some really good defenses this year and moved

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Speaker 4: and moved the Ravens that and moved that offense. And

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Speaker 4: we saw that team up close and personal and joint

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Speaker 4: practices and there's a lot to like there, but there's

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Speaker 4: also you know, some development going on around there.

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Speaker 5: And I just thought when you watch him on tape.

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Speaker 4: Steady playmaking ability with his legs, can see the field,

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Speaker 4: he's very smart, and ultimately I think he's going to

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Speaker 4: be a good addition to our team as we continue

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Speaker 4: to try to solidify.

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Speaker 5: Like I said, the loss of Kirk.

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Speaker 4: Cousins, which is something we're not going to be able

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Speaker 4: to do, but it's our job as coaches to give

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Speaker 4: our team the best possible chance to go continue.

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Speaker 5: To win football games.

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Speaker 4: Love where we're at as a team right now, momentum wise,

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Speaker 4: we got to keep that going.

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Speaker 2: Ezra Cleveland guard Ezra Cleveland goes to the Jacksonville Jaguars

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Speaker 2: where he gets to work with Phil Rauscher, their offensive

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Speaker 2: line coach, and they know each other really well. I

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Speaker 2: would imagine that this has multiple tentacles as to why

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Speaker 2: it happened. But it can't happen if Dalton Reisner doesn't

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Speaker 2: give you what you want.

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Speaker 5: Correct, Yeah, bittersweet.

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Speaker 4: Ezra was one of the first players that that really

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Speaker 4: I got to know well when I came here to

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Speaker 4: be the head coach of the Vikings, and I've always

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Speaker 4: had nothing but love for Ezra. I mean, incredibly consistent,

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Speaker 4: a guy that you know is the same guy every

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Speaker 4: single day. Talented player, but pau as you know, when

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Speaker 4: you know guys are going are in the last year

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Speaker 4: of their contracts, we do bring on a player like Dalton,

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Speaker 4: we have a Blake Brandell. We're going to eventually be

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Speaker 4: able to possibly have Chris Reid back activated off of

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Speaker 5: So it was like very few teams experience.

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Speaker 4: We did feel like we were, you know, had the

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Speaker 4: you know, the riches at the position of the guard

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Speaker 4: and could we possibly acquire, you know, an immediate resource

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Speaker 4: that Quasi can then use in either another move or

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Speaker 4: potentially in this year's draft. And and it's always important

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Speaker 4: that where the players going that they they feel really

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Speaker 4: good about it as well. And I know in my

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Speaker 4: dialogue with Ezra the opportunity to go reunite with Phil

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Speaker 4: Ralph Sher down there, who I know very well is

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Speaker 4: a great, great football coach for a team with Doug

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Speaker 4: and that that that that team's got a lot going

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Speaker 4: on in a good way, a great quarterback, and a

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Speaker 4: lot of enthusiasm and excitement down there in Doval And

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Speaker 4: and I think as there's going to be a big

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Speaker 2: So I would imagine with the two starts for Dalton

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Speaker 2: things have worked out well. Likewise fred Ingram, who really

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Speaker 2: this season, your players, that's how it's supposed to work

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Speaker 2: so for d But about the only thing with Dalton

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Speaker 2: Daniel's karate kick in the end zone after the Howkinson touchdown.

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Speaker 2: I think I mean, the vertical might have been eighteen

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Speaker 4: You know, yeah, I think what fans are probably coming

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Speaker 5: He loves playing.

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Speaker 4: That's awesome, infectious personality in the locker room and really

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Speaker 4: is fit right in there next to CD and Garrett Bradbury.

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Speaker 5: I can tell you this much.

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Speaker 4: You know, we don't feel as comfortable with making a

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Speaker 4: move with a really established core starter like Ezra Cleveland.

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Speaker 5: If Dalton Reisner is not here in our building.

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Speaker 4: So really a credit to Dalton, but at the same time,

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Speaker 4: you know, it's something that we want to continue to

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Speaker 4: see consistently him bringing that same juice and energy and

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Speaker 4: really solidifying that line to go along with Ed there who's.

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Speaker 5: Play improve football each and every time he goes out.

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Speaker 4: And the expectation is we're going to get continue to

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Speaker 4: important when you lose a quarterback of Kirk's caliber as

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Speaker 4: to do just a little bit more offensive line, receivers,

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Speaker 4: running backs, tight ends, defensively, the kicking game, and maybe

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Speaker 4: most importantly myself, You know as the head coach and

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Speaker 4: put our guys in great situations to move the.

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Speaker 2: Rock, trade trades and just everything going on. By the way,

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Speaker 2: you have the Falcons this weekend YEP at noon on KFA,

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Speaker 2: and it's a road game too. Speaking of the Falcons,

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Speaker 2: were you a big Mike Vick fan while attending LaCosta

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Speaker 5: Who wasn't a big Mike Vick fan him? I mean

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Speaker 4: Basically, I grew up loving Randall Cunningham both as an

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Speaker 5: It just throws the ball with his other hand, which

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Speaker 5: I don't understand. But no, I thought he was.

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Speaker 4: A special, special guy that really changed the game. And

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Speaker 4: in this day and age, if that kind of evolution

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Speaker 2: Wow, be crazy with wave broke angles and every Barry

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Speaker 2: on ex'es and o's with Kevin O'Connell and yours July.

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Speaker 3: Paul Allen got some trades Falcons.

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Speaker 2: This weekend and Kevin gets aaltered the offensive plan again

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, anytime you're going to be

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Speaker 4: You know, that's as a team first and foremost philosophically,

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Speaker 5: What do we think it's going to take to win

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Speaker 4: Getting with flow Wes Phillips, Matt Daniels on a big

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Speaker 4: Really offensively for us, you know, how do we want

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Speaker 4: last year, so I know he's as good as it gets.

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Speaker 5: You know, in the National Football League.

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Speaker 4: Defensively, Arthur and his staff do a great job offensively

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Speaker 4: just never know, you know how important this game will

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Speaker 5: When it's all said and done for twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: And speaking of Kirk Cousins, I liked Monday when you

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Speaker 2: seen it all over twenty two Keenan and just so

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Speaker 2: you and your staff taking on obviously positivity during yet

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's the most important thing in leadership,

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Speaker 4: uh is You know, we talk to our players a

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Speaker 4: would be incredibly hypocritical of me to not feel like

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Speaker 4: it's our job to make sure the support you know,

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Speaker 5: Whatever that looks like.

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Speaker 4: We're going to go try to win a football game

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Speaker 4: and we have all the confidence confidence in the world

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Speaker 4: and Jaron to go do that.

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Speaker 2: And Kevin, is it important, you know, like with Jarin

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Speaker 2: there and have the mindset of like I'm gonna win

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Speaker 2: this thing for the next ten years. Yeah, I just

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Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, I would.

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Speaker 4: This is a prime example because I think one of

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Speaker 4: when my opportunities did come that I had to go

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Speaker 4: win the super Bowl on that play, that third down,

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Speaker 4: plan where Jaron feels like he can just go do

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Speaker 4: his job, you know, be great in and out of

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Speaker 4: the huddle, be great with your cadence, be great with

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Speaker 4: your technique and fundamentals, your progressions, getting us into the

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Speaker 4: right run plays based upon whatever look the defense provides.

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Speaker 4: But then it's on us as coaches to make sure

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Speaker 4: that plan matches with him just doing his job, the

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Speaker 4: the plan being good enough to compete and move the

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Speaker 2: So so, speaking of the plan, Kirk is six '

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Speaker 2: it goes into putting things together into Atlanta.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, We're not gonna be able to shrink our offensive line,

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Speaker 3: So thirty seconds here.

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Speaker 2: So with the busy week and the trades and the

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Speaker 4: We would have loved, you know, either the block field

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Speaker 4: But my confidence in Greg is is strong, and you

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Speaker 7: You know what's so crazy, PA is that I was

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Speaker 2: Right, and man, you know, Barry Sanders is like ankle

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Speaker 7: That was a that was a that was a meat decision,

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Speaker 5: Possible on this play.

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Speaker 2: Well, and with Corderyl, who never will call for a

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Speaker 2: fair catch, I mean, seriously, you, I mean I certainly

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Speaker 2: don't want you to share the plan, but I mean Cordaryl,

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Speaker 2: specifically against his former team eight yards deep, he might be.

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Speaker 3: Coming out right.

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Speaker 5: Oh, he's coming out for sure. You know, we just

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Speaker 7: I mean, if it's anywhere within eight yards, he's bringing

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Speaker 7: it out.

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Speaker 5: Right and rightfully. So you can work that too, oh

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Speaker 5: for sure. For sure.

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Speaker 7: You know, the guys just did a great job with

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Speaker 7: Kayshaun Nixon, who was a great returner. He has this

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Speaker 7: previous week and so you know, we got another great

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Speaker 7: challenging and guys are biting at the bit at this opportunity.

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Speaker 2: How does CJ Ham help you on special teams?

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Speaker 7: CJ is it's like a Swiss army knife in terms

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Speaker 7: of where.

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Speaker 5: I'm able to put him at.

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Speaker 7: He can play every single position on punt right guard,

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Speaker 7: left guard. He originally started off at right guard for us,

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Speaker 7: and now he's playing the left guard now kind of

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Speaker 7: with the uptick in time. DJ Wantam is now playing,

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Speaker 7: so he's off of the punt team now. So we

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Speaker 7: moved c J Ham over to that spot. And so

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Speaker 7: there's a trust factor that goes into it where I

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Speaker 7: can feel confident the good good about putting c j

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Speaker 7: Hm there at that position when he's taking zero snaps

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Speaker 7: there all year or last year, right, you know.

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Speaker 3: Scholars of the game.

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Speaker 2: And lastly with Matt Daniel, special teams coordinator for the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of scholars for the of the game, Matt was

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Speaker 2: a two time academic All acc at Duke. Okay, this

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Speaker 2: is Duke. We ain't talking past the Union City College,

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Speaker 2: and it is the school football balance at a place

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Speaker 2: like Duke.

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Speaker 3: I mean, seriously, how how hard is that?

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Speaker 5: PA? That is you know, I get that question.

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Speaker 7: Often in terms of, you know, do does this school

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Speaker 7: show any love from an academic standpoint because you're a

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Speaker 7: football player that's new. No, Maybe if you're maybe maybe

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Speaker 7: if you're a duke basketball plage, just because you're on

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Speaker 7: the road a little bit more.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, But outside of that.

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Speaker 7: The you know, the the academy of the area is

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Speaker 7: very rigorous, but they do a great job of providing

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Speaker 7: support their mentors tutors to kind of help you along

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Speaker 7: the way. But what incredible, incredible experience I had there.

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Speaker 7: If I could do it all over again, I would

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Speaker 7: choose to go to do.

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Speaker 3: You're fantastic matter. Sure, I appreciate you very much, very

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Speaker 3: good at what you do today.

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Speaker 2: Matt Daniel, special teams coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, with

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Speaker 2: thank Kevin O'Connell. Likewise for Curly here is here at

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Speaker 2: the Vikings Entertainment Network, and Eric Nordquist was KFA in

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Speaker 2: and Carly Balk the conduit to it all for x's

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Speaker 2: and o's on the KFA in Minnesota.

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Speaker 5: Vikings