WEBVTT - Vikings Xs and Os with Mike Zimmer and Drew Petzing | Week 3 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:04.000 Sitting down. I'm a shotgun play action cutsens on a 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:06.800 deep drum. Here's a deep shop to step on dicks, 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:15.600 and it's not to the twenty fifteen ten seventy five 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:21.360 yard strike Cousins Dicks twenty three twenty. It's time for 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.759 xs and os with Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer on 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:29.560 the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. Now from the TCO Studios 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:33.680 in Egan. Here is the voice of the Viking, Paul Allen. 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.080 XS and o's on the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network is 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.559 underway and I'm Paul Allen, joined by Minnesota Vikings head 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:44.599 coach Mike Zimmer. The third regular season game is at 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.800 US Bank Stadium. It's this noon against the Oakland Raiders. 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:52.360 And Raiders defensive coordinator his name is Paul Gunther. He 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:57.320 coached the linebackers for coach Zimmer at Cincinnati Sunday. Oakland 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.280 is here. So let me ask you this, with the 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.600 way he does it and the way you do it, 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.440 is this potentially the most mugging of the A gap 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:08.839 ever to take place in the history of the NFL. 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:10.720 There's no doubt there'll be a lot of mugging in 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:14.840 the A gaps Paul. Paul's a very good coach and 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:19.399 he uh, you know, the system and scheme that they're 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.520 running is very very similar to what we run. So 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.280 so do you see a lot of the twenty nineteen 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.160 Mike Zimmer not necessarily back to Cincinnati or when you 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:30.080 started here, but do you see a lot of you 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.600 in what he's trying to do with the Raiders defense? 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.960 Oh yeah, yeah, there's a lot um you know, and 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.240 everything's evolved obviously since then with a lot of things 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.039 that that we do and some of the things that 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.360 they do, I'm sure, but um, he's going to try 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.720 to give you different looks. They've got some very good players. 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.680 You know, Vantes Perfect was with us in Cincinnati. He's 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.000 playing very very well. You know, they got Conny at 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.400 corner who's going and matching. They're the best receiver who 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.320 they believe is the best receiver, you know, And then 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:05.200 there'll be a lot of um uh mugging of the 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.400 A Gapps and then dropping out. Then they'll try to 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.639 bring different pressures. They'll try to get Perfect on the 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.000 back uh in in protection and so uh you know, 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.160 that's just kind of how Paul's always done it with 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.200 Vontz Berfect their middle linebacker. When when you took a 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:25.119 chance on him out of Arizona State University, what led 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.040 you to taking that chance? And then what do you 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.680 think of his career? Well, quite honestly, Marvin Lewis UH 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.040 was the one that UH said, you know, we need 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.000 to try this guy. He was a really good player. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.360 He had thirty seven personal foul penalties in college though, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.160 And so I was not, you know, the the biggest 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.880 UH advocate for it, but um, but when he was 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.799 there with me, he played very well. He was not 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.600 Um was not a dirty player. Uh he was, but 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:54.240 he was very violent, physical, he reads things quick, Um. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.160 And I think he's had a really good career. He's 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.720 back down his weights down now. He had a Tennessee 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:02.960 to get a little heavy towards his latter years in Cincinnati, 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.720 and and it's really showing up on tape. And he's 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.120 really the one that's in charge of that defense because 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.799 he's very smart and he's very good communicator, and he's 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.800 played in that defense now for many years. I remember 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.720 Lamarca's joiner was Saint Louis and the La rams As. 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.400 I think definitely a safety, maybe a free safety or whatever. 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.480 But he's there nickel now right right, And uh, he 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.880 was nickel for the Rams as well. But he'd go 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.919 from safety to nickel very quick, very athletic, smaller size guy, 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:34.360 but sees things very well, and he'll he'll be a 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.480 really tough matchup for us in the slot. So here 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.960 we are on Wednesday evening. I would imagine these sour 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.760 feelings from the Green Bay game are gone. Yeah, it's 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.800 time to move on. You know, we have the twenty 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.200 four hour rule, but it was it was rough there 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:49.560 for a couple you know, a couple hours or days 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.280 or something like that. But yeah, we have to move on. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:56.840 We can't let one lost mate become too And you know, 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.920 there were so many positives in the game and then 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.160 we had enough negatives that we ended up losing the 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.120 football game. Yeah. Yeah, you lost the game, end of 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.960 the equation. That's what matters most. But they didn't score 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.440 on eleven consecutive possessions. I mean, you have to feel 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.800 great about that. Well we did so, you know, as 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:18.440 I said, we had to make some adjustments. We did that. Um, 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.240 you know, as funny Rogers came up to me at 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.320 the end of the game and I was actually walking 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.560 away and I hired somebody Mike Mike Mike, and he 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.560 came up to me and said, you know, I really 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.200 respect what you do and you know, and I said 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.400 to him, you know, you're we're a really tough guy 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.839 to defend. But you know that was nice that, you know, 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.280 because he saw in the game that we made adjustments 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:43.040 and the things we were trying to do with against him. So, um, 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:44.480 you know, because he's a smart guy and he's a 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.920 terrific player. So so you put a plan together and say, 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.320 for whatever the reason, plans A, B, and C aren't working. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.840 Um do do do you ever find that during the 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:54.800 course of the game that I don't want to say, 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.400 scrap everything, but you're almost like drawing up things on 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.920 the fly. Well, we have enough things in our package 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.760 that we can go to something else. And uh, I 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.720 think that's the beauty of being able to do that. Um, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.880 but you know, we're constantly making in game adjustments. Um. 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.359 You know, a coach told me one time, the first quarter, 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.080 you do your game plan. The second and third quarter 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.279 you you are making adjustments to your game plan. In 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.040 the fourth quarter, you're you're just trying to win a game. Yeah. 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:26.760 Do you embrace the prep part of your job, analyzing 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:32.320 and trying to find weaknesses in the opponent? Um? Yeah, 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.320 I do. Um, I think that's that's a fun part 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.040 of it, you know, trying to figure out, okay, well, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.920 how can we affect their best players? How can we 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.160 affect their best plays? Um? You know, but then you're 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.440 looking at their best players all the time too, and 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.320 you know you're not looking at your best players. So um, 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.320 you know there's there's a little give and take. Tuesdays 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.560 are always really hard because of the game plan. You know, 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.480 you grinding, grinding, grind, and then you grind Wednesday night 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.360 and grinding again on Thursday. It seems from a far 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.279 mic like Trey Waynes is off to a pretty good start. 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.159 Does that bear to say? Yeah, I think Trays played 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.560 played well. Uh if I recall he had one ball 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.560 thrown on him early in the game, but the rest 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.080 of the day he had a really nice game and 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.440 that tackled well, Um, you know we're going to continue 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.480 continue to need him to move forward that way. Well, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.880 would you ever consider having Trey Wayne's track a number 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.400 one receiver the way you have roads? Yeah, I think 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:27.760 that's possibility. Um, whether he's tracking one or two, it 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.440 wouldn't really wouldn't matter. Um. You know we've had him 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.840 go the opposite of Xavier sum So Um I think, 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.080 uh yeah, I think he's more than cable of doing it. 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:40.600 Win Ball has two sacks. How important is him, uh, 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.799 not getting double teams and getting the pressure he's getting 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.760 to what you overall want to do defensively, Well, it's 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:50.040 huge because you know, with our with our two ends, 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.960 we have to be able to push the pocket. And 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.200 because a lot of times these ends are getting to 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.320 the level of quarterback and then they start to step up. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.479 And if we can get continue to get push with 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.760 those two inside guys, they have a chance to reap 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.440 the benefits really because guys are paying so much attention 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.599 to the ends. You know, you know, I certainly know 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.960 you don't want to rank players one through whatever. But 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:15.960 with Daniel Hunter and his rushing and his rush integrity 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:19.400 and keeping contain and run defense just the whole thing. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.800 Has he developed truly into one of the best overall 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.920 defensive players in the NFL. Yeah, you know, I don't know, 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:28.880 Paul about the best players in the NFL. We love him. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.800 He's a great kid. He works real hard. He's obviously 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:36.600 very very talented and does his job every week. And 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.520 so I would say he's a very very good player. 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.920 And we hope that he continues to just continue to 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.320 get better. And if someone else ranks him the best, 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:49.480 and so be it. Dalvin Cook, what what is with Dalvin? 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.800 What about his game is even better than maybe even 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.040 you thought. I'll tell you what. He's running with a 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:58.160 lot of physicality. Uh, you know, the never give up 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.440 runs that he has are are truly something to see. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.280 You know, he he'll get hit five, six, seven times 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.960 and keep going and figure out how to gain some 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.600 more yards and um make make guys miss tackles and 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:13.360 run through tackles. And I think that part, to me 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.080 is even because I knew he was explosive, I knew 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.200 he had great feed, I knew he he could catch 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.720 the ball well, but that part, the physicality of the 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.120 way he runs, is pretty done good. How do you 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.840 think this running game? A running game like this specifically 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.480 will help you guys in November and December. Well, I 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.720 hope it helps us all year. But uh, you know, 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.160 when the weather starts to get bad and you're playing outdoors, 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:42.400 that obviously is important that we can control the temple 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.800 of the game, the momentum of the game, and really 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.679 the time of possession as well. Yeah, I guess, I 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.360 guess I'm more thinking when when bodies and minds get 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.800 broken down in that final month, because people are tired, 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.200 and here we come here, here, you guys come just 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.480 mashing on people, you know. Yeah, and that's a possibility. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.120 You know. I felt like, you know, we had them 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.760 tired at times in the ballgame because of the things 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.720 we're doing offensively. Well, Well, when you get Mike Hues 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.320 back eventually, where do you think he'll help most? Well, 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.600 you know, Mike, he's been working at Nickel, he's been 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.280 working at corner Um. You know, there's some things that 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.080 you know, we can possibly do with him because of 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.720 his talent and because he's an intelligent guy. So I 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.760 think we have a chance to move him around in 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.480 different places. We might be able to play a little 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.160 bit more dime um, you know, as we as we 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.240 continue to move forward here, does does John Gruden have 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.800 a style of offense like the John Gruden way. Yeah, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.959 it's a West Coast It's a West Coast offense. He's 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.320 gonna give you a lot of shifts in motion. Um, 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.240 you know he's gonna have his trick plays in there. Uh. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.319 I've played him many times in the past. Uh. But 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:52.680 he wants to have a physical style running game. He's 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.920 got an outside zone running game, and then the play 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:57.800 actions off of it where he's trying to get guys. 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.040 He'll you know, he might bring in three times it 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.400 ends and really try to throw the ball deep. Yeah, 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.240 or are you the last one? Are you noticing with 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.960 Derek Carr second year with Gruden and in the system, 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.080 is he's sharper than he was last year? Yeah? Much? 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.640 I think you know, he's really impressed me. The way 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.560 he throws the ball. He's got a great deep ball, 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:17.480 he gets the ball out of his hand fast, he 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.640 moves away from pressure in the pocket, he can run, 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:25.360 and I've been really impressed watching montape the things that 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.719 he's able to do in the command that he has 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.720 in the offense, being able to check and change plays, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.959 which he's doing quite a bit at the line of scrimmage. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.880 So hopefully our crowd is very loud when he's out there. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.120 Good luck this weekend. Thank you. Mike zimmer Head, coach 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.400 of the Minnesota Vikings and I'm Paul Allen, x'es and 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.960 o's on the KFA and Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. 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Visit Eganman dot com 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.280 for complete details. Very happy now to be joined by 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.720 Minnesota Vikings wide receivers coach Drew pet Sing. Welcome to 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.640 the show And what got you into football back in 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.760 the day? Appreciate Paul. You know, growing up, I was 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.680 a huge fan grow up in My parents were diehard 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.199 Buffalo Bills fans, So some of my earliest memories are 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.160 watching them lose those four Super Bowls, which was tough 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.120 as a young child, and I think you just kind 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:14.760 of fall in love with the game. It was something 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:16.760 I always wanted to play from a very young age 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.280 and got the opportunity to when I got into middle 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.760 school and loved everything about it and couldn't get enough 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.080 of it, and continued through high school and into college. 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.719 Had a couple injuries and kind of got me into 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.720 coaching something that kept me around the game, and saw 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.640 it as a really a passion more than a career, 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:33.960 and then realized you could do both and kind of 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:38.480 stuck with it. What was it like coaching outside linebackers 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.240 at Yale? It was a lot of fun. That was 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.760 my first job, kind of running my own meetings, being 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.160 able to game plan, being the meeting room in that way. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.320 So it was a great opportunity. And those kids, you know, 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.360 a lot of them are not NFL bound, that's not 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.320 what they play the game for. They're there because they 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.040 love the sport. They're extremely bright kids. They worked very hard. 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.400 So from a coaching perspective, was a lot of fun 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.120 work with him. The rivalry with Harvard, what's it like, 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.240 It's like no other rival in sports. It's it's a 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.000 really really unique game to be a part of all week. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.320 I mean, the president of the college is coming to practice. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.760 All of a sudden, you go from getting you know, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.400 eight to twelve thousand people to sixty five thousand packed house. 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.960 It's all over TV and you know, all of a sudden, TV, cameras, media, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.400 it's a whole different world that you dealt with. Yeah, 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.319 the other nine or ten weeks of the year, and 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.080 it's a lot, a lot of fun. What do you 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:35.040 know about this name? Gary Fenzick. Gary Fenzick played at Yale. 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.360 He was part of the eighty five Bears with Doug Plank. 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.199 He was one of the safeties. So like eighty five Bears, 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.120 one of the Great Defenses history of the NFL Fensick 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:49.280 and Plank. Fensick might have been Harrison Smith before Harrison 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:52.120 Smith was Harrison Smith. That's a pretty impressive name. I 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.440 will say this. I one, I need to clean up 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.000 on my history a little bit. And two, I was 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.720 on both sides of that rivalry. Yeah, I was. My 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.480 first job coaching, was a intern at Harvard WOA, and 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.280 so I've won that rivalry game and lost it. So 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:05.880 if I say, what do you know about Matt Burke, 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.920 that'd be easy. Yeah, that's all Isaiah Kazvinski. Yep. Now 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.360 I will concede when it comes to Yale football history 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.600 and researching this. I mean, you know, there may be 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:17.440 some four point zeros making seven fifty a year working 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:21.800 in big buildings in big cities. The old football list 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.160 wasn't full of the most luminaries in the history of 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:28.120 the NFL. Drew Petsing, If you did not work in football, 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.400 what would you be doing? Oh? I studied math and 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.880 econ at Middlebury College, So probably something in finance at accounting. 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.880 Both My parents are CPA's numbers have always been something 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.320 that come natural to me, something that I enjoy, So 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.160 probably something in that regard, and so nearly as well 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.720 as I do this hopefully, so when Chad Beebe goes 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.120 sixty one to Lambeau, it's very easy for you to 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.440 go forty one, forty two, forty three to forty five 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.440 down to the thirty twenty and ten, right, I can 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.520 count like a pro. Yeah, yeah, very good at that. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.680 Speaking of that run with Chad Beebe, fantastic throw by 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.920 Kirk Cousins. So many things because you know, you working 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.600 with the offensive staff or coaches period, you guys break 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.840 it down from so many different angles that the public 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.120 either chooses not to follow or doesn't see, you know, 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:16.920 so people will focus on certain things that are right 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.720 in front of them. But like the quarterback on that 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.720 throw to bb he nearly was down and he hit 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:25.240 him in stride. Oh yeah, that it was an absolutely 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.680 amazing play by Kirk. I mean, when the pocket starts 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.040 to collapse like that, we have a there's a play design. 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.520 He's trying to go through a progression and the first 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.160 second maybe not open, and he's trying to create some 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.360 time for himself as he steps up in the pocket. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.200 You know, you make a decision. You see a guy 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.560 make a decision and you react in a split second 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:42.960 and make that kind of throw in that kind of 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.840 moment was really important for us. Kevin Stefanski the offensive 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.800 coordinator quarterbacks coach. Last year, most of the season you 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.160 were his assistant. So you and Kevin have known each 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.840 other very well for for several years. What do you 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.080 enjoy working with Kevin? I think the big thing is 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.720 his passion for the game of football. He's always looking 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.040 for new plays, new systems, new ways to do stuff 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.600 to make us difficult to defend. And part of that 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.040 is just learning the game as a whole. And you're 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:11.160 studying defense, and we constantly are conversations about things that 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.720 had nothing to do with our game. You know, You're 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.000 looking at other games around the league, things that other 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.560 teams are doing, trends that are taking place. So it's 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.160 those conversations in that relationship that I really value. Honestly, 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:25.000 does he ever become emotional positively or negatively? Oh, that's 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.920 ever one. I'm sure he's gotten mad at me when 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.800 I've said something stupid. If we're gonna be honest, I 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.360 can't remember specifics, but I'm sure I've crossed the line 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.360 and said something I shouldn't have and he barely showed 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.280 a hint of mad, which to me means you know, 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.360 but no, He's a very even killed guy, which I 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.240 think makes him in a very effective coach because I 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.920 think players respond to that. It's important in the heat 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.200 of the moment that you have someone you can trust 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.000 that is making a good rational decision at all times, 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.560 and that really aids him in his process as wide 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:57.040 receivers coach. What have you appreciated about the addition of 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.280 Gary Kubiak, I mean just his knowledge of the game, 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:02.800 not only from an X is an O standpoint, but 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:06.440 a player management standpoint, a leadership standpoint. So many things 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.639 that he brings to our offense and our team that 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.920 are invaluable that maybe don't show up on a statuet, 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.000 but that have such an impact on how and why 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.760 we do things. This is Drew Petsing wide receivers coach 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.120 for the Minnesota Vikings, Vikings and Raiders this weekend at 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.640 a noon US Bank Stadium pregame on the flagship ten 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:28.920 Vikings Radio Network eleven Wide receiver Stefon Diggs is an 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:34.639 emotional player. How does his emotions positively or negatively impact 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.160 the way he plays. Yeah, I think it's a very 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:41.080 fine balance because to one extent, if you have no emotion, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.560 you're not going to go out there with full speed, 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:46.600 full bore every play, you know. So some of his drive, 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:48.840 some of that emotion is what motivates him. It's what 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:50.679 pushes him to be the type of player he is 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:52.840 and to make those type of plays and to make 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:56.200 those unbelievable catches, to come down hard and get the 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:59.760 block done in the run game. But unfortunately, there's another 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:01.440 side to that point, and we saw it a little 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.320 bit in Green Bay, and that's when it starts to 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.479 hurt the team. And those are things that we can't do. 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.920 And he knows that and we know that, and that's 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.720 something that you got to consistently work on because there 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.159 is that line you talk about and you need some emotion, 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.080 but too much when you're taking your helmet off after 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.159 touchdowns is going to hurt the team. We can't do that. 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.480 We mentioned Chad BB earlier. Let's go back a year 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:22.399 and a half. Is just for a second stream your 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:26.280 consciousness from the moment he got here at rookie camp 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.439 didn't even have a name on the back of his jersey. 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:32.840 Above that twelve to where he is now the progression 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:36.040 of Chad BB What has impressed you. I think the 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:37.880 biggest thing is, and you saw it the first day 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.000 he got here, is how difficult he can be to cover. 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:41.960 I mean the first time he goes out and runs 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.280 a route or tries to get himself open. He has 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:47.199 such a natural feel for how to separate, how to 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.679 create that space, as you saw in the game, and 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.760 it's one of those things that just continues to show 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.280 up over and over and over again. And then the 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:56.439 way he works at it, you know, he never was 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.320 deterred or never stuck by where he was on the 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.399 depth charter. How he got here, that wasn't important to him. 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.800 What was important to him was improving his craft, getting 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.000 better at the game of football, and being a positive 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:08.560 member of this team. And I think he's really done that. 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:13.600 How competitive is Adam feeling? As competitive as there is 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:16.040 a human being on this planet. If we're walking to lunch, 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.520 he's gonna try to beat you to the Door's it's 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:23.320 that simple. With rookie wide receiver BC Johnson, what have 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:28.240 you noticed from Bc in the preseason, mostly, if not always, 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.240 playing with Mannion or Sloater or maybe Browning or whomever 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:36.760 to BC Johnson practicing now hoping to get into a game, 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:40.000 but always having to stay sharp. Yeah, and that's a 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.080 big part of his role, and everyone's role on the 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.919 team is to know your role, your responsibilities along with 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.479 the players around you, because if you're not a starter, 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:49.680 you don't necessarily know who you're going in the game. Four. 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:52.080 If a certain guy goes down or a certain guy 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.000 gets tired, you could be in at that position or 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:55.919 the other position. And if you don't have a complete 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.159