1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Lifetime, the official athletic country club of the Minnesota Vikings, 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: has something for every member of your family. Get your 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: family going today at Lifetime, Dot Life, Forward, slash Kits. 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: You know, I think that Flora's really likes a physical 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: style at a linebacker position, So you know, that's something 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: that's going to have to be addressed. If anything, our 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: defensive backfield is going to be revamped. I think it's 8 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: going to be very interesting to see which guys stay 9 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: and which guys go. Welcome into the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: It's been a big week in Egan so far. News 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: breaking Monday night about the Vikings hiring Brian Flores as 12 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: the new defensive coordinator. Obviously we're going to talk a 13 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: lot about that today. My name is Tatum Everett. I'm 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: alongside Gabe Henderson, Jay Nelson, Eric Davidson's our producer, and 15 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: we've got radio analysts who also played linebacker and coach 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: for the Vikings, Pete Bursitch. It's a crowded room today, 17 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: but a fun one because this is such a great 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: thing to finally see the announcement. Pete, I know that 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: the instant reaction that you had is located on Vikings 20 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: dot Com. But you know, after a few days of processing, 21 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: what do you think of the fit? Yeah, well, I 22 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: mean I think it's it's we'll see right kind of. 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: You know, he has a good has a really good pedigree, right, 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: four Super Bowl rings. Spent a lot of time with 25 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. Was a signal caller there for 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: one year um but was never given the title of 27 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, which I which I find interesting. No, you know, 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: nothing to do with him or anything. It's just you 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: know the Patriots and how they do stuff. It's just 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: it's just always always interesting. And you know his tenure 31 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: as a head coach down in Miami where he definitely 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: turned that program around and you sent them in the 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: in the right direction. And I think the success that 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: they've had is largely to do with the moves that 35 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: that's franchise made while he was a head coach and 36 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: who they drafted. I mean, they had a lot of 37 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: high draft picks, no question, but they used them well 38 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: and you know, added talent that way. So yeah, definitely 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: New England Ties, and it's going to be interesting to see, 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: you know how much of that, you know, how much 41 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: of that carries over I know Josh Boyer was his 42 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator for a couple of years down in Miami. 43 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: He's another you know, New England guy. So that the 44 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: team's running strong, uh, you know with the Vikings new 45 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: situation defensively. But my quote, you know, my thing is 46 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: is you have what three former head coaches on the 47 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: staff now Gabe mistaken you know, so you you know, 48 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: between Petton and Flores, Uh, you know, you have a 49 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: couple other guys that have have run teams and run organizations. 50 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: So I think that's a great thing from an experience standpoint, 51 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: um for you know, for O'Connell to have other people 52 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: in the building that have been in issues and do 53 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: those things. It's system matter of how do you manage 54 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: it right? Because you know, sometimes too many, too many 55 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: cooks in the kitchen. So we'll see, you know, we'll 56 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: see how that turns out. We all know the story 57 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: of Brian Flores, I guess you know, just from where 58 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: he grew up, growing up in a military family, just 59 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: his no nonsense type of personality. How do you feel 60 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: like that will marry with Kevin O'Connell's, you know, lay 61 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: back players coach type of guy here in Minnesota. Well, 62 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: I I think you wonder, you know, is that is 63 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: that really? You know, is that the case with Kevin O'Connell. 64 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he gives that, he gives that image. He's 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: he's unlike any other head coach that you know, we've 66 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 1: I've dealt with. I've been this is you know, been 67 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: through six of them. You know, so he's he's a 68 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: little different in that respect. But Flora's, yeah, we need 69 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of that. You know, that's the that's 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: the type of mentality that you would, you know, from 71 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: from a ten thousand foot level, that's type mentality that 72 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: you'd want with your defense, right, a little you know, 73 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: a little bit more attitude. I think the main thing, though, 74 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: is accountability. Accountability, accountability, and that's making the players accountable 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: for what they do and do not do on the field. 76 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't think it's nice to have. 77 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: It's nice to have a guy that's not just going 78 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: to give you the warm fuzzies, right, you know. And 79 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: again you look at Floras and where he's from. He's from. 80 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: We've all seen Belichick's press conferences right there are It's 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: not a lot of not a lot of sunshine and rainbows, 82 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: you know, coming from coming from that organization, and so 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: I don't expect to see a ton of that from 84 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: him either. So yeah, it's just just just some good attitude, right, 85 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: you know, and that's and that's what you need. That's 86 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: what you need to have on defense. I think that's 87 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: part of what our defense has been lacking. And uh, 88 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: you know, hopefully he'll bring the main accountability to this 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: team into this defense. I did see a you know, 90 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing here, but I did see a essentially a 91 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: quote from t J. Watt with his time here, with 92 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: this past year at the Steelers saying, one of the 93 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: things about him is he does expect a lot from you, 94 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: but he's also younger enough and identifies with the guys 95 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: that can hang with them. I think there will be 96 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: that connection here. So hopefully, you know, a guy like 97 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: Flora's walking in. Yeah, he's going to have those high 98 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: expectations at the same point, you know, I think that's 99 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: kind of Kevin's thing too, is there's high expectations of 100 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: what he expects out of his playmakers, and on the 101 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: flip side, then he's going to be able to identify 102 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: and connect with them that way. And I think it's just, 103 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, those guys aren't going to ask them to 104 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: do anything that, you know, at least expectations wise, that 105 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: they wouldn't expect from themselves. One of the things that 106 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: really jumped out to me about Flora's too is I 107 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: just feel like he's a grinder in that he was 108 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: a scouting assistant, a quality control guys, special teams, defensive coordinator, safeties, linebackers. 109 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: He's had experience at all these different levels. Defensively, it 110 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: kind of reminded me of Stefanski kind of you know, 111 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: working his way up through and earning their respect. That 112 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: he knew what he was talking about in these different areas. 113 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: And so a guy like Floras, to me, having done 114 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: all of those pieces is a huge valuable asset and 115 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: that he'll be able to kind of speak on all 116 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: the different levels since he's actually had that as part 117 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: of his resume. Yeah he is, yeah, right, and that's 118 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: everywhere he's been he's had success. Right. And then you 119 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: see a guy that's moving, you know, earn his way 120 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: move up the ladder um, right. I think that's exciting. 121 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: We've seen a lot in the way of relatives and 122 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: progeny you know, coaching, and that's that's not a bad thing. 123 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not I'm not saying, you know, the 124 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: sons of coaches. You know, you have you have Phillips 125 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: as our offensive coordinator. Uh, you know obviously you know 126 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: Wade Phillips was unbelievable. Bum Phillips was unbelievable. And so 127 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: now you have a little different flavor in this guy. Right, 128 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: he had a little different background, good college football player, 129 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: injury ended his career and just loved the game. So 130 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: he started to coach and you know, worked his way 131 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: up from there. So that track record, he's earned it, right, 132 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: he's earned it. It was nothing's been given to him 133 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: in that respect. So um, yeah, he's definitely going to 134 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: protect his turf, I think in that respect, and and uh, 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: it's going to be a good thing. Florence is obviously 136 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: inheriting a defense that went through a lot of change 137 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: list year. A lot was made from the three four 138 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: to the four three. Excuse me, from the four three 139 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: to the three four. And now I'm sure there's been 140 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: a lot of talk, a lot of questions about what 141 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: to expect when Brian Flores gets here. We know he's 142 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: blit tapping. We know that likes a lot of man 143 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: to man, which is a little bit of the complaining. 144 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: I think I've found a lot on Twitter. Was that 145 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,119 Speaker 1: not enough pressure on the quarterbacks this season? Or maybe 146 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: some soft coverage there? So how different do you think 147 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: the defense could look with Flores taking over? Knowing his history, well, 148 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: knowing his history, he's spent a lot of time in 149 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: the defensive backfield, right and as a linebacker coach he 150 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: has I had didn't see anything at all where he's 151 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: been a defensive line coach per se. But we know 152 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: in the draft with drafting Wilkins and the Jaylen Phillips, 153 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: a guy that I know, Gabe and I both like 154 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: the coming out of college, they've added some talent, right, 155 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: you know, so he can identify defensive line talent. So 156 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: I think, if anything, our defensive backfield is going to 157 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: be revamped. I think that it's going to be very 158 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: interesting to see which guys stay and which guys go. Um, 159 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: he's definitely more of a man demand style, matchup style 160 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: of defense, and so that's where you know, and that's 161 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: that's that's kind of the you know, I guess I 162 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: could see that being something he and O'Connell can agree 163 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: upon and that this the way that this NFL the 164 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: league is going. It's it's about the defensive backfield. You know. 165 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: It's a past happy league. Teams still run the ball, 166 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: yeah they do, but majority of the time you're going 167 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: to need to have that back end. So our obviously 168 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: with the way with Patrick Peterson is you know Lee 169 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: look at him, Harrison Smith being older, you know, can 170 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: buying him finding a way to make the roster for 171 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: a couple of years in a row. It's going to 172 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: be very interesting to see if scene fits, if these 173 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: guys that are back there fit his his scheme and style, 174 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: and if they do not, and if he doesn't have 175 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: faith yet like camera dancler can camera dancler hold up 176 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: all year as a corner, challenging guys, playing man demand, right, 177 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: you know those kinds of things. That's where I think 178 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: you're going to see the majority of the change in 179 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: those five guys in the back end. Yeah, you talk 180 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: about the back end. And my college roommate played cornerback 181 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: for Brian Flores in Miami, and I was talking to 182 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: him earlier this week and it was basically saying, you know, 183 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: Brian Flores is going to get the best out of you. Like, 184 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: he's just an honest guy, and um, some players are 185 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: turned on by some players are turned off, but he 186 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: usually wins the locker room from from that perspective. And 187 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: I know you just talked about the back end, but 188 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: when you talk about this front seven for this Minnesota 189 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: Vikings team, what what players do you think benefits or 190 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: or you know, kind of gets the best out of 191 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: you know, their potential with Brian Flores as their defensive coordinator. Yeah, 192 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, that's that's yet to be seen. 193 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: I think the livebacker positions are going to see some changes, 194 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: you know, with kind of what they want. You know, 195 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: I think that Flores really likes a physical style at 196 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: the linebacker position, so you know that's something that's going 197 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: to have to be addressed. So again, you know, the 198 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 1: front four, Dalvin Tomlinson, I mean he's played a four 199 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: to three, he's made the transition to a three four. 200 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: I think he's going to do fine. You know, Harrison Phillips, 201 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: you know, he's still under contract and you're paying him 202 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: a lot of money. You know, he's another guy from 203 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: a four three to a three four, So he's kind 204 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: of seen everything in between, you know, what we do, 205 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: whether or not we go to an outside linebacker spot 206 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: or do a true defensive end with Daniel Hunter. You know, personally, 207 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: I think Daniel Hunter prefers to have a hand in 208 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: the dirt instead of being you know, stand up kind 209 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: of guy. But now you know, he's done it for 210 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: a season, so he kind of has that that ability, 211 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: that arrow and the quiver, so to speak. So you know, 212 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: do I think it's gonna get Blitz happy. No, I 213 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: don't necessarily think it's it's it's that's going to be 214 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: the case. Uh. You know, I hope we see a 215 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: little bit more of attacking protections and being a little 216 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: more prudent with you know, with those things that we do. 217 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: And you know that's that's charting, that's knowing how offenses 218 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: block things and then finding holes and make it a 219 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: difficult for the offense, right, make him throw hot, make 220 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: him do different things, make them a little bit left handed, 221 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: so to speak. So uh yeah, I mean, you know, 222 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: you look again, I go back to you know, Wilkins 223 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: as a guy that they drafted who's a hell of 224 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: a really good football player, another first rounder you know 225 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: they had, he had in his three years in Miami, 226 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: he had six first round draft picks and I believe 227 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: three second round draft picks. Ig Benogany, the corner was 228 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: a guy that he brought in. So again, he can 229 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: identify talent, and what you don't want to see are misses. 230 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: You don't want to see first rounders that that don't 231 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: really do anything. But in the past three years, this 232 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: seems like the main talent that he's brought in all 233 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: has done well. And he's drafting the lineman and corners. 234 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: I mean, that's those of the spots, right, those are 235 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: the the outside the edges of the defense, the two 236 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: corners and two defensive ends and the most important, you know, 237 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: important players out there defensively, you know what. And I'm 238 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: not sure what's going to happen with Zadarius Smith, but 239 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: he you know, he's definitely a great football player, and 240 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: I think his attitude matches Floras and I think Florida 241 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: that's a kind of guy that Flora's wants, you know, 242 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: to be part of this defense. I think on my end, 243 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: you had brought up the fact with the secondary and 244 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: how much that would be impacted on this especially if 245 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: it's going to be a lot of man to man asking, 246 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: but one of the things that he's known for is 247 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: doing a ton of seven or eight man kind of 248 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: mugging just at the line where you just you have 249 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: no idea what they're actually what coverage are actually in 250 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: because everyone's on the line together and trying to kind 251 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: of interpret what that's going to be. You know. One 252 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: of the guys that we've loved to do those kind 253 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: of plays with has been Harrison Smith. And given all 254 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: the contract situations and everything else, that's all gonna, you know, 255 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: figure itself out here in the next couple of months. 256 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: But a guy like Harrison Smith in a defense here 257 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: with Brian Flores is something that I think a lot 258 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: of people are intrigued about. What would you think of 259 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: a guy like Harrison Smith being able to work, at 260 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: least at this point in his career with a Brian Floores, 261 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: if that's the kind of style that he wants to play. 262 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: You know, watching Harrison Smith, he still I think has 263 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: has some gas left in the tank. Right from a 264 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: physical standpoint, he still plays his game in a very 265 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: He plays very very hard. You know, he hustles, he 266 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: works hard, does those things. He's also very versatile as 267 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: a coach. You know, you guys mentioned getting stuff out 268 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: of players. Your job as a coach is to make 269 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: a player better than he thinks he can be. And 270 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: that's important. It's extremely important. It's an important concept that 271 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: both the coach and the player understand because because of 272 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: that level of expectation, because you know, I'm moving to 273 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: make you better than you think you can be. We're 274 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: gonna be at odds and I'm gonna be grumpy, right, 275 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be pushing you in and demanding 276 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: more of you. And as long as the players understand that, 277 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: I think that they like that. Great players love to 278 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: be coached. Great players love to be coached hard, right, 279 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: That's what they want. And I think Harrison Smith is 280 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: that kind of a guy. He wants to be coached, 281 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: he wants to learn, he wants to be aggressive, and 282 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: then his skill set with the versatility, meaning you know, 283 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: when Harrison Smith walks up to the line of scrimmage, 284 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: he can blitz, right, He's not a decoy. He's pretty 285 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: good at blitzing. Anytime they bring him into the box 286 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: and do certain things with them. You know, it's it's 287 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: the Swiss Army Knights of safeties and being able to 288 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: do all those things and still at his age do 289 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: them at a high level. So in that respect, thinking 290 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: about it, that's the only I mean, that would be 291 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: the only thing or the only reason why I would 292 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: see him wanting the part ways if his age requires 293 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: too much money or they just don't think physically he 294 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: can continue to hold up. But from a skill set 295 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: standpoint and what Harrison Smith likes to do and can do, 296 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: would I would think that he'd be a good bit 297 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: for what he wants to do well. Coach Flores is 298 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: another coach on the Viking staff now with Super Bowl 299 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: experience arrians, which is great because you know, building that culture, 300 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: starting the foundation. Four rings only four maybe more than 301 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: what the coaches have right now combined. Yeah, any of us. 302 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, he and I have the same 303 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, he's got he and I had to combine 304 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: together have four rings, so at the same point, Yeah, 305 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: we're good to go. It's perspective, that's what it's about. Yeah, 306 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it always helps out of that. But I mean, 307 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: in all serious, this guy's this weekend is the Super Bowl, 308 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: which is exciting. You know, only one team happy at 309 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: the end of it all. We've got a big matchup 310 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: between the Chiefs and Eagles. I figured out. We got 311 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: Pete on the phone. Pete, you got any predictions for 312 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Sunday? No, really, I mean I definitely have 313 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: a team i'd rather see win. You know, I'd like 314 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: to see the Canna see Chiefs and win, no question 315 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: about that. Anybody who's been a Vikings fan and has 316 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: been around you know, it's been to Philadelphia. Yeah, you 317 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: just I do hope canna see Chiefs win. Um, you 318 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: know how well Jalen Hurt plays is gonna be big. 319 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he's who's that offense is specifically 320 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: designed for his skill set. And I think we saw 321 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: that earlier in the season when we went you know, 322 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: we were there. I believe it was week two, and 323 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, the different things that they can do with 324 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: him you can't do you can't do that with with 325 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: with the most quarterbacks. Um, you know, the health, the 326 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: health of Mahomes is going to be a big deal. 327 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: They've been there. The experience that they have that's going 328 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: to help them. I don't know it'll be it's I 329 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a good game, right, I hope 330 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: it's a good game. But yeah, I definitely I definitely 331 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: helped Kansas City wins by a lot, by a lot. Wow. Wow. 332 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a little I'm a little torn torn Abo. 333 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: I did grow up hating the Eagles, but yeah, I 334 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: grew up a Cowboys fan. But it's just like I 335 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: value open offensive line, like good offensive lines and the 336 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: fact that the Eagles have a good offensive Like I'm 337 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: I'm I'm like a steak and potatoes type of guy. 338 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: So like when it comes down, just like I just 339 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: want the old lineman to get get a ring into 340 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has never gotten a ring before Pat Mahomes had. 341 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: So it's like, now you got two quarterbacks with the ring. 342 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: Let's run it well, hopefully not run it back next year, 343 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: but let's run it back in the future and hopefully 344 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: you know, left the chips fall within. Maybe. But I'm 345 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: I'm just a little torn man. Who who watches football 346 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: that way? Really? Who watches football that way? Well, when 347 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: I don't already have when my Tears already have a 348 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl ring, so I hope the other guys because 349 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: they've worked so hard. My thing is like when I 350 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: don't have an affiliation. If I don't have an affiliation, 351 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: it's like what the best man win? And let you know, 352 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: let's keep it fair across the board. But I and 353 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: you know what, get Gabe, you do bring up I 354 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: think an extremely extremely astute point in the fact that 355 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: I and I actually talked to Ryan Grigson about this, 356 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: that Philadelphia has had an offense, a very good offensive 357 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: line for many, many years. And I'm talking you know, 358 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: last what eight ten years, they always no matter who 359 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: is up there. And again, of course, my favorite offensive 360 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:18,239 Speaker 1: lineman of all time, Hoti started as what a Philadelphia Eagle, Right, 361 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: They go find guys from New Zealand. Uh, they find 362 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: guys from all over the world that maybe have never 363 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: played this game right and and make great offensive lineman 364 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: out of him. But and I forget the gentleman's name, 365 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: but he's the offensive line coach. That's there. Um, you 366 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: talk about a valuable guy to a franchise, You talk 367 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: about having the most important position group short up and 368 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 1: short up for a long you know, long term, not 369 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: not having to expend first round draft picks across the 370 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: board just to get guys who are okay, you know 371 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: what I mean. I think that that that one and 372 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: again I'm sorry I forget his name, but that that 373 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: is so so critical and that's a big reason why 374 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: Philly has had this success. And that's why Gabelike's offensive 375 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: lineman even though he was a wide receiver, which makes 376 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: zero sense. Well, I came in as a quarterback. And 377 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: if if if I'm getting sacked, that means offensive lineman 378 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: aren't blocking for me. And if I'm a receiver, you know, 379 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: we only get the ball, you know, seven times a game. 380 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: So it's like if my quarterback is getting you know, yeah, yeah, 381 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: so what I just hold on now, I just don't 382 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: see Gay back to college going out with a bunch 383 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: of six foot four, simply three hundred and fifty pound dudes. Hey, 384 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: you didn't hang out. You didn't hang out with those guys. 385 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: He didn't want to have to be buying steak and 386 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: potatoes for the tack of this exactly. It's today the 387 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: same way. It's the same why you look at Jay 388 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: the way you do, that's the thing. Yeah, okay, he's 389 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: just a big bodied offensive lineman type down. It's like, yeah, 390 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: I don't want you know, you don't hang out, you 391 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: don't come out now, Yeah, I just you know, I 392 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I didn't have the money to take him 393 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: out to dinner, so I just let him use my 394 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 1: mill pass at the cafeteria. Maybe. Yeah, no, nil, college, 395 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: that's true. Yeah, speaking of college, that's actually where Stalin 396 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: came from. I think this is pretty interesting. His first 397 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: job in the NFL is with the Eagles. He's been 398 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: there since twenty thirteen. I'm looking at it going, wow, 399 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: he was the offensive line coach to your Alabama win 400 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: the National Championship against LSU when I watched the LSU 401 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: offense not make it across the fifty yard line. So yeah, 402 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 1: I mean that's line is huge. The line is huge. 403 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: It is I have someone like that to shore again 404 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: shore up that position is uh. I think you've I 405 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: think we can also, like you take a step back 406 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 1: and look at the Eagles, and again, Gabe brings up 407 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: a great point that these these offensive lines that the 408 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: Eagles have put out there over the last you know what, 409 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: like I said, ten years, have all been very very good, 410 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: very very well coached. Right, they don't have any glaring weaknesses, 411 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,479 Speaker 1: because you don't get to the Super Bowl with a 412 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: with a glaring weakness at any position. Yeah, you know, 413 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things, man, where how much 414 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: is that guy worth? How much is that position that 415 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: that person worth to a franchise? And I think for 416 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: Philly you definitely have seen that. I was gonna say, Gabe, 417 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: you maybe steak and potatoes, but I'm more brisketting macaroni 418 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: and cheese at this point. I help the Chiefs absolutely 419 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: smoke those birds, and so well, for I just want it. 420 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: Here's the thing any anybody, and I think a lot 421 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: of the Minnesota side is it's not so much the team, 422 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: it's the fan base. You just don't want to, you know, 423 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: have give them that satisfaction. And so for me, at 424 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 1: least this weekend, you know, I think it really does 425 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: come down to how bad is hurt shoulder and how 426 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: bad is Mahome's ankle, and you know who's going to 427 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: be able to battle through that the most. Um, I 428 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: think a lot of people feel like the Eagles defense 429 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: especially is probably better than the Chiefs. But at the 430 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: same point, I mean, it's the X factor of Mahomes 431 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: and you know, if if if he wants to continue 432 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: to try to chase the Brady record, Um, you know 433 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: he's going to have to make the most of opportunities 434 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: like this to try to keep stacking rings. Otherwise, you know, 435 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: it's just gonna be tougher and tougher for him for 436 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: his future and his legacy. Yeah, I mean for the 437 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: amount of draft picks that the Chiefs and the Eagles 438 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: have just hit on in the last year alone, really, 439 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: I think is what's an interesting point going into the 440 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl because in the last podcast we talked about 441 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: how you know, the Chiefs have i think like six 442 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: starters from their draft class this year, and then you 443 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: look at the Eagles who really went out and played 444 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: well in the free agency game. They got a nice, 445 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: nice guy defensive guys in the draft. Well, the Eagles there, 446 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: their entire offensive line are drafted guys like that too. 447 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: Like it's just you look at that and how much 448 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: that plays a part into like these teams that are 449 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: creating these foundations, which obviously is something they're trying to 450 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: do here. Yeah, and the addition of Brown was huge too, right. 451 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: I think we're you know, with Tennessee saying, you know, 452 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: shipping that kind of a playmaker. And then you have 453 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: a guy like Jalen Hurts, who who if you watch 454 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: you know, I remember watching film on him earlier this year. 455 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: You watch him from previous years, the accuracy, his ability 456 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: to make certain throws, meaning if you're a run threat 457 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: as a quarterback, you're going to get more one on 458 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: one coverages on the outside. And for her to be 459 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: able to throw a deep ball accurately and have a 460 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: guy like Brown to be there to expose people, man, 461 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: that's huge. So it's not again, it's the hole is 462 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: greater than the sum of the parts. And you're you know, Philly, 463 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: you know, definitely made some moves and it is pretty 464 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: amazing how the NFC East a year ago was a doormat. Remember, 465 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: oh my god, somebody from the NFC East has to 466 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. And then this year it's such a 467 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: quick turnaround, right, and so next year's schedule comes out 468 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: and he looks at the NFC South and goes off 469 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: to win. That's the win, you know what I mean. 470 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: It's crazy how quickly you know this league, this league 471 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: can just change like that. In your right, Tatum that 472 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: Philly has done a lot of good things. They've had 473 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: a lot of good people, and you know, kudos to them. 474 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: I guess for me, you know, I think the last 475 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, I've like spent some time like pondering 476 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: our roster and like going up and down. I'm like, 477 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: what are what are we missing? Right? Because you want 478 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: to get into the playoffs. That's the number one goal 479 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: for every team once you get into the playoffs. I mean, 480 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: look at how luck was on the I guess was 481 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: on the side of the Eagles. I mean, you're you're 482 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: you're playing against a fourth string quarterback against the forty 483 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: nine ers in an NFC championship. So, Pete, you know, 484 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: we watched a lot of film together every Monday, every 485 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: Tuesday for you what's what's missing? Like, what what's the 486 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: one thing that this Minnesota Vikings team that's missing that 487 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: can help us get over the hump. Let me say this, 488 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: if if we can find a way to protect Cousins 489 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: just a just a little bit better right now, I'm 490 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: not talking about a quantum leap, but just protect him better, 491 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: especially in the middle of the offensive line. Justin Jefferson 492 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: will get to two thousand, He'll get to two thousand 493 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: and beyond. You know, I went through and we've done 494 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: some film rooms on Jefferson's season. You know, I watched 495 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 1: entire hire. You know, watching pretty much the entire season, 496 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: in the number of times that you've got guys open um, 497 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: like with Philadelphia, when we played Philadelphia, they're shutting down 498 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: of JJ had more to do with getting pressure on 499 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: Cousins than it did with covering JJ. Now, the Lions 500 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: did a great job, and then use the season went on, 501 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: we saw adjustments made Jefferson continue to improve and we 502 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: found ways to get around and beat and you know, 503 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: take that next step with what corners and safeties and everything, 504 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: you know what they were trying to do. So figuring 505 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: out or just figuring out that offensive line, you know, 506 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: getting that group solid and better and pass protection. I 507 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: think that's that's one thing. The middle of that offensive line. Defensively, 508 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: we need some depth at defensive line. Right, You've got 509 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: to have six good interior defensive lineman. You just gotta 510 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: find them. You know, you got to have six. You 511 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: can't have two, right, you need you need more bodies there, um, 512 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 1: you know, and I think the defensive backfield is you know, 513 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: we haven't had two lockdown not even lockdown corners, but 514 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: just two corners. I mean, look at the look at 515 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: the different names that have started all you know, outside 516 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: of Chant and Sullivan, you didn't know who the next 517 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: two corners were going to be weekend and week out. 518 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: It was injuries. It's this, it's that. I mean that. 519 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: That's another thing that you got to come come up 520 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: with is just is figure out and get these guys 521 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: out there. And I don't care you know who it 522 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: is at corner, but they've got to be out there 523 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: for you know, seventeen games, sixteen games a year. You 524 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: can't have a guy shuffling in and out and have 525 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: one guy in this week and different guy in you know, 526 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: next week. Hopefully Booth can come back and stay healthy, 527 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: Hopefully Seen can go back and stay healthy. It'd be 528 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: a good start. But you can't be playing Marry go 529 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: around at the corner position. It's just too tough. The 530 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: one attribute to me that I am happy to have 531 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: heard echoed at least from coaching and front office a 532 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: little bit was the idea of we need more speed 533 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: on this team. And I think that's the thing that's 534 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: always impressed me, especially with a team like Kansas City 535 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: or a San Francisco or even Philly at this point 536 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: adding a J. Brown is that you are getting insanely 537 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: ridiculous athleticism out of these guys and just pure speed. 538 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: And it felt like in the games that where we 539 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: really fell behind last year, it was that speed option 540 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: that really killed us, especially defensively, where we're chasing guys 541 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: instead of covering guys. You know, I'm hoping that and 542 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: this is probably the topic for the upcoming you know, 543 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: draft coverage and everything, is if we are going to 544 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: focus on trying to get more speedy guys and I 545 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: know everybody is kind of identifying those positions and then 546 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: who's going to work in those positions to be able 547 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: to you know, try to cover their playmakers and to 548 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: try to really neutralize what they're trying to do on 549 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: offense to give our defensive lines some more time to 550 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: really make those kind of plays. So that's my biggest 551 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: thing is just watching this offseason, whether it's free agency 552 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 1: or the draft, is just trying to find those speed 553 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: guys to help our defense. Yeah, and you know, getting 554 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: a chance to see a little bit more of San 555 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: Francisco's defense at the end of the year. What impressed 556 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: me about them was their physicality, right, I mean in 557 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: this day and age where you know your whip screens 558 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: and you're throwing, you're throwing quick throws of the outside, 559 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: and you know you're trying to get to wide receivers 560 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: the ball in space. Kind of a long handoff with 561 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: their dbs, especially their safeties and their linebackers. When people 562 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: were getting tackled, they weren't falling forward, right, it was 563 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: throw catch tackle, that's it. You weren't getting You weren't 564 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: seeing San Francisco give up a lot of yards after contact. 565 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: When San Francisco came last year and scrimmage against the Vikings, 566 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: what was the thing that you heard afterwards was how 567 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,719 Speaker 1: physical that group was. And you take and I mean 568 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: it's a it's two yards here, three yards here, five 569 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: yards there. You know when that all once that all 570 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: adds up, that adds up to a lot of yardage. 571 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: That's I think the main thing. Yeah, they've got some athletes, right, 572 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: They've got some guys that are just truly unique and 573 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: can do certain things. But the physicality of that defense 574 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: is what, you know, is what really really impressed me 575 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: going out throughout the year. Now for the Vikings, I mean, 576 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: you're you know, you you look at uh, we had 577 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: we had some we had a lot of dudes that 578 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: were just uncovered, you know what I mean. You had 579 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: a lot, you had a lot of big mistakes, You 580 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: had a lot of guys crossing the field, tight ends 581 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: up the scene against New England. You know those those 582 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: are more easily fixable. I would think, Um, but you 583 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: got to start there. You got to start with the 584 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: explosive plays. I mean, you got to sit down and 585 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: make a cut up of every twenty yard plus pass 586 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: play that we gave up and figured out what, you know, 587 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: what happened and why. And if you're just saying, well, 588 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: we just didn't get to the quarterback, now that's you know, 589 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: you're not going to get there all the time. And 590 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: so I think that those kinds of strides will be 591 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: the easiest to make. And if you just played discipline, uh, 592 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: and you play consistently and you you know, that's that 593 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: accountability thing I talked about earlier, you're going to see, 594 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,959 Speaker 1: you know, big improvements. It's not it's a lot easier 595 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: to go from thirty second in the league on defense 596 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: to let's say, you know, twentieth than it is to 597 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: go from twentieth up to the top ten. Right, it's 598 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: a lot easier. And so for Flores, I think that's 599 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: the appealing point of this job, as you can't. I mean, 600 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: let's face it, how much worse can this defense get 601 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: statistically speaking? Yeah, those those twenty plus yard plays, Pete, 602 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: I think we gave over sixty of them this season, 603 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: which was incredible, Right, It's ridiculous, And you know, at 604 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: this level, you can't you know, you don't see free runners. 605 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: You know, catches need to be contested all the time, 606 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: and you don't. You know, we saw just so much 607 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: of it, that so much of it that was just 608 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: too easy for offenses where you know, again you watch 609 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: the games and you see our offense having success, but 610 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: it was always you know, we we were behind, we 611 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: were behind, we were playing catch up, but you know, 612 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: you just it was it was a lot of pressure, 613 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: you know, because of the points that that you know, 614 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: we had given up. And you know we had some 615 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: areas like the red zone where we you know, we 616 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: were we were better, you know, a couple of categories situationally, 617 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: but between the twenties, holy cow, it was like it 618 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: didn't matter if if it didn't matter if the opponent's 619 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: offense started on the five yard line or the thirty 620 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: five or forty yard line. It's like they were zip 621 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: zip up and down, up and down the field too much. 622 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: Yeah so, but again that's the easy part, easier a part. 623 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: None of it's easy, but it's the easier part. Is 624 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: just to make sure that you eliminate those those types 625 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: of mistakes and those you know, put yourself maybe schematically 626 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: or from a play calling standpoint, in those positions. Well, 627 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: that is what the Vikings are hoping Brian Flores can 628 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: help do. This offseason now is all about the roster building, 629 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: getting things ready. I know for us, we've been kind 630 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: of decompressing from the season. Maybe our schedules are a 631 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: little bit lighter, but I don't really think anyone is 632 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: taking advantage of the off season quite like Aaron Rodgers husband, Pete. 633 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if you heard about this, but I 634 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: would love to get your opinion. Is he is doing 635 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: an isolation retreat in complete darkness for four days? He said, 636 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: have Yeah, He says I'll have a better idea of 637 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: his playing future afterwards. He's looking more forward to this 638 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: than most things he said recently. Um, darkness by yourself, 639 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: four days isolation, how do you think you'd fair? Um? 640 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean it's just like whatever, he's 641 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: looking for something. I mean, he's looking for something and 642 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: the Hiosca didn't do it. I guess. I think he's right. 643 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: He's looking for something and enlightenment, I guess, or whatever, 644 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: a higher a higher consciousness. And my point is, you know, 645 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: good luck to him, right. I mean, I would rather 646 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: go to an island where it's sunny and hot and 647 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: just take my cell phone and put it away there 648 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: you go, isn't isn't that the same thing? You know? 649 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,239 Speaker 1: I mean, I get that he can't go a lot 650 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: of places up being recognized and bothered. I get that, 651 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: except by himself. Yeah, I think I do. I do. 652 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,959 Speaker 1: I do like the fact that he's asking those questions, 653 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: I guess and looking at life in that way. I 654 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: think that's a you know, that's just an evolution, you know, 655 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: and so that's cool that he's going through it and 656 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: he's he's asking those questions. But you know, four days 657 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: of darkness whatever I mean? And how about how about 658 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: one more another picture of Tom Brady. It's like Tom 659 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: Brady takes a picture of himself and it's news, you 660 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: know what I mean. It's like, I don't really doing 661 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: right now? I don't care what his ex wife is 662 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 1: doing right now, you know what I mean. It's like, 663 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: just leave him alone. It's just amazing to me, you know, 664 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: It's like, oh my god, Tom Brady took a picture 665 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: of the shirt off. It's like, yeah, big deal. That 666 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: means he's coming back. That means he's coming back. I don't. 667 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: You know who who cares if he comes back? Right, 668 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: it's not I don't. I don't if he retires, you know, yeah, 669 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: he's one of the best. It's not the greatest of 670 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: all time. Good for him. See, I for one, feel 671 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers is playing mad libs and just trying 672 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: to find throwing ridiculous things out there to see what 673 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: actually gets reported on by the news. I mean that, Yeah, 674 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: you can't try to stay relevant. Fun with it, Yeah, 675 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: I have some fun with it, I guess. Yeah, just 676 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 1: make it as ridiculous as possible and just you know, 677 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: let the media report it and then giggle to yourself 678 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: on the couches. You see, everybody run with it. Yeah. 679 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: The funny thing is he doesn't actually have to follow 680 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: through with this because it's an isolation retreat, so no 681 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: one has to go out and no one can vouch 682 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: for you. That's right. Yeah, you know what, it's a 683 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: good point you could have. You could have that thing 684 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: fill of you know, fill full with you know, beer 685 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: and food and sitting. You know, every Moore think, yeah, 686 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: that's a that's a good point to a good point. 687 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, then again, but but again, who cares. No. 688 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's fair, it's fair. I just wanted to 689 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: be happy. I don't. I'm okay if he's unhappy. I 690 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,359 Speaker 1: mean as a as a like when I hear like isolation, 691 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: I'm just like, dude, just come out with my mental sanity, 692 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: Like that's all I care about. Football wise, that's different. 693 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: But got it. I just hate that as this big 694 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: of a thing. But I get it. It's what we 695 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 1: totally and I totally fed into it. I'm bringing it up. 696 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: By the way you did. That's good. I think it's hilarious. 697 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: It is. It's just it's absurd. It's just like, you know, 698 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: you know, oh my god, Tom Brady's on a boat 699 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: with his shirt off. Its great, that's uh wonderful. It's 700 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: the greatest time to be a professional athlete is the 701 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: off season. Right. There's a couple of things. Number One, 702 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: you don't ask. You don't ask a player right when 703 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: the season's over, Like I mean, I mean in the 704 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 1: locker room after losing a playoff game or you know, 705 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: last game of the year, if they're going to retire, 706 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: because everybody wants to retire the last after the last 707 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: game of the year, right, you mean, everybody's like, I'm done, 708 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: this is it. My body's shot and everything, and then 709 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: you get to wake up the next day and go, 710 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: this is the greatest part of being a professional football 711 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: Player's January in February, in March when you don't have 712 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,439 Speaker 1: to do anything right, and then April May rolls around 713 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: and you're kind of like, yeah, you know, I think 714 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 1: I may start, you know, getting back in put and everything. 715 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: That's so just give it a few months and you'll 716 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: hear Brady, You'll get the itch. You'll be like, oh 717 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: maybe it's like whatever, it's it's just I don't know. 718 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: Every every off season, would you be let me ask 719 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 1: you this, guys, would you be happy if he was 720 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: the quarterback of the Vikings next year? Oh? Boy? A 721 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 1: podcast another day? All right, It's just like I don't 722 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: know about that, you know, It's like exactly, so I 723 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 1: think he's done. I tweeted at like when he walked 724 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: off the field after that Detroit Lions game, just like 725 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: his demeanor. I was like, he's done. Like I would 726 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 1: like to see him, you know, play again just because 727 00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: of his you know, greatness, but just not for the 728 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. So we'll see what that looks like. 729 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: But I mean, whenever you got to do this multiple times, 730 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: I just think you mentally aren't really in the game anymore. 731 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 1: Like you're the fact that you have to contemplate it. 732 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: It's just like, hey, I'm not one hundred percent here, 733 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:15,719 Speaker 1: but I'm just going to make sure that I'm not 734 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: one hundred percent before I actually announced it to the world. 735 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 1: So I get it, like I get it from like 736 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,439 Speaker 1: a media perspective, like we want to make this bigger 737 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: than what it is. But still listen, yeah, I know 738 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: he has, you know, bigger issues. So it's like I 739 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,959 Speaker 1: just want him to be happy, like, just be happy. 740 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 1: If not, if not for the rule changes with you know, 741 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 1: touching the quarterback even anymore, he would have been done 742 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: five years ago, you know what I mean. So with 743 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, yeah, it's just it's just it's a he's 744 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 1: he's he's the right man the right place at the 745 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: right time, you know what I mean. When he started 746 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: this league, they could still hit the quarterback. There's there's 747 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,640 Speaker 1: no way that he would be able to survive if 748 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: that's why I still look back and think about Fire's 749 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,319 Speaker 1: career and think about how amazing it was for him 750 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: to start as many games in a row as he did. 751 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: Back in a day where you could actually actually land 752 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: on top of a quarterback, you know what I mean, 753 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: you could actually knock them down. It's uh so, And 754 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 1: but the NFL knows that. You know, you don't want 755 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 1: to pay all that money for a ticket and see 756 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: two backup quarterbacks go go at it, right, You got 757 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: to keep the star players playing and keep them healthy. 758 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: So anyway, but yeah, what's Aaron Rodgers doing again? Four 759 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: days of four days of dark complete darkness? Is just 760 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: living in Wisconsin in the middle of winter at this point? 761 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: Is it Wisconsin's you know what? That's Oh you compared it? 762 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: Got it? So? Sorry that did not process. That's pretty funny, 763 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You just go up to 764 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,840 Speaker 1: if he wants four days of darkness, you can go 765 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: up to like Superior and just hang out and shut 766 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: the one the lines in the window and just maybe 767 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: that's what it is. Maybe that's what it is, but 768 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,879 Speaker 1: nobody see. But then nobody cares. It's got to be something. 769 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: It's got to be something goofy and different. It does. 770 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 1: That's his shtick, that's his that's his brand. He's on brand. 771 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 1: If he really wants to make this work, all you 772 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: would have to do is do like a Rocky four 773 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 1: montage of him, you know, pulling boulders and flipping logs 774 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,439 Speaker 1: and all this kind of crazy crap in the middle 775 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: of nowhere and everyone can start laughing, going this guy's Yeah, 776 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: there's a guy that needs a dopel ganger. It looks 777 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,360 Speaker 1: exactly like him. He is Rogers because you just you know, 778 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,399 Speaker 1: you could do that. You could just send send your 779 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,360 Speaker 1: dopel ganger all over the country doing weird, weird stuff. 780 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: And he has one. Just let it out there. He 781 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,560 Speaker 1: has one. He's got a guy who's a he's a 782 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: comedian from the UK who looks exactly like and they've 783 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: actually done like sit down interviews with the two of 784 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: them together. Yeah, he went to a game from from 785 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: England to to to Green Bay. So yeah, it could 786 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 1: be just like, what do you have dictators and stuff 787 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: running all over the place and they're kind of like 788 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: they kind of look the same, but they're not quite sure. Yeah, 789 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 1: that's exactly what you could do. I think that'd be great. 790 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: Just like one day show, the next week he'd be 791 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:56,359 Speaker 1: climbing a mountain, you know, jumping off a balloon from 792 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 1: you know, one hundred thousand feet in the air. I mean, yeah, 793 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 1: you could. You could fun with that next on a 794 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift concert. Just kidding, that would really throw him off, right, 795 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: you get start dating Taylor Swift, right, she's taken. She's taken, 796 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 1: not that I know that she does. Well, Pete, we 797 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining the show, having some 798 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: fun with us and talking about Brian Flores. I know 799 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: that you can see Pete doing film room right now 800 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: on Vikings dot Com. He also has an instant reaction 801 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: for the hiring as well on Vikings dot com or 802 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: your Vikings app. But you, guys, I think we just 803 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: need to wrap things up obviously. You know, we've got 804 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: a lot going on, position recaps, Pro Bowl content, there's 805 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,479 Speaker 1: a Pick six episode Gabs interview with Cameron Wolf, There's 806 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 1: a ton on Vikings dot com. Just because it's the 807 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: offseason doesn't mean we're off, so check it out again. 808 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Pete. We appreciate you and we'll 809 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: see you around all right, guys, thank you.