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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast. I'm Dalvin Cook. Let's go wait. This

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Speaker 1: is everything Griffin and you listen to the Minnesota Vikings podcasting.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast with your host Mike

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Speaker 1: Wabshaw and Chris Corso. Wow, what an intro. Okay, that

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Speaker 1: is how you get a podcast started. I love it.

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Speaker 1: This is the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. It's a new season

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Speaker 1: and we have some new content from the Vikings Entertainment

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Speaker 1: It's the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, the first edition of the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota vis Podcast. It will be a weekly challenge for

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Speaker 1: to do it all throughout the twenty nineteen season. It'll

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Speaker 1: be your source for Vikings information, opinion, and entertainment. Think

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Speaker 1: of it as a souped up version of the Wobcast. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Wobcast is no more, but it's going to turn

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Speaker 1: into something better, The Minnesota Vikings Podcast the MVP. You

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Speaker 1: Vikings dot com. It's on iTunes, the Vikings app in

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Speaker 1: Google Podcasts, and soon to be on the Spotify channel.

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Speaker 1: It will have more production, which you've already noticed. That

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Speaker 1: will have more talent, which you're going to notice as

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Speaker 1: we have some fine folks behind the scenes, including long

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna have a lot of fun with all

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Speaker 1: Chris Corso. Welcome him back to the podcast. What's going on?

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Speaker 1: I'm that that new intro guy. I like, Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: we got a hype man, Dalvin cooks Our hype man,

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook was excited to introduce the Minnesota Vikings podcast. Man,

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Speaker 1: I love it. I mean, we're gonna have to have

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Speaker 1: Dalvin on the show. We have a pretty good guests

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Speaker 1: this week. We do have a good guest this week.

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Speaker 1: a fast start already, not gonna lie about that. I

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Speaker 1: to preview what's coming up. Twenty nineteen Verizon Vikings Training

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Speaker 1: Camp is here. It's begun. Rookies and quarterbacks have already reported.

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Speaker 1: Veterans are reporting on Friday for the first full squad practice.

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Speaker 1: Actually the reporting Thursday, but the first full squad practice

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Speaker 1: is Friday. So twenty nineteen Verisen Vikings Training Camp has

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Speaker 1: storylines where you're gonna hear from Kevin Stefanski in a moment.

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Speaker 1: You're also going to hear from Vikings manager of Special Events, CJ. Rule.

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Speaker 1: change up, fastball, fastball. You know, throw a slider in

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Speaker 1: there once in a while. So m just give give

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Speaker 1: the offense a couple of different looks that they you

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Speaker 1: know that they have to work on and things like that. So,

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Speaker 1: and I remember this from the end of OTAs Chris is,

426
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Speaker 1: there's so much continuity on the Vikings defense and they

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Speaker 1: know each other and the scheme so well that that

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Speaker 1: Zim was talking about, we were actually able with the

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Speaker 1: first team defense to emulate some looks that our offense

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Speaker 1: got last year that they didn't handle well. Yep, you know.

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Speaker 1: And so I thought that was a pretty cool uh,

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Speaker 1: some some cool insight from the head coach to the

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Speaker 1: fans about what they're doing at practice. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what he was talking about there, right, Yep,

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Speaker 1: he was using he's using his defense as a way

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Speaker 1: to throw a fastball. Throw a fastball. Oh, here's a slider,

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Speaker 1: a different type of formation that we really did struggle

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Speaker 1: with last year on offense. On offense. So the offense

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Speaker 1: is able to now learn how to combat those plays.

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Speaker 1: And I mean, what better way to discuss something then baseball. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm not surprised you loved it. I'm not surprised you

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Speaker 1: loved it all right. Um, So twenty nineteen Veris and

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Speaker 1: Vikings training camp is underway. As we said at the

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Speaker 1: top of the show. The full squad will have reported

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Speaker 1: by Thursday evening and we'll practice together for the first

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Speaker 1: time on Friday. The first padded practice I believe is

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Speaker 1: going to be Sunday, and then U you know, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have an interview with CJ Rule coming up here

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Speaker 1: and that will give you all the details you need

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Speaker 1: to know about how to get here, how to reserve tickets,

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Speaker 1: where you can park the shuttles, some of the themed

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Speaker 1: days that are happening at twenty nineteen Verisen Vikings training Camp.

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Speaker 1: So stick with us here on the podcast to hear

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Speaker 1: from CJ about all of that, and then whether you

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Speaker 1: do or you don't. If you need more, go to

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Speaker 1: Vikings dot com. There's a training camp page that Corso

457
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Speaker 1: and Kim and Cardinal of all put together that has

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Speaker 1: all the info on it. Right, that's right, Okay, training

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Speaker 1: camp storylines. Let's get to him. Number one. What everyone

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Speaker 1: loves to talk about during transition battles position battles. So

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Speaker 1: let's go through them. A few of the big ones.

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Speaker 1: I think that we're gonna have to pay attention to

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle. That's that's gonna be a fun one. Now,

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Speaker 1: the starters, I think We're like, that's not a battle, yep, Lynvallen,

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Speaker 1: Schamar Stephen, that's right, Okay, pay Chamar the big money

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Speaker 1: to come back here. Yeah, we're good there. And it

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Speaker 1: was like, I don't remember if it was thirty year

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Speaker 1: or forty or fifty yards per game worse without Shamar

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Speaker 1: last year than the year prior with Schamar in twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 1: So Schamar Stephen coming back, it's going to help our

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Speaker 1: run defense. Everyone loves Sheldon Richardson. But what a lot

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Speaker 1: of people don't know. Vikings linebacker coach Adam Zimmer told

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Speaker 1: me this. He said, Chamar can stuff up the line

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Speaker 1: the way that Sheldon couldn't because Sheldon was trying to

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Speaker 1: get sacks. Schamar really takes these guys out and it

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Speaker 1: makes Eric Kendricks a twenty times better player, which is

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Speaker 1: that if you hear from him right, he watches all

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Speaker 1: the films. So the position battle is not for the

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Speaker 1: starting spots. The position battles is for the reserves, for

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Speaker 1: the backups where you have a couple of draft or

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Speaker 1: a few draft picks. Actually, one from a few years ago,

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Speaker 1: Jalil Johnson. One from a couple of years ago, Jaalen

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Speaker 1: Holmes and one from this year, armand Watts. Those three

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Speaker 1: guys all battling for spots as a as a reserve

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle. And then you know who else I put

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Speaker 1: in there is Hercules Mataafa. I would put him in

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Speaker 1: there as well. Zim keeps mentioning, Yeah, a guy who

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Speaker 1: can provide some pass rush, a little bit of juice

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Speaker 1: for pass rushing from the inside if you need him to.

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Speaker 1: Probably can line up at end. You know, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what the scheme was in college for him, what

492
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Speaker 1: you would say he played at Washington State. But a

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Speaker 1: guy who can line up in a few different spots,

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Speaker 1: So I throw him out of offa in there as well. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that all those guys can make the team.

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Speaker 1: I would love it if they all could. I'd be

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Speaker 1: great find a way to get all of them one here.

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Speaker 1: But with only fifty three spots for all the positions,

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Speaker 1: hard to imagine every one of those tackles making it.

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Speaker 1: So that's a position battle that I think is going

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Speaker 1: to be fun to watch. Watch out for. Jalen Holmes.

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Speaker 1: He's a big dude. Oh yeah, he's a big guy.

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Speaker 1: You got your eye on him Lee bur who You're

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Speaker 1: gonna hear more from Ben Lieber on the twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: Verizon Vikings Training Camp preview show, which we are filming

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Speaker 1: and airing on Friday on Vikings dot com and all

507
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Speaker 1: Vikings social platforms. So make sure you stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: that or look out for that. Lieber is a big

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Speaker 1: mata off a guy. Wow, you're a big Jelen Holmes guy.

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Speaker 1: I kind of like jailing Holmes. Cool. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: how all that plays out. Um, I think you know,

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Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks of camp are gonna matter,

513
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Speaker 1: but the games are really gonna matter when it comes

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Speaker 1: to solving those battles. This next battle is the one

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Speaker 1: that I'm I'm watching this one, Okay, my eyes will

516
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Speaker 1: be on these players. Okay, why don't you frame it up?

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Speaker 1: And I'm gonna come at it a different way. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna kind of harsh your mellow a little

519
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Speaker 1: bit after you talk a lot about the best way

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Speaker 1: to frame this position battle up and it's wide receiver

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Speaker 1: three behind Stefan Diggs and Adam Feelin is to hear

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Speaker 1: from our very own Minnesota's local Tom Pellisero. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: talking on NFL. Now, well, let's go Lata. He's got

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Speaker 1: a player that he really does like, and he's gonna

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Speaker 1: tell you right now, Well, there's a whole bunch of them.

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna give you one name to remember as

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Speaker 1: we go through the preseason. Here Cole Chad Beebe, the

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Speaker 1: son of former NFL receiver Don Beebe. Guy was undrafted

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Speaker 1: a year ago out of Northern Illinois. You only played

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Speaker 1: in a few games, but right now, heading into camp,

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Speaker 1: the number three receiver spot is Chad Beebe's to lose.

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Speaker 1: Why is that significant, Well, the Vikings are probably going

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Speaker 1: to play more two and even three tight end sets

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Speaker 1: after drafting her Smith having to be the compliment to

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Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph. But what defenses did a year ago on

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Speaker 1: third downs was takeaway Adam Feeling and Stefan Dix. When

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Speaker 1: you do that, that's gonna leave some one on one

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Speaker 1: matchups in the slot. Chad Beebe is the guy that

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Speaker 1: they think can beat man to man coverage. I'm with

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Speaker 1: them on that. I think BB's BB is the guy

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Speaker 1: to beat for w R three. There's no doubt. Now,

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Speaker 1: Zilstra's in there, Treadwell is in there, Badet and Dylan

543
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Speaker 1: Mitchell and old BC Johnson and a lot of young players. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're all gonna be up there for I

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Speaker 1: do agree, though it's Bebe's job to lose. But what

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Speaker 1: I what I think needs to be mentioned is actually

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that Palicero was also going to mention it,

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Speaker 1: so he sort of stole my thunder is we're gonna

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Speaker 1: be We're gonna be in two tight ends a lot. YEA,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be in twelve personnel, which is one running

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Speaker 1: back and two tight ends, or twenty two personnel, two

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Speaker 1: running backs and two tight ends a lot because C. J.

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Speaker 1: Ham's going to be in the game a bunch two absolutely,

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Speaker 1: So I think that diminishes a little bit, maybe not

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Speaker 1: the importance of War three, but the frequency with which

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Speaker 1: WR three is on the field. Now, if BB or

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Speaker 1: somebody else just is amazing in camp in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: maybe your your philosophy shifts a little bit and you

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Speaker 1: do a little less two tight ends than you thought,

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Speaker 1: and you get that guy on the field. But short

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Speaker 1: of that happening like an amazing jump up from somebody,

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Speaker 1: I think we're going to be in a lot of

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Speaker 1: two tight end sets. And it's wild because really, Eric

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Speaker 1: Smith can kind of play as a wide receiver as well,

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Speaker 1: like on the son Rudy, So yeah, exactly, they both

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Speaker 1: can catch the ball. So um, I think you'll see

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Speaker 1: this guy, Chad BB in the slot against man and

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Speaker 1: man coverage. I like his chance and I like his

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Speaker 1: chances too. I mean because a lot of times, unless

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Speaker 1: you've got it like you and more, more and more

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Speaker 1: teams are doing this. But unless you went out and

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Speaker 1: got a nickel that you love and he's like, you're

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Speaker 1: nickel guy. Like think about Captain Munrolin in his prime.

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Speaker 1: You know, unless you have that, you know it's your

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Speaker 1: third best corner is playing nickel, so Bb against the

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Speaker 1: third the team's third best corner. I like our chances

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Speaker 1: there a lot. So you just gotta stay healthy on

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Speaker 1: a passing down when eleven personnels on the field. I

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Speaker 1: like that. You're right, he does have to stay healthy

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Speaker 1: with his size and some injuries he's had in the past.

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Speaker 1: You're right, yes, to stay healthy. Let's stick with Bb though.

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Speaker 1: For the next position, battles returners. For the first time

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Speaker 1: in a long time, both the punt return and kickoff

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Speaker 1: return positions or up for competition at the same time,

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Speaker 1: because we've had Percy Harvin do it, no, no sweat

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Speaker 1: about that. You knew he was going to be the

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Speaker 1: kickoff returner. You've had Corderol Patterson doing it, no doubt

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Speaker 1: about it. He was going to be the kickoff returner.

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Speaker 1: You've had Marcus Sheryl's here, no doubt about it. He's

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Speaker 1: the best punt returner in Vikings history. While none of

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Speaker 1: those guys are here, So the bat the positions are

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Speaker 1: open for competition. I think Beebe is a candidate for both,

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Speaker 1: especially punts. Yep, do you agree? I agree? I think

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Speaker 1: a Merabdulah is a candidate for both, but especially kickoff returns. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think Jordan Taylor receiver, Jordan Taylor's in the mix.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps for punts. Um Jeff Badette perhaps is in the mix.

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Speaker 1: When Mike Q is as healthy, he's in the mix.

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Speaker 1: So I think this is a position battle to watch

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Speaker 1: throughout training camp in the preseason. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: forget how electrifying Mike Hughes was as a return in college. Unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: He was really good those high scoring games UM with

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Speaker 1: with UCF Obviously, I mean he was about as good

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Speaker 1: as it gets, so we have some pretty good options,

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Speaker 1: especially when he gets healthy. All right, let's go quickly

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Speaker 1: through the last three linebacker three I'm putting on the

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Speaker 1: list of position battles. Do you think it is one

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Speaker 1: or do you think Benghidion already has it won? I

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Speaker 1: think it's BENGHETI Okay, so you think this one's off

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Speaker 1: the list. I like Eric Wilson a lot, and I

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Speaker 1: know our linebackers coach likes him as well. Yep, but

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Speaker 1: he also does really love he loves Ben Giddy, he

612
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Speaker 1: really He says he has a knows for the football,

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Speaker 1: and that's all say. Yeah, the Michigan man has done

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Speaker 1: a good job as LB three the last two seasons,

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Speaker 1: especially last year, and perhaps he'll get a little more

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Speaker 1: playing time this year. Um, because I think teams are

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Speaker 1: going to challenge us running the ball and on running downs.

618
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: Gideon is going to be on the field a bunch

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Speaker 1: so called an old fashioned linebacker and he is he is.

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Speaker 1: You know, Scott Studwell loved him. So Scott Studdwell loves him,

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Speaker 1: we should all love him, right So yeah, um, all right,

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Speaker 1: so probably let's let's put this in the category of

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Speaker 1: w R three. It's probably Chad Beebe's yep. LB three,

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Speaker 1: probably Ben Gideons. Cameron Smith is there though, draft pick

625
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Speaker 1: out of USC who's trained at all three linebacker spots

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Speaker 1: in college. You'll see him on specialty on special teams

627
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Speaker 1: a bunch, so watch out for him. Kenshall brothers Eric

628
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Speaker 1: Wilson has starting experience for both, filling in for both

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Speaker 1: Kendricks and Barr. So um we got we got some

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Speaker 1: players at linebacker for Adam Zimmer to coach all right

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Speaker 1: right guard, same as w R three and LB three.

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Speaker 1: There's there's an incumbent, not an incumbent because he's not

633
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Speaker 1: returning from last year, but there is a favorite, a

634
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: guy who's it is his to lose. That's Josh Klein,

635
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: free agent signing from Tennessee's right right guard spot is

636
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: his to lose, but there are people behind him to

637
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: challenge for the spot, including a draft pick Drew Semia

638
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: maybe yep. Maybe Avian Collins, who's got some position flexibility,

639
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: although he may be better suited to be a swing tackle.

640
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: Danny is Zadora draft pick from a couple of years

641
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: ago from the from the University of Miami. All could

642
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: battle Josh Klein for that spot, but I kind of

643
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: think it's Josh's to lose. Absolutely, you go with the

644
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: veteran there for sure, but you got a lot of

645
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: young players who are going to be rare to go. Yeah,

646
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: so last one and this is it's not a mess.

647
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: I don't It's not a mess because we have Xavier Rhodes,

648
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: Trey Wayns, and McKenzie Alexander, So we're good. I mean,

649
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 1: most teams would love to have that trio. That's about

650
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: as good as he After that, though, I mean we

651
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: got we got some spots open. You usually keep five,

652
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: six and our fifth actually our fourth and fifth corners

653
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: are not probably not going to be available early in

654
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 1: the season. We know, we know Holton Hill isn't absolutely

655
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Speaker 1: and Mike Hughes is still battling back from his knee

656
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Speaker 1: in dream, So we have some some spots open for

657
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: competition at corner. Who steps up, who's got the opportunity

658
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: to step up? A draft pick Chris Boyd, he does right, Yeah,

659
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: draft pick out of Texas, Chris Boyd. I mean, he's

660
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: such a great electrifying talent, athletic purability, but he's got

661
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: to buy into the system on defense and he's a

662
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: young guy, and then that's that's a knock on him.

663
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: But he's a guy who has the ability to do it.

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Speaker 1: Just like Holton Hill stepped into games last year against

665
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: Seattle and Russell Wilson and makes a heck of a play.

666
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go on. I think this is the same

667
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: type of player who can step in and make something happen. Okay,

668
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: so let's segue into storyline number two, which is depth

669
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Speaker 1: at cornerback or lack of depth at cornerback is storyline

670
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Speaker 1: number two for me at camp another draft pick, because

671
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: what do you mean? Marks Epps well trained at safety,

672
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: but I think can play nicol if you want him. Ye.

673
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: So this whole thing, this whole issue of depth at

674
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: corner is something to watch because we're good at the

675
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: starting spots. I love what we have there and we

676
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: want those guys to stay healthy. But after that we

677
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: have Holton Hill and Mike Hughes who are not available

678
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: right now, and that's opportunity for other people to step

679
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: up for who Chris Boyd draft pick out of Texas

680
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: Duke Thomas, who you've never heard of, but you'll see

681
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: a lot in the preseason. Um Chris's guy, Marcus Epps,

682
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: who has who's drawn a lot of praise from Jerry Gray,

683
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer, and George Edwards. Darren Smith who we got

684
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: from the AAF who is technically a safety but could

685
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: play uh maybe some corner or some sub packages. All

686
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 1: these guys are guys you don't know listeners right now,

687
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: you don't know them very well. Yeah, he was active

688
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: on the active roster, like there's other guys. Yeah there

689
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: and there are there are others. But so the thing

690
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,879
Speaker 1: to remember here is the way I've described it so

691
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,240
Speaker 1: far might cause you to be concerned, which is fair.

692
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: But remember this. If there's a spot where we're just

693
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: not really sure and we need to mold some guys

694
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: and develop some guys and get them to step up,

695
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: there's no better position for us to be for that

696
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: to be the case than corner. For Mike Zimmer here,

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00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: I mean, right, I mean he's the coach of all coaches.

698
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he probably would have wanted another cornerback in

699
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: the draft pretty year. Okay, maybe we should have done that.

700
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm glad we have Garrett Bradberry. But remember

701
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 1: all the remember the joke that Rick made like if

702
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: if I take another corner, my wife willing to tell

703
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: me to sleep on the couch or whatever. We kind

704
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: of could use a first round corner right now. I mean,

705
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: so for all the people who are like trade trade trade, Xavier,

706
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: you could never take a corner in the first round

707
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: this year. Really, we don't want a first round corner

708
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 1: now us both those guys. I think Xavier is going

709
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: to have a big, big year this year, I hope.

710
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: So that's storyline number two. Depth at corner, A position

711
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 1: to watch here, not to be concerned about, but something

712
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: to pay attention to. Storyline three one, stay healthy health.

713
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: You need to be healthy again. Mike Hughes is working

714
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 1: his way back. No reason not to think he won't

715
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: be full speed, but he's not there yet, so you

716
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: got to watch that. How about the tight ends that

717
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 1: we had missing time at the end of the off

718
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: season program. Yeah, we had some tight ends, including IRV

719
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: Smith IRV Smith. We had David Morgan is battle and

720
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 1: something as well, and Tyler Conlins, well, he had a

721
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: little he was sick. He wasn't I don't know. I

722
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: don't know if it was an actual injury. So I

723
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: think he's good to go. That's fine, But I didn't

724
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: say injuries. I said health. Yes, we need these guys

725
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: to be healthy and be out there. Man got Lindvall

726
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: coming back, um you know from you know he was

727
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: dealing with injuries. Adam Fieland was dealing with injuries during

728
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: the season, Stefan Diggs. So I mean we gotta we

729
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: gotta stay healthy. We gotta get healthy and stay healthy.

730
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: That's one of the most, if not the most important

731
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,919
Speaker 1: thing to have happened during training camp is you want

732
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: to get through it, get through the preseason and get

733
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,919
Speaker 1: to the starting line, get to week one with as

734
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: many of your key contributors healthy as possible. And remember

735
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 1: we have a late by this week so or this year,

736
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: so we can't like be looking or to a week

737
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: five buy to get people rested unhealthy. It's late, man, Like,

738
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,919
Speaker 1: we can't be waiting around for the buye. It ain't

739
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: coming and coming for a few months. So I got

740
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 1: to stay healthy throughout training camp. Speaking of training camp,

741
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: let's get the low down the nuts and bolts on

742
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: everything related to twenty nineteen Verizon Vikings training camp. From

743
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: a logistical and operational standpoint, how do you get tickets

744
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: where do you park, what day should you come? What

745
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: are the theme days? All of those questions answered in

746
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: the following interview with Vikings Manager of Special Events CJ. Rule.

747
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: All Right, so, as we said at the top of

748
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: the show, we're going to go deep diving a little

749
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: bit on Vikings training camp this year. We're already on

750
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: day two of it technically for the team, but for

751
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 1: the fan portion of it it begins later this week,

752
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: and so there's probably no one really who knows the

753
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: ins and outs at camp better than manager of Special

754
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: Events for the Vikings are buddy, CJ. Rule. What's up man,

755
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: how's it going guys? Thanks for having on you bet,

756
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: thanks for coming in. We know that you're busy right

757
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: now and so um there's probably fires to put out

758
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: and um, really cool things for you to be doing.

759
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: But here you are in the in the radio studio

760
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: talking to us. You know, take a couple of minutes

761
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: for you guys, anytime. I bet, um, I bet you

762
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: could use a couple of minute break about this time

763
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: of year, like for the team July, they're chilling, man,

764
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: I mean they're going home, they're in Miami, they're wherever

765
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: you know, they're at golf tournaments and like Tahoe, not you, No,

766
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: you're grinding getting getting ready for camp. Yeah, are you know?

767
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 1: We really start ramping camp up right after the draft party.

768
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: It's really wow. It's a big lift, you know now

769
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,439
Speaker 1: that we're hearing you get a twin stays Orth Peak

770
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: Performance Center. It's a lot different than Mankato. You know,

771
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,760
Speaker 1: a lot more things go into it. It's a bigger,

772
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: bigger production. Um, it's ours, so we get a little

773
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: bit more creativity. We do the best we can with it,

774
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: but it's a it's a big ordeal. A lot of

775
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: different departments help out, you know, guys like you, guys

776
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: help us out. It's like the one event that I

777
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: work on that's truly organizational. Why yeah, yeah, all right.

778
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 1: So you know when you say we start working on

779
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: camp once the draft party is over, tell us a

780
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: little bit more about that, because it's not just you

781
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: who's doing it. Definitely not just me. You've got a

782
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,439
Speaker 1: staff who works for you, You work for people, You've

783
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 1: got external folks probably that you contract in. So I

784
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: know you can't tell us everything about it in this

785
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: five or ten minutes, but give people an idea of

786
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: the scope of you know what it takes to run camp.

787
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: So it kind of starts out. We have a small

788
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: group of people internally from various departments. There's about five

789
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: of us. We start meeting, kind of laying out how

790
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,879
Speaker 1: we want camp to look, meeting about budget. We don't

791
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: know about dates until whenever, mid June usually, Yeah, But

792
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 1: we start working, have our conversations, and then from there

793
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,320
Speaker 1: we kind of assigned roles and spread that out across

794
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,439
Speaker 1: the organization. Who's going to do what, because, like you said,

795
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: there's there's way too much for just one or two

796
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: people to really handle with this. So we have we

797
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: start with a group of five, and you know, by

798
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,399
Speaker 1: the time camp starts our operation, we're up thirty forty

799
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 1: people of not including vendors and things like that. Yeah. Yeah,

800
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: So the rookies and quarterbacks and a few other folks

801
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: reported and the first practice was Tuesday, was yesterday, and

802
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 1: so that that's going on. But it's really showtime for

803
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: for training camp for you guys on the full squad

804
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: on Friday, right, So what what's that day like for you?

805
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: When you show up to work on Friday morning? It's exciting, Yeah,

806
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, just like anybody else, I'm a

807
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 1: fan first and foremost of football's back. Yeah, it's it's

808
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: a great time of year for everybody. It's very nerve racking. Um,

809
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:26,919
Speaker 1: it's only our second year here, so you don't really

810
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: know what to expect in terms of fan turnout, which

811
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: will be strong. But the way that everything's gonna lay

812
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 1: out is everything gonna run right. The weather, you know,

813
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: you can't stress about things you don't know, but man,

814
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: the weather's always a big one. Yeah, So Friday is

815
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Speaker 1: the big day. Um, that'll be the you know, that'll

816
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: be the first day and it's going what's the last practice? Sixteenth? Okay,

817
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: so that's what we're talking seven seven. Not every day

818
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: is open in that span, sixteen open days, sixteen total

819
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: open dates because there's a couple of days off, like

820
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: the day after the night practice is off, right, So

821
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: you've got a couple of preseason game in there too,

822
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: and so folks need to make sure they go check

823
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 1: that out before they decide when they want to come. Yep,

824
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: make sure you're coming on a day where camps open. Yeah, right,

825
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,919
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And so walk folks through

826
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: that process, the ticketing, the parking, and what they can

827
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: expect and maybe some tips for them. Yeah. Absolutely, So

828
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,320
Speaker 1: the big thing that we want to make sure everybody

829
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: understands is, you know, everything can still be free. We're

830
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: not looking to charge people a bunch of money, like

831
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: we want people to come check this out. So general

832
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: admission tickets are free. They're always free. To claim those,

833
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: you could just go to Vikings dot com. You can

834
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: always contact the ticket office, but Vikings dot com slash

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00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: training Camp, all the ticket information is there. We do

836
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: charge ten dollars for parking, which we encourage people to

837
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: purchase in advance. Parking is not limited, but it helps

838
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: us to know how many cars to expect every day.

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Speaker 1: So it's ten dollars if you pre purchase, twenty dollars

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00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: if you buy a day of All that can be

841
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: handled through Vikings dot Com through the ticket office. But

842
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: then you know our schedules up there, and like you said,

843
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: it is important to look at the schedule. And some

844
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: days fill up fast. The night practice on August or

845
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: that that night fills up real quick, so I think

846
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: we have limited availability there. There's a couple other days

847
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 1: that autograph wise are you know, usually popular, but then

848
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: there's just some random days like a couple of Fridays

849
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: are usually very busy. That first weekend is busy because

850
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: you know, it's the first one, and then like that

851
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 1: Monday Tuesday. You know, I never remember exactly when they're

852
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: in full pads for the first time, but there's that

853
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: rule where they can't be in pads for the first

854
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 1: couple of days, so that first full pad practice is

855
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: usually a big one too. Yeah, and you mentioned something

856
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: in that answer autographs, and you know, we talked about

857
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: how weather can affect attendance at camp and the aura

858
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,479
Speaker 1: of camp that day. Autographs do too, and you guys

859
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: do a different position every day. That's that's sort of

860
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 1: the process that you guys have gone through, so I'll

861
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: explain that it is. And we're actually trying something new

862
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: this year, which you might talk about things that keep

863
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: you up at night, this is one of them. But

864
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: we are moving autographs to kids only eighteen and under

865
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: this Yeah, that's right. The reason for that just to

866
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: kind of get out in front of labis. It's all

867
00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 1: about fan experience, you know, and the little kids, they're

868
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: so impressionable at this stage, and then the vikings getting

869
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: the chance to meet their heroes. If we can do

870
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: that and we can get them in front of the team.

871
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: It's just a better environment for the family. It's a

872
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: better environment for the kids. The players they like signing

873
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: for kids too. It's not that we don't appreciate our

874
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: adult fans, obviously we do in a very big way.

875
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 1: But training camp is supposed to be about family and

876
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: things like that. So this is an opportunity to improve

877
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: the fan experience for our families, some of which can't

878
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 1: afford to come to games, so training camp is their

879
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: opportunity to come check out the team. So we're trying

880
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: to maximize that. But the rest of it is the

881
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: same as it's always been. One position group per day,

882
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: So I don't have the schedule in front of me,

883
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: but it's on the website. Yeah, it's on the website.

884
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 1: But we'll do one position group per day, about thirty

885
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,400
Speaker 1: minutes per day. We get through about one hundred and

886
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: fifty people each time. It runs pretty smooth, you know.

887
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: And autographs, they're they're a big part of training camp,

888
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: whether we want it to be or not, and it's

889
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 1: important to get everybody in front of our players as

890
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: much as we can. And it's not Mankato anymore. So

891
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different situation. And that's that's a

892
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: different part of this year compared to last year. Is

893
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: the schedule. It is autographs were always after walk through

894
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: in the morning. They were not the case this year.

895
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: Not the case. So coach changed the schedule up on

896
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: us a little bit. So the walkthrough got bumped up

897
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:10,879
Speaker 1: so earlier in the morning. I think it's at nine

898
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: am now, and instead of them going to lunch right

899
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: after the walkthrough like they have for years now, they

900
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,400
Speaker 1: have meetings and things like that. So we've actually decided

901
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: to close the walkthroughs since we're going to move autographs

902
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 1: to after the afternoon practice, so they want to start

903
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 1: till four thirty. Yeah, and it's it's that's a change.

904
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,839
Speaker 1: And sometimes people think change is bad. That's that's not

905
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: a bad change. That's just a timing change. I think

906
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,840
Speaker 1: we like it. Yeah, it's it's it's new, it's fresh.

907
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: You know, we've had the same schedule daily. I mean,

908
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: how long have you been here fifteen years? I've been

909
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: here eleven and it's never changed. Yeah, So this is

910
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,919
Speaker 1: the first time really where our our schedule has changed

911
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 1: a lot. And so I think this is a breath

912
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: of fresh air. It gives us an opportunity to program

913
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: just a couple of hours a little bit better. From

914
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,919
Speaker 1: a staff standpoint, it allows us to do a little

915
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: bit more creativity wise, and it really helps us focus

916
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,720
Speaker 1: in on that afternoon practice where the focus really should

917
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: be too. Yeah, the theme days the night practice is Saturday,

918
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 1: August third, correct, correct, So camp will be closed that

919
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: following day. But that's a really cool experience at night practice.

920
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 1: But I know you guys have other theme days and

921
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: things you want to talk about, like Fan Appreciation Day

922
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 1: and the camps that you have. So we've got a

923
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: couple of things going on this year that are new.

924
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: The twenty seventh to July, so our second day open

925
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: that Saturday, we're doing a kind of recamming Minnesota Football Day. Basically,

926
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 1: we're celebrating youth football high school flip on the state

927
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,799
Speaker 1: of Minnesota, so we're encouraging youth teams to come out

928
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: where they're jerseys. But one cool thing we're doing, I

929
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,240
Speaker 1: don't know if you remember this, but during the preseason,

930
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 1: we host a high school skills challenge, usually the morning

931
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: of the preseason. Yeah, yeah, we're moving it out here

932
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,400
Speaker 1: on Saturday, So from Noone to two, I think we

933
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: have twelve teams from across the state. They're going to

934
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: come in do the high school Skills Challenge. You know,

935
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: we're encouraging fans to come out check that out, and

936
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: then the win of the top three teams from that

937
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: are gonna compete for the championship or whatever at halftime

938
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 1: of the Seahawks games. So that's kind of the focal

939
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: point of that practice. August first, we're doing a slut

940
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: to Service Day, so we're working with all the branches

941
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: of the military Veterans associations to try to get as

942
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,800
Speaker 1: many veterans and active duty soldiers to out to practice

943
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: and just show them, you know, our appreciation for what

944
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: they do. Obviously, we'll do some activities for kids that

945
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: are geared towards military things. And then the next day,

946
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: August second, we're doing a First Responders Day, Okay, so

947
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: we'll have fire trucks, police vehicle's, ambulance vehicles on display,

948
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: photo opportunities. Yeah, get a chance to meet firefighters and

949
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 1: stuff from the local communities, and just like with our

950
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: Slut to Service people, an opportunity to say thank you,

951
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,399
Speaker 1: you know, these are our frontline people and the ones

952
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,840
Speaker 1: that keep us safe and at training camp especially. You know,

953
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: they have a strong presence here, so we want to

954
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 1: be able to say thank you for everything that they

955
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: do for us. And then we're gonna do a Viking

956
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: Women's Day on August eleventh, So Tammy Hedrick is going

957
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,439
Speaker 1: to be programming to day with some special activities geared

958
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: towards our female fans. But I mean it's for everybody obviously,

959
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: but more geared towards females. Some special activities there, and

960
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: then fan appreciation They will be the last day where

961
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: we'll do some giveaways, autograph items, just try to you know,

962
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,319
Speaker 1: say thanks for coming out and supporting the Vikings as

963
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: we get ready for the regular season. And then museum

964
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: is open, it is, right, and what's some other stuff

965
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,520
Speaker 1: around that area the flock room store, locker room store,

966
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 1: museum concessions yea. And on the concession side of things,

967
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: we launched our Vikings the Vikings Table food yeah, that's right.

968
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: The Sun truck yep, it'll be here daily, so everybody

969
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 1: can check that out. And the cool thing about that

970
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: is everything that they sell that just goes back into

971
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: funding the food truck and their initiatives, so we want

972
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: to make sure that we're helping out with that. We

973
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 1: have kids on all sorts of kids activities this year.

974
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,319
Speaker 1: You know, like I said, it's we're billing this as

975
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,919
Speaker 1: a family friendly environment and so we're gearing towards kids.

976
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: We do have an indoor area this year too, called

977
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: the Huddle. Try to give people an opportunity get off

978
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: the sun. It gets real hot, but it'll have you know,

979
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: food and beverage. We'll have an esports lounge, some arcade games,

980
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: things like that. Just another element. So if you want

981
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: to come early, which obviously we encourage, come early, check

982
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: out all this stuff and then go to practice. Yeah,

983
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: I feel like talking to you on this day is

984
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: like talking to Ian Rappaport or Adam Schefter, Like your

985
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: phone's buzzing. You gotta go, man, you're busy. A couple

986
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: of things going on. Yeah, you do. But we appreciate

987
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:14,359
Speaker 1: you stopping by here and filling everyone in on training camp.

988
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,359
Speaker 1: Folks should go to Vikings dot com for anything they

989
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: want repeated or anything we didn't touch on. All that

990
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: information is there right? Anything else? They should all there? No,

991
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,439
Speaker 1: it's all there, and we appreciate all of our fans.

992
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: We're really excited to have everybody out this year. Yeah,

993
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: all right, man, good luck at camp. Okay, appreciate it,

994
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 1: all right. Our thanks to cj Rue for joining us

995
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:34,240
Speaker 1: on the first edition of the Minnesota Vikings podcast, giving

996
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: you all the ins and outs of training camp, how

997
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: to get here and how to have some fun. Again,

998
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: if you need more info or you want something repeated,

999
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: go to Vikings dot com go to the training camp page.

1000
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 1: All that information is there. All right, we're getting to

1001
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:46,880
Speaker 1: the end of the show, but before we go, we

1002
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:48,920
Speaker 1: want to get to a few things, including term of

1003
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: the day of that coming up in a second. But

1004
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: first some fan mail. Chrissy, what do you got? All right?

1005
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,399
Speaker 1: Question one? I know NFL teams have had success with

1006
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: the father and son on the same staff, as it

1007
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:03,280
Speaker 1: pertains the Vikings have Adam Zimmer as well as Clint

1008
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: Kubiak under Gary Kubiak. So that this is what Chris

1009
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,680
Speaker 1: Kay wants to know. What he's from, Fowler, California. What

1010
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: is this dynamic on a team? I think it can

1011
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,800
Speaker 1: be looked at as people would be like, oh, of

1012
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: course he hired his son to be the coach, Like

1013
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 1: like I didn't have to work hard, but that that's

1014
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: really not usually the case. Like Adam Zimmer has worked

1015
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: his way up through the rankings, and he hasn't been

1016
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: with Mike Zimmer his whole time. As you heard Kevin

1017
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: Stefanski explained, Clint Kubiak was with the Vikings during Leslie

1018
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 1: Fraser and beginning of the Mike Zimmerer, so he wasn't

1019
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: with his dad the whole way like these these coaches

1020
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 1: worked way up. But the most important thing about this

1021
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:42,080
Speaker 1: is as a coaching staff, not only do you want

1022
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: acumen and knowledge about the game and be able to

1023
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,760
Speaker 1: teach the game, you have to be able to trust

1024
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: your coaches, like Mike Zimmer has to know that his

1025
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,879
Speaker 1: coaches have his back. And a lot of times your

1026
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: son is someone or a family member is someone that

1027
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: you're naturally going to have that trusting good point, And

1028
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 1: I think that's like as important as anything is the

1029
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,040
Speaker 1: trust and the strength of a relationship that a head

1030
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 1: coach has with his staff. Number two A great question

1031
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: again from Turlock, California from Larry I noticed that John

1032
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 1: Sullivan is still not signed. Do you think with his

1033
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: previous connection with the Vikings that he might be worth

1034
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,879
Speaker 1: looking into for debt. It's interesting. Yeah, former Viking who's

1035
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:26,319
Speaker 1: gone on the Super Bowl team for the Rams. Yea, yeah,

1036
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,439
Speaker 1: last two seasons Sullivan played in thirty one to thirty

1037
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 1: two games and started all thirty one games. So I

1038
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: looked at that and I thought that was interesting. To me,

1039
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:38,799
Speaker 1: this has the look and feel Sully's situation of a

1040
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: guy who's probably good enough to play. Definitely has a

1041
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: lot to give to an organization from a community standpoint

1042
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: and a knowledge and leadership standpoint. But to me, this

1043
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,839
Speaker 1: has the look and feel of a situation where when

1044
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 1: an unfortunate injury happens along the interior of the offensive

1045
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 1: line to a team, Sully's gonna get called ye And

1046
00:50:58,160 --> 00:50:59,799
Speaker 1: I don't think you know, he may not get called

1047
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: for then, but as soon as someone needs a guy,

1048
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're gonna see Sali's on the street and

1049
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 1: they're gonna call That's That's a that's a good point.

1050
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: And it's pretty crazy that he was the starter on

1051
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,200
Speaker 1: the Rams offensive line at the team that made it

1052
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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl obviously lost the big game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: all right, Number three from Bill, does the medical staff

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Speaker 1: do anything different with recovery from knee injuries when it

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Speaker 1: comes to players playing different positions. That's a really good question. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think there are probably, like let's use an ACL injury, like,

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Speaker 1: every person is different, every person heals different ways, and

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Speaker 1: I think every injury is different, like like there's probably

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Speaker 1: a standard ACL tear, you know, shugs could probably explain that,

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Speaker 1: or a doctor could explain that. But sometimes you also

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Speaker 1: damage other ligaments or other cartilage along with that ACL tear.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think every injury is the same. Therefore,

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Speaker 1: every recovery, every treatment, every surgery, they're not all the same.

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Speaker 1: Then you throw in an offensive guard has to do

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00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 1: these types of movements, so you're gonna structure a recovery

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Speaker 1: one way as opposed to a corner who's got these

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00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: different kinds of movements or running back. So I do

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Speaker 1: think that there are probably parts of the injury and

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Speaker 1: of the recovery that are standard that every everyone has

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Speaker 1: to do the same, except for Adrian Peterson. He recovers

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Speaker 1: in like well, yeah, four months. But I think that

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Speaker 1: there are lots of different aspects to injuries and recoveries

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Speaker 1: based on your age, what stage of the career you're in,

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Speaker 1: if you've had that injury before, what position you play? Um,

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Speaker 1: the timeline all that. So I think there's I think

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of distinctions. I think there are more

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Speaker 1: distinctions than there are similarities. That's a good point, all right,

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Speaker 1: Moving forward, we are going to a new segment on

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Speaker 1: the on the Minnesota Viking. I was about to say wobcast,

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00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,520
Speaker 1: We're not We're not doing the Wobcast Minnesota Vikings podcast.

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Speaker 1: Term of the day this week's uh where it is

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Speaker 1: going to be waiver wire too. It's two words. It's

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00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:01,920
Speaker 1: the term of the day, the waiver wire. What does

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00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 1: that mean? While well, well, you heard Zim mention it

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Speaker 1: in his training camp opening press conference. You mentioned the

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00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,399
Speaker 1: waiver wire, and you're gonna hear the term waiver wire

1087
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:13,600
Speaker 1: a lot from from Zim. You hear it from Rick

1088
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: when he talks, and it's the waiver wire. And the

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00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:23,319
Speaker 1: rules around the waiver wire they change throughout the year.

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Speaker 1: But essentially, the waiver wire is a system that allows

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Speaker 1: teams to submit claims on players and the priority for

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00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:37,800
Speaker 1: that claiming system is based is based on the team's record.

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Speaker 1: So like for example, right now, the waiver wire priority

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Speaker 1: is the draft order from the twenty nineteen draft. Okay,

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00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:48,839
Speaker 1: so when a player hits waivers, every team has an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to claim that player, and the Arizona Cardinals get

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00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: first DIBs on it. So if a player hits if

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Speaker 1: Jay Nelson hits the waiver wire and the Jets, the Browns,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings, and the Patriots all claimed him, they don't

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Speaker 1: get him because the Cardinals claimed him, so they get

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Speaker 1: him first, but the Cardinals pass on him, then the

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Speaker 1: number two team gets a chance to claim him. So

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Speaker 1: you submit your claims for these players over a twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour period, and then the twenty four hour period ends,

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00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: and whoever's highest on the priority list that claimed him

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00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: gets that player. Now, where there are some subtleties that

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00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:26,799
Speaker 1: you have to know about. It is not everyone is

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00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: subject to waivers all the time. So, as an example,

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Speaker 1: a vested veteran, someone with four years of a crude

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Speaker 1: experience who is released right now, like Mike Daniels who

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00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 1: is released by the Green Bay Packers, he does not

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00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,800
Speaker 1: go to the waiver wire because he's a vested veteran.

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Speaker 1: He immediately becomes what he becomes an unrestricted free agent

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Speaker 1: and thro not on the Packers anymore. It sounds now

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Speaker 1: if the Packers cut Jayre Alexander right now, player who's

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00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 1: going into his second season, he's on his rookie contract

1117
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:01,240
Speaker 1: waiver wire, so the Cardinals would be like, uh, wow,

1118
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 1: we're going to claim that guy. He's on our team now.

1119
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,399
Speaker 1: I mean we could take another corner. Yeah. So that's

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Speaker 1: how the waiver wire works now. Right now, the waiver

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Speaker 1: wire priority is the same as it was for the draft.

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Speaker 1: That's going to change after Week three of the regular season. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So Week three will happen and we'll be done, and

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00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,840
Speaker 1: then the waiver wire priority order will change and the

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Speaker 1: team with the worst record in the NFL will be

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Speaker 1: first all the way through. The best record will be

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Speaker 1: thirty second, and then it will change every week going

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Speaker 1: forward for the rest of the season. And I believe

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Speaker 1: once the trade deadline passes, even vested veterans becomes subject

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00:55:39,239 --> 00:55:41,799
Speaker 1: to waivers. So the trade deadline is like week six

1131
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 1: or seven. So if um the San Diego Chargers or

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers decide to cut waive Keenan Allen,

1133
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Speaker 1: which we would love for them to do, after the

1134
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:58,239
Speaker 1: trade deadline, Keenan Allen is subject to waivers. Yeah, so

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00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: that's that's the waiver wire. Some of these terms that

1136
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,880
Speaker 1: we do are going to have like specific definitions. The

1137
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,760
Speaker 1: waiver wire is not one, so explain. It's an interesting

1138
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 1: one to start the term of the day with because

1139
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 1: it's a complicated one that changes throughout the course of

1140
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 1: the year depending on what part of the NFL calendar

1141
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: we're in. But that's the waiver wire, um, and so

1142
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Speaker 1: that is today's term of the day. We actually had

1143
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 1: a bonus term of the day. Our final question to

1144
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 1: Stefanski was zone What is zone blocking? And he did

1145
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:29,600
Speaker 1: a great job of explaining, so you actually got two terms.

1146
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,640
Speaker 1: I think he's a little better at explaining that then

1147
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: than you. Thanks, what is it? Rip Wabby day. I'm

1148
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,839
Speaker 1: just getting ripped to shreds on this one. All right.

1149
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 1: We'll explain to the fans how they can get involved

1150
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 1: in the Minnesota Vikings podcast, because this is gonna be

1151
00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 1: a really cool new feature and we really want you

1152
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:52,120
Speaker 1: guys to get involved and more than just typing your question. Now,

1153
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: I could actually give some give some New York emotion. Maybe, Yeah,

1154
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,000
Speaker 1: you can call and rant, you can burn go on

1155
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,719
Speaker 1: a nice rant. All right, The number is nine five two,

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Speaker 1: nine one eight eight four three eight. We have a

1157
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Speaker 1: phone number set up and a voicemail box setup nine

1158
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 1: five two nine one eight eight four three eight. You

1159
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,360
Speaker 1: call that number and Chris is not going to answer.

1160
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: No one's gonna answer that phone call, but a voicemail

1161
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 1: is gonna pick up. And we want you to leave

1162
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 1: a short voicemail for us. We want you to ask

1163
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: a question. Leave your name, yeah, please leave your name

1164
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: in a town that you want to be associated with.

1165
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: You a hometown or where you are right now, name

1166
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 1: and hometown, and we want you to rant on an opinion.

1167
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 1: We want you to leave a question or a thought.

1168
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 1: We want you to rip Corso for liking the Yankees,

1169
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: whatever you want to do, but spend fifteen twenty thirty

1170
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,840
Speaker 1: seconds and give us your opinion or give us your question.

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Speaker 1: Nine five two nine one eight eight four three eight. Now,

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Speaker 1: this is the first This is the introduction of this.

1173
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Speaker 1: So we don't have any to play for you right now,

1174
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: but some episodes of the Minnesota Vikings podcast will be

1175
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 1: playing your voicemails for next week's podcast. We want you

1176
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:09,960
Speaker 1: to call in. You can ask a question if you want,

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00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,920
Speaker 1: but we want you to call in and leave a voicemail.

1178
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Speaker 1: Give us a surprising development that could happen for the

1179
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:22,360
Speaker 1: Vikings in twenty nineteen that would lead to a successful season.

1180
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 1: Something people aren't talking about, Something you haven't heard already

1181
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:30,200
Speaker 1: predicted on NFL Network or on Vikings dot com. Something realistic.

1182
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: But give us a surprise development. It could be a player,

1183
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 1: or a scheme, or a side of the ball or

1184
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 1: a coach. Give us something positive that would be a

1185
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 1: surprise that could realistically happen that would lead to some

1186
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 1: success for the Minnesota Vikings in twenty nineteen. Awesome, last thing,

1187
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Speaker 1: let's go. Let's get out of here with something to

1188
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:56,160
Speaker 1: remember until next week's edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

1189
00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:02,000
Speaker 1: Remember what happened during the spring, during the off season program,

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00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 1: during OTAs and during mini camp, because that matters to

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00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: the coaches and the scouts who are evaluating this roster. Yes,

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00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 1: training camp is important. We're going to go through two

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00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: weeks of training camp. We're going to go through a

1194
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: month of preseason games, and what you see over the

1195
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:21,040
Speaker 1: next month matters. But so too does what happened during

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00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 1: the twelve or thirteen weeks of the off season program

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00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 1: where the Vikings had ten OTAs and they had a

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00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:30,640
Speaker 1: three day mandatory mini camp. Remember that matters. So just

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00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: because someone has a great two weeks here at training camp,

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00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean Xavier Rhodes is not going to be

1201
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: a starter at corner anymore. Or it doesn't mean like

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Speaker 1: Cole Hikotini does great for two weeks here at camp,

1203
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: he's not supplanting Kyle Rudolph as a starting tight end.

1204
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:45,200
Speaker 1: So yes, what happens here matters. That's why we're covering

1205
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: a wall to wall for you. That's why we have

1206
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,440
Speaker 1: a daily Highlight. That's why we cover press conferences and interviews,

1207
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,760
Speaker 1: and we have podcasts, and we have the Rundown and

1208
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:54,120
Speaker 1: we have the training Camp preview show because it matters

1209
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 1: what happens. But so two does what happened in the

1210
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Speaker 1: spring in the off season program. These guys have already

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Speaker 1: put a lot of time and effort into the twenty

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Speaker 1: nineteen season and that will not be for not. And

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Speaker 1: also remember, the most important thing that can happen to

1214
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Speaker 1: a team during training camp is for that team to

1215
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Speaker 1: stay healthy. So keep your fingers crossed with all of

1216
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Speaker 1: our guys stay healthy. All right, That's it, man, we're done.

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Speaker 1: I love this new song, let Me Too. The first

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Speaker 1: edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast is over. We thank

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Speaker 1: you for listening. We thank Kevin's A Fancy for joining us.

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Speaker 1: I think Jay Nelson, Jesse Marquette and Chris Corso for producing.

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Speaker 1: We're odda here for now, but we'll be back next

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Speaker 1: week for another edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Until then,

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Speaker 1: Small Vikings