1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: If we don't evolve, then we'll be left in the dust. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: You know, That's that's every every team in the NFL. 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: We don't want to be rigid. We want to be 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: open to growth just so we can produce on Sunday. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: You know, you guys are similar to myself and Jimmy Smith. 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's always a competition, but it's 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: a friendly competition to make each other better. Hello Vikings fans. 8 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Chris Corso here with episode number seventy nine of the 9 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast. And yes, the move that we have 10 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: all been waiting for this offseason has officially been announced 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: by the Minnesota Vikings. Clint kubiak's son of Gary Kubiak, 12 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: has been named the offensive coordinator for the Vikings heading 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: into the new season. I think the main thing here 14 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: is you're looking for some consistency for Vikings quarter back 15 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, who had the best season of his NFL 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: career so far under Gary Kubiak last season. Obviously many 17 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: pieces coming back for the Vikings offense. Who know Clint 18 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: and who can succeed in this offense. So that's the 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: theme of this episode. It is the high profile coaching 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: hires that have been announced for the Vikings this week, 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: so many things to go over. And with that, I 22 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: bring in Vikings team reporter Eric Smith as well as 23 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: producer Jay Nelson and guys, this is pretty much an 24 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: instant reaction to the press conferences that happened yesterday of 25 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: all the moves that were announced. So Eric, I'll kind 26 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: of let you lead off. You were there at each 27 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: and every press conference of all the coaches that were announced, 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: So why don't you run us through some of the 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: other moves that were made by the Vikings front office 30 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: this week. Sure, and there's some definitely the moves that 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: were made, but it's a lot of familiar faiths that 32 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: are still around. Obviously, Clint Kubiak gets the promotion over 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: to offensive coordinator and j Jinoko, who has been last 34 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: year as a wide receivers coach. Before that he was 35 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: the assistant olone coach. He's kind of been an offensive 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: assistant in the last few years before that, he's now 37 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback coach. And a fresh faith is a former 38 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: NFL wide receiver Keenan McCardell, who we all know from 39 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Chargers back 40 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: in the day, a great receiver. He is the Viking 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: new wide receivers coach. And then obviously we know that 42 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: Ryan Ficken was hired as a special team coordinator. We've 43 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: covered that before on the podcast. Sow a new faith 44 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: in Keenan McCardell, some old faces and Clint Kubiak and 45 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: Andrew Jinoko, and yeah, the keyword there is continuity, and 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: the Vikings coaching staff has taken shape for twenty twenty one. Yeah, Eric, 47 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: I think it's awesome to see some of the faces 48 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: that we've seen around the Vikings facility for so long, 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: like an Andrew Jinoko, who has been pretty much worked 50 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: under a Pat Shermer, a Tony Sperano on the Vikings 51 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: offensive line. Obviously most recently he talked about this in 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: the press conference yesterday. You'll hear pretty soon the experience 53 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: that he had under Kevin Stefanski and the things that 54 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: he learned from Kevin as Kevin kind of led this 55 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: group of young offensive coaches the past couple of years, 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: and obviously that led to his departure as the Brown's 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: head coach. But Jinoko a really good friend of mine, 58 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: somebody who's been a part of almost every position of 59 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: this Vikings offense. And when you see a guy like 60 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: Adam Feelin tweet out how good of a coach Andrew 61 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: Jinoko is, that was really something that stood out to me. 62 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: The other thing that stands out is what you just said. 63 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: Eric Keenan McCardell, a seventeen year wide receiver in the NFL. 64 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: In his press conference, he talked about how literally he's 65 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: been the fourth wide receiver, he's been the third wide receiver, 66 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: he's been the second wide receiver, and he's been the 67 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: go to wide receiver in the NFL. So he can't 68 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: wait to talk to an Adam feeling about being the 69 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: veteran in the room. But also what he touched on 70 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: was working with Justin Jefferson and how he really wants 71 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: to take him to the next level. Well, so, Jay, 72 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: what do you think Keenan mccartell brings to this offensive 73 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: coaching staff the one new fresh face that we see 74 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: in a key position for the Vikings. I think he 75 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: brings a definite name. I know a lot of these 76 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: guys that are in the league right now. I probably 77 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: know him in the past or maybe when they were 78 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: really little kids. But I mean, he's been a part 79 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: of one of the biggest dynamic duos that was in 80 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 1: the NFL, especially with that Jaguars team at Jimmy Smith. 81 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: I think a guy like him who's been around the block, 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: like you said, seventeen years as a player, multiple teams. 83 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: He's coached now I think at four different spots at 84 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: different times over the last eleven years. He has literally 85 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: done and seen it all in the NFL and in 86 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: college as well, and I think a guy like him 87 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: coming in. The interesting nugget for me from the press 88 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: conference was he was talking about even last year when 89 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: we played against him, he was watching Jefferson and helping 90 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: break down his tape from before and kind of looking 91 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: at this kid, and he went up to him even 92 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: after the game, just telling him like, I like your 93 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: game of like your style. I think having shiny new 94 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: toy like this and seeing what Justin did that first year, 95 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: I think a guy like McCardell's going to be willing 96 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: and very happy to come in and help show him 97 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: some of the other ropes that he might not necessarily 98 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: know at this point. So I think having a guy 99 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: with his history and his knowledge is going to be 100 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: super helpful. In that wide receiver room. Yeah, Jay, I agree, 101 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: and you saw his face light up when he was 102 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: talking about working with Justin Jefferson. He even said that's 103 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: why he accepted the job with the Vikings and why 104 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: he left his position with the Jacksonville Jaguars. We will 105 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: hear more from each and every one of these offensive 106 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: coaches in this episode. But also I want to go 107 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: to the defensive side of the ball where a very 108 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: key hire was made by Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. 109 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: A big hire and someone who he's dear friends with 110 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: from his time with the Cincinnati Bengals, Paul Gunther, who 111 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: was previously with the Las Vegas Raiders as their defensive coordinator. 112 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,119 Speaker 1: I know during last season coach Zimmer had talked about 113 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: how he talks with Gunther throughout the season going back 114 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: to their times as coaches with the Cincinnati Bengals. So 115 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: definitely a big hire as a senior defensive assistant for 116 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: the team. Eric, what do you think this hire brings 117 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: to the Vikings defensive side of the ball that clearly 118 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: needs to shake things up a little bit. Yeah, we 119 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: all know the defense need to improve and get better 120 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: than it was in twenty twenty, but it brings in 121 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: another defensive mind that is almost similar to the Zimmer 122 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you look back at Zimmer's time and Cincinnati 123 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: and the great defenses he had there. Paul Gunther was 124 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: almost like his right hand man at the time. With 125 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 1: the Bengals. He was a defensive assistant for a few years, 126 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: and then once Zimmer became the head coach here, they 127 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: elevated Gunther to the defensive coordinator role and he kind 128 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: of kept running Zimmer's scheme, the four three scheme, the 129 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: double a gap, the mug look blitzes. So while Zimmer 130 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: knows his scheme better than anyone, he probably knows it 131 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: just as well as Paul Gunther. And it's just another 132 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: mind in there to kind of have a sounding board 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: for coach Zimmer and to help the defense kind of 134 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: get back on track than what we thought in twenty twenty. 135 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: I think it can only help because Paul Gunther's are 136 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: really respected and veteran defensive coach who, like I said, 137 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: nosed this game, almost would well as coach Zimmer. And 138 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: you put those two mind together, I think it can 139 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: only mean great things for the defense going forward. Yeah, 140 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: it's almost like if you gain the trust of coach 141 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: Zimmer at some point in his career. You're loyal, You're 142 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: just with him. He's loyal with these guys. You're with 143 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: him for life. And when I saw that he was 144 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: let go by the Las Vegas Raiders, I instantly thought 145 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: that there was a chance that he may be added 146 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: to the Viking staff. And obviously Dom Capers was in 147 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: that role as senior defensive assistant last season. Now he 148 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: left and went to the Detroit Lions in that same 149 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: exact role, So obviously there's a void that needs to 150 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: be filled and another voice in the room who has 151 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: clearly some real experience as a defensive coach in the NFL. 152 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: So definitely a good thing for this defense that we'll 153 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: see some guys come back into the lineup after injuries 154 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: and all the things that happened on the defensive side 155 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: of the ball last year. But let's get into the 156 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: episode number seventy nine in the Minnesota Vikings podcast. We're 157 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: gonna go through every single coaching higher in depth. You're 158 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: gonna hear about what they had to say in their 159 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: introductory press conferences this week, and then we're gonna talk 160 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: about the Super Bowl that was and obviously Tom Brady 161 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers go and absolutely dismantle the 162 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. I believe Jay and Eric and myself 163 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: all had the Kansas City Chiefs winning that game. So 164 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: obviously we were oh for three in that regard. Guys, 165 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: that's that's a tough one to handle. Listen. I wholeheartedly 166 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: remember Eric saying his key to the game was the 167 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay defense, and I think that definitely proved to 168 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: be the case in this one. Absolutely. But let's kick 169 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: this thing off. Let's get into Clint Kubiak, the man 170 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: who takes over at offensive coordinator for the Vikings. I 171 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: said it on the last show, and obviously when he 172 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: was accountidate for the job, he was the top internal 173 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: candidate for the job, and I just thought that the 174 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: relationship that he had with Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. When 175 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: Kirk made a mistake, when Kirk made a great play, 176 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Clint was the first person that Kirk would go up 177 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: to and pretty much say, all right, what do we 178 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: have to do here? Look at the microsoft surface, kind 179 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: of make adjustments and move forward within the game. So 180 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: obviously there's a relationship there that has been built over 181 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: the years that Clinton has been with the Vikings. But 182 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: obviously he's the son of Gary Kubiak, who decided to 183 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: retire a couple of weeks ago, and obviously we'll miss 184 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: Gary in the building. He's one of the best people 185 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL. But looking at Clint and what he's 186 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: done as a coach, you try to kind of look 187 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: at what he's done and not always compare him to 188 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: his dad, which was kind of the theme of the 189 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: press conference for the younger Kubiak. But going back to 190 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: his time and twenty thirteen and twenty fourteen with the Vikings, 191 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: he was an assistant wide receivers, an offensive quality control coach. 192 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: Obviously worked a lot with former Vikings coach Kevin Stefanski, 193 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: and that's what he touched on when he when he 194 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: addressed the media on Tuesday, Eric, how do you think 195 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: that relationship with Kevin Stefanski really played into him returning 196 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: to the Vikings in twenty nineteen and where he's come today. Yeah, 197 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: I think what people forget is that while Clint has 198 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: been here the last two years at the quarterback coach, 199 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: he was in Minnesota prior to that a few years 200 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: ago at the beginning of Mike nimmer tenure as an 201 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: offensive assistant. And obviously Kevin Stefanki was here at that 202 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: time too, and those two really clicked as friends as coaches. 203 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: And you could really tell when Clint talked on Twoday 204 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: how much that Kevin Stefanki had influenced him. And we 205 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: all know the good coach that Kevin Stefanki is, you know, 206 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: with the being the head coach of the Cleveland Browns 207 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: and his rise up from you know, being an initial 208 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: intern with the Vikings, and yeah, it seemed like Flint 209 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: Kubiak had taken a similar path. You know, he was 210 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: a position coach. Now he's an offensive coordinator, and he 211 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: had a chant to kind of put his own mark. 212 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: And yeah, if you can be influenced by someone who's 213 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: a as good of a coach but be as good 214 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: of a person as Kevin Tavante, that's a good track 215 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: to be on. Let's look at the bio for Clint. 216 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: He was born in Houston, obviously when his father was 217 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: the head coach of the Houston Texans, moved to Colorado 218 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: and played high school football there, went to Colorado State 219 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: and played safety from two thousand and five to two 220 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: thousand and nine. From there he went straight into coaching. 221 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: Two and ten to two thousand and twelve, he was 222 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: at Texas A and M as a quality control coach 223 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball, also inside wide 224 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: receivers coach. Then he had his stop at Winter Park 225 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: with your Minnesota Vikings from twenty thirteen to two thousand 226 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: and fourteen. Went to the University of Kansas in two 227 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 1: thousand and fifteen as a wide receivers coach, and then 228 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: he was with the Denver Broncos with his dad, where 229 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: I believe they won a Super Bowl. From two thousand 230 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: and six team to twenty and eighteen, he was an 231 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: offensive assistant, worked his way up to that quarterbacks coach, 232 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: and that brings us to his current role with the 233 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: Vikings where he started as a quarterbacks coach in twenty nineteen. 234 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: Now he is the Vikings offensive coordinator in twenty twenty. 235 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: I think what you really look at here is the 236 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: outside zone scheme that really benefits a Dalvin Cook and 237 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: allows him to run to the outside, or it allows 238 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: our fresh young offensive lineman to get out and run 239 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: block and obviously the play action that really benefits the 240 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: game of Kirk Cousins. That is what the offensive scheme 241 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: has been built by Gary Kubiak, been built by Kevin Stefanski. 242 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: And who knows those two guys better than Clint Kubiak. 243 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: So one big thing that I took away from the 244 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: press conference, and we're gonna play this clip right now, 245 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: was Clint talked about how the offense will not only 246 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: stay similar but also needs to evolve going forward. Yeah. 247 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: I think if we don't evolve and then we'll be 248 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: left in the dust. You know. That's that's every every 249 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: team in the NFL, always trying to find a ways 250 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: to evolve your scheme and try to make yourself less predictable. 251 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: And that goes this time of year is a heavy 252 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: self scout time of year and studying other teams. But 253 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: certainly we don't want to be rigid. We want to 254 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: we want to be opened to growth just so we 255 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: can produce on Sunday. Yeah. So you hear Clint Kubiak 256 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: comments there, and that really resonated with me because I'm 257 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: really interested to see how he kind of puts his 258 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: own spin on this offense. You know, as Chris said, 259 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: we know that he has worked with his father, Gary Kubiak. 260 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: We know he'd worked with Kevin Dafanki and they each 261 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: have their own kind of flavor of this offense. But 262 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: what is Clint fingerprint gonna be on this? And he 263 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: talked about not being rigid, kind of evolving as we go. 264 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: Is that more passive for Justin Jefferson? Is that more 265 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: of a run path balance? Is that throwing it on 266 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: second and ten? I know Gary Kubiak had a tendency 267 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: to run it more often than not on second and long, 268 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 1: So we'll have to see how that goes. But we'll 269 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: know that, I think pretty early on during the theason 270 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: about what his flavor is and what he kind of 271 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: wanted to implement for that offense. But I think it 272 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: will evolve because while he's learned under his dad, I'm 273 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: sure he doesn't believe every single thing that his dad had, 274 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: you know, shown and ran. And like you said, if 275 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: you don't evolve, team, they're gonna know if he runs 276 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: the exact theme offense that Gary ran in twenty nineteen. 277 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: Opposing teams are smart enough that they're going to pick 278 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: up on that. And he's got to have his own flavor, 279 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: his own dial, and I think Clinton will do a 280 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: good job in that role. Yeah, one thing that he 281 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: probably picked up from Kevin Stefanski and the thing that 282 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: I always remember Kevin saying was you have to be multiple. Yeah, 283 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: you can't just run the ball. You can't just do 284 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: play action. You have to be able to do a 285 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: bunch of different things within an offensive scheme. And you 286 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: can't just say, hey, we're gonna run this this zone 287 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: outside zone scheme. We're gonna do this exact thing way 288 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: Gary Kubiak did it, the way all the teams expect 289 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: us to do it. Obviously, we had a lot of 290 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: success on the offensive side of the ball last season. 291 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: But it's going to be very interesting to see just 292 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: like Kevin had his own spin on the Garret Kubiak offense, 293 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: but like you said, Eric, I want to see how 294 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Clint kind of has his own spin on this offense. Obviously, 295 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: when you have one of the top players in the 296 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: NFL at the wide receiver position in Justin Jefferson, who 297 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: clearly you didn't know that he was in that position 298 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: when Week one started last year, I think you have 299 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: to develop around the players in your scheme. I think 300 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: the best coaches in the NFL are the ones that 301 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: adapt and make play calls and make things happen because 302 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: of the players that they have on the field. We 303 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: saw that with the Baltimore Ravens offensive side of the 304 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: ball when they literally created an entirely new offense for 305 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson a few years ago and he went on 306 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: to win an MVP that season. So I think that's 307 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: a good example of what Clint can do for a 308 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, for a Dalvin Cook, And obviously there's a 309 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: lot of playmakers on this offense going forward. We're gonna 310 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: look through some of the stats from this past year. 311 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: The Vikings offensive numbers that Jay has gathered here, thirty 312 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: five touchdowns through the air. That's the third most in 313 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: team history. So I know, Gary Kubiak's known for his 314 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: running backs and the Terrell Davis's and the Arian Fosters, 315 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: but thirty five touchdowns through the air, four thousand and 316 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: nine yards passing, which was fourteenth in the NFL. But 317 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: clearly things were working in the Vikings pass game. Kirk 318 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: Cousins has the best season of his career, as I 319 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: touched on before four thousand, two hundred and sixty five 320 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: passing yards, thirty five passing touchdowns, which is the most 321 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: he's ever had, as I said before, and thirteen interceptions, 322 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: which a lot of those were from the first few 323 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: games of the season, and he clearly got better as 324 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: the season went on. So from a passing standpoint, Jay, 325 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: how do you think Clint can impact kind of what 326 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: the Vikings did last year and kind of evolve? As 327 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: he said in that little SoundBite, I think the fact 328 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: that he's been working for the last two seasons here 329 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: worth Kirk. He kind of understands his quirks, is ins 330 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: and outs, what's what he really likes. And I think 331 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: with those things, he's going to be able to try 332 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: and set up and cater his game and some of 333 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: the play calling to a lot of the things that 334 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: he does well. And to be honest with you, I 335 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: think if there are things they want to do that 336 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: aren't necessarily in Kirk's wheelhouse or that are that he's 337 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 1: super proficient at, that's all stuff they can work on 338 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: here in this offseason. So I think I kind of 339 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: look at Clint, I look at this and say, you know, 340 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: how many times have you done something where you've taken 341 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: over the mantle of doing something that your dad used 342 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: to do, and you want to do it a little 343 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: bit different because it's your style. I just look at 344 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 1: this as Clint as like you said, he's going to 345 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: want to be able to put his thumb print on 346 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: this thing and say, this is kind of my piece 347 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: that I want. And I know a lot of the 348 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: hyper criticism at times coming from the outside world is 349 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: we gotta get younger, we gotta get more innovative, we 350 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: gotta be less rigid on some of these things. I 351 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: think given all of the experience that he has with 352 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: wide receivers and now the quarterback and now moving into 353 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: this offensive coordinator position, I think Clint is going to 354 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: be able to help cater this thing exactly to the 355 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: weapons that we have, and I think that should definitely 356 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: help us take another step moving into, you know, a 357 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: third year in this offense going next year with Kirk 358 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: and Jefferson and Feland and Dalvin Cook and everybody else 359 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: that's on this offense. So I look forward to kind 360 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 1: of seeing what it evolves into. It's crazy how this 361 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: offense has really evolved over the years. As Mike Zimmer 362 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: took over the team in twenty fourteen, we've had so 363 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: many different offensive coordinators in his time here, from the 364 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: North Turner to the Pat Shermer, obviously Kevin Stefanski, Gary 365 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: Kubiak and now Clint Kubiak. But Mike Zimmer says last 366 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 1: season's offense was his best offense in his time with 367 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: the Vikings. So I think if you if you look 368 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: at building this offense, I think, obviously you build it 369 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: around at Dalvin Cook. But I'm really excited to see, 370 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: as I just said before, and as we're kind of 371 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: talking about how these there's so many playmakers through the 372 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: air and an IRV Smith who came on with like 373 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: four touchdowns in the last five games last year, and 374 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: then you look at it Justin Jefferson and Adam Thuan, 375 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: and then you go down the list and Chad bb 376 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: and BC Johnson. We haven't even got to the NFL 377 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: draft or free agency yet, so there's just so many 378 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: pieces on this Vikings roster for really expulsive plays through 379 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: the air. Let's go over to the rushing side of 380 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: the ball. Twenty rushing touchdowns for the Vikings last year. 381 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: That was fifth most in team history. Obviously, Dalvin Cook 382 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: missed a few games which definitely impacted that number, but 383 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: Dalvin had quite the season for the Vikings fifteen hundred 384 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: and fifty seven yards, sixteen rushing touchdowns, three hundred and 385 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 1: sixty one receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown. I think 386 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: it would have crossed twenty if he didn't miss a 387 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: few games last season. Eric, But what do you what 388 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: do you have to say about the Vikings running game 389 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: and how it's going to develop under Clint Kubiak in 390 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, It's still gonna be there. I mean, 391 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: with Mike Zimmer and charge, we know the Vikings are 392 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: going to run the ball, and when you have a 393 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: talent like Dalvin Cook, you'd be dumb not to run 394 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: the ball. I think a big key to that is 395 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: what the vi can do with our offensive line this 396 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: offseason and kind of how that kind of gets shuffled around. 397 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: We know that Gary Bradberry and Edric Cleveland and Brian 398 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: O'Neil are all going to be back. It just kind 399 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: of maybe those other two pieces what to see what 400 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: the team does with Riley Reef. But there's no doubt 401 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: that the Vikings are still going to run the ball 402 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. And I think the term you 403 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: used earlier is really important about being multiple. If you 404 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: line up in different formations to throw the defense off, 405 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: but run the same play out of it, that confuses 406 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: the defense. If you line up with three receivers and 407 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: one tight end and then but you run the ball 408 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: when they think they're going to pass it, well that 409 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: kind of gets them thinking a little bit rather than 410 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: having two or three tight end where more often than 411 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: not it's going to be a run. So yeah, I'm 412 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: really excited and interested to see, like I said, what 413 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: Flavor or Clint puts on this, and that's in the 414 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: run and the path game. You know, we'll have to 415 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: see kind of where those where the sliders are in 416 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: terms of run pass ratio. But I think he's a young, 417 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: creative mind and he's kind of been waiting for this 418 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: chant and I think he'll do a good job. And 419 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: when you look around the NFL, some of the head 420 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: coaches and offensive coordinators, they're they're definitely on the younger side, 421 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: starting with the Sean mcvays and obviously the Matt Laflores 422 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: and the experience that he's he didn't have much experience 423 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: as a head coach when he took over there in 424 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: Green Bay and obviously it's worked out pretty well for them, 425 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: other than the play call that he has in that 426 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: playoff game for Aaron Rodgers on fourth down. But um, yeah, 427 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see a fresh new take on this offense. 428 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the way Clint kind of makes 429 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: it into his own. And we'll definitely see going forward 430 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: the balance between the run and the pass, which will 431 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: definitely be something in the track with the just the 432 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: amount of young talent that you have at the receiver 433 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,239 Speaker 1: and tight end in position, and obviously you have an 434 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: Alexander Madison behind Dalvin Cook who can definitely help with 435 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: the balance of the running game. But one more stat 436 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to touch on here, as Jay has 437 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: laid out, and it really stands out to me from 438 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball. As a whole, total 439 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: yards per game for the Minnesota Vikings twenty twenty offense 440 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety three point three. That's good for 441 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL. So clearly the mix of running 442 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: pass last season really was something that benefited the yards 443 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: from both sides of the offense. I mean, that's pretty 444 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: incredible that we had three hundred ninety three yards per 445 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: game I know some of those games you're kind of 446 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: trailing and you have some junk yards and stuff like that. 447 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: But like like coach Zimmer said, I think this was 448 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: one of the best offenses, especially in his tenure here. 449 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: I mean we've been with the Vikings since twenty fifteen, Eric, 450 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: and I really can't remember one that was as explosive 451 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: as it was last season. And I think there's so 452 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: many players, like you said, that are going to improve 453 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: going forward, from the offensive line to the playmaker spot. 454 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: Obviously Dalvin Cook continues to improve as long as he 455 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: stays healthy. So a lot of good things on the 456 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: Vikings offensive side of the ball. But let's kind of 457 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: get into some of those other coaches that we were 458 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,959 Speaker 1: talking about. And Andrew Janoko, who has really been a 459 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: part of this offense at every position. I mean, he 460 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: was the assistant offensive line coach in twenty seventeen, the 461 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: co offensive line coach in twenty eighteen, assistant offensive line 462 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: coach again in twenty nineteen, and then wide receivers last 463 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty. Now he takes over the position 464 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: that he played in college the quarterback coach for the 465 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings offense. He played backup quarterback at the University 466 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: of pitt That's no joke to even be a quarterback 467 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: at a Division one school like the University of Pittsburgh. 468 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: So what do you think he brings to this position. Jah, 469 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: He's one of my good friends. So I just love 470 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: to talk about Andrew and I'm really excited what he's 471 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: going to bring to the quarterback position. I think given 472 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: everything that you just listed on there is shows his 473 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: diversity of knowledge with these different pieces. I think having 474 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: been a quarterback a lot of times, you'll see a 475 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: lot of people that were former quarterbacks. They have to 476 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: understand the entire offense in order to be able to 477 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: know where people are supposed to be and how to 478 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: put people in better positions. And you'll even see former 479 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: quarterbacks working on defense because then they can help defenders 480 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: figure out where they're supposed to be in what the 481 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: quarterbacks trying to key off of. But I think a 482 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: guy like Andrew did. The thing that I harpened back 483 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: to is basically when he was jumping into the OH 484 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: line position from the O line position to wide receiver 485 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: coach and we had him on the MVP and we 486 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: were talking to him about what's that transition going to 487 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: be like and the new people coming in and everything, 488 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 1: and he welcomes it. He welcomes the diversity of kind 489 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: of having to twist his mind in different ways that 490 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: he hasn't had to for a while. And I think 491 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: the fact, once a quarterback, always a quarterback. Now he 492 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: understands offensive line and wide receivers even more than he 493 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: can help Kirk and and and even Clint to help 494 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: mold this game plan into ways that it's going to 495 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: be beneficial across the entire offense. So I think given 496 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: his history of his background and then all the stuff 497 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: that he's also done as a coach, I think all 498 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: of that knowledge is going to be even more helpful 499 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: for him as a quarterbacks coach. I'm going to share 500 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: a story on the MVP because our listeners are definitely 501 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: want to get that inside information. I was with Andrew 502 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: when the National College Football Championship was on when the 503 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 1: LSU Tigers beat was at Clemson. Right, Yeah, they beat 504 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: Clemson in that game, and I will never forget watching 505 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: that with him. I think we might have been at 506 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: a at an establishment Jay and I remember how fond 507 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 1: he was of Justin Jefferson in that game, like we 508 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: were just talking about how good that wide receiver is 509 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: that had eighteen touchdowns that season with Joe Burrow at 510 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: the at LSU so UM going forward, I'll never forget. 511 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: We talked to him right after we drafted Justin Jefferson 512 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: on draft night and he was so excited to work 513 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: with Justin and obviously his first year as a wide 514 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: receivers coach. You can go to Vikings dot com to 515 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: see what Justin had to say about the impact that 516 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: Andrew had on his first season in the NFL. So 517 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: just a funny story I thought i'd share at his 518 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: impact on the wide receiver position last season. But I 519 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: think the biggest thing of going over to the quarterback 520 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: position is that he's been all over the offense, and 521 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 1: when you're all over the offense, you can kind of 522 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: see how the other positions work and talk to the 523 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: quarterback and say, this is the way the offensive line 524 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: is going to be set up on this play. This 525 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: is the way that the wide receivers want to want 526 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: to run their routes. He's done all that, he's coached 527 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 1: all that, and that's what he was asked about in 528 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: his press conference on Tuesday. So let's take a listen 529 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: to that. Well, I think learning protections was a big thing, 530 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: and learning and understanding how you know your law unch 531 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: point as a quarterback. It affects um, it affects the 532 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: offensive lineman, and you know, how you communicate the place 533 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: affects all all five of those guys up front. And 534 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: then as far as you know just where they to be, 535 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: where they expect you to be, and how you can 536 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: help direct them, how you can help with the line 537 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: of scrimmagem, and how you help communicate with them because 538 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: you understand a little bit more of what they're doing. 539 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's just not a protection, there's a 540 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: technique that's applied to them as well when you call 541 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: that when you call that play, and if you understand that, 542 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: then then you can help them even more. Yeah. I 543 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: thought that was Andrew's best answer of his entire press 544 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: conference y after day, because, for one, I learned a 545 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: lot just from that one answer alone. But it also 546 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: shows you just how intricate and detailed a single NFL 547 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: play is, and especially a single NFL pathplay which he 548 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: was describing there. Kirkter, then just you know, get the 549 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: ball from from Garrett Bradbury drop back and just throw 550 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: it around like so much goes into it. And Andrew 551 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: had a great answer because I feel like he broke 552 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: it down and said, hey, even the launching or even 553 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: the quarterback's arm position has to be on and in 554 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: line with what the offensive line is doing. And to me, 555 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: that showed really Andrew's growth as a coach and really 556 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: what he's learned the past couple of years he's been here. 557 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: And I think he's going to do a good job. 558 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: He's very smart, he's knowledgeable. As Chris said, he's played 559 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: quarterback before. He's going to have a good rapport with 560 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 1: Kirk having been a former D one quarterback. But just 561 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: that extra element there, he can be like, hey, this 562 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: is what the wide receivers are doing, this is what 563 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: the offensive line has to do on this play. Yeah, 564 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: that extra knowledge, I think it's going to be really 565 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: beneficial to Kirk and help Andrew flourish in his first 566 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: season in this role. And I touched on it before, 567 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: but working under Tony Sperrano, working under North Turner, of 568 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: Pat Schrmer, Kevin Sfantski, these are all guys that Andrew 569 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: literally was studying under and doing notes for and writing 570 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: up plays for and and cutting clips for. Like he's 571 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: been doing just about everything for all of these guys 572 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: for the past whatever five or so six years with 573 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: the Vikings offensive staff. So I think all of that 574 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: experience is what he will bring into the quarterback room. 575 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: And when you have a guy who's just literally coached 576 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: every position and been here through ups and downs and 577 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: different quarterbacks and different schemes, it's it's really interesting to see, 578 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: like I said earlier, what this Vikings offense is going 579 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: to be going forward. But let's touch on the new 580 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: name on the Vikings offensive staff. As we said before, 581 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: Keenan McCardell, a name that many are familiar with because 582 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: of his long career in the NFL. He's played with 583 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: the Washington football team from nineteen ninety one all the 584 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: way until the end of his career where he was 585 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: with the Houston Texans and Washington in two thousand and seven. 586 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: Just a long time career in the NFL. There's so 587 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: many teams that he played for. From the Jaguars for 588 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: five years from ninety sixty two thousand and one, he 589 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they won their 590 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. That was his second Super Bowl ring because 591 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: he actually won one his first year in the NFL 592 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: with the Washington Football team. Literally has been a walk 593 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: on in the NFL, but has also been the number 594 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: one wide receiver in the NFL. I really took a 595 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: lot from that and what he had to say there, 596 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: But the one thing that also stood out to me 597 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: Jay was I mean he has experienced coaching Stephan Diggs 598 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: in college at the University of Maryland, so instantly when 599 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: he was looking to take this job, he asked Diggs 600 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: about Adam Feeling and how did Diggs describe Adam Feeling. 601 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: He said, he's one of the best trash talkers that 602 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: he's ever played with in the NFL. So clearly getting 603 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: some inside information on what the Vikings veteran wide receiver 604 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: is like and just the intensity that he brings each 605 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: and every day to practice. So Jay, just give us 606 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: one more kind of reaction to the press conference for 607 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: keen In McCardell and what he brings to the Viking's offense. Yeah, 608 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: that was one of those quotes that actually made me 609 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: smile when I heard it, and it just showed me 610 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: that this guy is doing his background, you know, digging 611 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: as much as possible, that connection from Maryland, from being 612 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: there in twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen, having that connection 613 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: with Diggs and knowing that that's the first guy that 614 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: I can call that absolutely knows this guy inside and out. 615 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: I think that was very smart of him to give 616 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: him a call and just say, tell me everything you 617 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: can about what you know about this wide receiver group 618 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings. So going to a perfect source 619 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: to get a bunch of that information. I'm sure he's 620 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: coming in with his eyes wide open and knowing not 621 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: only what the coaching staff is looking for, but also 622 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: having a little bit of inside information as to what's 623 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: going on in that wide receiver room. And I gotta 624 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: believe as well that you know, Janoco is more than 625 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: willing to talk to him about everything that he saw 626 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: as well. So I think if this guy's willing to 627 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: do all the dirty work like he did as a 628 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: player and even as a coach here, I think he's 629 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: going to do just fine and fit right in in 630 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: that room. And to be honest with you, I think 631 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: all those wide receivers when he walks in, they're gonna 632 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: have to sit up a little straighter. Given everything he 633 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: did in his career, especially with those two Super Bowl rings, 634 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: A two time pro bowler, ten thousand yards club. Obviously, 635 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: many remember the dynamic duo when he played alongside Jimmy Smith. 636 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: The two of them were a really dynamic set of 637 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: wide receivers there and obviously seventeen years in the NFL, 638 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: it's just amazing. Another guy he checked in with was 639 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. He actually talked about how he met him 640 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: at the Combine and the two developed a relationship, exchanged 641 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: numbers for advice, and now obviously he had that number 642 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: to reach out to when he took the job with 643 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: the Vikings, and obviously the two have talked already and 644 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: established a connection, and I'm really excited to see what 645 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: those two do. We talked about the dynamic duo of 646 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: him and Jimmy Smith. Well, he compares himself alongside Jimmy 647 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: to feeling and Justin Jefferson. Let's take a listen to that. 648 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: You know, I had this conversation with Adam today and 649 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: I was just like, you know, you know, you guys 650 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: are similar to myself and Jimmy Smith. I mean, I 651 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: think you guys push each other. You guys have fun 652 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: playing with each other. And I said, I want you 653 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: to guys to continue to continue that because I've been 654 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: a part of that, I understand that. I said, it's 655 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: always a competition, but it's a friendly competition that to 656 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: make each other better. And one thing that they got 657 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: to realize, you know, and I would let them know, 658 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: and I know they already do know that. You know, 659 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: when one's having a good day, it's because the other 660 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: one is getting doubled or vice versas. So you gotta 661 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: you gotta take that and and play it and and 662 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: be a team player and keep playing. Yeah, great words 663 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: there from Keenan McCardell, and he spot on and he 664 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: his quote they are reminded me a lot of what 665 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: we saw from the Viking a few years ago when 666 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: they had dig them feeling working off each other and 667 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: if one guy had a great game, it usually meant 668 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: that the other guy was being doubled and similar We 669 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: even saw that a lot last year in twenty twenty 670 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: with Theeland and Justin Jefferson. And it's a competition, but 671 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: as he said, it's a friendly competition too. You know, 672 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: both players want the ball. Let's get that drape. Both 673 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: players want the ball they want to produce, but they're 674 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: also selfless their team players. You know, we know Adam 675 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: very well. You know, we saw Jefferson just in his 676 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 1: rookie season. He seemed like a very team first player. 677 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: So hey, if one game, if Jefferson gets one hundred 678 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: yard and two touchdowns, and it means Theeland has three 679 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: catches for forty yards, Theeland did his job because it 680 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: meant that he opened up opportunities for Jefferson. And when 681 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: you have a wide receivers coach who's been a part 682 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: of that duo, you know, with him and Jimmy Smith, 683 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: he's going to relay that to them even more. And 684 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: I think it only bodes well for the future for 685 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: the Vikings, especially in twenty twenty one, you know, with 686 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: the Vikings passing attack, and if you can have the 687 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: two guys play off each other and have an experienced, 688 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: veteran coach you know who had like he said, he's 689 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: sat in every position in every room the guy that 690 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: been in, He sat in the same seats, attended the 691 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: same meetings. He's a good sounding board, he's a good 692 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: guy to kind of relay ideas and processes off of. 693 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: And yeah, he's going to be a good a good resource, 694 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,800 Speaker 1: and I'm really excited to see how he continues continues 695 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,439 Speaker 1: feeling career. But then also helped Jefferson build off his 696 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: historic rookie season. A lot of good things coming for 697 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 1: the Vikings offensive side of the ball from a coaching 698 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: staff standpoint, and obviously the defense adds a big name 699 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: in Paul Gunther as well. Very exciting week for the 700 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: Vikings and definitely one of the most newsworthy weeks as 701 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: we've been waiting for some of these dominoes to fall 702 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: um at some of the key positions on the Viking staff. 703 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: So it seems like the staff is pretty much set 704 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: in place. There might be another higher here or there 705 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: um at certain positions, but I think a lot of 706 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: the positions have been settled, which is really good to 707 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: see at this point in the off season. Um one 708 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: more higher. It's probably isn't as important to Vikings fans 709 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: on the field, but on the business side and obviously 710 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 1: very important to us. We have a new boss at 711 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: the Vikings Entertainment Network. Chief marketing officer and former Vikings 712 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: wide receiver, Martin Nance was hired this week. The team 713 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: announced that on Tuesday. He is the new Vikings vice 714 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: president and Chief Marketing officer. That is his official title, 715 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: and like I said, he spent one year. I think 716 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: he had one start in his NFL career with the 717 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. So I'll throw this one to Eric kind of. 718 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: You've definitely done some reporting on this. What are the 719 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: Vikings getting on the business side with Martin Nance. Yeah, 720 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: so I wasn't a part of the actual interview process, 721 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: but as any good team reporter, I did talk to 722 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: people who were and everyone has rave reviews on Martin Nance, 723 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to I guess meet him virtually at 724 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: some point. Probably not going to be in person anytime soon, 725 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: but everything I've heard about him is just fantastic. I 726 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 1: know one co worker he said he was quote over 727 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: the moon for Martin Nance. Um. I talked to another 728 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: guy and he was just Nance was clearly his top 729 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 1: guy of the three finalists. So it sounds like the 730 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 1: Viking to the home run. You know. Credit to CEO 731 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: Andrew Miller for for you know, scouring around and finding 732 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: good candidates, and it seems like the Vikings really did 733 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,240 Speaker 1: their due diligence and found a good hire in Martin Nance. 734 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: You know, He's a former Vikings wide receiver, and I 735 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 1: know a lot of people are going to play that up, 736 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: but I'd want to point out that that's not why 737 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: he got the job. I mean, it's a nice little backstory. 738 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: It's a cool, cool angle, but you know, he spent 739 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: the last ten years at Gatorade, and that's a major company, 740 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: especially in the NFL with that partnership and just how 741 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: big their brand is, and if you can excel at Gatorade, 742 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: I think you can probably excel anywhere. And from what 743 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: I've heard, he brings a great vision, great energy, and 744 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,399 Speaker 1: I'm excited to have him on board. He played wide 745 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: receiver at Miami University of Ohio and then he went 746 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: on to get to Greece from the University of Michigan 747 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: and Harvard Business School, and as Eric said, he spent 748 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 1: the last ten years working for PepsiCo and Gatorade, recently 749 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: serving as their senior director of Marketing and Sports Intelligence 750 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,840 Speaker 1: in Chicago. I mean, it's I mean, to find a 751 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: chief marketing officer that literally has that kind of experience 752 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: and has also played for the organization, I mean, you 753 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,720 Speaker 1: really can't beat that, and I'm really excited to see 754 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: his new role with the Vikings and how he's able 755 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 1: to manage our marketing, sponsorship events, premium services, creative sales 756 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: and analytics, and also the Vikings Entertainment Network. Obviously, he's 757 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: going to have an impact on all three of us, 758 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 1: which I'm very excited to see. The quote from Vikings 759 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: owner slash president Mark Wilf. Martin has a proven track 760 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: record of not only as a talented marketer, but also 761 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: as an authentic leader. His values, work, ethic and expertise 762 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: will be a great fit within the Vikings culture and 763 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: he will be an excellent addition to our leadership team. 764 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,120 Speaker 1: So very exciting to hear that from the Vikings ownership group. 765 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: They're very excited for him to join the team, and 766 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: we are excited as VN for him to really lead 767 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: us in the right direction going forward. Obviously there's a 768 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 1: lot of changes in the world, and we like to 769 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: give you guys the best content possible. I think Martin's 770 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: going to help us do that going forward. The last 771 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 1: topic of this Minnesota Vikings podcast will be a quick 772 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 1: wrap up of the twenty twenty Super Bowl, one of 773 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,320 Speaker 1: the most one sided super Bowls that I could remember 774 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 1: as of late and as we speak, I think the 775 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers are celebrating along the streets of Tampa 776 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,840 Speaker 1: Bay their with their parade. So, Eric, what's kind of 777 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,480 Speaker 1: your summary of what happened in this game? Obviously, the 778 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,719 Speaker 1: Buccaneers pretty much dominated thirty one to nine, and it's 779 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: safe to say the defensive side of the ball, led 780 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,960 Speaker 1: by Todd Bowles, the defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 781 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: had their way with the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line. Yeah. 782 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,359 Speaker 1: I don't want to say I called it, but when 783 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:10,320 Speaker 1: we talked previously and you asked for my biggest matchup, 784 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,840 Speaker 1: I said, it's the Buccaneer defensive line. It gets a 785 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 1: banged up Chiefs offensive line, and that played out exactly 786 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: how I said it was going to play out. You know, 787 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: the Buccaneer defensive line generated every pressure on Patrick Mahomes. 788 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,879 Speaker 1: I mean he was running around all night still making 789 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 1: incredible throws. I mean there were some throws he made 790 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,319 Speaker 1: that probably should have been caught and maybe that helps 791 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 1: turn the tide a little bit for the Chiefs. But yeah, 792 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: credit to the Buccaneer defense. My MVP vote, if I 793 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 1: had one, it would have gone to Todd Bowles just 794 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: for the game plan that he drew up. I mean, 795 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: you go back and watch and the Buccaneers two safeties 796 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: were playing fifteen twenty yard deep off the ball and 797 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 1: they weren't going to let the chief go deep at all. 798 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: And that's the exact opposite of what we saw when 799 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,720 Speaker 1: those teams met back in the regular season. And Tyree 800 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: Caroll I think, had two hundred receiving yards in the 801 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,680 Speaker 1: first quarter. So credit to Tampa Bay for adjusting and 802 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,920 Speaker 1: learning from that game, and it clearly showed. You know, 803 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: I think injuries hit the Chiefs a little bit. You know, 804 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: they were oftentively playing almost like a backup offensive line 805 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 1: across the board from what they started with at the 806 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,839 Speaker 1: beginning of the season. So you know, it takes them 807 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: luck to win the Super Bowl. I think we all 808 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,560 Speaker 1: know that from having been around in the NFL as 809 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,040 Speaker 1: long as we have. But credit to Tampa Bay. You know, 810 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: I was wrong with my prediction. I thought Patrick Mahomes 811 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 1: would find a way to get it done, but the 812 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: defense would too much. And Tom Brady played well. He 813 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,919 Speaker 1: was efficient, he didn't light it up, but he didn't 814 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,319 Speaker 1: turn it over and that's usually what wined you games, 815 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,960 Speaker 1: especially games led to Super Bowl. Yeah, it's crazy the 816 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 1: way that the defense played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 817 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: They got pressure on Mahomes twenty of forty nine pass attempts, 818 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,280 Speaker 1: as Jay has written down here, only six blitzes, completed, 819 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,239 Speaker 1: three sacks, and forced two interceptions. They were doing things 820 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: that Andy Reid pretty much said, Yep, they got us 821 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,920 Speaker 1: in this one. They definitely did the right things on 822 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,920 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. And the thing that 823 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,399 Speaker 1: stood out to me, obviously Tom Brady was was great 824 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,360 Speaker 1: twenty one of twenty nine, two hundred and one passing yards, 825 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: three touchdowns, two to Gronk in this game. Um, But 826 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: what really stood out to me was how many playmakers 827 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,799 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have on the defensive side of 828 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,920 Speaker 1: the ball. Like, I just looking at our our defense 829 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 1: and the players that we had to throw out there 830 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: all year with the injuries and things that happened to 831 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,799 Speaker 1: two and Anthony Bard, Danielle Hunter, and Eric Kendricks, all 832 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: the injuries that the Vikings had to deal with. When 833 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,239 Speaker 1: you look at a Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense that has 834 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:42,400 Speaker 1: Vito Vella and and Sue in the middle of the defense, 835 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 1: and then you have Jason Pierre Paul coming on the outside. 836 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: You have linebackers and Devin Bush and Lavante David and 837 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 1: Shaquille Barrett. Like I can go through the names of 838 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,759 Speaker 1: the amount of playmakers on this Bucks defense, and it's 839 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,759 Speaker 1: almost like it was set up for Tom Brady to 840 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,360 Speaker 1: come in and really be the finishing piece because he 841 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: brought in some guys on the offensive side of the ball. 842 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,719 Speaker 1: But this defense man, Jay, I was just shocked at 843 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 1: how even the last five weeks of the season, how 844 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,719 Speaker 1: well they played. Yeah, that was the thing. You saw 845 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: the mix of veterans with the young talent that have 846 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,719 Speaker 1: all just kind of gelled, especially on the back end 847 00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,440 Speaker 1: of that season. And you know, they had twenty pressures 848 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,280 Speaker 1: on the forty nine pass attempts, but they only blitzed 849 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,920 Speaker 1: six times in the entire game. So like that just 850 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,880 Speaker 1: shows you that the front four and even the minimal 851 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,760 Speaker 1: blitz is that they did, they were getting home on Mahomes. 852 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: He had run prior to a pass or taking a 853 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: sack for four hundred and ninety seven yards in that game, 854 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,520 Speaker 1: four hundred and ninety seven yards on a bum foot 855 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: that he just had surgery on three days after the 856 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:50,759 Speaker 1: Super Bowl was over. So like they knew what they 857 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,520 Speaker 1: had to get Hi Mahome's face. They knew that the 858 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:55,200 Speaker 1: offensive line was shaky at best, and they could not 859 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: allow Mahomes to either get out of contain and hit 860 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,560 Speaker 1: some of those crazy asses down field, let alone let 861 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,000 Speaker 1: Tyrek Hill run for seventy yards and just play five 862 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: hundred and chuck it up there and let him run 863 00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:11,640 Speaker 1: underneath it. So they did everything correctly defensively, and I 864 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,560 Speaker 1: think that the mix of old with the new that 865 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,359 Speaker 1: is the key to success. And so hopefully with some 866 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,600 Speaker 1: of the new talent that we've been pulling in for ourselves, 867 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:21,239 Speaker 1: we can kind of use this as a model for 868 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,799 Speaker 1: what's going to be successful for us, being able to 869 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,799 Speaker 1: mix some of our veteran talent with some of the 870 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 1: new guys we've been selecting last year and whatever's going 871 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,960 Speaker 1: to happen coming up here in the draft. So it 872 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,839 Speaker 1: was a perfect game plan Bowls and those guys did 873 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,240 Speaker 1: a great job for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense. Speaking 874 00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:40,080 Speaker 1: of old forty three year old Tom Brady, and obviously 875 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,120 Speaker 1: Gronkowski with two receiving touchdowns, I think he has five 876 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,760 Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns in his career, which is second in NFL 877 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,120 Speaker 1: history to only Jerry Rice. He had six receptions in 878 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,000 Speaker 1: sixty seven yards. It seems like Tom Brady knows who 879 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,120 Speaker 1: he wants to go to in those big moments. Also, 880 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,279 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown is one of those older guys who came 881 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,080 Speaker 1: into this game and had a really big receiving touchdown 882 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,919 Speaker 1: on Tyron Matthew, who literally I think the only way 883 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: of stopping that play was to be in front of 884 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,120 Speaker 1: him because of the footwork that Antonio Brown had in 885 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 1: the end zone in the perfect pass from Tom Brady. 886 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,280 Speaker 1: Mike Evans was very quiet in this game one reception 887 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 1: thirty one yards, but it seems like when it mattered, 888 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,320 Speaker 1: most big plays were made. And another big play was 889 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,600 Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette having a twenty plus yard touchdown run in 890 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:34,120 Speaker 1: this game, which really started to separate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 891 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,040 Speaker 1: But man, it was just a game where Patrick Mahomes 892 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,000 Speaker 1: really struggled. It seemed like he had absolutely no time 893 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,920 Speaker 1: to get the ball to a Tyreek Hill who was 894 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: pretty much helping check all day with a sort of 895 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,839 Speaker 1: bracket coverage that we talked about last week. He still 896 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: had his seven receptions and seventy three yards, but the 897 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 1: last time he played Tampa Bay he had two hundred 898 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,600 Speaker 1: and sixty nine receiving yards. So when you have an 899 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,920 Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield June who takes the time at the end 900 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,040 Speaker 1: of the game to do a little peace sign in 901 00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:08,759 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill's face, that's definitely why he did so in 902 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,239 Speaker 1: this game, and I think deservedly so after the way 903 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,759 Speaker 1: that Tyreek Hill pretty much ran through them in Week 904 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,680 Speaker 1: twelve and then the Tampa Bay Bucks and Todd Bowls, 905 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 1: and your former Minnesota Gopher Antoine Winfield Junior was able 906 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:25,840 Speaker 1: to shut them up, to say the least. So definitely 907 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,560 Speaker 1: an entertaining Super Bowl. Probably not the best game if 908 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,759 Speaker 1: you didn't really have anything in the race and you 909 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:35,279 Speaker 1: wanted to see a closer game, But as Eric said, 910 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,920 Speaker 1: he kind of called it with the key matchup of 911 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,920 Speaker 1: the game being the defensive line and the rattled up 912 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,920 Speaker 1: Chief's offensive line. So tough one for us. We were 913 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:50,120 Speaker 1: all for three in our project predictions. Every single one 914 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,359 Speaker 1: of us picked the Kansas City Chiefs, so I think 915 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:55,600 Speaker 1: we're onto bigger and better things for the Vikings in 916 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:59,560 Speaker 1: their staff and for the twenty twenty one season. So 917 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,520 Speaker 1: thank you guys. I appreciate it. Another good episode of 918 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,200 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings podcast. I guess i'll throw to you, Eric. 919 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,640 Speaker 1: Do you have any final thoughts as we head into 920 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,359 Speaker 1: next week? Yeah? Yeah, it kind of a slow time 921 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,600 Speaker 1: around the league. You know, we'll see what happened with 922 00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,799 Speaker 1: any potential trade or anything like that. But I think 923 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,880 Speaker 1: for the Vikings that'll kind of be quiet here going forward. 924 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,840 Speaker 1: But I mean free agencies only five weeks away, so 925 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,120 Speaker 1: there's always something coming around on the calendar. Jay as 926 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:28,239 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrate their championship, that ink is 927 00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:31,080 Speaker 1: drying on the twenty twenty season, and I think for 928 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:32,920 Speaker 1: all of us at this point, you know, we've had 929 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,799 Speaker 1: a month or so to kind of digest everything that's 930 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,920 Speaker 1: happened for twenty twenty, and I think it's going to 931 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,959 Speaker 1: be fun to see for twenty twenty one, who's coming back, 932 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:43,800 Speaker 1: what kind of changes are going to happen. We're already 933 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,480 Speaker 1: starting to see some of the change in the turnover, 934 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,200 Speaker 1: and that's the great thing about the NFL. There's always change, 935 00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:50,719 Speaker 1: there's always turnover, and there's always next season. If you're 936 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,520 Speaker 1: not if you're those other thirty one teams, in the 937 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 1: league and you're not the champion after that year, you 938 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,040 Speaker 1: can always start to look at what's going to happen 939 00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: for next season and get excited. So I'm looking forward 940 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,919 Speaker 1: to the upcoming offseason and all the coverage we're gonna 941 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,880 Speaker 1: be able to provide you here at Kings and Vikings 942 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,440 Speaker 1: dot com. And it was quite the season for the 943 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:11,080 Speaker 1: NFL with obviously all the COVID protocols. I can't believe 944 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,439 Speaker 1: that this season went on through the whole thing with 945 00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,400 Speaker 1: no bubble and was able to finish off on time 946 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,480 Speaker 1: with that Super Bowl in Tampa Bay. For the Vikings 947 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,560 Speaker 1: Entertainment Network, we did a total of one hundred and 948 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:27,719 Speaker 1: thirty two podcasts this year. A lot of work from 949 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,400 Speaker 1: Jay Eric and a bunch of the VN staff to 950 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 1: make that possible. Obviously under center with Kirk Cousins, School Stories, 951 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,360 Speaker 1: Vikings Vantage, the Vikings Postgame Report, and now the Minnesota 952 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:43,759 Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast here wrapping up the regular season episode. So 953 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,359 Speaker 1: really appreciate you guys listening in. Continue to check all 954 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,840 Speaker 1: of our social media platforms, Vikings dot com, download the 955 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,680 Speaker 1: Vikings Mobile app to get all of your know for 956 00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:58,400 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings. Heading into free agency, and of course 957 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:02,439 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. For the Vikings have the fourteenth overall pick. 958 00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: That'll do it. For episode seventy nine of the Minnesota 959 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,800 Speaker 1: Vikings podcast for Eric Smith, Jay Nelson, this is Chris 960 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,600 Speaker 1: Corso and until next time, have a great week.