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Speaker 1: Yell what's going on from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London.

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Speaker 1: I'm Paul Allen, played by play voice for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: Pete Versage is the analyst, and boy, did we get

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Speaker 1: a kick out of this game today? Hopefully everybody else

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Speaker 1: did too. By saying we got a kick out of it.

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Speaker 1: Greg Joseph with his fourth walk off winner, third with

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Speaker 1: the Vikings. He went five for five kicking field goals.

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Speaker 1: Will Lutts, the kicker for the New Orleans Saints. He

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Speaker 1: hits from sixty to tie it, but he can't get

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Speaker 1: there from sixty one. It was the old double doink

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Speaker 1: and the Vikings improved to twenty improved to three and

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Speaker 1: one with a twenty eight twenty five thrilling victory. Analyst analyzed, well,

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Speaker 1: the crazy part is this, Had that last kick been

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Speaker 1: from sixty, it would have been an overtime, right, it

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Speaker 1: would have been an overtime, But no, it was sixty one.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know overall, you know you come out here,

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Speaker 1: you're playing that you're playing on banged up Saints team

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Speaker 1: who at the same time is having problems. They're having

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Speaker 1: problems with penalties, they're problems that turnovers. Those problems continued today.

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Speaker 1: That's one of the worries that you have when you

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Speaker 1: play a team like this, as if they all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden get everything straight, they could be a problem.

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Speaker 1: They could be a little bit tougher to beat. However,

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Speaker 1: they were kind of their old selves, at least the

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Speaker 1: first from the first three games of the of this

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Speaker 1: year that we've seen, and the Vikings had so many

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Speaker 1: opportunities and we could this game should not have been close.

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Speaker 1: It should have been a two score game. But the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: again just like a week ago against Detroit, hung in

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Speaker 1: there and kept battling, and you know, the defense. Once

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Speaker 1: we had that two score lead, the events kind of

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Speaker 1: got soft a little bit and allowed the Saints to

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Speaker 1: get back in it. And then later on in the game,

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Speaker 1: you know, they come up big a couple of times,

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Speaker 1: a couple of blitzes, a couple of big plays to

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Speaker 1: keep the Saints from, you know, just having a layup

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Speaker 1: type field goal. So just a battle back and forth

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Speaker 1: and the Vikings come out ahead. He's JJ and he's

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Speaker 1: back justin Jefferson after like two games of nine catches

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Speaker 1: sixty some od yards, no tds, justin thirteen targets, ten catches,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty seven yards, no receiving touchdowns, but

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Speaker 1: the first rushing touchdown of his career on his eighth

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Speaker 1: on the eighth carry of his career. That was a

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Speaker 1: major player in today's game. Punter Ryan Wright, the undrafted

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Speaker 1: kid from Tulane down New Orleans Way. He was a

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Speaker 1: three star quarterback coming out of high school. Relegated to

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Speaker 1: punting at Tulane and in the NFL. He faked a

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Speaker 1: punt that worked for thirteen yards to Jail and Naylor.

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook ran for seventy six yards and m kirk

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Speaker 1: Cousins finished with two seventy three A passing touchdown to

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Speaker 1: Alexander Madison, the third of Alex's career, and he also

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Speaker 1: threw an interception. The Vikings improved to three and one.

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Speaker 1: They beat the Saints twenty eight to twenty five. Here

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Speaker 1: are Gabe Henderson and Ben Lieber with Between the Lines.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to a winning edition of Between the Lines, fueled

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Speaker 1: by Gatorade here in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Ben

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Speaker 1: the Vikings went twenty eight to twenty five, winning on

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Speaker 1: a double doink. Mark Rosen a double doink lutskool go

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Speaker 1: for the New Orleans Saints that he missed on the

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Speaker 1: last play of the game, and Mark Rosen said in London,

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Speaker 1: tonight is going to be two for one double dooinks

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Speaker 1: on beers. Yeah, so go there and ask I guess

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Speaker 1: the barts end or what you wanted to drink. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it'd be It'd be fun if we could stay.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we're not staying, but it'd be fun if we

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Speaker 1: of the local pubs, and I wonder what they'd say

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Speaker 1: if I'll say I'll take I'll take a double double doink.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna umber one? Yeah, notice what we're gonna get too? Well,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings get two straight wins, last second fashion, a

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Speaker 1: win is a win, like we always say. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, this was a game where the New

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Speaker 1: Orleans Saints had ten penalties, two turnovers, and they didn't

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Speaker 1: look their best. How how would you define this win

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Speaker 1: for this Minnesota Vikings team. Look, I know that we're

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Speaker 1: we're into October, we're not quite the Halloween. But to me,

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Speaker 1: this game, it was a scary win the game the

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Speaker 1: way it all started out with with a lot of

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Speaker 1: kind of worry about, like, are we gonna play down

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Speaker 1: the starting quarterbacks out. Okay, the number one wide receivers out.

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Speaker 1: finding some balance, They're finding ways to to chip away

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Speaker 1: at our defense. They gave the ball away to us.

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Speaker 1: We took the ball away twice, once on special teams

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Speaker 1: and once on defense. So it seems like a lot

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Speaker 1: as a game went on, because you keep a team

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter in bites you and thankfully, thankfully, we did

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Speaker 1: just enough in the fourth quarter to win this game,

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Speaker 1: and then you get the double doing. Before we talk

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Speaker 1: were starting to win games because a few years ago

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Speaker 1: it was a little bit tougher. But the fact that

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Speaker 1: this Minnesota Vikings team continues to find ways to win

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Speaker 1: even though these are unforeseen circumstances. How are we able

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Speaker 1: to do that? Well, it just seems like, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I'll use coach O'Connell's words, I mean, this is

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Speaker 1: a resilient group. You know, he's wanted this team to

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Speaker 1: get tested. Let's keep in mind that they did not.

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Speaker 1: He did not play any of us starters in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: so we didn't see in these guys with any sort

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Speaker 1: of quote, you know, kind of meaningful reps. The first

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Speaker 1: Then they've hit some adversity in every game since then,

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Speaker 1: and he talks about I want to see how this

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Speaker 1: team responds to adversity, and I think this team is resilient.

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Speaker 1: They are they are making the plays when they need

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Speaker 1: couldn't find much rhythm. We couldn't run against this really

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Speaker 1: like everything that we tried to do to try to

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Speaker 1: I just think that overall, we're making plays at the

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Speaker 1: and forcing them to create penalties. You know how many

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Speaker 1: more opportunities. I mean, there were two penalties by the

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Speaker 1: because we got the ball in the three after three

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Speaker 1: But one thing that you've talked to Kevin O'Connell about

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Speaker 1: us we need to run the ball better. And Kevin

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Speaker 1: O'Connell agreed. What did you get out of that conversation

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Speaker 1: feels a little bit frustrated that you know, they have

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Speaker 1: a plan. Obviously, they feel very confident about the plan.

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Speaker 1: They come in each and every week, but it just

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Speaker 1: seems like it's really really hard to kind of get

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Speaker 1: the linebackers are with our running backs. It doesn't seem

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Speaker 1: like our offensive line are really firing off the football.

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Speaker 1: We have a lot of one back runs, which is

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Speaker 1: synonymous with this offense. But we have seen and maybe

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Speaker 1: So hopefully, you know, as we get past this fourth

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Speaker 1: of success with Dalvin running behind him. Maybe we start

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Speaker 1: Running forward is the name of the game. And if

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Speaker 1: on defense, that is the recipe for success. Right. But

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Speaker 1: One of their tight ends, Tilman had three receptions for

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Speaker 1: negate that, especially when it looked like they were picking

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Speaker 1: So small technical thing. Okay, the Harrison Smith one, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's hard for safeties who lined up, you know, on

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Speaker 1: the field, look, these tight ends are not running four

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Speaker 1: three you know these tight ends are are? You know,

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Speaker 1: they're four or five four six guys, They're not getting

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Speaker 1: is we're not getting to the quarterback quick enough. We're

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Speaker 1: not creating pressure quick enough. If you're letting tight ends

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Speaker 1: do a better job next week against the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 1: Bend but check this out the Vikings at three and one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they're heading back home to face the Chicago Bears at

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Speaker 1: How exciting is that for you? Oh? Super exciting because

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Speaker 1: range is so much longer, how's that effect defensively? I

431
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,960
Speaker 1: don't remember this many kickers in the league having that

432
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,879
Speaker 1: kind of range. I know our guy does and obviously

433
00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,440
Speaker 1: will prove that today that he could be a real

434
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,000
Speaker 1: factor in the game from distance. And there's a lot

435
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 1: of guys in our league now that can that can

436
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,320
Speaker 1: swing it and hit from sixty plus, so you know,

437
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,479
Speaker 1: it definitely is a factor. How you've managed those end

438
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,480
Speaker 1: of game situations, deciding, you know, how you're gonna maybe

439
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,400
Speaker 1: potentially use your timeouts or use different defensive or offensive

440
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,560
Speaker 1: calls based upon field position, knowing that the forty two

441
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,560
Speaker 1: or forty four yard line is in field goal range

442
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,680
Speaker 1: and we've got to be aggressive and maybe try to

443
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Speaker 1: push them out of that range, Which is crazy to

444
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: say when that kicks happening on their side of the fifty.

445
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Speaker 1: I didn't want to say earlier how much he's enjoyed

446
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,719
Speaker 1: come to London and more I think that you want

447
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 1: to come back every single year. Yeah, do you? God?

448
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,120
Speaker 1: Do you want to come back personally and maybe spend

449
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 1: a little bit more time than you did this week

450
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,280
Speaker 1: rather than coming in on the Friday. Yeah, I would

451
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,840
Speaker 1: absolutely love to. I'm hoping that that's in the plans

452
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 1: for us moving forward. Obviously with the Week four game

453
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 1: and then choosing to not have a bye week after,

454
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,240
Speaker 1: we really kind of purposely planned this from start to

455
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,680
Speaker 1: finish a certain way. But if you tell me it's

456
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,400
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks later in the season or maybe

457
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 1: later on in the year, we would like to come

458
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,119
Speaker 1: and really invest in our time and in the community here.

459
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Speaker 1: We had a couple great events even in the short

460
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Speaker 1: time we were here, with some with some folks here

461
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Speaker 1: and would love to do more of that. And like

462
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,560
Speaker 1: I said, the atmosphere was unbelievable today. Um, this this stadium,

463
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,280
Speaker 1: this facility, everything just felt first class and it was

464
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,239
Speaker 1: for my first time hecker an experience. What are your

465
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Speaker 1: thoughts on Justin Justin Jennison today, because he told me

466
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Speaker 1: on Friday. It was frustrating the last two games. He

467
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,879
Speaker 1: would like to play a main role collecting yards, collecting

468
00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,280
Speaker 1: touchdowns and he couldn't. But it was different today. Yeah,

469
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Speaker 1: I think I've spent a lot of time with JJ

470
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Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, just continuing to tell

471
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Speaker 1: him how much I appreciate the leadership that he's shown

472
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Speaker 1: by not allowing that for that frustration to affect not

473
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Speaker 1: only his play but our offense. And then obviously how

474
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Speaker 1: excited he was last week for kJ and Adam feeling

475
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 1: to make plays late in that game against the Lions

476
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Speaker 1: to win. But it was time, you know, no matter

477
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Speaker 1: what we had to do today, within reason, within our

478
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 1: normal offense, we were going to get him going. We

479
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,679
Speaker 1: knew he was going to be matched up against the

480
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:58,240
Speaker 1: premier player at his position in Marcus Lattimore, and I

481
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Speaker 1: have a ton of respect for him and how he

482
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 1: and competes. But we wanted to give, you know, justin

483
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,159
Speaker 1: some one on one ops when we saw them, and

484
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,400
Speaker 1: then obviously, you know, allow him to help the other

485
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: guys as well on some of those early downs. We're

486
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Speaker 1: so proud of justin huge performance. Gave him a game

487
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 1: ball today and he deserved. He earned that game ball today,

488
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,159
Speaker 1: but in my opinion, he earned it. You know, in

489
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,440
Speaker 1: the preparation leading up to this, over these last couple

490
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,920
Speaker 1: of weeks changed Jenny games, the tourt quarters, getting Martin

491
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 1: Valve poonards he was in check for. Yeah, I think

492
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 1: it was just a matter of consistency for our offense.

493
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: You know, we were able to kind of stay true

494
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Speaker 1: to who we are, but at the same time allow

495
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 1: Kirk and our passing offense to to get aggressive and

496
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 1: move the team to go try to win it. Thank you.

497
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: Up next, Kevin, an offensive minded coach, calls the plays defensively,

498
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Speaker 1: The coordinator is zed Donagel and Durante Jones is the

499
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Speaker 1: secondary coach. Why I bring all of that up. Cam

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Speaker 1: Danceler made the play of his career very late in

501
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Speaker 1: the game. Single coverage I believe against Olave, the rookie

502
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,919
Speaker 1: from Ohio State, was very good and he had a

503
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,160
Speaker 1: touchdown in the game. How about number three single coverage

504
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,679
Speaker 1: knocking away that pass. Yeah, that was that was huge.

505
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: And you know for Cameron Danceler, you to hang in there.

506
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 1: You look at the situation with the injury to Lewis scene,

507
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: We're not going to see him the rest of this season,

508
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,959
Speaker 1: so you need all the bodies that you can and

509
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 1: you know, and for Danceler, he came out for a

510
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: little while with the ankle and it's one of those

511
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,360
Speaker 1: things where you have to stay on the field. And Danceler,

512
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: you know, came out for a bit but went back

513
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Speaker 1: on the field and then he answered a call in

514
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: a big spot. So for Cameron Danceler, I think today

515
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: was a huge day. Let's just hope that he can

516
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Speaker 1: continue to build upon what he's done right. And Olave

517
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: he is a very very good wide receiver. I know,

518
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas, he was responsible for half of the Saint's

519
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: touchdowns going into this game. Um Olaves is a darnood

520
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,560
Speaker 1: receiver and unit. You haven't seen the last of this

521
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: kid in this league. And you know his catch radius

522
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 1: and all those things so good. But for Danceler, this

523
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 1: game has to be a huge just a huge confidence

524
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 1: builder for him and hopefully, like I said, he can

525
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 1: ride that and finish the season out like the corner

526
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: he should be. The game did not go to overtime. However,

527
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: it's interesting to note the only game in London that

528
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Speaker 1: has gone to overtime and actually finished in a tie

529
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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen Washington and Cincinnati. They finished tie to twenty

530
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: seven twenty seven. The quarterbacks were Andy Dalton and Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Kirk, here's this postgame presser. First of all,

532
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 1: my thoughts are with right now with Lewis. Seen didn't

533
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Speaker 1: realize how serious it was until when I saw him

534
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 1: card it off. He you know, had like a respirator

535
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: in his mouth, so I knew something was serious. So

536
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: you know, we'll we'll have to see where it goes.

537
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: I would think he's got to you know, stay here,

538
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 1: which is tough, and and you know we'd love for

539
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 1: him to be with us. But thoughts, some prayers him

540
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 1: and then uh, you know, as far as the game,

541
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: obviously huge to get a win. Um, you know, it's

542
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: just a typical NFL game back and forth. But what

543
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: was a typical was you know, playing it here and

544
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: it was just a tremendous environment in the stadium. You know,

545
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: first time playing here in the stadium was just tremendous. UM,

546
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 1: great facility, it's just a great experience all the way around. Um,

547
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: the hotel we stayed at, the practice we had on Friday,

548
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,560
Speaker 1: us just a really really positive experience. So I thought

549
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: our staff did a great job being this ready and

550
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: uh and helping us transition and be ready for kickoff.

551
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 1: And so it's uh, it's great to leave here with

552
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 1: a win and a lot of people put a lot

553
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: of work into this week to uh to make sure

554
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 1: we were at our best. But as far as the

555
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 1: game itself, you know, I we don't want to kick

556
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: five field goals. We want to score touchdowns, and I

557
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: think that more success in the red zone, UM would

558
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 1: have enabled us to you know, pull away a little bit.

559
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: So that was a disappointment. Um. You know, the field

560
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: position all game I thought was really favorable, which has

561
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,160
Speaker 1: a lot about our special teams in our defense. It's

562
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 1: getting stops and getting us the ball in in um

563
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: you know, shorter fields. So you know, there's there's just

564
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: a lot to clean up still. You know, similar to

565
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: coming after the Lions game with a win, you feel

566
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: great about the win, but you also feel like, uh,

567
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot that you leave out there

568
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 1: and we've got to uh, we've got to get better.

569
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: I've got to get better. So that's kind of where

570
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 1: our focus is. But um, it's tremendous to be three

571
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,239
Speaker 1: and one and to leave here with a win. Take

572
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: any questions. Yet, that final deep flow to Jefferson, it

573
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: looked like you're prepared to throw that before you knew

574
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: whether or not Jefferson was open. Is that, um, something

575
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 1: that you're prepared to do based off of the leverage

576
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: and the coverage that you knew you would be getting,

577
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: you know, a reef. I think that's just you know,

578
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: kind of just you gotta anticipate, you gotta yeah, like

579
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: you said, based off coverage, and you just gotta go.

580
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 1: You know, um um. I think if you wait let

581
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: guys get opened this league, you're gonna be waiting too long.

582
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 1: And that's why you want to get great players who

583
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,159
Speaker 1: can win and you trust them and put the ball

584
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: out there for him. Can you feel that rhythm heating

585
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,400
Speaker 1: up with us? And I mean you could see it

586
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: well watching it, But do you just start to feel

587
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: that in game and then realize, Okay, I've got to

588
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: get the ball to him, Like where does your mind go? Well?

589
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 1: I think sometimes it's also defensively, what are they doing?

590
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 1: I mean on the first third down of the game.

591
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 1: I think it was the first third down played man coverage.

592
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 1: He got great separation from the guy in man on him,

593
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: but the free safety dropped down a double him and

594
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: was standing right where Justin was going. So Justin's went

595
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: in doing his part, but they're doubling him and there

596
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: happened to be doubling in from a position where they

597
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 1: have leverage. So then you progress to IRV and IRV

598
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 1: did a great job win in versus guy and got

599
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: the first down. But my point is is that you know,

600
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: defenses will still try to do things to take him away.

601
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: A couple other third downs they did. We went to

602
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: Adam or kJ but certainly when we get you know,

603
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,040
Speaker 1: one on one and we have a time in the

604
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: pocket too is important on some of these third downs

605
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,239
Speaker 1: with their rushing hard, but we got time. I mean,

606
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: it's it's a huge asset to be able to work him.

607
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: You know, what do you think was the core of

608
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 1: the issue in the red zone today? You know, I

609
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: think it's a combination of factors. I think if you

610
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: look at I mean they run together a little bit.

611
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,479
Speaker 1: You know the one we had the third and short

612
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: that we didn't connect on. If you look at it,

613
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: you know, I got to take the guy who's open

614
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: for the first down, but you'd love to pump it

615
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 1: and then work at him on the corner. And then

616
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: we get the ball back after the turnover that our

617
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: defense caused. Again they're running together. But that one again,

618
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: I thought when I checked it down to JJ that

619
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: maybe I pumped that one, get the guy to flat

620
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: foot and go to kJ for a touchdown. So there

621
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: was plays there where you're like, you know, I could

622
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: be greedy and try to pump it and get a

623
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: touchdown there, and maybe we're not kicking field goals. And

624
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,239
Speaker 1: then there was one series I think it was the

625
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: third quarter that I thought was the most disappointing one,

626
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,239
Speaker 1: just you know, the delay a game, which is on me.

627
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: And then the twice I think Justin was open for

628
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 1: touchdowns and we didn't connect and checked it down to

629
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: Adam once I thought the corner was sinking and he wasn't.

630
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: And then the other one through it earlier than I

631
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: wanted to and didn't quite see Justin put his foot

632
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: in the ground. He ended up separating and if I

633
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: just let him more, I think it's a touchdown. So

634
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: you know, that's where you feel like the players are

635
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 1: there to make and we didn't connect, so that was disappointing.

636
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: We've only had one overtime game here in the London datens. Yeah, yeah,

637
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: exactly played in Um. He seemed to enjoy intitating defends here. Man,

638
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: I would have loved to have pulled away. But as

639
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: I said to somebody on the field after the game,

640
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: I said, it's a great product. I mean, if you're

641
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: a fan, I mean, we gave you something to watch today,

642
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: kept it close and entertaining. But yeah, it's crazy. Yest

643
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: thing out six years ago as Andy and I playing

644
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 1: and uh went to overtime and I was fully expecting

645
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: we'll make that kick and we were gonna go overtime again,

646
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: and I was just expecting to not have an end

647
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: in a tie at a draw again. So gratefully won.

648
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: Great to get on an eight hour flight back and

649
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: know that we got to win and we're three on one.

650
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: But um, you know, you also think about all the

651
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: things you gotta do better product. You think the NFL

652
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 1: is doing enough to detect its players. I think every

653
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,479
Speaker 1: year it keeps getting better and better. I think they

654
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: keep you know, I'm proving it every single year, and

655
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: you know there's always gonna be risk. It look like

656
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: you got hitting the helmet a couple of times on

657
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: those throws that we're not cold. I didn't notice the helmet.

658
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: I got in the ribs pretty good once. But uh,

659
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: they're allowed to hit me there, so so, um, yeah,

660
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 1: you just got to stand in there and deliver and

661
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: and keep doing that. What are you liking about the

662
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: early resilience of this team, Well, I think it's gonna

663
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 1: be games like this going forward. It's gonna be like

664
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,959
Speaker 1: this when you get to you know, if you can

665
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,479
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, getting January football, it's how it's gonna be.

666
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: So you have to find ways to just be gritty

667
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: and grind things out and respond when things don't go

668
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: your way. And we're certainly getting experienced with that early

669
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: and we'll probably be experiencing it middle and late because

670
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: that's just the way this league is. But um, certainly

671
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: we think we can play better too and maybe give

672
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: ourselves a better chance as well. Something that's come up

673
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: again in the last couple of weeks is natural grassins

674
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: and thank Gross you actually played at Wembley with natural

675
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: Gross in his and thank do you have any thoughts

676
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: from I'm a natural grass guy? Uh? You know in

677
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: college played on natural grass at home. Loved it. As

678
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: long as it's well kept. You can't beat natural grass.

679
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: That being said, sometimes it's unrealistic and you do what

680
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: you can. And I think my understanding was that there

681
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: was you know, we were we were tearing up the

682
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: pitch pretty good, and so it was it was messing

683
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: it up for the for the soccer guys. So you know,

684
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: I think there's an awareness of what's realistic. What do

685
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: you think they had to play in other complish in

686
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: the future. I think it's a it's been true. You know.

687
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: I've been over here now in the offseason a few

688
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: times too to help promote our game and our product,

689
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: and I think it's tremendous to see the growth. I

690
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: think the atmosphere today was just outstanding, and um, you know,

691
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: it'd be great to see what else is out there

692
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: and what more we can do and see where it

693
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: goes from here. But um, I would like to think,

694
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: you know, the momentums go in the right direction. It's

695
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: just going to keep building. Kirkett at three to one,

696
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: this is the best start for the Vikings in the

697
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: five or six years. Through four games, Um, what's the

698
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: upside for the team was the potential. You know, it's

699
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: hard to even look down the road, you know. I

700
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: I think it's just one week at a time. Each

701
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: game is its own stage in in this journey, and

702
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: whether you win or lose, you kind of flush it

703
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: and just move to the next one. And so, you know,

704
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll see. We're just one game at

705
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: a time. Keep battle and try to find a way

706
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: to have more points than the other team when we're

707
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: done each week. But we've also got to keep improving

708
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: each week and play better football. Thank you, all right?

709
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Speaker 1: Kirk Kirk Cousins finished twenty five of thirty eight, two

710
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: seventy three, a t d to Madison and an interception

711
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: to the Honey Badger. Ron Johnson has three takes and

712
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,719
Speaker 1: here they are, Thanks BA. This is Ron Johnson from

713
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: KFA end and these are my three takeaways from today's

714
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: Vikings versus Saints game. We're right off the top. The

715
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: Vikings found a way to win twenty eight to twenty five,

716
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: so that's got to be one of the takeaways, right. Nope,

717
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go with the victory. It is an

718
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: easy one though. Twenty eight to twenty five Vikings win.

719
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: In the end, there was a ton of big plays

720
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: in this game, but none bigger than Justin Jefferson. I

721
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: got to give it to Justin Jefferson on his ten

722
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: catch one hundred and forty seven yard day one touchdown

723
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: on the ground left a couple of plays out there,

724
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,880
Speaker 1: so I know Justin Jefferson when he looks at this film,

725
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: he's going to one a couple of these plays back.

726
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: There were some back and forth Marcus Lattimore plays with

727
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson that I know. He was just itching to

728
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: get another chance at the one in the back of

729
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: the end zone. Had to tork his body around a

730
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: little bit, but he should have made that catch. Justin Jefferson.

731
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Speaker 1: I would give him nine out of ten times he

732
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: makes that catch if he has another chance to do

733
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: it knowing that the ball is going to be behind

734
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: him and he's gonna have to turn his body in

735
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: that direction. But at the end of the day, he

736
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: made the biggest play of the game at the end

737
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: one on one coverage and when Kirk Cousins saw it,

738
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: he went for it, went for the deep ball. The

739
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: offensive line gave him enough time to make a big

740
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: throw down the field and that was vintage Kurk Cousins

741
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: just kind of given that. You liked that moment where

742
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: he found Justin Jefferson. They were not going to allow

743
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,439
Speaker 1: just and Jefferson and beat them, but they couldn't figure

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00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,439
Speaker 1: it out. I gotta say Kevin O'Connell did a great

745
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: job as he said he was gonna move Justin Jeffson

746
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: around knowing that teams were gonna key in on us,

747
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: so we put him in the backfield, put him in

748
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,439
Speaker 1: the slot, put him in the bunch, ran a couple

749
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: of rub routes with them. That actually kJ Osbourne's touchdown

750
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: in my opinion, should have been But another big kJ

751
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: Osbourne first down conversion was another Justin Jefferson releasing up

752
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,879
Speaker 1: the field rub because you have to keep it NYE

753
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: on Justin Jefferson. That's takeaway number one, takeaway number two.

754
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: Time of possession. The Vikings dominated time of possession today

755
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: and it wasn't just because of the offense. The defense

756
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 1: did a great job getting off the field, but special

757
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 1: teams Chris Boyd had a big force fumble and fumble

758
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: recovery that was a huge play to get the Vikings

759
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: the ball. Back and then Harrison Phillips with another big

760
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: turnover fumbled by Andy Dalton, he recovered it. Vikings offense

761
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: gets a chance to go back on the field. So

762
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: I think even though the first downs were close twenty

763
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: four and nineteen, the time of possession was key. The

764
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,919
Speaker 1: Vikings dominated the time of possession, not giving the red

765
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: rifle a chance to hurt them in this game. They

766
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,839
Speaker 1: did a great job of kind of containing the run

767
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: the past. It was kind of even between Kirk cousins,

768
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, but and Chris Olave definitely got his here

769
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: and there. But the Vikings defense when it was time,

770
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: stepped up in big moments and forced a sixty one

771
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: yard field goal at the end of the game. I

772
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: think that's another big play to remember. They forced a

773
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: sixty one yard touchdown, they give up one more yard

774
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: and it's back to a sixty and it's probably a

775
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: made field goal, But the fact that it was a

776
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: sixty one yard or that one yard made a big

777
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: difference in that game. It's a game of benches in

778
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: the NFL. We know that. And then my last takeaway

779
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: has to it has to be a kickers redemption story.

780
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: We know the Vikings kickers of the past have gone

781
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: wide left. We've seen coaches kind of turned their back

782
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: on kickers here and there. You remember the Packers game

783
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: previously when Daniel Carson got cut, missed a bunch of

784
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: field goals, stopped going to him, stop trusting them. Kevin

785
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: O'Connell remained faithful to Greg Joseph. He remained in his corner,

786
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: and I think that was the big key. He knew

787
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: he missed that extra point. He knew he put the

788
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: game on the line for the Vikings. But the defense

789
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: did their job. They made sure that that when when

790
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: it was time to step up at the end, they

791
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: did in four sixty one. So what did Greg Joseph do?

792
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: He yet nailed a long field goal at the end

793
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: to go up twenty five to twenty eight. So my

794
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: third takeaway is definitely a kickers redemption story. So happy

795
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: for him because we know Vikings historically lose games because

796
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,720
Speaker 1: of their kicker. Well, this one goes to Greg Joseph

797
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: as well. He did what he had to do at

798
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: the end to make sure the Vikings won that game.

799
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: And those are my three takeaways. Back to you on

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00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: the field, Pa, all right, Peter, the Bears next week.

801
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: The Vikings are a three and one operation. Some final thoughts, Well,

802
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: it's not the same Bears team that we're used to.

803
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: You know, they have themselves a very mobile quarterback. Defensively,

804
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: they've completely changed. They're no longer than three four, they're

805
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: the four three. They depend on speed and aggressiveness to

806
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: get through. You know, the Bears came out they beat

807
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,439
Speaker 1: San Francisco at home opening day, which was a huge

808
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 1: win because San Francisco is a good team, very physical team.

809
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: But then we're disappointed Sunday following Sunday night against the

810
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. So we can't let the Bears get

811
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: to us. We can't let the Bears come out and

812
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,439
Speaker 1: get one for us. And then if you come out

813
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: of that game and you're foreign one, you've played a

814
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: Monday night game on the road, come back on a

815
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: short week to play the Detroit Lions, then fly to

816
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: London and then come back which will still feel like

817
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 1: a short week because you're not going to get into

818
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: early Monday morning that travel. I mean, those are those

819
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: are some headwinds there, and for this team to come

820
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: out of this, if they can get to get to

821
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: fourign one out of that break because we have I

822
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: believe three or four home game three game, three home

823
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: games in November, so the second half of the schedule

824
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,399
Speaker 1: is going to be much more home friendly and it's

825
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: going to be great to be there this Sunday to

826
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: play these Chicago Bears. Another It's going to be a

827
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: close game, you know it always is against the Bears,

828
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,959
Speaker 1: but we'll see what happens. Great job identifying the will

829
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: LUTs double doink, my mam, Well, I mean it's I

830
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: saw it from a long way and uh man, that

831
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,360
Speaker 1: was that. Oh my god, that was great. That's Pete Versach,

832
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 1: analyst for the Vikings radio network, and I'm Paul Allen.

833
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: Thank you very much for listening. Let's close the postgame

834
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: report with Kevin O'Connell's locker room speech to the three

835
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: and one Minnesota Vikings. Well, I told you last night

836
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: that we're gonna learn something else about our football team.

837
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: You gotta stop saying that stuff. It's if it's always

838
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: going to be learning that. My heart is pounded out

839
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: of my chest. But you know what, Greg, what did

840
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: I tell you after you had already made four field

841
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: goals and that extra point? What I tell you? I

842
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: told you he's gonna get one more and he was

843
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:59,439
Speaker 1: gonna knock him through and give we handle a lot

844
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: this week. You know, we left on Thursday, had our

845
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: work in. We got out here. You guys were pros

846
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 1: through and through, able to battle all the way down

847
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: to the very, very end. Unbelievable performance to just come

848
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: together and keep on playing off of one another, defense,

849
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: getting to stop when we had to have it offense,

850
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: going back and getting the lead. Eventually, this thing's gonna

851
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,760
Speaker 1: come together where we're just situational. Let us end tackles

852
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: hundred career start for the Minnesota Vikings are