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Speaker 1: welcome in. It's episode three of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host Wobby, joined as always by co producer

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Speaker 1: on another edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. What's up, Chris?

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Speaker 1: Guess what? Wobby? What? Dude? We play a game this week? Yeah? Man,

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Speaker 1: it's game week. Let's go. Are you pumped for that?

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Speaker 1: intro he said, I liked football, IRV. He breathes, eats,

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Speaker 1: sleeps football, He loves football. Yeah, that was cool. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. So our thanks to IRF Smith Senior for

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Speaker 1: joining the podcast. All right, let's get into the preseason game,

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Speaker 1: the first one of the preseason vikings at New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 1: Where can we watch you, Bobby Well Chris. As you know,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings Entertainment Network does things a little bit differently

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Speaker 1: than some other entertainment networks. We try to stick with

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Speaker 1: what has always worked and serves the traditional part of

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Speaker 1: our brand, but the Vikings Entertainment Network is always trying

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Speaker 1: new things, and the Vikings Entertainment Network, in conjunction with

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Speaker 1: Fox nine here locally, does something somewhat unique for the NFL.

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Speaker 1: We do a preseason simulcast where our radio broadcast and

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Speaker 1: our television broadcast of the preseason games are SYNCD up.

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Speaker 1: So basically what you have Layman's terms is you have

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Speaker 1: the play by play guy, you have the analyst, and

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Speaker 1: you have the sideline analysts for radio also doing TV

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Speaker 1: and vice versas. So obviously Voice of the Vikings Paul

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Speaker 1: Allen and Pete Burstitch will be in the booth. You'll

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Speaker 1: have Greg Coleman and Ben Lieber on the sidelines for

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Speaker 1: the television radio simulcast locally here a television wise, it's

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Speaker 1: on Fox nine. That's Channel nine in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

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Speaker 1: The radio broadcast, of course, will be on KFA NFM

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Speaker 1: one hundred point three ktlk A M eleven thirty. That

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Speaker 1: is the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. It is a television

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Speaker 1: and radio simulcast. Also, the pregame show on the Vikings

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Speaker 1: Radio network is hosted by Mike Mussman. It includes yours truly.

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Speaker 1: Usually about twenty to twenty five minutes before kickoff is

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Speaker 1: when I hop on there and talk football with Must.

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Speaker 1: Must does a great job hosting the show. And that

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Speaker 1: pregame show again begins at five o'clock pm Central Time

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Speaker 1: on Friday. Kickoff for the Vikings and the Saints is

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Speaker 1: seven o'clock pm Central Time on Friday, So let make

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Speaker 1: sure you check all of that out. And again that

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Speaker 1: preseason simulcast is not is something not every team does,

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Speaker 1: but we do. It present some challenges, particularly on the

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Speaker 1: radio side, but it gives Vikings a great experience because

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Speaker 1: the radio team that they love so much and listen

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Speaker 1: to so much during the regular season, they also get

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Speaker 1: to catch them on TV and it's a lot of

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Speaker 1: fun and I sit in the TV booth with Pa

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Speaker 1: and Bursach sit between them, do stats and spotting, and

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Speaker 1: we pour a lot into that broadcast. There's a lot

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Speaker 1: of great folks behind the scenes that you don't hear about,

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Speaker 1: or you don't hear from, or you don't even see

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Speaker 1: their names, who work really hard on that simulcast and

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Speaker 1: it takes a lot of people to pull it off,

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Speaker 1: and everyone does a great job. So we're really looking

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Speaker 1: forward to that. And that's how you can take in

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Speaker 1: preseason game number one. Remember preseason game number two on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: August eighteenth is a nationally broadcast game by Fox. And

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Speaker 1: then for preseason game three and four, we'll get back

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Speaker 1: to those those local broadcasts and the simulcast. Chris the

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Speaker 1: night Practice. Yes, I was not there for the second

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Speaker 1: year in a row. I missed the night practice last year.

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Speaker 1: Was your excuse this year, Well, I had to go

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Speaker 1: to a wedding. It was my I was happy to

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Speaker 1: be there, Yeah, um, I was. I was in Naples,

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Speaker 1: Florida for my brother's wedding. Missed the night practice. I

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Speaker 1: missed it last year because I was at Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame festivities. Um for Randy Moss. This year I missed

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Speaker 1: it for the wedding. You were there, though, I was

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Speaker 1: so what happened. It was a what a scene that

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Speaker 1: we had at TCO Stadium behind the TCO Performance Center.

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Speaker 1: It is such a cool setting for the fans to

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Speaker 1: come to practice and watch the players play out on

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Speaker 1: the turf. Coach Zimmer let the players go on for

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Speaker 1: a little longer than normal for a practice, which was

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Speaker 1: really good to see. And gosh was it a good

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Speaker 1: practice for the offense, man, I really a lot of

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Speaker 1: the players um a lot of the targets. The wide

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Speaker 1: receivers made some really great catches. I'd say the highlight

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Speaker 1: of the night practice was Jeff Pedetka, who kind of

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Speaker 1: tipped the ball like four times on a deep pass,

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Speaker 1: went off a helmet of a defender and he was

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Speaker 1: able to catch the ball and get into the the

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Speaker 1: end zone, which was pretty cool. You can find that

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Speaker 1: video on Vikings dot com. Adam Thieland made a few

503
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Speaker 1: nice grabs, one handed grab from Kirk Cousins. Stefan Diggs

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Speaker 1: was all over the field as well. Really really really

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Speaker 1: good workout for the offensive side of the ball. The

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Speaker 1: defense we know what to expect. There. A funny thing

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Speaker 1: at the end of the practice every year, coach Zimmer

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Speaker 1: takes the mic and introduces his team to the fans

509
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Speaker 1: who were there and loud as ever, which was awesome

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Speaker 1: to see. Coach thanked the fans, and he also did

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Speaker 1: a little impromptu interview with Adam Thieling. Yeah, that was

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Speaker 1: really cool. All right, so that's good. So overall, good night.

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Speaker 1: We stayed healthy if I'm not mistaking during that practice,

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Speaker 1: which is always a big thing. Yeah, so that's good.

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Speaker 1: We want to stay healthy on Friday night as well.

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Speaker 1: So another successful night practice for the Minnesota Vikings under

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Speaker 1: the lights at TCO Stadium. All right, let's get to

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Speaker 1: fan voicemails now. This is a fun new feature that

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Speaker 1: we have on the podcast, and we've got some more

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Speaker 1: to get to today. The topic for last week was,

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Speaker 1: with it being Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend, we asked

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Speaker 1: folks to call and leave us a voicemail who they

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Speaker 1: thought on the current roster would have the best chance

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Speaker 1: to be a candidate for enshrinement in the Pro Football

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame someday. And Chris, I understand we've got

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Speaker 1: some good submissions. Submissions were great, I mean, have the

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Speaker 1: best part about them is that we have like five

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Speaker 1: four or five different different options on the VIA, So

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Speaker 1: we want you to take a listen to these. We're

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Speaker 1: going to react to them, and then when we're done

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Speaker 1: listening to these voicemails, we have a topic for next week,

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Speaker 1: and we'll give you the number because we want to

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Speaker 1: hear from you on that topic and we'll include it

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Speaker 1: in next week's podcast. For now, though, let's hear a

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Speaker 1: voicemail one from episode three of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. Hey,

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Speaker 1: this is Chris calling from Port Orchard, Washington. I've been

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Speaker 1: a fan of the Vikings since I was nine years

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Speaker 1: old in nineteen ninety nine. I think the only Viking

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Speaker 1: right now that you can really say is is no

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Speaker 1: doubt about her Hall of famers Harrison Smith and watching

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Speaker 1: him since he got drafted the Vikings in the early

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Speaker 1: twenty tens, I've watched him play constantly and seeing his

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Speaker 1: ability to play within the linebacker box, to play the run,

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Speaker 1: to play the blitz, to disguise defenses, to disguise wherever

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Speaker 1: he needs to be on the field. He also has

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Speaker 1: this incredible ability to have that intangible and that instinct

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Speaker 1: to be at the right spot at the right time, anywhere,

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Speaker 1: any spot, any given position, time opportunity on the field.

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Speaker 1: It's it's very, very hard to say that this man

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Speaker 1: won't be in the Hall of Fame one day. And

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Speaker 1: a guy who we can all sit back and say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Harry the Hitman, he was one of the greatest safeties

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Speaker 1: of all time. He's just that good of a player.

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Speaker 1: So I gotta say Harry Hittman for that one. Awesome. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I very well reasoned, probably probably the most

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Speaker 1: likely one right now, don't you think. I think that's

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Speaker 1: an educated fan right there. And I love that last

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Speaker 1: line where he said we can say he's one of

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Speaker 1: the best safeties of all time, not just of Vikings

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Speaker 1: all time, of all time. Yeah, so I think that's

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Speaker 1: a well reasoned response. And um, you know, I would

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Speaker 1: say most likely, like right now, probably the answer is

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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith. I think there are some others though, who

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Speaker 1: will have a shot if they can continue their upward trajectory.

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Speaker 1: Let's see what some other folks have to say. YO,

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Speaker 1: what's up everybody? Thanks for taking my call. My name

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Speaker 1: is J R. Out of southern California. I love Vikingston Earth,

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Speaker 1: but you know, um, if anybody were to get the

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame to get called out, I think it

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Speaker 1: would be maybe Xavier Rhodes. But one thing I really

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Speaker 1: do love about this team is, like, I know what's

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Speaker 1: supposed to call about the Hall of Fame, but we

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Speaker 1: have so many role players, if so many really really

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Speaker 1: good players on this team. Especially our defensive line upgraded

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Speaker 1: a little so you know, Eric Hendricks and Anthony Barr,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna able to do their thing a little better.

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Speaker 1: And our secondary is amazing. So I'm really excited. I'm

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Speaker 1: really excited for this season's hashtag school go biking couple

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Speaker 1: of beet bouts on that one couple of beepouts. I

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Speaker 1: like it. Man, it's only August, but that that guy's

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Speaker 1: ready to go. He's still he's in, he's in for it.

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Speaker 1: I like it. We love the passion and enthusiasm. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's why, that's why we're opening up the phone lines

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Speaker 1: for y'all to leave us a voicemail. I love it.

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Speaker 1: So I love it. All Right, let's hear some more.

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Speaker 1: This is Van in Fort Worth, Texas on a conference

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Speaker 1: call with a football legend. Here. Thanks Van on the wall.

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Speaker 1: She struck some broadcasting ride from her Okates Stadium, the

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Speaker 1: football ex sentment and the Angels are on their feet

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00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: here blasting their hearts. No me, Frank Gifford and put

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Speaker 1: some are all have been discussing up here what currents

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Speaker 1: Minnesota is to be blasted in the future, what the

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Speaker 1: art Since gentlemen like Tavaris Jackson and try Williams, we

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Speaker 1: have to throw them out us real hunter that would

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Speaker 1: be them all and would have his buston shrine and

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Speaker 1: have Sunday in school all right now, my man? Then,

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Speaker 1: my man got in all the key phrases from Keith Jackson,

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Speaker 1: the granddaddy of them all, Low and Nellie. He did it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's very well done. I'm not getting sick of the impersonation.

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Speaker 1: Keep them coming, please, And I also like that they're

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Speaker 1: that they're classics. They're not the New School ones, because

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Speaker 1: we got a lot of great voices in the New School,

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Speaker 1: but we don't need them to be um, you know, impersonated.

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Speaker 1: We like the classics. He's bringing them back to. So

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Speaker 1: I want to see who he does next week. I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to offer a suggestion. I have one I

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Speaker 1: want to hear, but I'm not going to offer it yet.

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Speaker 1: I want to see who he does next week. Awesome,

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the next one from New York Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: And the player that I think most likely to make

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Speaker 1: the whole same is Daniel Hunter. He's so young, he

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Speaker 1: has so much potential, and if he can keep going

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Speaker 1: at the rate he's going over the past few years,

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Speaker 1: maybe a Hall of Famer for sure. School Yeah, low it, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Anders is on the right tractor. I think I said

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Speaker 1: Harrison is probably the most likely one. Was that the

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Speaker 1: last voicemail. We have one more, we have one more. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think Harrison's the most likely one right now. But

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Speaker 1: I mean, Daniel Hunter had fourteen and a half sacks

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Speaker 1: last year, so Anders is right. I mean, if he

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Speaker 1: continues that pace, like I think the Neil has got

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Speaker 1: a shot to have the most sacks at the age

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Speaker 1: of twenty four in NFL history or something like that.

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Speaker 1: If he has like five and a half this year,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to check with our PR guys on

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Speaker 1: that staff. But it's something like that. We'll come back

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Speaker 1: and next week's show with that staff. But it's like

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Speaker 1: five and a half sacks is all he needs to

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Speaker 1: have the most sacks by any player through age twenty

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Speaker 1: three or twenty four in NFL history. So I think

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Speaker 1: that's a logical answer as well. And if you look

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Speaker 1: at the body on him, uh yeah, you don't see

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Speaker 1: a guy that big every now and then. He's got

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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame type. I mean, who was it?

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Speaker 1: Some some analysts just said he's like Lebron James and

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Speaker 1: shoulder pads right huge. Yeah, So I mean that's a

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Speaker 1: little bit of a stretch, but I mean it kind

638
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Speaker 1: of shows you the respect that he's garnering nationally. So

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Speaker 1: all right, one more, here we go. What's up, boys,

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Speaker 1: It's uh Paul Allen here from Seattle, Washington. I'm just

641
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Speaker 1: calling in about you know, the current Uh. I guess

642
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: you could give a player on the roster, can I

643
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: have some money they make the Hall of Fame And

644
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a curveball here. Um, I'm not

645
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: going to take a player. I'm actually gonna pick a coach.

646
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: Let's go coach them. Obviously he's gonna need a hu

647
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: more wins and a super bowler two. But honestly, he's

648
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: got so much, um widespread support from the entire league

649
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: and um, you know the other rooms with rooms of Coaches,

650
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: so um, look for him to be in the Hall

651
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: of Fame one day. Now, Paul Allen from Seattle, Washington

652
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: is the owner of the Seattle Seahawks. So if that

653
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Speaker 1: was Paul Allen, like you said, well, yeah, we will

654
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: take some some money from that call, Yeah, for sure.

655
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: And he can say whatever he wants in the voicemail.

656
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: If he sends us enough money, we won't. We won't

657
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: even beat him out. We won't even beat him out.

658
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: You can say, if he sends us enough money, if

659
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Speaker 1: that's his name, that's his name, I don't know. Yeah,

660
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: all right, love the voicemail feature. It's fun again. That number, Yeah,

661
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: that number nine five two nine one eight eight four

662
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Speaker 1: three eight, that's the number. You call that number, Chris

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Speaker 1: will not answer it, You'll reach voicemail and you'll leave

664
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Speaker 1: us a voicemail. Now, this one what we want you

665
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: to do for next week when you call that number

666
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Speaker 1: and leave your thoughts, we want you to watch the

667
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: preseason game against so you got some homework. Watch that game,

668
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: then call that number. Preferably let yourself calm down from

669
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: after having some beverages in the game and all that.

670
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: Maybe let yourself give yourself though the old fifteen minute

671
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: cool down period after the game. Give us a call

672
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: and let us know your thoughts on the game. But

673
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: particularly we want to know someone that you saw in

674
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: the game that may have earned a spot on the

675
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: roster because of their performance, or maybe someone who was

676
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: behind someone else on the roster but they jumped up

677
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: someone on the roster bubble who performed well in the

678
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Speaker 1: game and has enhanced their chances of making the fifty

679
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Speaker 1: three man roster. That is your homework for Friday night

680
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Speaker 1: and for episode four of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. When

681
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 1: you call in and leave us a voicemail again that

682
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: number nine five two eight four three eight. All right,

683
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Speaker 1: let's give my man Robbie Rose on house a call.

684
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Speaker 1: Come on, Robbie, answer hello, Robbie. Yeah, what's up man? Hey, bod,

685
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: you're on the Minnesota Vikings podcast right now. Wow. I

686
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: wanted to say that the phone call comes from South Korea.

687
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I say, Jed serious. I know you guys

688
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: are good souls, but I didn't know you were calling

689
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Speaker 1: from the right right. Well played, Robbie. I don't I

690
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: can't answer that question. Okay, it's way above my head

691
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: and We're gonna have to get Cheryl Nygart in here

692
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: to do that. All I'm concerned about is talking to you.

693
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: This is a cold call in the business, a business

694
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Speaker 1: you're familiar with because you do radio. In fact, you've

695
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: just made a major transition in your career, which we

696
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: can get into in a little bit. But you were

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Speaker 1: here last week. You were at TCO Performance Center last

698
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: week taking in Vikings training camp, and so we want

699
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: to know your thoughts, what you saw, what you heard,

700
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: what the facility was like, and what you saw at practice.

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Speaker 1: How was your trip to Minnesota? Oh, the troop was great.

702
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: I mean, the weather couldn't have been nicer. I mean,

703
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: and I was there Wednesday Thursday, and I didn't go

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00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 1: Friday afternoon. I had I had some other business to

705
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: take care of. But and that's actually when I believe

706
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: the defense started making some significant stripes, which was last Friday.

707
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: But from what I saw Wednesday and Thursday in the

708
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: offense really looked crisp. I wasn't able to get over

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Speaker 1: on the other side. If you're if you're familiar out

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00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: there listening with how the position groups were, positions on

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00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: the field, the running back group and the offensive line

712
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: were on the far side, so it was it was

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00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: a little harder the access than the defensive guys and

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Speaker 1: the wide receivers and the defensive backs in general. So

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Speaker 1: that's what I got the closest look at and what

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Speaker 1: I did see. I'll tell you one quick story for

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Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon during seven on stud I believe it was

718
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: seven on seven drills. So I was standing there and

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Speaker 1: I was gracious enough to have a sideline pass for

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Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon, and I was standing there behind the end

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Speaker 1: zone watching team drills, and I saw a Zimmer. I

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Speaker 1: actually have a short I actually have a picture of

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Speaker 1: of Zimmer kind of gesturing towards Mac, who he was

724
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: really frustrated with. And you guys, I'm sure talked about

725
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: him in the past about how Zimmer his pet projects

726
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 1: have been defensive back since he's come in the league,

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Speaker 1: whether it be Woodson in Dallas, whether it be Rhodes

728
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Speaker 1: here or even Dion who didn't need any help. He's

729
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Speaker 1: one of the all times greats. So he was kind

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Speaker 1: of watching Mac. And as we've seen, and as we know,

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Speaker 1: Mac has a lot of talent. He really came on

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Speaker 1: in the last six, seven eight games of last year,

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Speaker 1: and with Holton Hill out and Trey Wayne's being a

734
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: free agent after this year, the defensive backs are really

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Speaker 1: what caught my eye and caught Zimmer's eye for that matter,

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Yeah, yeah, I think you're right, And you know,

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Speaker 1: Zim was he got a little First of all, Robie,

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Speaker 1: tell people where you are. So I'm actually on the

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Speaker 1: corner of fifty seventh and Lexington Avenue, right outside the

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Speaker 1: Bloomberg New York headquarters here. Bloomberg is located here in

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Speaker 1: the heart of New York City. Michael Bloomberg, who was

742
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Speaker 1: the mayor of New York City. Everybody knows out there.

743
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Speaker 1: So I work in their radio division. Now. I made

744
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: a move for um UH sports Radio WFA here in

745
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Speaker 1: New York, which broadcasts the Yankees and the Giants New

746
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: York Giants, among other teams. UM. I made a move

747
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Speaker 1: to the political and business side, and I'm working in

748
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Radio division now producing a bunch of their

749
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Speaker 1: programming uh, centering around stock markets and things like that. Robbie,

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Speaker 1: it's your your New York guy here. Hey, what's up, Chris?

751
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 1: How are you? What's going on? I do not like

752
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Speaker 1: the fifty seventh and Lexington area in the middle of

753
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: the summer. No, it's gotta be hot and sweaty in there. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So before I got the Korea alert, I actually got

755
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: and you have iPhones. You have iPhones. I got a

756
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Speaker 1: flash flood morning as I was walking out of the

757
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Speaker 1: building to go to lunch, and I walk outside and

758
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Speaker 1: it is teaming out. I mean people have umbrellas. I

759
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,839
Speaker 1: mean it was a complete the sky completely turned dark

760
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: and it just started pouring on everybody. So I had

761
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: to step back inside as the restaurants wait for me

762
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: about a block away, as as I finish up with

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Speaker 1: you guys. But this coal call is great. Okay, you

764
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: know the food, the food can wait. Yeah, okay, good. Well,

765
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: so you're on your lunch break. You took time out

766
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: of your lunch break to chat with us. But I

767
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 1: just think it's cool for people to think about the

768
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: fact that you're a major Vikings fan, you're a friend

769
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: of the family, and you're in the middle of New

770
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: York City right now talking about your team to us.

771
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: It's super cool. Now, I will have you know, And

772
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've probably already heard this, but

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00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: Zim sort of softened up his stance on the defense

774
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: the other day. He's starting to get a little happier

775
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: with him now, so rest easy. Zim thinks the defense

776
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: is back on track. Okay, well that's good. I mean,

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00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: we got a lot of veterans there. I know that

778
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: he's been given them some time off. But it's time

779
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: to rev it up the calendars to August. What in

780
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 1: New Orleans this week? We got four in the preseason

781
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: and then we open up with Mattie Ice and I

782
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: could the first Vikings game that you will see in

783
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: person this season is where that will be about twelve

784
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Speaker 1: miles from where I stand nice on October, I believe,

785
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Speaker 1: October sixth, against the New York Football Giants one pm

786
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Speaker 1: Eastern twelve pm Cornfields and who knows who knows who

787
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: the quarterback is going to be uh for the for

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Speaker 1: the Giants by then, because you know, the battling camp

789
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: has been between Eli and rookie Daniel Jones, who was

790
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Speaker 1: taking a six though we're all much to disagree of

791
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Speaker 1: Giants fans. So that'll be the first game I'll be

792
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Speaker 1: at this year. We'll be Vikings Giants Week six, and

793
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: we certainly have a checkered history against the Giants, as

794
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: Chris will tell you, and he knows all too well

795
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: forty one nothing nineteen years ago, so absolutely, there you go. Yeah, Well,

796
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: hopefully Lindvall is hungry for se Kwon Barkley that day,

797
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: because I think we're gonna need to focus on him

798
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: more so than the quarterbacks. Yeah, I would say, so,

799
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Speaker 1: I'll run defense Shamar, who's a local guy from Long Island,

800
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: so he'll be coming back home. He's in New Yorker,

801
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: so absolutely sure he'll be rep Yeah, he'll be repped

802
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,320
Speaker 1: up to play, to play in his hometown. So I

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Speaker 1: can't wait for that. I believe that's week five, So

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00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: that'll be week five. That'll be the first game i'll

805
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: be at at I can't even say beautiful, so I'll

806
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: say picturesque MetLife Stadium. That's right. All right, man, um,

807
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: go back to your lunch break. Good luck with a

808
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 1: new job. I enjoy our conversation, so make sure you

809
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: keep sending me your thoughts, and I'm sure we'll chat

810
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,359
Speaker 1: before the Saints game because we always do. But enjoy

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Speaker 1: watching that first preseason game, all right, awesome, can't wait.

812
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: Last time I was outside of chang Now I'm outside

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Speaker 1: of a piece of plate and a Chick fil At,

814
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Speaker 1: So I don't know what's going to complete the food.

815
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: Bingo called next time you called? All right, well, I

816
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 1: mean keep us posted. One more South Korea call from.

817
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Speaker 1: We'll see where you end up next time. Yeah, all right,

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00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: all right, thanks guys. I'm sending me charged to Ziggy. Okay, okay, okay,

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Speaker 1: you got see you Buddy by Guy. That's my man,

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Speaker 1: Robber right, He's the man. I love him. Yeah, he

821
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: is very passionate about dude. He went to school at

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Speaker 1: the U of M, all right, and so I think

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he was a Vikings fan before that,

824
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Speaker 1: but I mean he went to school here in Minnesota,

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00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: so that's his connection and he m. I got to

826
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Speaker 1: know him through Pa because he was an acquaintance of

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00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: PA's before mine, and that's how I got to know him.

828
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Speaker 1: But I see him a couple of times on the

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Speaker 1: road every season he comes to Minnesota to visit. As

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Speaker 1: you can tell, he's a gregarious guy. He's a huge

831
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Speaker 1: Vikings fan. And anytime you want to talk football, you

832
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: just labb a text to Robbie and he's I mean,

833
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: he responds within two minutes. He was ready to go.

834
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Speaker 1: He doesn't ignore my text like theland does. And uh

835
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: and we get to chat football. So speaking of football,

836
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Speaker 1: let's get to the term of the day. You've got

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Speaker 1: one chrissie, that is right. What do you got for

838
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: term of the day. Well, we talked about the two

839
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: tight end sets that you will see from the Vikings

840
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: offense this season that will obviously involve IRV Smith's junior

841
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: quite a bit. Yep and Kyle Rudolf. Yeah, So Wabi

842
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 1: explain to the fans what personnel, what the personnel means,

843
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: and some of those terms that the offense will use

844
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: this season. Well, you always hear numbers when when when

845
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 1: it comes to personnel groupings, you hear twelve personnel or

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00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: twenty two personnel or eleven personnel. So that's what we're

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Speaker 1: going to explain, and all it is is it's it's

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Speaker 1: So twenty two personnel is two running backs and two

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Speaker 1: tight ends, which means you have one receiver on the field.

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Speaker 1: Twenty one personnel, two running backs and one tight end.

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Speaker 1: So that that's what the number system means. It's it's

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Speaker 1: running backs with tight ends and then you just do

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Speaker 1: the math to figure out how many receivers are out there.

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Speaker 1: So eleven personnel means you're gonna have three receivers out

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Speaker 1: on the field because you have one back and one

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Speaker 1: tight end, which is two, and you gotta get to

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Speaker 1: five because you're gonna have five eligible receivers. So you

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Speaker 1: got three receivers out there. So that's sort of how

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Speaker 1: it's broken down. So if you hear an announcer or

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Speaker 1: an analyst, or a player or a coach talking about

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Speaker 1: personnel groupings and they use that number system and they

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Speaker 1: say they're in twelve personnel, that's one running back and

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Speaker 1: two tight ends. Running back first, tight end second, do

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Speaker 1: the math five minus whatever that number is. That's how

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Speaker 1: many receivers are out there. So that's the term of

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Speaker 1: the day. Personnel groupings love it. Two things. Number one

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Speaker 1: is we've announced the new partnership that we're super excited about.

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Speaker 1: That is right. VN is super excited to welcome legendary

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Speaker 1: broadcaster Mark Rosen to join us for some great content

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Speaker 1: this year and we are super excited about it. The

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Speaker 1: main thing that he will be working on with us

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Speaker 1: is going to be the Kirk Cousins podcast for the season.

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Speaker 1: You'll be able to find that podcast that will air

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Speaker 1: on CAFAN on Tuesdays at six pm, and after that

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Speaker 1: you will be able to find a video version of

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Speaker 1: the podcast on all the Vikings platforms, and you will

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Speaker 1: have that audio podcast on all of our podcast platforms.

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Speaker 1: So we're super excited about it. There's going to be

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Speaker 1: some great game reaction. The show is called Under Center

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Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins. Mark Rosen will be leading the show.

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Speaker 1: Yours truly here. Chris Corso will be producing the show.

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Speaker 1: I'm super excited to work with Mark and very excited

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Speaker 1: to see what Kirk is gonna bring to us on

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Speaker 1: the show. He's also going to be hosting a show

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Speaker 1: with you as well. Yes, that's right, He's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a co host of Skull Stories, which is also going

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Speaker 1: to be weekly during the season. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: Thursdays at six pm, I believe on FM one hundred

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Speaker 1: point three the Fan, and we'll dive into historically significant players, coaches, individuals,

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Speaker 1: news events, parts of the team's history every single week.

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Speaker 1: And Mark Rosen's going to be a great person to

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Speaker 1: help us do that. So we're looking forward to that

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Speaker 1: show as well. Also, Mark will be doing in stadium

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Speaker 1: stuff for home games, that is right, So you'll see

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Speaker 1: him if you go to if you go to games

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Speaker 1: at US Bank Stadium, you'll see Mark up on the

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Speaker 1: big screen, probably mostly at halftime. So we're super excited

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Speaker 1: about that. Mark retired from the TV business, so he

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Speaker 1: was a long time sports anchor at WCCO here locally.

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Speaker 1: He's retired from that, but he's still working a lot

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Speaker 1: with Kfan here in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Twin Cities,

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Speaker 1: and now of course a lot with US. So we're

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Speaker 1: super excited about that partnership. Lastly, let's go enjoy the preseason, folks.

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Speaker 1: The preseason is here. I'm telling you a lot of folks.

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Speaker 1: Don't get excited about it. We're gonna play We're gonna

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Speaker 1: play three preseason games in fifteen days, okay, and then

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have that final game on the twenty ninth,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna get our rosters down to fifty three

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Speaker 1: by the thirty first, So I mean, this thing is

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Speaker 1: going to go fast. So you all don't like the preseason,

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Speaker 1: but I'm telling you to enjoy it. Everything Right now,

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Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season is right in front of you.

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Speaker 1: We wait so long for football to get here. When

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Speaker 1: it's over in February, we're waiting. And yeah, we get

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Speaker 1: free agency and the combine and the draft to help

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Speaker 1: tide us over in the offseason program. But we really

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Speaker 1: want games. Ye okay, and it's here, so don't wish

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Speaker 1: away the preseason. Take this in livelihoods are at stake,

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Speaker 1: careers and futures are at stake, and the fortunes for

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Speaker 1: the Vikings in twenty nineteen are at stake here beginning

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Speaker 1: in August with the preseason. So please sit back and

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Speaker 1: enjoy these four preseason games. We hope you sat back

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Speaker 1: and enjoyed episode three of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. We

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Speaker 1: thank IRV Smith Senior for joining us. We encourage you

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Speaker 1: to check out the Vikings first preseason game against New

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Speaker 1: Orleans Saints and remember to call and leave us a

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Speaker 1: voicemail and let us know what you thought about that

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Speaker 1: first preseason game and we can include it on episode

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Speaker 1: four of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. On behalf of co

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Speaker 1: producer Jay Nelson, co producer and co host Chris Corso,

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Speaker 1: This is Wabi signing off for now. Episode three of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings podcast is over, the preseason is about

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Speaker 1: to begin. School Vikings