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Speaker 1: Alrighty, Well, the Minnesota Vikings head into the off week,

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Speaker 1: the bye week with bad news. They lose to the

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Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. The final score is twelve to ten with

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Speaker 1: Pete Persich on Paul Allen. Kind of a ratty game.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the winning team kept trying to give the

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Speaker 1: game away to the Vikings, kind of like the Vikings

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Speaker 1: did with the Denver Broncos last week. Only the difference

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Speaker 1: is we didn't take it and win the game like

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. The Bears just won a football game without

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Speaker 1: scoring a touchdown. They won twelve to ten, and good morning.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm wanna win the last time that's happened in

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Speaker 2: the NFL. I mean, the bottom line is this, Paul,

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Speaker 2: you've had two once, you've had well, we lost this

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Speaker 2: one by two. So you lose two games by three

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Speaker 2: points and you turn you've turned the ball over seven

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Speaker 2: times in those last two games.

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Speaker 1: Minus five in the last two games, and you lose

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Speaker 1: by it combined three points.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So it just it's as frustrating as can be.

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Speaker 2: It's it's extremely hard to point a finger at the defense.

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Speaker 2: They played their rear ends off. They kept the Bears

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Speaker 2: from scoring a touchdown. They did as much as they could.

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Speaker 2: They were out there for darn near two thirds of

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Speaker 2: this football game, and so they got.

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Speaker 1: Fields to cough up the.

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Speaker 2: Ball twice, right, And you know, you you hyper focus

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Speaker 2: on a lot of things, and you know, I just

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Speaker 2: You know, sometimes you want if you punt the ball there,

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Speaker 2: just make the Bears go the long field, because they

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Speaker 2: struggled to do so all night. And you know, I

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Speaker 2: don't know, you can second guess everything, but the turnovers

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Speaker 2: are the main thing. You know. The it's a couple

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Speaker 2: of them, where the one that Addison where he just

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Speaker 2: threw the ball a little bit too quickly to him.

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Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson had a very nice interception and cover two,

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Speaker 2: you know, a couple of One of the other ones

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Speaker 2: was a tip ball I believe that Kyle Gordon came

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Speaker 2: can't remember the other one. So it's just like you

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Speaker 2: assuming's too much to keep track.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I know, but I mean when you have

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Speaker 1: seven the course of two games, and by the way,

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Speaker 1: you fumbled like, you know, sixteen times the first what

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Speaker 1: eight nine games of the season, I understand where you're

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Speaker 2: With a young quarterback, Paul, you'd like to see the

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Speaker 2: running game get some get some some some some semblance

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Speaker 2: of a of a rhythm, right, And I think that's

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Speaker 2: going to help, And it's what's going to help a

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Speaker 2: young quarterback. And we've been asking him to drop back

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Speaker 2: and and to be that guy, you know, and you

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Speaker 2: can only you can only feed him so quickly. We

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Speaker 2: miss JJ. I mean you miss you talk about a

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Speaker 2: game where you miss JJ, where you know the Bears

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Speaker 2: kept eight in the box for a out of the game.

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Speaker 2: They were one on one on the outside. You know,

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Speaker 2: you throw a deep ball to Addison. You know that

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Speaker 2: could have been red flag, that could have been challenged,

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Speaker 2: but that changed everything. You know, maybe I don't know.

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Speaker 1: But JJ is that guy, right, JJ is that guy

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Speaker 2: I'm the deep ball and I think if that's justin

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Speaker 2: Jefferson out there, he goes up and he gets that

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Speaker 2: football and could change the game. So, you know, we

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Speaker 2: need to get our playmaker back on a field. We

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Speaker 2: we've been going, we've gone how many it's kind of

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Speaker 2: being seven games without them, and so with this loss

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Speaker 2: being six and six, you know, you're yeah, you're still

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Speaker 2: square in the middle of you know, of the you know,

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Speaker 2: you did a great job against an mc soua, so

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Speaker 2: you don't have to worry about tie breakers.

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Speaker 1: There six conference wins, which.

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Speaker 2: Is basactly somebody's got to win the West, and then

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Speaker 2: the question is going to be, are you know, are

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Speaker 2: you going to get two playoff teams from the West.

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Speaker 2: Are you going to get them two playoff teams from.

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Speaker 1: The central right?

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the minnesot The Vikings, is

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Speaker 1: now nineteen and ten overall in his coaching career, and

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Speaker 1: he takes his first loss to the Chicago Bears, now

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Speaker 1: three and one against the Bears. Here's koc following a

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Speaker 4: Obviously a very crushed locker room right now, you know,

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Speaker 4: type of atmosphere it was. Did not have the performance

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Speaker 4: again for keeping us in a football game that we

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Speaker 4: football games, so we've got to as a staff. Used

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Speaker 4: this bye week a lot of reflection on what we've done,

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Speaker 4: how we've gotten here. We'll get healthier coming off this

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Speaker 4: especially offensively, at a higher clip without turning the football over.

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Speaker 4: Give ourselves more opportunities. I think we had twenty two

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Speaker 4: the board. Starts with me, Kevin, what are you thinking

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Speaker 4: of Josh's decision making just in some of the throws

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Speaker 4: Josh is you know, as much as he's done some

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Speaker 3: Play pass game, knowing where.

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Speaker 4: Your quick eligibles are to put the ball in play,

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Speaker 4: I think three of the interceptions we're off of tip balls.

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Speaker 5: Why do you think you wouldn't in that last drive

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Speaker 6: On offense, Kevin was trying Greg from sixty one there,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I just the way our defense had

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Speaker 5: Kevin in a field position battle, as you mentioned, why

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Speaker 3: Why do you trust your defense? Why not play it?

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Speaker 4: I think that go into that decision, trusting them in

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Speaker 3: Though we hadn't played well.

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Speaker 4: I thought it was worth the risk in that moment,

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Speaker 3: Clear you did think about it.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's understanding, you know, getting your head and

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Speaker 4: So it's just how it kind of works out sometimes

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Speaker 4: There'll definitely be a few when I watch it back

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of you know, what ifs you can ask.

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Speaker 4: They made the play, got a ball down the middle

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Speaker 4: They made the play in the end, you know, even

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Speaker 2: Hockinson be big and come through big at times. But teams,

439
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,800
Speaker 2: the defenses see that, right, They make adjustments too. They

440
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,280
Speaker 2: understand what you're trying to do. And when you don't

441
00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,320
Speaker 2: have a you know, a thick playbook, you maybe you know,

442
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,639
Speaker 2: maybe throwing a right hand and you can't really counter

443
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,360
Speaker 2: with the left because you just don't have it in yet. Yeah,

444
00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,480
Speaker 2: so they're gonna take a long look and see what

445
00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,960
Speaker 2: the problem really is. You know, are there guys run

446
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 2: opened down the field that Dobbs is missing? My gut

447
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,359
Speaker 2: tells me no, that's not really the case. It's just

448
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,359
Speaker 2: a matter of finding ways to get guys open, you know.

449
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 2: Into the Bear's credit, they you know, they pressured and

450
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,280
Speaker 2: blitzed and did it, did a number of different things

451
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:16,639
Speaker 2: and played pretty well up front.

452
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 1: Dobbs ran for eleven yards and and he had run

453
00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,439
Speaker 1: for a touchdown five consecutive games that was snapped. The

454
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,720
Speaker 1: only touchdown he threw to TJ. Howkinson for TJ's fifth

455
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,200
Speaker 1: this year, Josh had four interceptions, that's a career high

456
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,640
Speaker 1: for him, but he only ran for eleven yards.

457
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,040
Speaker 2: Why well, they did a good job hemming them up right,

458
00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 2: and so he wasn't able to do that. He tried

459
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,800
Speaker 2: to scramble a few times to extend plays, you know,

460
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,760
Speaker 2: and and didn't really didn't really get a chance to

461
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:48,479
Speaker 2: do that. No called runs you know, his way. But

462
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,159
Speaker 2: again that's where you had to kind of credit the

463
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 2: Bears and teams. Know when when when you rush the

464
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,120
Speaker 2: passer and you got a scrambling quarterback, you know, more

465
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,119
Speaker 2: likely to take guys down the middle, you're more you know,

466
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,600
Speaker 2: less likely to pin your ears back and try to

467
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,680
Speaker 2: you know, get around an edge because he may the

468
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 2: quarterback may or not be there. So you know, they

469
00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 2: you got to give you got to give them some

470
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,679
Speaker 2: credit in that respect. They didn't allow him to just

471
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 2: make plays with his legs, you know, maybe maybe some

472
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 2: more bootlegs getting them out on the edges.

473
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Speaker 1: You know.

474
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Speaker 2: Those are those are all kinds of things that you

475
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 2: you know, you're gonna have to ask and there's I'm

476
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Speaker 2: sure there are reasons why they did or did not

477
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Speaker 2: or do what they did. It's just I mean, how

478
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Speaker 2: many how many times at our offense get inside the

479
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,359
Speaker 2: twenty right once might have been once? Yeah, I mean

480
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 2: we were in scoring range one time.

481
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Speaker 1: And so.

482
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Speaker 2: It's it's it was a four quarter, almost four entire

483
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Speaker 2: quarters of just not being able to move the football.

484
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Speaker 1: Well, the Vikings zero of two on fourth down, but

485
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 1: they went two of nine on third down. So that

486
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Speaker 1: means in the two games against Chicago this year, four

487
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Speaker 1: of twenty two on third down, and that's a major problem.

488
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Speaker 2: It is a major problem. But I don't think it's

489
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,919
Speaker 2: necessarily just third down. It's you know, third and longs.

490
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Speaker 2: I'd love to see a breakdown of the third and

491
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Speaker 2: yard you know, how much yardage and how much do

492
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 2: you need to gain you to get there? Because you

493
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 2: give this Bears defense third and seven plus, they're gonna

494
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:15,479
Speaker 2: have a lot of different things they can do. They

495
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 2: can flitch, they can do a lot of different things,

496
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 2: and so you know, a better job of running the

497
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,560
Speaker 2: ball on first and second down getting those the third

498
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 2: more manageable. I think you're gonna see that conversion ryco

499
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 2: quite a bit up. So my point is the efficiency

500
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Speaker 2: on first and second down has to be much better.

501
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Speaker 1: Let's hear from Minnesota Vikings quarterback Josh Dobbs.

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Speaker 7: Good evening, good evening. You know, obviously tough loss tonight.

503
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 7: I thought the crowd, starting with the fans man that

504
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,200
Speaker 7: the environment out there was electric and it was fun

505
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 7: to be out there, which we could have came up

506
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 7: with the win for the fans, for the guys you

507
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,560
Speaker 7: know in the locker room. Defense did a great job

508
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,719
Speaker 7: again giving the offense a chance. You know, we got

509
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,160
Speaker 7: to take care of the football. We said it last

510
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 7: week and we'll say it again this week, and we

511
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 7: didn't make enough place to win. We had a chance

512
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 7: at the end and you know, again the ball in

513
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 7: our hands with a chance to get a first down

514
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,680
Speaker 7: to really seal the deal at the end of the game,

515
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 7: despite everything that happened throughout the game. So yeah, it's

516
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 7: a tough one. Good it up to the Bears for

517
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 7: you know, make enough plays to win the ball game

518
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 7: in the end, and obviously by week where guys can

519
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 7: get rested, rejuvenated, and we'll be back.

520
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 3: We'll be back.

521
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 7: We'll look at the film, you know, I'll be better

522
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 7: and especially in the situations and making sure that we're

523
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 7: not playing a defense on short fields, and we're taking

524
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 7: care of the ball on offense because it starts with

525
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 7: me and we'll hit the ground running when we get

526
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 7: back from the buy. Open up for questions, Josh, what

527
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 7: do you feel like Chicago's defense did to keep you

528
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,880
Speaker 7: guys kind of out of rhythm throughout the night? Yeah,

529
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 7: you know, I thought early in the game, their offense

530
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 7: did a good job converting on third downs keeping us

531
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Speaker 7: off the field. You know, I think we had three

532
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 7: plays in the first quarter and our first sustained drive

533
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 7: was halfway through the second quarter, so we weren't able

534
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Speaker 7: to get in a rhythm early like we like to do.

535
00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 7: And then from there, man, it was like we had

536
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 7: opportunities we didn't execute. They did a good job at

537
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,440
Speaker 7: some catch points and getting the ball in the air

538
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 7: and taking advantage of some of those ops, and so

539
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 7: for us, man, it's be clean catch and throw despite

540
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 7: whatever's going on the other side of the ball. We

541
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 7: can get the ball on offense. Man, go out and execute,

542
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 7: do what we can do. And we do that, like

543
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,439
Speaker 7: we'll score more than ten points, especially with our defense

544
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,400
Speaker 7: playing the way that we do, and we'll be good

545
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 7: to go and put ourselves in better positions to win

546
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 7: in the end of the game.

547
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 5: I have to say, every play is different, but how

548
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 5: do you kind of absorb the totality of four interceptions?

549
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I don't.

550
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 7: You know, it's frustrating, like I see it because I know,

551
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 7: as we talked about throughout the week, we talked about

552
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 7: coming off last week on the road of Denver that turnovers,

553
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 7: you know, really control the game. And so it starts

554
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 7: with me and taking care of the football with my

555
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 7: decision making no matter what happens on the other end. It's,

556
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 7: you know, giving the receiver a good ball and throwing

557
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 7: getting the ball to where it needs to go based

558
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 7: on the cup Rich So I acknowledge it. Man, I'm

559
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 7: frustrated with myself because it starts with me, as I said,

560
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 7: and I'll be better for me. I'll learn from every

561
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,199
Speaker 7: single one of them tonight and we'll use it to

562
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 7: build momentum into the next opportunity.

563
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 6: How did you try to separate like ball placement versus

564
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:18,880
Speaker 6: out of rhythm.

565
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 3: And slash time?

566
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, based on the coverages that the defense

567
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 7: is given me is given me. You know, it's it's

568
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 7: a fine line between Okay, like that's a good window

569
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 7: to fit it in, and or it's not the first one.

570
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 7: I got deeped out by the corner. You did a

571
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 7: good job coming up on the underneath and then falling

572
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 7: under and then the other ones. You know, I just

573
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 7: can't put the ball in jeopardy on no one's a

574
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 7: fourth down, so we're trying to convert by any means necessary.

575
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 7: So yeah, you know, there's a fine line by the

576
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 7: end of the day, man, Like, when the ball's in

577
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 7: my hand and guys are opening, I'm gonna keep shooting.

578
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 7: I keep throwing the ball to where it needs to

579
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 7: needs to go, and I will clean up everything else

580
00:26:55,240 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 7: from there. What did they trade you to take away

581
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 7: your mobility being no factor.

582
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 5: In the game and time?

583
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, they did a good job with their

584
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 7: rush lanes, being disciplined keeping me in the pocket. Now,

585
00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 7: as we said, you know, there still were opportunities to

586
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,239
Speaker 7: throw the ball to the right place, make plays down

587
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 7: the field, and you know I didn't execute. We didn't

588
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 7: execute as an offense, So that was that. But it

589
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 7: will be cleaned up and we'll use each one of

590
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 7: the opportunities man as a as a as a learning opportunity,

591
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 7: as a building block so that when we come back

592
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 7: after the by man, we're we're clicking on all cylinders.

593
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,919
Speaker 7: Just do you think the first couple of starts that

594
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 7: you have maybe mass just.

595
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 3: The complexity of being on rhythm any.

596
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: Time in this offense.

597
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 7: You know, I'm I'm learning each week. No, I think

598
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 7: I was able to come out and play clean and

599
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 7: fishing football. And that's the expectation I said on myself

600
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 7: as the expectation I have on myself tonight, as you

601
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,719
Speaker 7: guys hopefully i've seen. You know, I don't make excuse

602
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 7: just based on my situation of just being here a month, man,

603
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 7: because I had the opportunity to get the reps in practice.

604
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 7: So yeah, you know, I hold myself to a higher standard,

605
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 7: and no matter what happened on the other end tonight, man,

606
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 7: I know I can play better football, and so I'm

607
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 7: not shamed to say that. I'm not running from it.

608
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 7: So I'm excited for the next opportunity to show up.

609
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 5: That's where I argue that.

610
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 7: As a whole, Yeah, you know, it's it's growing leaps

611
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,120
Speaker 7: and bounds each and every opportunity. I know, obviously when

612
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 7: you look at the stats from tonight, it might not

613
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 7: show that, but you know, the efficiency getting out of

614
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 7: the huddle, you know, not being up against the play

615
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 7: clock throughout the night, being able to be in the

616
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 7: right place throughout the night. You know, I think that

617
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 7: showed with the opportunities that we had to make those plays.

618
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 7: We didn't make the plays, but being able to give

619
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 7: ourselves a chance, you know, by not being up against

620
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 7: the clock, being the right play and then having a

621
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 7: chance to execute is huge, especially in this offense as

622
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 7: we look to maximize matchups. So, yeah, it's grown lead

623
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 7: some bounds. I know it's an off week. I'll take

624
00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 7: some time to recharge, but you know, both of my

625
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 7: time this week will be to continue to pour into

626
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 7: the playbook, man, get it down as much as I

627
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 7: can so that when game days come and be able

628
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 7: to just go out and play clean, off fishing football.

629
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 5: Just do you worry that the turnovers could impact where

630
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 5: you get that.

631
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 3: Next to a team? You know?

632
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 7: Honestly, you know I think that that's coaching decision, But no,

633
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,719
Speaker 7: I don't. I just focus on myself, focus on how

634
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 7: I can help this team win, Focus on how I

635
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 7: can be a better teammate, better quarterback man, and focus

636
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 7: on how I can make sure the offense is in

637
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,479
Speaker 7: the right play based on the scenario, to go out

638
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 7: and execute and play a hot low.

639
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 3: Awesome.

640
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 7: Appreciate Joe all right.

641
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: The Vikings next play the Las Vegas Raiders after the

642
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: bye week, so no Vikings football next weekend. We have

643
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: five games to go in the season. The belief is justin.

644
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: Jefferson absolutely returns for the Las Vegas Raiders game and

645
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: gives the coaching staff a little lecture to I'm to

646
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: work on some Josh Dobbs related plays in the final five.

647
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: What are you looking for?

648
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 2: I mean, the way I look at it, you don't

649
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 2: have to run the table with the conference.

650
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: So that's three.

651
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 2: That's three and two right there at least, and then

652
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 2: hopefully pick up a game or two, you know, one

653
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 2: of these two next you know games when.

654
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: You hook Cincinnati on the road, you get Jake Browning.

655
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so that's kind of that with Joey Burrow,

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Speaker 2: no question about that.

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Speaker 1: That's going to help.

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Speaker 2: So again, though we looked at this game as a

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Speaker 2: game that we should have won, can you look ahead

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Speaker 2: and say, Vegas they're struggling, they're this, they're that, you know,

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Speaker 2: I know, they they had some transactions, they released a cornerback.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot going on out there, so

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Speaker 2: you know, but they have they have a game this weekend,

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Speaker 2: and things could change. Injuries happen, a lot of things

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Speaker 2: happen week in and week out. You never know, but

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Speaker 2: they're they're I think they're still in control of what

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Speaker 2: ends up happening. And that's all you can ask for.

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Speaker 2: You still have to beat the Packers, who right now

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Speaker 2: appear to be one of the biggest threats for a

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Speaker 2: wild card, and you have me at home, which is great,

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Speaker 2: and then you have two against Detroit, and so you know,

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Speaker 2: that's a hell of a three week span right there,

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Speaker 2: playing Detroit twice, you know, and then having you know,

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Speaker 2: having Green Bay I think sandwiched in between there.

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Speaker 1: Keep it here at Vikings dot Com Pete Bursage. We'll

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Speaker 1: have one of his patented film breakdowns available for you Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: and we also will do winning formula into the final

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Speaker 1: five games of the season. For Pete Bursage, I'm Paul Allen.

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings lost Monday Night Football to the Chicago

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Speaker 1: Bears twelve and ten. The Vikings postgame report is a

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