1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: And we are back with another School Stories presented by 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: three M, the official science partner of the Minnesota Vikings. Tonight, 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: we're catching up with Vikings legend and Pro Football Hall 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: of Fame finalist Jared Allen. 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: Welcome back to School Stories presented by three M. Tonight's 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: guest is the larger than life former defensive end who 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: left his stamp on the Vikings organization from two thousand 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: and eight to twenty thirteen. Nowadays, he's transitioning from sacking 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: quarterbacks to sweeping curling stones as he and his teammates 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: will be competing at the twenty twenty four USA Curling 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 2: National Championships later this month. Always a blast to catch 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: up with, so please enjoy Tonight's conversation with the legend jaredy. 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: Well. 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: Jared. 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: It's hard to believe it's been a decade since you 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: last played a game for the Vikings, and to me, 18 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: you seem like one of those guys that we're gonna 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: You have a whole life to lead. 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: Have you ever thought about, like, man, I really missed 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: the camaraderie, missed the locker room. Do you miss any 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: aspect of the NFL or do you just like full 24 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: steam ahead the most? 25 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 4: I mean, I guess you'd say. I mean, anybody is 26 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 4: lying they don't say don't miss the competition on Sunday. 27 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 4: I mean, Sunday's wrong as the past, right, right, But 28 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 4: everybody quits and retires because of all the work you 29 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 4: have to put in Monday through Saturday, driving everybody away 30 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 4: from the UFL. If Tom Rady only had to stay, 31 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 4: you know, show up on Sunday, it's still playing. So 32 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 4: other than that, now, you know, I'm always I always 33 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 4: knew football with the means to do an am at 34 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 4: some point, right, you know, I think that's unfortunately a 35 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 4: lot of people gets where they get stuck looking in 36 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 4: the rearview, wondering what it is. But I'm also a 37 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 4: fortunate guy that I got to play my career in 38 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 4: my terms. I'm able to go where I wanted when 39 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 4: I wanted. It was never cut and you know, all 40 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 4: my trades were because I asked for him and went 41 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 4: to exactly where I wanted to go. But my career 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 4: was kind of a perfect storm. 43 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: Jared, I had a chance to and we'll get into 44 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: this little bit more. But Pat Williams was on the 45 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: sideline before the game and I got talked to Pat 46 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: a little bit and then made me think back to 47 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: your time with Kansas City. And I'll never forget. This 48 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: was two thousand and seven. It was my first year 49 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: doing you know, calling the games and everything. But you 50 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: were with Kansas City. You had been suspended or been 51 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: off the team, and then your first game back was 52 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: against US and you went absolutely crazy against us. And 53 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: then a year later, you know, you're you're playing for 54 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: the Vikings. I want to know a little bit about 55 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: that time in your career and what was it that 56 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 2: that turned everything around? Because you were successful in Kansas City, 57 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 2: no question about it. But I think your time with 58 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 2: Minnesota was because of the decisions that you had made right, 59 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 2: the decisions that you came to as a man as 60 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: a player, and you became a true professional. 61 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, I think you know, you look back in 62 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 4: and like I said, you know, great, great four years 63 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: in Kansas City. I mean I remember Credent averaging coach 64 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 4: to you know, ten and a half eleven a year there, 65 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 4: so it was pretty solid. But yeah, I think the 66 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 4: big part for me was coming out of Kanpas City, 67 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 4: and you know, you go through the hiccups there and 68 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 4: and maturing of a human beings and as a man, 69 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 4: and you know, a firm believer of the Lord put 70 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 4: me where I needed to be when I needed to 71 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 4: be there. But I came into a situation in Minnesota 72 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 4: that was it wasn't It was a locker room full 73 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 4: of you know, you know, more married guys, guys that 74 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: were further out in life, right, I mean around guys 75 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 4: like Pat and Kevin drove me to a next level 76 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 4: because of the competition alone in our d line room, right, 77 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: you know, and no disrespect everybody in Cana. Say, I 78 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 4: was coming out of Kansas City, where I was the 79 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: absolute guy in that room and and and on the 80 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 4: team at that at that time, you know, we just 81 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 4: you know, Tomba was young in his career and so 82 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 4: having to go from a room to where you know, 83 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 4: I'm walking into making my first Pro Bowl, right, you know, 84 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 4: pro season, leaving the league in sacks, but then walking 85 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: into a room where you got multiple all pros. You 86 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 4: have Kevin Williams and Mike are really one of the 87 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 4: best three techniques from the game, right, you know, the 88 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 4: Pat Williams and there's no you know, I have to 89 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 4: talk about what he was cable doing a run games 90 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 4: side of things. Right, Yeah, you came into a competition 91 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: that that just drove me further. And then you said 92 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: he mature as a man, mature as a human being, 93 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 4: and then you learn how to be a professional. I 94 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 4: think that's the biggest thing these young kids don't understand, 95 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 4: is how to be professional, right and and and that 96 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 4: drive I always had that drives the greatest, and so 97 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 4: that's what drove me. And I just happened to be 98 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: in a room where you know, I was head a 99 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: coach and Carl Tumbar, who we didn't take competition lightly. 100 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 4: And if I told him I wanted to be the best, 101 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 4: he was going to push us to that to the brink. 102 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: You know, Now, Jared, were you aware of you Did 103 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: you expect that or were aware of that when you 104 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: made the decision to come to Minnesota or was that 105 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: something that you that you figured out along the way. 106 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 4: No, I was aware. That's why I wanted to come there, right, 107 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 4: I hadn't had a dominant de tackle force like that. Now, 108 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 4: We'll say the hardest thing, my hardest part of my 109 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 4: transition from kansasity of Minnesota was learning how Kevin and 110 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 4: I especially to play together. Right I'm coming. He was 111 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 4: kind of the past word's presence right uh here, I'm 112 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: coming into a spot where you know, Kevin kind of 113 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 4: does what he wants. I'm used to doing whatever I 114 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 4: want inside outside, we learned. It took us about three 115 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 4: or four game to realize we worked better on opposite 116 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: side of the line. You know, if I'm gonna be 117 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 4: on the right, come they're down, He's going to be 118 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 4: on the level. 119 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 2: And for listeners, that's a big deal because offensive linemen 120 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: could do that all the time. They do that all 121 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 2: day long. That's what they do, right. They are five 122 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: miserable people that just play together. D Linemen are not 123 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 2: that way, you guys. You guys are lone wolves, live 124 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: on your own. It's hard to get two guys to 125 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 2: work together like you guys did. 126 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 4: It really is right because you know, everybody's trying to 127 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 4: get to the quarterbacks exactly, and everybody wants to one 128 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 4: on one. And when we found out, like Kevin and I, 129 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 4: who end up on the same side, they just slide 130 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 4: the line to us right and you know, running into 131 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 4: each other and so it took a sacrifice on both 132 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 4: Obviously Kevin. Kevin was to play, had the flexibility to 133 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 4: go after right. I stayed on one side, So you 134 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 4: know that took a bitting used to But I think 135 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing was, and I learned this 136 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 4: in my last year in Kansas City, was you know, 137 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 4: when I started making changes in my life to eliminate distractions. 138 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 4: Like I tell young kids, if you just take care 139 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 4: of football, right, everything else, take care of yourself. Get 140 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 4: don't think about contracts, don't think about money, don't think 141 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 4: about this because you're not only was I going through, 142 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 4: you know, get getting introle off the field stuff that 143 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 4: I had. You know I was, I was two years 144 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: removed from that, right, but still you know, you're still 145 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 4: dealing with these sects of that and then going through 146 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 4: a contract dispute, you know in Kansas City, which is 147 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 4: what led me to Minnesota. Like, there was a lot 148 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 4: of distractions, right, and so then how do you handle success? 149 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 4: And so that was kind of like I said, the 150 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 4: Good Lord put me where I need to be when 151 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 4: I need to be there, And that was kind of 152 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 4: the biggest My biggest maturation as as a player was 153 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 4: just eliminating distractions. Understanding that when I came into that office, 154 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 4: I could check in right and just be full on, 155 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 4: and then when I got home, I could I could 156 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 4: go and be you know, check out and be a 157 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 4: productive part of society. And you know, realizing what you 158 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 4: do when you're when you're not in the facility is 159 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 4: going to also help what happened on the field, right, 160 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 4: How much studying time do you put and how well 161 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: prepared are you? You know, do you come into Tuesday 162 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 4: or Wednesday practice prepared for the week or are you 163 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 4: just learning? You know, you just watch the film. It 164 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: was a difference. So I started developing really good habits. 165 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 4: You know, my last year in Kansas City is you know, 166 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 4: how to practice, how how to prepare? How to you know, 167 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 4: when I came in Wednesday, I knew it was run day, 168 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 4: but I already had my rush plan attack, right, Yeah, 169 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 4: so you know now now I'm fine tuning. Now we're 170 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 4: just going through watching the RUG so you can focus 171 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 4: on the individual aspects of the week practice versus you know, 172 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 4: my younger days. You come in and it's the first 173 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 4: time I saw an off into alignment on film was Wednesday, right, 174 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 4: Because that's when I got myself. I got my DVD 175 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 4: on that Wednesday. So you know, you just learned little 176 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 4: things like that, and you know that's the difference between 177 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 4: good and great and the difference between average and good. 178 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: We should mention as we continue our discussion with Jared Allen. 179 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: The background noise you hear is rock climbing time with 180 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: the Allen household, or at least you're out and about 181 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: with your kids. So it sounds like everyone's having a 182 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: really good time. 183 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, you're saying, you know, one of those perfect 184 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 4: days when you come when there's a birthday party. 185 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 3: You're just a big kid. 186 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: Anyway, speaking of being a big kid last year, Jared, 187 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: you literally when you were in ductive in Minnesota Vikings 188 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: Ring of Honor, you road into US Bank Stadium in 189 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: the back of a horse. It was crazy, and what 190 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: do you what did that honor mean to you? And 191 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: what do you remember about the festivities beyond or maybe 192 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: starting with the horse that brought you in. 193 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 4: You know what I mean? That was it was fantastic. 194 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 4: I was I was joking with with my wife the 195 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: other day when we were watching I was watching the 196 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 4: Cowboys game and he doctor Jimmy Johnson, and I was like, man, 197 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 4: based on my on my intro and my uh you know, 198 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 4: pomp and circumstances of Vikings so forward, the Cowboys were 199 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: kind of low renting it brought. He had a he 200 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 4: had a single mic stand you know what I mean, like, 201 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 4: come on here, you can do better than that. 202 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 3: Right. 203 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 4: The honor was, I mean, it's it literally is one 204 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: of the highlights of my life. You have that nament, 205 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 4: you know, being in Minnesota being a Viking meant so 206 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 4: much to me just uh, you know, professionally, personally, I 207 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 4: have such deep personal relationships with so many people from there, 208 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 4: from the coaches, from players to front office people to 209 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 4: back you know, back office people. I mean, so for 210 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 4: me to be able to be there, to share that 211 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: and and to see the effort they put into to 212 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: bring me back. And then the horse thing was just 213 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 4: you know, the icing on the cake. Uh, it was 214 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 4: what a great two days just just obviously you know, 215 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: I'd just reader into first class in Minnesota area. 216 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 3: Jared. 217 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 2: The best part of that bit was was the was 218 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: Coolio having his own credential? 219 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 4: That was when they got a pressidentially Yeah, and then 220 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 4: he went on he went on to sell. I think 221 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 4: he give himself like seventy five thousand bucks out in 222 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 4: Vegas to follow. So you know, I don't, I don't. 223 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 4: I don't typically ride for reasons I have quarter horse 224 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 4: in otherwise I would have had the purchase of myself. 225 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 4: I think that's what they were hoping for. But no, 226 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 4: I mean again, it's just it's just Minnesota is the best. Honestly. 227 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 4: I love that organization, love that community, and they treated 228 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 4: me fantastic. You know, A big part of my life 229 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: was there and and career and so yeah, it just 230 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 4: you know, that was just a special honor. And again, 231 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 4: I just I think it shows, you know, my personality 232 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 4: and the organization's personality kind of mesh at least Tom 233 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 4: West and I do, right, And I'm sure. 234 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: Sure absolutely well, Jared Allen, you're your your staffs speak 235 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: for themselves. And once again you've been named a twenty 236 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: twenty four Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist. I know 237 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: there was a lot of buzz going on about all that, 238 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: and you're a busy man with so many things. The curling, 239 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that in a minute, so 240 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: you kind of just put it out of your mind. 241 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: Until that day comes, or is it? I mean, how 242 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: do you kind of sort that out? Understanding you are 243 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: a finalist Again. 244 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 4: I didn't even know I got a test for someone 245 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 4: saying help on the way I talked to coach Fraser. 246 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 4: You was like, hey, I'm going to be talking about 247 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 4: you on the show that there's there so right. So No, honestly, 248 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 4: I didn't even know where I know where I was at. 249 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: I was doing something that's probably the best way of 250 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: handling it. You know, if it happens, it happens, right. 251 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 4: I have a firm believe in life, don't you know, 252 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 4: control what you can control, right, I have no control 253 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 4: over this, I would be lying to you. I said, 254 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: it wasn't frustrating to be you know put on as 255 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 4: a first Ballad finalist was one of the greatest Hall 256 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 4: of Fame classes to be held over four times now, 257 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 4: you know, But again, what can I do about it? 258 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: There's nothing I can do about it, you know, at 259 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 4: the end of the day, you know, as the guy's 260 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 4: honest truth, you know, the gold jacket isn't going to 261 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 4: make me a break. It'll be one of the most 262 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: tremendous honors of my life. It'll be it'll be a 263 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 4: nod to you know, Hey, you did it the right way. 264 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 4: But I play this game for the respect of my 265 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 4: peers and of you know, the guys I played with 266 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 4: and the guys that played you know, ahead of me, 267 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 4: and and I hope I gave. I hope the fans 268 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 4: knew that I put everything I had into it. And 269 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 4: so you know, when people were spending their harder dollars, 270 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 4: you can watch this play that they felt you know 271 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 4: that I appreciated that from them. So you know, everything 272 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 4: else is icing on the cake. And so yeah, I 273 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 4: just kind of take things in stride. You know, I've 274 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: made the comments several times. Anything gonna stop my life 275 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: one way or the other. You know, my kids aren't 276 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 4: gonna love me more or less. Well maybe they might 277 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 4: think I'm cooler, but yeah, dog, I'm having chores, you know, 278 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 4: picking up dog cramps. 279 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: I never stick around for more school stories. 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Now, let's get back into our conversation with 292 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 2: the one and only Jared Allen. Now, Jared, later this month, 293 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: you're going to be competing in the USA National Curling 294 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: Championships out in East Rutford, New Jersey, which I had 295 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 2: no idea was a curling hotbed. 296 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 3: But anyway, what is it hot? Okay? 297 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 2: Explain, just explain the curling and what is it about 298 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 2: that sport that drew you. I mean, are you a 299 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 2: natural at it? Is it the way you can compete 300 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 2: without being sore the next day? I mean, what is 301 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 2: it about curling that you love? 302 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 4: I'm an athlete, so I'm a natural and everything I 303 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 4: hear you about, I hear you on that. 304 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 3: But still, this is this is the world you're just 305 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 3: walking in. It's like I think I could throw darts, 306 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 3: but you go ahead and throw darts against you know, 307 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: the pros. You still get your rear end handed to you. 308 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and I still fall all the time. Yeah again, 309 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 4: if you every knows the story, I took a bet 310 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 4: and trying to make the Olympics, and I just, you know, 311 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 4: I have that mentality to see it through. So my 312 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 4: team right now, we have a really good team. You know, 313 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 4: I've been to This is going to be my third 314 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: or fourth nationals, maybe fifth nationals, third or fourth maybe 315 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 4: I can't remember anyway, but but yeah, so we have 316 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 4: a we have a pretty solid team. Uh you know, 317 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 4: we're just so we're just trying to win national titles, 318 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 4: try to you know, the next year, trying to qualify 319 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 4: if he wins the trials and and get that thing 320 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 4: he settled in on. So you know, again, I'm just 321 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 4: one of those mentalities that I took a bet and 322 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 4: then I went all in and so now I'm so down, 323 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 4: so deep down the rabbit hole. I couldn't know, I'll 324 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 4: feel like the loser life would be more similar. But 325 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 4: so now I just got to see it through. But 326 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 4: I do enjoy it. I think it's a it's it's 327 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 4: it's a totally different. You know, from a competition to 328 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 4: the standpoint I'm always a very competitive, right athletic standpoint 329 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 4: of you know, having my body, teaching my body to 330 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 4: do something that that comes natural to me. It's the 331 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,599 Speaker 4: mental side of it that's really tough, and and the 332 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: different elements of It's like the golf short team, right, 333 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 4: like the football. All my emotions work for me, right my, my, 334 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 4: My adrenaline, all that adrenaline works for me. That the 335 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 4: hype of the crowd, all that, you know, drives you. 336 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 4: And in this one, you know, and curly, you know, 337 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 4: you have a bad shot and you got to be 338 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 4: able to sweep into and your heart's got to raise. 339 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 4: You gotta be able to have full control of your 340 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 4: body to be able to, you know, throw off a 341 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 4: nest touch shot depending on what you're doing. So I 342 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 4: think that's what I like about it. And then you know, 343 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: I'm like a dancing bear on ice. So you know, 344 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 4: so ice on anything, it just makes it, It makes 345 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 4: it entertaining and work, Jeff. But it's a great sport. 346 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 4: And the people, the people are so cool, they're so 347 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 4: welcoming that you all, you know, then then that drives 348 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 4: you to help bring more attention to them, and and 349 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 4: you just get to you know, again, it's a small 350 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 4: it's a small community, but it's fun community and travel 351 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,119 Speaker 4: the world doing it, so it's gonna bless. 352 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: So who'd thought, I mean, really, whould have thought all 353 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: those days of your parents made you work the broom 354 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: in the house and outside would pay off like this, right, 355 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: Like they knew it, right, they knew it. 356 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 4: Every time I did, every time I did lunch was 357 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 4: preparing for the next great thing curling. 358 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: Well about getting too deep into the weeds. How what 359 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: is the format for the championships curling championships and how 360 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: far are you looking to take this thing with your 361 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: team in the future. 362 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 4: So top eight minutes nationals company in the US, okay, 363 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 4: and so we can qualified up points for Nationals, and 364 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 4: then I think we're sitting in fifty third or something 365 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 4: like that in the world right now, depending on your 366 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 4: to day versus total points. And then I don't know 367 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 4: how what Olympic trial qualification is going to be, but 368 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 4: typically what happens, it's a big national to be a 369 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 4: round robin, right, all eighteen to play each other, and 370 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 4: then after the round robin, the top four will go 371 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 4: off to the playoffs, to the quarterfinals, and then you know, 372 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 4: do it on a fourteen kind of playoffs out of that, 373 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 4: and then Olympic trials timpably work at usually six to 374 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 4: eighteen trying the same thing like a double round robin, 375 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 4: and then whoever is in the finals, they end up 376 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: playing our best two out of the agency. He goes 377 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 4: and what with the Olympics. You win it? You go 378 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: to the Olympics. You don't wow. 379 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: You know when USA curling is based right here in 380 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: Egan now or in the backyard. 381 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 4: Man, I know right there. You know, I'm trying to 382 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 4: try to get the vikings that you have to put 383 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 4: some money into and let's go. 384 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 3: I mean, think about it. You can have a gold 385 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 3: medal for the gold jacket. How about that? 386 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 4: How about how time would that be? 387 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: I mean this happened right who else in the world, 388 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: who else in the world has a gold jacket and 389 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: a gold medal? 390 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 4: That's That's what I'm saying. I'm like, if I got it, 391 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be like cool running you. I'm gonna go 392 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: become a citizen down in the don the behind. 393 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: It and you need to ride back in here on 394 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: Coolio with your gold jacket and your gold medal and 395 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: your Coolio credential. 396 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 3: One more time. 397 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 4: I got to figure out, you know, I'm pretty become 398 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: decent friends over the years. I'm like, if I don't 399 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: if I don't make it, you know, if I don't 400 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 4: win the other trial, and like, how do I get 401 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 4: to be the ultimate? I'm okay with the gold medal 402 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 4: on the right. 403 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 3: At this stage, you're like, everybody want. 404 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 4: On the bench. They still tell everybody, I don't need 405 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: to need to start the show. I just need to 406 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 4: be I just need to be in the show. 407 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: So if we want to I fans want to follow 408 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: along the track of your team. Is there a way 409 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: of keeping track of how you guys are doing in the. 410 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, check out like USA Curling dot com for Nationals 411 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 4: right and and thos or Curling Zone and all the 412 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 4: games will be streamed on their YouTube channels. There erf 413 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 4: but we'll get something. We'll getself the popping for for 414 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 4: national cerebody you see, but typically you go to the 415 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 4: YouTube channel in USA Curling and Nationals, all the games 416 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 4: will be streamed on that. 417 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 2: Let me ask you this question. Has your years of football, uh, 418 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 2: your experiences all through college and then the NFL has 419 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 2: it prepared you for parenting at all? 420 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 4: That could be honest. I don't think anything prepares you 421 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 4: for parenting on answer, because because if they did, no 422 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 4: one would have kids. You know what, nobody would have kids. 423 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 4: I tell you all the time, it's the ninety ten 424 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 4: rule now evecent the time. It's awesome ten percent of it. 425 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 4: It's so miserable, Right, Why did I have kids? And 426 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 4: I got good kids? 427 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 3: Yeah? 428 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 2: The best is the best is when you're you know, 429 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 2: you're married and you're sitting there going you see other 430 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 2: people with their kids and you're like, I'm never letting 431 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 2: my kid do that. No, never, never, and fast forward 432 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 2: You're like, whatever. 433 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: Misery loves company. Uh No, I don't you know. I 434 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 4: think everything in life prepares you for something, depending on 435 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 4: how you right. You know, my faith prepares me for 436 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 4: for parenting football, absolutely right. You're kind of taking lesson 437 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 4: lessons learn learning how to teach right, pass pass something 438 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 4: on to the next next generation down I think you know, 439 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 4: I say, you give me patience. You know, my wife 440 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 4: is obviously having a great partner in this thing works out? 441 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 2: Well? 442 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I try to pull something from everything 443 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 4: I do to help me at some point in my life. 444 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 4: You know, I think my experiences in life you can 445 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 4: help me. And just like you know, my parents trying 446 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 4: to pass that down to me, I try to pass 447 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 4: that down to my kids. And then you understand that 448 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,959 Speaker 4: a lot of you know, just like most of you everybody, 449 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 4: some people have to learn the hard way, and you 450 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 4: got to let them fail. I think that's, you know, 451 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 4: kind of the big thing too, from from a sports standpoint, 452 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 4: is that you know, sometimes the best way, the best 453 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 4: way to learn is through failure. Right. I learned to 454 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 4: get my hands on I learned to get my hands 455 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 4: on the right position because I don't want to get 456 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 4: knocked on my butt, you know, and in a run 457 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 4: game or something, you know, so sometimes you gotta gotta 458 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 4: let them fail. Yeah, I think I think life teaches 459 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 4: you lessons than my game. I think that's the base 460 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 4: of apparently, right, keee him alive and uh, you know, 461 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 4: pass on, pass on whatever little nuggets you can. And 462 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: you're trying to be a guy exactor, try to help 463 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 4: them avoid major catastrophes, but at the same time allowing 464 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 4: them to uh, to explore and allow them to sale. 465 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 2: No matter how dumb they think you are. Now when 466 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 2: they're about twenty four, they're going to realize how smart 467 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: you are. It's just it's just just give it time. 468 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:29,239 Speaker 2: Just give it time. 469 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 4: Like you know, I'm like, I'm like, one day they're 470 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 4: going to be like, you know what, Dad was right 471 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 4: and that. 472 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: It happens Jared right. 473 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 4: As a kid, I I regret the fact that I 474 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: have to tell my dads like, dang, you're right now 475 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: real quickly? 476 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: Are you keeping tabs in the NFL a little bit 477 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: these days? Obviously it's been a bit of a frustrating 478 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: season up here of late with the Vikings. 479 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: Especially at home. 480 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 4: I yeah, yeah, Hey. 481 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: How about your old buddy Carrison Smith. Twelfth season is 482 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: a Viking wrapping that up? And uh, what do you 483 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: remember about him joining? I mean, Matt, gosh, what what 484 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: a career to be with. 485 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 3: This one the pick. 486 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 4: I remember talking to George Payton, and George Payton called 487 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 4: the text me and he said, because I was pulling. 488 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 4: I was pulling to get a dB earlier, right, we 489 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: had I think we had to we need to taking 490 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 4: Kleil first. I was trying to get us a dB 491 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 4: and uh, when they traded back up, you get Harrison. 492 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 4: I remember George Payton texted me saying, hey, we got 493 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 4: a good one here. He's going to be good and 494 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 4: sure enough that what a boy career he's had. Hopefully 495 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 4: he can finish the whole thing out in Minnesota and 496 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 4: be one of those guys that you know it, you know, 497 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 4: spends an entire career with one team and not that 498 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 4: entire career of the team. I mean, he's had a 499 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 4: just a massive impact on the organization, right, I mean, 500 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 4: he's had a brilliant clear you know there with one team, 501 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 4: so you know, CROs to him, and he's just a 502 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: heck of a player. 503 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 2: It's just fun to watch that transition from a bright eyed, 504 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 2: bushy tailed rookie with the head shave to here and 505 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 2: now he's got the suits and the cool and the 506 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 2: classic cars. It's just it's just cool to see guys 507 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 2: make that just you know, like the Brian Robbins, like 508 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 2: the Brian Robinson. You know, he shows up, he's corn 509 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 2: Rose and all this and now he's you know, he's 510 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 2: just at some point he's like, yeah, I am who 511 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 2: I am, and let's just let's just roll with it. 512 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, you got you just got to be yourself. That's 513 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 4: what it's all about. Whether that's the best part about 514 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 4: football is that, especially the NFL, you can't be a fraud, right. 515 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 4: If you're a fraud, you get exposed, so. 516 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 3: Too hard to be a fraud out. 517 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 4: Young guys usually figure it out pretty quick. 518 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: We'll let you get back to the rock climbing. Good 519 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: luck with the hof good luck with the curling team. 520 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: And it's so great to catch up with you. We 521 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: really appreciate I know the fans do as well. 522 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on guys. 523 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: Well, it's always great catching up with Jared Allen whenever 524 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: we have the chance. Always fun to chat with. Best 525 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: of luck to him and his teammates competing out in 526 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: New Jersey at the end of the month. In curling, Well, 527 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: the Lions have waited thirty long years to become divisional 528 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: champs again. They have it and ford Field will be 529 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: rocking this Sunday in the final game of the regular 530 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: season for both teams. The TV broadcast we carried live 531 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: on Fox at noon Central Time, but of course you 532 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: can also hear Pete and Pa right here all across 533 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: the Vikings radio network. Be sure to check your local 534 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: listings for details and best of luck once again to 535 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: Jared Allen at the US Curling National Championship at the 536 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: end of the month. 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