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Speaker 2: What is going on?

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings podcast resented by PEPSI. My

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Speaker 3: name is Gabe Henderson on alongside Vikings dot Com statum

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Speaker 3: Everett Jay Nelson and our producer Eric Davidson. Today on

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Speaker 3: the show, we were talking all things NFL playoffs. We're

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Speaker 3: going to discuss in particular the NFC North and just

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Speaker 3: what is going on with the team two states over,

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Speaker 3: the Detroit Lions, and helping us break that down as

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Speaker 3: our friend mister Hoby Rtig. Of course we all know

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Speaker 3: Hoby rt He worked at Fox nine. Just an amazing anchor,

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Speaker 3: even better person, but more importantly he's back in Detroit

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Speaker 3: working at the local four news station there in Hoby,

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Speaker 3: Its just hearing your voice and brought it up early.

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Speaker 2: Just hearing your.

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Speaker 3: Voice before we started today's show is just warming to

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Speaker 3: the heart.

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Speaker 2: But too, how are you man?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Loving Detroit. It's where

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Speaker 4: of my wife grew up, so we're back in one

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Speaker 4: of our home states, and it's been great from a

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Speaker 4: personal standpoint, but also from a professional standpoint. To be

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Speaker 4: able to watch the growth of this Detroit Lions team

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Speaker 4: has been absolutely phenomenal. It's probably the perfect storm of

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Speaker 4: things to be happening right now, and now you're seeing

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Speaker 4: it pay off as they get ready to play in

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Speaker 4: the NFC Championship game for the first time. It's nineteen

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Speaker 4: ninety one, so Courat.

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Speaker 1: Who knew all Detroit needed was hoping to move there

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Speaker 1: in order to become super.

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Speaker 4: Successful, right, Yeah, Michigan won the National Championship. Yeah that

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Speaker 4: Now the Lions are having their best season in three decades.

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Speaker 1: So I know your wife does a Michigan state fans.

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Speaker 1: I'm surprised that she even mentioned that.

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Speaker 4: Yes, she's at work right now and I'm at home.

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Speaker 3: Well, hopefully she doesn't listen to this podcast today, but

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Speaker 3: we're excited to have you on.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 5: I was gonna say, Hobe kind of the idea of

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Speaker 5: football fans in general just have had an insane season

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Speaker 5: so far, Like, how are they actually handling this so far,

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Speaker 5: kind of like.

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Speaker 4: The team taking it all in stride, because a lot

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Speaker 4: of people at the beginning of the season going into it,

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Speaker 4: especially from a Lion's perspective, there was a lot of optimism,

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Speaker 4: especially with the way they ended the season beating the Packers.

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Speaker 4: Jabal Williams had his big speech at the end of

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Speaker 4: the game. He's no longer with the team, but I

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Speaker 4: think that created a spark of this could become something special,

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Speaker 4: and a lot of people were hopeful whenever they went

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Speaker 4: then after that they've just kind of optimistically looked toward

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Speaker 4: beating the Bucks to earn this trip to take on

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Speaker 4: San Francisco, I think a lot of people are starting

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Speaker 4: to believe. Kind of like the old Ted Lasso saying,

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Speaker 4: this is kind of like the Ted Lasso of the NFL.

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Speaker 4: The NFL. There we go.

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Speaker 1: That's a great analogy.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 3: Just you've been to Ford Field prior to working in Detroit.

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Speaker 4: Correct, No, actually the first time I was whenever I

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Speaker 3: Wow, I guess from my perspective of understanding that year

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Speaker 4: Total one eighty I mean and gave you actually bring

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Speaker 4: But look at us now, and there were so many

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Speaker 4: But a lot of it is the guys who have

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Speaker 2: If you will love it, yeah, that's it's true.

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Speaker 1: I think you just hit the nail on the head

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Speaker 1: with it being a carryover from the end of last season.

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Speaker 1: But I think a lot of teams really struggle sometimes

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Speaker 1: with putting it all together throughout a eighteen week, seventeen

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Speaker 1: You know they've played in in what thirty years?

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Speaker 4: You said, yeah, yeah, it's been a long time. And

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Speaker 4: and you say that that number thirty years, and I'll

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Speaker 4: coach speak, it's one game at a time, but Jared

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Speaker 4: Goff has said constantly throughout this season in the locker room,

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Speaker 4: This is a completely new team. And I think that

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Speaker 4: that's the idea that Dan Campbell instilled in this team,

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Speaker 4: Because going into that game against the Rams, yeah, Matthew

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Speaker 4: also playing his old team and a lot of people

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Speaker 4: wanted to win it for him, but he was treating

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Speaker 4: and I think that's what has carried this team a

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Speaker 5: They don't have to look back, but I'm going to

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Speaker 5: for half a second here. The kind of the question

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Speaker 5: on my end is they haven't lost back to back

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Speaker 4: I think believing in each other. I think that's the

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Speaker 4: only thing I can say. I don't know if that's

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Speaker 4: They've always found a way to bounce back. And I

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Speaker 4: think it goes back to they don't perseverate on the

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Speaker 4: And I know, and that's such a hard thing to do.

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Speaker 4: But Dan Campbell has been such a great motivator for

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Speaker 4: think that players whenever you have a guy that has

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Speaker 4: that they view leadership in a different context. And I

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Speaker 4: And I think that him keeping things in perspective and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Hobey, You've been around several coaches throughout your career

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Speaker 1: in broadcasting, and Dan Campbell just seems like you get

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Speaker 1: like to be around about his press conferences? When you

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Speaker 2: Impressed with us?

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Speaker 4: Number one, because he's genuine. What you see is not

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Speaker 4: It's refreshing, I bet it is. It is very refreshing

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Speaker 4: to see someone so real. But also from that perspective,

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Speaker 3: That's a really good point because whenever you can get

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Speaker 3: buy in from your players, that ultimately makes your team better, right,

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Speaker 3: But I mean we saw a little bit on hard

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Speaker 3: and Detroit immediately became America's dart team, I guess darling team.

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Speaker 3: But understanding that the guys are buying again, Detroit is

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Speaker 3: probably going to be a good landing spot for future

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Speaker 3: free agents. How does that look for the rest of

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Speaker 4: That's it, I'll be honest with you, Gabe, whatever you

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Speaker 4: bring up the rest of the division, the Lions moving forward,

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Speaker 4: at least in the next year or two whatever. You

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Speaker 4: look at the bird's eye view, if you will, they're

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Speaker 4: another year less on his deal. I believe there was

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Speaker 2: Answer like what about the I mean? You I mean?

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Speaker 3: But when you talk about it, when you look at

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Speaker 4: For me, you got to figure out the quarterback position.

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Speaker 4: This year, Jay honestly draft well. So many people said

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Speaker 5: So for them, the kind of the idea of drafting

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Speaker 4: For both teams, it's quarterback play that drives the league.

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Speaker 5: I look forward to clipping out that chunk right there

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Speaker 3: If something like that, well, look the line is minus.

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Speaker 4: Seven since I got here, Come on there.

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Speaker 3: I'm just interested to see how the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 4: Last week. I picked the Chiefs to go to Buffalo

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Speaker 4: Let Taylor have a good time.

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Speaker 4: It is creating a whole new audience, Hobie.

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Speaker 4: As much as it's a great opportunity for the Lion,

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Speaker 4: me for the rest of my career, that's for sure.

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Speaker 3: Well, Ho, we're glad that Minnesota is a part of

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Speaker 3: your career. Also, we miss you here, but absolutely also

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Speaker 3: happy to see what you're doing now with your career

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Speaker 3: and being able to enjoy this opportunity with I guess

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Speaker 3: this historic run that this Detroit Lions team is on

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Speaker 3: right now. So appreciate you joining our podcast today and

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Speaker 3: best of luck going forward.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Hopefully I can talk to you guys

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Speaker 4: in another couple of weeks too.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: I want to hear all about it.

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Speaker 4: Sounds good absolutely any times.

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Speaker 3: Man always good talking to Hoby Rtigue. Best of luck

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Speaker 3: with him going forward. This is an exciting time of

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Speaker 3: the year for him and the Detroit Lions. But as

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Speaker 3: we wrap this show, this is going to be a

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Speaker 3: fun time for this Minnesota Vikings team as they gear

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Speaker 3: up for Pro Bowls, seeing your bowl combine and so

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Speaker 3: on and so forth. And as we move forward, Jay,

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Speaker 3: what are some things that you're looking forward to?

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Speaker 5: I think on my end, I think we've all kind

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Speaker 5: of worked our way currently into the off season.

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Speaker 2: I think you've got to.

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Speaker 5: Everyone always the question that always comes up is so

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Speaker 5: what do you do in the off season? You know,

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Speaker 5: what's going on, And it really is kind of crazy

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Speaker 5: to think that within what five six weeks at this point,

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Speaker 5: will already be talking Combine. So, you know, this kind

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Speaker 5: of stuff never never waits for us, and I think

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Speaker 5: for a lot of us it just turns into quick,

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Speaker 5: catch your breath and then get ready for that. I

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Speaker 5: think there's always the you know, the hope and the

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Speaker 5: fun of what's coming for the Combine, especially with the

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Speaker 5: amount of talent that's going to be out there, and

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Speaker 5: you know, some of like Hobe mentioned, some of the

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Speaker 5: questions that are going to be left on this roster

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Speaker 5: to try to figure out. So I think fans at

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Speaker 5: this point are really paying attention to kind of, you know,

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Speaker 5: what's the next phase here for the Vikings, And I

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Speaker 5: think we're all kind of looking forward to getting that

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Speaker 5: going now that you know we are in the off season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean I sat back and I was like, I

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Speaker 1: think I might have been in bed. I was just like, oh,

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Speaker 1: I gotta get up. This is fun. And I was

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Speaker 1: thinking to myself, I was like, so it's the of January,

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Speaker 1: we're going to know more about these contract situations, these

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Speaker 1: free agency in like a month and a half exactly. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's just kind of crazy how it just kind of

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Speaker 1: creeps up on you, like you think, okay, it see

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Speaker 1: off season and I've got a little bit of extra time,

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Speaker 1: and then you're like, wait a second, yeah, coming up

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Speaker 1: in like a month, We've got free agency right after that.

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Speaker 1: So it really is it's just like NonStop.

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Speaker 5: Like you said, well, even on NFL Honors is coming yet.

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Speaker 5: I think we'll probably have some you know, some people

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Speaker 5: that are in the mix in some of those different

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Speaker 5: categories you see out in Las Vegas right now, all

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Speaker 5: the kind of the whip cream and cherry on top

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Speaker 5: that they're thrown on to the rest of the city

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Speaker 5: to get it ready for that. I so that they

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Speaker 5: were turning the Mirage Wolcano into some sort of a

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Speaker 5: mountain type thing. Like it's just there's craziness going on

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Speaker 5: in Las Vegas right now that they're just setting things

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Speaker 5: up to have as crazy as a city as it is,

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Speaker 5: and the party that they.

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Speaker 1: Have, I think it would be the theme of them mountains.

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Speaker 2: I have no idea.

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Speaker 5: So that's the thing, like even people in Las Vegas

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Speaker 5: going what the hell is going on right now?

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Speaker 1: But do you think they're like promotional opportunities, Like maybe

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Speaker 1: someone's like, hey, so we're the X y Z company

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Speaker 1: and we'd like to use your pyramid to make a mountain.

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Speaker 5: Well like like the lugs light the Rockey, But like,

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Speaker 5: the thing on my end is is.

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Speaker 2: Your own your own brand.

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Speaker 5: I mean, they turned the Luxer into a giant dorito.

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Speaker 5: They've they've gone through, Yes, they've they've if.

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Speaker 1: You go look at the Luxure online and like google this.

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Speaker 5: But in general, Las Vegas is just kind of, you know,

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Speaker 5: getting ready for the ultimate party super Bowl weekend. I

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Speaker 5: can't imagine the crazy stories that are going to come

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Speaker 5: out for that weekend, but I'm looking forward to just

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Speaker 5: kind of seeing how the NFC and AFC championship shakeout

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Speaker 5: will finally be able to figure out who's going to

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Speaker 5: be going towards the ultimate title. And you know, for me,

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Speaker 5: I guess what I look at the most at this

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Speaker 5: time of year is if you're not in the big dance,

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Speaker 5: then there's always the promise of tomorrow and getting that

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Speaker 5: going and just kind of being able to start really

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Speaker 5: honing in on who. You know, the public thinks we're

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Speaker 5: going to get the whatever happens in free agency, but

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Speaker 5: then you know, everyone kind of starts to pick their

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Speaker 5: favorites and play a sports prognosticator. And I'm just looking

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Speaker 5: forward to having another fun off season to try to

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Speaker 5: see how we can get this team better and get

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Speaker 5: some more wins next season.

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Speaker 2: That's ultimate goal. As this process re begins for this.

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Speaker 3: Minnesota Vikings team, I'm sure there are a few people

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Speaker 3: on breaks right now until the season, until the off season.

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Speaker 3: I guess reads up after the super Bowl. But this

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Speaker 3: is an exciting time, but also a time to look

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Speaker 3: at other teams to see what they're doing well and

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Speaker 3: kind of take some notes and see how the Vikings

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Speaker 3: can improve going forward. The Vikings fans, as we close

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Speaker 3: today's show, Winter Skulstice that is going on right now

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Speaker 1: I believeome. Yeah, I rented them.

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Speaker 3: They were great.

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Speaker 1: Not much of an ice skater, but uh, you know

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Speaker 1: you gave it a go.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, Well, as we close today's show, we want

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