1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: What's going on? And welcome to the Friday edition of 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. My name is Gabe Henderson, alongside 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Vikings dot COM's Tatum Everett. We got producer Jay Nelson 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: and our guest of the night, mister Ron Johnson. It's 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: been a long week here inside the TCO Performance Center, 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: but we get up for week number three of Vikings 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: football on Sunday. We got the one on one Detroit 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Lines in town to face the one in one team 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: from the North of Minnesota Vikings as they're looking to 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: bounce back following a twenty four to seven loss on 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: Monday night football in the city of Rugley. Love. But 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: we moved past that. We got the boom at noon 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: this Sunday and you can catch that right here on 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: KFA and you can listen to the pregame show with 15 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: Voice of the Vikings Paul Alan, Pete Versage and Ben 16 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: Lieber and Mike Mussman. But Tatum, before we get to 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: the Nindian gritty of today's show, we got to start 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: things off with the obvious here, right We got Ron 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: Johnson the studio, Michigan native Gopher alum recently inducted into 20 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: the Gopher Letics Hall of Fame this past weekend. Ron, congratulations. 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: How would you describe that moment? It was surreal. I 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: mean I didn't really understand the gravity of it, honestly until, like, 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: you know, we did the ceremony, got on the field 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: with the others, and then just all the fans. Uh. 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: It was cool to hear the fans cheer because you know, 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been done for almost twenty something years, 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: so for fans is still cheer you know when when 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: we get out there. It was it was definitely, Ah, 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: it was a good feeling. Um first football moment. I 30 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: had to deal without my dad, so that was tough, 31 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: but got through the weekend, had a lot of fun. 32 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: My family came to town, but honestly, I didn't get 33 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: to enjoy too much of it because we every day 34 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: my daughter had softball, so we were like going to 35 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: a softball then going to something else. Then we had 36 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: to leave the game early go to her softball game. So, uh, 37 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: you know, when you're when you're my age with kids, 38 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: like your your stuff comes secondary and uh yeah no, 39 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: and I'm okay with that. Tiers Uh yeah, you know, 40 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: so my best friends surprised me I didn't know they 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: were coming. Um so Spice Adams and Jeff McCall both 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: came to town. So that was a little bit there, 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: and uh yeah, and then my mom, I didn't know 44 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: my mom like say, she wasn't able to come. So 45 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: then of course when I was my wife doing that 46 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: trying to surprise me with that. So I definitely did 47 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: when my when my mom, uh like the day of 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: the d or no, the day before, So that Thursday night, 49 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: I was like cutting grass just you know, and then 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, my mom pulls up my wife 51 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what you know? And it took me 52 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: a minute to realize. So uh yeah, no, So that 53 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: was that was a lot of fun. So you've had 54 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: some time to like relish in this moment. Are they 55 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: are they back in town for the Detroit Lions game 56 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: or Sunday? No? Uh, they they were. They were thinking 57 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: about that, but that would have been a long week 58 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: for this game anyway, because my daughter's birthday is coming up, 59 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: so they were going to spend this weekend for a birthday. 60 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: But then the Hall of Fame thing came up, so 61 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: they did that. Not sure if they're going to come 62 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: back for a birthday or nine in like two weeks. Uh, 63 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: you know, we kind of we're playing trips around football. 64 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: If there's a home game or not a home game, 65 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: if I have to work for the Gophers and the Vikings, 66 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: you know, we kind of have to take that all 67 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: into uh you know, we're even looking at were already 68 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: we've already moved ahead to Christmas Eve. So yeah, no, 69 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: everything revolves around my schedule right now. Miss the busy season, 70 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: so it is. It's fun though, it's fun. Definitely looking 71 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: forward to February hopefully you know it's a good season. 72 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: But no, um, yeah, it is busy. I mean, you 73 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: guys know, but it's fun, which is funny. And we're 74 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: in June and we're like can we can't wait for 75 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: to be fall And then we're like two weeks in 76 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, cool, whence February coming. Yeah, I'm 77 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: just not ready for the snow. Like I think yesterday 78 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: or a couple of days ago was my first like thought, like, 79 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: oh man, this snow is coming because it was cold 80 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: in the morning. Yeah, dude, it's like fifty five in 81 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: the morning. It's coming. One thing that is coming is 82 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: my Sunday football at noon, we got the Minnesota Vikings, 83 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: Like I said, before facing the Detroit Lions. The Vikings 84 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: have won eight of the last nine games against the 85 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: Detroity Lions. The last one they lost last year Week thirteen, 86 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: last play of the game. So the Vikings are looking 87 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: forward to getting some revenge. I guess against quote unquote 88 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: the new America's team now that the Detroit Lions have 89 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: been on a hard knocks which is still still kind 90 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: of weird to me, but earlier this week we called 91 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: it America's Darling ron How would you how would you 92 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: describe this new Detroit Lions team? Uh, you know, they're 93 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: taking them with their hair coach once. You know, we 94 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: laughed at to bite the kneecaps and all that stuff. 95 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: But you know, at the end of the day, he 96 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: wants a hard nosed football team. When you think about 97 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: the CD Detroit, that's what it is. You know. You 98 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: look at Draymond Green, you look at Jerome Bettist, you 99 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: hear the stories of Jalen Rose, Chris Webber. Even though 100 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: Chris Webber grew up in the suburbs, he's not really 101 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: from Detroit, but we'll give him a pass. But you know, 102 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: you look at Jaalen, you look at Jerome Bettis, you 103 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: look at you know, you look at guys like you 104 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: look at Draymond Green. You know though, that's what Detroit 105 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: is about. It's a tough, it's gritty. You know. Every 106 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: time I see Draymond fight on the court, I'm like, 107 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: that's Detroit, Like that's we grew up that way, I mean. 108 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: And so that's what Dan Campbell wants these guys understand. 109 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: It is like, this is your city. Like if you 110 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: want the fans to love you, you gotta beat them. 111 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: You gotta be of the people. And the kid that 112 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: came in, Jay Nivey, you know his dad j Javin 113 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: Hunters from Detroit. I played with him with the Ravens um. 114 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: You know, he's coming in trying to embrace Detroit. You 115 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: see the Kay Cunningham kid come in. Took me on 116 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: some buffs and he's trying to embrace Detroit like you 117 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: in order to get this like Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace, 118 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: Tayshawn Prince, like those gout Rashie Wallace for sure, Ben Wallace, 119 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: like those guys were what Detroit was about. We're not 120 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: gonna talk about the fact they should have drafted Carmelo. 121 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: That's a totally different story. They'd be the best team 122 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: in the NBA right now. But if you do what 123 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: Ben Wallace and that team did, which is you become 124 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: hard nose, you become the bad boys. You look at 125 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: Isaiah Thomas, you got it. That's what Detroit football is about. 126 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: And I think and that's what Detroit's about. And I 127 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: think that's what Dan Campbell was trying to get out 128 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: of his players. Remind me of PJ. Fleck, Like he 129 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: went in, he researched the town, researched everything about it, 130 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: and then came up with a mantra and that's what 131 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: he figured out. He's like, man, Detroit is tough. And 132 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: I think that's what this team is there. And they 133 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: showed it on hard knocks. They're showing in games. You 134 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: got Jason Kelsey getting hip tossed by Rodrigue. You know, 135 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: it's it's like, look, we might not win, but we're 136 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: gonna beat you to the whistle. And that's that's what 137 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: I think this team is about. Now. All right, Well, 138 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: now that we have an opportunity to, I guess get 139 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: back on the right track. I want to go to 140 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: this next segment of the show where we like to 141 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: call it one big talking point. So, Tatum, you were 142 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: at the game Monday Night Football. You've seen everything that's 143 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: happened this week with the Vikings. What's your one big 144 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: talking point heading into Sunday. This offense needs to have 145 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: a comeback, and I think it's going to be to 146 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: exploit the Lions defense. I mean, the Lions are as 147 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: highly ranked right now. It feels weird saying that as 148 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: the Lions offense is as when you look at the stats, 149 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: if you look conversely at the defense, they're in the bottom. 150 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: I think this is a time for Kirk to say, 151 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm four now against this team at home. 152 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: I've got success against this team. This secondary is allowing touchdowns, 153 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: they're allowing highs and yardage. They're allowing a great third 154 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: down conversion rate. Let's go to work. This is and 155 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: I said this last last week, which I don't know 156 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: why I'm going to say this again, but coach is 157 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: so adamant this week about talking about using Dalvin more 158 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: and really not getting away from that game plan and 159 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: really incorporating him. So again I'm going to say it 160 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: second week in a row. I think Dalvin's gonna have 161 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: a strong game, well, I think anything. I feel like 162 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: if Dalvin has anything more than six I guess Russian attempts. 163 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: Dalvin has had a better game more than twenty one 164 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: plays in the first quarter exactly first half. Excuse me, yeah, 165 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: I mean it felt like twenty one plays in the 166 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: first in the entire game. Yeah, but that's that's a 167 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: really good point. You have to get Dalvin involved if 168 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: you want to win this game. Dalvin Cooks have had 169 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: historical games two hundred rushing yards last year against this 170 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions team. So I'm looking forward to seeing how 171 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: we incorporate him more. Ron, what's your one big talking point? 172 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: First and second down? You look at Week one, they 173 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: were third in the NFL in first and second down 174 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: efficiency six point eight yards a game per play. Third 175 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: down was really easy for them if you remember a 176 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: lot and then it makes it easy to go for 177 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 1: it on fourth when you're already in third and short. 178 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: And they were in third and two, third and one. 179 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: They weren't getting it sometimes, but then Kevin O'Connell was 180 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: really aggressive and say, you know what, let's go for 181 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: it on four from one. Well, then the next game 182 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: four point five yards. So now on third down you're 183 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: always in third and five, third and six, third and seven. 184 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: You cannot be efficient on third down, and so in 185 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: order to be efficient on third down, you got to 186 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: be very efficiental on first and second. And it seemed 187 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: like week one and cond of to Tatum's point, week one, 188 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: the offense seemed like it was on purpose. All the motions, 189 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: all the shifts were on purpose. Kirk Cousins understood the assignment. 190 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: But then you know, you look at the Eagles game, 191 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: it felt like Kirk didn't have the same vision, seemed 192 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: like he didn't have the same understanding of the offense. 193 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: It seemed like Justin Jefferson got in the backfield. I 194 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: Jesseefferson in the backfield. I'm looking for Justin Jefferson. Granted 195 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: he didn't know that IRV was gonna knock the guy 196 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: down or whoever was the rub guy, but you still 197 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: don't take your eyes off Justin Jeffson until the last minute, 198 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: because if you are trying to run a screen secondary, 199 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: you don't need to stare at the screen. He gave 200 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: it away way too soon, almost like he was nervous, 201 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: and so I know the Eagles come hit you hard. 202 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: I know they come from all over the place, but yeah, 203 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: I think he has to get more like on purpose 204 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: with some of the motion shifts, so first and second 205 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: down and then just get back to that six to 206 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: seven yards game so that they can be third and 207 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: three and then your playbook is wide open. Yeah. I 208 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: was looking at the stats last week. We averaged ten 209 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: yards to go on third down against the Eagles last week. 210 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: And while you can't be in third and long if 211 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: you really want to be successful. But my one big 212 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: talking point, it's just how this Vikings team bounced back, 213 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: especially on the defense and side of the ball. Harrison 214 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: Smith didn't practice Wednesday. Not sure if he's going to 215 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: play on Sunday, so there's a chance that can buy 216 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: him and Louis scene starts. I'm excited for Louis seen 217 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: to be able to play, But how does that look 218 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: with the defense that had not the best showing last 219 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: week giving up almost five hundred yards to this Philadelphia 220 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: Eagles offense. So what are they going to do to 221 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: bounce back? Do they need this home field advantage to 222 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: do so? Is that the defense we're going to see 223 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: this year? There's a lot of questions surrounding them. So 224 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see how things shake out. And I'm 225 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: sure Kevin O'Connell, who has faced the Lions three times 226 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: in his NFL career, two in one of those games, 227 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's excited to see how this Minnesota Vikings 228 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: team is going to bounce back. On Sunday, let's toss 229 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: to his press conference as he discussed his thoughts heading 230 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: into his first game as head coach against the Motor 231 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: City Kiddies. Obviously, really good week of work, I know, 232 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: coming off the game on Monday night, being tight with 233 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: our window, we really wanted to get a lot done 234 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: from a standpoint of reps. Even though we weren't full 235 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: speed on on Wednesday, we did get a ton of 236 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: work in kind of you know, in that walkthrough setting 237 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: making sure we corrected some things, but at the same 238 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: time progress forward with this Detroit Lions plan against a 239 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: really good football team. Yesterday was a really really good practice, 240 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: as was today here as we you know, tried to 241 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: iron out all our final details here. Excited for this weekend, 242 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: obviously a big opportunity to get back to playing the 243 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: way we want to play, and a big weekend as well, 244 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: with over one hundred legends former Vikings in town for 245 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: you know, and as I've stated many many times, when 246 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: we can get those guys around our team, and no 247 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: better way to do that than obviously tomorrow at our 248 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: walkthrough and then you know, having those guys all at 249 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: us Bank Stadium, I think we'll get our fans excited 250 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: as well. We've got more with Detroit native and go 251 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: FORER Hall of Famer Ron Johnson. 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Visit online at splan dot com. 259 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Pepsi, 260 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: Gabe Henderson hair from the Vikings Entertainment Network, alongside Tatum 261 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: Everett and Ron Johnson and Ron Before we went to brag. 262 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: We were talking about the current states of the Vikings. 263 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: My first question for you, what are some none obvious 264 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: things outside of first and second downs that you mentioned 265 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: that the Vikings can lean on to go to and 266 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: one this week? So this is the thing. Irv Smith 267 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: Junior got man to man coverage and a lot of 268 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: those situations and his mistakes were very thick. The dropping 269 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: the ball. I mean, you know you play receiver. That's 270 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: just getting on the judge machine, working on distraction drills. 271 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: Because you can say everybody's like, oh that DV did 272 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: kind of last minute. Maybe get a nail on it. 273 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if it hits you in the hands, 274 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: you catch it. If it's you in one hand, you 275 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: try to catch it. So and we know that's a 276 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: guy that can catch. He did it in college. He 277 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: got drafted for a reason. That's fixable too. When you 278 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: know you have a linebacker and a safety covering you 279 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: in man coverage, you've got to attack their leverage. He 280 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: did not do that. When you look at that game, 281 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 1: he ran straight up the field guys inside leverage and 282 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: then try to cross his face. You know that you 283 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: can't cross a linebacker. DB's face if you just run 284 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: straight and then he already has two yards inside you. 285 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: When you break in, he's gonna break you. Gotta attack 286 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: his leverage, give him a nod, give him that justin 287 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: Jefferson shimmy, make him think you want to go out, boom, 288 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: go across. I mean, we make jokes, people joke about 289 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: the receiver factory and all this stuff. These guys are doing. 290 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: That stuff works. I hate to say it in today's 291 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: NFL because you can't beat somebody up at the line 292 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. That stuff works because they can't touch you 293 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: after five yards. So then you got to do that. 294 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: And then on the man over route, you've got a 295 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: stair step on, which means you just got to give 296 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: him some kind of head and nod to make them 297 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: think you're gonna go vertical even though he knows you're not. 298 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: He has to honor it. It's like a head fake 299 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 1: or it's like a heavy in basketball. You got to 300 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: honor it and then keep running your shallow Now you 301 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: got space, you got separation. Kirk can make an easy 302 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: throw every single time. It felt like he just ran 303 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 1: routes to run routes, and it was like, look, I'm 304 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: just gonna try to beat this guy. If the safety's 305 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: covering and over, you can't beat him with speed, If 306 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: a linebackers covering you in the middle, you can't beat 307 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: his leverage. And so in my opinion, that's easy stuff 308 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: to fix with those third downs if he can, If 309 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: he can verts those plus that big play to Earth, 310 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: it's a different game, and I think that's part of it. 311 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: There's so much to be made about a scheme versus 312 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: the players in Monday's game. Where do you think more 313 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: of the blame lies with the scheme and the play 314 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: called plays that we're called or with the player's efforts 315 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: when they were out there. I think both. Kevin O'Connell said, 316 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: he said I didn't do enough, which I think is 317 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: a huge hats off to him for taking that credit out. 318 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: So like Adam Feeland's comment saying that, you know, it 319 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: was interesting to see a loss with this group of coaches. 320 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: Nobody was in me f and us, nobody was going 321 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: off on us. Everybody's just trying to figure out how 322 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: do we get better next week? So clearly that was 323 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: happening on losses. You know, guys are getting be rated, 324 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: cursed out, and so Feeland's just saying, it's a little 325 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: bit more like okay, And honestly, like if you think 326 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: about it as a parent and a kid, you actually 327 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: feel bad when your parent doesn't really go off, like 328 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: when they just are disappointed in you. You actually feel 329 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: even worse because you're just like a man. They're too 330 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: mad to even say something to me, Like they just 331 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: walk away, like all right, I'm going to my room, 332 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: go to your room. You're just like a man. I really, 333 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: I really, I really gotta like do better. And so 334 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: that's what it feels like. It feels like this team realizes, like, man, 335 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: these coaches really trust us, they love us, they want 336 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: us to do good. We let them down. And so 337 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: I think part of it is Kevin O'Connell, like he 338 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: can be a little bit more on purpose with some 339 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: of the like plays he's calling. But then I think, Kirk, 340 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: you got to bring it back to Kirk some of 341 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: those interceptions, he's holding on to the ball a little 342 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: too long, the corner route to Adam feeling you gotta 343 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: throw it sooner. Adam Feeland was our head already taken 344 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: steps to the corner route and then Kirk through the ball. 345 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: It's too late. If I'm Avonte Maddox, I know now 346 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: behind me, you're running a corner because I can see you. 347 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm playing peripheral coverage, which means I'm in the flat 348 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: and I got my guy stopped. I know he's running 349 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: a hitch. Well, okay, if I'm if I'm playing high 350 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: school football, middle school football, hitch in front of me, 351 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: it's a corner route behind me. Every adult corner that's 352 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: with any smarts understands concepts. I know if you run 353 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: a hit in front of me and it was two, 354 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: you're running a corner. So that's all he did. He said, yep, okay, 355 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: I can keep you in front of me. I know 356 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: something's here. I'm a I'm a BAITI I'm a baitre 357 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: and that's what they teach him. And then boom, I'm 358 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: a break as soon as I see you do this, 359 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: and Kurt waited too long. If Kurt throws it before 360 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: the hitch breaks, Avante Maddox doesn't know it's back there. 361 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: You lead out the dealing to the sideline. I'm doing 362 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: all these hand motions like we're on TV, but you leave. 363 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: You lead out the thing to the sideline and that's 364 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: a throw. So I think Kirk has to play better. 365 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: And and Kevin O'Connell said that, he said, if you 366 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: throw interceptions, I don't care, but I want you to 367 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: do it competing. I feel like a lot of his 368 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: were just retreating, like, oh, I'm gonna get hitting me 369 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: to store it up in the air of just Jeferson. 370 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: Justes Jeffers's face. I think he thought I was gonna 371 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: be a black shoulder. That's why he released so wide 372 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: from Darius Slay and Kirk Cousins threw it like it 373 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: was Randy Moss. Justin Jefferson is running a back shoulder 374 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: faith throw it, throw it to the sideline. Nobody's over there, 375 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: So that I think his play has to be better. Well, 376 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: the Detroit lines, if they're fare watching film, they're gonna 377 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: blitz the Vikings every single play. They blitzed four of 378 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: their time against the Washington Commanders last week and they 379 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: were successful doing so. So Tatum just talked about schemes 380 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: and players. What changes about this Vikings offensive scheme using 381 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: their players to combat combat that aggressiveness. Yeah, so two things. 382 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: I think she brought it up getting Dalvin Cook involved. 383 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: This is how you get Dalvin Cook involved. You make 384 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: them think on the blitz, he's your blitz pickup guy. 385 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: He does I forgot what it called called like a 386 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: bluffing goal. You bluff the end like you're gonna hit him, 387 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: and then you run a bubble. If your guy's blitzing, 388 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: there's nobody covering Dalvin out there. You run decent routes 389 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: so that if they do happen to sit a corner 390 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: on Dalvin, you still have the route behind it. If 391 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: they take off with Justin and thielin boom, you throw 392 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: it to him now. And we've seen cornerbacks do that. 393 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: Our quarterbacks do that all the time, where they just 394 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: dump it right over the dn's head. Dawlin's out there 395 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: in space by himself. Now he's working on a backer 396 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: in space. So a lot of that. You can combat 397 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: the blitz, but you gotta payton manning that thing. You 398 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: gotta get to the line of scrimmage twenty and they 399 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: did this against the backers twenty seconds to go. That 400 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: gives Kirk time to do the fake goal. I'm not 401 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: gonna say the omaha because he doesn't do that. But 402 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: the Sunday Sunday and then now Okay, let me see 403 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: what they're gonna do. Boom, fake goal. They start moving. Now, 404 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: Kirk understands that the offense, but if they're gonna blitz, 405 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: you gotta let him see it. I don't think he 406 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: saw any of the Eagles blitzes, Like he got to 407 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, just ran to play. I could see 408 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: the blitz coming. You could see the backer like creeping up. 409 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: He like the Eagles weren't hidening it. They're like, look, 410 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: we know your guy scared. We're gonna come after him. 411 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: But they gotta do a better job of that too, 412 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 1: Like when you know it's blitz and not to make 413 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: a wedding crashers joke, but he gotta know it's hot route, 414 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta know the hot route, like and 415 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: it felt like everybody sitting there like what, I don't 416 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: know what that is? And he's like just running the 417 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: hot route like they're there was no outlet or hot 418 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: routes when they blitzed. Because if the backers coming, whoever's 419 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: guy that is, you're you're hot now. But I didn't 420 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: see that. All right, Well, Taytlan, we're gonna move to 421 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: this portion of the show where we like to call 422 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: it what's more likely? Ron, We played this with you 423 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: last year, and so this weekend we want to make 424 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: it a little themed because of course we got the 425 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: State of Michigan against the State of Minnesota. The Golden 426 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: Gopers travel to play Michigan State, your hometown where your 427 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: home state at least, and then the Vikings host of 428 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: Detroit Lyons. So first question is we're gonna do rapid 429 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: fire here. Who is more likely to have more rushing 430 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 1: guards this weekend? Dalvin Cook or mo Ebrahim Oh I 431 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: thought you were gonna say the swift Um, oh Man, 432 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: that's I gotta go. Mona put up two hundred last week. 433 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: Michigan State is good, but Michigan State we saw they 434 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: can bleed. We saw what happened to against Washington. Chris 435 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: Halfmanbell is out for the season, so that's a tough one. 436 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: But you look at this receiving corps. They weren't leaning 437 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: on one guy, Daniel Jackson in Dalen right, They're gonna 438 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: be just fine. Uh you know Michael Brown Stevens, he'll 439 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: be fine too. Um and I think Mole against Michigan State, 440 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna see two of the best running backs in 441 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: college football this Saturday with Michigan State Minnesota at that field. 442 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: But yeah, I gotta go Mo, was that rapid fire run? 443 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: I gotta call you out. I'm sorry, I allow this 444 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: shows be quick? Okay? Mo Abraham is the second leader 445 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: Russian college football. He's got four huge sixty five yards 446 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: and one more touchdown. He breaks the school record. So 447 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook he averages one hundred and thirty six yards 448 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: against the line so well, at least in the last 449 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 1: three games. So we'll see how that works out. All right, Roun, 450 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: what's more likely the go first starting defense gives up 451 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: their first touchdown or Dalvin scores his first touchdown of 452 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: the season go first give up their first touchdown starting 453 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: defense has stopped. Yeah, but also the lines defense allows 454 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: the most touchdowns for running backs right now? Yeah, I 455 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: just feel like there's a passing offense. I think, wh 456 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: they get in the red zoney are gonna throw the ball? 457 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: That's fair. Just feel like that's what they would do, 458 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: all right? So which game is more likely to be 459 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: decided by a score less? Was that quick? Was that rabbit? 460 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: Perfect on fire? All right? Which game is more likely 461 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: to be decided by a score less University of Minnesota 462 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: versus Michigan State, or the Vikings versus the Lions. Vikings 463 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: versus Lions. You look at the last two games for 464 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: the Lions, they play hard. I don't think the Vikes 465 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: are gonna get blown out like that against the Eagle, 466 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: So yeah, I go to the Lions. Yeah. Well, the 467 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: last three Vikings Lions games have been decided by two 468 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: points all three games. Two of the last four Gopher 469 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: versus Michigan State games have been decided by a score less. 470 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: So we'll see, all right, Ron, what's more likely? Gophers 471 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: complete passes to eight different receivers, the Vikings complete passes 472 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: to eight different receivers. Oh my goodness, let's go Vikings. 473 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: Because the Gophers don't throw the ball as much. Um, 474 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: so let's go Vikings. That's fair. But the Gophers through 475 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: ten eight six different receivers in the first three games. 476 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: But I don't see that against Michigan State. Vikings are 477 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: on average seven and a half eight and seven Lions. 478 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: The Lions will lie in sometimes, and I hope this 479 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: is the week's a Lions sometimes. I love that. Well, 480 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: what's more likely on this the Golphers get multiple interceptions 481 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: on Saturday, or Adam Feeland scores his fiftieth career touchdown. 482 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: Adam Feeland scores is fifty of touchdown. Okay, I think 483 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: like the golfers will have a good game. But Adam Feeland, 484 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: like I said, the way you did not throw him 485 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: the ball in the first like three quarters, I think 486 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: they're going to be on purpose with like, hey, there's 487 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: the best you know, red zone receiving. The NFL peyton 488 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: throwing Michigan States quarterback has thrown four interceptions in his 489 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: last three games. So we'll see a lot of good 490 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: football this weekend. Yeah, a lot of good football. Um. 491 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: I do have softball though. My daughter plays tomorrow night, 492 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: Friday night lights game down at Excelsior Park by Maynards. Um. 493 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: Should be a fun one. Two of the best you 494 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: know club teams in the state. And then my youngest 495 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: has a state tournament Saturday morning. So busy. Yeah. Oh, 496 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: big big game against New Mexico that actually might be 497 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: a good game in New Mexico State or New Mexico, No, 498 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: just New Mexico that might be not Jerry Q no, well, 499 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: ron first and foremost, well, I guess lastly, at this 500 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: point we're in in the show. Congratulations again on being 501 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: inducted into the Gopher Hall of Fame. And secondly, thank 502 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: you for joining us again as always on the Minnesota 503 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast. Appreciate it. Thank you guys for having me, 504 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: Ron Johnson, Tatum, Everett, Jay Nelson. My name is Gabe Henderson. 505 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: Thank you again for tuning into another edition of the 506 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Pepsi. Pepsi, that's what I like.