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Speaker 1: on the Vikings radio network, Pee Versa. The are you

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Speaker 1: and the Minnesota Vikings beach the Indianapolis Colton overtime thirty

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Speaker 1: third walk off winner for the Minnesota Vikings and first

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Speaker 1: in fifty five weeks. And not only are the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: and had to overcome a lot of self inflicted wounds

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Speaker 1: Bursach was in his third year out of Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: playing against the Colts at the Metrodome in nineteen ninety seven.

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Speaker 1: Coming up on the postgame report, you will hear from

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Speaker 1: and the hats for winning a division title. Analyst just

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Speaker 1: stream your consciousness on the What an unbelievable game. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's an unbelievable game. And it's really been an unbelievable season,

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Speaker 1: and this game, it was every bit, if not more

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Speaker 1: exciting than the game in Buffalo. But what a different type,

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Speaker 1: what a different style, a different type of a game.

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Speaker 1: The way this thing unfolded. You know, you have you

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Speaker 1: then came out and you're looking at this going, this

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Speaker 1: then you go ahead and get a punt block for

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Speaker 1: And you know, so much of today, though, unlike Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: not in life what happened to see you, but how

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Speaker 1: did not only just turn this thing around, but come

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Speaker 1: done before. No one, no team ever in the history

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Speaker 1: of the NFL had come back from where this team was.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and and then now you would you're ten

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Speaker 1: is just is truly truly remarkable. Yeah, and you know, Tip,

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Speaker 1: I mean, we can get We'll get six. I mean

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Speaker 1: considering considering we had, we had probably I think we

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Speaker 1: I mean, that turnaround is unheard of, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: but this team, whatever that is that you need, the

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Speaker 1: you know, the never given up hanging in there. This

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Speaker 1: team has it, man boy. And then when they come together,

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Speaker 1: they come together. I mean justin Jefferson, kJ Osborne, Dalvin Cook,

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Speaker 1: the offensive line toward the end, I mean, just just

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Speaker 1: an unbelievable effort by everybody, you know, and um, and

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Speaker 1: granted it's a regular season game that wins the NFC North,

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Speaker 1: but it had a Minneapolis miracle feel to it. You know,

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Speaker 1: got to experience something like we got to experience at Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: know when easy right, Yeah, when they when they were

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Speaker 1: thousand and five, forty eight and two. The Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: the team. Gabe Henderson and Ben Lieber have winning formula

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Speaker 1: much state that's sweet sleep. I mean we run the North.

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Speaker 1: Kurt Cousins stores a pick six down thirty three to zero.

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Speaker 1: At halftime, the Minnesota Vikings kJ Osborne. They starts storming back.

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Speaker 1: you know, enthusiasm back in this building, no matter how

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00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,359
Speaker 1: far fetched it seemed that we would come back. Our

429
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,919
Speaker 1: fans were right there and you felt them. It was unbelievable.

430
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,880
Speaker 1: And then shoot, when I don't know if I've heard

431
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 1: a building like that like we did in the end,

432
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 1: and that energy is what has really pushed us all year,

433
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,359
Speaker 1: and when we need them the most, they were at

434
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: their best it's when did it move from far fetched

435
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 1: to this is happening in your mind? I think before

436
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,520
Speaker 1: I think when we were able to get the two

437
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 1: scores and get it, then they get that field goal,

438
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,240
Speaker 1: But in my mind, I still thought three touchdowns and

439
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 1: a two point, which we kind of knew we were

440
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: gonna need five, you know, five touchdowns anyway. But then

441
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 1: when they got that field goal, Um, I just knew

442
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: it was possible, just because the momentum we were building

443
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 1: weren't just for the plays and the success we were having.

444
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: I thought there were other things off of some of

445
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 1: the things we were able to do. Dalvin cooking the

446
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 1: pass game I thought was huge. That screen was a

447
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: you know, season defining kind of play when in that

448
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,400
Speaker 1: moment where you had to have it, I mean, uh,

449
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, justin continuous, continually U continuously going over the middle,

450
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 1: making critical catches, willing to you know, go attack the football,

451
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 1: and I think we got to protect him a little

452
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: bit better. Um, it's great to get the flags, but uh,

453
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: you know, just moving forward, that's his coaches as well.

454
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 1: It's not just anybody else out there, but he's too

455
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 1: important to our league. Um. It seems like a weekly

456
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,400
Speaker 1: occurrence at this point. UM. But yeah, it was about

457
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: that moment, keV. And then it was just about kind

458
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 1: of making sure that you look too big picture at

459
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 1: any particular moment in that second half, and we're doing

460
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 1: a disservice to reality. Still at that point, as you

461
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,399
Speaker 1: said you needed five touchdowns, I mean that like, I

462
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: know that mathematically that's the case, but that sounds like

463
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: a lot like Yeah, Patrick Peterson, I'll never forget it

464
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,639
Speaker 1: as long as I live. I walked out to address

465
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 1: the team before we went out back and went back

466
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: out there, and I just overheard him walk over towards

467
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 1: the offense say we're gonna get stops. You just need

468
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 1: five touchdowns, that's nothing. And it was a nice little, um,

469
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: you know, moment for me to lead right in off of.

470
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,680
Speaker 1: And I said, Pat, you're exactly right. You know, that's

471
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: that's what we needed at the time. And and you know,

472
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,360
Speaker 1: it was probably the most motivated I've been to kind

473
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 1: of challenge our players just so that they just knew,

474
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 1: regardless of the outcome today, that first half was not

475
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: good enough and will never be acceptable to have that

476
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:30,239
Speaker 1: kind of performance, UM, regardless of the outcome today. UM,

477
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 1: And and nobody's happier to be NFC North champions, and

478
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,200
Speaker 1: the way we earned it, I think it'll stick with

479
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 1: a lot of us for a long time. But but

480
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: there's still a lot to go back and make sure

481
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 1: that we rectify and continue to improve to get a

482
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: roster full of guys in the headspace where when you say, hey,

483
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: we only need five touchdowns, they believe it and they

484
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: don't kind of just say yeah whatever. Yeah. First and foremost,

485
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,440
Speaker 1: you got to believe it yourself, because I think the

486
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 1: one thing in this league is if you're not authentic

487
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: and real, those fifty three guys in there will notice.

488
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: I've built that up with these guys over a long

489
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: period of time, so they knew both at halftime and

490
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: at the game. After the game, um, they know I

491
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 1: mean every word I say to him, no matter what

492
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 1: in any moment, go to or bad. I'm gonna consistently

493
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: be me every single day because I just don't know

494
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 1: any other way, And then I can trust that I've

495
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 1: got the right guys here in the leadership of our

496
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,440
Speaker 1: football team. Ben, I don't know if you can say

497
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: enough about some of those guys throughout our season, in

498
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,959
Speaker 1: the different moments and I'm not just talking about those

499
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: eight captains. I'm talking about the twenty two plus players

500
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: that receive votes to be captains on our team. We

501
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 1: talked about kJ a little bit, but for him, like

502
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 1: the season he's had, maybe not get involved sometimes, to

503
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: have a ten catches, one hundred and fifty seven and

504
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,360
Speaker 1: to kind of get you guys started with that first touchdown.

505
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: What did that mean? Because even yeah, I told I

506
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: told kJ a few weeks back that, but his time

507
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: was coming regardless, just with how our offense is evolving

508
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 1: and his value to us, I just knew it would happen,

509
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: and I didn't necessarily envision it maybe this scenario that

510
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: played out today. But think back and some of those catches,

511
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: some of those conversions, his willingness to catch, getting north,

512
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: the yards after catch, I mean, just critical critical plays

513
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:11,960
Speaker 1: for our team. And then people won't see some of

514
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: the blocking that he did, you know, helping spring some

515
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: of those underneath completions. You know, I thought he was

516
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: great on the bubble game, you know, something as little

517
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 1: as catching and converting first downs, and you know with

518
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: at TJ and Adam out in front, blocking form, just

519
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: little things execution wise that our guys, did they gave

520
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: us a chance to extend the chance to win the

521
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 1: football game, Because that's all you're really looking for, is

522
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 1: just eliminating the other team having a chance to put

523
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 1: us away. And if they don't do that, our guys

524
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: are going to continue to fight and we're going to

525
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 1: grind it out till they tell us there's no more

526
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: ball left to play. What you observed from the two

527
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: Sullivan possible fumble returns for touchdowns that water, Yeah, I

528
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: could feel why he was so frustrated the first one.

529
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,120
Speaker 1: The first one, you know, they just ruled forward progress stopped.

530
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 1: And when they do that, UM, doesn't matter if I

531
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: agree or disagree with the call. There's it's out of

532
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: my hands at that point. I cannot challenge that UM.

533
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: And then I was able to challenge the other one,

534
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: UM and and get that ball out and get that

535
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 1: ball back um. Some of those stops defensively we had.

536
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 1: We just kept on urging them to keep going at

537
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: the football see if we can change a game, which

538
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: we thought we did at that one point, but but

539
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,399
Speaker 1: unfortunately we didn't. And then, uh, you know, I just

540
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: Sully's one of those guys that just keeps battling. Um.

541
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: He's veteran players, smart, tough, and and you don't you know,

542
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: you don't win a game like this and hold the

543
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: team to three points in the second half without guys

544
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: like Sully Um, you know, gutting it out. If you

545
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: had to hear all week about your defense and how

546
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 1: bad they have been playing recently, what does it say

547
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: for them to only give up one offensive touchdown today

548
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: and kind of battle like they did. Yeah, I didn't

549
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: think we did anything to help them. So if we're gonna, uh,

550
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: you know, as a whole sit back and and over analyze,

551
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: I think, you know, we need to analyze how how

552
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: poorly we did a job at supporting them today, both

553
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: special teams and offense. So I'm really proud of our defense.

554
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: You don't come back from any game like this and

555
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: hold a team to three points. We had to be

556
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: aggressive with some decision making early on game short fields,

557
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: and they you know, even though we didn't help them,

558
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: those guys never flinched. They never looked to the other

559
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: phases of our offense or defense or sorry special teams

560
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,400
Speaker 1: and shoot, I thought ed in the second half really

561
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: timely pressures losing pat p for some stretches there and

562
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: guys still tighten it up, and um, you know a

563
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 1: lot of people had a hand in this one, but

564
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: our defense, we don't get it done today without those guys.

565
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,199
Speaker 1: This game, yep, we would have We would have won

566
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: the division if at all was that in your head

567
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: in overtime? It was very much in my in my head,

568
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: and that's why that last time we got the ball,

569
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: we started to drive out with a run um and

570
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: we were able to All I wanted to see is, uh,

571
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: you know, can we get a get a new set

572
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: of downs? Can we can? We? Very not conservatively is

573
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: the wrong word, because I feel I felt strongly about

574
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: the calls, but can we eat some clock but yet

575
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: still have a mindset of when we get that first

576
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: first down? Um, I trust Kirk coleheartedly in those moments,

577
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: and he made a couple of huge throws to flip

578
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: the field and then we had a chance to even

579
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: down to the very end. You're saying to yourself, should

580
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: we you know? But I think there's moments where says

581
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: a lot about your confidence in your team, regardless of

582
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: how any particular phase has been up until that point.

583
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: I wanted to win this football game I thought our

584
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: team had earned the right to try to win the game.

585
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: And how about Greg knocking it in from what was

586
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: it forty and and no doubt or as soon as

587
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: it hit his foot, I knew it was in previous possession.

588
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: I think you punted it was like a fifty eight

589
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: or fifty nine yard field. Go yeah, And that point

590
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: in time, with the clock being where it is, I

591
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: thought our defense, like I said, had played well enough

592
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: to maybe try to pin them and see if we

593
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: could get the ball right back. It took a huge

594
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: stop for those guys to do that. Maybe that you know,

595
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: they drove the ball down the field a little bit

596
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: on us, but our defense bowed up when they had too.

597
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: And that was really another reason why, even at the

598
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: clock being where it was and trying to be aggressive

599
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: with my timeouts there, I just wanted to give our

600
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: team a chance to completely grasp It'll be nice to

601
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: look back and say we won this football game. It

602
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: would have been great to win the division with a tie,

603
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: but there's nothing like winning it the way we did,

604
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: set in a record and winning the football game. Kevin

605
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: Kirk makes a couple throws in a tight covers there,

606
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: I guess when you're in your own territory and over time,

607
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 1: what's going through your mind. You see him kind of

608
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: put the ball into a tight spaces there, rings how

609
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: much is that him doing that or how much is

610
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: that you kind of telling him, Hey, it's okay to

611
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: be aggressive. No, I mean he knew. I don't have

612
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: to say a whole lot. I'm trying to generate not

613
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: so tight coverage with some of the things I'm calling,

614
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: and I just thought that his poise, his demeanor, his

615
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: accuracy where we needed the most. I think back to

616
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: some huge plays Ben that we're not his first progression,

617
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: second progression. The guy's up front doing a great job

618
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: giving him an extra click in critical moments to get

619
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: backside to TJ on the two point or find that

620
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 1: dagger to to add him there in that two minute

621
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: drive late, I mean, if I mean that's a that's

622
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: three or four on the progression backside, trying to high

623
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: load defenders and this guy just knipes a beautiful throw

624
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: to his guy Adam in that moment. But but Kirk

625
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: deserves a huge amount of credit for, like I said,

626
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: willing our team. Regardless of the plays that are called.

627
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 1: That guy just keeps playing at a high level, and

628
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: he was a huge part of us winning this game.

629
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,719
Speaker 1: Is there any one moment, big or small you think

630
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: might be both cemented in your memory from this Yeah,

631
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: it's hard. It's really hard for me to There's so

632
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: so many in my mind, but I wouldn't want to

633
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: sell any anyone, particularly or short. But I mean, you

634
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: can just go back through and look at some of

635
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: the plays offensively, defensively. You know that that really changed

636
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: the you know, minute to minute play to play. It

637
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: felt like the narrative of this game was ultimately changing,

638
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: and our guys just continue to apply pressure. We got

639
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: a lot of things to fix, but ultimately I appreciate

640
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: you guys very much, but this, this one will stick

641
00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: with me for a long time. I'm really proud of

642
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: my football team and our coaching staff. Thank you, guys.

643
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins thirty four of fifty four, four hundred and

644
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 1: sixty yards, four touchdowns, technically five because he threw his

645
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: twelfth pick six. It went to Julian Blackman, a safety

646
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: for the Colts, but he had four to vikings. He

647
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: got picked off a couple of times. The second one

648
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: was a ridiculous Jayalen Ragers situation where he stopped running

649
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: at the five. Here's what Kirk had to say after

650
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:34,239
Speaker 1: a thrilling Division winning three point overtime victory. I mean,

651
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: credible game. I think that the fact that our defense

652
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: only give up three points in the second half was critical.

653
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: Reminded me of the Eagles game when the same thing.

654
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: We were down and they just didn't give any points

655
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: in the second half. And I had to remind myself

656
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: of that as we were playing, knowing that if our

657
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: defense can do that, they allow you to hang around

658
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: and keep getting mecking it. You know. I think the

659
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: fact the fans stayed at the end and provided so

660
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: much energy, UM is a big deal. There was one

661
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: time where they were doing the skull chant and I

662
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: was I was surprised that they were still in it

663
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: the way they were, UM, and so grateful that there

664
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: that they were there with us all the way through

665
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: it to the end. UM. Great to obviously, UM, you know,

666
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: show that there was no quit and to keep playing

667
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: hard and and um finding a way. And then it's

668
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: just so important that UM, you know this is this

669
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,479
Speaker 1: is one step and a much larger goal, and it's

670
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: an important step. It's a step that you talk about

671
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: when when you go to training camp and the season begins.

672
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: But um, um, you know there's obviously more to go. Um.

673
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: You know, kJ I thought it was phenomenal today. He's

674
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: a guy that he could he could do that every week.

675
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: But you've got Justin, You've got at him, You've got TJ,

676
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: you got Dalvin, you got Alex Mattison. Um. And so

677
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: it's it's been hard to get him the football as

678
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: much as he deserves it and has shown the ability

679
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: to uh to deserve it. So he's a guy that

680
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: all season long, I've kind of felt, you know, we

681
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: need to get him more targets, get him more opportunities

682
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: because he's the real deal. It's just been hard to

683
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: to get him as involved as he was today. And

684
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 1: he showed it today what what he's capable of. I

685
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: have total confidence him to be an elite, elite receiver

686
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: in this league. Um. So great to win, great to

687
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 1: come back. I had no idea it was the largest

688
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: in NFL history. Um something like that doesn't happen to

689
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: average people. UM. So I'm proud of the way the

690
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: group did that, and um um, I just gotta keep

691
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: building from here and there will be an enormous amount

692
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: of things to correct. So take any questions you have

693
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: story with the jacket and what would you have born

694
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: have to come back that My wife dresses me so

695
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: uh I I she put it. She put it out

696
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: last night and I looked at her like I don't know,

697
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 1: and uh she nodded, you got to do it. So

698
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 1: uh So here we are. Um so it's uh yeah,

699
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 1: fun jacket. You know there's guys that have been crying

700
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 1: in there, and I don't know what you went to

701
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: put in there, but you got the sense that guys

702
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: had this ball. They were reflecting on the season and

703
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 1: their whole careers that can end the fact that they

704
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: got to this point. How did it strike you when

705
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,359
Speaker 1: you got in there at Yeah? What I what I've

706
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: learned is you need to enjoy it because, um you

707
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: work so hard. I mean think about two days training camp,

708
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: OTA's you know, meetings, you know, the hours you put

709
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: it on Wednesday Thursday as you prepare to have these

710
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: moments that might come around you know, once a once

711
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: a season, once a decade. You know, with the comeback

712
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: like that, you need to enjoy it. And so you

713
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: just want to make sure that you're taking it in

714
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: and and thanking everybody who participated and um and soaking

715
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: it in as opposed to just you know, quickly moving on.

716
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 1: I just think it's healthy to pause for a moment

717
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: and enjoy it. I don't even know. Um, it's been

718
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 1: in our closet a little while, honestly, but I don't

719
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: I don't even know when we got it. My wife

720
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: could answer that probably was there any moment in the

721
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: second half where maybe you started to feel real like, Okay,

722
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: this is going to happen. That's a great question, because

723
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: I was asking myself that, like, at what point does

724
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: it become a normal NFL football game? Um? And I'm

725
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 1: off the top of my head here, when we cut

726
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: it to was it fifteen? When we cut it to fifteen,

727
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: that's when I felt like maybe there were twelve minutes

728
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: left something like that. I thought, this is this is

729
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: right there? Um um. And then again it keeps going

730
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 1: back to the defense getting us the ball back, holding

731
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: that we know we gave them short fields, so we

732
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: made it hard for our defense to hold up the

733
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: way they did, and they still did. Um. And then

734
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: when you think about you know, solely returning a couple

735
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: of fumbles for touchdowns. It didn't happen. I mean, it's

736
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: it's another thing you kind of overcome. Um to get

737
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: to where we did as a veteran leader, what were

738
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: you saying to the team and what were your thoughts

739
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: kind of at halftime? Um? My thoughts weren't great at halftime. UM.

740
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: I just felt like we were we were losing in

741
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: a lot of ways and it wasn't It wasn't it

742
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,720
Speaker 1: wasn't good. Um. You know, Patrick Peterson made the comment

743
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: we only need five touchdowns, and I didn't know if

744
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: he's being sarcastic or what. When I looked at him,

745
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: he was serious. Um. I think his point was we're

746
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: not going to let them score anymore, so if you

747
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: can get five touchdowns, that will be good enough. Um.

748
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's a I'm kind of a one

749
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: play at the time guy. So my mindset is like,

750
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: just tell me the first play of the second half

751
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 1: and let me go execute that as well as I can,

752
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: and then you tell me the second play once we

753
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: get there. So whenever I've been a part of comebacks

754
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: like we've had it through the years, that's kind of

755
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: the way I operate. It's just, you know, one play

756
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: at a time and let's not get too far down

757
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: the road. He said that though, did you like five touchdowns?

758
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: Did that feel realistic? Give yourself? I mean, you know, fairness,

759
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: it doesn't happen very much. Well, they were, they were

760
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: kicking our tails, you know. So you know it's one

761
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 1: thing to say when you need five touchdowns, that's difficult

762
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: to do. It's even more difficult when you have been

763
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 1: struggling the way you've been struggling. Um, you know, this

764
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: is a this is just reminded again today. This is

765
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: a crazy league and you just gotta play at one

766
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: played a time, enjoying it. In one game, you win

767
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: your first division title, you put up I believe a

768
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 1: career high yardage total, and you have the greatest come

769
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: back in NFL history. What is this like? Um? I

770
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: mean it was it was. It was a great day

771
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: to come back and win the way we did. And

772
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: um and um, you know you're gonna enjoy it. You're

773
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: gonna build on it. Um. I think it's fun to

774
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: look down and see that Dalvin had one hundred ninety

775
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: yards from scrimmags Justin had twelve catches. For one hundred

776
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: and twenty. You know, kJ Adam caught a touchdown, made

777
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: the biggest play at the end there to to get

778
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: us in field goal range. So um, you know, it's

779
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: great to get so many guys involved and and have

780
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: so many people contribute, and um, you know, just proud

781
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: of the way we kept fighting and played. But there's

782
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: also a lot of stuff I'm not proud of, you know,

783
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,919
Speaker 1: the way we played game. There was no other game

784
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 1: on it's national Yeah, well it's lousy everywhere I'm watching

785
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: social media, people that don't care about the culture vikings

786
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: a year are jumping on saving are you watching this?

787
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: And too soon? If you guys realize you just played

788
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: a game that people are going to literally talk about forever. Yeah,

789
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 1: the Buffalo game. You know, maybe as well we may

790
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: have topped the Buffalo game with this one. Who knows. So, um,

791
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a fan of football, and walking off

792
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,840
Speaker 1: the field when someone said it was the largest comeback,

793
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: I thought of Frank Reich and Bills and the Titans

794
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: and Warren Moon in that game and Buffalo, and I

795
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: thought it couldn't have been It couldn't have been bigger

796
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: than that comeback And somebody told me it was. I

797
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: still I don't know the numbers, but I was like,

798
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: really it was bigger than that one, because that one

799
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 1: still to this day, I always wonder how did that happen?

800
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: But um um, obviously it's a result space business. So

801
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: when the result goes the way you want, it's it's

802
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: it's throwing over time there. When you forced the punt,

803
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: what's your thought process in terms of how aggressive do

804
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: I want to be even to tie? Yeah, I didn't

805
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: know all this. In like ten seconds before we get

806
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: the ball back, Chris goes Chris O'Hara, our QB coach,

807
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: because we're gonna run it to start. A tie wins

808
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: the division. And I looked at him like I would

809
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: have been nice to know that like at least ten

810
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 1: minutes ago, maybe three days ago. You know. So I'm

811
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 1: talking on the field, like a tie wins the division. Well,

812
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 1: you got options here. He called the run and uh,

813
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: and then he the second call didn't coming very quick,

814
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: So I'm kind of sitting there like maybe he's going

815
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: for the tie. And then he then he called the

816
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: drop back, I think, and I thought, no, he's he's

817
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: gonna go forward. And and then we went from there,

818
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was just crazy to have a chance

819
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: for a tie to win the division. We still able

820
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: to get down there and win the game, which what

821
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: we wanted. If you guys hadn't completely become I mean,

822
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: I'm self aware enough, Jim to not wear this, so

823
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: probably myself on self awareness, I think, and that would

824
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:48,760
Speaker 1: not have been the right play that Houston Buffalo Games reference.

825
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: So you were like four or five. Yeah, but I

826
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 1: watched NFL Networks, So I'm curious, like how like, I mean,

827
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: that's such a momentous moment in NFL history, and I'm

828
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: curious how like a locker room, a few people who

829
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,399
Speaker 1: aren't old enough to have experienced it live, like even

830
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: are aware of those type of you know, I don't

831
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: know how many guys are aware of that, but uh,

832
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a fan of football, and I mean

833
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,399
Speaker 1: I watch when games come on, Like the other day,

834
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: the twenty thirteen NFC Championship game is on between Seahawks

835
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 1: and Niners. You know, I'm watching that as a student

836
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: of the game, you know, because that's a that's a

837
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: game in a stage I want to play and I

838
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: want to watch that. So whenever those games come on,

839
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: I always try to take take something from them and

840
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: make myself a better player. Important to kind of at

841
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: times take a second and enjoy it. I mean, how

842
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: hard is that for you? Um? Yeah, to take it

843
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: all in sometimes. Yeah, I'm not wired that way. I'm

844
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: kind of wired to what's next, What's next? Um, you know,

845
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to enjoy the process. I want

846
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: to enjoy the product, and so you know I don't.

847
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: What I want to do is get to the end

848
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: of my career. And Cooper is uh, you know, is

849
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,839
Speaker 1: grown grown older and you look back and you said

850
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: I missed it. You know, I didn't enjoy it while

851
00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: I was going through it. So I want to make

852
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: sure sure that you know, I can play long enough

853
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: for him to remember it and really be a part

854
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 1: of it. But also, um, um, you know to look

855
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: back and said I didn't miss it while I was

856
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: in it, And now that it's over, I can say

857
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: I enjoyed it, got everything out of it I could.

858
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 1: So moments like this you want to enjoydown to Dalvin

859
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: and how how great cool are these? Like one? Play

860
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: in your eyes? Here Bub the same way too. It's

861
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 1: a great play call. First of all, incredibly well blocked

862
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: to get a screen like that off. And then it

863
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: was Dalvin showing why he's Dalvin Cook to be able

864
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: to not only get a big play there, but but

865
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: finished with a touchdown. And I'd love to see ezer Cleveland.

866
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: They're basically willing him into the end zone as well. Um,

867
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 1: I thought that play encapsulate a lot of who Dalvin is.

868
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: And I said to him in the locker room, I said,

869
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 1: I've I've been a front row seat for your best

870
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: plays in your career over the last five years. That

871
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: might have been my favorite. Um. So it wasn't a run,

872
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: it was a catch, but he had a couple other

873
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: big catches today, and UM, you know, it's fun to

874
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,359
Speaker 1: think back on all the all the times I got

875
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: to see him be special player in this league and

876
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: then to think that's probably the top one for me.

877
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: It's fun. Joseph's kick went through the uprights. What was

878
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,919
Speaker 1: the first thing you did, or who was the first

879
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: person you talked to or whatever. I'm not sure. I

880
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: was looking at the video board to kind of be

881
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 1: able to see the angle of the ball, and then

882
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 1: U it might have been justin he was standing up

883
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: on the bench. But yeah, it's just a memory that

884
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 1: for a long time Christmas traditions. You're looking forward to

885
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: this week with your family. Well, playing on Christmas Eve

886
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: will be interesting because then you get Christmas Day, you know,

887
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: to really enjoy Christmas. But you know, we got the

888
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: tree up. We've had the lights up since November first,

889
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: got the day call around the house and Cooper went

890
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: went over the tree the other day when my wife

891
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 1: wrapped a few presents a little early, and he was

892
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: going to open it that morning and we said we

893
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: got wait like twelve more days, and he kind of

894
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: lost his mind, like what do you mean? I gotta

895
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: wait twelve more days? So, you know, probably not the

896
00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: best idea to wrap the presence early put them under

897
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: the tree. All right, thanks guys. Before we get to

898
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: Ron Johnson's three takes, the Minnesota Vikings defense has been

899
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: much maligned and there there's been a lot of talk

900
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 1: about it, not only season long, but specifically this week,

901
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:22,360
Speaker 1: after allowing at least four hundred nine yards to offenses

902
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: five consecutive games. Well, the Colts scored thirty six, but

903
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: it's a bastard number. They got seven on a block point,

904
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: they got seven on a pick six and they got

905
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: fifteen from kicker Chase McLaughlin. The defense gave up one

906
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 1: touchdown today, Peter, Yeah, they and they know those early

907
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: stops in the red zone, you know, those are the

908
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: ones that you know, are are are just amazing. The

909
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: Colts were one of four in the red zone, right,

910
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: we were four of four. Soon those three stops at

911
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: this defense came up with force and field goals. You know,

912
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: they allowed they allowed this comeback. And they were putting

913
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: some bad spots too, fake fourth down, fake punt that

914
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: didn't go fourth down. We tried to you know, run

915
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 1: it and didn't get it. We actually lost yardage. They

916
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: were put on some short fields today and they hung

917
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: in there. They were much more aggressive, you know, Harrison

918
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: Smith blitzing a lot more right at the end of

919
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 1: the game, a zero blitz. I mean they I think

920
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: that's the trend that we're gonna see over these next

921
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. It's just the and into the playoffs

922
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,319
Speaker 1: for sure, is to say, hey, you know what, Yeah,

923
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: we're gonna just gonna roll the dice. We're gonna pin

924
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: our ears back, We're gonna get aggressive, and we gotta

925
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: make something happen, so Darius was unblockable at the end

926
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: of the game. Zadarius Smith is And you talk about

927
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: Dalvin on offense being the heartbeat, Darius Smith is absolutely

928
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,319
Speaker 1: the heartbeat of this defense. He and Harrison Smith. He's tough.

929
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: I mean, he's out there bad all the time. Yeah,

930
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: and the same thing for Harry. Harry. Harry, despite him

931
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,320
Speaker 1: being you know, you know, five hundred years old, is

932
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 1: still out there just leaving everything on the field. And

933
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 1: now our corner situation's gonna have to get figured out.

934
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: And you know, uh, there's a lot of there's a

935
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,839
Speaker 1: lot of headwinds, no question about that. But you've got

936
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: a guy like Zadarius to be there to lead this team.

937
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 1: And you know, I think I gotta tip the cap

938
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: the quaisier Dolphamenza for bringing him in this offseason because

939
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: he's a huge piece of the puzzle of this team.

940
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter played his best game of the season. He

941
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:17,760
Speaker 1: did he needed to. I mean, did you know Daniel

942
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: I think is still brooming himself getting himself into that

943
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 1: outside linebacker position. But yes, he absolutely made an impact today.

944
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: You know, despite being questionable going into this game, he

945
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 1: goes out there and lights it up and does you

946
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: know it's a great job. There's a lot of a

947
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: lot of guys on the defense. D Alvin Tomlinson did

948
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: an unbelievably good job against the run, I think throughout

949
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 1: the entire day. So there's a lot of really good

950
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,720
Speaker 1: defensive performances mixed in with all this. RJ Ron Johnson

951
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 1: three takes with the postgame report and there they are,

952
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,800
Speaker 1: Thanks Pa, Well, this is Ron Johnson Company from the

953
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: cafe and studios, and the Vikings are nf C North champions,

954
00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 1: as everyone has pointed out, but you just gotta say

955
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: it again. It just sounds so nice. You got to

956
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:05,279
Speaker 1: say it twice. The Vikings are NFC North champions. How'd

957
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,320
Speaker 1: they get there? Well, here's my three takeaways. At donontell

958
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: he found away and when I say he found a way,

959
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: everybody was so down on this defense. But he gave

960
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: up one touchdown a day, just one touchdown held the kicker,

961
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: five field goals held on the field goals one for

962
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,799
Speaker 1: four in the red zone. There were some other touchdowns,

963
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,280
Speaker 1: but they were not his fault on defense. Special teams

964
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: had won and then Kirk Cousins had to pick six,

965
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,360
Speaker 1: so Ed Donton Detell found a way. He had no

966
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: one hundred rusher, no one hundred yard rusher, he had

967
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: no one hundred yard receiver. The quarterback through for under

968
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: two hundred yards. All that has to go to the

969
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,520
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Looks like the guys were listening to the

970
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: assignments they were getting after the quarterback. There were some

971
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 1: blitzes in there, and they got and they got them

972
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: on the ground. That's the big key about a blitz.

973
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: You can blitz. If you don't get the quarterback on

974
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,760
Speaker 1: the ground, it doesn't matter. So it's my first takeaway.

975
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: My second takeaway. Kirk Cousins man back to back four

976
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: hundred yard games, four TVs four different receivers. He mounted

977
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:03,480
Speaker 1: the biggest comeback in NFL history. Being down thirty three

978
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: points in the first half third quarter, the woes were over.

979
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: Started off the season some of the worst third quarters

980
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: we've ever seen. But today's third quarter, hundred and forty

981
00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: five passer raiding two touchdowns for that Vikings offense. That

982
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: was huge and that was a big reason for this

983
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: Vikings comeback. Kirk Cousins was dialing up the passes, he

984
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 1: was taking chances and just some of the play calling

985
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: from Kevin O'Connell in the third quarter. It was almost

986
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 1: like they knew, if we don't score in the third,

987
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: if they have the third quarters, they've had another games,

988
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: they don't win this game. So that two touchdowns in

989
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: this third quarter probably probably the best third quarter they've

990
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,359
Speaker 1: had all season. And then my third takeaway, of course,

991
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:44,399
Speaker 1: it always goes to a receiver. I gotta give kJ

992
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:48,200
Speaker 1: Osbourne some props. kJ Osborne deserves the game ball for sure,

993
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:53,879
Speaker 1: he deserves possibly NFC Offensive Player of the Week. It's

994
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 1: gonna be tough though, with Kirk Cousins from four hundred

995
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 1: and sixty yards but ten catches, one hundred and fifty

996
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,719
Speaker 1: seven yards and a touchdown. But this is why kJ

997
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: Osborne is my big takeaway. This is his first one

998
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:08,760
Speaker 1: hundred yard game in a purple uniform. That's huge. Hats

999
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: off to that young man. First NFL one hundred yard game,

1000
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 1: sixteen targets, same amount of targets is Justin Jefferson. So

1001
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: kJ Osborne is putting his bid in to be that

1002
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 1: number two receiver. But now Kirk Cousins, he knows he

1003
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,279
Speaker 1: has a true three headed monster with Justin Jefferson Adam

1004
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 1: Thieland and kJ Osborne. All three can get it done.

1005
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: All three can put points on the board, and all

1006
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: three at any point can give you ten catches and

1007
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards. And kJ Osbourne today was his day.

1008
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: Hats off. I'm Ron Johnson and these are my takeaways

1009
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 1: from this thirty nine to thirty six overtime victory. And

1010
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: the Vikings are NFC North champions. Back to you guys

1011
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,880
Speaker 1: at the stadium, all right, So the Minnesota Vikings complete

1012
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:51,800
Speaker 1: the greatest comeback in the history of the NFL and

1013
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,279
Speaker 1: beat the Colts thirty nine thirty six. They were down

1014
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:59,240
Speaker 1: thirty three. The previous greatest comeback was thirty two points. Interestingly,

1015
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: orchestra by Frank Reich, the former coach of the Indianapolis Colts,

1016
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,240
Speaker 1: fired a month and a half ago. Well, his colts

1017
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 1: got beat thirty thirty nine thirty six, and um we

1018
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: get the Giants as NFC North champions Christmas Eve at noon.

1019
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: What kind of a week is this going to be

1020
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: for the Vikings. Well, you gotta get healthy and you

1021
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: get you had the full week, right, so you know

1022
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: that's a good thing. You know you're not playing in

1023
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: a short week against a team that had to buy

1024
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: so that was a huge advantage for the Colts. Right there,

1025
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna face an offense that is very i think

1026
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: pretty similar, heavy on the run, uh more mobile of

1027
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,800
Speaker 1: a quarterback. The other they're gonna depend on their quarterback

1028
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,360
Speaker 1: to to move around a little bit. But the Giants

1029
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: have had problems in the secondary, and teams that have

1030
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: problems in the secondary against our offense, man, it could

1031
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: be you know, it could be a big day through

1032
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 1: the air for the Vikings. But you know, hopefully you

1033
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 1: learn and everything that happens in his life that you learn,

1034
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: and that you came back and you you you beat

1035
00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: a Buffalo Bill's team that an improbable will come back

1036
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: and win and then you stub your till the next week.

1037
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: Well you did it again, which is awesome. That's the

1038
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 1: main thing. But lets you gotta learn, you gotta develop,

1039
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 1: You've got to understand what's ahead of you this week.

1040
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 1: So these guys need to start working on recovery right now.

1041
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 1: In closing, you know something special happened when Don Cousins

1042
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins father walks four sections over to the front

1043
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: of the voxbox to high five of us all after

1044
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 1: his kids team comes back and executes the greatest comeback

1045
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: in the history of the National Football League. Well done

1046
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 1: to everybody involved for Pete versage. I'm Paul Allen. That's

1047
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: the postgame report. Your Minnesota Vikings are NFC North champions.

1048
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 1: And here's Koc in the locker room right after the game.

1049
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: We set out a long time ago talking about doing

1050
00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:59,919
Speaker 1: one thing and one thing first before we talked about

1051
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: anything else. Congratulations NC chimp change. But what I love

1052
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: about it the most, all right, when we came in

1053
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: this locker room at a halftime, it couldn't get much worse.

1054
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,319
Speaker 1: We couldn't have done more to allow that other team

1055
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:20,759
Speaker 1: to win the football game. But I just felt it.

1056
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 1: I felt each and every wanting. I felt the captains

1057
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:27,239
Speaker 1: with your seas on your chest, understanding that we were

1058
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 1: about to go breaking all time regular season or playoff

1059
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:51,279
Speaker 1: record for comeback victory. When I tell you guys, man,

1060
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,879
Speaker 1: I tell you guys, I love you. Oh. I meet

1061
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 1: it from the bottom of my heart, and that will

1062
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 1: never change. I will ride with this group to tell it.

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Speaker 1: I want to play more great it tight, and then

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Speaker 1: I want to hear you guys celebrate the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: two NFC North my god,