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Speaker 1: that's that's that is an unbelievable state. I'm happy, you know,

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Speaker 1: and that's um. Well, like you said, Kyle, like not

428
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Speaker 1: not everyone's Anthony Barr right, you know, exactly going to

429
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Speaker 1: be taken in the top ten. And and and to

430
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Speaker 1: Anthony's credit, a lot of guys with that hype come

431
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Speaker 1: into the league and then they fizzle out. Anthony has not,

432
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Speaker 1: So I don't mean to single him out. He's a

433
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Speaker 1: good example. Um, A lot of people in this league

434
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Speaker 1: have a story similar to that, you know, to yours

435
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Speaker 1: that you just went through. It's it's hard, it's hard

436
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Speaker 1: to make it. So now as you're talking and talking

437
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Speaker 1: us through all that I'm thinking all the um the

438
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Speaker 1: pregame warmups that you spent with Kevin Stefanski like last year.

439
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Speaker 1: You know, I don't I don't know what your routine

440
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,199
Speaker 1: was or what you guys were doing, but it was

441
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Speaker 1: obviously very intentional, you know. And it's like it's hard

442
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Speaker 1: work in this league just to make it, you know,

443
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Speaker 1: it is. I mean, there's there's so much that goes

444
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Speaker 1: into it. I was talking to Jake Browning the other

445
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Speaker 1: day and I was like, man, it it really takes

446
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Speaker 1: luck first, Like if you're not a guy that like

447
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Speaker 1: is going in the top three four rounds, like, it

448
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Speaker 1: really takes luck first. Like so form my example that

449
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Speaker 1: I gave him was in Denver. I went there, so

450
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Speaker 1: I had like three opportunities. The Washington Redskins were offering

451
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Speaker 1: a good bit more signing bonus than Denver was. Denver

452
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Speaker 1: was actually offering me the least. But I went there

453
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Speaker 1: because they told me that I was going to be

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Speaker 1: the three because they had drafted Chad Kelly and at

455
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Speaker 1: the time he had a wrist injury. Okay, so they

456
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Speaker 1: said that you can walk in and be the number

457
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Speaker 1: three and get reps. Now, we don't know how long

458
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Speaker 1: he's gonna be out and when he comes back, he's

459
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Speaker 1: gonna be our three. But I kind of just like

460
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Speaker 1: played a hunch and I was like, you know, maybe

461
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Speaker 1: it takes longer for him to get back. And I

462
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Speaker 1: got lucky, and I got all the three reps. And

463
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Speaker 1: in Denver they do it even so they did like

464
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Speaker 1: training camp and Ota. It's like the ones got six reps,

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Speaker 1: the two's got six reps. I get. So I got

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Speaker 1: a ton of reps. And then in the fourth preseason game,

467
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Speaker 1: I got the whole preseason game. Um, I wasn't supposed

468
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Speaker 1: to play the third and Paxton Lynch ended up hurting

469
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Speaker 1: his shoulders, so I got a whole half. Like I

470
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Speaker 1: played a lot of football, and like had I gone

471
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Speaker 1: anywhere else, I wouldn't have had that happen. Like, I

472
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Speaker 1: just had a lot of instances that like I got

473
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Speaker 1: really lucky, and then once you get lucky, you have

474
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Speaker 1: to perform. Yeah, so you know, I you know, it's

475
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Speaker 1: it's really it's really been heaven sent. Honestly, it's I'm

476
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Speaker 1: pretty strong in my faith, and you know it's I've

477
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Speaker 1: God's been treating me right for you know, he took

478
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Speaker 1: me through a lot but it's been it's been really

479
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Speaker 1: heaven sent. What's been your mindset from Denver and then

480
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Speaker 1: now coming to the Vikings when you when you when

481
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 1: you first got here back at Winter Park, it's uh,

482
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: what three years ago? Now, what has it been like

483
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Speaker 1: your journey here? Obviously you've stuck around, so yeah, it's

484
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Speaker 1: been positive. Well, I was actually talking with some of

485
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Speaker 1: the guys earlier. I was like, imagine, because we always

486
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Speaker 1: get to this point in the season. It's like, imagine

487
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Speaker 1: learning an offense for six months and then you have

488
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: to learn a new one like like that, like you

489
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Speaker 1: get released or cut. So like that's what happened with

490
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Speaker 1: me in Denver, Like, yeah, I feel like I had

491
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Speaker 1: finally mastered the offense ye and then like you got

492
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Speaker 1: to learn a new one. So it's a little disheartening

493
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Speaker 1: in a way, Like this is definitely I made the

494
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Speaker 1: choice to come here, like I wanted to be here,

495
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Speaker 1: but having to learn, like the mental side of it

496
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Speaker 1: was pretty exhausting my rookie year, I'm sure, just because

497
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Speaker 1: you have to go through and you have to learn

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Speaker 1: a whole new offense, like it's it's definitely not easy,

499
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Speaker 1: especially like NFL offenses are not college, like you have

500
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Speaker 1: to really be in your book, there's nuances. I mean,

501
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,879
Speaker 1: this is our job. Like we're here nine hours a

502
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Speaker 1: day doing this, So it's not just like you know,

503
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: you get two hours of meetings in college, and you

504
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: know it's at a very basic level, Like it's very

505
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: much so like you're a pro, you got it's your job.

506
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: So that was that was tough. Um, but you know

507
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Speaker 1: after all that kind of subsided and going into my

508
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Speaker 1: second year and being there for De Filippo's whole install

509
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Speaker 1: and offense and getting to learn all that good stuff, like, um,

510
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Speaker 1: it's been great. I mean I love being here. I

511
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 1: really don't want to be anywhere else. Um, this is

512
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Speaker 1: where you know if you ask me today, like where

513
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Speaker 1: you see your career going, Like I want to be

514
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Speaker 1: a Viking for my entire career. Like I love Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: I love the people, love the fans of the coaches,

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Speaker 1: the coaching staff, my teammates, Um, the facility we're in. Ownership. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: ownership is amazing. I mean they they put their money

518
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Speaker 1: where their mouth is. They like they've taken care of us.

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Speaker 1: The food's great. I mean the food is a big deal.

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Speaker 1: I mean it really from top to bottom is just

521
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Speaker 1: first class and they take care of you, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's different in the sense that like when what

523
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Speaker 1: I really value from you know, the higher ups is

524
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 1: that like they do it, they say they're gonna do

525
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,120
Speaker 1: like a lot of places you go. Like they told

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Speaker 1: me in Denver like three days before my last preseason

527
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Speaker 1: game that I was going to be on the team, Like,

528
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 1: don't go out there and get hurt, like you got

529
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: to play the whole time because Paxiston was hurt, so

530
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,760
Speaker 1: I was the only other quarterback on the roster, is

531
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Speaker 1: Trevor Simmon and me, So like you you're on the team,

532
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: So don't go out there and get hurt, like play well,

533
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: but like be smart. And then four days later, I'm

534
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: looking for a job, you know. Yeah, So yeah, one

535
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Speaker 1: last thing I wanted to get from you because I

536
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: think you you have a cool perspective. And I already

537
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: mentioned Kevin Stefanski, the offensive coordinator, but yeah, you know you,

538
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 1: I've I've gotten to work with him since he got

539
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: here in oh six, Yeah, but you've gotten really to

540
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: work with him in the same room as him and

541
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: all that. So tell the folks who are listening you

542
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,439
Speaker 1: know what you've sort of learned from Kevin or about Kevin,

543
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: And and how do you think he's gonna do as

544
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator once we start playing games. Yeah, you know,

545
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: I think that the biggest thing that serves him well

546
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: in the job that he's about to do is that

547
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: he's just very calm and cool and collected. Yeah, you know,

548
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 1: he doesn't. And that was something that I was I

549
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: really admired from him last year when he took over,

550
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,239
Speaker 1: was that it didn't seem too big, you know, like

551
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: it's hard to come in midway through the year, Like

552
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: it's one thing to like go through OTAs and all

553
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff and in training camp and like

554
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,439
Speaker 1: you know, you're the OC. But you know, he jumped

555
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: in in the middle of it and just handled it

556
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: so well, like he killed it. He he's very you know,

557
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: he's got a cool way at looking at things. He

558
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: doesn't he doesn't want to be too complicated. He believes

559
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: that playing fast is more important than you know, the

560
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: x's and the o's, Like it doesn't it doesn't matter

561
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 1: what kind of plays we put out there if we

562
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 1: can't execute them at a high level and fast, you know.

563
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,199
Speaker 1: So he's Uh, you know, I just really admire him

564
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,439
Speaker 1: in the way that he's handled his business. Um, he

565
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: loves to get close to us and get to know

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00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,159
Speaker 1: us his people. Um, you know, I really just I

567
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 1: love him more for the person that he is. You know,

568
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 1: he's been welcoming to me ever since I got here. Um.

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00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: You know, he's he's kind of like a weird mix

570
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Speaker 1: of like a father figure and a friend for me

571
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: because I came in as a young guy and he

572
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: really took me under his wing and he had me

573
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 1: stay earl or stay late and come early for meetings

574
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: and stuff my rookie years, so I could really try

575
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: to grasp the offense. And you know, he works out

576
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: with me before the game, and he really tries to

577
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: make it a point to his players that like, you know,

578
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: if you're if you're here and you're gonna be here,

579
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 1: like we want to get you as good as you

580
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 1: can be, no matter who you are. You know, like

581
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: he could he could really put me aside and be like, hey,

582
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: you're the third or fourth quarterback the last two years

583
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: and be like we don't really need to worry about

584
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: you playing anytime soon. But you know, he's a guy

585
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: that's like, hey, you're on a roster, like I want

586
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: you to be as good as you can possibly be.

587
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 1: So he worked with me extra and UM really got

588
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: me to be the player that I am, Um, you

589
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: know in the sense of like the the mental side

590
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,719
Speaker 1: of the game and what I think about when I'm

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00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: back there playing the cool Yeah, that's great. We don't

592
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: get to spend much time with you, but I'm glad

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00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 1: that we got to on this one. You know, thanks

594
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: for We intentionally didn't get into like you know, the

595
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: Buffalo game and what's going to happen. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: don't know. We don't know what's going to happen. I

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00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: want to hear pa you like get excited again on that.

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00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard that call that he

599
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: had for you, but he was he knew success was good. Yeah. So, um,

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00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: if you play on Thursday, good luck and we'll see

601
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: on the road trip for sure, and then we'll get

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00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: back here and start getting ready for the season. We're

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00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: excited for it, and we thank you for your time. Man.

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00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: Sounds good. Well, I appreciate you guys. Thank you having me.

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00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: All right, Okay, so now we get to bring in

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Speaker 1: um not only a friend of mine, but also someone

607
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: who is an expert in a topic that a lot

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Speaker 1: of our listeners are going to find interest in. Chris.

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Speaker 1: It's it's we are right in the thick of fantasy

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Speaker 1: football draft season, so you've either already had your draft

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Speaker 1: and you're wondering how you did, or your draft is

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Speaker 1: coming up in the next few days or nights. So

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Speaker 1: Paul Charcion joins us right now now. Before we bring

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Speaker 1: him in, you go to fanball dot com slash charch

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Speaker 1: If you want more of Charch's opinions, then you'll get

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Speaker 1: in this discussion. Go to that website, fanball dot com

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Speaker 1: slash charch to get his cheat sheets and lots of

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Speaker 1: other information. You can find him on Twitter at Paul

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Speaker 1: but when we got a thousand people in a room,

639
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: we can do that. So we have a ton of

640
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 1: fun with it. And we just executed our I think

641
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: tenth or eleventh or twelfth Fantasy football training camp last weekend. Yeah,

642
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: you know, and fantasy sports is big industry. And the

643
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: reason I bring that up is I know that you're

644
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,959
Speaker 1: in the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame, the Fantasy Sports

645
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: Writers Hall of Fame, and either you currently are or

646
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: you were at one time. The president of the of

647
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: the Trade industry for fantasy sports. So this fantasy sports

648
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: is a big industry, isn't it. Oh yeah, it's uh,

649
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: it's it's huge. It's a multi billion dollar industry. Um.

650
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: There's a reason that, um, you know, ESPN does a

651
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: three day takeover of their site, their channel rather for

652
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: for fantasy in the middle of August. Why they devote

653
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: so much time to it. The only page that gets more,

654
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: um more hits for ESPNU ESPN's website than the fantasy

655
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: homepage is ESPN dot com. Wow. And after that it's

656
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: all fantasy. It's all fantasy pages and fantasy football at that.

657
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: It's it's a massive industry. Almost one in three males

658
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 1: under fifty play. Um, it's um, you know, we all know,

659
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: we all know people play. Every single person listening right

660
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: now either plays or knows somebody who plays. Yes, But

661
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: it's a juggernaut because we love it. We don't quit

662
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: playing because it's super fun. Yeah, you know of Vikings GM.

663
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: Rick Spielman always talks about his favorite time of year

664
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 1: is getting ready for the draft and then draft Day

665
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: for him, that's you know, and he loves game days

666
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: and Sundays and all that. And he's been doing this

667
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 1: for a long time, and you know, so he doesn't

668
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: not like any of it. He likes the games too,

669
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 1: but for him, it's the draft. For you, charge or

670
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: do you have the same mindset maybe that Rick does,

671
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: is draft day and getting ready for drafts this time

672
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: of year your favorite for fantasy football? Or do you

673
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: like the in season stuff? No? I do, I like,

674
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: I love I love the drafts. It's so much fun

675
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: and whether you know, if it's in person with all

676
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: your friends, especially and you know, most people you only

677
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: see once a year at the draft, and the camaraderie

678
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: and a lot of people will turn into a golf

679
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: outing or a bowling outing or whatever, just you know,

680
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: drinks friends. You know, just that social element, which is

681
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: really at the core of fantasy is what makes it great.

682
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 1: It's it's not the same as sports betting. Sports betting,

683
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: it's it really is different. It's just about winning and

684
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: losing money. And you know, fantasy is about the social

685
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: aspect of it. And you know, if you breakdown your

686
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: you know whatever, you're eighty dollars entry fee of spread

687
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: across sixteen weeks, you have so little money on the line.

688
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: It's never really about the money, so Yeah, that's the

689
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 1: that's the part of the beauty of fantasy sports is

690
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: getting together drafting these players, being with friends and then

691
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: trying to you know, trying to out fox everybody the

692
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: rest of the way. Yeah, that is the best part

693
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: of it. I still have a group of friends back

694
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: on the East Coast who we all dress up in

695
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: suits every year, and we've done it for fifteen years now.

696
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: And I'm out here in the Midwest wearing a suit

697
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,320
Speaker 1: with shorts on and a video chat while we drafted

698
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: the other night. So that's the dress code and it

699
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: hasn't changed since we were kids. So it's uh, probably

700
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 1: the best night of the year fantasy, that's for sure. Yeah,

701
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, charge the last thing I

702
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: have on this, I want to I think folks listening

703
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: are going to be interested in hearing about vikings and

704
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: their fantasy value. So I'm gonna get to that with

705
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 1: you in a moment. But just the last thing on

706
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: this in general. Um, you know, I think one cool

707
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: thing too, because you mentioned the social aspect of it, Charch,

708
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: And one cool thing about you know, the leagues that

709
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 1: you're in is you know, the aside from the money,

710
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: the prizes, that leagues might have for winning it, like

711
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: a traveling trophy, or the punishments that you might have,

712
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: you know, for losing it. And as I already told

713
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,439
Speaker 1: charge about this, Okay, can you can you talk about

714
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: its listen? I had Yeah, I had to. Um, I

715
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: had to go number one in my pants for finishing

716
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: in last place in my in my fantasy. Okay, so

717
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: everyone knows about them. That's great. But I'm sure you

718
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: heard lots of great UM stories charged, either the traveling

719
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: trophies or the punishments. And that's a fun part of

720
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: this too, isn't it. It is UM trophies. You can

721
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: only do so much, right, Yeah, Um, there's more you

722
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 1: can do with the punishments that are out there now. Um.

723
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: And one of my favorites is is the requirement for

724
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: the loser to take the act test and publish the

725
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: results to the league. That sounds awful, how about that? Yeah,

726
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: that's pretty terrible. I'll give you a couple of us. Um.

727
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: The winner gets to write the script for the losers

728
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 1: open mic comedy. And the loser's gotta go do open

729
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: mic comedy. It has to go do that word for word, verbatim,

730
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: that script. Boy, imagine what you could do with that, right,

731
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: not good? Yeah, not a good one. We've seen body

732
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 1: pier things. We've seen tattoos, tattoos, Yeah, yep, we've seen

733
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: the sandwich board on the side of the road. Yeah,

734
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: you get the big sandwich board. You know my you know,

735
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: I socket fantasy football, you know that kind of thing. Um.

736
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: So yeah, people can get creative and um and well,

737
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,359
Speaker 1: I mean, oh how about this. This is a good

738
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: one too. I know the league in UM in WASHINGDC

739
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: where the winner UM gets to choose a location in

740
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: the United States to which the loser must go on

741
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:21,399
Speaker 1: Super Bowl Sunday. Oh no, they have chosen places like

742
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: the top of Devil's Tower. Oh oh, so you might

743
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: not be able to watch the game, may be able

744
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: to watch the game. And International Falls, Minnesota. Yeah, so

745
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: this is a group from washing DC. So you have

746
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: to go to the northernmost point of the continental US

747
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: and spend your spend your Super Bowl Day in in

748
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: International Falls, Minnesota, or anywhere in Wisconsin where they don't

749
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: have running water and electricity. Right, yeah, be terrible where

750
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: the silo blocks the satellite day. Yeah that's right. So yeah,

751
00:37:55,600 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 1: oh man, um, all right, let's um let's deep. I

752
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,439
Speaker 1: have a little bit on some Vikings charge for for

753
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: the Vikings faithful who are listening, you know, and they

754
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: they want to know if they haven't drafted yet, where

755
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 1: should I you know, where do I have to take

756
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: Dalvin to get Dalvin? Where do I have to take

757
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: Diggs to get Adam? Yeah? Ahead, Diggs are feeling, So

758
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: walk us through a little I mean, we can all

759
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: look at your at your cheat sheet on fanball dot

760
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: com slash charge, but walk us through your thinking a

761
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: little bit on some of these Vikings skill position players. Well,

762
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: I'm really really high in Dalvin and have been from

763
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: from the beginning his third preseason game. That breakaway run,

764
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: I think, you know, changed changed a lot of things

765
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: in Pride. You know, it's that happened recently. So I

766
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: don't have red new data, but that's the kind of

767
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: stuff that forces a player to move up half around

768
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: or around in their fantasy drafts. And and I think

769
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: if you want to be sure to get Dalvin Cook,

770
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: you're going to have to take him at the beginning

771
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 1: of the second round. He'll definitely go in the middle

772
00:38:58,360 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: of the second round. So if you want to be

773
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: sure to get him, that's here, that's what you're looking at,

774
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: and I think that's that's not necessarily a mistake. This

775
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: is an offense that I really believe that. When they

776
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: brought in Kubiak and Dennison, they went through last year's

777
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: tape and they said, all right, when we look at

778
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: our passing game, we've got a quarterback who played inconsistently.

779
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 1: When we look at our running game, we have a

780
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,760
Speaker 1: running back who didn't leave a yard on the field,

781
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,919
Speaker 1: that maximized every single carry. We're going to do more

782
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: to get him the ball. Dalvin Cook quietly had a

783
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: fantastic season running behind a very inconsistent line, and I

784
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: thought he was I thought he was marvelous. And I

785
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: think I think this offensive group knows that they'll they'll

786
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: use him at the goal line. Not terribly worried about

787
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: Alexander Madison, despite all the use in the in the preseason.

788
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to be a major factor

789
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: um and I don't think he'll be a goale goal line.

790
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll steal the ball from Galvin Cook.

791
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: So I love Dalvin Cook. You're just gonna have to

792
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: be a little aggressive if you want to If you

793
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 1: want to get him, especially in this market. Yeah, charge,

794
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 1: you know, honestly with um. You know, with Dalvin, I

795
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 1: think the only potential drawback is you hope that he

796
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:12,919
Speaker 1: stays healthy. So in that respect, in deep leagues with

797
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: lots of bench spots, would you recommend Madison as a

798
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: backup or handcuff or would you not? Um, I'm not

799
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: normally a big fan of burning a roster spot on

800
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 1: the chance that your other guy gets hurt. Okay, the

801
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: cook does have the history of injury and um and

802
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 1: and Madison would be the right guy, so I wouldn't

803
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 1: have a problem with it, But I would probably roll

804
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: the dice on somebody else with that pick, who's got

805
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: you know, can contribute to me in any given week

806
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: and has the chance to be a breakout player. Okay,

807
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: all right, but what about feeling or Stefan Digg is

808
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: like the biggest question? Yeah, which one? They're nine in

809
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: ten on my right now, so there, you know, really

810
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: you're in You're in coin flip territory to some degree here. Um,

811
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: but I have feeling higher because I believe you will

812
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: catch more passes and never missed a game. You know,

813
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 1: you know, Diggs does have the history of getting dinged up,

814
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: and so that's that's the only that's the only distinction here.

815
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: And then, of course, Feeling showed through the first half

816
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: of last season that he has wide receiver one you know,

817
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 1: like number one overall upside to him that we've never

818
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: seen with Diggs. So you know, if we think that

819
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: the Vikings offense is really going to come together and

820
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: you can get sixteen weeks out of Adam Feeling like

821
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 1: you got out of the first eight weeks last year, um,

822
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 1: then you know feel Feeling deserves to be a spot

823
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: higher than Diggs. But you know, you could, you really

824
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: could go with the guy that you whichever guy you prefer.

825
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: You can't argue with the guy who had one hundred

826
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,399
Speaker 1: yards a game for like what nine straight weeks last year,

827
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: so oh yeah, and was on pace to set the

828
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: all time single season reception record. And most of us

829
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 1: get something for a receiver for each reception now, and

830
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: most of us get a full point per reception. So yeah,

831
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: that's that's part of the distinction. For saying, I'm gonna

832
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: take you through my first two picks in a twelve

833
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: team league. I had the eighth overall pick. I got

834
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 1: David Johnson at number eight, which I thought he dropped,

835
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 1: and then coming back around, I got Antonio Brown with

836
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: the second pick, which I'm very intrigued with on a

837
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: new team. There, How do you feel that I did

838
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: with those first two picks? Those are two picks I

839
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:30,720
Speaker 1: never would have made, incredibly risky pick. What about Kyler

840
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 1: Murray though, Well, I don't want to have all the risk.

841
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: Where I want the risk in my graph is at

842
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: the bottom of my graph, not at the top. And

843
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: I thought there were value picks a ton of risk. Well,

844
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: I think they kind of are. Maybe not so much. Johnson,

845
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,800
Speaker 1: That's about where he goes. So let's just talk it

846
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: through for a minute. Johnson's a really good back, hamstrung

847
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: by a horrible offensive line really curtail him last year.

848
00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: And then I think your hope is Kyle as a receiver.

849
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray drops back to pass line to Sinde Great.

850
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: Murray rolls out, he's looking for receivers and there's David Johnson,

851
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: you know, seven yards down field bank you go hit

852
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 1: him for easy yards, and I think that's yeah. Um

853
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: screen passes. I think he's gonna he should see plenty

854
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: of that. Um I just there's so many moving parts.

855
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: There's a totally new offensive rookie quarterback. I think it's

856
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: going to be very inconsistent. It could it's gonna be

857
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 1: great game, bad game, bad game. Great game, great game,

858
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 1: bad game, and you're not you may not know when

859
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 1: they're coming for him and Antonio Brown, everybody knows. You

860
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: know what you're facing with him. That's you know, does

861
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: he even love the game of football? Does he does?

862
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: His coaching staff at some point pull their hair out,

863
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 1: And maybe even a bigger concern if he does play

864
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 1: sixteen games, is he now has the least accurate deep

865
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,839
Speaker 1: passing quarterback in the league throwing him the ball and

866
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 1: he's come from one of the all time best keep passing,

867
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: strong arms quarterbacks in the league. And is that going

868
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: How much is that going to change? You know, his

869
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,439
Speaker 1: his fantasy viability and and production. Then, so there's there's

870
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: a ton of moving parts with both of those guys,

871
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: tons of risks, tons of upside um. Antonio Brown is

872
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 1: last year's number one to number two high scoring fantasy

873
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver. If you can get anything close to that,

874
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 1: then it's this deal. Well, yeah, but the bad news

875
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 1: charge for a Corso is he's got a bench on

876
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown in Week three Vikings. That's right. I agree

877
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 1: with that. I might have to do that, but I'm

878
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna save that audio so when I win

879
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: my league, I'll come back just keeps. I mean here,

880
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: you just book me like week seventeen after you won

881
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: year league in sixteen. I have long forgotten that we

882
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 1: had this conversation and you don't even mention it. And

883
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: then I come on the air and you play this

884
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,279
Speaker 1: audio back for me. Right, I love it. You were

885
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: so dumb. That's a deal. That is definitely a deal.

886
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: Last thing charge for me and something that you've been

887
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 1: talking a lot about the last two years, the Guillotine League.

888
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: There are going to be some folks listening who haven't

889
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,879
Speaker 1: heard of this um and I'd like you to sort

890
00:44:57,920 --> 00:44:59,799
Speaker 1: of stream your consciousness a little bit on the GUI

891
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: Team League, why you like it, and how folks can

892
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: play with you. Guys. It's the hottest new format in

893
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: fantasy sports and maybe the hottest new development ever in

894
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: fantasy sports because the format is just so much fun

895
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: and so cool. As you start with seventeen people and

896
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: every week the low scoring player gets eliminated from the

897
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:23,319
Speaker 1: league and their players their entire roster goes to the

898
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 1: waiver wire. So now the other sixteen teams get to

899
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,920
Speaker 1: feast on your whole draft of players, not you, hopefully

900
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,879
Speaker 1: hopefully somebody else's draft of players you and everybody else

901
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 1: gets draft gets to pick up all those players, and

902
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: that happens every week until there's one team left. And

903
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 1: it's fascinating the strategies that you use. As an example,

904
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: Let's just say at the end of Week one, you

905
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 1: know the Falcons, I understand have a tough matchup in

906
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: Week one. I believe they do. Yes, yes, yeah, So

907
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 1: there was a team, there was a team in my

908
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: league that a Guillotine league, that is starting Matt Ryan,

909
00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,720
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper, and Julio Jones. I think that's your odds

910
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: on favorite to get knocked out. So here comes in

911
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: and let's just say they do get knocked out in

912
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: week one. Matt Ryan is my number two quarterback, Julio

913
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: Jones is my number seven wide receiver, Austin Hooper is

914
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: like from number ten or eleven tight end. Those are

915
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,720
Speaker 1: good players and you've got your free agent bidding pool

916
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: of money. How do you push all your chips in

917
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 1: to go get these elite players, knowing you could start

918
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: them for another fifteen weeks, or do you save your

919
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: money because next week it's going to be another set

920
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: of really good players, fascinating strategies and tons of fun.

921
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: The Guillotine League. You can learn more and join one

922
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: at any price point, including free at Guillotine League dot com. Awesome.

923
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: And this is I mean, so, do you have a

924
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 1: separate cheat sheet for Guillotine Leagues? Charge you know? I don't?

925
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 1: You know I should? If I could clone myself, I would.

926
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: But I think the big thing that you need to

927
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: know for Guillotine League is you don't want to eight No.

928
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: I would never stack a bunch of starters from one

929
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: team like this just did with the Falcons, especially with

930
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:05,919
Speaker 1: the Vikings in week one but two. You want consistent

931
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: output guys, which you don't want to have are a

932
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: bunch of guys that are reliant on special things happening

933
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: and otherwise give you very little rushing quarterbacks. If Lamar

934
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: Jackson doesn't run for a bunch of yards, he probably

935
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: won't pass them pass up for a bunch of yards,

936
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: and he'll hurt you that way. A guy like Deshan Jackson,

937
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: who's a long ball specialist, and if he doesn't catch

938
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: that long touchdown, he hurts you. Terry Cohen, who will

939
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:34,760
Speaker 1: give you very little on the ground, if he doesn't

940
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: have that six seven catch game for sixty or seventy yards,

941
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: he hurts you. So you want consistent guys who that

942
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:46,839
Speaker 1: every week put together solid games rather than the high

943
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,319
Speaker 1: upside high downside guys. Yeah, it was fun last year,

944
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: you know, following you on Twitter as I do, you

945
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:56,399
Speaker 1: would you would tweet who the waiver wire guys were

946
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: for that week. You would tweet out the list of

947
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,240
Speaker 1: names of players we're going to hit the waiver wire

948
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: because some team just got guillotine, you know. Yeah, And

949
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: it only gets crazier as the week goes on. You know,

950
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,280
Speaker 1: in week one, it's you, You've got somebody's entire draft.

951
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: But beginning week two, they've started picking up other good

952
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,399
Speaker 1: players wire system yea, and so they have even better

953
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: you know, every week it's better and better teams that

954
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: have been loading up through the waiver system on all

955
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 1: these other players. And so every week the players that

956
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:28,240
Speaker 1: are getting getting cut are even better. Yeah, it's yeah,

957
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: it's bonkers and It ended up being my most enjoyable

958
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: league last year when we did it as an experiment,

959
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: and now decide to let anybody who wants to play

960
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: join a gutium league in the VN league here with

961
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 1: the Vikings, I know the guy who has the first

962
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 1: overall pick, who would that guy want to take? Well,

963
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 1: the temptation is going to be to take Sayclin Barkley,

964
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: who is going off the board on average at the

965
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: number one pick. But here's why I wouldn't do it.

966
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 1: In the GUI team league, that's what I was going

967
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:57,920
Speaker 1: to take. He's got he's got more chances for downside.

968
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 1: So think about it. You've got a middle offensive line

969
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: for the Giants that could curtail him. You have a

970
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,800
Speaker 1: potential change of quarterback coming that could curtail say Quon Barkley.

971
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,320
Speaker 1: And then last thing, Giants might have the worst defense

972
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,720
Speaker 1: in the NFL. There's a real chance. I mean on paper,

973
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: they look like they're headed to potentially be at the

974
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: worst defense the NFL. That would take the running game

975
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: out of a second half game plan. There's there's an

976
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 1: obviously a late talent right say Klon Barkley, and he'll

977
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: still catch passes. You won. They're prime. But those are

978
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: all things that could work against him and give him

979
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: some flop games that you're not going to see out

980
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: of Alvin Kamara, who suffers none of those things. You've

981
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 1: got a rock steady quarterback in Drew Brees. He catches

982
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:42,720
Speaker 1: tons of passes. He's Their offense is so good, they

983
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: always score points. The defense is good, so they never

984
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:47,800
Speaker 1: have to abandon the running game. Just there's no downside

985
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 1: with Alvin Kimara, so he would be the selection I

986
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 1: would make first interesting. What if you're on the back

987
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: end of that charch. What if you're sixteen seventeen and

988
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,919
Speaker 1: then eighteen nineteen. Yeah, you're in this gay team league.

989
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: You don't want to get chopped. The most dangerous thing

990
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: you can do is to take high risk running backs

991
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 1: at the end of the first round. And those are

992
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,399
Speaker 1: the guys that flame out more than any other. You're

993
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: not so worried about Kimara and Barkley and McCaffrey, and

994
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: those guys are pretty safe. It's the running backs that

995
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 1: have got a bunch of warts that nobody wanted to

996
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: take early that are going to be much more dangerous

997
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: for you. When at the end of that round. Instead,

998
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: you can get guys like Adam Feeling and Leo Jones

999
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: and Stefan Daggs. And you can get an eleague tight

1000
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:34,440
Speaker 1: end like a Travis Kelsey or George Kittle. That's the

1001
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 1: you know, those are the guys that are great every year.

1002
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,600
Speaker 1: These you know, the wide receivers, just they're always good.

1003
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:43,320
Speaker 1: You know, they play, they perform the way they should

1004
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: perform almost always. So that's what I would do at

1005
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: the end, is I would I would I would secure

1006
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: safety because again, your goal isn't finished first, to not

1007
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: finished last in any given week, never finished last. You

1008
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: get nothing for finishing first in a week, So we

1009
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 1: want safe. Awesome. Hey, for we're going to wrap this

1010
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 1: up charts, even though we could talk to you for

1011
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:10,080
Speaker 1: another hour. Fantasy Football Weekly Saturday mornings. For folks here locally,

1012
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,080
Speaker 1: they can listen to it on KFA N and if

1013
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 1: you're not local, you can podcast it. What sorts of

1014
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 1: things do you talk about weekly on Fantasy Football Weekly?

1015
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: What do you do on the show. Well, with the

1016
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,880
Speaker 1: remainder of the preseason, we're still oriented really towards the

1017
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: draft and auctions for people that haven't done that yet,

1018
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: I am trying to make sure that you hit that right.

1019
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:32,400
Speaker 1: But you know, we're really only ten days, eleven, twelve

1020
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:35,800
Speaker 1: days away from starting our regular season cycle where really

1021
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: the shows are all about breaking down each week's matchups

1022
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:43,319
Speaker 1: fantasy style and telling you what to expect, who you

1023
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: can start, we need the bench, and then who are

1024
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:49,800
Speaker 1: the emerging players that you want to be a week ahead?

1025
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: Odd okay, And we've got a segment we call premature

1026
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,840
Speaker 1: Speculation where we talk about who we think are going

1027
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: to be the hot names on the waiver wire next

1028
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 1: week that you'll want to pick up now awesome. So

1029
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,520
Speaker 1: those are the kinds of things that we do. And

1030
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 1: the podcast conveniently is available Friday nights through the iHeartRadio app,

1031
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 1: iTunes and anywhere else that you like podcasts. You can

1032
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,319
Speaker 1: get Fantasy Football Weekly beginning Friday evening and then again,

1033
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, it airs locally in the Twin Cities

1034
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: market and across the fan radio network from ten to

1035
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,080
Speaker 1: noon Saturday. Awesome. And then you and I on Fridays

1036
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 1: with voice of the Vikings Paul Allen at Buffalo Wild

1037
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:27,879
Speaker 1: Wings Charge. My segments are at eleven o'clock this year,

1038
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 1: so you and I will discuss the upcoming Vikings matchup

1039
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: Fridays at eleven o'clock at the Friday Football Feast, and

1040
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 1: I look forward to that Oakdale week one. It believe

1041
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: that's correct. Not far from from world headquarters. No, no,

1042
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 1: it's not. It's not bad at all. All right, Um,

1043
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: this is Paul Charching now you're listening to You can

1044
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: follow him on Twitter at Paul Charchion at Paul Charching

1045
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: on Twitter, fanball dot com slash charch If you haven't

1046
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: drafted yet and you want to see a good cheat sheet,

1047
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 1: go there and check it out. Thanks charch You're a

1048
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,720
Speaker 1: great friend and you're a great guest for the podcast,

1049
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: so we appreciate you taking some time. I know you're busy.

1050
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: It's a high demand time of year for you, and

1051
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 1: you do radio spots all across the country, and it

1052
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 1: was kind of you to do this for us right here.

1053
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:14,520
Speaker 1: We appreciate it, all right. From fantasy football to prep football, Chris,

1054
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: We're gonna have some high school games. For the second

1055
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: consecutive year, TCO Performance Center in the Vikings are going

1056
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 1: to host some high school football games right here in Egan.

1057
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: It'll be three high school football games at TCO Performance

1058
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Speaker 1: Center for the Vikings Prep Spotlight presented by f VP.

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Speaker 1: The first game will be Friday night, September twentieth, Eden

1060
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 1: Prairie against Shock Ape at seven o'clock. The second game

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00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: one week later, Friday Night, September twenty seventh, Chaska versus

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00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 1: Apple Valley at seven o'clock, and then a game the

1063
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:53,839
Speaker 1: following day, Saturday, September twenty eighth, Rochester Mail versus Main

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00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 1: Cato West at six pm. Those are the three high

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00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: school games that will be hosted by the Vikings at

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00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 1: Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center this season. For more on

1067
00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:07,880
Speaker 1: the Prep Spotlight or Vikings Youth football initiatives, you can

1068
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,880
Speaker 1: visit Vikings dot com slash prep. When this was announced,

1069
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins had a press conference the same day. I

1070
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,360
Speaker 1: thought he had kind of a cool quote about, you know,

1071
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:21,400
Speaker 1: his thoughts on his high school football experience and what

1072
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:24,279
Speaker 1: high school football means to the sport of football. So

1073
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: here's what our quarterback had to say. I've had a

1074
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 1: joy playing professional football. I'm living a dream. College football

1075
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:33,360
Speaker 1: was outstanding. There is nothing better than high school football

1076
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 1: playing Friday night under the lights, in front of your people,

1077
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: your classmates and friends, and your parents, your family, for

1078
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: your community. It's special. And those are my best memories

1079
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 1: on the football field. And every time I talked to

1080
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:51,240
Speaker 1: a high school football player, I encourage them to cherish

1081
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: the moment because even if you get to play beyond that,

1082
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: there's nothing like those those times with your buddies playing

1083
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: high school football. So I actually find myself when they

1084
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,319
Speaker 1: play here. I drive over on Friday evening in Park

1085
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,520
Speaker 1: and walk up to our cafeteria and watch from the

1086
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,880
Speaker 1: third floor window, just because I gravitate towards high school

1087
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,839
Speaker 1: football and I love it so much, so I love

1088
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 1: the bands and the whole deal. So you know, whenever

1089
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 1: I get a chance, I got a bye week, if

1090
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 1: I can get home, I make a point to get

1091
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 1: to my high school to watch their Friday night game

1092
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:23,279
Speaker 1: because it means something to me. And when I'm done playing,

1093
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: I'd probably like to go be a high school quarterback

1094
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,640
Speaker 1: coach somewhere at a local school and help out because

1095
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 1: I just love it so so glad that Vikings are

1096
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,839
Speaker 1: willing to have him here. And we have some some

1097
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,160
Speaker 1: fun games here. All right, fan voicemail time, let's go.

1098
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: We got some good ones. We asked some I mean

1099
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:41,799
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of repeat callers, but man,

1100
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,840
Speaker 1: the passion out of these people. I like. This is

1101
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 1: why we introduced this segment for people like you are

1102
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: about to hear. All Right, So the question was who's

1103
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:54,880
Speaker 1: gonna be the Vikings MVP in twenty nineteen? Great, it's

1104
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,320
Speaker 1: a perfect timely question for the team. Okay, So who's

1105
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: going to be the team's MVP for twenty nineteen? Fan

1106
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:06,839
Speaker 1: voicemails number one? Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, Hey,

1107
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,799
Speaker 1: Mike Wabby, this is unders from granted office in Minnesota.

1108
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:12,920
Speaker 1: And I think that if the Vikings are going to

1109
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,879
Speaker 1: have success in the twenty nineteen season, that Dalvin Cook

1110
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:17,640
Speaker 1: is going to have to stay healthy and have a

1111
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:21,160
Speaker 1: productive year. I think with the new Coupe Fansky offense

1112
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 1: and with the improved offensive line, that he is going

1113
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:27,399
Speaker 1: to have a great year rush for eighteen hundred yards

1114
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,800
Speaker 1: and twenty touchdowns, and he will be the Vikings MVP

1115
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:37,359
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. Yees, eighteen hundred yards. I think he'd

1116
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,400
Speaker 1: be the MVP of the of the league, of the

1117
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 1: history of the league. All right, Um, okay, honors, I

1118
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 1: hear you. I like that. Hey, By the way, I

1119
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: liked Kube Fansky. Isn't that what he said? I think

1120
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: you said the Kobe fans Fansky offense. I like that.

1121
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:52,240
Speaker 1: I might even steal it and use it. Um If

1122
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: if Dalvin Cook does that eighteen hundred yards and twenty touchdowns,

1123
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a good season. I agree, all right.

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00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:02,520
Speaker 1: Fan voicemail number two, Hey, Chris Collins from Denton, Texas.

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00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 1: After this preseason game, it's a good thing. I drank

1126
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:09,400
Speaker 1: my purple kool aid because it has inspired me with

1127
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: optimism for my MVP, the fresh Prince of Minnesota, Kirk Cousins. Now,

1128
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 1: this is a story, y'all, about how wild Black's got

1129
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,320
Speaker 1: flipped turned upside down. We brought into a qubit with

1130
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,120
Speaker 1: number eight eight seven in one. Though it was not great,

1131
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: he wish full the draft and it was clear our

1132
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 1: number one picked brad Berries. Here he got a setter

1133
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: up front. Do not despair, now, Cousins, this season goes

1134
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 1: on a chair a red zone boes, We'll go away

1135
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:41,080
Speaker 1: TV instead of three. He gonna make the play Heterence

1136
00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:46,480
Speaker 1: Coolnation where family lead will call Kirk our brother and MVPs.

1137
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: Not only it's your fresh Prince, but he is also

1138
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 1: our lion king, Where our kings, our kin, where we're

1139
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:07,520
Speaker 1: any my kids? Week from the Jay he arrived in Minnesota,

1140
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 1: expectations were very high. We hope he'd be RMVP, But

1141
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen he really made us cry. Now he will fly,

1142
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 1: he will not take side. He will throw few pigs

1143
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 1: and move us stairs. He will find out why his

1144
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:55,240
Speaker 1: Kirk's passed our rewinding yea r MVP to the super Bow.

1145
00:58:56,840 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: How he scold, scold, let's go God, bless, God bless.

1146
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,160
Speaker 1: I feel like we could. I feel like we should help.

1147
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: We should help Chris out by by playing the right

1148
00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 1: music behind it, Like we should help him out. So,

1149
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:13,880
Speaker 1: I mean, with all that extra time you have, Chris,

1150
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:16,640
Speaker 1: I think I think you should time up a music

1151
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 1: bed with us and help him out. Man. I mean

1152
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:20,440
Speaker 1: I had some extra time this morning. I was driving

1153
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,040
Speaker 1: in and I was like, I'm gonna listen to these

1154
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 1: voicemails that we got this week. And I listened in

1155
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 1: the car and I was cracking up on that one.

1156
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 1: That was like the most passion I've ever heard out

1157
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:31,440
Speaker 1: of A. I mean, he had to come up with

1158
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 1: the lyrics for Fresh Prince of bel Air, which he

1159
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,560
Speaker 1: nailed into Lion King into Lion King. I mean, the

1160
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:42,120
Speaker 1: imagination is just I mean, plus, if you want to

1161
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:45,120
Speaker 1: take this segment up to the next level, you need

1162
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: to play music bed a music bed underneath that. Yeah,

1163
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: because we can get in trouble. You guys can't. I mean,

1164
00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 1: he acapella works for him. I'm not saying he can't

1165
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 1: be acapella, but I mean we can help him. I mean,

1166
00:59:56,600 --> 00:59:59,680
Speaker 1: he's he's given us max effort, so you can match his.

1167
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,960
Speaker 1: I can't even God, he's excelling. Love him. Okay, next

1168
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 1: they while the interest Viking fan Aaron from Green Bay Boy.

1169
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:09,680
Speaker 1: After last week, I kind of wish I had my

1170
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:12,200
Speaker 1: take back about the preseason because it shure seems as

1171
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:14,120
Speaker 1: though the winds of change are blowing given some of

1172
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:17,120
Speaker 1: the debacles off of this last week. But we're talking

1173
01:00:17,120 --> 01:00:20,280
Speaker 1: about m VP this year, and for me, the keyword

1174
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 1: continues to be balanced, and so when you're looking at

1175
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,960
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, I think that actually

1176
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 1: works against finding your MVP on the defensive side of

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01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: the ball. Even take like the Neil Hunter last year

1178
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:34,440
Speaker 1: fourteen and a half sacks, but had he been more selfish,

1179
01:00:34,520 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 1: he certainly could have probably gained some more, although probably

1180
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:40,240
Speaker 1: wouldn't been happy, wouldn't have seen the field very much.

1181
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:42,680
Speaker 1: But so on that side of the ball, I think

1182
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:44,920
Speaker 1: if they do well, there'll be a lot of different

1183
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:46,960
Speaker 1: guys making plays and be hard to find your MVP there.

1184
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,440
Speaker 1: So he's the offside side of the ball, still need

1185
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:53,640
Speaker 1: balance and the guy that I think it's going to

1186
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: make all that work, it's got to be number eight.

1187
01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 1: It's gotta be Kirk Cousins. And he saw what happens

1188
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,880
Speaker 1: when he's off his team a little bit this preseason game.

1189
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 1: The ball delivered, you know, off target, the ball is

1190
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:08,000
Speaker 1: not delivered on time, wrong routes are run. If the

1191
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 1: offense can stay balanced, then I think, you know, forty

1192
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:14,000
Speaker 1: three hundred yards and thirty touchdowns it is probably the

1193
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 1: poor and you work your way up a little bit

1194
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:19,640
Speaker 1: from there. And so I'm hoping they're successful this year.

1195
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:22,720
Speaker 1: And I want to see Kirk Cousins as you're twenty nineteen,

1196
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 1: miss little Viking's MVP school bikes all right, forty three

1197
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: hundred yards and thirty touchdowns. I'd say that's a pretty

1198
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,120
Speaker 1: good floor because that's what he had last year around

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01:01:31,160 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, what what I'm more concerned about is

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01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 1: reducing the number forty Do you know what that number was? Sacks?

1201
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 1: Number of sacks. If we can reduce that, I think

1202
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:42,520
Speaker 1: we'll be in good shape. All right, So two votes

1203
01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:44,800
Speaker 1: for the quarterback, Kirk Cousins and one for Dalvin Cook.

1204
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:47,240
Speaker 1: This next one has well, we got another one a

1205
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:50,200
Speaker 1: lot of creativity as well. Okay, here we go. Oh

1206
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 1: ye everyone, this is Curtis from Pennsylvania. I'm going to

1207
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:59,919
Speaker 1: tell you about who my play is. A twenty twenty.

1208
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 1: Here we yards super Bowl splested two in Miami between

1209
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: the Vikings in the Chiefs. The Vikings just took the

1210
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:09,760
Speaker 1: lead thirty two to twenty eight on a pass. Slog

1211
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 1: touched in the pass eight for the injured Presidents to

1212
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:16,280
Speaker 1: BC Johnson for thirty two yards. You know it's sixties

1213
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:19,600
Speaker 1: rought the Chiefs side the ball, Vikings nineteen. It's third

1214
01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:23,880
Speaker 1: and goal. Two receivers left, two receivers right. Mahomes back

1215
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 1: to pass looking working working fires to uns on the ball. Yep,

1216
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:31,160
Speaker 1: we can at our house and Smith. The Vikings have

1217
01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:34,560
Speaker 1: won the super Bowl. The Vikings are world champions. It's

1218
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:38,760
Speaker 1: a miracle in Miami. Arason Smith is money Vikings twenty

1219
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:43,760
Speaker 1: nineteen mt. I like it a different take. Finally I

1220
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:47,960
Speaker 1: got the chills, now the chills there. A Vikings chief

1221
01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:51,040
Speaker 1: super Bowl has happened once previous to this year. It

1222
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 1: didn't go our way, so we would uh we turned

1223
01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:56,040
Speaker 1: the tide on him a little bit and beat the

1224
01:02:56,120 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: Chiefs and the super Bowl. I'll take it that that

1225
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:01,760
Speaker 1: was he painted a nice picture. Yeah, a defensive MVP.

1226
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:07,080
Speaker 1: Now the Vikings have had a player, a defender win

1227
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:10,240
Speaker 1: the NFL MVP before, that is right, Alan Page, Allan Page,

1228
01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:12,800
Speaker 1: Allan Page? Did it? What year was it? Nineteen seventy three,

1229
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:16,680
Speaker 1: nineteen seventy five? I believe NFL MVP, Allen Page. So

1230
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:18,960
Speaker 1: we'll see if Harrison Smith can duplicate it. All right,

1231
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:21,640
Speaker 1: we got any more? One more? Okay, here we go.

1232
01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:24,480
Speaker 1: This is this my man Van, you know it? Okay,

1233
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:30,120
Speaker 1: you know who's Van impersonating this time. This is Van

1234
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:33,880
Speaker 1: in Fort word Sexes, the Minnesota Vikings capital of the South.

1235
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,520
Speaker 1: And I'm here in the swamp, floating on a lily

1236
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:41,240
Speaker 1: pad with my lean not so mean and green amphibious friend, Hermit,

1237
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,080
Speaker 1: hi O, Wobby and Cruise. I'll just get moving right

1238
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 1: along with answering your question. People are Figgy comes home

1239
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 1: and remax me over the hand for letting down. So

1240
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:54,680
Speaker 1: get chicken feathers all over the lily pad. No, maybe

1241
01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:59,320
Speaker 1: some day consins will find it the rainbow connection with

1242
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,920
Speaker 1: enough receivers often enough to get us to the playoffs.

1243
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:07,280
Speaker 1: What until he does, he won't sniff MVP for now.

1244
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,560
Speaker 1: The special player that will go gunzo enough to be

1245
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:13,920
Speaker 1: the team's MVP at the end of the twenty nineteen

1246
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,520
Speaker 1: season will be the player that causes electric mayhem for

1247
01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:21,440
Speaker 1: de coordinators. Know him, you love him. He's dabbing the

1248
01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 1: chef God. Yeah, he'll serve up keeping helping a hyperactive

1249
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:32,320
Speaker 1: hustle uliciously hurting, humbled, helpless decas do coldness was who

1250
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:36,600
Speaker 1: who would have been literal stay at home post in

1251
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:42,160
Speaker 1: my yard to kid the green? Was that the sweetest chef?

1252
01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:45,920
Speaker 1: Well that's our Sean Wabi and Chris school Makings from

1253
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:53,760
Speaker 1: Fort Worth, Texas. What happened? What is happening? We wouldn't like, Like,

1254
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:58,640
Speaker 1: I wouldn't play his audio every week if it wasn't phenomenal.

1255
01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 1: Van van bur his a game all the time. So

1256
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:04,720
Speaker 1: folks listening are like, really Van again? Five times in

1257
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: a row. Like Van, Van is bringing the a game.

1258
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:09,760
Speaker 1: So if you want to knock Van out of the

1259
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 1: out of the voicemails, you have to call please and

1260
01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:15,040
Speaker 1: leave us a voicemail. Knock him out, give him the number,

1261
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: because until you do that, Van is going to be

1262
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:19,840
Speaker 1: in there every single week. Okays the king. Yeah, Van

1263
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:22,160
Speaker 1: is the king of the voicemails. We're gonna do this

1264
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:26,840
Speaker 1: again next week, obviously, So the week seven question due

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Speaker 1: to this being the one hundredth season of the NFL

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Speaker 1: and our story to history with almost everyone on our

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen schedule, the game you're looking forward to the

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Speaker 1: most in twenty nineteen is our game against Fill in

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Speaker 1: the blank and tell us why we got a pretty

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Speaker 1: good schedule. Tell them the phone number. The phone number

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Speaker 1: for you to call nine five two nine one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight nine five two nine one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight. Van has it on speed dial,

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Speaker 1: but the rest of you need to write that down.

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Speaker 1: Call the number and leave us a voicemail. The team

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Speaker 1: that you're most looking forward to watching the Vikings play

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen is let us know. Tell us the

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Speaker 1: team and why it might be a storied rivalry, the

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Speaker 1: NFC North team. It might be a team we've faced

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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, which two of them are on

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Speaker 1: the schedule for us this year, the Chiefs and the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: It might be the Dallas Cowboys because you're still pissed

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Speaker 1: off about de Hail Mary might. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: it is. Tell us, tell us who you're looking forward

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Speaker 1: to watching the Vikings play in twenty nineteen. Okay, a

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Speaker 1: couple of things to wrap up, Chris before we sign

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Speaker 1: off for the week again, a reminder on what's going

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Speaker 1: to happen with your favorite football team here in the

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Speaker 1: next few days. We're gonna play the Buffalo Bills on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: kick off a six thirty Central in Buffalo. That's Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna fly home and Friday into Saturday. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: see roster cutdowns from ninety players to fifty three. Now

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Speaker 1: we've already made two of them. On Tuesday, the Vikings

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Speaker 1: cut corner ben A ben Wickery and wide receiver Jordan Taylor,

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Speaker 1: So we're down to eighty eight. But Mike Hughes came

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Speaker 1: off the pup, so he's gonna count against our fifty three.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget about that, but we're gonna have to get

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Speaker 1: that thing down to fifty three players. That's gonna be

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. Then on Sunday we're gonna establish the ten

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Speaker 1: member practice squad. And you're also going to have the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to claim other players who were cut by their teams.

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Speaker 1: So you might be a bubble player who made it,

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Speaker 1: but then another bubble player on another team didn't make it,

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Speaker 1: and the Vikings like that bubble player better than they

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Speaker 1: like you. So even though you made it on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: you might not make it on Sunday. And even though

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Speaker 1: you didn't make it on Saturday with your team, you

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Speaker 1: might make it on Sunday with another team. So that's

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Speaker 1: all gonna happen over the weekend. Monday's gonna roll around.

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Speaker 1: There's still gonna be a few more tweaks. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: get into Tuesday and Wednesday, and then we're gonna start

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Speaker 1: getting ready for the Atlanta Falcons because that game is

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, September eighth, at US Bank Stadium, kickoff noon

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Speaker 1: Central Time. You can hear the game on the Vikings

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Speaker 1: Radio Network. Paul Allen Pete versus Greg Coleman and Ben

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Speaker 1: Lieber will have the call for that one. They'll also

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Speaker 1: have the call on Thursday night in Buffalo for the

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Speaker 1: preseason simulcast on the Vikings Radio Network and Fox nine

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Speaker 1: locally here in the Twin Cities and the Greater Minnesota area.

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Speaker 1: A couple of other things very quickly, Andrew Luck retired.

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Speaker 1: That was a bit of a shocker, huge news. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: as unbelievable. Yep. Um. Jadavian Clowney yet to sign his tender,

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Speaker 1: possibly to be traded. Yeah with the Houston Texans. Um,

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Speaker 1: he has not signed that contract yet. I will see

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Speaker 1: what happens there. Signs it gets traded, possibly too. Melvin

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Speaker 1: Gordon has not signed. Ezekiel Elliott has not signed. Trent

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Speaker 1: Williams has not reported to Redskins camp. One of the

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Speaker 1: best left tackles in the NFL, David Andrews Patriots Center,

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Speaker 1: has some blood had a blood clot in his long

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Speaker 1: very serious condition and his season is in question. So

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Speaker 1: our thoughts and prayers to David Andrews. Anything else to

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Speaker 1: clean up before we go? I think that's about it. Obviously.

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Speaker 1: Saturday is a big day. The roster finally goes down

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Speaker 1: from from eighty eight to fifty three, and Um yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see that final fifty. I started putting

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Speaker 1: together my fifty three. I can't reveal it yet, but

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, I'm excited. Some tough decisions to make for sure.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on to the term of the day. And

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Speaker 1: for this term, I'm gonna bring in my football expert

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Speaker 1: next to me, Mike, Mike Wabshaw. Right, um, the term

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Speaker 1: is going to be fantasy football related. I am not

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Speaker 1: a fantasy football expert. Yeah, I had to pee my pants. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you came in last place, but we're gonna ask you.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna make you an expert. Right now. The term

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Speaker 1: is vulture, so um, I believe this was first coined

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Speaker 1: in the show The League, UM where Mike Tilbert was

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Speaker 1: stealing touchdowns UM from a player. But explain what it means,

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Speaker 1: so your your touchdown vulture and fantasy football and UM

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Speaker 1: charge would be able to probably give you examples such

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Speaker 1: as Mike Tilbert maybe mothers like Vikings fans. From the

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Speaker 1: late nineties, Leroy Horde was a touchdown vulture of Robert

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Speaker 1: Smith's where the running back, the starting running back, the

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Speaker 1: one who gets all the yards, gets you down inside

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Speaker 1: the twenty, inside the tent. You get to the goal

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Speaker 1: line and they bring in the big heavy back they're

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Speaker 1: bringing Jerome Bettis, and he gets the touchdown. So your

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Speaker 1: running back had you know, four carries for thirty eight

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Speaker 1: yards on the drive, but didn't get a touchdown because

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Speaker 1: they brought in the fullback or they brought in the

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Speaker 1: you know, the bigger running back and he got the

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Speaker 1: one year a touchdown. Therefore, like a vulture circling in

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Speaker 1: the skies above, you know, an animal that has been

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Speaker 1: killed and the vultures come down, don't do any of

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Speaker 1: the work that has come down and pick at the

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Speaker 1: dead animal without having to kill the animal. That's a

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Speaker 1: touchdown vulture. I wonder how Mike Tolber it feels about

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Speaker 1: being coined the vulture. Mike Tolber was a good player.

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Speaker 1: Now he played for a lot of years. Yeah, he

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Speaker 1: was a good player, but he was one of the

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Speaker 1: many things he was. He was a fantasy football touchdown vulture. Okay,

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Speaker 1: our thanks to everyone for joining us, including Vikings quarterback

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Speaker 1: Kyle Sloter and fantasy expert and dear friend Paul Charcion

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Speaker 1: three two Okay, our thanks to everyone for joining us

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Speaker 1: on the Minnesota Vikings podcast this week, including Vikings safety

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Speaker 1: j Ron Curse and fantasy expert and dear friend Paul Charcion.

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Speaker 1: Episode six of the Minnesota Vikings podcast is over. Preseason

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Speaker 1: Game number four for the Minnesota Vikings is coming up.

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Speaker 1: We're looking forward to it. Well, thank you for listening.

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Speaker 1: My thanks to co hosting co producer Chris Corso and

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Speaker 1: producer Jay Nelson for their work on episode six of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. We've done all the damage we

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Speaker 1: can do for the week, so we're going to sign

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Speaker 1: off for now. Let's scold Vikings.