1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: I'll take a lot of pride, and you know, the 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: team trust me to be out there. I'm the first 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: person touched the ball and keep returning from return getting 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: a chance to score touches out So this something not 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: take a lot of pride, just being able to watch 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: Adam go to work every day, being able to ask 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: some questions. We have a fantastic coach um. So like 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: I said, it's a lot of fun. I'm getting better 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: every day before Hey, everybody, welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: Episode sixty, a frustrated episode of looking forward to Indie episode. 11 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: Joining me in studio as always in the virtual studio 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: from Vikings dot Com Chris Corso and Jane Nelson. You know, Thursday, 13 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: Thursday is we're That's when the calendar turns for these guys. 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: They're looking forward to the next week. We are not players, 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: So I Am going to focus a little bit on 16 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: last week without trying to fall off a cliff because 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm far too emotionally invested in this team. And then 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: we will jump forward to Philip Rivers, Xavier Rhodes and 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. It'll be hard to say anything guys 20 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: that hasn't already been said by the team and the 21 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: coaches and the internet. But let's get into it. The 22 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: Vikings lose Week one home opener, empty stadium home opener 23 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: to the Green Bay Packers forty three thirty four handful 24 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: of let's call them I opening statistics. And this is 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: it is the job of you, Chris Corso and Jay 26 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: Nelson to steer me positive because I am. I'm in Bummersville. 27 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: That's who I am as a man. I can't you 28 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: know how they say some guys, some players are emotional. 29 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: They wear their emotions on their sleeves. That's me. I 30 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: cut the sleeves off and I wear my emotions right 31 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: on my tiny biceps. I could not believe the time 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: of possession battle, and I should. I should say that 33 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: my strongest belief about this game was it was this 34 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: perfect storm of negative circumstances all swirled into a moment 35 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: that created the final result. But I think we need 36 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: to start with time of possessions. Since they started keeping 37 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: that statistic nineteen seventy seven, this is the Vikings worst 38 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: time of possession. The Packers go for forty one and sixteen. 39 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: The Vikings just eight minute, excuse me, eighteen minutes and 40 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: forty four seconds. Chris Corso, it's amazing. If you want 41 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: to be positive that they scored thirty four points in 42 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: eighteen minutes, that's I mean, let it him spin it 43 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: look at That's that's who I came here to see 44 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: you today. That's what I was doing for you. I'm 45 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: starting out, how with some positivity. It's Thursday. Hey, we're 46 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: looking forward to next week. But damn, eighteen minutes. I mean, 47 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: the entire second quarter to go on the negative side 48 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: was embarrassing for the Vikings defense. I think they'll tell 49 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: you that themselves of what Aaron Rodgers was doing there well, 50 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you know, part of that statistic plays 51 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: into I think to me, what it looked like the 52 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers came into this game to do was 53 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: put that defense on the field, make them work, pushed 54 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: the game along, get them tired, and expose their young players. 55 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 1: That to me makes sense as a game plan, and 56 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: it just so happened that with the safety and the 57 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: interception that it just turned in this way where if 58 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: you didn't come out at the beginning of the second 59 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: half and have a strong, lengthy possession, the Avalanche could 60 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: start So this game, when you look at the first half, 61 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: even though Kirk only had five passing attempts or whatever 62 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: it was, and we weren't on the field at all, 63 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: there was still a tipping point point after the first 64 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: half had we come out and put it drive together. 65 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: But once we didn't and that defense had to get 66 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: right back on the field. Like I said it, it 67 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: just became an avalanche that you couldn't stop Jay, And 68 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: by the time it got to the bottom of the hill, 69 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: it was this historic snowball that we're looking at on 70 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: the screen. Yeah, given what we had talked about last 71 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: week and my final comments where I want to see 72 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: the offensive line be able to dominate and be able 73 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: to push down the field and I want the defensive 74 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: line to be able to get a pass rush and 75 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: get him off the field, it was completely, you know, 76 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: opposite of what we had talked about. And I think 77 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: given the fact that it is a historic low, it 78 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: is a historic what forty three years worth of data 79 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: here that we're looking at. I mean, you look at 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: it and say, okay, week one aberration and hopefully that 81 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: is where we're at now. As long as it's a 82 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: it's a mirage, not a trend. I think that's going 83 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: to be okay, But it's one of those things. And 84 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: Zim said it too right after the game was over, 85 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: like there's a lot of stuff they got to fix, 86 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: and they gotta fix it fast. And you know you're 87 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: going up against the Philip Rivers here coming up in 88 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: Indy two. That's not going to give you any kind 89 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: of leeway. Philip Rivers will throw. Philip Rivers will throw 90 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: the ball one hundred and eighty times. Philip Rivers could 91 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: have six interceptions and seventy pass attempts in the first half, 92 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: and he'll walk out and go the guys. I think 93 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw about seventy more times. Like he doesn't 94 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: have that negative meter in his brain. He'll have a 95 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: bad game, but it doesn't affect his next throw. He 96 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: is going to sling. Yeah, Philip Rivers was a basketball player. 97 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: I think his name would be JR. Smith. I mean, 98 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: the guy who just throws up shot after Shoo's got 99 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: positivity and jokes early on cross comparison spart jokes. Doesn't 100 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: matter how many times he misses, he's still gonna throw 101 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: it up a few interceptions. Week one against the Jaguars, 102 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: which led to a loss. So that's how I would 103 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: describe Philip Rivers. On my end, I was gonna say, 104 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: it's very much the short term memory losses very effective 105 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: for Philip, where he might throw a bad pass, he's 106 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: gonna go back out there and if he thinks it's 107 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: there again, he's gonna sling it. So it's definitely something 108 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: where Philip is not afraid to go for it and 109 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: make a mistake, and if he does, he's like, cool, 110 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: We're going to do this again until I get it right, 111 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, come hell or high water. Sometimes it gets 112 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: them in trouble, but for the most part, you know, 113 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: for Indie and for our team at this point too, 114 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: we need to get to that mentality of we're gonna 115 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: go for it, you know, no matter what the consequences are. 116 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: Hopefully it's not gonna be something that fights you in 117 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: the butt. Well, and then the other thing that I 118 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: think was interesting. You know, you heard a lot of 119 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: talk about the cornerbacks, but I thought, what great Like 120 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: I said, I think Green Bay started at the top 121 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: of a hill and built a snowball, and they were 122 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: able to push it the right direction and it just 123 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: built you know, they came out and they ran jet sweeps, 124 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: and they went at the corners on the ground, on 125 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: the edges. And when you have I'm not going to 126 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: sit here and pretend to understand the xs and o's 127 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: of football like some of the brilliant people in our building. 128 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: But I know enough to know that when you do 129 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: that early in a game with a couple of cornerbacks, 130 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: a few cornerbacks who haven't seen a lot of NFL 131 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: snaps at the very least, it gets them thinking. And 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: if you get them thinking on every snap about stuff 133 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: like that, and then you have one of the handful 134 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: of greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game of football 135 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: sitting back there and he's playing with a lead, that's 136 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: a really difficult thing. You know. We hear defensive and 137 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: head coaches talk always you want to make a team 138 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: one dimensional. And I think for the cornerbacks, they probably 139 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: spent a lot of that game a little uncertain given 140 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: how the edges were attacked early. Absolutely, and I think 141 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: the offensive line for the Green Bay Packers was the 142 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: determining factor in this game. There was absolutely no pass 143 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: rush for the vic I cannot remember a time where 144 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: the Vikings had that stagnant of a pass rush like 145 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: David Baktiar. I think he might have been the most 146 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: valuable player of the entire game because he was holding 147 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: Yunika and Gaquay. There was no pressure at all, and 148 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and when you have young cornerbacks, I mean, 149 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: that's what's going to happen against the Davante Adams who clearly, 150 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: like we said last week, you have to stop Davante Adams. 151 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: You have to stop him. He's killed us the past 152 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: three times we've played them, and it was no different. 153 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: I mean, fourteen receptions he was It didn't matter if 154 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: Holton Hill was covering him, it didn't matter if we 155 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: had a shadow of safety helping out in his zone coverage. 156 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: He was finding the holes in the Vikings defense. You know. 157 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: So here's what I want to do to put this 158 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: to bed, because we could spend half an hour on 159 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: this game and not really get anywhere. You know, it's 160 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: the second most point Zimmer has allowed. It's the second 161 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: most you know, yards he's ever allowed in his career. 162 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: You know, we could spend a bunch of time on 163 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of different things. To me, anytime, something like 164 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: I remember the Rams game a couple of seasons back. 165 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: You know, anytime something like this happens, I'm going to 166 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: bounce my eyes forward and see what the next week 167 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: looks like because it's an outlier, you know, and until 168 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: it becomes a trend, I'm not going to sit here 169 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: and discuss it like it's a trend. Like Mike Zimmer 170 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: sat in the offseason, you know, And this is a 171 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: quote that got circulated, uh, you know, sarcastically on Monday. 172 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: He's never had a bad defense, But that's true, he hasn't, 173 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: and so frustrating as a fan, frustrating for the team 174 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: on the field. Let's see what happens in Indianapolis this week. 175 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: If these numbers are duplicated, then let's start, you know, 176 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: let's start sounding the alarm bells. But but what I 177 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: want to do is and Chris, this is, this is 178 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: this will put your skill set into a into a 179 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: fun place. And Jay, you're gonna help him too. I 180 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: am going to I pulled the biggest themes from the 181 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: from the Twitter during and after the game. I'm gonna 182 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: give you the biggest, the biggest frustrations and themes, and 183 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you tell me and the fans wine 184 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: not to be worried about them. Okay, first one, and 185 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: this is the one I think we all saw the 186 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: most of the play call that led to the safety 187 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: play action deep drop in the end zone from your 188 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: own three yard line. People are pretty upset with the 189 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: play call, Chris. I don't know who is going to 190 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: point fingers where, but it was clearly a blown assignment 191 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: and Kirk was a lame duck that That is what 192 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: happened on that play, and it was a game changing play. 193 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: That's why these fans are very passionate about it. Well, 194 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: and I will say, you know, and then now I'm 195 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: going to be the positive spinner here, but that's given. 196 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: That's another one of those perfect storm situations. You know, 197 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: you blow an assignment, it's a deep drop a guy 198 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: gets and it also you know, the other thing that 199 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: I heard from somebody is, you know that guy's freelancing 200 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: a little bit. You have a you have a cornerback 201 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: that takes a guess and guesses run and keeps coming. 202 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: You know, there are a lot of things that went 203 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,599 Speaker 1: into it. I can't imagine. It reminds me of do 204 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: you remember a couple of years ago, early in the 205 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: season when we ran the Wildcat a couple times fumbled 206 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: the ball Dalvin. I think it was right around the 207 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: time that game I think Detroit that Dalvin got hurt. 208 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: The Wildcat had a couple of really unsuccessful plays, and 209 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: then we just didn't see it again. This I'm not 210 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: saying we won't see the play action from the end 211 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: zone again, but this reminds me of when I was 212 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 1: a kid and I was playing high school basketball and 213 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: I would blow a defensive assignment and then I would 214 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: have to look at it on film. I was like, 215 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: that's probably not gonna happen again next Week's high part 216 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: of it for me was it it was almost like 217 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 1: watching a mirror image of what we are normally used 218 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: to because that's the kind of play that Harrison Smith 219 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: normally makes. And to see him, you know, spying off 220 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: the edge and being able to run free like that, 221 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: you knew as soon as you saw nobody back there, like, 222 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: oh man, this is gonna go bad. And it was 223 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: like you said it was a blown assignment, Coach, that 224 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: it was a blown assignment on Monday. There's definitely somebody 225 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: who's supposed to be back there and being able to 226 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: spy and give Kirka some help, especially on his blindside. 227 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: But you know, for that, it was just an unfortunate time. 228 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: And the thing, the one positive I did take out 229 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 1: of it was even though we gave up the two 230 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: points and had to kick away, you know, they only 231 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: held them to a field goal after that, so they 232 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: got a grand total of five points out of it. 233 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: But from that point forward it was eight to seven 234 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: Packers and then once they were able to score again, 235 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: that was when you were playing catch up the rest 236 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: of the game. And I think that's where a lot 237 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: of the frustration came from two. Was it was such 238 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: a momentous point and we had scored the first touchdown, 239 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 1: we had the lead, and then to have that happen 240 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: and have it flip on you, I think that's why 241 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: it was so tough to swallow, just to watch that 242 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: be the beginning of what the rest of the game 243 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: turned into. Number two Chris Corso, Sure, the Vikings scored 244 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: a lot of points, but they really only scored seven 245 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: when the game was in its original form, if you will. 246 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: A lot of their points, people feel like came after 247 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 1: Green Bay reverted into protecting their lead and Kirk my 248 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: personal opinion. Hears he didn't have much opportunity, but he 249 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: didn't look very comfortable in those early moments. It was 250 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,359 Speaker 1: funny he in that first drive. It was such a dichotomy. 251 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: In that first drive, he with the script U, he 252 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: stepped up like he stepped up into the pocket. He went, 253 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: oh boy, dagger boom, go, let's do this, and then 254 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: you know, he looked uncomfortable for a little while. That 255 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: was gonna be my first comment last week. I was like, 256 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: this offense has to start fast, and they did. They 257 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: You saw him step up in the pocket, hit feeling 258 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: down on a cross route down the field. You saw 259 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: the running game get going. But then after that, like 260 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: I said, the second quarter was just miserable for the 261 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: Vikings offense. You ended halftime and he has five attempts 262 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: and like fifty two yards. It was like he never 263 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: got a chance to get going. There was no there 264 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: was no like rhythm. Dalvin Cook didn't get a chance 265 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: to get going after having such a successful first drive. 266 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: And then, like you said, we're down a bunch of 267 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: points and here comes Kirk with passes down the field. 268 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: Theland's open and you hear Adam theland talk today and 269 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: he says, Yeah, you could look at my stats, they 270 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: were great, but you got to look at the what 271 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: was going on in the game. We were down a 272 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: bunch of points. They were leaving us open until we 273 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: were deep down the field. So thelan's like, don't look 274 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: at my stats this week, let's look at my stats 275 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: next week when we play a competitive game. So the 276 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: offense is trying to move on. I think there's just side. 277 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: This is my thing. I think there's too many talented 278 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: players on this Vikings offense to put up a showing 279 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: like that in the first half. There are too many weapons. Yeah, 280 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: there's too many weapons, and I think that is the 281 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: most disappointing part. You know, you've heard a lot of 282 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: people speculate all week too, saying, well, what would have 283 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: happened if we would have had preseason games, if they 284 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: would have been able to work out some of these kinks. 285 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: The honest answer is we didn't have the time. But 286 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: that shouldn't matter at this point because the Packers walked 287 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: off the bus and played the game too. So it's 288 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: hard when we have a younger squad and trying to 289 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: get him some experience, get him some playing time, and 290 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I think all of those 291 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: young guys playing in a game like this got a 292 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: healthy helping of what the NFL experience is really going 293 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: to be like. And there really is. There's no time 294 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: to waste here. They've got to get ready for Indie 295 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: coming up this week. And speaking of young players, we 296 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: didn't see much of the young receivers and new receivers 297 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: on the team. So Chris, here's the last one we're 298 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: gonna do. The Vikings missed Stefon Diggs, true or false? Yes, 299 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: I mean, anytime you lose the team's leading touchdown catcher 300 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: and wide receiver last year while Adam Thulin was out, 301 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna say you probably miss them. But like I 302 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: said before, the Vikings offense never hit its stride. You 303 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: never got to see some of these younger wide receivers 304 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: get involved. Justin Jefferson has one catch and he never 305 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: really gets going. In his first career NFL game, Taj 306 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: Sharpe gets missed on a deep ball. So I like 307 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: the death of this wide receiver crew. You're gonna hear 308 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: from one later on. I like Irv Smith Junior, who 309 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: didn't get a chance in this game. So once these 310 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: opportunities start happening for these younger wide receivers. I think 311 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna be all right. Okay, that's enough. I don't 312 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: want to talk about I agree with you. I think 313 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: everybody knows I'm a big Stefan Diggs fan. Everybody knows 314 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: that I loved the hall we got for him. I 315 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: think it was I'm happy for him and Buffalo happy 316 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: what we got back. I think, given the way this 317 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: game unfolded, it's a little insane to jump on that 318 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: bandwagon at this point. I want to see what Justin 319 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: Jefferson can do when we actually can do some things 320 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: and you don't have an eighteen minute time of possession. 321 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: Download Vikings Now, the team's connected TV app, to watch 322 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: all of your favorite Vikings programming on your Apple TV, 323 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: Roku or Amazon Fire TV. Search Vikings Now with any 324 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: compatible to I to begin watching videos. 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I did not see that coming at all. 334 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: And we'll actually be walking into a building with fans 335 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: next week, right, Twenty five hundred fans is what they 336 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: expect at Lucas Oil Stadium. Twenty five hundred. That's the number. 337 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: That is the number that they're allowed to have in 338 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: the state of Indiana. Interesting it'll be. It'll be the 339 00:17:55,520 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: last time the Vikings and beat the all time are 340 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: seven seventeen and one and oh and eleven on the 341 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: road versus We don't have great numbers in Indie. But 342 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: the last time they beat him was ninety seven. My 343 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: Man Randall Cunningham thirteen for twenty seven one hundred and 344 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: seventy four yards, four touchdowns with one hundred and seventy 345 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: four yards, which is one of the funnier stat He 346 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: also threw for three picks. We could probably do a 347 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: podcast on just that stat line right now. Three of 348 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: those touchdowns went to Chris Carter, but who cares, it's 349 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: not nineteen ninety seven. There's a connection there the side, 350 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: there's a connection. We got Robert Smith on School Stories 351 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: yesterday for this week. Check that out when it airs 352 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: on kfin on Thursday night. But he ran for one 353 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards the last time the Colts were 354 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: defeated by the Vikings. And guess what he's calling this 355 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: game in the booth for Fox. Oh, that's fun. I 356 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: saw that somewhere. Yeah, you know, I kinda hate the 357 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: fact that the Colt sauce. I'm not trying to be like, 358 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: live in concern or worry. We got to go out. 359 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: If you want to be a good football team, you 360 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: gotta be a good football team, and you have to 361 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: beat good football teams, and you have to beat football 362 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: teams who want to win and are in dire situations. 363 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: But you know, if the Colts going to win against 364 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: the Jaguars, they're probably feeling pretty good. And now these 365 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: are two teams that I think a lot of people 366 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: think have potential in this season, and they're both staring 367 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: oh and two in the face if they don't get 368 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: a win this week. And that's you know, when you 369 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: look at the statistics over the course of NFL history, 370 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: is not a lot of own two teams that run 371 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: the distance, So this is this is a big, big 372 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: game with an odd amount of pressure for week two. Agreed. 373 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: And I think you know the thing about India is 374 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: they're looking at it saying, cool, we get to go home. 375 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: We're going to play home field advantage, We'll have some 376 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: fans in the stands. We should be able to get 377 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: right with everything else that happened this past week against 378 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: Minshu Mania. I think for the Viking side, knowing what 379 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: just happened against Green Bay and seeing a quarterback of 380 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: the caliber of a And Rodgers and again going up 381 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: against a guy like Philip Rivers who's gonna want to 382 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: sling it like, you definitely have the ability to get 383 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: back on the horse against this team, as long as 384 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: you can right some of the wrongs that you had. 385 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of the criticism came towards whether 386 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: it was the pressure off the defensive line on the 387 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: Viking side or just trying to get in the face 388 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: of Aaron Rodgers. Regardless that did not happen. That is 389 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: something that you have to do against Philip and we 390 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: saw last year. If you can do that against Philip Rivers, 391 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: you will force him to make mistakes, whether it's sacks 392 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: or picks or even fumbles. Those are some huge moments. 393 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: And I think if the coaching staff from the beginning 394 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: has said we need to be able to get a 395 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: better pass rush, do some better coverage and deep down 396 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 1: the field, you're gonna have the prime opportunity once again 397 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: here and see if you can fix what you didn't 398 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: do in Week one against the Green Bay Packers. And 399 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: if you don't think that Philip Rivers and experienced quarterback, 400 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: isn't going to try to do a lot of the 401 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,239 Speaker 1: things that you know, attack the edges and then make 402 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: good throws. I mean, he's I've said this, he's a 403 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback. To me, he's one of the 404 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: more underrated quarterbacks to play in this league in the 405 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 1: last thirty years. And he's gonna absolutely come ready, absolutely, 406 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: And I think one of the other key matchups in 407 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: this game is the offensive line for the Colts. It 408 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: is a strong offensive line led by a first round 409 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: draft pick in Quenton Nelson, and the Vikings are going 410 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: to have to find a way to get a pass 411 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: rush on Philip Rivers, something that we said they struggled 412 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: with last week, If there is no pass rush, it's 413 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: gonna be a pretty frustrating game to watch again, I think. 414 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: I mean, they hit the Indian line despite that loss 415 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: to Jacksonville gives up only six pressures on fifty dropbacks. 416 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: Rivers hits nine different receivers for three hundred and sixty 417 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: three yards. Yeah, if you don't. And I saw a 418 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: statistic somewhere, you know, maybe it was Charch, maybe I 419 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: saw a Charch do this, or maybe it was a 420 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: Reef Hassan that the Vikings had one of the higher 421 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: blitz Did you guys see that one of the higher 422 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: blitz rates in Week one compared to around the league? 423 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: Bringing Anthony Barr, bringing other guys, So you know, they 424 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: obviously tried to get creative, and I think they're We're 425 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: obviously gonna have to again because if you Philip Rivers 426 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: as opposed to Aaron Rodgers, he's not the same mobile guy. 427 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: But if you just let him sit back there, that's 428 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: going to be a tough situation. But Indie put a 429 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: lot of effort into that offensive line and it's it's 430 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: it really shows. And I think the thing for Indie 431 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: that's going to be interesting is yeah, they got to 432 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: protect Philip, but everyone was assuming, giving the offensive line 433 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: that they had, that they were going to be a 434 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: bunch of road graders and try to control the clock. Well, 435 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: week one, they lost their starting running back Marlon Mack 436 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: to a torn achilles and you had rookie Jonathan Taylor 437 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: from Wisconsin and then veteran Nahem Hines come in and 438 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 1: they had to try to fit the bill. But they 439 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: ended up going for not only fifty rushing yards on 440 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: sixteen attempts, but they had another one hundred and twelve 441 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: yards through the air. And I think if you're the 442 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, yeah, they they're not necessarily the superstar running 443 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: backs that you would think, but you look at that 444 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: number there with one hundred twelve yards on fourteen receptions 445 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: in a receiving touchdown, that is what I think they're 446 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: going to try to do. They're gonna try to protect Philip, 447 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: let those guys get out in open space and try 448 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: to make us run. And so again that's where the 449 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: pass rush and whether it's blitzing or whatever else is 450 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: going to happen. Like everyone with man demand coverage especially 451 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: is going to have to stick to their guys and 452 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: disrupt what they want to do. Otherwise, that offensive line 453 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: has a chance to really make our defense miserable for 454 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: the entire game. You know, And if you if you 455 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: flip that, you know you talk about our line needing 456 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: to keep Kirk and Dalvin clean. I mean, Indie sacked 457 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: Minshew four times in Week one, Dniko Autry has two 458 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: of those. They're going to get after the quarterback. So 459 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: kind of the two things that a lot of people 460 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: leave the team struggled with. And I always say, you know, 461 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 1: I think some people look at that and they go, oh, no, 462 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, we didn't get pressure week one, and we 463 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: gave up a lot of pressure. And now we're playing 464 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: another team that doesn't give up pressure and gets a 465 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: bunch of pressure. That's the sort of thing I want. 466 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: I don't want to see. I'm never impressed when a 467 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: quarterback plays like absolute garbage against an elite team and 468 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: then goes and throws for three hundred and eighty yards 469 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: against a terrible team and you go, look at that, 470 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: he turned it around. No, to show the turnaround I 471 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: want to see. That would be the number one thing 472 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: as a Viking fan that you could hope for. If 473 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: the Vikings go in this week and they keep pressure 474 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: out of Kirk's face, they keep Delvin clean, and they 475 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: get to fill up a few times. Then that's when 476 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: you truly go Okay. Now I can really take a 477 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: breath about Week one, I can really keep walking forward. 478 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: So to me, I would rather play a team that's 479 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: good at the things that we struggled against in Week two, 480 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: then go out and get a team that feels like 481 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: little bit more of a layoup. Yeah. I get that side. 482 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: I totally get that. And this is a good Colts team. 483 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just reiterate that they are a good team. 484 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: They've done really well in the draft. Frank Reich believed 485 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: that Philip Rivers was the only missing piece to the 486 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: puzzle for a super Bowl for this Colts team. I 487 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: was shocked when they lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 488 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: Week one. So there is another fun matchup to watch 489 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: that I want to bring up, and that's Xavier Rhodes, 490 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: the long time Vikings corner. We're yeah, we're gonna get there, 491 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: but go ahead, lead right into it. He's going up 492 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 1: against Adam Theland, the man that he practiced against. Literally 493 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: I saw them practice against hundreds and hundreds of times 494 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: and made Theland the player who he is today. According 495 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,959 Speaker 1: to Adam Theland in his Wednesday press conference, you know, 496 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: and I thought that was great to see because I'm 497 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: a big Xavier Rhodes fan and I you know, I 498 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: feel like this podcast is now just me repeatings. It's 499 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: really hard to be an elite man to man cover 500 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: corner for a really, really, really long time in this league, 501 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: and he was and he was the anchor to this defense, 502 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: and he made things a lot easier as he chased 503 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: some of the best wide receivers of the last decade 504 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: around the field and shut him down. And it'll be 505 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: really interesting to see what he looks like in his 506 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: own scheme. It'll be really interesting to see how he plays. 507 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: And I'll maintain being a fan and I think you're 508 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: exactly right. It's it was seeing Adam say that was 509 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: such a testament to who Xavier was with this team, 510 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: and it'll just be fun to watch him out there now. 511 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: Having said that, I hope Adam Feeling puts about six 512 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: touchdowns right on his head. I think that would be 513 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. But it's really really going to 514 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: be interesting and fun to see Xavier Rhodes on Sunday. 515 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: He exuded confidence and like you said, he was very 516 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: much a shutdown and he was known throughout the league 517 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: for being that guy. And that is one of those 518 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: parts for this defense that both teams are now going 519 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: through a little bit of a youth movement and they're 520 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: trying to kind of rekindle that magic a little bit 521 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: and find who's going to be the next Xavier Rhodes. 522 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: And for a guy like Xavier being an indie, yeah, 523 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: he's got experienced. There's a couple of former Vikings defensive 524 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: coaches they're an indie, which made it very much easy 525 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: for him to walk in the door and be a 526 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: part of it. But I think for a guy like Xavier, 527 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: there's a there's probably some personal pride on the line here. 528 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: And knowing that it's going to be Adam and Taj 529 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: and even BC and Justin now those guys going out 530 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: on that field and going up against not only Xavier, 531 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: but Rocky Sin and Malie Cooker and Carl Willis, those 532 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: four guys going against each other over and over again 533 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: this weekend, I think there's going to be a lot 534 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: of pride on the lines since both teams didn't necessarily 535 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: get to show their best effort during their Week one matchup. 536 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: You know, the last thing I will say, and this 537 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: is when we're talking about players and matchups. To me, 538 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: a guy who could really be an X factor and 539 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: a guy that if you're if you're game planning defensively, 540 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: that DeForrest Buckner trade and when they already had a 541 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: front that front seven that I thought was was very 542 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: very good. If we don't hear DeForest Buckner's name very 543 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: often on Sunday, I think when we look up at 544 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: the scoreboard, we're going to be very happy. Yeah. He 545 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: was the guy who killed us in our final game 546 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: last year against the forty nine ers. He was the pressure. 547 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: He was. Kirk Cousins spoke about him this week. Early 548 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: in the week, he said, if if I don't see 549 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: Defarres Buckner, I think we're gonna have a pretty good game. 550 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: And you have Justin Houston, a veteran coming from the 551 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: other side who's a big money pass rusher for years 552 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: in this league. So and the other the other player 553 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: who's all over the field is Leonard the linebacker, I 554 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: mean a young linebacker, one of the best linebackers in 555 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: the league, is a rookie last year, he is an 556 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: an elite player at the position. So those are the 557 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: three guys that I have my eye on when it 558 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: comes to the Vikings attacking this Colts defense. Well, let's 559 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: just let's you know, given what happened last week, I 560 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: think we could go a lot of different directions. But 561 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: we're about to have kJ Osbourne on here with Chris 562 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: with your interview with him, which we're all looking forward to. 563 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: But before we do that, let's just let's just go 564 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: around the virtual room here and if you had to 565 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: hone in on one thing, if you could pick one 566 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: thing to see next Sunday, given what you saw the 567 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,719 Speaker 1: previous Sunday, where where are you putting all your mental 568 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: hopes and efforts. Well, last week I said start fast, 569 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: and the Vikings started fast and didn't win. So I'm 570 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: gonna say offensive. How funny would it be j if 571 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: he went start slow? I'm gonna flip it on its head. 572 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: I think we should start slow a few please, and 573 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: then gew a few big open, gaping holes where the 574 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: guy trips. Let's really start slow and see if we 575 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: can turn this thing on its head. But I want 576 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: to see running game, and I want to see passing game. 577 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: I don't need a deep ball. I just want to 578 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: see consistent movement forward for this Vikings offense. I think 579 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: there are too many weapons who literally did not even 580 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: get involved in the game last week. I want to 581 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: see Taj sharp catcher pass. I want to see er 582 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: Smith Junior get hit on a cross route down the 583 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: field on a play action. I want to see these 584 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: playmakers like have a game. I'm very excited about this 585 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: Vikings offense. For me, it's what we just talked about. 586 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: It's the Vikings offensive line versus that pass rush on 587 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: the front end. Like you said, DeForrest Buckner last year. 588 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: You know he was given everybody nightmares, especially walking out 589 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: of that game. I think everyone was looking at it 590 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: saying what just happened. And when he got traded to 591 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: Indian I saw it was week two on our schedule. 592 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, good, here we go. You get another taste. 593 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: I think given what happened against Green Bay and seeing 594 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: some of the coverage misses, the safety that happened and 595 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: those kind of miss stakes, and then hearing the coaches say, hey, 596 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: we need to clean that up, Well, guess what you're 597 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: going to get a healthy dose of it this week 598 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: when you get that justin Houston, Buckner, Grover Stewart and 599 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: Denico Autry, if they are blitzing and trying to put 600 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: that pressure, and here's the thing, why wouldn't they at 601 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: this point if they saw it worked for Green Bay, 602 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna try it again. And I think that might 603 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: mean if you give Kirk enough time, we're going to 604 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: be hitting some screens and some short passes in order 605 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: to get people in open field and trying to make 606 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: Xavier Rhodes and some of that secondary miss I'm gonna 607 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: go a little different direction with it here. I think 608 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a little unfair with my expectations because 609 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of really fair expectations to 610 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: be had here going into next week. I and by 611 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: the way, this is just the dumb fan in me. 612 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: This is this is where you guys, as guys who 613 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: are in the building who work for Vikings dot Com, 614 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: go SI, I need you to pump your brakes. You 615 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: sound like a real dummy right now. But often the 616 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: thing with football you and you hear coaches say this 617 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: over and over and over and over again, is you 618 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: don't need guys to play hero a ball. Do your job. 619 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: Everybody needs to do their job, do their jobs, stick 620 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: to your assignment. If everybody does their job, sticks to 621 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: their assignment, good things happen. Right on Sunday, I kept 622 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: waiting for someone to step above their assignment, you know, 623 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: and I think there were you know, a lot mistackles, 624 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: things like, there were a lot of examples of people 625 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: not doing that. But as a Kirk fan, what I 626 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: want to see if things snowball the wrong way this week, 627 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: I want to see him step into some pressure and 628 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: deliver a dart in an important moment. I want to see. 629 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 1: I want to see. I want to see someone overcome 630 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: the frustrations of a negative start. If it happens, that's again, 631 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: that's the dumb fan in me. That's the guy who 632 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: doesn't spend fifteen hours a day on the All twenty two. 633 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: So I'm sure I will get torn apart for that. 634 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: To me, this is I still maintain that. I believe 635 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: we're going to look back at the season and go, damn, 636 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: that was a year by Kirk. Look at him, Look 637 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: look at what he did this year. And you know, 638 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: even though he only had five chances in the first 639 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: half to throw the football. That's what I want to see. 640 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: I want to see when the game is tough. I 641 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: want to see the dude who delivered that dart in 642 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 1: New Orleans. I want to see him early in this game. 643 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: I want to see Kirk come out early and just 644 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: rip it. I think that was part of the feeling 645 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: at the front end of the game on Sunday was 646 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: that they did drive down the field, they did have 647 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: a march, they did look clean, and they did look good. 648 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: And then from that point forward they literally the entire 649 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: first half. I think they had the ball for a 650 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: little over six minutes. So yeah, if you can put 651 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: an offense on the field and sustain a drive versus 652 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: just trying to hit home runs. Home runs are great 653 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: if you're putting up touchdown after touchdown, but you have 654 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: to be able to control the clock in order to 655 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: give your defense some time to collect themselves, versus running 656 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: back out on the field every two minutes. So I 657 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: think if offensively, same thing that comes down for me 658 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: that offensive line being able to control and keep Dalvin 659 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: and Kirk clean while simultaneously just methodically being able to 660 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: move down the field and flip that time of possession. 661 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: I mean that table was completely inclined for the entire game, 662 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: and at the end you're running uphill just to try 663 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: to get even. That is what I'm hoping for, and 664 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: that is what I want to see. 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Let's get out of sigh insane ramble mode 678 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: and you guys actually doing your job mode, and let's 679 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: get to a part of the show. We're all excited 680 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:34,839 Speaker 1: for kJ Osborne, the young returnman wide receiver, was kind 681 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: enough to join Chris Corso as a part of today's program. 682 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: He's a guy that I think a lot you know, 683 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: training camp might not have been open to the public, 684 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: but the public sure heard about kJ Osborne in training camp. 685 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: I think a lot of us are really excited about it. 686 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: And Chris will let your recorded self take that away. 687 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: kJ Osborne, the wide receiver out of the universe see 688 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: in Miami, joins the show. We were talking a little 689 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: bit before. The last time I talked to you was 690 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: draft day and you were you were pretty excited being 691 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,919 Speaker 1: a fifth round selection for the Minnesota itings. Oh for sure, 692 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,399 Speaker 1: I'm still living it up. It has been great. So 693 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: a couple months later, you make the roster and Rick 694 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: Spielman says, in training camp, there's a good chance you 695 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: win the punt return and kick return job, and that's 696 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,320 Speaker 1: exactly what happened, and you did it Week one against 697 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. Yeah, sir, I'm excited. I can't 698 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 1: wait to get some more opportunities. What do you bring 699 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: to that side of the field on special teams when 700 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: it comes to returning kicks, returning punts? What kind of abilities. 701 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: Do you have to keep that job for the rest 702 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: of the season. I feel like I'll bring you knocking 703 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: secure the catch first of all. You know, I'll take 704 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: a lot of pride in you know, the team trust 705 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:48,799 Speaker 1: me to be out there. I'm the first person touched 706 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 1: the ball and return punt return. That's something not take 707 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 1: a lot of pride in. And I can be a 708 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: spark player, you know, with no fans. You know, I 709 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 1: can create a big play, you know, for our team, 710 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: putting our offense in great field position rather than be 711 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 1: keep return pump return and uh getting a chance to 712 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: score touchdown. So it's something I take a lot of 713 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 1: pride in it. So you won the special team's job, 714 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: as we said. But you're also a big bodied wide 715 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 1: receiver who had a huge season at the University in 716 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 1: Miami last year. What do you bring to that side 717 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,840 Speaker 1: of the ball. I feel like I'm a smart player, 718 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: very versatile. UM. I can play inside, I can play 719 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: outside rather it be in our offense x z f 720 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: UM a guy that you know can can go in 721 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 1: at any position. UM and I'm always ready. So I 722 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: feel like very versatile. I can stretch the field. A 723 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,480 Speaker 1: lot of new players in the Vikings wide receiver room, 724 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 1: and it seems like you guys have a tight knit group, 725 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson being a vocal rookie and yourself as well. 726 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,399 Speaker 1: What's the vibe like in that wide receiver room so far? 727 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: Oh it's great, man, it's great. It's a lot of smiles, 728 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: laughing obviously, you know when it's time for business, you 729 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:50,880 Speaker 1: know we're going. But um, it's great. And you know, 730 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: I think we got a great group of vets and 731 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: Adam and Taj you know, uh BC guy a year 732 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: under him, and uh even Beeves you know guys. You 733 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: know I asked those guys questions all the time, just 734 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,319 Speaker 1: being able to watch Adam go to work every day, 735 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: being able to ask some questions. We have a fantastic coach. 736 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: Like I said, it's a lot of fun, definitely a 737 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 1: lot of learning and I'm getting better every day for sure. Yeah. 738 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: BC Johnson told us a few weeks ago that you 739 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: have just been asking awesome questions. And he's the guy 740 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: who like really took pride in going home every night 741 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 1: learning the playbook. That's how he made the roster. What 742 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: has it been like learning an NFL playbook compared to 743 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: being a college athlete. For myself, it wasn't too difficult 744 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: as far as the concepts. It's the detail of the play. 745 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,560 Speaker 1: If I'm a I'm a straight line guy. If you 746 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 1: tell me a twelve yard curl, I'm gonna run your 747 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 1: twelve yard curl. But then as you kind of get 748 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: into it, you know they want you at a spot 749 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: or they want you you know, just something where you 750 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 1: have to you know, take the reps to do it. So, um, 751 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 1: just going through training camp, you know, getting those you 752 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: know mistakes out or you know going through those reps. Um, 753 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: it was really good for me. I'm going again. I'm 754 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: still learning every day, preparing every day, asking questions so 755 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: I can feel myself learning to feel myself getting better. 756 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 1: So I love that the offensive coordinator, Garret Kubiak has 757 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,440 Speaker 1: been doing this for like twenty five years. He's a 758 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,439 Speaker 1: coming presence. What's it been like learning his offense this year? 759 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: It's been great. Um, Coach Kobs, I feel like as 760 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 1: a great coach. Um, you know, he demands a lot 761 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,440 Speaker 1: from us every day, makes it makes it hard on ourselves. 762 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: I feel like it's great. You know he's a master mind. 763 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: You know, he's super smart. Which is which is? Which 764 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: is really cool to see you again a guy I 765 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 1: can ask questions and things like that. He moves us around. 766 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: So it's been fun. At the University of Miami last 767 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,400 Speaker 1: year you had five touchdowns over five hundred yards. But 768 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: I want to go back a little bit. A lot 769 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: of people don't realize you were at the University of 770 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: Buffalo and you had a monster junior season for over 771 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: like eight hundred yards seven touchdowns. What kind of played 772 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: into your decision to transfer over to Miami and now 773 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 1: you're an NFL player, being able to go play on 774 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,880 Speaker 1: a big time stage, you know at the University of Miami. 775 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: You know, just getting that exposure playing in the acc 776 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: um You know, my quarterback left Buffalo. I think back 777 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: that was a decision that I had to make. Um 778 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: but most of you know, just just being a play 779 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: on a big time stage, you know, to prove that 780 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 1: you know, I can play on the big time stage. 781 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: Also off the field, you have a cool kind of story. 782 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: You were like an All honorable mention when it comes 783 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: to your your smarts and having a high GPA. But 784 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: you study criminal justice and you're pursuing a master's degree. 785 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 1: I hear yes, sir, And what do you plan to 786 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,840 Speaker 1: do with that right now? My plan is to be 787 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: in like one of the services, like the FBI or 788 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: Secret Service or something like that. Um So that's that's 789 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,879 Speaker 1: what I'm pursuing. I'll finish that in the offseason. Dude. 790 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: That's so awesome. You rarely hear NFL players who are 791 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,719 Speaker 1: trying to go and work in the FBI someday. It's 792 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: definitely a cool profession. I'm I'm excited for it. Heading 793 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: into Week two, you play the Colts and safe to 794 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 1: say the Vikings offense isn't satisfied with the performance that 795 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 1: was put out there week one. How do you think 796 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 1: you can improve and kind of make your impact on 797 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,239 Speaker 1: the Vikings? Think's going fard just being locked in and 798 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: coming in and you know, like I said, being hard 799 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: on ourselves, you know, focusing in on the details, you know, 800 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 1: embracing my role and what can I do better? You know, 801 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,360 Speaker 1: rather that be pump return, keep return, making good decisions. 802 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,919 Speaker 1: Um I feel like just you know, embracing my role, 803 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: you know, being prepared. You know I can get it 804 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 1: throwed in there any minute. Um So you're just uh, 805 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,360 Speaker 1: just locking down and laser focus when you're in the huddle. 806 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: What's it like to hear from Kirk Cousins. I know 807 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 1: he has a cool kind of leadership factor. He like 808 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: turns into a different person on game day, is what 809 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,240 Speaker 1: I hear. Yeah, No, Kurt, Kurt's a great guy obviously, 810 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: you know from Michigan and things like that. But it 811 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: feels great being in the huddle with him. You know, 812 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,799 Speaker 1: when I'm in the huddle in there, you know, with 813 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: the ones and things like that. Um, you know, first 814 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,360 Speaker 1: you get a little little tingly, you know, like you 815 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,880 Speaker 1: know it's the NFL. After a minute, you know, it 816 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 1: gets normal, but obviously a blessing and I'm just trying 817 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,319 Speaker 1: to go to work. What are your expectations going, fard Oh, 818 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: I'm super excited. Um again, I prepare, like you know, 819 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: like his many reps is Adam deeling, I'm ready. I'm prepared. 820 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,279 Speaker 1: You know. I'm excited to get the ball in my hands. 821 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,800 Speaker 1: I only got an opportunity for punt return and uh 822 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: got a couple of kick return but I'm excited to 823 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,399 Speaker 1: get the ball in my hands, you know, show people 824 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,120 Speaker 1: what I can do. Cour Darryl Patterson was the Vikings 825 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 1: kick and punt returner for a long time here. I 826 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: see a lot of similarities from like body size, speed, 827 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: the things you can do on special teams. Are you 828 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,439 Speaker 1: familiar with the with his game? I am, Um, I've 829 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,719 Speaker 1: heard a couple of things about him from Adam and 830 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: the things that he can do. Uh. Obviously you know 831 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,120 Speaker 1: again very fast, taller, bigger dude. Um. So definitely that's 832 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,680 Speaker 1: something somebody that I've looked at as well as Uh, 833 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: cheryls Um, I've looked at him as well, and Um, 834 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: I have some goals. Last question, are there any players 835 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,840 Speaker 1: around the NFL that that you really look up to 836 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,480 Speaker 1: and try to model your game after? Oh? Man, it's 837 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,600 Speaker 1: a it's a couple. You know. I'm as obviously I'm 838 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 1: a receiver, so I'm a football freak. Uh. Some of 839 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,799 Speaker 1: my favorites are Mary Cooper, Davante Adams. I feel like 840 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,680 Speaker 1: he's really good at his craft. UM, digs and and 841 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,320 Speaker 1: Adam were some were guys that you know, I've always 842 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,919 Speaker 1: looked up to, um, and that's why it's so great 843 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: being able to you know, now actually work with Adam 844 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:02,719 Speaker 1: and see him go to work every day. You know, 845 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: so much respect for him. Sammy Walker is another guy 846 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,759 Speaker 1: you know, I look at it in Jarvis Landry, those 847 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: kind of guys for me off the top of my head. 848 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: You know, guys, I really look at studying the offseason. 849 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: Having a relationship with Adam now is awesome. I love 850 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,280 Speaker 1: how many times you mentioned Adam because it's just amazing 851 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,560 Speaker 1: to see the player he's become from where he started 852 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,520 Speaker 1: in two year teen. So great aspirations for you and 853 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: wish you the best of luck this year and go 854 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:35,319 Speaker 1: beat the cults. Yeah, sir, thank you very much. Great 855 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: job there, Chris, as always with kJ Alsborn. Hey, real 856 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,799 Speaker 1: quick note before we close the show down here and 857 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,360 Speaker 1: get to all the regular announcements. One other quick announcement 858 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,440 Speaker 1: if you want an inside look into US Bank Stadium 859 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 1: on game day. I know you can't be there, but 860 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,920 Speaker 1: as soon as we're back home, tune into Vikings Pregame 861 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 1: all Access for an exclusive live streamed pregame show providing 862 00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:01,280 Speaker 1: behind the scenes content prior to all Viking home games 863 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,200 Speaker 1: this year. Vikings Pregame all Access airs at eleven am 864 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:09,560 Speaker 1: on Vikings dot com, the Vikings App, Vikings Connected TV, 865 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,640 Speaker 1: and social media platforms. It's you know, it's kind of 866 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,960 Speaker 1: the best way you can feel like you're at the 867 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: stadium when you are not at the stadium. As always, guys, 868 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,239 Speaker 1: check out everything we do on Vikings dot com, on 869 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:28,239 Speaker 1: all of our social media platform Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, 870 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,480 Speaker 1: all over the place. Tune in, as Chris mentioned to 871 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:35,360 Speaker 1: SKUL Stories this Thursday Night with Mark Rosen and Vikings 872 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:40,520 Speaker 1: color analyst Pete Bersich. The guest is Robert Smith, who is, 873 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,880 Speaker 1: like Chris mentioned, getting the opportunity to be on the 874 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,800 Speaker 1: call this week on television h Q UP. He's excited 875 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,960 Speaker 1: about it, six thirty pm on KFAN. Also check out 876 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,760 Speaker 1: our newest show, Vikings Vantage this Friday six thirty pm 877 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:57,720 Speaker 1: on KFAM one hundred point three. Gabe Henderson, Chris Corso 878 00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,400 Speaker 1: and a host of others will be giving you the 879 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,080 Speaker 1: latest DT tails on everything happening right up to the 880 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,640 Speaker 1: kickoff this weekend. Check it out live or you can 881 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: download it on our podcast app. All the pressers are 882 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,479 Speaker 1: on the website and on and on and on. Week 883 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,839 Speaker 1: two time we covered the packers, it's time to look 884 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:19,000 Speaker 1: forward to the colts. Let's get this thing heading the 885 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:22,680 Speaker 1: right direction. Thank you guys so much for listening, and 886 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,440 Speaker 1: we will see everybody next week.