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Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? You're played by the play voice

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Speaker 1: Paul Allen, joined by analyst and a former Vikings player

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Speaker 1: and coach, Pete Versus. Following a convincing Philadelphia Eagles victory

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Speaker 1: over Minnesota twenty four to seven. It is the first

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Speaker 1: loss in the Kevin O'Connell era, and the team is

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Speaker 1: one and one with Detroit on the horizon. Let's begin

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Speaker 1: here before we start hearing from some of the luminaries

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Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Vikings. But Kirk Cousins had three interceptions

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Speaker 1: How much did that factor into this? Peter factored huge?

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Speaker 1: Is Philadelphia had an interception, We blocked the field goal,

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Speaker 1: So that was huge. It was, you know, the first

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Speaker 1: pushing a little bit too hard, and this offense started

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Speaker 1: out slowly. You know, Philadelphia, to their credit, changed the

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Speaker 1: and you know, they wanted to play a five man front,

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Speaker 1: get Hassan Reddick on the outside, bringing Jordan Davis to

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Speaker 1: little while for the Vikings to adjust. Meanwhile, defensively, you

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Speaker 1: started to break defensively and mental areas, drop passes offensively,

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Speaker 1: mental areas defensively. Those were the difference makers in tonight's game.

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Speaker 1: When you spend the entire well not the entire wake

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Speaker 1: a team that just ran for two one hundred and

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Speaker 1: and Jalen Hurts passed for three hundred and thirty three yards,

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Speaker 1: it's I certainly, in no way would say were the

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Speaker 1: But it can't be disputed that many of these pass

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Speaker 1: catchers were wide open. Oh they were. And that's exactly

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Speaker 1: just said that, but we're not going to cover him.

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Speaker 1: So you know, Jalen Hurts, they started hit with him

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Speaker 1: throwing a week ago against Detroit, he started that game

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Speaker 1: oh for five. Tonight he started five for five. So

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Speaker 1: you know, credit, you gotta give credit what credits due.

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Speaker 1: I mean they they have a very extensive running attack.

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Speaker 1: We were physical with Jalen Hurts early. I think if

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Speaker 1: we could have kept them in that game and that

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Speaker 1: go again, same old Vikings. There was This is a

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Speaker 1: closer game than you think. I'm not saying that the

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Speaker 1: so many missed opportunities offensively and defensively, Paul, it's it's

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Speaker 1: up on the Postgame Report podcast, so you will hear

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Speaker 1: the thoughts of Kevin O'Connell via his press conference, likewise

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Speaker 1: for Kirk Cousins, and the debut of Ron Johnson's Three Takes.

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Speaker 1: But we begin with Gabe Henderson and Ben Lieber and

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Speaker 1: Between the Lines. Welcome to Between the Lines, fueled by Gatorade.

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings fall to the Philadelphia Eagles twenty four

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Speaker 1: to seven here at Lincoln Financial Field, and Ben Lieber

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Speaker 1: it seemed like the Minnesota Vikings just wasn't ready for

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Speaker 1: how this game started and then concluded for the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: You know, I got admit I was a little surprised

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Speaker 1: is gonna get some opportunities. And I'm excited about seeing

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00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,439
Speaker 1: him make some of those plays. Um, you know, Irv's

432
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 1: gonna have a He's gonna have a heck of a

433
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,840
Speaker 1: year for us. He is, he's uh, you know, he's

434
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,560
Speaker 1: he's in a good spot in our offense. Would have

435
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,240
Speaker 1: loved to see him make that play, unbelievable play by

436
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,800
Speaker 1: Kirk to kind of see the coverage in real time

437
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,280
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know put that ball out there,

438
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 1: and those are kind of what I'm talking about just

439
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,920
Speaker 1: one play away. And then guys started to really want to,

440
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,960
Speaker 1: you know, be the guy that makes to play to

441
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 1: change the momentum in the game, and it felt at

442
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,600
Speaker 1: times me included, like we pressed a little bit, um

443
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,400
Speaker 1: and and that's where we just got to go back

444
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,600
Speaker 1: to it. And I can promise you this much. Our guys,

445
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,800
Speaker 1: you know, as even post game, um, there's a feeling

446
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,120
Speaker 1: of wanting to get right back to work. Bad taste

447
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,280
Speaker 1: in your mouth is one thing. But we know what

448
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,600
Speaker 1: our standard is and and it starts with me tonight,

449
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,000
Speaker 1: um And, and I got to make sure I do

450
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,520
Speaker 1: much much more to help our guys play to their

451
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,840
Speaker 1: standard todown. We'll get to think over fourteen open where

452
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,680
Speaker 1: it was the bus there or something that was about Yeah,

453
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 1: it looked like they nailed down our our kind of

454
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,680
Speaker 1: safety and a quarters. Look, you know, I kind of

455
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 1: caught the very end of it there, um And, And

456
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,480
Speaker 1: that's what happens. You start, you know, you get you

457
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 1: get that coverage, you know, to start declaring a little bit.

458
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,360
Speaker 1: And then and then with their run game in there,

459
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,720
Speaker 1: but I thought Jalen threw the ball really well tonight,

460
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,920
Speaker 1: and I thought they protected him well, you know kind

461
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 1: of you know, body blows with their run game and

462
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,960
Speaker 1: then when those explosive you know, opportunities came, uh, you know,

463
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 1: he made a lot of those plays, and they made

464
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,680
Speaker 1: those plays, and that's where you got to give those

465
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,399
Speaker 1: guys credit. Um, you know, just our defense. Uh, they

466
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,199
Speaker 1: were on the field too much. We got to sustain

467
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,160
Speaker 1: more complimentary football early and that's on us as an offense.

468
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: And then when we get those plays, momentum change plays

469
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 1: throughout a game on the road, you got to do

470
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 1: more with it offensively than we did. Either off the

471
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,159
Speaker 1: blockfield goal or the interception. I was saying it was

472
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,119
Speaker 1: on him to try to get open more. It just

473
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,680
Speaker 1: seemed like there weren't that many targets early on the game.

474
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,639
Speaker 1: Is it something that was planned out, No, it was

475
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, we uh, you know, I can think back

476
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: to a couple of plays we were trying to get

477
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,720
Speaker 1: going for him early and kind of buy the look.

478
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: You know, we ended up checking to you know, a

479
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 1: couple of different things based upon protection, whatever it was.

480
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 1: But Adam, you know, you saw him kind of come

481
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,920
Speaker 1: to life. You know, I know it was a little

482
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: bit of it had gotten away from us a little bit,

483
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: but he's his you know, his mediu factor with Kirk

484
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,600
Speaker 1: is there. Kirk trusts him inherently. Then we got to

485
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,800
Speaker 1: find ways to continue to get him the ball within

486
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 1: the rhythm. But twenty one plays in the first half,

487
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 1: so you know, not a lot of targets to go

488
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 1: around in general when you only have twenty one plays,

489
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 1: and and just when you can't convert on those early

490
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,439
Speaker 1: third downs, stay efficient. That's how we want to activate

491
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,920
Speaker 1: and operate and do a lot of the things that

492
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,360
Speaker 1: we do offensively. And when we don't do that, that's

493
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 1: where I put it on myself, uh, to make sure

494
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: we find a way and schematically personnel based all of

495
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: those things we'll go back and take a look at.

496
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,239
Speaker 1: But um, I can promise you I got so much

497
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: confidence in our group offensively, the guys up front, our

498
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 1: running backs and obviously our skill players to make a

499
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: lot of plays and and I thought Kirk Battle tonight

500
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 1: and uh put them in some tough spots. Um. And

501
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,360
Speaker 1: I think our overall offensive philosophy, when we do not succeed,

502
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,239
Speaker 1: you know, in activating those things, it puts a lot

503
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 1: of pressure on the quarterback. And that's where once again

504
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: put this one hundred percent on me to be better

505
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 1: for our offense, for our team. Um And and that's

506
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 1: kind of how I feel about it. Kind of Yeah,

507
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: the challenges. Yeah, it's gonna be it's gonna be a challenge.

508
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 1: We'll get right back to work as a staff and

509
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: then make sure our guys turn over and and and

510
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: and get their recovery and however we can. We've got

511
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 1: a nice plan for those guys, knowing this is our

512
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: first short week, um, you know, leading into a tough

513
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: divisional game at home. Uh well, you know, we're we're

514
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna rally and fully expect to have a

515
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,960
Speaker 1: great atmosphere on Sunday at us pank Stadium. And just

516
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: like they did in the opener, we expect our you know,

517
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: fans to combine with us playing a cleaner game and

518
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 1: being ready to roll. Um, you know, have ourselves a

519
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,240
Speaker 1: day at home against a good football team that's playing

520
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: really well. Right now. Yeah, he uh he did, and

521
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: uh I looking at the way he checked out and

522
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: talking to Tyler and Uriah, we feel pretty you know,

523
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: strongly about where he's at, you know, but uh, well,

524
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,760
Speaker 1: we'll go through the phasing. It's very very important that

525
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 1: that gets handled medically through the protocol. It is a

526
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: short week, so we'll just kind of have to see

527
00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: where he's at. But uh, you know, he was all

528
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: over the field tonight and having to make a lot

529
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 1: of plays um down the field, you know, in the

530
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: running pass game. So he's one of our guys, one

531
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: of our leaders. And you know, not one time did

532
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: you ever feel like, uh, you know, Harrison wasn't leading

533
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,239
Speaker 1: the way out there. But unfortunate we did lose him.

534
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 1: U see how he is throughout the rest of the week. Yeah,

535
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 1: look right, thanks guys. Now with Cousins, you know when

536
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,880
Speaker 1: when after the Jordan Hicks interception and they get down

537
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: to the nine first and goal still with the puncher's

538
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,960
Speaker 1: chance to get back into or win this game, Cousins

539
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: went to Jefferson a couple of times back left to

540
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: the end zone, and they were just very soft throws.

541
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,120
Speaker 1: It's they were fifty fifty situations, but Kirk didn't seem

542
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,440
Speaker 1: to put enough on it. I wonder why you're you're

543
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 1: right about that, and I think, well, the reason why was, um,

544
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,360
Speaker 1: you know, Philadelphia again, when you're when you're when you're

545
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: nursing a twenty four to seven lead, that's when they

546
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,120
Speaker 1: got aggressive. They started the blitz. They were all out blitzing.

547
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,200
Speaker 1: They were sending the kitchen sink and you know, early

548
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: on we weren't receivers, weren't adjusting to it. Then they

549
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,439
Speaker 1: do adjust to it and Brandon Graham just drops himself

550
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 1: right off in the passing lane, and you know, and

551
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: then you get down, you get down the field in

552
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: the red zone and they get a sack out of it.

553
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 1: You know, so they Philadelphia mix things up enough. Um,

554
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 1: you know for JJ and what you'd like to take

555
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: a closer look at how he played, just because Slay

556
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: got him on that first third down right the first series,

557
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: first third down, no question, that should have been a

558
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: past interference and JJ didn't get the call, and I

559
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 1: sensed a little bit of I sensed a little frustration

560
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: out of Jefferson the whole night. You know, he was

561
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: limited the stuff that was underneath. They didn't take any

562
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: shots at him deep down the field. So there's there's

563
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,440
Speaker 1: that part of it there. They figured out a way

564
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,639
Speaker 1: to slow and stop JJ. And you know that's but

565
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 1: that's this league, man, that's if you know, Jefferson, you're

566
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: number one, and you're going to be facing the number

567
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 1: one corner week after week after week after week. So um,

568
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully a learning experience for this offense in

569
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: that respect, and they can put things back together in

570
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: a short week and get against the against the very

571
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,360
Speaker 1: I believe beatable team in the Detroit Lions. Now for Cousins,

572
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,919
Speaker 1: that was his tenth start against the Eagles. He now

573
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: as twenty seven touchdowns and nine interceptions, including three this evening.

574
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: Two went to Darius Sleigh and uh for the man

575
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 1: they call big play Sleigh. H he has four two

576
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: interception games in his career. Speaking to Kirk, here's what

577
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:21,800
Speaker 1: Kirk had to say following the game. All Right, disappointing performance. Um, uh,

578
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: you know, credit the Eagles. I thought they did a

579
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: good job against us all night long. And um, you know,

580
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: now we've got to respond in a short week and

581
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,680
Speaker 1: be a resilient group and uh and get back on track.

582
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,960
Speaker 1: So uh, you know, need to play better and we'll

583
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: play better up ahead. Take any questions you have the challenge,

584
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: I guess trying to get back when they got the

585
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 1: larg the year of the league, just to getting deep

586
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 1: in the lar, I had to try to change some things. Tough.

587
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 1: Tough was that was trying to finally the work did that.

588
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: That's first time they had I think we tried to

589
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: speed it up a little bit. Uh, you know, certainly

590
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: the two minute ish at the end of the half,

591
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: we were going to be going fast regardless. And then

592
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: I think the first drive of the second half try

593
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: to play with some tempo, um um, So there was

594
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: a little bit of that certainly as the game goes on.

595
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: How did you view your three interceptions or did you

596
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: see any common thread at all between any of them? No,

597
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: not a common thread. Just each one's different, you know. Um,

598
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: So you just take each one as they as they

599
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: were and uh and um, you know, try to improve

600
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: and get better. Kirt would like them at the first

601
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: one join in the gable were you and kind of

602
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: talked with you in the silent about it was like

603
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: what happened on that one point? Yeah, I was just

604
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 1: hoping he was gonna come flat there and uh, and

605
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: so that was really what happened. How tough is it

606
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: to get a rid though throughout a game? When you

607
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: started three now first three, your eyes obviously got got

608
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: things going and totally just started there. Yeah, I think

609
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: it was part of the challenges. We didn't we didn't

610
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: stay on the field, we didn't run enough place and um.

611
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 1: And so those three and outs early. You know, aren't

612
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: how we want to start. How much how much with

613
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: those was the defense? How much a little parts the

614
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: defense and trying to get things going. Yeah, I think

615
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: their defense deserves credit. Um, they did a good job

616
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: with Russian with coverage and the combination. Um, you know,

617
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: made it made it tough for us. What do you

618
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: want to learn from this? You kind of look at

619
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: the film quickly and respond to it next week. What

620
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: do you want to find out film us? If you

621
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: wanted to take it, Yeah, we'll watch it. We'll have

622
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: good conversations. Uh, there'll be a lot of good coaching

623
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: going on and um, and then get right back to

624
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: work and just try to fine tune everything you got.

625
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: You guys only got twenty five yards rushing out of

626
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: your running backs. Obviously you were behind us of the game.

627
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: But how difficult does that make it when you're kind

628
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: of one dimensional? Almost? Yeah, I think that getting behind early,

629
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: we probably had to throw a little more often than

630
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: we would have liked and didn't stay as balanced as

631
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: we would like to be. And um, you know that's

632
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: probably just more the nature of the way they game went.

633
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: And you know, we certainly want to be balanced as

634
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: best we can obviously back. That was perfectly strong. Did

635
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: you again touched out earlier? What did you like about

636
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: how we'd play today? Yeah, you know, it's it's good

637
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: to have him back. You know, it's it's been a

638
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 1: year without him in there. So, um, you know, he's

639
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: a he's a dynamic player and it's just good to

640
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: get him back involved again once again. The final score

641
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: was twenty four seven Philadelphia. Ron Johnson one of the

642
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 1: more accomplished receivers in the history of Golden Gophers football. Um.

643
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: He has a new feature we include on the Postgame

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Speaker 1: Report podcast. It's called Ron Johnson's Three Takes. Thanks Pa,

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Speaker 1: and this is Ron Johnson coming to you from Kafan

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Speaker 1: And these are my three takes from tonight's game. Not

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Speaker 1: a ton of takeaway from the night's game. Pretty bad

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Speaker 1: blowout twenty four to seven. But you have to find

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Speaker 1: the bright spots in some of these games. And here's

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Speaker 1: what the Vikings can build on er smith Junior. The

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Speaker 1: usage is up eight targets, five receptions, thirty six yards

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Speaker 1: and one touchdown. Now here's my takeaway from that. ERF.

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Speaker 1: Smiths Junior was used a ton. There were a lot

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Speaker 1: of left plays on that field that he left out there.

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Speaker 1: He could have made so many more plays we know

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Speaker 1: to drop possible touchdown. We know the two third down

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Speaker 1: routes he ran where he kind of just was swallowed up,

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Speaker 1: one on the inbreaking route and one on the drag.

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Speaker 1: If he improves and works on that, ARV Smith is

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Speaker 1: going to be a threat. The fact that they're willing

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Speaker 1: to use IERF Smith in this way, the fact that

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Speaker 1: they're willing to get earth Smith into this offense we've

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Speaker 1: been looking for that. It shows that he is ready

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Speaker 1: to be a force in this offense. He just has

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Speaker 1: to make the plays. I think Kirk Cousins trust him

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Speaker 1: and we'll see what comes up against the Lions. Another

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Speaker 1: takeaway number two. In the second half, the defense shut

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Speaker 1: out the Eagles. Now, were they really trying to go

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Speaker 1: after it or do the Eagles feel like, you know what,

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Speaker 1: let's just not turn it over. There was at an

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Speaker 1: interception by Jordan Hicks, so we know the defense was

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Speaker 1: trying and the offense was trying. But we know in

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Speaker 1: that second half the defense found a way to shut

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Speaker 1: him out. They gave up twenty four points in the

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Speaker 1: first half, turned it around, found a way to shut

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Speaker 1: him down. You have to find ways though for the offense.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins through three interceptions. If kirk Cousins completes two

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Speaker 1: of those into the end zone, it's twenty one to

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Speaker 1: twenty four and the Vikings maybe have a chance to

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Speaker 1: win the game at the end. So what does that

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Speaker 1: leave us. This defense got better. They figured him out,

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Speaker 1: but didn't figure them out soon enough. Last takeaway fourteen

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Speaker 1: to nine first downs in the second half. The Vikings

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Speaker 1: had the advantage. They only had six in the first half.

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Speaker 1: They finished with twenty. The Eagles had sixteen. They finished

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Speaker 1: with twenty five. So the offense found a way to

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Speaker 1: gain first downs, but it was too little, too late.

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Speaker 1: We know Kirk Cousins against the Packers looked a lot

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Speaker 1: more comfortable. I don't know what the Eagles were doing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if the Eagles had his number. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if he just wasn't getting the same motions

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Speaker 1: and shifts that he got in week one verse the Packers,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings looked overwhelmed. They didn't look as prepared as

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Speaker 1: they did versus the Packers as they did versus the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: With that said, I think Kirk Cousins can get it

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Speaker 1: together against the Lions. There's no other option there. Darius

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Speaker 1: Slay is one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: He showed it tonight. He said that I want to

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Speaker 1: take on Justin Jefferson. That's what Alexander wanted from the Packers.

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Speaker 1: They also bracketed Justin Jefferson had a safety over the top,

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Speaker 1: so Darius Slay could take more chances on some of

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Speaker 1: those comebacks and those curls, and it paid off. He

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Speaker 1: got away with a couple of holes here and there,

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Speaker 1: and that's why he was able to contain Justin Jefferson.

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Speaker 1: And then in the time, Justin Jefferson just looked lost,

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Speaker 1: did not feel like the ball was coming his way.

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Speaker 1: But hey, that's how the cookie crumbles. The Vikings lose

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Speaker 1: twenty four to seven to the Philadelphia Eagles. They are

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Speaker 1: now one and one. They head into this Lions game.

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Speaker 1: If they lose to the Lions, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: do that. That puts the Lions ahead of them in

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Speaker 1: the division. And that's something nobody saw coming. But at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, the Eagles were the better team.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins didn't have a great day justin Jefferson was

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Speaker 1: not the Cooper Cup we thought he would be. In

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Speaker 1: his defense, well, they gave up way too much in

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Speaker 1: the first half and just could not get enough from

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Speaker 1: the offense in the second half. Well those were my

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Speaker 1: three takes from tonight's game. Back to you at the stadium, Pa,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, RJ. The Lions are one and one, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings are one and one. It's a noon kickoff at

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Speaker 1: us Bank Stadium. Jared Goff just threw four touchdowns against

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Speaker 1: zero interceptions. Alman Ross Saint Brown, who beat the Vikings

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Speaker 1: at Ford Field last year. He's having a phenomenal season.

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Speaker 1: He had a long run in the game against Washington,

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Speaker 1: plus a prolific receiving game just top of the head

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Speaker 1: into the practice week and then obviously the game in

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Speaker 1: six days. What is a singular key to beating the Lions.

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Speaker 1: I think the singular key, Paul is, don't make quld

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Speaker 1: making stupid mistakes. Catch the ball and it's thrown your way.

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Speaker 1: You know you mentioned Alman Ross Saint Brown on the

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Speaker 1: big run that he had. That was a Jet sweep

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Speaker 1: that Washington just completely let go. Right, They let us

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Speaker 1: Jets sweep turn into a fifty some yard run. The

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Speaker 1: last touchdown that was caught by the running back, the

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Speaker 1: last touchdown that Golf through. It was third and like

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Speaker 1: eighteen and the running back caught the boat, fell down

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Speaker 1: and was able to get back up and then beat

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Speaker 1: four Washington four Washington football players to the end zone.

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Speaker 1: So I mean Washington did a lot to help Detroit

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Speaker 1: out in that football game. You know, they're they're struggling

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Speaker 1: in the middle of their offensive line. They've got two

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Speaker 1: nice offensive tackles, but the middle of that offensive line

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Speaker 1: is a bit of a mess. Defensively, they're extremely aggressive.

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Speaker 1: They blitzed forty percent of the time against Philadelphia and

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Speaker 1: the opening game. So yeah, we've got to weather the

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Speaker 1: storm early because they're gonna be aggressive and come after us.

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Speaker 1: And then defensively, I expect us to really get after

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Speaker 1: Golf and dominate because if you leave Golf alone, he's

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Speaker 1: a good thrower, he's a great passer. But we should

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Speaker 1: be able to pressure him and match up very well

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Speaker 1: with this wide receiver corps. That's Pete Versage and I'm

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Speaker 1: Paul Allen. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings twenty

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Speaker 1: four to seven, Eagles two and two and Oh, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings are one and one and they play the Lions

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Speaker 1: Sunday at noon at us Bank Stadium, and the Lions

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Speaker 1: are one and one. Thank you very much for listening

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