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Speaker 1: Vikings fans? Welcome to episode number one oh nine of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. This is Chris Corso here at

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Speaker 1: the TCOs Studios back in the Twin Cities. I'm very

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Speaker 1: the practice squad, So best well wishes to Chad Beebe,

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Speaker 1: who really had some great moments with the Vikings in

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Speaker 1: the past couple of years, one being a game winning

432
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Speaker 1: touchdown at home over the Carolina Panthers last season. Let's

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Speaker 1: move forward to the topic of conversation the tight end position.

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Speaker 1: Currently at the initial spot, it was just two tight

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Speaker 1: ends that made the roster, Tyler Conklin and Brandon Dillon. Obviously,

436
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Speaker 1: Er Smith has now been sent to the reserve slash

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Speaker 1: injured list, and we referenced it before Chris herndon the

438
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Speaker 1: pending trade with the New York Jets passing his physical

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Speaker 1: as all that's left at the time of this recording.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a tough, tough position, I think this

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Speaker 1: year not what we're used to with number eighty two

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Speaker 1: in that spot. Game, yeah, but number eighty three is

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Speaker 1: going to have to be tight end one and step

444
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Speaker 1: up to the table and figure this thing out and

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Speaker 1: pretty much be the leader in this tight end room.

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Speaker 1: Of course, last year, Tyler Conklin was the third guy

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Speaker 1: in the room. Now he's the first guy in the room,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sure there's pressure there, but also there's a

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Speaker 1: little bit more responsibility put on his shoulders just to

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Speaker 1: help coach another guy and Chris Herdon up, yeah, in

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Speaker 1: a in a speedy way. So, man, this is I

452
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Speaker 1: have so many questions. I have more questions than I

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Speaker 1: have answers when it comes to this tight end group

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Speaker 1: and how things will shake up. But let me ask

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Speaker 1: you this, then, Yeah, do you think that this extra

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Speaker 1: week that we have before the season starts is going

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Speaker 1: to be a huge like like this? You know, it's new,

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Speaker 1: so it's nice to have that. How much is this

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Speaker 1: going to affect that transition? And and losing him after

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Speaker 1: the third preseason game with this extra week? How how

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Speaker 1: nice is this? I guess, Oh, it's great. And you

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Speaker 1: got to think he just signed today. I'm sure his

463
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Speaker 1: playbook has already been shipped to him first class delivery,

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Speaker 1: so he's probably in the playbook already. But having a

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Speaker 1: week to actually figure things out, over a week and

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Speaker 1: a half to figure things out, it is. It is.

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Speaker 1: But you are like this, you like this padding of time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it happens, and we didn't have this last year. So

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Speaker 1: having it now and having game film, I think you

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Speaker 1: can curtail certain plays for Chris Herndon, like Clint Kubiak

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Speaker 1: is already. I'm sure watch film on Chris and say, Okay,

472
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Speaker 1: this is what he can do in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: this is what he can do in middle of the field.

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Speaker 1: So I'm going to give him fifteen to twenty plays. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I need you to learn this by Monday before you

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Speaker 1: come in the building. Once you learn this fifteen to

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Speaker 1: twenty plays, we'll start figuring out and game planning going

478
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Speaker 1: so on and so forth. The good thing about this part, too,

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Speaker 1: is that we're not putting in an entire playbook now,

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Speaker 1: you're only game planning for a certain team. So everyone

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Speaker 1: is learning the same exact plays at the same exact time.

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Speaker 1: So that hopes eleven more days or so till the

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Speaker 1: Vikings first game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Like Tatum referenced,

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Speaker 1: it's a lot of time for this tight end position

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Speaker 1: to kind of figure itself out. With Ben Ellison obviously

486
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Speaker 1: being the last player claimed at this position, so four

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Speaker 1: players that are fighting for active roster spots, and then

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Speaker 1: of course rookie Zach Davidson. It is confirmed that he

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Speaker 1: is a member of the Vikings practice squad. So good

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Speaker 1: to see a due threat type of special teams tight

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Speaker 1: end player be still around the facility, which will be

492
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Speaker 1: really good for the team going forward. Looking at the

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Speaker 1: offensive line position, speaking of some questions that we had

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Speaker 1: at the tight end position, this is one where you know,

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Speaker 1: this unit kind of came together a little bit in

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Speaker 1: some of the preseason games, but I really want to

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Speaker 1: see what that starting unit is going to be when

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Speaker 1: we line up against the Bengals. We kept nine initially

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Speaker 1: on the Vikings offensive line. Rashad Hill, ezrac Cleveland, Garrett Bradberry,

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Speaker 1: oly Udo, Brian O'Neill, Blake Brandell, a late round draft

501
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Speaker 1: pick a few years ago out of Oregon State that

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Speaker 1: makes the roster, Mason cole an acquisition last year, Christian

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Speaker 1: Darisaw the Vikings first round pick who we haven't seen

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Speaker 1: much of out on the field, and why At Davis,

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Speaker 1: the guard out of Ohio State. So what are your

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Speaker 1: initial takeaways, Tatum, I wasn't a shock that Blake Brandall

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Speaker 1: made it. After his preseason and his performance in the games.

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Speaker 1: I thought that he really um stepped up and it

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Speaker 1: showed a lot of improvement. I like Mason Colett Center.

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Speaker 1: I think he has a really promising future there as well.

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Speaker 1: I'm still pretty salty that we can't see Derriss in

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Speaker 1: there yet. It's just kind of something I really wanted

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Speaker 1: to see this offseason. And I love the promise that

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Speaker 1: why Davis has. I think there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: names in here that individually have done very well. I'm

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Speaker 1: ready to see more of them play collectively and and

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Speaker 1: you know, honestly, as great as it was seeing a

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Speaker 1: j Row's breakout and do things like that, I'm just

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Speaker 1: ready to see Dalvin cook back there and see what

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Speaker 1: they can cook up for him. Sorry, if it's and

521
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Speaker 1: if he's going to cook, these lines are gonna have

522
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Speaker 1: to be su chefs. They're gonna have to be Oh

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Speaker 1: you are just going to continue. You gotta, I mean

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Speaker 1: they gotta. They gotta serve up the plate for the

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Speaker 1: chef to cook. So I think it's a lot of depth.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of meat on the bones here.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of a lot of to feed. You

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Speaker 1: got sixty thousand CC, six thousand customers looking for food,

529
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Speaker 1: and you got nine chefs right here that can cook it.

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Speaker 1: R for Dalvin to be special this year. So Rashad Hill,

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Speaker 1: of course, that's probably the biggest question mark. Okay, how

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Speaker 1: can he or what can he do to make his

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Speaker 1: presence worthwhile? Because Christian dressof he wasn't hurt. A lot

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Speaker 1: of people are saying he was supposed to be the

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Speaker 1: guys drafted first round. But at the same time, you say,

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Speaker 1: you look at the people behind him, You're like, man,

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Speaker 1: this is a lot of depth. Like Masson Cole has

538
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Speaker 1: played really good football, White Davis the value pick up

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Speaker 1: the draft this year, Christian derrisof when he's healthy, I

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Speaker 1: think he's gonna make, you know, some splash plays. And

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Speaker 1: then Blake Brandall like that's those those are four really

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Speaker 1: good guys. Let's talk about Dakota dojer. I know a

543
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Speaker 1: lot of people aren't really high on him, but he's

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Speaker 1: got some quality reps in the NFL. He has NFL experience,

545
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Speaker 1: so you can't coach experience, and I think having those

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Speaker 1: guys this group, I'm I'm okay with this group. I'm

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Speaker 1: fine with this group. I don't know if you guys

548
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Speaker 1: know the pound the beef expression that was created by

549
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Speaker 1: I believe it was Pat elf Line a former member

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Speaker 1: of the offensive line, and then Mike Zimmer kind of

551
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Speaker 1: ran with it. I think it was two years ago,

552
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Speaker 1: but it kind of reminded me when you guys are

553
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Speaker 1: going with those Dalvin Cook expressions that you were throwing

554
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Speaker 1: out there, pound the beef out there every time. It's

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Speaker 1: it's going to continue throughout the show. And with that,

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Speaker 1: we welcome in my good friend and obviously the former

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Speaker 1: host of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: are you still hosting the show or are we having

559
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Speaker 1: you back here. I have no idea. I'm just happy

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Speaker 1: he's back for this episode. It's si Amindson, a big

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Speaker 1: time part of the Vikings Entertainment Network, and I'm just

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Speaker 1: happy to have you backside. Yeah, I'm excited to be back.

563
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Speaker 1: Corso and that was a very warm welcome. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: This is nice. It's nice. It's nice to hear your

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Speaker 1: voice in theory. Sorry, just being a Minnesota Vikings fan.

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Speaker 1: I know you're a Cincinnati right now. We play those

567
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Speaker 1: guys a week one. What is your optimism level slash

568
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Speaker 1: pessimism level for the team in Purple this upcoming season?

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Speaker 1: Oh man, I'm a disaster, but that's almost disaster at

570
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Speaker 1: the beginning of every season, and I kind of spiral

571
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Speaker 1: back and forth. There's no middle ground. I never you

572
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: know how they want you want quarterbacks like, he never

573
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Speaker 1: gets too high and he never gets too low. He's

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Speaker 1: just John Elway. I am the opposite of that. For

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Speaker 1: like forty five minutes, I'm walking around going, well, we're

576
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Speaker 1: gonna go oh and seventeen and just throw about a

577
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Speaker 1: hundred interceptions, And then about an hour later, I'm pretty

578
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Speaker 1: confident that we're the best team in the NFC. So

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Speaker 1: I really fluctuate between the highs and lows. Right now,

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Speaker 1: in this exact moment that you have me on the phone,

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Speaker 1: I'm domestic, and I think it's because of and you

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Speaker 1: guys can tell me if you think this is a

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Speaker 1: dumb take or not, but I think it's because of

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Speaker 1: what's at stake. You know, all these all the noise,

585
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Speaker 1: it's been like this really intense preseason. But there's just

586
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Speaker 1: so many guys on this team, so many veterans and

587
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Speaker 1: really counted veterans who are on one year contracts with

588
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Speaker 1: something to prove, presumably before the cap goes way up

589
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Speaker 1: in this league, and you have a coach and a

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Speaker 1: general manager in a crucial year, and you have a

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Speaker 1: quarterback that's kind of been the center of this really

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Speaker 1: public scrutiny. There's just there seems to be so much

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Speaker 1: on the line for so many, so many people within

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Speaker 1: this organization right now that I always assume that brings

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Speaker 1: a crazy level of focus and intensity. So at the

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Speaker 1: very least walking into the season, walking into Cincinnati week

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Speaker 1: one and and Arizona week two, I assume you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get a really high level of focus to start the season.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I'll probably doubt that in you know,

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Speaker 1: in a little while here. Yeah, I mean, there's no

601
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Speaker 1: shortage of storylines out of the Minnesota Vikings this season.

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Speaker 1: And I know you're down there, you're like the boots

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Speaker 1: in the ground in Cincinnati right now. Are the Bengals

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Speaker 1: saying anything about their confidence level against the Vikings week one?

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Speaker 1: About not? This is not? This is Cincinnati is a

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Speaker 1: different city, man. Since the Cincinnati Bengals fans, the best

607
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Speaker 1: way I can describe them, the only way that I

608
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: can help Minnesota people, they're like Minnesota Timberwold fans. They

609
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Speaker 1: are even the ones who I know down here who

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Speaker 1: love the team, They're like we're so excited, and I

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Speaker 1: think we're gonna go about five and twelve this year.

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Speaker 1: They they had they love Joe Burrows. They're excited about

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Speaker 1: like there are people down here are excited. Like they

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Speaker 1: will talk my ear off about Riley Reef and then

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Speaker 1: I'll they'll finish and I'll be like, so you think

616
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Speaker 1: you guys can make a run, And they're like, oh no, wait,

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Speaker 1: we're not. We're gonna be really bad. So I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna show up. I think they're passionate. I don't

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Speaker 1: know that anybody's gonna be smack talking me as we

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Speaker 1: walk justin Jefferson, Adam Feland, and Dalvin Cook into their

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Speaker 1: building on week one. So SYE producer Jay Nelson calls

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Speaker 1: you the voice of the fans? Is that is that

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Speaker 1: your title for this in the documents? In the documentument

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Speaker 1: that's pretty accurate, though, what a nightmare. Nobody if my

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Speaker 1: Twitter dms are any indication of whether or not that's true,

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Speaker 1: it's it's not people. I do not feel like I

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Speaker 1: speak for most well. Jay has called you the proclaimed

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Speaker 1: voice of the fans. So being the voice of the fans,

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Speaker 1: what is your biggest I don't know worry or question

630
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Speaker 1: mark heading into this season for the Vikings, oh man,

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Speaker 1: if I had to rank them, I think I think

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Speaker 1: my top two right now are just cohesion. Like I know,

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Speaker 1: I said that everyone's going to be focused going into

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Speaker 1: Week one, but also I think it's a hell of

635
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Speaker 1: a task for this coaching staff with a new offensive coordinator,

636
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Speaker 1: you know, so many new players on the defensive side

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Speaker 1: of the ball to really sync up altogether all at once.

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Speaker 1: And it's nice that Weatherley has been here before, and

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Speaker 1: Sheldon has been here before, and Everson has been here before,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, that is still asking a lot. That's why

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Speaker 1: I'm glad we're not walking into Tampa Bay week one.

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Speaker 1: So I think cohesion and rhythm. And then the other

643
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: thing is the offensive line. And I can't be the

644
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: only one though who I saw oli Udo, So I'm

645
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: freaking out all offseason about the offensive line. Through the draft,

646
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: I think I'm right about everything about what we should

647
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: be doing, and I'm worrying. We get all the way

648
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: through training camp, we walk into preseason and oli Udo

649
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: isn't out there for that first game, and you know,

650
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: we kind of saw how that went, and I'm screaming

651
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: for whyatt David's like, what do we even what? Who

652
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: cares about oli Udo? And then he went out and

653
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: just it was incredible. I was like, that's what he

654
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: looks like. He looks like a refrigerator stacked on top

655
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: of two other refrigerators. He is in North three refrigerators?

656
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: Is that men? Brandy? Well, They're frigid air And I

657
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: couldn't I all of a sudden, I found myself excited

658
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: about the interior offensive line because I'm also excited about

659
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: what Garrett Bradberry can do. You know, I think he's

660
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 1: caught a pretty hard rap the last couple of years

661
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 1: and old lines a unit, and I'd like to see

662
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 1: what happens when he had some stability around him. But

663
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: knowing all that and returning to your question, course, then

664
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: I watched Quitty Pay, who was like one of my

665
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: favorite dudes in the draft, but still I watched him

666
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: in one of his first couple of snaps, just ripped

667
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: through Rashad Hill. And then you know, Chris Jones isn't

668
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: there for the Chiefs and they get by a little bit,

669
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: and I like Rashad Hill. I think, you know, the

670
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: team obviously has competence in him. And I'm gonna have

671
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: competence in him until proven otherwise in the regular season.

672
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: But I think with Kirk, the way Kirk moves in

673
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: the pocket, the way Kirk needs a clean pocket to operate,

674
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: and how important the backside is to every quarterback, but

675
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: specifically him, I think my biggest concern is probably keeping

676
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: him comfortable and upright in the first four weeks, because

677
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: you don't want to see, you know, you don't want

678
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: to see what happened last year happened this year with

679
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: just this outrageous amount of turnovers early in the season

680
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: that put you in the sort of hole that it's

681
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 1: almost impossible to to pull yourself out of. So I

682
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: think both of those things probably play into that, like

683
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: cohesion early game one, like fitting in together and then

684
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: protecting Kirk early and often so we can get off

685
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 1: to a tough start because I don't know what the

686
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: numbers are, but I do know that the strength of

687
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: schedule for our division is brutal, and you don't want

688
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: to get off to a slow start. Oh, speaking the

689
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: strength of schedule, let's talk some NFL here side, because

690
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 1: I know you are a huge fan of the NFL,

691
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 1: and with over eight hundred guys getting cut in the

692
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 1: last four or five days. Are there any moves that

693
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: shocked you, any moves that surprised you, or just your

694
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: thoughts on just everything that has transpired the last couple

695
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: of days. Can I tell you my favorite? Yeah? I

696
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: love the Cam Newton cut, But not for the reason

697
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: I'm not like anti top hat or anything, or I'm

698
00:36:55,320 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 1: not reveling in the COVID dramatic. I think what people

699
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: they're talking well, is Mac Jones ready, you know? Is

700
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: it like you did? Cam? Not that? Who cares? What

701
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: I love about it is that Brady obviously won that

702
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: divorce on a level that very few win divorces. Right, Tampa, Dude,

703
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: he goes, he goes to Tampa and just pipes a

704
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: title immediately, right. So I love that Bill Belichick, And

705
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: I don't know that this was his thought process, but

706
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pretend it is because it's way more fun.

707
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: The only like, he could have gone and won a

708
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: title this year with Cam Newton and people would have

709
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: been like, ak, who Brady? Still? You know he did

710
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,320
Speaker 1: it right away without like the only way Bill Belichick

711
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:53,760
Speaker 1: can even that divorce is to take another nobody rookie,

712
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 1: I mean, not a nobody, but he's close. But take

713
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: another unproven rookie and run and win a title. So

714
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: I love I love the ego in the move that

715
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,479
Speaker 1: exists there and the upside of what could happen if

716
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: Mac Jones actually turns out to be a guy who

717
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: can throw a football. Speaking of young talent that we

718
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: are ready to see in the NFL, there's a team

719
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: a little south of here. The Chicago Bears have quite

720
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback controversy brewing up. Yeah, yeah, I I well,

721
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: I'm curious what you guys think. Just give me, give

722
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: me quick fire. If you were in charge, who are

723
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: you starting Week one? Dalton their field? How many times

724
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: have I told you I'm a huge Justin Fields guy?

725
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: SI watching yours? I yeah, you love? He loves Corso

726
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,760
Speaker 1: loves Justin Field. So I know the answer. Gabe and Tatum,

727
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: how about you? I'm going fields. If you're talking about

728
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: starting Mac Jones, who was the fifteenth overall pick, why

729
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: not start the ninth overall pick? Right? But they don't

730
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: want any Dalton there. And I'm not saying he's like,

731
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: you know, God's gift to quarterbacks camp Well, they got

732
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 1: rid of them, though I get rid of Andy Dalton

733
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: too well, but he's I don't know, I you know,

734
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: I feel like a hypocrite if I don't say I

735
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: start Dalton, let Fields sit for just a bit, because

736
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: we just talked about um let letting quarterbacks sit there

737
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 1: and learn by no means, you know, I think Fields

738
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: is a little bit more gifted. But um, I think

739
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: I go with Dalton just to just to have it

740
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,720
Speaker 1: never be a question that Fields shouldn't be the starter.

741
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: I mean they had abisky though, like he was those

742
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: number two I'm so I'm agreeing with you. I'm like, wow,

743
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: so I thank you for that. I'm tubisky experience and

744
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 1: how what a wet blanket gave Yeah, you couldn't even

745
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,479
Speaker 1: hold the tape through her answer. Yeah, I'm I'm I'm

746
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: with Tatum and I believe a couple of things. That

747
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're right, it's just the things that I

748
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: believe are right. One is, I don't think it takes

749
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: a year for other guys to know whether or not

750
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: a QB's got the sauce, you know what I'm saying,

751
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: Like it might take a dude a while to develop,

752
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: but these guys walk out on the field, and in

753
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: two weeks, three weeks a month, everybody on that team

754
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: knows all that dude's got it. You might have to

755
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 1: develop him, but he's got it. And so I think

756
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 1: they already know whether or not Justin Fields has got it.

757
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: Now you have all the other politics and power struggles

758
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: that go into organizations and draft picks and whether or

759
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: not he should start, and and YadA, YadA, YadA, but

760
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 1: they know whether or not he's got it. And I

761
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: just think quarterbacks also, their future and their success is

762
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 1: so built on their surroundings. You know, like what once

763
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: every twenty years you get one of these guys who

764
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: can overcome whatever. You know, you had luck Manning. You know,

765
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: maybe Marino was in a good situation, but he was

766
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: a sort of talent. You don't get those guys off

767
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: and the rest of him are like Achille Smith goes

768
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: to the Bengals, you know, but Russell Wilson goes to

769
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, right, and David Carr gets sacked ten trillion

770
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: times in Houston. He's not coming back from that. So

771
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: the Bears have a trash offensive line currently, and I

772
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: don't think they're going to be a great team this year.

773
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: And Andy Dalton to me, is the perfect quarterback to

774
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 1: learn from because he's not going to be so perfect

775
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: that you can never see his mistake and he's not

776
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 1: going to be so bad that he can't teach you stuff.

777
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: Why rush this dude in? Like that's why you know,

778
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: there was all the rumors about Fields coming here, and

779
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: if he had, I would have thought that was the

780
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: greatest situation in you know, in the entire draft, because

781
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: you have the Alex Smith Mahome situation. So a tatum,

782
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I'm not saying you have to sit

783
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: him off season, but what do you racing Justin Fields

784
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: out there to get hit a bunch? Especially in a

785
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: division where outside lines, I mean, these are some pretty

786
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: bad as defensive fronts that are gonna get after you. Yeah,

787
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: you gotta make sure you protect the pick. You know,

788
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: if you've got an offensive line, you've got questions with

789
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: I say, Andy Dalton all the way fields later on

790
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: if they proved themselves down the line and to that point,

791
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: after what the Bills did to Justin Fields, did you

792
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: see that hit that Justin Fields took against the Bills. Yeah,

793
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: you definitely got to sit him out for a little bit. Well,

794
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: he's one of the toughest guys out there though, so

795
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: I get that your skull cap comes off, toughness goes

796
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: out the window. No, I know, but I was just

797
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: I was recalling that what was the National Championship game

798
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: when he came back in? That was tough. I mean,

799
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: the dudes, the dudes just clearly got it. And you're

800
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: probably not winning a Super Bowl this year if you're

801
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: in Chicago, So why I don't care how good you are.

802
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 1: If some if thirty five sacks get put on you

803
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 1: in seven or eight games, you start hearing you know,

804
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,919
Speaker 1: So why why why? Rush Wilson's Bears fans probably want

805
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: to see Justin fields. I am hoping that Andy Dalton

806
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 1: is the starter week one. Inside that you are right

807
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 1: last one for me, uh, just looking at the season,

808
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: looking at the schedule, looking at the Vikings initial fifty

809
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: three man roster and some of the trades that were made.

810
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: I want your prediction side. What is the Vikings record

811
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: for the season. Remember it's a seventeen game season. Yeah,

812
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: I'm not doing that. I'm not giving it us. Scare

813
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 1: us a prediction. You're the voice of the fans. I'm

814
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: going to be the voice of the guy who strangled you.

815
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 1: I here's I am, I am. I can tell you

816
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: that I predict as I dancwer on this. I just

817
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 1: think our first answer the question side, why do we

818
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: need to walk you through each team and just say

819
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: L or W. I don't want to do that. I'm not.

820
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: I think the first five games are going to determine

821
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 1: what sort of team you have in front of you,

822
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: because you've got you know, you've got three really really

823
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: tough games, and you have two that you should you

824
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 1: should compete on, right, you should have an easier time

825
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: competing nine. You know there's no easy games in the NFL.

826
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 1: But you've got Week one with Cincinnati, Week five with

827
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: the Lions. If you're a fan, you think you're getting

828
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: those right. So then you have these three games. You

829
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: got the Seahawks, the Cardinals and the Browns. You got

830
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: the Patrick Peterson and revenge factor, you got the hey,

831
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: we can't ever beat the Seahawks factor, and you've got

832
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: Kevin Stavanski and one of them have talked about teams

833
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: in the league. If that cohesion is there, if that

834
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: focus is there, and you grab two of those three games,

835
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: and you walk out of the first first five games

836
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: four and one. We Courso and I and Jay and

837
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: I have talked about this off air forever. No matter

838
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 1: how old you are, and Gabe you were on you

839
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: know you played at Liberty. You get this when you're

840
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: in a locker room, no matter if you're a thirty

841
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,399
Speaker 1: seven year old veteran or a sixteen year old kid.

842
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: As a ball starts rolling one direction, the unit buys

843
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: in right. Think of Brett Farve when you threw that

844
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: touchdown against the forty nine ers and the whole unit

845
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: finally bought in. Think about years where it's gone poorly

846
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: when they haven't. I think if you can walk in

847
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: and out of you know, three out of five games

848
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: being really difficult, If you can grab four of those

849
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: games and you walk out four and one, with the

850
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 1: amount of like stud star veterans on this team and

851
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 1: hungry young young players, I think there'll just be this

852
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: come together and you're going to see a really really

853
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 1: nice season that could wind up you know, eleven twelve wins.

854
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 1: Who knows, but I think it's all predicated. Now. It's

855
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: not saying if you don't, you don't you go three

856
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: and two or two and three that you can't have

857
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: a run towards the playoffs, but if they get a

858
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: good start here, that's the sort of thing that could

859
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,320
Speaker 1: snowball down here into a really, really, really fun season.

860
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: So eleven and six, you're saying eleven and six. Eleven

861
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 1: and six, guys, I'm gonna go with eleven and six. Well,

862
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 1: thank you Si for joining the show. The Voice of

863
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: the Fans returns to the Minnesota Vikings podcast. I loved

864
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: chatting it up with you and I will talk to

865
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: you soon side Jatum. It was so great to hear

866
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 1: you officially on a microphone. Gabe, I love you. Corso

867
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna have to have a conversation about

868
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: how this went. Jay. Thank you, bye, guys, bye bye. Well,

869
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: thanks to Si Hominson for joining the show. And we

870
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: are getting back into breaking down the Vikings fifty three

871
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: man roster. We covered all the offensive positions. Now, guys,

872
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: let's get into the strongest part of the team, in

873
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 1: my opinion, the defensive line. Gabe, running down this list,

874
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 1: I see a lot of depths. If you want to

875
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: take the take the mic on going through these some

876
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 1: of these names, I mean, Daniel Hunter, youngest guy to

877
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,720
Speaker 1: fifty sacks. Then you got Michael Pierce ninety one overall

878
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,879
Speaker 1: and Madden Dalvin Thomason number one defensive tackle in free

879
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: agency this year. And then DJ wantam Andre Patterson calls

880
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: him his guy. And then we brought Stephen Revally back,

881
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:16,240
Speaker 1: Sheldon Richardson as a monster, and Patrick Jones the second

882
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: is a guy who I've been high on all off season.

883
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: And then rounding the troops is James lynch armand watch,

884
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:26,359
Speaker 1: and of course Everson Griffin is back. So I saw

885
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: they were they did a scrimmage last week. The Vikings

886
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:33,000
Speaker 1: did a scrimmage last week against themselves, and they were

887
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: doing like third and long, like a third and long situation,

888
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,400
Speaker 1: and we were in the three or four defense. Danille

889
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,359
Speaker 1: was at right end, DJ Wanna was at left end,

890
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: and Everson Griffin was at nose tackle. And I was like,

891
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 1: how do you stop this? How do you stop this?

892
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,600
Speaker 1: And not even not even to mention Sheldon Richardson, Michael Pierce,

893
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 1: Dalvin Thominson. You still got guys. I can still rush

894
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,000
Speaker 1: the quarterback like this is this is a scary unit.

895
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: There have been a lot of strong defensive lines since

896
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,919
Speaker 1: I've been here, guys twenty fifteen. This is by far

897
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: the most depth that I have seen on a defensive line.

898
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: When you added Dalvin Thomlinson and Michael Pierce in the

899
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: middle of this defensive line, return of Daniel Hunter, signed

900
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: Sheldon Richardson who was here before, and drafted Patrick Jones

901
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: the second and then you have a couple of players

902
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: like dj Wantam coming back for a second year. It's

903
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,359
Speaker 1: just this is this is probably the strongest unit just

904
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: or maybe even the whole team, and it's led by

905
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: one of the best coaches in the NFL at the

906
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: position in Andre Patterson. So, Tatum, what do you think

907
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: about this year? This is your first year year, You're

908
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 1: probably like, Yeah, it's a mix of just sheer talent

909
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: and athleticism as well as veteran experience, which I think

910
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 1: is huge. And they're guys that want to play together

911
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: and they are hungry to play together. They came here

912
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 1: for a reason, and that reason was to be on

913
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: this line, be on this front, and I think that

914
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with Daniel Hunter. I mean,

915
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: guys want to play with him, they want to be

916
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: his teammate, and you wonder why guys like Michael Pierce,

917
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 1: Stalvin Tomlinson, Sheldon Richardson, Like these guys come back or

918
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:10,760
Speaker 1: they're here is because of Daniel Hunter, and so that's

919
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: what I'm most excited for for them. I just think

920
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: it's going to be an exciting group to watch, and

921
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: after such a disappointing season last year when it came

922
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: to quarterback sacks, this is, I think where you're going

923
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 1: to see the numbers pop. The second layer of the

924
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 1: Vikings defense, the linebacker's position, led by co defensive coordinator

925
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: Adam Zimmer. Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks are obviously members

926
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: that made the roster. Anthony Barr will see what his

927
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,880
Speaker 1: status is heading into Week one. I believe Adam Simmers

928
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: got a plan for him. There's a plan for him

929
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 1: in place. I'd love to see the two of them

930
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: back on the field together because that's when the Vikings

931
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: defense is at its best. Going down the list, you

932
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 1: have some young linebackers like Troy Dye and Chaz Surat

933
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 1: who really flashed big time plays. Tatum, I know you

934
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 1: had a really cool story on Troy Die and his

935
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 1: touchdown in the preseason, so you gotta be thrilled to

936
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: see him on the roster. And then you have a

937
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 1: few you know, veterans like Nick Vigil and Ryan Connolly

938
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 1: and players that just add depth to the special teams unit.

939
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:21,360
Speaker 1: And of course the Vikings linebacker crew. Blake Lynch another

940
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: player who I know Adam Zimmer is very high on Gabe. Yeah,

941
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: and it was interesting that they kept seven guys, right,

942
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:30,439
Speaker 1: Usually teams or this team in particular, only keep five

943
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,840
Speaker 1: or six linebackers max. So seeing some of these guys

944
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,720
Speaker 1: still on the roster, that's cool that they made fifty

945
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 1: three man roster. This is probably still fluid, but I

946
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: think this tells me that the competition is still heavy

947
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: and whoever makes that plane, whoever dresses out, they're going

948
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: to have to prove. Some of these guys will prove

949
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: Adam Zimmer right or wrong so well, and I think

950
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to be big contributors and special teams.

951
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:57,360
Speaker 1: They're gonna be really relying on these guys, especially the

952
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 1: guys like a Blake Lynch or Ryan Connolly who may

953
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: not have that starting two rotation potential right now. They're

954
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 1: going to need to be the guys that they look

955
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: to on special teams. Just thinking of chase a Rat

956
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 1: that punt. I mean the tackle that he had against

957
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts, and literally I can't think who it was.

958
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,840
Speaker 1: He caught the ball and Chase a Rat just like

959
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,319
Speaker 1: let him up. So, speaking of special teams, all those

960
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,879
Speaker 1: guys outside of Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr are gonna

961
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: have to contribute. I just like saying gunner well, I

962
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 1: certainly think there's gonna be a lot of flipping and

963
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 1: flopping between the defensive line and the linebacker crew. I

964
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 1: know we've seen DJ Wantum lineup at that outside linebacker

965
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: type position. Stephen Weatherly is shown he can do that

966
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 1: in this defense. So if you have an Anthony Barr

967
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 1: out for a week or two, maybe that's what the

968
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 1: Vikings and Adam Zimmer and coach Mike Zimmer will be

969
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: up to. But man, I just see a lot of

970
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 1: depth at these two positions. And speaking of depth, the

971
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:59,880
Speaker 1: defensive back unit from safety to cornerback. We have veterans,

972
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 1: we have young players. We have free Asian acquisitions like

973
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:07,319
Speaker 1: Xavier Woods at the starting safety position. But Tatum, you

974
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:10,920
Speaker 1: mentioned in your show with Voice of the Vikings Paul Allen,

975
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: that we kept four safeties this. Yeah, a little different

976
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,160
Speaker 1: than last year. Yeah, a little different, but much needed,

977
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: I think in a case where you probably were a

978
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 1: little strapped last year at that position. Obviously you've got

979
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 1: the two veterans Smith and Woods starting. It's great to

980
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: see Cameron Buyingham in the mix. I think he's got

981
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: a promising future. So yeah, I think it was definitely needed.

982
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: The two guys, obviously, Pete and Paul. They were really

983
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: high on Josh Mtellis and with the value he can

984
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: add on special teams and so um, yeah, they were

985
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 1: really really happy to see that. From the show yesterday.

986
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: Looking at the cornerback position, that veteran depth is led

987
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:56,160
Speaker 1: by Patrick Peterson, Brashad Braylon, two big time free agent acquisitions,

988
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: and we brought back a good friend of the Vikings

989
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: defense mckenns see Alexander. So looking at those veterans, Gabe,

990
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: and then looking at some of the younger players at

991
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: this cornerback position, what do you see for this for

992
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 1: this group veteran leadership? Like you said, um, when you

993
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 1: pair those guys up with this fantastic defensive line that

994
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 1: we have, I'm just seeing interceptions left and right. I'm

995
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,440
Speaker 1: seeing I'm seeing coverage, Saxon, I'm seeing interceptions just because

996
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: the D line is getting pressure. And I think when

997
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: you have such savvy veterans like Patrick Peterson who likes

998
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,760
Speaker 1: to take gambles or Harrison Smith who likes to gamble,

999
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,680
Speaker 1: I think it serves those guys well and lets them

1000
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,319
Speaker 1: play freely. And of course those guys bring so much

1001
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:37,880
Speaker 1: knowledge to the game. So I'm just thinking of a

1002
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: Chris Boyd and a Cam Danceler in a Harrison hand

1003
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 1: that are just going to gain just valuable knowledge just

1004
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 1: learning from those guys in front of him. But man,

1005
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:52,480
Speaker 1: this is a loaded, loaded secondary unit onto the specialist room,

1006
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:58,360
Speaker 1: which I believe Tatum ever has a breaking news for

1007
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,879
Speaker 1: us at the time. Give the time. It is four

1008
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: o nine pm. Four o nine pm. We obviously shoot this.

1009
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:07,879
Speaker 1: We cut these in segments, so I know we said

1010
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: three or seven at the top of the pod. It's

1011
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 1: now four o nine flash four in an hour and

1012
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,520
Speaker 1: Britain coal Quit has been cut from the roster, the

1013
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:20,360
Speaker 1: veteran punter, and um, yeah, I mean this kind of

1014
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:22,760
Speaker 1: seems like one of those things we all talk about.

1015
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 1: Obviously we've talked about the fluidity, but also just the

1016
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: grander plan, the bigger picture. I think that has a

1017
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: lot to do with this, and there are multiple layers

1018
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: to a decision like this. Considering we also just brought

1019
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 1: back the long snapper, if I'm not mistaken, Andrew, yes,

1020
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:42,040
Speaker 1: we did so. Maybe he was just a switch aeroo

1021
00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:46,359
Speaker 1: until we switcheroo again. Who knows. As Mike Zimmer said,

1022
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:49,760
Speaker 1: the roster is very fluid, so we will see what happens.

1023
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:53,000
Speaker 1: We have kicker Greg Joseph there and long snapper Andrew

1024
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:57,560
Speaker 1: de Paula was actually officially brought back to the Vikings

1025
00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 1: shifty three man roster. We will see what happens at

1026
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:02,839
Speaker 1: the punter position with that news that just came out

1027
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: here around four pm Central time as we're recording the

1028
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcast. But with that, we have covered every

1029
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 1: position of the fifty three man roster, the fluid fifty

1030
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:18,359
Speaker 1: three man roster. I'm gonna ask you guys for your

1031
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: final thoughts. Gabe kick us off so much veteran leadership

1032
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:26,000
Speaker 1: that we didn't have last year. Some of the times

1033
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,000
Speaker 1: that we got exposed last year due to the young guys.

1034
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: I don't see that happening this year, even though we're

1035
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:31,759
Speaker 1: still trying to figure out who's going to be on

1036
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster. Since you have so many

1037
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: guys that have got valuable experience, it opens up your

1038
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 1: your play sheet. It allows these defensive coordinators to be

1039
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 1: able to be who they are, but be more creative.

1040
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: And I think even though Arsenal Jenior is not playing,

1041
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: I still think this offense is gonna find ways to

1042
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,360
Speaker 1: be creative and get the ball in their playmakers hands.

1043
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: I think we knew something like this was going to happen,

1044
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,160
Speaker 1: whether it's on offense or defense, or somehow some way.

1045
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:00,279
Speaker 1: We knew there was going to be an injury. Of course,

1046
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,720
Speaker 1: we didn't want to be this soon, especially to Arsmith Jr.

1047
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,400
Speaker 1: But I'm still optimistic because of that better in leadership,

1048
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:08,279
Speaker 1: and I think we will be better than we were

1049
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:11,480
Speaker 1: last year. Tatum, I'll take a little bit of a

1050
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: different approach to this because Dave did a really good

1051
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: job of recapping, and I don't want to repeat anything

1052
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,600
Speaker 1: he says, because I think it's good to note that

1053
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 1: the front office is trying to take as much advantage

1054
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:27,359
Speaker 1: of these rules as possible to manipulate the roster as

1055
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: well as they can. I think a lot of the

1056
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 1: guys up there get really creative, and they have gotten

1057
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 1: very creative with these these deals that they've been making.

1058
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: And it's a heart you guys to think, so you know,

1059
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: ten steps ahead every single time. So while us, as

1060
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:47,400
Speaker 1: you know, outsiders or fans or anything like that, looks

1061
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,960
Speaker 1: at these picks and presses the panic button when it

1062
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: happens like we don't have a punter on the roster

1063
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,960
Speaker 1: right now, what are we gonna do those kinds of moments,

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Speaker 1: it's also good to remember like there is a bigger

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Speaker 1: picture to this and you just have to trust the process.

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Speaker 1: Well that'll do it for this episode of the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings podcast. A very long episode, but I think we

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Speaker 1: covered a lot on the show. There was a lot

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Speaker 1: to cover in real time as well as the roster

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Speaker 1: is ever so changing, Everson changing. But yeah, it's definitely

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Speaker 1: something that we'll have to continue to monitor throughout the

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Speaker 1: week and the eleven days until the next Vikings regular

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Speaker 1: season game that will kick off the twenty twenty one season.

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Speaker 1: Looking ahead, there's a lot to catch on Vikings dot Com,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings Mobile app, and of course the Vikings Radio network.

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Speaker 1: The radio shows start this week, starting on Tuesday Night

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Speaker 1: with Skulls Stories Vikings Radio Networks, Pete Bursitch had a

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Speaker 1: chance to speak with longtime member of the Vikings front

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Speaker 1: office and former NFL head coach Paul Wiggan. He still

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Speaker 1: comes into the office every day and helps out Rick

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Speaker 1: Spielman and it's pretty much an NFL encyclopedia. So listen

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Speaker 1: to that conversation with Pete Bursch and Paul Wiggin at

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Speaker 1: six thirty pm on Tuesday night on k FAN. That'll

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Speaker 1: be a really good show. And also we have a

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Speaker 1: new show on the Vikings Radio Network. It's called The Audible.

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Speaker 1: It will be a player run podcast and TV show

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Speaker 1: where we have some of the members of the Vikings

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Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. It will be some of the

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Speaker 1: more prominent members and we're really excited about the show.

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Speaker 1: I think it's going to bring a lot Gabe. We

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Speaker 1: can give one name, give a name, justin Jefferson. We're

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Speaker 1: really excited about it and you will see more about

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Speaker 1: that on the Vikings digital channels and Vikings dot com.

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Speaker 1: So stay tuned with us for the next couple of

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Speaker 1: days as we wait for this season to start. We're

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Speaker 1: really excited here at the Vikings Entertainment Network, and we

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Speaker 1: will keep the content coming as we prepare for that

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Speaker 1: Week one game against the Cincinnati Bengals. For Tatum Everett,

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Speaker 1: Gabe Henderson, Brian Rodgers, and Jay Nelson, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for listening to episode one oh nine of the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast