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Speaker 1: Week seventeen of Vikings Football is back as we leap

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Speaker 1: a state over to face the Green Bay Packers at

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Speaker 1: lambeau Field. Happy Friday and welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'll go by Gabe Henderson and inside the Vikings studio

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Speaker 1: here and egan with me it's Vikings dot Com statum

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Speaker 1: Everett and producer Eric Davidson from the Vikings Entertainment Network

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Speaker 1: and coming up later on the show, we will be

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Speaker 1: joined by a beat reporter of mod Hicks from Fox

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Speaker 1: nine who recently moved to the Twin Cities a couple

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Speaker 1: of months ago and has had the opportunity to witness

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Speaker 1: some of this magic for the team and the Purple

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Speaker 1: with Thus far, Sunday's kickoff has at three twenty five

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Speaker 1: Central Time, and you can tune in right here on

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Speaker 1: the Vikings Radio Network starting with the pregame show with

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Speaker 1: Mike Musman, Pa Pete Verstage and more kicking off at

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Speaker 1: one twenty five pm Central Time and Tatum the table

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Speaker 1: is set. Border Battle number one twenty five is simple.

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Speaker 1: If the Vikings went on Sunday, the Packers are essentially

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Speaker 1: knocked out of the playoffs. And I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people are saying this game means a lot more

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Speaker 1: to the Packers. Yeah, it probably does, But at the

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Speaker 1: same time, it means a lot to the Vikings also,

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Speaker 1: because why not get rid of your division rival with

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Speaker 1: a simple win. Yeah, I think this sets up perfectly

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Speaker 1: beginning of the season, this team would be twelve and

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Speaker 1: three heading to Lamba in the final two games in

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Speaker 1: the regular season at the number two seed, with the

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Speaker 1: ability to end the Packers playoff hopes and dreams, they

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Speaker 1: would have said, signed me up, what do I need

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Speaker 1: you need. This would have been high priority. So I

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Speaker 1: think that this sets up to be a really exciting,

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Speaker 1: exciting game. I know a lot of players this week

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Speaker 1: have mentioned I mean even Kirk and his press conference

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Speaker 1: how you know, the starters and the situation is going

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Speaker 1: lot of dominoes will be dropping. But I'm a cited.

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Speaker 1: I'm thankful to be able to go on the trip

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Speaker 1: you always want to be in Lambeau in the winter

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Speaker 1: it's not going to be like frigid, like it's going

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Speaker 1: to be colical but comfy, comfy cold. We've lived in

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Speaker 1: this off of my parents would think I'm crazy. But

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Speaker 1: that you could still control your own destiny if you're

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Speaker 1: this Minnesota Vikings team. And I know you said, you

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Speaker 1: know if you would have set this beginning of the year,

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Speaker 1: sign me up. Well, I mean our names are on

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Speaker 1: the list and our tickets are one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: Packers should win this game. The last time I check,

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Speaker 1: So I mean, no one's giving us a chance. Vegas

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Speaker 1: And you said, you know, it's warranted when when you

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Speaker 1: hate is warranted. But this is a game to kind

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Speaker 1: They're lucky, right, And I do think there obviously is

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Speaker 1: Ben but Don't Break defense has figured out what works

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Speaker 1: Hicks from Fox nine, new to the Twin Cities. Aread

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining and how has it been just, you know,

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Speaker 1: moving in October and you know we've already got like,

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Speaker 1: I feel like twenty snowstorms since you've been here. You

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Speaker 1: Minnesota does get a lot of snow, but they did

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Speaker 1: tell me that everybody is loyal about their Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: and that is just one hundred percent tury ever since

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Speaker 1: I've been here. Before we dive into the game a

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Speaker 1: little bit, am I wanted to ask you, you know,

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Speaker 1: you kind of get into this broadcasting world. So my backstory,

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Speaker 1: I just came from Saint Louis. I worked there for

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Speaker 1: and all my life I played sports. And I told myself,

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Speaker 1: But my mom always told me to dream big, but

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Speaker 1: the Twin City, man, and the journey just continues. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you've been here, you got here what the week before

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Speaker 1: the bye week against the Miami Dolphins, Right, that was

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Speaker 1: your first week on the job if Fox Now yea,

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Speaker 1: and I think the Vikings are like seven and two

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Speaker 1: eight and two since then, so clearly you're doing something right.

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Speaker 1: But how has it been from your pov of covering

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Speaker 1: you know, they've just beat good team after good team,

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Speaker 1: and they've just proved to all those national analysts that

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Speaker 1: cover this team so far this season, and hopefully, you know,

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Speaker 1: you know they can shut up everybody in the national

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Speaker 1: media who are saying that they're not for real. Man,

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Speaker 1: that would be nice. I know that you probably were

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Speaker 1: mid season, so you were reading about you know, what

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Speaker 1: knowing that you had that kind of a preconception coming in, right,

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Speaker 1: I've learned that Kirk Cousins is that dude, and he

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Speaker 1: did not get enough praise. Really, yes, because when I

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Speaker 1: what's the deal behind Kirk Cousins, And they would always say, well,

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Speaker 1: I've seen from Kirk Cousins, can he get the job

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Speaker 1: done when it matters? And whenever I saw him playing

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Speaker 1: hearing the Voca room, I see this guy play every Sunday.

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Speaker 1: The way he's able to stand in the pocket, take

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Speaker 1: big hit after big hit, but throw dime after dime.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't see how people are doubting this guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, I had to tell one of my friends

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Speaker 1: a free agent, every team would call Kirk Cousins. So

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Speaker 1: I've learned that he's that dude since I've been here. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so that means you're on the train that you can't

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Speaker 1: consider Justin Jefferson for MVP without including Kirk Hunt. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: doing in the fourth quarter this year. Ten straight quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: I still think that we need a rally in campaign

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Speaker 1: Kirk's back. The last night, I think on Twitter, there

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Speaker 1: or get those dominant victories is solely on Kirk Cousins. Shoulders, man,

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Speaker 1: your thoughts, your thoughts, you know, I just think that

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Speaker 1: He's not a Josh Allen, He's not at Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: stuff like that. And though he's not a little Mark

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Speaker 1: And I think Justin Jefferson is the guy who's reaping

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Speaker 1: mod Hicks, and you're just talking about the corners on

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Speaker 1: great performance this weekend. All right. I got a side

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Speaker 1: next week. Yeah. I did say this a little while ago.

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Speaker 1: I think gave you you missed the Monday podcast. I

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Speaker 1: think for your birthday belated happy birthday, thank you. I

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Speaker 1: willing to die on like six weeks ago. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Eric's over here shaking his head. That's fair. It's very fair,

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Speaker 1: I feel. I just I feel really good about that.

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Speaker 1: So I'm going to continue that mantra. Anyway, My question

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Speaker 1: for Sunday? What do you because you know, we don't

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Speaker 1: this week. I think you guys delivered as the Vikings

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Speaker 1: have delivered all season long. I do not think that

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Speaker 1: I just think the Vikings offense is elite. They're one

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Speaker 1: Football League will take Justin Jefferson, every team will take

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Speaker 1: really not even getting enough love or attention that he

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Speaker 1: I think it'll be a close game, and seeing how

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Speaker 1: So I think this is another game that comes down to,

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping it's not close, but I'll take a win.

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Speaker 1: But if you watch every Vikings game this year, that's

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Speaker 1: what you expect. And it was good having you on

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Speaker 1: a model. I'm sure Vikings fans are going to continue

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Speaker 1: to get to know you, and none better than after

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Speaker 1: this week after we beat the Green Bay Packers. Yeah. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: and thanks for you guys for having me on. And

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Speaker 1: hopefully we can do this again after multiple Vikings wins,

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Speaker 1: and you know, hypothetically speaking down the road, maybe we

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Speaker 1: So we'll cross our fingers and just hope for them. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: verbally manifest that stuff. Love the way you think. I

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Speaker 1: love it. I love it well, Vikings fans, thank you

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Speaker 1: again for tuning into another edition of the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: Podcast presented by PEPSI. Kickoff three twenty five Central Time

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Speaker 1: at lambeau Field as the Vikings look to knock off

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. Talk to you next week