1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: Welcome into your thirteen into Minnesota Vikings podcast. I'm your 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: host Tatum Everett from the Vikings Entertainment Network, and the 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: Vikes got it out an incredible road victory in. 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: Seattle on Sunday. 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: It was the first time Minnesota won in the Emerald 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: City since two thousand and six, but more importantly, it 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: was their eighth straight w which means the Vikings are 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: in control of their destiny. I'll explain what that means 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: in just a second, but first let me break down 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: the show. In the second half of MVP, we're going 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: to be joined by captain and defensive tackle Harrison Phillips. However, 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: first we get the distinct pleasure of talking to Vikings 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: radio analyst Pete Versage. 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: And Pete, you were in the booth on Sunday. 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: What was it like with the loud crowd, all the 16 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: elements and how the game unfolded. 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 3: I've been doing this, this is my eighteenth season and 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: never won a game there as an analyst, or I 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 3: mean maybe some preseason or some other things, but that city, 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: it's a. 21 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 4: Very tough place to win. 22 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 3: The Vikings went out there on a short week after 23 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 3: a Monday night game, and you know, took care of 24 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: business against a good physical team. I think Gino Smith, 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: you know, he made some unbelievable throws, so I think 26 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 3: the key with that was just getting getting some pressure 27 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 3: on him. It was one of those games where you're 28 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 3: you know, we know, no style points, just get out 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 3: of there with a win. Yeah, it's at you know, 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 3: one of those games on the schedule. And I'll tell 31 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: you what, it's amazing how this team, when they need it, 32 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 3: they get it, and they. 33 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 4: Get it out of their quarterback, they get it out of. 34 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 3: Their receivers, they get it out of their defense, and 35 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 3: so it's just it's just been an absolutely fun season 36 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: and I'm glad it's going to continue and be an 37 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 3: unbelievable one this Sunday afternoon. 38 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, it truly has. 39 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: Obviously you're alluding to the fact that the Packers will 40 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: play in the regular season finale at US Bank Stadium 41 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: on Sunday. 42 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: We'll get to that in just a bit. 43 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: But I can't help but think about how you mentioned 44 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: that this team always seems to just like gut it out. 45 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: Their resiliency factor is super high, and I feel like 46 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: it's almost a reflection of the way that coach Kevin 47 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: O'Connell leads his team from or through the off season, 48 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: through training camp, through the season itself, and you know 49 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of people are finally talking 50 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: about him as a Coach of the Year candidate. How 51 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: do you think he's been doing and do you think 52 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: that's something that you know is a possibility? 53 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 4: How else do you judge someone other than by the results? 54 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 3: And Andy Reid has better results so far this year? 55 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 4: Right, that's it. 56 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he absolutely needs to be in this conversation. 57 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 3: We sat down with Jasper Brinkley recently and he quoted 58 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 3: coach O'Connell about how he was saying how he'd say, 59 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: progress is a process, meaning it's not something you can 60 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: measure every single day or every single minute. It's something 61 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: that occurs over time. It's a state of mind. And 62 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 3: you know you've heard him say, you know we need 63 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: your best one, you know, at your best when when 64 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: it's needed. Those kinds of things, they're not just lip service, right, 65 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 3: that's an attitude, it's a it's a way with which 66 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 3: this team goes about its business. And it's fantastic to 67 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 3: see that happen on the field. I mean, they were 68 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: leading the entire game. You know, after the first score 69 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 3: and you know, I think it was only three or 70 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: four minutes left to go, all of a sudden, we're 71 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: down by you know, you're down by a field goal. 72 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 3: So that's an absolute perfect time to panic if you 73 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: were a team that was just on the negative side. 74 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 3: And it's like Detroit right years ago. Detroit's going to Detroit, 75 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 3: so they might be ahead on Thanksgiving Day by a 76 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 3: field goal with five minutes left to go, and when 77 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 3: something goes wrong, the player, you know, the players, the coaches, 78 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: the fans, everybody goes up here we go again. Whereas 79 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 3: other teams like Kansas City, when you're down late in 80 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: the game, people go all right, well they're going to 81 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: find a way. And it's a subtle thing, but I 82 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 3: you know, looking back to my experience in ninety eight, 83 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 3: you know, all my actually my whole tenure here with Denny, 84 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: we never went into a game number one thinking we 85 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: were going to steamroll somebody. Nor did but we at 86 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: the same time never went in thinking that we didn't 87 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 3: have a chance. And having that in the back of 88 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 3: your mind, the progress is a process and be your 89 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: best when it's needed, because you can look up at 90 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: the scoreboard and say, you know, now, this is it. 91 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: This is what he's been talking about. This is what 92 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 3: we've heard for the last yeah, twenty some weeks. Right, 93 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: So it doesn't shock you, it doesn't hit you with that. 94 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: It's like, Okay, here we go. This is what I do. 95 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 3: And I mean, let's not even get into the free 96 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 3: agent quarterback that's playing at an unbelievable level right now 97 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: and all the other things that are going on. Yes, 98 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 3: you asked me what time it was. I told you 99 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 3: how to make a watch. Yes, I think Kevin O'Connell 100 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: should be in the station Per Coach. 101 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 4: Of the Year. 102 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: Well yeah, I mean he's the first Vikings coach in 103 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: franchise history to have multiple seasons with thirteen wins. You know, 104 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: he's one of only two coaches in the history of 105 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: the league with multiple thirteen win seasons and their first 106 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: three as NFL head coaches, alongside George Seaffert and Matt Lafleur. 107 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 2: I mean, the resume speaks for itself. 108 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: And you mentioned coach O'Connell talking about Sam Darnold mentioned 109 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: in his press or this week that he sees Donald 110 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: as someone who is lights out as a decision maker, 111 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: How have you observed or what? 112 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: What is what? Why do you think he says something 113 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: like that. 114 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: Well, because I think it's the nature of this offense 115 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 3: right in the in the flexibility that's built into the 116 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: passing game. It's easier said than done, right, And that's 117 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 3: another reason why I think this our passing game especially 118 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: will have times where it slows down and then we 119 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 3: make adjustments and and uh, you know that's that starts 120 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 3: and stops with the quarterback and Donald and so he's 121 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 3: been I think he's been executing. He's been executing the 122 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 3: system brilliantly. And that's exactly what Kevin O'Connell identified with him. 123 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: Knew he had that ability, and now he's bringing not 124 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: bringing it out. So yeah, I think with Donald, the 125 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 3: decisions he's been making when under duress, whether it's just 126 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 3: to go down and take the sack, get rid of 127 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 3: the football. We saw a lot of mistakes earlier this season, 128 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 3: balls that should have been intercepted when he's scrambling, you know, 129 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 3: under duress and just try to make a throw, make 130 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: something happen you Lately, he's been doing a much much 131 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: better job with that and understands that. Yeah, we may 132 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 3: have the punt here, but we're going to get another opportunity. 133 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 3: We're going to have another couple series and then you know, 134 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 3: ultimately when it's the series, he adjusts his play accordingly. 135 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 3: So he's just making really really good decisions. Yeah, he's 136 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 3: out there. 137 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: It just kind of feels like when you turn the 138 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: heat up on this team and even Sam Darnold, they 139 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: respond even more. 140 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, right, and that and that goes back to what 141 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 3: they've been told, be at your best when it's needed. 142 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 3: And they've shown that, right, So it's built into their 143 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: DNA now that if you're in Minnesota Viking, when things 144 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: are you know, when you when we need you, you know, 145 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: you got to come up with a big play when 146 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 3: we need you. You have to execute your job flawlessly. 147 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 3: And they've gone out and actually done that, and that's 148 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 3: kind of the that's kind of the magic, right. I Mean, 149 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 3: as a coach, you can say whatever you want. As 150 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 3: a manager of people, you can tell your you know, 151 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 3: your employees whatever, you you could tell them whatever every 152 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 3: single day. It doesn't mean that they're going to believe 153 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 3: it and accept it. That's kind of the magic, and 154 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: that's really what Kevin O'Connell's done with this group. 155 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:11,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny. 156 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard his postgame press conference, 157 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: but when asked about what's going on with the and 158 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: how the season can end, you either win out and 159 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: clinch the NFC North title and the number one seed, 160 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: or a loss to the Packers on Sunday and Alliance 161 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: win on Monday against the forty nine ers would mean 162 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: that Week eighteen is meaningless. So it is such a 163 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: large crater between the two, yet the room for error 164 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: is so small. So when you as a former coach 165 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: and a former player, you know, I know that you're 166 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: not supposed to think about the next game. You know 167 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: you're thinking about going one to zero every single week. 168 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: How do you manage that type of pressure or those 169 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: implications as you prepare to face two teams in the 170 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: next two weeks with eleven plus wins each. 171 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I think as a player, if you 172 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 3: stop back and actually looked at the entire situation and 173 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: really what's at stake so to speak, and we as 174 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 3: fans we can do that all the time, you'll go crazy. 175 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: You have to look at the season and look at 176 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: everything in bite sized type pieces, meaning control what you 177 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 3: can control. So as a player, I can't control what 178 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 3: the Lions do. I can't control what the forty nine 179 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 3: ers do. I can't control what the Packers do. I 180 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 3: can only be responsible for my job and what I do. 181 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: So I am going to focus one hundred percent on that, 182 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 3: do it to the absolute best of my ability, and 183 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 3: if things don't go our way, then at least I 184 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 3: can accept it and live with it. There'll be no regrets, right, 185 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: I mean, I coached high school football. The head coach 186 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 3: and I talked to them about players in the playoffs. 187 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 3: It's like, well, you know, no tiers after the game, 188 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 3: no regrets after the game. The only way you can 189 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 3: accept the loss is by leaving everything that you physically 190 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 3: have out there. 191 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 4: And that's it. Wherever you are. 192 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: If I'm in a meeting on Thursday, I am one 193 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 3: hundred percent in this meeting. I'm getting every ounce of 194 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: everything I could possibly get out of my coach, taking 195 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: care of my body to the best of my ability. 196 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 3: That way, on game day, I'm as best prepared as 197 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: I can be. And if you look at it that way, 198 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: you can you can manage it, and you can deal 199 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: with it, and you just go day to day to day, 200 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: Like anybody who's going through hard times. Sometimes in life, 201 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 3: you can't look a month out, six months out, a 202 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: year out. You've got to go minute to minute. Right 203 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 3: when you're in training camp, you're literally just I got 204 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: to get through this drill. I got to get through 205 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: this drill. And if I keep getting through the drills, 206 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 3: eventually this day is going to be over. So you 207 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 3: just narrow your focus, shorten your timeline, control what you 208 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 3: can control. And that's really the kind of the magic 209 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: to the whole thing. 210 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate that, Pete, because I almost feel like me 211 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: myself needed to hear that so that I could get 212 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: into the next couple of weeks without totally losing my mind. 213 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: And I'm not even. 214 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 3: Playing, especially this time of year. I'm just thinking, oh 215 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 3: my god, I got all this to do and the kids. 216 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: And I mean that's especially too when you have when 217 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 3: you have little ones, right when you have when you 218 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 3: have infants running around here and they're up all night 219 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 3: crying and you're thinking, my god, I just have to 220 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,599 Speaker 3: make it through this night and rinse and repeat, and 221 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 3: the next thing you know, you're out. You know you're 222 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 3: out of the tunnel. It's a valuable lesson, and I 223 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 3: think controlling what you can control and looking at life especially, 224 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: it's a necessary skill if you're going to be a player, 225 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 3: because you can't sit there and go, you know, wow, 226 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 3: we could be you know, getting a weekend off and 227 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 3: playing for home field advantage and or we could you 228 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 3: be on the road for the first playoff game. Now, 229 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 3: the one thing you want to make sure is that 230 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 3: they understand the opportunity that's in front of them, because 231 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: very rarely does this happen. This does not happen every year. 232 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 3: It might happen once a career. There are a lot 233 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 3: of really good football players that never played in a 234 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 3: playoff game. 235 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: It's like that balance of trying to show them the 236 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: opportunities ahead but not being that's your. 237 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 4: Focus absolutely every year. 238 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 3: Well, when we get to the playoff time, Denny, I 239 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 3: remember Danny Green would do this, Mike Tics would do this. 240 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: He'd always ask the room, He's like, raise your hand 241 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 3: if he'd never played in the playoff game. And there 242 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 3: were always three or four guys who were new to 243 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 3: the team or whatever that had had long careers and 244 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 3: they raised their hand and you're thinking, my god, that 245 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 3: guy's never played in the playoff game. 246 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 4: Holy you know. 247 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. 248 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 3: My point is, so you don't take it for granted 249 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 3: that this especially the young guys, especially the rookies. If 250 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 3: you're a player this year and this is your second season, 251 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 3: if you're oving pace, you're like, we win thirteen, fourteen, 252 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 3: fifteen games every year, right, It's like, no, no, you don't. 253 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 3: This is understand that this is unique. 254 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: Hard to sell that though, when koc has been able 255 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: to do that to the last three, they'll pete. 256 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: Just kid, it is. 257 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 6: It is. 258 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: But I'm sure a lot of those players think about 259 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: that playoff game for sure, the one that they had 260 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: home field advantage for and it didn't happen for them, 261 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: So that's always on the front of their minds. 262 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: I'm sure, no question. 263 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 3: That's again, that's the balance as a head coach. So 264 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 3: it's not. My point is it's complicated. It's not easy. Yeah, 265 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 3: and you have to convince a group of men that 266 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: have been through this to believe in which that's not 267 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 3: easy to do. So for coach O'Connell to be able 268 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 3: to manage all of this and get the results he has, 269 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: then yeah, okay, Coach of the Year. I totally think 270 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 3: that he should be in that conversation for sure. 271 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: Well, the season is not over. 272 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: Up next, as we have been talking about the Green 273 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: Bay Packers in that regular season finale at us Bank Stadium. 274 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 6: It is a. 275 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: Three twenty five kick with Fox's a team of broadcasters. 276 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Berkhart and Tom Brady will be on the call. 277 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: I know it's going to be a big one. Aaron Andrews, 278 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: Tom Ornaldi on the sidelines. It's going to be a 279 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: huge game. The Vikings are looking to sweep the series 280 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: against the Packers for the first time since twenty seventeen. 281 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 2: And we just. 282 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: Watched the Packers on Monday Night football, so they're getting 283 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: a short week, but we watched them completely demolish the 284 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, shutting them out, and obviously the Viking 285 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: and have already faced the Packers already this season. They 286 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: beat them at Lambeau and thirty one to twenty nine. 287 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: But if you remember correctly, Pete, they were up early 288 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: on the Packers, like twenty eight zero at halftime or 289 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: something like that, and they came surging back in. 290 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 2: The second half. 291 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: So I don't know how this is one's going to go, 292 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: but I do think this is going to be a 293 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: clash for the ages in this old standing rivalry. 294 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: What do you think? 295 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 3: No, absolutely, it is the Packers very very good football team. 296 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 3: You know, we said it before. If if the Vikings 297 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 3: win the next two games, they deserve a bye, right, 298 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 3: they deserve to win the division and be the number 299 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: one seed. Probably one of the deepest defensive line groups 300 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 3: that you're going to run up to. I mean their 301 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 3: starters are all very very good, but all eleven guys 302 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 3: that they put out there in their front, they're all 303 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: very very good. Yeah, a very very good offense. This 304 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 3: is this is a very good football team who's quietly 305 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 3: won double digit wins. I mean, we're going to play 306 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 3: two teams in the next couple of weeks. They have 307 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: twenty three wins at this moment. Yeah, the NFC North 308 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: has been has been crazy this year, So who knows 309 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 3: what's going to happen, right, and certain usually want two 310 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 3: teams that are this good play together, play against each other. 311 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 3: You know, there's there's going to be uh, it's going 312 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: to come down to mistakes. It's going to come down 313 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: to the little things, and it's going to be like 314 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 3: a playoff game. This will be a playoff atmosphere, you know, 315 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 3: end of December and a perfect experience I think for 316 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 3: for everybody involved. And I like our matchup, I really do. 317 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 3: And we'll see, uh, we'll see what happens on Sunday, 318 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 3: Yes we will. 319 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: And if anything, these next two games will make sure 320 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: that this team is battle tested and ready to go 321 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: when the playoffs hit. Wherever they play, whomever they play, 322 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: whatever week they play, this Vikings team will definitely be 323 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: tested because they play two of the best teams. I mean, 324 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: I say two of the four best teams if you 325 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: include the Vikings in that four team conversation in the NFC. 326 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 2: They just so happen to be in the NFC North. 327 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: We're so lucky, but we are lucky to be able 328 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: to watch some really amazing football. You'll be able to 329 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: hear Pete Bursage on the call of that game on 330 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: Kfan and that kickoff again, just reminding all the fans 331 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: out there, it has been pushed up to three twenty five. 332 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: Pete. 333 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us, and I hope 334 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: you have a well when this airs, it will already 335 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: have a merry Christmas, So I hope you had a 336 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: merry Christmas. 337 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 4: And I hope you get. I hope you get everything 338 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 4: that you that you've asked for. 339 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I'd like to think I was 340 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: nicest here. 341 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, Jerry still oud. 342 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll find out Wednesday. 343 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: Yes, very well, all right, Pete, We'll see you on Sunday. 344 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 4: Yes, take care still to come. 345 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: On the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, we talked to Captain Harrison 346 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: Phillips about the mindset of this team as they head 347 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: into the final two games of the regular season. 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That has a 366 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: lot to do with the Vikings winning their last eight 367 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: straight games, including a victory on Sunday in Seattle. A 368 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: big part of this season has been defensive tackle Harrison Phillips. 369 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: He's a captain on this year's team, and they got 370 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: to talk to him about how the team is approaching 371 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: the next two weeks. 372 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 5: Here's a thirteen wins at this season. 373 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: You still have two games to go, and you were 374 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: here the last time y'all had thirteen wins. What is 375 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: different about this time around? 376 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 7: Shoot, that's a great question. I would say that these 377 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 7: thirteen wins came in a different way than our thirteen 378 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 7: wins two years ago, almost in a more promising way. 379 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 7: And because this season, for some reason, a lot of 380 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 7: the outside media and fans and stuff maybe didn't have 381 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 7: that high. 382 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 6: Of expectations for us. 383 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 7: You know, I think there are some people that predicted 384 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 7: we'd win four games or something like that. 385 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: You have actually doubled what the predictor said that you 386 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: would have as your wintal. 387 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 5: You've doubled it with the thirteenth win. 388 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 6: Awesome. So there's some truths what I'm saying. 389 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 7: And yeah, you know, even though in the building we 390 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 7: genuinely believe in training camp that this was a roster 391 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 7: that could accomplish something great, we genuinely believe that. 392 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 6: I believe that in my core. 393 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 7: But as you're doing it with no expectation, it is 394 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 7: so fun, it is freeing, it's chilling. 395 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 6: Like there is no expectation for us. 396 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 7: If we go three and two to start the year, 397 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 7: four and one, five a note like it doesn't really matter, 398 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 7: Like we're just winning and no one has any expectations 399 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 7: for us. Well, as the season's now getting closer to 400 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 7: an end, it's starting to get a little tighter. 401 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: I was wondering, like, how do you handle. Now people 402 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: are expecting you guys to finish out strong. 403 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 7: Yeah, with some of that expectations that are you know, 404 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 7: surrounding us. And I think it's also like, you know, 405 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 7: we always believe these things, but now it's like, well, 406 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 7: the belief is now real. And when we you know, 407 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 7: thought in that swag about us of trying to win 408 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 7: an NFC championship or winning the North, all of a 409 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 7: sudden you say, well, you're ten days away from accomplishing 410 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 7: something like that, And so it's a little bit tighter. 411 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 7: And as a leader and captain, I'm trying to keep 412 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 7: us that same relax field, but also give the urgency 413 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 7: to players that, yeah, this thing's not going to come 414 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 7: back again. 415 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 6: Next year's team won't be this team. 416 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 7: The collection of people who are having career years in 417 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 7: certain years, and the puzzle pieces that have come together 418 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 7: for this exact moment. 419 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 6: I mean, it's not gonna it's not gonna be replicat. 420 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 7: So yeah, just having a great time but also feeling 421 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 7: the urgency and trying to accomplish what we can. 422 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all about balancing going want to know every week, however, 423 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: knowing you can't miss that opportunity and you've been in 424 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: those situations before. 425 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: How do you or what do you tell, especially like 426 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 5: guys that are on your line. 427 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: You've got a bunch of first year players that are 428 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: in your position. Room, how what's something that you an 429 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: example you show them to say, you know, this is 430 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 1: this is what's out there for us. 431 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I always try to remind our group that, like, hey, 432 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 7: this week is the most important game of the season. 433 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 7: Why because it's the next one, And like I know, 434 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 7: it can get old saying that it's eighteen weeks into 435 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 7: an NFL season, but again, just to keep reminding the group. 436 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 7: And we've had, you know, a player up, player down, 437 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 7: a new player up, a new player down, with some 438 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 7: injuries and ir and concussion and all this stuff, and so. 439 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 6: It's still really exciting. 440 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 7: And you know, even just last week, having Levi having 441 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 7: a step in and play some actual defensive snaps, getting 442 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 7: with him before the game, going over the call sheet 443 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 7: one play at a time, having him or site back 444 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 7: to me what his jobs are, those things just to 445 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 7: create this sense of urgency. You know, a lot of 446 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 7: experts probably thought we were going to go to Seattle 447 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 7: and win. I don't think they thought it was going 448 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 7: to be that difficult. But you know, these young players 449 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 7: can't just assume that, oh yeah, like thirteen wins is 450 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 7: so easy, like that's just what happens in the NFL. 451 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 6: That's not the case. Yeah, I think that's an example. 452 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: How important do you take your mentorship of those young 453 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: guys in your room. 454 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 6: It's fun. 455 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 7: I think it kind of happens naturally, Like I don't 456 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 7: ever really wake up and say, hey, I have to 457 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 7: go lead these guys today or tomorrow or however it 458 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 7: shakes out. We have a pretty good room altogether, like 459 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 7: balance with old guys and young guys, and it's always 460 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 7: really organic and fluid. And the guys just hearing you know, 461 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 7: me and Bowler Artillery having a conversation with MD or Pat. 462 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 7: They're just soaking all that in and they've been I 463 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 7: would say these three guys are probably the best that 464 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 7: I've been around. Always have notes in their hands, always 465 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 7: paying attention at walkthrough, like they're focused. They're beating me 466 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 7: into the building some days, they're staying later in the 467 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 7: building than me some days, like they're doing. 468 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 6: It the right way. 469 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 7: But you know, being elected as a captain for my 470 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 7: first time in my NFL career. I've still been trying 471 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 7: to navigate through those waters of what are those like 472 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 7: real responsibilities where maybe I do have to step outside 473 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 7: of my comfort zone and lead a little bit more 474 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 7: because everyone leads in different ways. A Harrison Smith is 475 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 7: a completely different type of leader than a Josh Mattellus, 476 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 7: and then there's everybody in between, and so I'm trying 477 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 7: to figure out what your style is. 478 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, exactly. 479 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 4: Now. 480 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: It's funny you mentioned that because Kevin O'Connell has talked 481 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: about he doesn't need to tell you what to say 482 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: in the locker room, how does that develop throughout a season? 483 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: Not having to tell the leaders I want you to 484 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: convey this message to the group. 485 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 7: I think that that's from Kevin just being consistent, like 486 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 7: from the first time I got into this building and 487 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 7: even you know are and again in this last OTAs 488 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 7: he kind of has a certain messaging that all of 489 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 7: us pick up on, and it's normally something that's kind 490 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 7: of directed and we form the identity of the team 491 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 7: and find the ways that we win and we understand that. 492 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 6: And then again like CJ. 493 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 7: Ham might tell his running backs something different than I 494 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 7: might tell my defensive line that's something different than JG 495 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 7: tails the outside linebackers, but it's individually specific to their 496 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 7: roles in how we get this whole well oiled machine 497 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 7: to work. And so you know, I'm always talking about 498 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 7: rush yards and run averages and keeping down one hundred 499 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 7: yard rushers and all those things ultimately to then earn 500 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 7: the right for those edge guys to go out there 501 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 7: and pasturage and get these dbs, making the quarterbacks absorbed 502 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 7: risks so we can keep leading the league in turnovers 503 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 7: and some of these great things that we've put together 504 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 7: this season. 505 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 5: What would you. 506 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: Say was his messaging this OTAs that has made the 507 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: difference this year. 508 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 6: It's this room, right, It's whoever is in this room. 509 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 6: That's all we have. 510 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 7: Nobody cared about who was in that room four months ago, 511 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 7: and now everybody cares about who's in that room. But 512 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 7: nothing between us has ever changed. We've had a one 513 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 7: no mindset since before we even had the schedule dropped 514 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 7: that our goal was to be one to know every 515 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 7: single week, and I think that you know, that's probably 516 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 7: some of the most consistent messaging is that every person 517 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 7: was brought here for a specific reason, Like you everyone 518 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 7: when Kevin's looking out into the omni you know, night 519 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 7: before the game team meeting room. Every face he sees 520 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 7: is there for a specific reason, and he encourages us 521 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 7: to know that everything that we have inside of us 522 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 7: is enough. 523 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: Coach of the Year has been floated around a lot lately. 524 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: Why do you think he deserves it? 525 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 7: You know, I am not in thirty one other locker rooms, 526 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 7: and I don't want to bad mouth any other coach 527 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 7: out there. 528 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 6: I think there's fantastic ones. 529 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 7: But it seems like a no brain decision to me 530 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,479 Speaker 7: that Ko should be the Coach of the Year this season. 531 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 6: I thought he was up. 532 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 7: He should have probably wanted a couple of seasons ago 533 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 7: as well. But I'm sure similar people who vote on 534 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 7: that voted us to not win more than six games 535 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 7: this season, And so they're kind of speaking out of 536 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 7: both sides of their mouth if they're saying that he's 537 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 7: not coached the year, but they were supposed. 538 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 5: To have six wins, So the math isn't math. 539 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 6: The math isn't math. And as they would. 540 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: Say, what are the qualities that he has that he 541 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: displays on a regular basis that would make him Coach 542 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: of the Year. 543 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 7: Passion, chronically competitive competitor, like fighter instinct emotion I would say, 544 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 7: like a controlled emotion that can even go to like 545 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 7: a controlled rage. 546 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 6: And I don't know, He's just someone that like if you. 547 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 7: You know, met him at a on the side of 548 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 7: the road or a bus stop, at a subway station or 549 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 7: something that he you know, you'd. 550 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 6: Be like, oh, this, this is like this is a 551 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 6: good dude. 552 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 7: And I feel like if he told me, hey, there's 553 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 7: a good coffee shop down the road on the right, 554 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 7: that's probably damn good coffee shop. Like he's just he's just, 555 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 7: you know, an honest abe type character. And when he speaks, 556 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 7: he commands a room. And then I think he's like 557 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 7: one of the best play designers that's ever lived. 558 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 6: So that helps win football games too. 559 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 5: I want to take you back to Seattle. 560 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: THEO Jackson has the game ceiling interception and we get 561 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: another amazing celebration and I look up at the TV 562 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: in front in center. Is you holding your own against 563 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the guys in the camp Rock celebration? 564 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 5: How did that come about? Because I didn't see you 565 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 5: in the practice video. 566 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I just I haven't memorized, you know, 567 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 7: It's one of my favorite dances that I just really 568 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 7: hit at home by myself. And I don't believe you no, 569 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 7: you know we you know, we're public figures so much. 570 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 7: That will just let you guys come up with your 571 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 7: own possibilities on how I was able to dance at 572 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 7: my core. 573 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 6: But you know, I am. 574 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 7: Invested in a company that the Jonas brothers are invested 575 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 7: in as well. And last training camp, they came and 576 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 7: performed at the State Fair and I was able to 577 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 7: take some guys backstage and meet all of them. 578 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: And did you hear from them at all? 579 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 4: After? 580 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 7: Yeah, Kevin messaged me and I saw Nick and Joe 581 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 7: both commented on it. 582 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 6: I mean, just it was it was cool. I'm glad. 583 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: You know, the connections that you guys are making between 584 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: football and pop culture have been very very well received 585 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: throughout this What has that been like as a unit 586 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: for you guys, Like how much do you guys talk 587 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: about it and notice that this is happening. 588 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I'm not really a swag guy, Like 589 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 7: that's just I feel like anti swag is my swag, 590 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 7: But it's infectious the way that those guys like I think, 591 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 7: if you ask Cam like he's like, my goal is 592 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 7: to be as extra as possible. Like that's that's what 593 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 7: he wants. I want to be extra in every way. 594 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 7: And I think he's doing that really well. And yeah, 595 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 7: it's bringing more recognition to him. It's bringing more recognization 596 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 7: to this organization, to our defense what they're accomplishing. So 597 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 7: although it's not necessarily the way that I would do 598 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 7: it or get, you know, I wouldn't on my own 599 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 7: say let's plan at a choreographed dance and you go 600 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 7: do these things, it's working. And you know, it is 601 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 7: fun the night before games to say, like, hey, what 602 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 7: are we going to do if we get turnover? 603 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 6: We're speaking things into existence. 604 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 5: That's a good point. 605 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: I guess I never really thought of it that way, 606 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: speaking it into existence. Seems like it's working really well 607 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: for you guys. 608 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 5: That's cool. 609 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 7: I think most games we have like three celebrations ready, 610 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 7: so like we're hopeful that we're we'll get three turnovers. 611 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: There really that well, Chris's time is really important to 612 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: your foundation. Here are some playmakers. You recently had your 613 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: event at Shields. What was it like this time around? 614 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,360 Speaker 7: This was the biggest one we've had, I mean over 615 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 7: three hundred people were there. We provided food this time 616 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,719 Speaker 7: for the first times with some help from the Vikings 617 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 7: and raising canes and you know Shields being a fantastic 618 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 7: sponsor and thankful for them for all all that they've 619 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 7: done for our organization. Unreal played a part. Every playmaker 620 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 7: received a Vikings Unreal hoodie. 621 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 5: I heard her dress up as Sanna. 622 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 6: I did dress up as Sarah. 623 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 7: It wasn't my only time being Santa this week, but yeah, 624 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 7: it was. It was incredible and to see the smiling 625 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 7: faces and you know, we always encourage my playmakers. Although 626 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 7: this is a shopping spree for them, we want to 627 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 7: give back to other organizations. In the back of my 628 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 7: car still is like eight or nine boxes filled with toys, treats, leashes, 629 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 7: all these things for animal shelters for dogs, and we'll 630 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 7: be dropping them off at some local nonprofits here. But 631 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 7: my playmakers will go through with these gift cards and 632 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 7: they might spend seventy percent and thirty percent on these 633 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 7: animals or vice versa or whatever. But it's just super 634 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 7: cool to see them wanting to give back around the 635 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 7: holiday season. 636 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: I also had a rumor that no one were name 637 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: tags that you know, them by now know them so 638 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: well by now. 639 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, I think we had eight or nine new faces, 640 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 7: which I then wanted to introduce myself too and tell 641 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 7: them about what being a playmaker is. And but yeah, 642 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 7: this is I can't promise this is correct. But I 643 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 7: think we've held like twenty two events in the three 644 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 7: years I've been here about eight ish of years what 645 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,439 Speaker 7: we're doing, and so I'm seeing these guys more than 646 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 7: I see some extended family. So yeah, I know, I 647 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 7: know a lot of our playmakers send them stuff on 648 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 7: birthdays and it's awesome, man. 649 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: Well, a great holiday gift for this Vikings organization, these 650 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: Vikings fans would be a win on Sunday. It is 651 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: your final regular season game at us Being Stadium against 652 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: the Packers and team Vikings haven't swept in a season 653 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen. 654 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 6: Wow, there's a lot on the. 655 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 5: Line here here soon. How do you prepare for Sunday's game? 656 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 7: Well, like I told you, this is the most important 657 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 7: game of the year. 658 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 5: You did say that because it's the next one. 659 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 7: And yeah, you throw in the element of Christmas and 660 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 7: a different schedule that we've had any other week. You know, 661 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 7: I think some of my messaging to the younger players 662 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 7: in my room and on this rosters. I still find 663 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 7: your routine, find a way to you know, I know 664 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 7: it's Christmas, but if if you lift on Wednesdays, figure 665 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 7: out a way to get your body going on a Wednesday. 666 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 7: You know, if Wednesdays is when I break down pass 667 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 7: rush stuff and look at the offensive line and they're pressure. 668 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 7: So I've got to find time on Christmas to get 669 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 7: that done as well, because there's some sacrifice has to 670 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 7: go in if you want to accomplish the great feats, 671 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 7: and this would obviously be a great feat for us 672 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 7: this season. And yeah, I hope that we can have 673 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,479 Speaker 7: everyone can have a merry Christmas. 674 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 6: Extend four days later. 675 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: What would have win on Sunday and then the chance 676 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: to play for the division title? 677 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 5: The number one seed in the NFC mean to you. 678 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 6: Guys, Wow, I think it means a ton, you know. 679 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 7: I think the mindset would be obviously we want to 680 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 7: be the one seed, but even if we were an 681 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 7: eight seed or seven seed, we would have enough belief 682 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 7: in what we've built so far and what we have 683 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 7: in this locker room that will go beat anyone. If 684 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 7: that's what we have to do to get there. You know, 685 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 7: there's a lot of ramifications that come with a one seed. 686 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 7: I think selfishly, the number one thing that I would 687 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 7: want is that our fans would be. 688 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 6: Able to host playoff games. 689 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 7: Because I meet people, my playmakers, the families, fans, friends 690 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 7: and fans that I've met here. 691 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 6: It means a lot to come and it's really. 692 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 7: Difficult to come and play into one I think the 693 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 7: best stadium in the entire National Football League. So I 694 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 7: want to win the number one seed so that we 695 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 7: can host home playoff games in the road. Could kind 696 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 7: of go through our place, because our fans deserve that. 697 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 5: I love that. 698 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you so much to Harrison Phillips for 699 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: that conversation. We will have a sit down interview with 700 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: him on Vikings dot com and the Vikings app that 701 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: you'll definitely want to tune into as well. We hope 702 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: that you had a wonderful holiday week and that you're 703 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: gearing up for a big Sunday afternoon showdown between the 704 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: Vikings and the Packers. Don't forget that's been moved up 705 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: to three twenty five and the game will on Fox. 706 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: A lot is on the line, but we're gonna need 707 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: you guys to be super loud at US Bank Stadium 708 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: for the final regular season game. Thanks for listening to 709 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: this edition of MVP the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.