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Speaker 1: What's up everybody? Welcome to episode nineteen of the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast. I am your host, Siamonson. Across from me Chris,

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Speaker 1: of course, the newly engaged Chris Corso from Vikings dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Our little baby got engaged over Thanksgiving. To the left

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Speaker 1: of him. That ah noise came from Jay Nelson, the

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Speaker 1: man who puts our prep together and every week puts

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Speaker 1: a real dumb title at the top. This week he

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Speaker 1: wrote sleepless in Seattle, sleepless after Seattle, So sorry for

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Speaker 1: the mistake. Every time you do it, it makes me

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Speaker 1: very up and down game. There were some very uncharacteristic

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Speaker 1: ball bounced off someone's helmet and I was able to

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Speaker 1: like actually dive out catch the ball and get an interception,

431
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Speaker 1: it'd be great. So as I'm running out, That's what

432
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,480
Speaker 1: I'm thinking. And then he bats it and I'm like,

433
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,480
Speaker 1: I got a shot, and it's yeah he got twice.

434
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 1: Yeah I got bad at twice. So after the second one,

435
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,879
Speaker 1: I pretty much I knew I was gonna have a

436
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,440
Speaker 1: chance to catch it. And from there it was just,

437
00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:37,959
Speaker 1: you know, I've had a chance to get some interceptions

438
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 1: and um, I look back over him and I'm my

439
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,920
Speaker 1: ways thinking, you know, I gotta I gotta get some

440
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 1: yards out to catch on these. I gotta get an

441
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 1: end zone, you know, I want to I want to

442
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,480
Speaker 1: finish the big play with the big play. So you're like,

443
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,600
Speaker 1: you had the momentum. Yeah, yeah, So right before I

444
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: even caught it, I just like peeped off to the left.

445
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,200
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, if I can split right here, I thought,

446
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,440
Speaker 1: I catch it, I'm good, and you know it caught

447
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,720
Speaker 1: it and it was one guy just try to hit

448
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 1: on one of the hand swiping and that was it.

449
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,680
Speaker 1: So the interesting thing I think about safeties is there

450
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,760
Speaker 1: is so many different types of safeties that play the game,

451
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,159
Speaker 1: you know, and do you find because you know, you

452
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,320
Speaker 1: have guys who are just out there to break people,

453
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 1: that's that the old Yeah, yes, very much so. But

454
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 1: do you do you find that Because you've had a

455
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 1: lot of interceptions in the last couple of years, you know,

456
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 1: early in your career, you got four this year. I

457
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 1: think it's the team too off. Matt Ryan, do you

458
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 1: feel like that's that's a part of your game and

459
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,879
Speaker 1: something that you focus on a bit or are they

460
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,160
Speaker 1: just falling where you're walking? Um? No, I've always I've

461
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,560
Speaker 1: always kind of been that person to attack the ball. Yeah,

462
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's just offensive instinct. I've always

463
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 1: just been that aggressive person. So for me, it's just

464
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 1: you know, making the play that's there. You know, if

465
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Speaker 1: the balls in the air, I want to turnover, you know,

466
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,520
Speaker 1: I want to change a possession opportunity, pissing points on

467
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Speaker 1: the board myself, or get the ball to the offense

468
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,440
Speaker 1: right away. So I'm looking to attack the ball, you know,

469
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Speaker 1: when the ball cares are running, if there's an opportunity

470
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 1: to punch the ball out, I'm trying to do that.

471
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Speaker 1: But if I can make an interception, I want to

472
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,920
Speaker 1: go for it, and if I can't, I'm trying to

473
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 1: get the ball out this large it. I'm gonna give

474
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 1: you a very nice compliment, but I don't want it

475
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: to do anything to your ego. So just emotionally prepare

476
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 1: for it the way you do that the way on

477
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: Saturday on Monday night and the way you kind of

478
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,200
Speaker 1: hawk two balls. It reminds me a little bit of

479
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,120
Speaker 1: Ed Reid because back that you remember watching Ed Reid

480
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Speaker 1: when a ball popped in the air. Ed Reid could

481
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Speaker 1: have been on the sideline and all of a sudden,

482
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: you're like Ed Reid picked it off, So you do.

483
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 1: It's it's kind of like you do have that ability

484
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: no matter where you are on the field, you have

485
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: a good presence for where the ball's at. And that

486
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 1: feels like does that mix well with Harry's style? Yeah? Yeah,

487
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Harry's a he's a ball hawk too. Yeah.

488
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,520
Speaker 1: He's very versatile. You know. I like his game a lot.

489
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,160
Speaker 1: You know, his disguise and his big hits, but he's

490
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 1: had some great interceptions as well. So me, I try

491
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 1: to be balanced. You know, he's a balanced player. I

492
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 1: try to have that balance. So I feel like we

493
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: compliment each other very well, you know, me being able

494
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Speaker 1: to go on the ball, him being able to go

495
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,159
Speaker 1: back and then vice verse. I feel like it's just

496
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: a good fit. What was it like to get to

497
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: day hell back in the building. It's a great He's

498
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 1: a great dude. He's a great book the locker room. Yeah, yeah,

499
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,879
Speaker 1: that that just tells you the type of impact and

500
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: the type of player that he is. You know, Um,

501
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,200
Speaker 1: the impact that he's had with this team. You know,

502
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 1: not only as a player, but just as a great

503
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,360
Speaker 1: locker room guy, great teammate. Um, he's helped me a lot,

504
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, over the years, me playing behind him, He's

505
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: always been able to you know, share and wide open,

506
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: open book tests. Um if I had any questions. So

507
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: you can only tip your hat to a guy like that.

508
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 1: Some people think it's a weird dynamic, but you know,

509
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: we all love each other. We all root for each

510
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 1: other when ever each other's out there. So, um, him

511
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: being in the lineup, I believe it was Denver game

512
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 1: getting an interception. You know, I'm one of the first

513
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,439
Speaker 1: guys on the field. Like that's like, that's my guy.

514
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,879
Speaker 1: We're celebrating. So and then the same thing you know

515
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: last week, you know, I make a play and he's

516
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,239
Speaker 1: right there. So it's one just one big team, one

517
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: big family. Were all supporting each other and like who's

518
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,400
Speaker 1: ever out there, We're pulling for you to do successful.

519
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 1: You ask him why he died as Hairy Yellow, you know,

520
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: him changing it up, mixing the hair in a little bit.

521
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,239
Speaker 1: Some people looking it's it's like a big while to him,

522
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 1: just like he's got some swire. Yeah, he's got some swagger.

523
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: You know, he's not afraid to, you know, change it up.

524
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: The interesting thing about you, man, amongst other things, is

525
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: being undrafted. Like I was saying this today on something

526
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 1: else we're doing. I think there's two types of undrafted

527
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,440
Speaker 1: guys in the league. There's guys who come in and

528
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 1: because there's a lot of them, there's a surprising amount

529
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: of undrafted dudes around the league. But they come in,

530
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 1: they carve out a niche and they have a nice

531
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Speaker 1: little career fourth wide receiver, gunner on special teams. And

532
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: then there's the Theeling route, the John Randa route, these

533
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,159
Speaker 1: dudes who come in and this is going to be

534
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,200
Speaker 1: a cross sport comparison, But did you like KG? Yeah? KG?

535
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 1: Every offseason you come back and be like, what he's

536
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: got to turn around now? And I kind of see

537
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: that in you, the feeling the rent Like every season

538
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: you come back and there's something new to your game

539
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 1: and something improved. How do you go into each offseason?

540
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 1: I'm like, again, I'm complimenting you too much. But he's

541
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 1: over here talking about Sindo, So I got to bring

542
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: it back to you. No, I mean, I don't know.

543
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,359
Speaker 1: It's just my mindset. I mean, you know, it's the NFL.

544
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: It is a very competitive level. It's a lot of talent.

545
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: There's people all over the country, all over the world

546
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: that gets scouted. So for me, my mindset is, I

547
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: don't really see myself as like an unfree a free

548
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: agent guy who comes in and, you know, just have

549
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: a solid career. I mean, I deep down truly feel that,

550
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: you know, I was one of the better players coming out, Yeah,

551
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: and you know, circumstances being injured, I wasn't really able

552
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: to really show, you know, what I could do as

553
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: far as the combines and the different things that the

554
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: scouts like to see. So for me, it's just I

555
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: think I have that ability in me, and from a

556
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,439
Speaker 1: fans perspective, you've just been able to get it as

557
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,920
Speaker 1: the opportunity has been able to come on. Never forget

558
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: his first game when he came in and it was

559
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals on that Thursday night game and you

560
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: started that Yeah, yeah, we had no safeties that were healthy.

561
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,919
Speaker 1: Harrison was hurt Sindo was hurt and you, I mean,

562
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: you came in in that game and you were just ready.

563
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: He was ready to play. We had Turns new and

564
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 1: played safety in that game. Yeah, so you played alongside

565
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: him and Karence Newman at sixty years old. He played

566
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: the nickel, he played outside corner, and then he was

567
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: playing safety in that game. And Anthony was the one

568
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 1: who came in that game and he it was I mean,

569
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: it was like you were ready to go. Yeah, let's

570
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,719
Speaker 1: do a couple of season questions here and we'll get

571
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: you out of there. It's the interesting thing is we

572
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: come down the stretch here and the team obviously has

573
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: a huge opportunity. When you look back at the few

574
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: losses we've had the specifically the Chiefs, Green Bay and

575
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, despite them not going ideally, we had those

576
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: right at the end, there was the opportunity to pull

577
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: it off. Do you feel like we're close. Do you

578
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,120
Speaker 1: feel like it's it's just a little bit of execution away,

579
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: because to go into Seattle, I know it wasn't perfect

580
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: to get there, but to get to the point to

581
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: have a chance to win where it feels like we're

582
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: on the verge. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, we obviously believe

583
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 1: in the guys we got in the locker room, we

584
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: believe in the coaches, and you know, we're all just

585
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: believing in one another. We just got to put it

586
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: all together. So, you know, the losses we've had this

587
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: year didn't go the way we want it. Um. You

588
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: look at the tape and you see a lot of

589
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: good things, and you see some things that can obviously

590
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 1: be corrected. Um, but you gotta believe that, you know,

591
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: if we can put it all together as a team,

592
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,159
Speaker 1: then we have the things that we need and the

593
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 1: pieces that we need to get things done that we

594
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: want to get accomplished. Absolutely, And that's that's kind of

595
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 1: what clicked in my brain after each of those games.

596
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: You just like, ah, and that's that's the sort of

597
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: thing that you want to be pulling together this time

598
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,680
Speaker 1: of the year. You know, Yeah, are you looking forward

599
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: to anything? Is that Green Bay game? I know we're

600
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 1: one game at a time, but is are you looking

601
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: forward to any specific game or are you excited about

602
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: any part of this team coming together at this time? Like?

603
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: What what's in front of you? I know it's I

604
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: know you're you and I have talked before, and you're

605
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: pretty focused on what's right in front of you. But

606
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: as you look forward, is there anything you're excited for?

607
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:52,239
Speaker 1: Just the next game? You mean, I know he's right,

608
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: he's right here. That's just let me tell you. He

609
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: played Madden with us and I was asking him questions

610
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: like this, And I have not been around a lot

611
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: of people who genuinely you are, genuinely like some people say,

612
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: like one foot in front of the other, I'm doing,

613
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 1: but that's genuinely how you are. That's how you go

614
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: from undrafted to starting safety. Yeah, I knew that's the

615
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: answer I was gonna get, but I still I still

616
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: wanted to push you and be like, Noah, Packers, let's

617
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: let's destroy them. But no, no, you can't. You can't.

618
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: You can't look too far ahead. That's how you trip

619
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: up over yourself. You know, you let you too far ahead.

620
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: I believe it's truly a process, you know, and everything

621
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: there's always a process, and then the process there are steps,

622
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: so you can't skip over them because each detail is important.

623
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: So for me, it's just I really love the game.

624
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: I really, you know, love being on the field playing,

625
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: So I'm like, let's just look forward to tomorrow, like,

626
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: let me study on you know what we're doing tomorrow,

627
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: go out, have a great day tomorrow. Let me put

628
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: another day together and just keep stacking days, and then

629
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: eventually it's game day. And from that point, I'm just thinking,

630
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: we've practiced all week. Now I finally get to go

631
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: out and cut it loose, play and have fun. Like

632
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: you know, we've we've put into preparation. There's nothing more

633
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: to do but just to go play some football and

634
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: have fun. So I really look forward to that piece.

635
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: That's the part that I'm really always excited about. So

636
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: I don't really look forward to one game because I

637
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: feel like they're all valuable and you never know when

638
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: that could be your last game. If you count. There's

639
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: like a very grim answers like, yes, you're right, there's

640
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: like sixty days to the super Bowl or something like that.

641
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: So I'm not I'm not even I'm not even counting.

642
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: I'm just like, how many days we got to get

643
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: pair of this until we've seen Detroit. Yeah, well, let

644
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: me give you a couple of pick ones. And I

645
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: don't mean like looking forward, I mean looking back on

646
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: your career. You get to play in Seattle. You get

647
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: to play in Dallas, you get to play in Green Bay,

648
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: which one of those environments if you like Tomorrow, Um,

649
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: I like I like the Seattle. Yeah, yeah, I like

650
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: the Seattle. Um green Bay, you know, early on in

651
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: the career, Um, it was really exciting, you know, because

652
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: of the rivalry. Yeah, because of the rivalry, and you're

653
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: growing up, you know, you hear about you hear about Lambeau.

654
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: You know, so I'm like, Okay, I'm here. It's exciting

655
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: with the robbery, the hostility. Well, actually, I won't say

656
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: hostilly because I've honestly some of the Green Bay fans

657
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,479
Speaker 1: they seem like they're pretty nice besides when we play them.

658
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,479
Speaker 1: But it's just been a lot of fun going there.

659
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: But Seattle is just something about that game. It's something

660
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: about that game and just the environment and the energy

661
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: is just the bigger the stage, the more exciting, and

662
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: the more I want to be on the jerseys that

663
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: they're wearing. Yeah, my sister lives out there, and I've

664
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: been to a few games out there, and there's just

665
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: something like literally walking into that stadium, there's nothing else

666
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: out there. They have the soccer team, but that's that's literally.

667
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: I mean the Mariners. I suppose they're playing baseball sort of,

668
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: but it's kind of their thing out there. Yeah. Yeah,

669
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: each one's different, you know, the dynamic is different. I

670
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: feel like with Seattle and Green Bay. You know, it's

671
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: kind of like its own little piece out there where

672
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: you go down in Dallas, um and there's just so

673
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: much going on that it's just kind of more of

674
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: a light show. I feel like, Yeah, so that part's fun.

675
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: But the home games are exciting. But the way games,

676
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: I feel like the fact that there's no one, not

677
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: many people that are really supporting you kind of just

678
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: pushes a different button. But the home games, obviously, with

679
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: that fan base and that support, it's definitely unreal. So

680
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: here's the other one. You have a week off. Hypothetically

681
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: you get to watch one game Lamar Jackson or Pat Mahomes.

682
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:13,239
Speaker 1: Who you tune into? Oh um, probably Lamar Jackson. Right now,

683
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: you see my I have. I've been getting in this

684
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: argument with people because they go, who would you rather

685
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: have for the next fifteen years. It's still Mahomes for

686
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: me because it's what he does, is a forevern quarterback.

687
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: But right now, one game, oh good boy, watch that

688
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers Ravens game the other day. Oh

689
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: my god, that was football. Yeah, I mean there's a

690
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: heavyweight battle. Typically, typically I don't really watch a lot

691
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 1: of watch a lot of watch a lot of other games.

692
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: You know. Sometimes I'll tune in. I'll catch them near

693
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: the near the end, but I'll typically watched, you know,

694
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: entire games. Yeah, that'd be that'd be intense. Finish up

695
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: on Sunday, head home, turn on the Sunday night game,

696
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: then come here Monday and watch film. Yeah, I might.

697
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: I might catch Monday Monday night, a Thursday night game,

698
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: you know, I'll catch those, But those late Sunday ones,

699
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: That's pretty much it for me, unless I have family

700
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: in town who wants to catch up. Last question, because

701
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: I know everybody is different about this. Unfortunately we lost

702
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: the control. We still have control of getting into the playoffs,

703
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: but we don't have control over the division anymore. Are

704
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: you the sort of guy you might not watch the games,

705
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: but will you scoreboard? Watch as the seat Like we

706
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,479
Speaker 1: got Thursday Bears Cowboys, they win, they go into Lamboy

707
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: as a team that stuff. Do you pay any attention

708
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: to that? No? One foot in front of the other, right, yeah.

709
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, as long

710
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: as we still got an opportunity and the opportunities in

711
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: front of us, we're in control of it. As long

712
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: as we just handle, you know, what we need to handle.

713
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: That's all you want as opportunity. That's kind of how

714
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 1: my mindset was undrafted. I'm like, I just need an opportunity,

715
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: and you know I can show you, you know what

716
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: I'm capable of, so you know, as a team, I'm

717
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: just like, as long as we have opportunity and we're

718
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: in control of our own destiny, then let's just control

719
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: we can control, and then worry about the rest later. Great, well,

720
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: let me be corny man. We're gonna get you out

721
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: of here. But you are one of the nicest dudes

722
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: I have met here in the building, and we always

723
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: appreciate your time and it is so fun to see

724
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: you be successful on the field and be a part

725
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: of what we're doing. So thank you for spending time

726
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: with us. It's always fun when we get to bring

727
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 1: a dude in here and they are as great a

728
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: guy as Anthony Harris. He's always so fun, he's so open.

729
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 1: But I knew Anthony Harris. I knew I couldn't get

730
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: it out of him, but I had to ask. He's

731
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: one of my his rookie year twenty fifteen was my

732
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: first year in the building. And it doesn't matter if

733
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: you were like literally the website guy in the working

734
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 1: in the kitchen, which is what I was at that

735
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: point in my life. He freaking talked to the kitchen website. Yeah,

736
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: that's literally what I was doing. His office was at

737
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: Winter Park. My office was in the kitchen, so that

738
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: is correct. He would stop in. Chris, him and Terence

739
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: knew him. They would stop in and chat. He's one

740
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: of my favorite guys in the building. And talk about

741
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,879
Speaker 1: a guy we talked about with him. Every opportunity he had,

742
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: he made the best of He's continuing to do it.

743
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: It's great to see. Well, let's try to make the

744
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: best of an opportunity this weekend to get the defense right,

745
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: to get back on the winning side of things, and

746
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: to set us up for a strong stretch. Detroit and

747
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: David the Plow blow Or coming to town after his

748
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: strong showing on Thanksgiving. The blow Plow, third string quarterback

749
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: for Detroit. Former Purdue quarterback, comes in leading the Lions

750
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: offense and it's it's that same thing Chris Man. It's

751
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: Zimmers said it once, he said it a hundred times.

752
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: Young quarterbacks with no tape on him is a difficult thing.

753
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: What do you see in old blow Plow here coming

754
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: into Sunday's game. Yeah, that's one of my biggest It's

755
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: my take every time we play a rookie quarterback, just

756
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: talking to some of these coaches when they don't have

757
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: tape on guys. I know you have your college tape

758
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: at Purdue. A lot of you Minnesota Gophers fans probably

759
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: have seen David blow play multiple times in the Big Ten.

760
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: But for a rookie to come in and have the

761
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: type of performance that he had against the Chicago Bears

762
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: defense on Thanksgiving Day, there's something to be said for that.

763
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 1: And I think he's gonna have the same approach coming

764
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: in going against ar Defan. I mean, the guy was impressive. Well,

765
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: there's really nothing to lose for a guy like that

766
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,320
Speaker 1: because your expectations. It's not like anyone is expecting you

767
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: as you're not a first round pick, you're not the

768
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: savior of the season, you have two quarterbacks injured. You

769
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: can only really help yourself if you go out there

770
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 1: and you play poorly, everybody goes, oh, it's a tough situation.

771
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: He's a third stringer. He belongs in the league, but

772
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: that's a tough spot. And then he goes out and

773
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: plays well. You know, he can do a lot for himself.

774
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 1: So I always think any time a player can play,

775
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: and I think, by the way, talk about our guy.

776
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: You want to know what I think really helps when

777
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: we're down twenty or seventeen points and nobody thinking about

778
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: anything other than scoring. I said that before. There's no

779
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: pressure in that Nobody cares about contracts, nobody cares about

780
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 1: anything on Twitter, you just know, oh, no, we gotta

781
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,240
Speaker 1: get a bunch of points. When quarterbacks play without pressure,

782
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: that can be a dangerous thing. And that's the thing

783
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: is it depends on how the defense plays him. Right,

784
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: if they're going to prevent and everything, then those guys

785
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: can just kind of sling the ball around. But when

786
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: I was watching blow in between, instead of stuffing my

787
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: face with turkey and stuffing at my parents place, he

788
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: was actually slinging a pretty good ball. And you've got

789
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: the problem of you don't have tape. You get this

790
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: third string guy coming in, he's literally a rookie coming

791
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,439
Speaker 1: in from a trade from Cleveland. I'm sure the guys

792
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: in Chicago are like, where's this kid from and what

793
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: is he doing? Because they were moving the ball really

794
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: really well. But then you also saw the rookie moments

795
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: of and that's an errand pass that should have been

796
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 1: made complete and it would have got a first down instead,

797
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: now you get a punt. So this kid, he's got

798
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: something there. And I made a comment to my family

799
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: saying they may have found something in this kid depending

800
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 1: on what happens Stafford and you got drift Call and

801
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: now you got Sloughter and all these guys in Detroit, Oh,

802
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: I was gonna test science see if he knew who

803
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: the back of knew slowterhouse rules. And so basically my

804
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: favorite thing about watching Blow was, like you said, I

805
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 1: think if you're on a three seven and one team

806
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: as a rookie, I don't think Matt Patricia's looking at

807
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: you going it's on you to get us to the

808
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: super Bowl. I think it's just like, go out there

809
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: and show us something, especially against the Bears and Thanksgiving days.

810
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 1: It was a forty two thirty victory last time, and

811
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 1: we saw him I believe Week seven, Cousins put up

812
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: four tds. Dalvin had a big game that I think,

813
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: what one hundred and forty two yards something like that, Right,

814
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: Chris Ay, I do think this is a matchup that

815
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: favors the Vikings. But I think as much as anything,

816
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,919
Speaker 1: as much as the final score matters to me, it's

817
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: I'd like to see how they respond some of the

818
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: things that we talked about when we were going through

819
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 1: the Seattle game. How do you come back from that?

820
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: Can you take care of business in the way you

821
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: need to take care of business? Not just My hope

822
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: is that there's not a thirty on the board for

823
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: Detroit when this thing's over. Yeah. The positive for the

824
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: Vikings there is a lot of their starters or players

825
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: that they've played against in the in the past, carry

826
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: On Johnson, Stafford, tj On the ir so there they

827
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: have guys like Bo Scarborough from how Obama? Is there

828
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: a running back right now? Has there ever been a

829
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: more Alabama football name? And there he Oh, I'm both

830
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: Scarborough and I've carried a rock an what's more Alabama bow?

831
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: Or Scarborough? What's more Alabama bow? Or the band Alabama?

832
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: He's been playing pretty darn well. Mike Zimmer he acknowledged Bowld. Absolutely,

833
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: he's a huge guy. He wasn't, I mean, it was

834
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: a late draft pick or whatever he was, but man,

835
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: he's running wall. Well, let's hope. Let's hope the team

836
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: can get out there and and and do the things

837
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: that they need to do to respond to the Monday

838
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,840
Speaker 1: night loss, because to me and I don't look ahead.

839
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta get the Detroit game, so you

840
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: can get the Chargers game. But the and this is

841
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: I tried to touch on this with Anthony Harris, but

842
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: if you look at what's happening on the other side

843
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: of the division, everybody who's a Viking fan, by the

844
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 1: time you hear this, this game will probably already have

845
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,760
Speaker 1: taken place, so this won't matter to you. But cross

846
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,240
Speaker 1: your fingers, sit down, and root for the Chicago Bears.

847
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: I know that sounds counterintuitive on Thursday night, because if

848
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,439
Speaker 1: they beat the Cowboys, they moved to seven and six

849
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: and there might just be a little glimmer of hope

850
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: in their head that they can chase people down and

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Speaker 1: the following Sunday they have the Packers. That is our shot.

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Speaker 1: If they walk into into Lambo and pull something off

853
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden. That game the day before Christmas

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Speaker 1: Eve is once again for the division because as as

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Speaker 1: well as this team has competed in tough road games,

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Speaker 1: even though we haven't won any of them outside of

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, it is a very daunting task. Now I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying it's impossible, but it's a very daunting task too.

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Speaker 1: For example, go into Green Bay and then into Seattle

860
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Speaker 1: and then into New Orleans those that is a very

861
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Speaker 1: very daunting task. So let's let's all put our rooting

862
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Speaker 1: hats on for the Chicago Bears this week against Dallas

863
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 1: so they have something to play for and maybe we'll

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Speaker 1: get this thing evened out a little bit. Packers wise.

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Speaker 1: As a Viking fan, that's what it's about. End of

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Speaker 1: the season, Green Bay Packers, everything on the line. Yeah,

867
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Speaker 1: you can't ask for more than that. And for that

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Speaker 1: game on Monday Night Football on December twenty third, a

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Speaker 1: few days before Christmas, for that game to decide the division,

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Speaker 1: that's all you could ay. That's what you asked for

871
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Speaker 1: at the beginning. If you can sign all the coaches

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Speaker 1: and upstairs up for that they that would be the

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Speaker 1: Christmas gift of the freaking century. So that's what we're

874
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Speaker 1: hoping for. Let's go Chicago Bears, Big Cats. And also

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Speaker 1: we do need to take care of our business. I

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Speaker 1: was I see I see Jay over there, melting into

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00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: his chair. He's like knocking on all the wood in

878
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: the room. We do need to take care of business

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00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: that starts this week. So let's let's close on this

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Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna do a few wrap up things here.

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00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: But what is the one thing that you're looking for

882
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: in this weekend game? What's the one thing you're hoping

883
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: to see from both of you guys? One thing is

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00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with, like the same thing from the

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Speaker 1: Broncos game. This is a quarterback who we can make

886
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Speaker 1: him miss Kirk Cousins in the in the hull, we

887
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 1: can make him miserable. It's your job to make him miserable.

888
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: He's in no ways a rookie. Let's make him miserable

889
00:41:58,120 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: right away. I don't want him. I don't want to

890
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: see start out like Brandon Allen. Make him miserable. Let's

891
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: see the Vikings defense that sacked the Detroit Lions ten

892
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: times against Matt Matt Matt against Stafford at home last year.

893
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 1: I want to see that on David Blow. Make him miserable.

894
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: That's my team. My biggest thing is the Hot Topic

895
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Speaker 1: we were just talking about before. Hot Topic further progression,

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Speaker 1: cool sector for teen goths. Listen. I have bought many

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Speaker 1: a T shirt from Hot Topic that checks out You're

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Speaker 1: welcome adult goth Jenny Nelson topic. Hey, I'm a twenty

899
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Speaker 1: year veteran a hot topic at this point, right, You're welcome,

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Speaker 1: Goth veteran Jay Nelson. My thing is basically that their

901
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: wide receivers have rereaked havoc on our secondary for the

902
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: last three seasons. We are one and two against them

903
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: since US Bank Stadium opened, and in that time frame,

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Speaker 1: basically last year when Kirk walked in the building and

905
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Speaker 1: put one on him, we finally got to win against them,

906
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: But we've had the situation where we lost to him

907
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: in an overtime game when Golden Tate basically ran over

908
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: Harrison Smith to get into the end zone. That's the

909
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: thing is that Detroit plays us tough in our building

910
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: to division game. At the same point, it's not Matt Stafford.

911
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: So like you said, make them miserable, get on their

912
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: wide receivers and shut them down to the point where

913
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: you have to rely on a bow Scarborough to keep

914
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Speaker 1: them in the game for Detroit. And I'm gonna keep

915
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: on pace with the thing that everybody is getting tired

916
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: of me talking about what I would like to see.

917
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 1: I would like to see that hurry up, no huddle

918
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Speaker 1: offense pop up a couple a couple of times, at

919
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: least by the end of the season. I'd like to

920
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 1: see it pop up randomly. So anybody who's like you said,

921
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: trying to prepare for us in the playoffs, like do

922
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 1: we prepare for Dalvin? Do we prepare for the wide receivers?

923
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,839
Speaker 1: You gotta be ready for the no huddle like full disclaimer,

924
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Speaker 1: I am wrong about almost everything and I know nothing

925
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Speaker 1: about football, but I would love to see, you know,

926
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Speaker 1: you come out of the second half with a lead

927
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 1: and you just run one right down their throat with

928
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Speaker 1: some nice pace, because I think the team has the

929
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Speaker 1: option to win a lot of different ways on offense.

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Speaker 1: A couple of quick clean up items here. Pro Bowl

931
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Speaker 1: voting is open now. Go vote for all your favorite vikings,

932
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Speaker 1: including on the offense. We're talking Kirk, We're talking Dalvin Cook,

933
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: digs feeling Rudy's really stepping up the one that you

934
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Speaker 1: and I have talked about a lot. C J. Hamm another,

935
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Speaker 1: by the way, another not just great game blocking, but

936
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Speaker 1: just a huge seating option, huge play early in that.

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Speaker 1: It's another thing you got to prepare for a guy

938
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Speaker 1: like c J. Hamm. Now you got a fullback who

939
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Speaker 1: can catch it and turn up the field for thirty

940
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Speaker 1: or forty yards. Let's let's put some effort into c J.

941
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Speaker 1: Hamm and my guy, Brian O'Neill. I would. I think

942
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,760
Speaker 1: he's playing outstanding and it's up to us to make happen.

943
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Speaker 1: On the defense, obviously, Everson Griffin, Daniel Hunter's point five

944
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,720
Speaker 1: sacks away from being the fastest guy ever to fifty sacks.

945
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: He's playing well, Lynn Vall, Kendricks, Barr Smith, our guy

946
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: who's just on here, Anthony Harris easily making a case

947
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: for consideration there. He leads the team in interceptions. He's

948
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: playing well, all over the speed, all over the field.

949
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Speaker 1: Go vote now NFL dot com slash Pro Bowl slash ballot.

950
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Speaker 1: In terms of Vikings programming under center with Kirk Cousins,

951
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: he talks with Michigan State coaches tom Izzo and Mark

952
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,600
Speaker 1: is it Mark D'Antonio. I'm gonna be honest, and fans

953
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: are gonna be real mad at me. I don't care

954
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 1: about college football. I'm a pro guy, don't care about

955
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: it all. You could have told me that the head

956
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: of Michigan State's football team was named like Cheeze Gunderson,

957
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,280
Speaker 1: I'd have been like, all right, how about both Scarborough.

958
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: It's yeah, most every head coach is named both Scarborough.

959
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Speaker 1: Of college football. It's typically Tuesday nights on KFA n

960
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: FM six to seven pm. You can also get video

961
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Speaker 1: clips from vikings dot com and YouTube podcast wherever you

962
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 1: want it. This podcast uploads every Wednesday, same thing with

963
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Speaker 1: the video. If we have anything to offer skull stories

964
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Speaker 1: this week, Jim Marshall, It'll be Thursday night on KFAN

965
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: from six thirty to seven or you can get it

966
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Speaker 1: wherever podcasts are available. And finally, Chris and I will

967
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Speaker 1: be back for Vikings Final Prep Friday night on KFN

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Speaker 1: six thirty to seven pm. And you can get all

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Speaker 1: of our previous episodes on all of our platforms iTunes,

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Speaker 1: Vikings dot com, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, blah blah blah

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Speaker 1: blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Let's turn this thing around.

972
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Speaker 1: Let's get a win in US Bank Stadium against the

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Speaker 1: Fighting kid Rocks, and let's let's walk forward in the season.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, See you bye, We'll see you soon.