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Speaker 1: here with episode number ninety five of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

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Speaker 1: It is the schedule release episode. We have the entire

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Speaker 1: Jay Nelson. What's going on, guys, I am so excited.

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Speaker 1: going to need some time. And I think by week

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Speaker 1: five you will actually you will get a solidified Detroit

433
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Speaker 1: Lions team, so you can never count them out. We

434
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Speaker 1: always know everyone always talks about it's the NFL, but

435
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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, this Detroit team, this is one that

436
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,439
Speaker 1: you should get after and you should win given the

437
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Speaker 1: fact that they're still going to be trying to figure

438
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Speaker 1: some stuff out on their end. You gotta love playing

439
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Speaker 1: Jared Golf instead of Matthew Stafford. Just my opinion. I

440
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Speaker 1: definitely Matthew Stafford in this division was one of the

441
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Speaker 1: toughest quarterbacks to go against. I will welcome Jared Goff instead.

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Speaker 1: Week six where at the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, October

443
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Speaker 1: seventeenth at noon. A lot of changes happened with this

444
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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers team. Sam Darnold, the quarterback of the New

445
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,840
Speaker 1: York Jets, was acquired for a few draft picks. That

446
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Speaker 1: changes everything. With what's going on over there with coach

447
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,879
Speaker 1: rule and what he's been able to do with this

448
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Speaker 1: with this Carolina Panthers offense. So, Gay, what are your

449
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,920
Speaker 1: first overall thoughts heading to Carolina in Week six? Yeah?

450
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Speaker 1: I don't know who's gonna be more excited myself for

451
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 1: Chasser Rat to get Bojangles that weekend. But the Carolina Panthers, Man,

452
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,160
Speaker 1: they are hometown, hometown. I'm ready to go home. But

453
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers, they did not forget that twenty eight

454
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Speaker 1: to twenty seven lost against us this past year where

455
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Speaker 1: we went down to score at fourteen points in the

456
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Speaker 1: last quarter. Um, I mean that's Chad Beebe's muffed to

457
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Speaker 1: miracle game. I think that will be a very intriguing

458
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Speaker 1: game because I feel like they look at us as

459
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Speaker 1: one of their arch nemesis now, like like, we gotta

460
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Speaker 1: beat the Vikings if we want to be considered a

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Speaker 1: real team. And I think that that is a game

462
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Speaker 1: that Mike Zimmer will have circling on his account Leader

463
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 1: two and after you know, three straight home games, hitting

464
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Speaker 1: the road, I'm sure Mike Zimmer will be all in

465
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Speaker 1: this team basically saying, okay, let's change our mindset. Now

466
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Speaker 1: we got to go down here and win this game,

467
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Speaker 1: and let's go down, win a game, and get back

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Speaker 1: as soon as possible. So many intriguing storylines. Man, I

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Speaker 1: agree Christian McCaffrey. You know he'll be back and ready

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Speaker 1: to go after being injured for a decent amount of

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Speaker 1: last year. And it's just looking at this Viking schedule here,

472
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Speaker 1: you have the first two games on the road, then

473
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Speaker 1: you have three at home, ending with that divisional matchup,

474
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Speaker 1: and then you have one on the road before the

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Speaker 1: Week seven bye. So this chunk of six games is

476
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Speaker 1: really gonna set the stage for what's to come for

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Speaker 1: the Viking season. Jay, most teams they want to have

478
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Speaker 1: a late buy, just to make sure that you can

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Speaker 1: get through the first chunk of the season, get a

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Speaker 1: little bit of rest, and then make that push for

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Speaker 1: the back end. We're gonna be flipping at this year

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Speaker 1: where we've got six on the front end, eleven on

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Speaker 1: the back end. And so one of the things that

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Speaker 1: later in the schedule you'll find out is there is

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Speaker 1: kind of a little bit of a mini buy. But

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Speaker 1: I think you know, this is one of those times

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Speaker 1: that coaches will go through and evaluate and you know,

488
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Speaker 1: the benefits of having six games on the front end,

489
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Speaker 1: and then a pause for a week is just to

490
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Speaker 1: make sure one you get rested again to get ready

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Speaker 1: for that next eleven games, and then two doing the

492
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Speaker 1: self scouting and evaluating and just figuring out what did

493
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 1: and didn't work so far and then changing it up

494
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Speaker 1: for the back half of the season. So there's benefits

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Speaker 1: to both sides. And for me, I just look at

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Speaker 1: this and say it'll be a good time to take

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Speaker 1: a pause, get ready for the run, and then keep

498
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Speaker 1: moving to that point, Jay, I mean last year we

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Speaker 1: had a Week seven by also we were one or

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Speaker 1: five going into the bye week, and then we want

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Speaker 1: on the you know, the four game run coming out

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Speaker 1: of the bye week. So I think we have a

503
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Speaker 1: better chance of not going one in five this year.

504
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Speaker 1: But you got to think, like you said, after that

505
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Speaker 1: bye week, that's when the going gets going. It'll be

506
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Speaker 1: quite the break from that Week six game at Lana.

507
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Speaker 1: That's Sunday, October seventeenth at noon, and then we don't

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Speaker 1: play again until we're back at home against the Dallas

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Speaker 1: Cowboys Sunday Night Football on October thirty. First. That will

510
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 1: be a highly viewed game playing the Cowboys at US

511
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Speaker 1: Bank stadium, Jay, what are your initial thoughts the return

512
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Speaker 1: of Dak Prescott. That's what I'm curious to see. We'll

513
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: have known throughout the season what he's like, but he

514
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: has always been frustrated over the last couple of years

515
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 1: with the contract situation that is out the window. He

516
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: had the compound fracture last year coming back from that.

517
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Speaker 1: Just to see what he's like. If you get a

518
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Speaker 1: full and healthy Dak who's getting paid at this point,

519
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: then you should understand that Dak's gonna be walking into

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Speaker 1: that door ready to sling that ball. And we all

521
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: saw what difference it was when Dak was gone last

522
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Speaker 1: year versus when Andy you know, when he was in

523
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Speaker 1: in the front half and then Andy Dalton took over

524
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Speaker 1: in the second half. That Dak Prescott led team is

525
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 1: a completely different animal. And so for me, Dallas is

526
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: always tough. The cool thing for us this year as

527
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 1: we do actually have some really good fan bases that

528
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: are coming into US Banks Stadium who travel well. So

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Speaker 1: Vikings fans try to hold on to your tickets as

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Speaker 1: much as possible. Hopefully with it being a Sunday night

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Speaker 1: football game, everyone will want to be at that one.

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Speaker 1: But Dallas always travels really really well. There's always a

533
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Speaker 1: lot of fans, and the atmosphere is always exciting. So

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that one. I have a feeling

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Speaker 1: that might be a primetime purple game. I feel like

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Speaker 1: every time we've played Dallas at home, we've been wearing

537
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Speaker 1: those those jerseys with the yellow numbers. You never I

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Speaker 1: know absolutely nothing, by the way, I'm just throwing that

539
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: out there. That was a Thursday night game a few

540
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: years ago. I believe that we played the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 1: and wore those primetime purple jerseys. So we will see

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Speaker 1: what happens is Dak Prescott is back. You seem to

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Speaker 1: see that Jerry Jones and that Dallas Cowboys offense really

544
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Speaker 1: missed what they had in Dak Prescott when he had

545
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Speaker 1: that season ending injury on October eleventh against the Giants.

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Speaker 1: Keep it is going to be a rowdy fan base

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Speaker 1: that game, you know, on Sunday Night Football, the first

548
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: prime time game of the season. Um, you can't get

549
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,640
Speaker 1: a better opponent than the Dallas Cowboys for your first

550
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: prom time game. So, like Jay said, Vikings fans, hold

551
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: onto your tickets. Our promise. Shoot, it'll be a showdown

552
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: and similar to what I said last year, the first

553
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 1: team to thirty points will win that game. And last

554
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Speaker 1: year to Dallas, Cowboys scored thirty one, we scored twenty eight.

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00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: They won by three points, and um, this story wrote

556
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: itself after that. So I'm excited to see what Vikings

557
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,199
Speaker 1: team will show up after the bye week because the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys were coming off a bye week last year when

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Speaker 1: they played it, so a little a little revenge, I

560
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 1: would say. I guess it's a revenge tour for us

561
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: after after the bye week game. Just a note, we

562
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: were both worried about the football side. Corso was worried

563
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: about what colored jerseys and pants they are gonna be worrying.

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Speaker 1: So those jerseys, rookie man, here we go against Cowboys.

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00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: Let's worry about the pants. Yeah, I mean it's America's team.

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Speaker 1: We got to show them up, show them up in

567
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Speaker 1: our in our goal numbers. I know Adam Feelins always

568
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: wearing those yellow gloves against in those games, which I

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00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: love to see. Gave expects a lot of offense. I

570
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: think Adam Feelin's gonna have a big game in that one.

571
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Speaker 1: But I love that looking ahead, we have a few

572
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 1: we're back on the road. We're on the road again,

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Speaker 1: as Jay would as Jay would put it, week nine

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Speaker 1: at Baltimore, Sunday, November seventh, noon. That seems like a

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Speaker 1: tough game. That's that's my initial takeaway. That is a

576
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Speaker 1: tough game to play in Baltimore. I'm assuming Lamar Jackson

577
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,639
Speaker 1: will be rolling halfway through the season at that point.

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00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: That's gonna be a very tough game. Any defensive coordinator

579
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Speaker 1: or any head coach, you have to change your defense

580
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: when you play Lamar Jackson because he's a he's a

581
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: one in a generation type quarterback. And for a guy

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Speaker 1: who was a twenty nineteen MVP and its started thirty

583
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: seven games over the past three seasons, he's coming in

584
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Speaker 1: with a chip on his shoulder because he's trying to

585
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: put people wrong and basically say hey, I'm a throwing quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Also for Mike Zimmer's basically saying hey, well I know

587
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Speaker 1: what I'm doing. Also, I can come in here and

588
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Speaker 1: shut down the arguably the best quarterback in the NFL

589
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: and hold them to whatever point you need to win

590
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: that game. And especially going down to Baltimore the second

591
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 1: week after your bye week, you you live for games

592
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: like this if you were if you're a bowler in

593
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: this league, there's lots of juicy storylines. In this one,

594
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: you got Rashad Bateman getting drafted from the Gophers heading

595
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: out to Baltimore to work with Lamar. One of the

596
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: other things for me is this is the first time

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00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: in eight years as it's you know, cyclical, But the

598
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: last time we played was December eight, twenty thirteen. The

599
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: Ravens beat the Vikings twenty nine, twenty six And the

600
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: craziness about that one is, because I was at that game,

601
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: was it was basically played in a blizzard. They were

602
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: curious if they were going to have to postpone the

603
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Speaker 1: game or not. They didn't. They let it go and

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Speaker 1: in the last I believe it was two and a

605
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: half minutes or so, I think there were four touchdowns scored,

606
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Speaker 1: including a Quarterall Patterson kick return touchdown in the middle

607
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 1: of the snow. It was bananas. And the craziest thing

608
00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: about it was, yeah, we lost, and it stunk. The

609
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: worst part was sitting in the locker room after the

610
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: fact and we were going through eating our barbecue from

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Speaker 1: one of the local joints theyre in Baltimore, and one

612
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: of our executive vice presidents basically says, get comfortable because

613
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: apparently another plane slid into our plane at the airport,

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00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 1: damaging it, and we were going to be stuck there

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00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: for an additional three to four hours untill Delta could

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Speaker 1: get another flight flying into a blizzard in Baltimore. And

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Speaker 1: on top of that, because I went back for another rib,

618
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: I cracked a tooth on a piece of bone. So

619
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Speaker 1: for me, this is a revenge game for my dentist.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Jay, that's why I knew you'd have

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Speaker 1: a story for Baltimore. That's amazing gosh. Well, hopefully we

622
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Speaker 1: go into that game ready to go, because Jay is

623
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Speaker 1: going to be very upset if we don't beat the

624
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Speaker 1: other team in Purple in Baltimore. The week next, we're

625
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Speaker 1: back on the road and literally to the other side

626
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Speaker 1: of the country. We're at the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday,

627
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Speaker 1: November fourteenth at three h five pm. Week nine, they're

628
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Speaker 1: sending us to the East. Week ten, we're going all

629
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: the way to the West coast. Will be in that

630
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: nice new stadium. Though, game you really have to buckle

631
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: down when when traveling across the country. After playing a

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00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: team like the Baltimore Ravens, because when you play like

633
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: a guy like Lamar Jackson, like you're gonna go out

634
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: and give your all. And then when you got the

635
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: Chargers up next, usually a lot of teams are winned it.

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00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: You got to travel across the country. You probably got

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00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 1: to leave on a Friday instead of a Saturday. This

638
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: is a must win game against the Chargers. I think

639
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: you really show how polished you are as a team

640
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: when you play against a team like the Chargers, especially

641
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: coming off of a game where you are playing arguably

642
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the NFL. So I'm looking forward

643
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: to this this I think this rounds. This is the

644
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: first game of the third quarter of the season, so

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00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: you have to prove a point here. And I think

646
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: a guy like Adam Phalen who has this best games

647
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: in the month of November, I think this was when

648
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: the veteran leadership starts to show its face. This is

649
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: where you get to see the basically the two offensive

650
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year candidates from twenty twenty go and

651
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: do some battle here. And that's one of the things

652
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: if you come off of working against Lamar and all

653
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: of a sudden. You got the rookie of the year

654
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: with Justin Herbert. Yeah, it's a second season. Usually there

655
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: might be a little bit of a sophomore slump, but

656
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: I think given what that guy showed last year, this

657
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: coaching staff is going to put in as much time

658
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: as they can to make sure that they're hitting him

659
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: in every direction to try to confuse him a little

660
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: bit more because he looks stellar as a rookie, So

661
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: that'll be good to see. And then also you'll be

662
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: going against a little d n named Joey Bosa who

663
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: led the team in sax at seven and a half

664
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: and tackles for loss at fifteen. So I just think

665
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: offense and defensive side of the ball there in LA

666
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: they're starting to turn some things around and they've got

667
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: some real playmakers, and I think this Vikings offense and

668
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: defense is going to have to be making sure that

669
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: they don't hit a trap game. Yeah, you guys bring

670
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: up the trap game. We play the Green Bay Packers

671
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: at home in week eleven, and that's Sunday, November twenty first,

672
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: at noon. It's crazy that our first two divisional games

673
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: of the year we'll both be at home. The Lions

674
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: earlier on in the schedule, and then of course the

675
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: green Bay Packers here at home. So we're gonna have

676
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: to take advantage of this week eleven game, Gabe, like,

677
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: you gotta win this game at home against the Packers.

678
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: We know what they've done to us in years past.

679
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: We know they won the division last year. We know

680
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is the twenty twenty NFL MVP. We don't

681
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: know if Aaron Rodgers will be on the Green Bay

682
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: Packers with all the reports that are out there, but

683
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: this is a game must win either way at home

684
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: on November twenty first. Yeah, and I don't think the

685
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,719
Speaker 1: fact of playing at an empty stadium will be the

686
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: case at this point. If fans are allowed in the

687
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: stadium by November twenty first, I think it will be

688
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: at whatever whatever the cap capacity will be for that

689
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: Green Bay game. And this is an opportunity for the

690
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: Vikings to really make a late push. I mean, now

691
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: we're four or five games after the bye week. It's

692
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: a grind at this point. You go to la before

693
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: the week before, you go to Baltimore the week before that.

694
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: You're in the middle of a grind and you gotta

695
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: figure things out at this point, And like I said,

696
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: you got to lean on that veteran leadership. I would

697
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: think a guy like what do they call it, Kirktober.

698
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: You got to think a guy like Kirk and a

699
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: guy like Adam Thillan and Justin Jefferson or even the

700
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: other veterans. They got to show their face at this

701
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: point because this is the time of the year where

702
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: you start to get bogged down from from all the

703
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: traveling and all the games, and the bye week is

704
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: after it is passed, so you got to figure it out. Yeah.

705
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: And with that being said, you have a few road

706
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: games coming up in the schedule. I won't give them

707
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: up give them away yet, but this game at home

708
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: against Green Bay. Every single year I've been with this team,

709
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: I see how much louder the fans are, how much

710
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 1: more crap is being talked the entire week up until

711
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: the game between the Wisconsin people in the Minnesota people.

712
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 1: It's just this game means so much to so many

713
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: different people, especially the one at home, because we know

714
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: that the Green Bay Packers fans travel very well to

715
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: this game. And Jay's point earlier, please do not give

716
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: up your tickets. I've already been getting hit up by

717
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: friends at this point saying hey, if there's any chance,

718
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 1: and I just kind of say, yeah, okay, you know,

719
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: good luck on that one because it's it's always the

720
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: hottest ticket in town when it comes to that week.

721
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: Border Battle is always nuts. This game being at home

722
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: will be the oasis in this rougher stretch here of

723
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: road games that are coming through here, and you have

724
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: to win this one. You absolutely have to win this

725
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: one because it's home cooking at that point, and I

726
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: don't think you'll have an issue getting up for green

727
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 1: Bay at that point. Very shocking that this game's on

728
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: at noon on a Sunday, To be honest with you,

729
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: that might be flexed. I feel like that's a game

730
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: that could possibly be flexed later on in the year.

731
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: Week eleven. How does that Giam knock get flexed. We'll

732
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 1: see what kind of team green Bay has this year.

733
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: With number twelve potentially being out the door. We don't

734
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 1: know what the scenario will be in that area, but man,

735
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: that game is going to be a huge game. It's

736
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 1: probably going to determine a playoff spot later on in

737
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,840
Speaker 1: this schedule, but we teased it earlier. We have a

738
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: few road games coming up after that. We're back on

739
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:15,720
Speaker 1: the road at San Francisco Week twelve, Sunday, November twenty

740
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: eighth at three twenty five pm. And then I'm just

741
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 1: gonna say right after that, Week thirteen, we're at Detroit Sunday,

742
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: December fifth at noon. So starting out with San Francisco, Gabe,

743
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 1: this is gonna be tough. I mean, we're back on

744
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: the road, we're in the heat of the last quarter

745
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 1: of the schedule, and we got a big game against

746
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: San Francisco Week twelve at Levi Stadium. Yeah. I think

747
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: the game that comes to mind is the twenty nineteen

748
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: loss at San Francisco in the second round of the playoffs.

749
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer, I think this is a game that he

750
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: wants to win more so than probably any other game

751
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: on the schedule. The team that knocked you out of

752
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs two years ago, you get the chance to

753
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: play them and get opportunity to beat them him in

754
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: Week twelve. Later in the season. The guys will be

755
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: up for that game, and of course it would be

756
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: great to see a guy like Trey Lance also right,

757
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: I mean third overall pick if he's playing. We don't

758
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: know what the situation is right now on May twelfth

759
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: with him and Jimmy Garoppolo. But it'll it'll be exciting

760
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: to see how the Vikings show up that game. I

761
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: mean at Baltimore, at the Chargers at home, and then

762
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: at San Francisco. Like three games on the road in

763
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: four weeks. Yeah, we'll see what kind of kind of

764
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 1: team the Vikings have by this point. Yeah, this will

765
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: be a big time game against the big city team.

766
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: Quarterback Trey Lance out of North Dakota State, the number

767
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,320
Speaker 1: third overall pick they traded up for him, so clearly

768
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: he could be the starter at this point of the

769
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: season rather than Jimmy Garoppolo. That will be really interesting

770
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: to see who's leading the charge at week twelve in

771
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 1: the season. We know Kyle Shanahan's a big time fan

772
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: of Trey Lance, so this could be a really dynamic

773
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: offense that we're going up against. Sunday, November twenty eighth

774
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: at Levi Stadium, Week thirteen. I brought up before we're

775
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: at Ford Field playing the Detroit Lions. Again. I think

776
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,479
Speaker 1: this is a must win game. Jay, you go into

777
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: this game. This is a revamped Detroit Lions. They have

778
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: a new head coach, they have a new quarterback, they

779
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: have pretty much a new everything. When it comes to

780
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: Oregon tackle Pinney Seul he will be that left tackle

781
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: for that team, So a lot of new pieces. I

782
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: think you gotta go into Detroit, you gotta go into

783
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 1: Ford Field, and you have to win the game on Sunday,

784
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 1: December fifth. Those Detroit games are always the ones that

785
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: are always a little bit tougher too. Yeah, they play

786
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: a stuff at home, but when it's home cooking for them,

787
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: they look at us and say, there have been so

788
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: many close games over the last four or five years.

789
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure this is one as well. They'd like to circle.

790
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 1: But again, this is eight weeks after we get them

791
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 1: in week five, and they will definitely have their ducks

792
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: snarrow at that point. What their record is going to

793
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: be at that point, who knows. The biggest thing that

794
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: you just have to do is handle your own business.

795
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: And one thing that we know is that in the

796
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: past Matt Stafford has been sacked a lot well, especially

797
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 1: when we've played them at Detroit. Hopefully that pass rosh

798
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: can kick in again in the upcoming season here and

799
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: Jared Goff is gonna have to be running for his

800
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: life a little bit Pennay Swell. At that point, he

801
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: will not really be much of a rookie. He's going

802
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,919
Speaker 1: to be thirteen weeks into his career, and I think

803
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: a guy like him will definitely have his feet underneath him,

804
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: and so it will be interesting to see given what

805
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: we were trying to do, especially with our new defensive

806
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: edge rushers, and getting to Neil Hunter back just to

807
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: see what kind of a game he has. So if

808
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: you're looking for some interesting matchups, I think it's going

809
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: to be what kind of pass rush will get on

810
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 1: Jared Goff and then seeing what a guy like Penney

811
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: Seul and how he handles some of our defensive edge rushers.

812
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to it. It's always a fun game.

813
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: Yeah it's Detroit, and you say we should win this one,

814
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: but this will be round two of the battle for

815
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: the season, and it'll already be done by week thirteen. No,

816
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: Kenny Galladay, either the wide receiver, the top wide receiver

817
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,800
Speaker 1: in Detroit, signed with the New York Giants in free agency,

818
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: so I will not miss seeing him on the field

819
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 1: either for the Detroit Lions. But week fourteen, Gabe, you

820
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 1: circled the Baltimore game on the calendar, I'm circling this

821
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: game at home Week fourteen against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's

822
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football, Thursday, November ninth against the Steelers. This

823
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,959
Speaker 1: is a game that I know, like as a fan

824
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: of the NFL. You have two of the best organizations,

825
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 1: two of the most classic organizations in the league, facing

826
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,479
Speaker 1: off on Thursday Night football. I know there's that joke

827
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: out there that Thursday Night Football is like the worst game,

828
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: whether it's like the Jags against the Colts or whatever

829
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: kind of game that they throw out there these past

830
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: couple of years. But this is about as good as

831
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: it gets for a game early in the week in

832
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: Week fourteen. Yeah, and I'm surprised you didn't bring up

833
00:40:57,719 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: the color of the pants of Vinson we'll be wearing

834
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: on time Thursday. But since you didn't, I figured we'd

835
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 1: probably wear all purple this week. But yeah, like you said,

836
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: this could be the prime dying game two game you

837
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: never know. Like you said, these are two of arguably

838
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: the most classiest organizations in the NFL. And the fact

839
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:20,439
Speaker 1: that they have only played twice in the past sixteen years, well,

840
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: I guess once I guess the last time he played

841
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: it was twenty thirteen in London, but twice in the

842
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: past sixteen years. It says a lot about how prepared

843
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: these two teams will be in such a short week.

844
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: You have three days to play it, to prepare for

845
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 1: a different type of playbook, Like Mike Zimmer hasn't hasn't

846
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: played this team as the Vikings head coach, like these

847
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: games are an anomaly. Like you, you don't play the

848
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: Sellers that often, so when you get a chance to

849
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: beat them on primetime purple in your home stadium, you

850
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: you take advantage of that as much as you can.

851
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: It'll be really interesting to see what Ben Roethlisberger we

852
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: see in his eighteenth season with the with the organization

853
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. I feel every single year it's

854
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: like this is gonna be his last year, and he

855
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: comes back and he's good again, and they win again

856
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: and they make the playoffs again. So I expect them

857
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: to be competing at this point in the season. And

858
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 1: of course Mike Tomlin, that's always what I think about

859
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: the former Vikings assistant coach. He's one hundred forty five

860
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 1: and seventy eight and one as he enters his fifteenth

861
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: season as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. One

862
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: of the most constant voices in all of the NFL

863
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: has not left that organization since he took charge fourteen

864
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 1: seasons ago. So really interesting game there against the Pittsburgh

865
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: Steelers in Week fourteen. Looking at Week fifteen, it's another

866
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: divisional game and it's on the road at Soldier Field.

867
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: We take on the Chicago Bears, and it is just

868
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: the Monday night football game that we have to play

869
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: at Soldier Field. It's appeared on the schedule a few

870
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: times since I've been here in twenty fifteen. So this

871
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: is Monday, December twentieth at Soldier Field. Jay, I know

872
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: we normally don't play too well on Monday Night in Chicago,

873
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: especially with this being a December twentieth game in Chicago.

874
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: I know last year we were a little spoiled with

875
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,839
Speaker 1: a lot of our road games at the back end

876
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: of the season being in warm climates. This season is

877
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: not going to be that case, and you'll find out

878
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,800
Speaker 1: here in the next couple of games. But Chicago is

879
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: always the nightmare place for us to play. We've always struggled,

880
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,399
Speaker 1: especially on a Sunday night or a Monday night game.

881
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: Who knows what the Bears are going to look like

882
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: quarterback wise at that point. As Field is going to

883
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,479
Speaker 1: start the season, are they going to be going after

884
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: with Andy Dalton? That defense is always tough. But one

885
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 1: thing we know is if it's going to be a

886
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: December game in Chicago on Monday Night football, it's going

887
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 1: to be cold, it's going to be loud, it's going

888
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: to be rowdy, and it's gonna mean that you're gonna

889
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: need your road graders to get that running game going

890
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: against that stout defensive line. And so it's going to

891
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: be your classic Black and Blue Division with the Vikings,

892
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: And I can't wait. I love those games in Chicago

893
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: no matter what time of year. But when I saw

894
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: it was a December game, I'm like, man, that's going

895
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: to be potentially classic, and that it's going to be

896
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:14,760
Speaker 1: a late night, cold game in Chicago. It will definitely

897
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: be cold December twentieth, a few days before Christmas. So

898
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 1: very exciting game on Monday Night football during Week fifteen

899
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: against the Chicago Bears. I think about Jordan Howard running

900
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: all over us on Monday Night Football. A few years ago,

901
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,839
Speaker 1: and I am not happy that we have to go

902
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: back there in cold Chicago on Monday night. Looking at

903
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,240
Speaker 1: Week six team, we're back home and it is against

904
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: the LA Rams Sunday, December twenty six, so we'll only

905
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,359
Speaker 1: have a few days to get ready for that game

906
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: at home. During Week sixteen, Matthew Stafford will in fact

907
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: get his chance at us being stadium again. Game. Yeah,

908
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 1: and I'm excited about that game because that will be

909
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 1: my thirtieth birthday, So beating Matthew Stafford on your birthday,

910
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 1: I think I think that'll be a birthday gift. Christmas

911
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 1: is the day before. But yeah, Matthew Stafford, he's gonna try.

912
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 1: He's gonna I mean, granted, he's back in the division

913
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: for another week, so he's gonna try to get a win.

914
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: And I think a guy like Danielle Hunter or just

915
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: As Vikings defense in particular, we've had a field day

916
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: against Matthew Stafford when he was with the Lion, So

917
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 1: I think the biggest matchup I'm looking for is Justin

918
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,320
Speaker 1: Jefferson against Jalen Ramsey. When I was talking to Keny McCardell,

919
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: of course we know Keny McCardell was a coach for

920
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, where Jalen Ramsey played his first three seasons,

921
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: and he said when he looked at Jalen Ramsey and

922
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,799
Speaker 1: then he looked at Justin Jefferson and Pats, he thought

923
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,959
Speaker 1: they were the same. Two people like their body type,

924
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: the way they run, the way they just their their

925
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:44,280
Speaker 1: body language. So seeing two similar body types of players

926
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 1: going against each other, I'm pretty much every single play

927
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 1: you gotta think Jalen Ramsey is gonna shadow a guy

928
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: like Justin Jefferson if he is the Justin Jefferson that

929
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: we know, So seeing that matchup is going to be fun.

930
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 1: I'm really kind of looking forward to seeing what the's

931
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: gonna happen with them. With Aaron Donald, you know, he

932
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: is an absolute beast defensive MVP year after year, we

933
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: all know he's a gigantic handful. So this offensive line

934
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 1: being revamped, especially with some rookies that are going to

935
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: be put on that offensive line, trying to see how

936
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 1: they keep him in check and what we do to

937
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: kind of prevent him from from getting his thirteen and

938
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: a half sacks that he had the previous season. He's

939
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: going to be a potential game wrecker. You know, they

940
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 1: will be doing a lot of double teams and triple

941
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: teams against him. So again, as you're looking at this

942
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: Vikings offense versus defense, might have Ramsey and Jefferson or

943
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,400
Speaker 1: Feeling on one side, but for me, it's going to

944
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: be Aaron Donald trying to go up against that offensive

945
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 1: line and see what you can do to stop him.

946
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 1: That will certainly be an interesting game. A lot of

947
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 1: connections there as well. It's it's just amazing how many

948
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: connections in all of these games that whether it's to

949
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: Minnesota or the division in Matthew Stafford coming back to

950
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 1: us Being Stadium definitely will be a fun game to

951
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: watch when the l A Rams come in during Week sixteen.

952
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: The next two games, in the final two games of

953
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,200
Speaker 1: the season, are going to probably be some of the

954
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: most important games on the Vikings schedule. Week seventeen, we

955
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 1: go to lambeau Field in Cold Wisconsin Sunday, January second, Sunday,

956
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: eighth Football. It's gonna be one of those games game

957
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 1: that we're watching on national TV. The snow is gonna

958
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 1: be coming down. We're gonna have a chance to win

959
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: the division hopefully and seal it up a week early,

960
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be at lambou Field, hopefully not against

961
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:41,319
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Well, if it's I'll love playing in Green

962
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: Bay against Jordan Love when January second at Adam Fillins's

963
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: favorite stadium in the entire world. So this is gonna

964
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: be fun to start the new year off in Green Bay.

965
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: And Jay was talking about December twentieth at Chicago in

966
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: the snow, January second at Lambo in the snow, like

967
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: this is this is as good as it gets. If

968
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: you're a football fan and I don't really have anything

969
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: like witty to say about this then other than this

970
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: is just a must win game. If you can't get

971
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: up for the Green Bay Packers, chances are you shouldn't

972
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: be trying to make a playoff push. There was a

973
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: game in January a few years ago when the Vikings

974
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:20,479
Speaker 1: went on in primetime and actually shut out the Green

975
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:23,320
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. I think they won like sixteen to zero

976
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: or something like that. I'm going purely on memory here,

977
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,279
Speaker 1: but that game I was one of one of the

978
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:33,360
Speaker 1: most amazing games that I saw Mike Zimmer's defense play

979
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 1: against any team. I think Harrison Smith had a few

980
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 1: interceptions in that game, but that's what I think of

981
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: when I look at this game on the schedule. I

982
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,840
Speaker 1: don't know if you feel the same, Jay, if you remember,

983
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 1: that was the Aaron Rodgers was knocked out earlier in

984
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,879
Speaker 1: the season by a certain player to wearing fifty five.

985
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: The thing about that game you're talking about, carso was

986
00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: it was ridiculously cold, and an international friend of mine

987
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: was in town and was kind of hinting he wanted

988
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: to go, and I'm like, it's gonna be like twenty

989
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: below zero. Do you really want to try and make

990
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 1: this happen? He said, yep, And so we piled in

991
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: the car, drove to Lambo, sat in the upper deck.

992
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,440
Speaker 1: Luckily under the awning it actually was a little bit

993
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 1: warmer than they were predicting. But that was one of

994
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: the most fun games I've ever been to a Lambo

995
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,440
Speaker 1: because it was just kind of an onslot and you

996
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: don't get to see too many of those as a

997
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: Vikings fan. It's always a dog fight. So hopefully by

998
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: week seventeen, like you said, if this is for all

999
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: the marbles, I've been there a couple of times when

1000
00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: we've won the division in Green Bay, and there's nothing

1001
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: sweeter than beaten that Packers team at Lambou Field. So

1002
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,359
Speaker 1: hopefully we can do it again and that will head

1003
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: right into a very familiar game, the last game of

1004
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: the season at home. I get to the Chicago Bears.

1005
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: Every single year we played the Chicago Bears with the

1006
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 1: last game of the season at home at US Bank Stadium.

1007
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: This will be Sunday, January ninth. The time is TBD,

1008
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: and it will be the regular season finale. And it's

1009
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 1: just amazing that the schedule makers every single year the

1010
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,680
Speaker 1: past three or four years have put us at home

1011
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 1: against the Chicago Bears. And in some years it's worked

1012
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 1: in our favor where we've won that game. But I

1013
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: can remember a few years where we've either been kicked

1014
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,920
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs or yeah, kicked out of the

1015
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 1: playoffs a few times when this game I actually meant

1016
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 1: nothing to the Chicago Bears. So this game could either

1017
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: be one that means a lot or it could be

1018
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 1: a game that means very little. Game. Yeah, I'm hoping

1019
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 1: it's like twenty nineteen where their starters can rest for

1020
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 1: the season finale. So if not, yeah, this will be

1021
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 1: a very difficult game to play at home and a

1022
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on the line to win at home

1023
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:49,719
Speaker 1: in the finals in the season finale. So I don't know,

1024
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: Green Bay first, Chicago, last game of the season. You

1025
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: have to you have to set yourself up with the

1026
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 1: best opportunity to make it to the playoffs before you

1027
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 1: get to Chicago game. But if not, yeah, it's a

1028
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: must win game, especially Week eighteen like this is. I mean,

1029
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: we're not accustomed to playing seventeen games in a season,

1030
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: so bodies are going to be tired by this point.

1031
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: So you have to just I always said all the time,

1032
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 1: you gotta thug it through. You just gotta thug it

1033
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 1: through and get through it and try to do as

1034
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,800
Speaker 1: much as you can to set yourself up for success

1035
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: in the postseason. If you are talking postseason at this point,

1036
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 1: it'll be the first time you hear the words week

1037
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: eighteen uttered in an NFL season. Definitely a different dynamic

1038
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,200
Speaker 1: with this season being added, with a game being added

1039
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:43,399
Speaker 1: to this year's NFL schedule, so definitely an interesting one.

1040
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,280
Speaker 1: It will be a Week eighteen game at home against

1041
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:49,400
Speaker 1: the Bears instead of the Week seventeen at home against

1042
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: the Bears that we've had a bunch of years and

1043
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: years past, and we play into January in the regular season.

1044
00:51:56,719 --> 00:51:59,279
Speaker 1: That will be January ninth that we will have our

1045
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,919
Speaker 1: last regular season game. Normally it's around New Year's Day

1046
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 1: that we're playing that last game, so there will be

1047
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 1: no weather implications playing inside the lovely sixty eight degree

1048
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:15,320
Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium, but definitely will be an interesting game

1049
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,799
Speaker 1: to say the least, and it will be interesting if

1050
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,919
Speaker 1: we have to go into a playoff game that next week,

1051
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: or have a bye week or whatever it might be.

1052
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,399
Speaker 1: Hopefully the Bears do not have a chance to knock

1053
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,560
Speaker 1: us out in that last game at home at US

1054
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: Bank Stadium. Now, we went through every single game on

1055
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,880
Speaker 1: the schedule, all seventeen games. There are a lot of

1056
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 1: talkers and we're starting it out with we have a

1057
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 1: very early bye week, very similar to last year. As

1058
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: Gabe said earlier the Week seven bye week, we talked

1059
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 1: about those first six games, how important they're going to be.

1060
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: When you start out a season with two games on

1061
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 1: the road, there's gonna be a lot that you're gonna

1062
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: look at and look back to with those first six

1063
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 1: games of the season. Another thing that stands out to me,

1064
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: guys is the primetime games on the schedule, there are

1065
00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: two home primetime games, two away primetime games, and they

1066
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: are all very intriguing games. As we already touched on

1067
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, that might mean that we see

1068
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:20,319
Speaker 1: a lot of the primetime purple this year, as I

1069
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:27,239
Speaker 1: said earlier, but really interesting primetime games Chicago, Pittsburgh at

1070
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: Chicago at Green Bay. Those are going to be games

1071
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,560
Speaker 1: that make or break our season game And in three

1072
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Speaker 1: of those games, three of those four primetime games or

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00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: against division foes, and the other one is against the

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00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:41,800
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Stillers, who is tied for first most Lombardi Trophies

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. So all eyes will be on the

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00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. And like I said that that pressure it

1077
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:53,080
Speaker 1: burst pipes or makes diamonds, and we'll see what these

1078
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: this Minnesota Vikings team is made of. We certainly will.

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00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 1: It's going to be a fun season. Looking at this

1080
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 1: schedule already has me cited for what's to come. I'm

1081
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: already circling games on the calendar. That game against Pittsburgh

1082
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:08,040
Speaker 1: on Thursday night is one that I cannot wait for.

1083
00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 1: And obviously some of those divisional games later on in

1084
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,640
Speaker 1: the season are gonna be ones that make or break

1085
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:18,359
Speaker 1: our playoff chances when we get to that point in

1086
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 1: this seventeen game schedule, So that's gonna do it. We

1087
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: covered just about every single game. We talked about the

1088
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 1: three preseason games. What stands out to us the most.

1089
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 1: Jay shared some of his best stories from his times

1090
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,960
Speaker 1: in Baltimore, which I loved hearing that story. But I'm

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00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 1: gonna throw it to you, guys. I'll throw it to

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00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:42,240
Speaker 1: you first game for your final takeaways from this schedule.

1093
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: There's a lot to break down. I'm sure we're gonna

1094
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: do it going forward, but what else do you have

1095
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,719
Speaker 1: to add? As we get ready to say goodbye here?

1096
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:54,280
Speaker 1: It's a tough schedule. Man. I'm excited though, the fact

1097
00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:56,600
Speaker 1: that we have a schedule, that we have something to

1098
00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: look so forward to. Everything is like chronological order from

1099
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: free agency to the draft. Now you finally get a

1100
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,440
Speaker 1: sense of hope of Okay, the football season is here.

1101
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: Now we have something to look forward to. And I'm

1102
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,360
Speaker 1: a guy that I'm a deadline guy, so I always

1103
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: give myself deadlines. Okay, by this day, I gotta have

1104
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 1: this done. So when I see a schedule and numbers

1105
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,040
Speaker 1: beside it and this is the date of the game.

1106
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: It only makes me excited. So I'm pumped. Man. I

1107
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: think this is a must win year, right for everyone involved.

1108
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I think this is a

1109
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: winnable schedule, and I think the Vikings can make some noise.

1110
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,399
Speaker 1: You put the pieces together. I know there are gonna

1111
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:36,719
Speaker 1: be more pieces at it once you know, time goes on,

1112
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 1: but the pieces are here and now. It's just the

1113
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 1: fact that just showing up and playing Jay. One of

1114
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: the things this always lets us do every year. Once

1115
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: we finally get the schedule is for all of us

1116
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: that are on this podcast and the rest of the

1117
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 1: people thin the organization, you can actually plan your life

1118
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 1: for the next eight months at least. So this is

1119
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 1: the beginning of everything feeling like this is the real world.

1120
00:55:56,080 --> 00:56:00,279
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing a packed stadium, hopefully. I'm

1121
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 1: looking forward to feeling a building shake, doing a skull chant.

1122
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that first touchdown and hearing the

1123
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:10,399
Speaker 1: roof fly off the place. That's what I'm looking forward

1124
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: to most. Being at those games last year. It was

1125
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 1: great to be at a football game and have a

1126
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,280
Speaker 1: sense of normalcy for us, but it wasn't normal. Nothing

1127
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:22,320
Speaker 1: was normal last season, and for me that be the case.

1128
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Speaker 1: And then giving that we're playing this murderers row at

1129
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 1: times of teams. Of the fourteen teams we're playing, seven

1130
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 1: of them were playoff teams, and so that just means

1131
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 1: that there's always turnover a year to year. We already

1132
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 1: talked about the quarterback changeover in the controversies with some

1133
00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:40,279
Speaker 1: of these teams, But in general, for me, the thing

1134
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: I'm excited about the most is seeing a normal football game,

1135
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 1: hopefully getting everybody back in there hopefully and in the

1136
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 1: end having a successful season. And I just feel like

1137
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: we know how this tends to go. Last season was

1138
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,440
Speaker 1: not what the team wanted. We don't typically have back

1139
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,759
Speaker 1: to back dreadful seasons, and just feeling like, let's have

1140
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,879
Speaker 1: some fun, let's have a hopefully a playoff push by

1141
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:05,879
Speaker 1: this team and really make it memorable. I agree, Jay,

1142
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,759
Speaker 1: it's the start of the calendar, it's the start of

1143
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 1: the schedule, it's the start to get excited for the

1144
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:16,240
Speaker 1: season to come. Everybody zero and zero, everyone's perfect. Everyone

1145
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: has the hopes and dreams of hoisting that Lombardi Trophy

1146
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:23,480
Speaker 1: in February. When this whole thing is over, so so

1147
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: much to look forward to and a lot of content

1148
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 1: to look forward to on the Vikings Entertainment Network and

1149
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: their platforms. We have a full breakdown season schedule breakdown

1150
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: from Voice of the Vikings Paul Allen and Fox nine's

1151
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:40,280
Speaker 1: Ron Johnson. They're gonna break down every single part of

1152
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: the Vikings schedule and will be joined by a ton

1153
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 1: of guests in Adam Thalen and a few others. That

1154
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 1: will be at sixty five pm on Wednesday night and

1155
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,000
Speaker 1: we'll be live on Vikings dot Com and all of

1156
00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: the social media platforms. Also, Rookie Minicamp begins this weekend.

1157
00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:59,400
Speaker 1: It will be your first chance to see some of

1158
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:03,120
Speaker 1: your favorite Vikings draft picks in their purple and white

1159
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: practice uniforms. Really exciting time. I want to see what

1160
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:11,040
Speaker 1: Kellen Mond will bring at that quarterback position, and obviously

1161
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:13,439
Speaker 1: the rest of the Vikings draft picks will be there

1162
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:17,160
Speaker 1: as well. Full Squad Mini Camp will follow Rookie Mini

1163
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,320
Speaker 1: Caamp and that will be in the weeks to follow.

1164
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,240
Speaker 1: A ton of great content with all the Vikings players

1165
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:25,360
Speaker 1: being back on the building taking part in some of

1166
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:29,200
Speaker 1: those offseason workouts. It's a really exciting time as the

1167
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:32,840
Speaker 1: team gets ready for the new season. But until then,

1168
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: we will see you next time on the Minnesota Vikings podcast,

1169
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 1: and we are less than a hundred days away from

1170
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:42,919
Speaker 1: live Vikings football. We will see you next week