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Speaker 1: You know, I played with him for two years in Washington,

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Speaker 1: a lot in the backboarding behind that would company that

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Speaker 1: would at the top of the list a month. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast with your host Mike Walkshaw

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Speaker 1: and Chris Corso. All right, everyone, it's here. The regular

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Speaker 1: here the Vikings getting set to play the Atlanta Falcons.

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Speaker 1: And this is episode seven of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast,

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Speaker 1: or episode double O seven Shaken not Stirred, as producer

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Speaker 1: Jay Nelson has put it as always. Chris Corso joins

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Speaker 1: me to get ready for a Week one and the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons a jam pack show to kick things off

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Speaker 1: right here on the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Remember, the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast comes to you one time per week throughout

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Speaker 1: regular season. On today's episode, we're gonna break down the

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring in Chris Corso right now, what's up, Chrissy.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna intro this show with something that Kirk said yesterday. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it was Gary Kubiak told him in a meeting

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Speaker 1: hand man, and those two won a Super Bowl together

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Speaker 1: in Seattle they beat Denver and Gary Kubiak and Peyton

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Speaker 1: Manning pretty handily at MetLife Stadium. So that's where dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn got on the map, and he parlayed that experience

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Speaker 1: into applying to be the Atlanta Falcons head coach. Atlanta

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Speaker 1: gave him that job in twenty fifteen. And what did

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Speaker 1: dan Quinn do well? In his second year, he helped

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Speaker 1: guide the Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl. They lost

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Speaker 1: to the Patriots, but in dan Quinn's second season, he

436
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Speaker 1: got the Atlanta Falcons to the super Bowl. That was

437
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Speaker 1: after the two and sixteen seasons. So defensive minded head coach,

438
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Speaker 1: really solid defense. They're fast, they play a lot like

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Speaker 1: Seattle's defense. They have a fast, athletic, tough front four.

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Speaker 1: They have athletic linebackers, and they play a lot of

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Speaker 1: single high safety. They cram the box sometimes with eight guys,

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Speaker 1: and it's really hard to run on a dan Quinn

443
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Speaker 1: Pete Carroll defense. They try and take that away and

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Speaker 1: they try and muddy the picture on the second level,

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Speaker 1: so it's really hard to make crossing routes work. It's

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Speaker 1: really hard to get the intermediate passing game going. So

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Speaker 1: that's sort of what I think about when I think

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Speaker 1: about the Atlanta Falcons offensively, Obviously they have Julio Jones,

449
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Speaker 1: but that's not the only good receiver they have. They

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Speaker 1: also have a really good tight end named Austin Hooper.

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Speaker 1: If you remember early in the season last year, we

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Speaker 1: struggled with tight ends. So we're gonna have to keep

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Speaker 1: our eye on Austin Hooper as well as Julio Jones.

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Speaker 1: And then just when you got those two guys figured out,

455
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Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley, you also have Calvin Ridley and Mohammed sanou So.

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Speaker 1: A really good sophisticated passing attack that is triggered by

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Speaker 1: quarterback Matt Ryan, who is an MVP candidate in a

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Speaker 1: lot of seasons and as obviously really good players not

459
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Speaker 1: going to run around and make a bunch of plays

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Speaker 1: on you, but he's gonna stand tall in the pocket

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Speaker 1: and deliver throws in the face of pressure. I think

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Speaker 1: a key um for us to watch in this game

463
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Speaker 1: as you're breaking down matchups is going to be the

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Speaker 1: right side of the Falcons offensive line. I don't know

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Speaker 1: who's going to line up and play and start on

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Speaker 1: the right side of their offensive line. They signed a

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Speaker 1: free agent um offensive tackle they signed two free agent

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Speaker 1: offensive guards, and they used a draft first round draft pick,

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Speaker 1: two first round picks on lineman Chris Chris Lindstrom. Chris

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Speaker 1: Lindstrom was an interior guy yep out of Boston College.

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Speaker 1: He's getting overall yep, yep. We looked at him as well.

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Speaker 1: And who is the other one, Caleb mc McGarry. Caleb

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Speaker 1: McGarry thirty first overall, he's a tackle. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: ask our guy Matthew Tabek about those about those cats

475
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Speaker 1: to see what the Falcons got going on the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: because that's going to be an important spot for them

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Speaker 1: as they come to US Bank Stadium and play the

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Speaker 1: best defensive line in the NFL. Who is Daniel Hunter

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Speaker 1: going to be looking at on a snap to snap basis?

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Speaker 1: Who is Lindvall Joseph going to be looking at? If

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Speaker 1: he's lined up over a guard. We know if he's

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Speaker 1: lined up over a center, it's gonna be Alex Mack.

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Speaker 1: But if he's lined up over a guard, who's he

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Speaker 1: going to be looking at? Um? We think we think

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Speaker 1: we know Everson Griffin's going to be matched up against

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Speaker 1: Jake Matthews, which is a dynamite matchup Jake Matthews as

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Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl caliber left tackle, so that that's a

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Speaker 1: cool matchup. But um, that's sort of what I think

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Speaker 1: about when I think of the Atlanta Falcons and a

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Speaker 1: team that you can sleep on this year because last

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Speaker 1: year they sort of faded. And the reason I think

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Speaker 1: they did is because they had a lot of injuries

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Speaker 1: to their defense. A lot of star players on defense

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Speaker 1: were lost to injury, and I think I think that

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Speaker 1: took some of the bite out of that defense. So

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Speaker 1: I am not sleeping on these Falcons. This is a

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Speaker 1: tougher Week one matchup for the Vikings than last year's

498
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Speaker 1: game was against the Niners, absolutely, you know, and that

499
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Speaker 1: was not a walk in the park and when we

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Speaker 1: ended up winning that game and we got after Garoppolo

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Speaker 1: pretty well. But this is gonna be a tougher matchup

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Speaker 1: and so it's it's gonna it's gonna be a really

503
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Speaker 1: good game. It's probably one of the better matchups in

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Speaker 1: Week one in the NFL when you look at it,

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Speaker 1: even though neither team made the playoffs last year. It's

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Speaker 1: a really good matchup. So that's what we think about

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. Anything you want to fill in the blanks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would just touch on the defense. It's anchored by

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Speaker 1: Grady Jared in the middle. He's on the franchise take

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Speaker 1: He's a big guy right in the middle there. I'd say,

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Speaker 1: a younger version of Windvall Joseph, So keep an eye

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Speaker 1: on him. To Cars, McKinley was a good pass rusher

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Speaker 1: that they drafted out of UCLA a few years ago.

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Speaker 1: He is a good player as well. There's a lot

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Speaker 1: of players on this defense that you look and you say, wow,

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize that Dion Jones at linebacker out of LSU.

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize Kean O'Neill was on in that defensive

518
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Speaker 1: backfield as well. So there are a lot of playmakers

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Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. You always think

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Speaker 1: offense with the Atlanta Falcons, but keep an eye on

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Speaker 1: the defense and what Kirk Cousins does when he takes

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Speaker 1: on the Atlanta Falcons. All right, that's the Vikings perspective

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Speaker 1: on the Falcons. Let's get a Falcons perspective on the Falcons,

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Speaker 1: and we'll bring in Falcons Digital Managing editor man Mathew Tabik.

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Speaker 1: You can find him on Twitter at Matthew Tabik. M

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Speaker 1: A T T H e W tabik is t A

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Speaker 1: B E e K. Welcome in, Matthew, Hey, good morning, guys.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be on your show. Yeah, we're how We're

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Speaker 1: glad you joined us because we play you guys week one.

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Speaker 1: We're curious on your team. There are some changes that

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Speaker 1: you've gone through, as every NFL team has, and obviously

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Speaker 1: this is the time of year where optimism reigns supreme

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Speaker 1: for most NFL teams. Would you guys say optimism is

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Speaker 1: reigning supreme in Atlanta? For the Falcons, optimism is high.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot to do, a lot of boxes

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Speaker 1: to check off this offseason. As you guys know, Dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn made substantial changes a long as coaching staff, So

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Speaker 1: there was that getting everybody on the same page, and

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Speaker 1: then there was the you know, they obviously addressed the

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Speaker 1: offensive line and invested a lot they you know, they

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Speaker 1: signed first Ay Freqency, James Carp, Jamon Brown, and then

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Speaker 1: in the draft they drafted two first round There's two

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Speaker 1: first rounders, Chris Lindstrom and Caleb McGarry. A garden to tackle,

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Speaker 1: so there was a lot to do there. As good

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Speaker 1: as season as Matt Ryan had statistically last year. He

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Speaker 1: was also hit a lot and he was sacked forty

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Speaker 1: two times, and that was something that was at the

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Speaker 1: top of the list amongst the grocery list full of

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Speaker 1: things to do. So yes, yeah, it's interesting, you know,

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Speaker 1: because what you just said, Matt Ryan, your quarterback had

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Speaker 1: a good statistical season, but he was hit and sacked

552
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Speaker 1: too many times. It sounds familiar. That sounds pretty familiar, man.

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Speaker 1: That's what we said about Kirk Cousins last year. Forty times.

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Speaker 1: For Kirk Cousins, obviously, he threw for over thirty touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: He had the highest completion percentage of his career here

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Speaker 1: with the Vikings last year. But that goes unnoticed when

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Speaker 1: you're sacked forty times and we owe five hundred in

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Speaker 1: the season. It sure does. And then when you don't

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Speaker 1: achieve what you want to achieve with the end of

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00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: the year, everybody's you know, kind of looking at things

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Speaker 1: a little sideways. Yeah. I think Chris Lindstrom was a

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Speaker 1: guy that maybe a lot of Vikings fans probably you know,

563
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Speaker 1: studied because there was just a sense here in Minnesota

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Speaker 1: that it was if an offensive lineman was the pick

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Speaker 1: for us at eighteen, it was gonna be an interior guy.

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Speaker 1: And I kind of think the two best in the

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Speaker 1: draft were Lyndstrom and Bradberry. So we are really happy

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Speaker 1: with Garrett Bradberry. Are you guys happy with Lindstrom so far? Thrilled?

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Speaker 1: I mean he from day one, he you know, again,

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Speaker 1: you're watching them in mini camp and you can only

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Speaker 1: tell so much, but he's such a smart guy. And

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Speaker 1: then once they put the pads on, he looked like

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Speaker 1: the real deal. And then once they trotted him out

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Speaker 1: there in the preseason games. Uh, you know, with every rookie,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have your your moments, those learning moments. But

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Speaker 1: now he's he's the real deal, looks apart and uh,

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Speaker 1: they're thrilled with him. Uh you know, only but positive

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Speaker 1: things to say about him, and um, yeah it was

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Speaker 1: a great pick and a much needed pick, and uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: only only but positive things when when it comes to

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Speaker 1: cristland Stone, Yeah, I'm very excited for um the matchups

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Speaker 1: that we're going to be able to watch matt when

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Speaker 1: we're at us Bank Stadium and you guys are on offense,

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Speaker 1: you know, um, assuming everyone plays who I mentioned here, Matthews,

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Speaker 1: Jake Matthews against Everson and whoever you line up at

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Speaker 1: right tackle against Daniel. I think that's going to be

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Speaker 1: fun to watch. It's surious because the Vikings, you know,

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00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: a formidable defensive front, and uh, you know, it's it's

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00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: going to be key for Atlanta to uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: establish the line of scrimmage as best they can to

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Speaker 1: get that run game going. They're really excited to have

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Speaker 1: DeVante Freeman back. Um, you know, he's missed sixteen games

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Speaker 1: over the last two seasons, and he is what Dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn all a multiplier, meaning you know, everybody just feeds

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Speaker 1: off of him, his energy, in what he brings to,

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Speaker 1: you know, just every single play. And so they want

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Speaker 1: to get Devanty Freeman's woman. And then of course, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you can protect Matt and give Matt

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Speaker 1: some time. They really like their weapons out on the

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Speaker 1: outside with Julio Jones, Mournaments and new Calvin Ridley and

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Speaker 1: then the tight end Austin Hooper. My biggest question is

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Speaker 1: a few years a lot of people forget it. It It

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Speaker 1: was just a few years ago that you guys were

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Speaker 1: in that Super Bowl game. So you and a lot

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Speaker 1: of the offense is pretty similar to the offense as

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Speaker 1: it was that year we have that. We have the

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Speaker 1: same sort of feeling here in Minnesota two thousand, just

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Speaker 1: just a few years ago, we lost to the Eagles

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Speaker 1: in the NFC title game there, just one game away

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Speaker 1: from the super Bowl. So what is the feeling with

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Speaker 1: a guy like dan Quinn who's around for that and

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Speaker 1: still thinks this team has the potential to get there?

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Speaker 1: You know, I talked to dan Quinn not long ago,

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Speaker 1: and I reminded him what he said following the season,

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Speaker 1: which was, you know, when he did make the changes

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Speaker 1: to his staff when he first got here, you know,

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Speaker 1: he was he didn't really know the team. You don't

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Speaker 1: know the team inside out quite like you do after

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Speaker 1: you know, two, three, four years. And so now he

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Speaker 1: felt like, following last year, the seven and nine finish,

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Speaker 1: that he just needed certain kinds of coaches to get

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Speaker 1: the best out of you know, the players that he

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Speaker 1: does that they do have here and the players that

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Speaker 1: they want to continue to build their and so and

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Speaker 1: then the other part of it, too is that he

626
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Speaker 1: felt like he needed to take over the defense. That's

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Speaker 1: you know, his calling card, that's that's where he made

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Speaker 1: his mark up in Seattle. The Legion of boom and

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Speaker 1: and so you know, he's got his hands all over

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Speaker 1: this team now and I think, you know, he knows

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Speaker 1: this team so much more than when he was in

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Speaker 1: his first and second year, and so that's been a

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Speaker 1: big difference for this team. Obviously. The thing that derailed

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Speaker 1: that team last year, and no team or you know,

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Speaker 1: no players or coaches will say it, you know, it

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00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: is an excuse, but the injuries were just decimated this name.

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Speaker 1: I mean, would you lose two starters at one position,

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Speaker 1: let alone two starters at two positions, It's pretty tough

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Speaker 1: to overcome. They had that plus then some so yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean dan Quinn taking more control calling plays and

641
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Speaker 1: you guys being healthy. I mean, it's an entirely different operation,

642
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: you know for the Falcons defense. And that's one thing

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Speaker 1: that we talked about before you came on earlier on

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Speaker 1: the podcast, is you know, you can't sleep on the

645
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: Falcons because all these names on defense, those injuries, Yeah,

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00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: those injuries really really um, I mean that that's a

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00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: hard thing to get over, and we certainly understand that

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Speaker 1: from an offensive line perspective. In three or four seasons here,

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Speaker 1: we've really had injuries to that group and it's really

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Speaker 1: impacts performance. Another parallel Yeah, oh no, no, go ahead

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Speaker 1: and sorry go ahead, no, no, go ahead, No, especially

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Speaker 1: up front you reference that super Bowl team. That team, uh,

653
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Speaker 1: the offensive line started every single game, and so that

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen a lot, and so that that chemistry is

655
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 1: so key too. That is often overlooked too. So that's

656
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: a good point. Yeah, that just to rein your point. Yeah,

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00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: another parallel, um in terms of storylines, Matt has been Um,

658
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: you guys, I believe you guys signed Matt Bryant. Right,

659
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: he's he's your kicker. Is that correct? He is that? Okay,

660
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: he's back to be your kicker. So we've all had

661
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Speaker 1: some special teams consternation. I bet you feel a lot

662
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: better having Matt Brian and camp what a solid, steady guy. Yeah,

663
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Speaker 1: that was something that you know, I don't think a

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Speaker 1: lot of us saw coming just because of the way

665
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Speaker 1: things you know, worked out. Matt Bryan, you know, he's

666
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: franchises all time league scorer, the loved clutch kicker. Had

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Speaker 1: some injuries he dealt with last year, just you know,

668
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Speaker 1: with the leg. And so that's why Georgio Tebeccio is

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Speaker 1: here to begin with and then you know, no one's

670
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: thought that you know, saw you know, what would happen

671
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Speaker 1: with Georgia in the preseason I think at four nine. Um.

672
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Speaker 1: And so with Matt back, you know, he's beloved with

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Speaker 1: the fan base and he wants to be here, and

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Speaker 1: so yeah, it's there is and you know during his workout,

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00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: you know, I guess he looked fabulous too. So yeah,

676
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: there's there is a sigh relief, I guess is the

677
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: best way to put it. Yeah, because it just feels

678
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: like no one needs to worry about that now and

679
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: that's such a crucial part to the team and just

680
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 1: you know, having confidence and who you tried out there.

681
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Speaker 1: So yeah, how many seasons have you been with the Falcons, Matt?

682
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Speaker 1: I have been here since twenty seventeen. So I came

683
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Speaker 1: in right after that Super Bowl you referenced with CBS Sports. Done.

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Speaker 1: Um yeah, I was. I was actually I was actually

685
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Speaker 1: at that game with CBS Sports as the lead NFL

686
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Speaker 1: editor in Houston, Um, you know, and just had no

687
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Speaker 1: idea that I was going to end up in Atlanta

688
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: at that point. So, um, but yeah, I've been here,

689
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Speaker 1: and uh, it's it's been a it's been really fun.

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Speaker 1: Being on the team side. Good good, and um, you're

691
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: the digital managing editor, you host Falcons Audible, you're a columnist,

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00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,919
Speaker 1: sort of a team inside or what are some other

693
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: things you work on with the Falcons and their digital team.

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I think you nailed it. I I you know,

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00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: oversee all the written uh content and edit stuff and

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Speaker 1: uh you know, help plan for that stuff. You know,

697
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: we uh each year we've been uh, we've We've gotten

698
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: an amazing uh leadership group here who's got some great vision.

699
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Speaker 1: That was part of the reason why I left cbsports

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Speaker 1: dot Com to come here, because uh, they want to

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Speaker 1: be different and they want to uh be the source

702
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: for all things Falcons. So we're doing more things like

703
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: you know, writing columns and putting out our own power

704
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 1: rankings and and do do you know mail bag and

705
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,760
Speaker 1: doing stuff for the avids on top of everything else,

706
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: and then uh, you know, the whole digital team itself

707
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: is growing. So as you guys know, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: I've I've heard i haven't seen it, but I've heard

709
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: about the the amazing studio and that you guys have

710
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Speaker 1: up there and and just uh, you know, we've been

711
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,879
Speaker 1: you know, we pay attention to everybody, but you guys

712
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: stick out for a lot of reasons. You guys are

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Speaker 1: doing a lot of cool things up there that uh,

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00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: you know, catch catch a lot of people's attentions, including hours,

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Speaker 1: so that yeah, for sure. Yeah, here we're moving in

716
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Speaker 1: some cool directions and uh, it's it's been a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun in the last three years. Awesome. Are you

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Speaker 1: traveling to Minnesota with the team this weekend? This this weekend,

719
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: I'm not, and we're gonna be doing some different word.

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Speaker 1: We're doing a you know, I have gone to all

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Speaker 1: the games, but we're gonna do a postgame podcast immediately

722
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Speaker 1: found the game back here at Flowery Branch, Me and

723
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: will Nick Fatten so cool. Um, you know, just to

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Speaker 1: make sure that we're all buttoned up with all our

725
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: content because as you guys know, when you travel, you

726
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: got to get on that bus and getta go catch

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00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: a plane and sometimes you know what, you know, you

728
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: can lose some some some time. They're getting up some

729
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: great content. So I'm gonna be back here making sure

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Speaker 1: all the contents up, making sure my column's up, making

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Speaker 1: sure that we get this postgame podcast up. And as

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00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 1: you guys know from our perspective. You gotta win Monday,

733
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: so that's right. We're we want to win Monday too.

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Speaker 1: So all right man, well, really good information. We appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time, have a good rest of the week, Good

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Speaker 1: luck Sunday and in twenty nineteen, and I'm sure we'll

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Speaker 1: see you down the road. Okay, Matt, hey, thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for having me on, and good luck to you

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Speaker 1: guys as well. All right here, you bet, thanks Matt Our.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Matt Tubek for joining us on the Minnesota

741
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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast to give us some info on the Atlanta Falcons.

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Speaker 1: All right, want to tee up some voicemails for you

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Speaker 1: guys for next week. Give us a phone call and

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Speaker 1: leave us a voicemail the number nine five two nine

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Speaker 1: one eight eight four three eight nine five two nine

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Speaker 1: one eight eight four three eight. The question for next week,

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Speaker 1: what is your favorite game in Vikings history? Think back

748
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: to all the games you've attended, all the games you've watched.

749
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Speaker 1: What was your favorite game to take in in Vikings history.

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Speaker 1: We want to get nostalgic from time to time on

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. This year, because the NFL is

752
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: celebrating it's one hundredth anniversary. So no better year than

753
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: this year to look back on Vikings history. Let us

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00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: know your favorite game in Vikings history, whether you watched

755
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: it on TV, listen to it on the radio, or

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Speaker 1: we're lucky enough to attend the game, let us know

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Speaker 1: what it is. Nine to five two, nine, one eight

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Speaker 1: eight four three eight, All right, Top five. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: do one of these every week, a top five list.

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Speaker 1: This week it is top five matchups of the week

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Speaker 1: in Week one. Yours truly and Chris Corso and the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings podcasts really excited to kick off regular season football.

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Speaker 1: Week one is here. We have a good one at

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Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium, of course, between the Vikings and the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: But there are some other intriguing matchups on the docket

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Speaker 1: for Week one. We're gonna rank them in the top five.

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Speaker 1: This week. We'll start with number five for me Chris,

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Speaker 1: and it's one from the NFC East. It's Giants at

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Speaker 1: Cowboys three twenty five pm Central Time on Fox. Lots

770
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Speaker 1: of intriguing storylines here. For all of you who play

771
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Speaker 1: fantasy football, I would imagine the top two players taken

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Speaker 1: in a lot of fantasy football drafts are in this game. Yep,

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Speaker 1: se Quon Barkley, who we actually touched on I took

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Speaker 1: in our Guillotine League. Obviously, we know that Paul Charchian

775
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,879
Speaker 1: didn't like that pick, so I will be watching this

776
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: game to see how that pans out. But yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Giants have a lot of changes on offense. Obviously they

778
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Speaker 1: drafted a backup quarterback in the first round, Daniel Jones,

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Speaker 1: so we'll see how Eli Manning performs in this game.

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Speaker 1: And then man the Cowboys, they have a lot of

781
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: question marks with a lot of these players that still

782
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: remain unsigned on that offense to contract extensions, the main

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Speaker 1: one being Ezekiel Elliott who has not reported to the

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Speaker 1: team facility yet, So that will be something to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on this week, and we'll see what happens

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Speaker 1: with some of those big names on the Cowboys, and

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Speaker 1: obviously a division game in the NFC East. Giants and

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Speaker 1: Cowboys three twenty five Central time on Fox is number

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Speaker 1: five in this week's top five, and the list is

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Speaker 1: intriguing games in week one Number four for me Colts

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Speaker 1: at Chargers three or five pm Central time. The game

792
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Speaker 1: is on CBS. Of course, you know Andrew Luck retired,

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00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette will be the starter, signed to a new

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00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: contract extension. The Colts also signed Brian Hoyer, whom the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots cut as they tried to get as

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00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: they got down to fifty three players. So lots of

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Speaker 1: change at a very important position for the Indianapolis Colts

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Speaker 1: as they go out to Los Angeles to play the

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Speaker 1: Chargers in a game between a pair of AFC playoff

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Speaker 1: teams from a season ago. Philip Rivers of course quarterbacking

801
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Speaker 1: for the Chargers. Noel Melvin Gordon as of now for

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, so Austin Eckler will be the starting running back.

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Speaker 1: There some injuries up front on the offensive line for

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers, so I think Noel Melvin Gordon

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Speaker 1: and some injuries up front sort of levels this matchup

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Colts and Chargers should be a pretty

807
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Speaker 1: fun game to watch. Number three back to the NFC

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Speaker 1: Noon and Central time on Fox, Chris Rams at Panthers.

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Speaker 1: So the defending NFC champs hit the road in Week one,

810
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Speaker 1: go all the way out to the East Coast for

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Speaker 1: a noon Central time kickoff against the Carolina Panthers. Speaking

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Speaker 1: of players who have big Fantasy implications. Christian McCaffrey is

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Speaker 1: another one who was taken super early in a lot

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Speaker 1: of draft UM. Yeah, I mean you got a plan

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Speaker 1: on him to touch the ball a lot for that

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers offense. UM. Looking at the Rams, they lost

817
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Speaker 1: a few key players John Sullivan, former Viking, UM Mark

818
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: Barron as well. UM. So that Rams team coming off

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Speaker 1: a disappointing Super Bowl performance against the New England Patriots.

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00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see the way that team UM

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00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 1: attacks this next season. UM. And Todd Gurley is a

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Speaker 1: guy who obviously was injured in that Super Bowl game.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how his health is going into Week one

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Speaker 1: and how they'll sort of adjust dealing with that injury.

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Speaker 1: All right. Number two on the top five most intriguing

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Speaker 1: Week one NFL matchups Steelers at Patriots, Always fun Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football seven twenty pm Central Time, kickoff on NBC

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. The Steelers no Antonio Brown, no Levon Bell.

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Speaker 1: Will it be a problem. They have Juju Smith Shoe,

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Speaker 1: they have Ben Roethlisberger, and they have an always underrated

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Speaker 1: offensive line. The Steelers offensive line is very good. We'll

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Speaker 1: see how good that defense is if Mike Tomlin, has

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00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: that group humming or not? James Connor, was he a

834
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: flash in the pan or is he a legitimate thing

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Speaker 1: for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And of course with the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: you got Belichick, you got Brady, you got Edelman. No

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Speaker 1: Gronk though, so what does the offense look like without

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Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski? And I think the New England Patriots defense

839
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: is stacked. And you don't know a bunch of players

840
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Speaker 1: on their defense, but I think it's really good. This

841
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: year might be one of Belichick's better defenses. We'll see.

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00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: Time will tell, and they're gonna have a good test

843
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Speaker 1: in Week one as they face the Pittsburgh Steelers at

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Speaker 1: Gillette Stadium. That's number two on the top five most

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Speaker 1: intriguing games. What's number one? Number one? I think it's

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00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: pretty easy to pick this game for all Vikings fans.

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00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: It's the two teams in our division, the NFC North,

848
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: playing a prime time game, Packers verse Bears. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: and perhaps best rivalry, Packers and Bears. This game is

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Speaker 1: NBC on Thursday night. Packers at Bears Khalil Mack and

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Speaker 1: and that new look offense. So should be a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun. Don't have to advertise or hype this one up.

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Speaker 1: We're all going to be watching it. And I don't know,

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Speaker 1: who do you want to lose? I to I thought

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Speaker 1: Vikings fans. I think that that's the best I think

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Speaker 1: to go to Lambeau and put them on That would

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Speaker 1: in this game, obviously, it wouldn't be great to see

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Speaker 1: Rogers win that first game. But I don't know, Man,

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Speaker 1: those Bears. That defense scares me. Yeah, all right, So

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Speaker 1: that's it. The top five most intriguing games in Week

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Speaker 1: number three, Rams at Panthers, number two, Steelers at Patriots,

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Speaker 1: and number one Packers at the Bears, and of course

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Speaker 1: the Vikings and Falcons playing a pretty good Week one matchup.

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Speaker 1: That game is noon Central Time on Fox if you

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Speaker 1: want to catch it on TV. Of course, you can

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Speaker 1: catch the game on the Vikings Radio Network as well,

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Speaker 1: where a voice of the Vikings Paul Allen, former Vikings

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Speaker 1: linebacker and coach Pete Burstitch will be in the booth,

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Speaker 1: and then of course Greg Coleman and Ben Lieber on

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Speaker 1: the sidelines. Falcons at Vikings twelve o'clock pm Central Time

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Speaker 1: from US Banks Stadium. Lastly, before we go, some Vikings

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Speaker 1: program ramming notes again. Under Center with Kirk Cousins airs

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Speaker 1: Tuesday Night on kfa N from six to seven pm,

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Speaker 1: hosted by Mark Rosen and Kirk Cousins. You can also

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Speaker 1: find Under Center on Vikings dot com and YouTube if

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Speaker 1: you want a video edit of the show. It's also

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Speaker 1: available as a podcast Apple, Google Play, Spotify, Vikings App,

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Speaker 1: Vikings dot Com, etc. The MVP podcast What You're listening

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Speaker 1: to right now uploaded on Wednesdays Vikings dot com and

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Speaker 1: YouTube for video guest edits of the show available where

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Speaker 1: you can find your favorite podcast. Skull Stories Thursday nights

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Speaker 1: on kfa N from six thirty to seven pm. Yours

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Speaker 1: Truly and Mark Rosen host that show. Thursday nights, six

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Speaker 1: thirty to seven Skull Stories. Every week will tell a

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Speaker 1: story from Vikings history that is intriguing, or we'll talk

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Speaker 1: to a player from Vikings history who played a prominent

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Speaker 1: role with the team. This week it's Randall McDaniel, who

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Speaker 1: has retired of course from the NFL, but he's still working.

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Speaker 1: How and where is he working? We'll let you know.

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Speaker 1: But you're gonna love the story because it's right here

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Speaker 1: locally in Minnesota. And then you have Vikings Final Prep

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Speaker 1: on Fridays. That is Friday night on kfa N from

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Speaker 1: six thirty to seven pm. Yours Truly host that show.

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Speaker 1: We give you all the latest news and information, injury updates, opinions,

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Speaker 1: game information, sights and sounds from the week that was

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Speaker 1: at Winter Park on Vikings Final Preparation Friday nights, kfa N,

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Speaker 1: six thirty to seven pm. All right, that's Gonna Do

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Speaker 1: It four, Episode seven of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. The

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Speaker 1: next time we talk to you, we will know if

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Speaker 1: the Vikings began the season with a win or a loss. Again.

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Speaker 1: They play the Atlanta Falcons noon Central Time on Sunday

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Speaker 1: from US Bank Stadium. Until then on behalf of our

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Speaker 1: guests today again, we think Kirk Cousins for joining us

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Speaker 1: on on behalf of producers Jay Nelson and Chris Corso.

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Speaker 1: This is Wabi signing off for now. It's cool Vikings