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Speaker 1: Vikings Podcast, Episode triple one or one eleven, whatever flows

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Speaker 1: your boat. I'm Tatum Everett steering this ship alongside Gabe Henderson,

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Speaker 1: Chris Corso, and our producer Jay Nelson. We've got a

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Speaker 1: big show today. We put Sunday to bed and look

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Speaker 1: guests that you may not know very well yet, but

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Speaker 1: Kicker Greg Joseph and punter Jordan Barry join the show.

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Speaker 1: Plus we'll share what we're excited about and what we're

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Speaker 1: So you know things didn't go as planned, guys. This

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Speaker 1: past weekend, the Vikings felled to the Bengals twenty seven,

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Speaker 1: Let's do it. I know we all need events sometimes, right,

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Speaker 1: Therapy is good. How long we got talking about your feelings?

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Speaker 1: and I looked right at Gay. That wasn't on purpose?

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Speaker 1: All right, Actually, Gabe, do you want to go first?

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Speaker 1: Let's do it, all right? I'm You're on the clock

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Speaker 1: The big thing that still eats at me today is

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Speaker 1: or see how much you already know about each other.

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Speaker 1: It's called two truths and a line. It's pretty common.

426
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Speaker 1: I'm going to say three facts about Greg or three

427
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Speaker 1: facts about Jordan, and you tell me which one is

428
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,560
Speaker 1: a lie. Is that good? Sounds good? All right? I'll

429
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Speaker 1: start with Greg. You ready? Jordan? Okay, So he is

430
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Speaker 1: the all time leader at his college and field goals made,

431
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Speaker 1: his favorite soccer team is Manchester United, and his longest

432
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Speaker 1: career field goal is fifty three yards. Then I kind

433
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Speaker 1: of figured he probably wasn't hiding that one. I don't know, stump. Yeah,

434
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say he set along with one and fifty

435
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Speaker 1: three point Bingo fifty four. Good job, Greg, looks like

436
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,479
Speaker 1: you made a nice pal in Jordan. Let's see how

437
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 1: much you know about him. No pressure, So he didn't

438
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Speaker 1: have a chance to try out for the NFL for

439
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Speaker 1: an NFL team until twelve months after college. He has

440
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Speaker 1: an engineering degree and he has the fourth most total

441
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Speaker 1: yards punned in Steeler's history. I know, and you said

442
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Speaker 1: you had a year out yea or most sounds right

443
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Speaker 1: because you put I'm gonna go with the engineering degree,

444
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,639
Speaker 1: m bengo. He has a teaching degree, right, So you

445
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,119
Speaker 1: wanted to be a teacher. Yeah. I had some pretty

446
00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 1: good physical education teachers in hostile so you wanted to

447
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: sort of stick on that path and do what they did.

448
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, so realize we're in Kentucky that I I

449
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 1: don't take physical education seriously. Has been the best choice.

450
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 1: I mean, KFC is a staple down there. Man. It's tough.

451
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,760
Speaker 1: It's tough, man. Yeah. Well, thank you guys so much

452
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Speaker 1: for playing long and joining us here on the Minnesota

453
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Speaker 1: Vikings podcast. We're so happy that you guys are here

454
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Speaker 1: and wish you the best of luck this season. Thank

455
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Speaker 1: you so much for having us and exciting for the

456
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Speaker 1: rest of the year. Week by week, Stay safe, school guys,

457
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,679
Speaker 1: you too, Thank you guys. Having a good long, loved

458
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Speaker 1: hearing from Greg Joseph and Jordan Barry. You know, I

459
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Speaker 1: feel like they're two like super cool calm guys with

460
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 1: the floe Like I kind of want to sit down

461
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: and like have a beer with them. Yeah. Yeah, the

462
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: Australian were good. Yeah, they probably got beers we've never

463
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,919
Speaker 1: tried before, right up. My ALI For me, I like

464
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,880
Speaker 1: the fact that the calm guys are your high pressure guys,

465
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Speaker 1: right yeah. The little bit that they talked about it

466
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Speaker 1: just saying nope, I got my routine. Every find it

467
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Speaker 1: over the years, and they kind of have this hopefully

468
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Speaker 1: zen moment when the pressure is really on and you know,

469
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Speaker 1: if there's any indication given what just happened here in Cincinnati,

470
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Speaker 1: I think we're gonna be We're gonna be in a

471
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Speaker 1: pretty good spot here for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 1: Both of them, you can tell they're professionals, like they've

473
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Speaker 1: been around the block, they've done this before, and I

474
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Speaker 1: think that's like very key. When you've got you know,

475
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Speaker 1: some hair on the tooth, is that the same hair? No,

476
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Speaker 1: never heard of that, but we can long in the tooth?

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Speaker 1: What is long in the tooth hair? I don't know

478
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Speaker 1: why I thought hair? Um? Can we get that out

479
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: on the podcast. I'm just kidding, you can leave it.

480
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Speaker 1: I don't care. Um, I yeah, I think they're like

481
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Speaker 1: long in the tooth, they kind of hair on the tooth.

482
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Speaker 1: But just thinking about that image, sorry, the dog, hair

483
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Speaker 1: of the dogs, hair of the dog that together with

484
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Speaker 1: long in the two Now I get what you're saying.

485
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Speaker 1: Those guys. I mean you gotta think they're they're so

486
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Speaker 1: uh That's what I'm here for there. I mean they're

487
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Speaker 1: so secluded throughout the week. They're with each other, them

488
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Speaker 1: and Andrew to Paula throughout the week. I mean, they

489
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: don't go to team meetings, they don't go to um

490
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Speaker 1: position meetings. So whether they're you know, playing ping pong

491
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Speaker 1: in the locker room or just doing some type of bonding.

492
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Speaker 1: Their their job is so high pressure, like you said,

493
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Speaker 1: so to have that, you know, that camaraderie, that chemistry,

494
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Speaker 1: that trust in each other, I feel like that's all

495
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: they need because they're with each other all day. So

496
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Speaker 1: the fact that you know they're they're able to perform

497
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Speaker 1: in those high pressure situations, you're like, Okay, we're in

498
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Speaker 1: good hands at least for another week. So Jay, like

499
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: I said, you know better than we all do. But

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Speaker 1: I think we can all say we left Sunday's game

501
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Speaker 1: confident going into week two from the special teams unit. Yeah,

502
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Speaker 1: And for me, it's gonna come down to say, we

503
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Speaker 1: get to the back end of the season and there

504
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: is another kick you have to have. If you see

505
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: that thing go through the uprights as well in a

506
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,160
Speaker 1: high another high pressure moment throughout the season, it'll only

507
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: help gain confidence. Now for all of those lifers here

508
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: in Minnesota, get to a playoff game and you get

509
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 1: in one of those situations, you're still going to have

510
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,719
Speaker 1: a little bit of you know, stomach acid rolling up

511
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: there grow just like, oh gosh, here we go again.

512
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Speaker 1: But I just think if you can find it as

513
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Speaker 1: a consistent thing throughout the season, it'll help everybody feel

514
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 1: a lot easier watching a game knowing that we have

515
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Speaker 1: guys we can rely on. And I think of everybody

516
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Speaker 1: in the state that's going to feel that way, Coach

517
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Speaker 1: Zimmer is the one that wants to feel it the most.

518
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Speaker 1: I think. I think what's bubbling up. There's just your ptst.

519
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Speaker 1: One good thing that they both have is perspective. Right,

520
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 1: they come from another country there into the States, so

521
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Speaker 1: like they have a different perspective of how things are

522
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 1: already goes, so like now they have a different perspective

523
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Speaker 1: of how you look at the kicker and punter. It's

524
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Speaker 1: just like, hey, well you know, it's a high person situation.

525
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 1: But for us, we're just doing our job, Like, this

526
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: is what we love to do. This is the opportunity,

527
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Speaker 1: this is the moments that we enjoy being a game.

528
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: Kicking a special I mean, kicking an extra point, it's great,

529
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Speaker 1: But what's a kicker without a long fifty three yard

530
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Speaker 1: or when time is expiring, or what's a punter when

531
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Speaker 1: you're backed up and he boots a sixty four yard punt?

532
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: Likes that's the perspective that those guys have and which

533
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,959
Speaker 1: was really cool to hear. I just want to give

534
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Speaker 1: a shout out to one of my favorite people in

535
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Speaker 1: the building, special teams coordinator Ryan Ficking. He deserves this role.

536
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: He's been with the Vikings for twelve thirteen how many years? Jay,

537
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: He's been here like thirteen fourteen years. It feels like

538
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: and for him to finally get this special teams coordinator

539
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: role and to deal with everything that he's dealt with

540
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: this year, from bringing in a kicker and a punter

541
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Speaker 1: a week before the season. I just I'm rooting for him,

542
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: and certainly we love to see the special teams unit

543
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 1: have a good game in Week one. One reason why

544
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Ryan Ficking is because I saw him

545
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: at the State Fair a couple of weeks ago and

546
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: he gave me a Sweet Martha's cookie. He had a

547
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: big bucket of it. I told him, she's that kind

548
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 1: of guy. He let me try one. But speaking of Martha,

549
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: did anybody see that video that cafe and posted of

550
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 1: the lady after wasn't her name Martha? I don't know.

551
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 1: I'm gonna just call her Martha, call her sweet Martha.

552
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: After that video, man, she had me dying. I watched

553
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: it after the game, after he got back on the flight,

554
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: and I was like, dude, she is all of us

555
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 1: in one video. How she was really my mother watching

556
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: ls she's my dad. I haven't seen the video, but

557
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: she does make like two to three million dollars a

558
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 1: year just on the week at the State Fair. Wow.

559
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 1: Oh sweet Martha. Yeah you're talking about I'm still talking

560
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: about Cookie. So go to Instagram channel to Instagram, I'm

561
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 1: talking about three million. I'm like, well, she's a real

562
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: TikTok star now, isn't she. Wow, you're talking about totally Well, yeah,

563
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: she was just a fan. Very okay, saw that? Yeah,

564
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 1: so that her name is Martha. In case anyone else

565
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,880
Speaker 1: wasn't following. If you haven't watched it, it is the

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Speaker 1: fourth video on fifth video on Kafeean's Instagram channel. Here's

567
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: the thing watching that video was me going back and

568
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: thinking about all of the years I'd be sitting at

569
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: friends houses watching games. There's one friend in particular. We

570
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: would go to his house every single Sunday for games

571
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: prior to me working for the team. It was just

572
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 1: the routine. You'd show up at their place, bring some food,

573
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: everybody hanging out. And the best part was sitting in

574
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: the basement watching the game with everybody and then hearing

575
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Speaker 1: from upstairs my friend's mom screaming at the TV. And

576
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: the best part was there was about a five second

577
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: delay from downstairs. Oh no, so we knew what happened,

578
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: and here's the reaction. And then you just kind of

579
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: listen and she would go bananas, and then you just

580
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: start giggle into yourself watching the game. Really sadly didn't

581
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: have TikTok back then, Jay, Yeah, TikTok wasn't even a

582
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: thought on anyone's mind. So in these moments having your

583
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: TV delayed, does that make the anks a little lighter?

584
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: Not necessarily, because if something happens as you're watching it

585
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, here we go, and then five

586
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: seconds later you get to hear it again from somebody

587
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: else versus everybody in the moment at the same time together.

588
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: It's just one of those things where for me, when

589
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: I watched that, I started laughing. I actually I showed

590
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: it to my wife and just said, this reminds me

591
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: of my friend's mom. It was fantastic. Yeah, I have

592
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: a feeling a lot of Vikings fans felt that way

593
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: for a few parts of the game. You know, I

594
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: can't wait to see the one where she's happy, right,

595
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: And maybe maybe maybe that will happen this week when

596
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: the Vikings head to Arizona. They're gearing up to hit

597
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: the road once more before the home opener the next week,

598
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: So we'll talk about that a second, but you know

599
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: they're playing a Cardinals team that oh, I mean just

600
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: put on a show against the Titans thirty eight thirteen.

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00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: This will be the first time that we played there

602
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Speaker 1: since twenty fifteen. Well, five point underdogs in the remember

603
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: that game very well. There's a night football. Yeah. Lost

604
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: on the last drive. I think Matt Khalil got beat

605
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,959
Speaker 1: by Dwight Freeney on a spin move at the end

606
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: of his career. And we had no safeties in that game.

607
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: And Terrence Newman actually played his first game as a

608
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: safety in his NFL career. He moved from cornerback to

609
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: safety because we had no safeties that were even remotely

610
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: active that week. I think he was hurt and Sunday

611
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: Hill was hurt. Anthony Harris played his first career start

612
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: off the practice squad alongside Turns Newman as the safety

613
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Speaker 1: next to him. How about this they it was a

614
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: twenty three twenty loss. Like you said, um I was

615
00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: um so I said, I got to sit down with

616
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: Adam Feeland. That interview air on Game Day Live this week,

617
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: so make sure you tune in this more or Sunday

618
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: morning at ten am before Game Day Live. In that interview,

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Speaker 1: but he played nineteen percent of the snaps. It was

620
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: his second year, so who's just starting right, starting to

621
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: coming on. He had one catch targeted one time, so

622
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: just and the last time that they played the Cardinals

623
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,719
Speaker 1: was in twenty eighteen, he was in ninety seven percent

624
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: of the snaps. So yeah, when I would look that up,

625
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, look at that transformation. But is

626
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: it ironic that they lost the one in two fifteen

627
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: and then played them twice since with Adam Feeland taking

628
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: seventy six percent more of the snap seventy six percent

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00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: or more of the snaps and they win. Sounds about right,

630
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: sounds like it's my X factor. Yeah. It was that

631
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: game in particular. You had the ball you were driving

632
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: at the end of the game to try and either

633
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: kick the game tying field goal or go ahead with

634
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: the win, and like you said, you know, got beat

635
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: on the outside and I believe it was a Zac

636
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: fumble that ended the game. So I remember being at

637
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: that game in Glendale and it was one of those

638
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: moments where again it was Matt Cleo fill on his

639
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: butt but no, but but essentially it was it was

640
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: one of those one of those games where you just

641
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: felt like you were stuck in the mud again and

642
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 1: all of a sudden we get the ball and you

643
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: have the final drive option to go in either time.

644
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: Last week it was very, very very just like breaks

645
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: your heart, rips it out. Yeah, and to have it

646
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: end that way, you just you felt like you, you know,

647
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: you left something on the field that that was sitting

648
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: there waiting for you. And and yeah, so the fact

649
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: to go down there now, completely different cast of characters,

650
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: completely different different matchups on the field, but you're going

651
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: into a hostile environment on a team that absolutely tore

652
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: it up last week. And that's something that you're gonna

653
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: have to take into account here. Well, before we get

654
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: into what you're nervous about, Jay, we're going to do

655
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: what we did last week and break the game down

656
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: in this way. I'm gonna go around, get two things

657
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: you're excited about and one thing you're nervous about, and

658
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: you know, well, let's do it backwards. Let's start with you,

659
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: Chris Carstle. All Right, I'm gonna start out with what

660
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: I'm nervous about. Okay, I'm nervous about the video game

661
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: player that Andre Patterson was talking about in his press

662
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 1: conference this week, and that's Kyler Murray. The way he

663
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: runs around the field, it's like it's like you have

664
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: like a cheat code. It's like a cheat code. It's

665
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: like you're Michael Vick and Matten two thousand and five

666
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,719
Speaker 1: whatever game that was when you would just use him

667
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: and run around the field all the way back to

668
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: the opposite end zone and then just like, yeah, that's

669
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: kind of what I saw in the highlights last week,

670
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: Like it was really impressive. I know, he like never

671
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: lost a game until like one game at Oklahoma, like

672
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 1: high school on and he's just he's just a winner

673
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: and that's why he went first overall a few years ago.

674
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: And you're really starting to see him develop in this league.

675
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: So I think it all starts and ends with what

676
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: we do containing Kyler Murray, which might be an issue

677
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: with if Anthony Barr isn't. There two things I'm excited about.

678
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 1: Let's see. I think I'm really excited about how this

679
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: offensive line is gonna just react to what happened last week.

680
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: I want to see I want to see more in

681
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 1: the past protection game, and I think it's gonna happen.

682
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,399
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be something we focused on all

683
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: throughout practice this week. I think Brian O'Neal is gonna

684
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,879
Speaker 1: get hyped up. And I really want to see Kirk

685
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: Cousins throw the ball down the field. That's number two.

686
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,720
Speaker 1: I want to see play calling shots down the field.

687
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: We missed that last game. A lot of our big

688
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 1: plays were like, yeah, click, Kobe, I didn't have enough

689
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: page in that playbook. You're just like flipping trying to

690
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: figure out what do I do for my seventh third

691
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: and long at the game. Or I want to see

692
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: a seventy yard justin Jefferson touchdown. That's I want to

693
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: see a little gritty into the end zone breaking you

694
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: know now it doesn't even have to break a tackle

695
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: because he's already passed the DV. That's what I want

696
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: to see in this game. I'm excited for that. You

697
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: got something, Jay, all right. For me, it's the motivated

698
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: team at the focus on cleaning up the mistakes. You

699
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: had one hundred and sixteen yards and penalties twelve accept

700
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: the penalties and all you've heard all week from Delvin

701
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: Cook on down as everyone saying, you know, I have

702
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 1: to do better in order to clean up my play

703
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: and my mistakes. So for me being a motivated team

704
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: with the focus on cleaning up those mistakes. I think

705
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 1: if you know, take your hand from out behind your

706
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: back that's just tied up, it's going to help you immensely.

707
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: And we saw on the second half what this team

708
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: can do when they're finally clicking on the same page.

709
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: Number two for me is Patrick Peterson returning to Glendale

710
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,879
Speaker 1: Arizona was something to prove. Yes, he absolutely true. This

711
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 1: is for him going to be a monster game and

712
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: that I think given the way that it ended after

713
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: the illustrious career that he did have down there, at

714
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: this point, he's walking in the door saying I'm not

715
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: done yet. And so for me seeing Patrick go back

716
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: to Glendale and I want to see him make a

717
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: huge play. Now. I know he doesn't talk yet, so

718
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: we were recording this podcast before hearing him talk this week,

719
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: and he's a professional. We'll hear him say like it's

720
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,919
Speaker 1: another game, like I do know there's a lot extra involved,

721
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 1: and he's a professional, so he's played in multiple big

722
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: games before. I don't doubt any of that. But I

723
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: just think it's gonna be I just don't want him

724
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: to go out there and be so like I have

725
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: to make this, I have to do this that it

726
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: almost just overwhelms the moment, you know, because I think

727
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: as much as and maybe it's just because I don't

728
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: play professional football, but but I would just feel like

729
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: I'd have to have more juice and I just wouldn't

730
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 1: want to like overshoot myself. Well. The other thing for

731
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: me on that though, is what is actually making me

732
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 1: nervous is the fact that DeAndre Hopkins is going to

733
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: be on that field and Birch had a great breakdown

734
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,879
Speaker 1: this week and I saw that what he did when

735
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: they broke a blitz, you know, with he and Kyler

736
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,760
Speaker 1: on the same play page on how to make that happen. Now,

737
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 1: AJ Green and Christian Kirk are also on that field,

738
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: so Patrick Peterson and Rondo Moore too, Yeah, exactly. So

739
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: that's the thing is like they're definitely going to get

740
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: their shots. And we saw last week in Cincinnati it

741
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: didn't feel like they actually went at Patrick very much.

742
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 1: In the state did they kind of said we're gonna

743
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: go after Brelin. It felt like that way. But for me,

744
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins as an X factor doesn't matter who he

745
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: plays or who he's playing against So for me, if

746
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: we do end up sticking Patrick on DeAndre for a

747
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: giant chunk of the game like we used to do

748
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: with Xavier Rhodes, and we have him shadow the number

749
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: one receiver, He's going to get plenty of opportunities because

750
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 1: Kyler's not going to say, well, just because you're on DeAndre,

751
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: you know I'm not throwing to him. He's going to

752
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: throw to him. So for me, one of my nervousness

753
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: is just to see what happens with DeAndre Hopkins and

754
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: how where we game plan to kind of contain him

755
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: in this game. Yeah, the amount of weapons is very scary,

756
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: especially with the Rondel Moore aspect. I know that he

757
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,280
Speaker 1: really came on in this last game, and and um, yeah,

758
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a it's a tall task. But

759
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, I feel like Coach Zimmer has had all

760
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: week to scheme against this. We've seen what they can do.

761
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: Now it's just time to dial it up and put

762
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: the boys to work. Hopefully we do get bar back.

763
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: I mean obviously there's no word on that just yet.

764
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: So he's always been the player that Coach Zimmer uses

765
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: as the quarterback spy when you have like a mobile quarterback.

766
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: Normally it's Russell Wilson. Because we play the Seyhawks every

767
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: breaking year here, Anthony bar is always a player that

768
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: coach Zimmer will use as that spy. It'll be we'll

769
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: see what player is the one that will have to

770
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: step up in this game. If Bars not out on

771
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: the field, ye if it is. If it is Nick Vigil,

772
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 1: you know, he played very well last week. He was

773
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: the green dot guy. If it's a guy like Nick Vigil,

774
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: then he again he's going to have his work cut

775
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 1: out for him because of how mobile Kyler is. But

776
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: I also feel comfortable knowing that with all of the

777
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,320
Speaker 1: praise that came out this week, not only from internally

778
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: but externally on how Nick played in that game, I think,

779
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: you know, if that is the role that he's he's

780
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 1: a pegged to go do, then I think there's a

781
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: lot of people that feel pretty good about that's a

782
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: key role this week. That is a role that, like you,

783
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: normally you use your linebackers on the tight ends or

784
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: you know, the guys in the slot. Whatever, one linebacker

785
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: has to be dedicated towards where Kyler Murray is going.

786
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: I think that's what coach Zimmer might be dialing up

787
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: this week. He knows way more about x MOS than I.

788
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I don't know about

789
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: you Get. Well, if you look at you know, the

790
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,280
Speaker 1: stats from last year, Kyla Murray struggled the last seven

791
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: games of the season. The first you know, ten nine

792
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: or ten weeks, he was you know, killing it there

793
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: as film thirty or thirty plus points a game. But

794
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: once teams start spying, that's when Kyla Murray started to

795
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,359
Speaker 1: get flustered because he was getting interior pressure. And then

796
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 1: you had two linebackers or two safeties literally just standing

797
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: in the middle. Okay, you're gonna run out of the pocket. Okay,

798
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: we got somebody for your left side and somebody for

799
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: your right side. So things started to go downhill for him.

800
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: And of course we know Kyler Murray when he sacked

801
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: three more times in the game the Arizona Cardinals or

802
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: one and ten, So I think that's the X GET

803
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,919
Speaker 1: this fast week we got five you were holding that step?

804
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: When was that one coming out? So, I mean, you know,

805
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 1: I told Tatum. I talked to Tatum earlier this week,

806
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,720
Speaker 1: and like you know, I stay up to like four am,

807
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: just like on the regular. Now, yeah, that's what he

808
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: looked up. Fun facts about Cincinnati. Oh you want to

809
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: hear my Arizona. No, but I want to talk about

810
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: I think the guy that I'm most nervous about. I know,

811
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: of course, how you said Kyla Murray is Kyler Murray

812
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 1: talked about this other guy on the team, and the

813
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: quote that he said is this guy is really unorthodox

814
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: and when he takes his shirt off, he doesn't look

815
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: too good, but he makes plays. On Sunday Chandler Jones

816
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: five sacks last week three in the first quarter. He

817
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: chirped back on Twitter. He was like, somebody tell Yoda.

818
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: He said, tell baby Yoda to tell the truth about

819
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: your new hair. YEA, Oh my god. I love that.

820
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: I like that chemistry. But yes, that's a scary scary man.

821
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 1: And between him and JJ Watt, those guys have two

822
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: hundred and three sacks combined together. So somebody's going to

823
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: be going against Brian O'Neill every play, and then the

824
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: other person is going to be going against I think

825
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: Rashod Hill will be that guy. Of course, we want

826
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: more out of him. But when Christian Derssaw gets healthy

827
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: that's Christian Derrissaws spot to lose. So you gotta you

828
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: gotta think Rashod Hill is going to have his work

829
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: cut out for him this week. But I mean, that's

830
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: that's the challenge that you deal with every week. You know,

831
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:04,240
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones watching highlights of him taking down or tearing

832
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: apart a Titan's offensive line that I've watched for past

833
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: three seasons that has allowed Derrick Henry to be the

834
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: back to back Russian champion. I know source subject here,

835
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: but that offensive line looked like little kids out there.

836
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: Taylor Lawan looked like he had never played football in

837
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: his life. That apology, Chandler, Oh yeah right. Chandler Jones

838
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: had three of the fastest eight sacks, Like the three

839
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: of the fastest eight sacks in Week one, the fastest

840
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: the fastest two point two four seconds. We all know

841
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: how much Kirk needs some time, needs to stand in there,

842
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: and that that's a very very legitimate worry. Jay. Sorry,

843
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: I know you've been having your hand up, and all

844
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: I was gonna say is there's two factors there for

845
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: me too, and so one of those is you can

846
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: mitigate that periodically by keeping a tight end in there

847
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 1: to help combo block, Like, how many times has Daniel

848
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: Hunter been doubled up like that in those situations in

849
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: order to account for him. So, as I said last

850
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: last week on one of the shows, it was kind

851
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: of like, yeah, well he put everybody on notice by

852
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 1: having five sacks a week one, So guess what offensive

853
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,280
Speaker 1: coordinators are going, Yeah, we're going to try to neutralize

854
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: this guy as much as possible with as much help

855
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: as we can. But on top of that, Tennessee was

856
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: playing from behind almost the entire game. So Derek Henry

857
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,839
Speaker 1: only had seventeen carries for fifty eight yards, right, dang it,

858
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: you took my nervous But that's the thing that's that's

859
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 1: not a normal stat line for him and for me,

860
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: it's it's the bed of They were playing from behind

861
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: all entire game ten zero, with like thirteen minutes left

862
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: in the first So if you know, on this team,

863
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: especially if we don't have the ability and we're constantly

864
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: playing from behind him, we don't have the ability to

865
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: get Delvin moving, try to control the clock, those kind

866
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: of things. That is a recipe for disaster. So as

867
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: long as as we try to not let Chandler Jones

868
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 1: ruin what we're trying to do for those shots downfield.

869
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: Like we talked about earlier, I think that as long

870
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: as you give him enough time, we'll be able to

871
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: have some some chances against Well, Jay stole my nervous thing.

872
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: I was nervous about that. I haven't even said the

873
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: two things I'm happy about. Well, okay, we just went

874
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: on whatever. Look I will. I will just hijack your

875
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: time just for a second and just say, Jay, yes,

876
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: that's I am nervous watching Derek Henry only average three

877
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: point four yards per carry, and we haven't seen what

878
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: Dalvin is like. Last game wasn't a Dalvin game because

879
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: of how behind we were all the time and how

880
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,919
Speaker 1: we had to fight back, and so I am very

881
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited. I'm excited is to see Dalvin. I

882
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 1: have a feeling it won't be the same, you know.

883
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: I think things will be zipped up, locked up, like

884
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: more disciplined m and I want to see the run

885
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: game really get established so that we can see the

886
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: shots down the field so it can feel more skame changes.

887
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: This week we're outside zone run team, but the interior

888
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: is their weak point for the for the Arizona Cardinals.

889
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: But for sure Lawrence and Zach Allen like those guys

890
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: aren't the the core of their defense, the exterior guys.

891
00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 1: So I think a lot of inside zone, a lot

892
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: of diyes, a lot of traps, a lot of you know,

893
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: downhill runs will be what we do this week. And

894
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna have to neutralize a guy in Chandler Jones

895
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,439
Speaker 1: because instead of rushing a field, he's going down the line.

896
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: Just try to make a play. So when you get him,

897
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: you know, guessing or second guests in a play. Now

898
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: you can do a play action fake throw it over

899
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 1: the top. You don't have to worry about him being

900
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,399
Speaker 1: in your face, and it takes pressure off of everybody. Yes,

901
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 1: neutralize Chandler Jones mission number one. Yeah, But two things

902
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: I'm excited about. Um One is I'm excited about Justin Jefferson.

903
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: I think this will be a big time game for him.

904
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 1: He has Robert Alfred, who is the Patrick Peterson replacement.

905
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: He's a guy that spent six years in Atlanta, has

906
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: been hurt twice, so he's still trying to find his footing.

907
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: When you look on when you look on the tape

908
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: and watch the film. He is the guy that you

909
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: want to attack, like we say, Kylin Murray's probably gonna

910
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: attacks brilliant until he proves himself. I think that's what

911
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: Clint Kubiak is going to do, like he attacked Eli

912
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 1: Apple last week. Until he stops us, We're gonna go

913
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: at him every single play. So I'm excited. I think

914
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson will will have a big game because I

915
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: think you said he made Eli Apple barbecue, chicken, You're

916
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: chicken or apple butter, which everyone I know it's the

917
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: fall season that I mean, it's getting that time of

918
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: the year. But yeah, Apple Chris, Apple sauce, whatever you

919
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,359
Speaker 1: want to apple juice, I can go for days. But

920
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: I mean Luke Luke Barku is Robert Alfred's backup. Luke

921
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,160
Speaker 1: bark Coup played for the jacksonvill Jaguars slash year and

922
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: JJ had nine catches one hundred and twenty two yards.

923
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 1: So I think our downfield threat, like Carl Corso said,

924
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 1: taking some shots, they will be there if we block

925
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 1: up front. And then second, I think you gotta say

926
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: our I'm excited about our interior line. I talked about

927
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 1: it earlier, but there's going to be plays for us

928
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: to get to the second level. There's going to be

929
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: plays for Dalvin Cook. I mean if we get him

930
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: the ball immediately and just let him run downhill, I

931
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 1: think that will open up the floodgates for what ever else?

932
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: Who want to do on the play? Sheheet, No, I'm

933
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: that's what and that's what That's what I want to see.

934
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: That was what I was excited about with seeing Dalvin

935
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: Cook just kind of have have a game. Um, I

936
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: want to see I'm excited to see the identity of

937
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 1: this team form. I don't feel like we saw that

938
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: this past week. I think when you're put in those

939
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: tough situations, and granted a lot of them were self inflicted,

940
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: but when you're in those situations, you don't get to

941
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 1: see the identity form. So I really want to see

942
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: Clint Kubiak call a game where you know, we see

943
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: the scripted plays happen and then we can establish and

944
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: make their proper adjustments afterwards. I want to see him

945
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 1: just get the confidence as a play caller and not

946
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: feel so and not that I'm speaking for how he felt,

947
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: but but not feel like you're kind of really looking like,

948
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: how am I going to get myself out of a

949
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,359
Speaker 1: third and twenty four or a third and twenty those

950
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,280
Speaker 1: kinds of situations. You sound like Ben Lieber right now.

951
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: It really take that compliment just now. Bandage is always

952
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: says he wants to see what Clint Kubiak, what is playing? Like,

953
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 1: what's different this year from exactly because he's trying to

954
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: separate himself from dead from his dad. And we didn't unfortunately,

955
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 1: weren't going to see h much during the preseason, and

956
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: then last week didn't help us. So like, is this

957
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: the week where we actually see Clint koby x play calling?

958
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: Like is it? Oh? This is what we were we

959
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: were waiting on. So so I guess those are my

960
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: two Dalvin and Clint. I guess are my too excited?

961
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: And I already spoke about my nervous being. Um, it's

962
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: easy to speak about what you're nervous about. Well, I mean,

963
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: I feel like we could have like five top five

964
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: things you're nervous about. When another team scores thirty eight points,

965
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: there's a lot to be nervous about, a lot to

966
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 1: be nervous about. Um. But again, I just I'm nervous

967
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: about that that yards per carry, that Derrick Henry. I've

968
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: watched that man in action and it's just a whole

969
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: other thing, and I feel like Dalvin's on that same

970
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: level and I need to see. I want to look,

971
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 1: let's see, I've just got to Minnesota. I want to

972
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: see Dalvin Cook go off like I want to see

973
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: that in person. The Green Bay Packers game last year

974
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 1: a field, he pretty much what did he just take

975
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: over that entire game? Four touchdowns? Yeah, let's see that

976
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: took a screen to the crew. Yeah. Well, I think

977
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: it's about time we wrap things up. But before we go,

978
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: some shameless plugs. We are so busy here at Vikings

979
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,680
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980
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: and let's get it going with Gabe. That's your shameless

981
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,760
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982
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,000
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983
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: at ten thirty or ten o'clock I believe PM. So

984
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,399
Speaker 1: if you're at a bar tomorrow night, you might see

985
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce's face with the Clayton Kershaw Jersey talking about

986
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: some of his interest in life. He talked about his sack.

987
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: We talked for about an hour and it was a

988
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 1: great conversation leader Minnesota. Yeah, and he's got two sacks

989
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: and that the most sex he's had in a career

990
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,760
Speaker 1: was three and a half. And he knows his numbers.

991
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: He knew everything. Like you can tell, he keeps he

992
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: keeps tracks, he keeps track of everything that's going on.

993
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: He's a very aware guy. And we talked about his dog, Princeton. Also,

994
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,479
Speaker 1: Princeton the poodle just got certified as a service dog,

995
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: so he talked about that and why it was so

996
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: important to have him as a service talk. So a

997
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 1: lot a lot of good content on the audible this week,

998
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:07,400
Speaker 1: myself Michael Pierce been Lieber Joints also, so some good

999
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 1: stuff nice all right, of Courso what you got for

1000
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 1: us a shameless plug please, Vikings Vantage. This week we

1001
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: have a pretty cool guest. It's Larry Fitzgerald Senior. He's

1002
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: been riding here in the Twin Cities for a very

1003
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 1: long time as a calumnist. He obviously has a connection.

1004
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 1: His son is going to be a future Hall of Famer.

1005
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald Junior played for the Arizona Cardinals for many,

1006
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: many years, so he knows this team very well. He

1007
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: knows our market very well, and I think he's gonna

1008
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: be a great guest on the show this week, so

1009
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: stay tuned for that. That'll be Friday night on Kfan.

1010
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,919
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald Senior joins the show at six thirty pm.

1011
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 1: It'll be a really good one, so stay tuned for that.

1012
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,240
Speaker 1: All right. My shameless plug is we've got two things

1013
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:55,280
Speaker 1: going on Thursday. Opposing viewpoints drop and Vikings team reporter

1014
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: Eric Smith joins me and the Cardinals team reporter Darren

1015
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 1: Urban to get an in side view on what the

1016
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals team is about, what will it take to beat

1017
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Speaker 1: this Cardinals team. It's going to be posted on line

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Speaker 1: or on your app. And then also don't forget, we

1019
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: do have another edition of Postgame Live on Sunday with

1020
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 1: Robert Smith. He will help me break down the game.

1021
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 1: Usually at this one, it was I think it'll be

1022
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,040
Speaker 1: right after kickoff, so tune into the YouTube. It's live

1023
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: on YouTube, streamed or the app or Twitter. So yeah,

1024
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:29,840
Speaker 1: it should be. It should be a good time. It

1025
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: was great. It was great last time hearing Robert's perspective,

1026
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: and like I said, we were yelling at the TV

1027
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: together and we don't I mean, I met him. This

1028
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,359
Speaker 1: is the second time I met him, and we're just

1029
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,279
Speaker 1: already just bonded by just you know, when you watch

1030
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: a game with someone for the first time, you just

1031
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: like you're just like invested, and and that game like

1032
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:52,320
Speaker 1: ripped our hearts out. And so yeah, he was awesome.

1033
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: So given what you said earlier, keep all the footballs

1034
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,760
Speaker 1: and everything out of the studio. Out of the studio, don't. Nope,

1035
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: there's a few and there too. Yes, yeah, a lot

1036
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,359
Speaker 1: of screens, you know that. Although I realized the other

1037
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:06,080
Speaker 1: day though, when I was in the indoor practice facility,

1038
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: it's a great room to go and just like scream

1039
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 1: super loud. I don't know that from experience, I know

1040
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 1: it sounds like I do. But there was a guy

1041
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 1: that walked in and he yelled and we looked at

1042
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: him because we were set up on a shoot, and

1043
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 1: I was like, wow, I wonder if he comes in

1044
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 1: here and just yells out of frustration. Not a bad

1045
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: not a bad idea. So you're like cutting into a

1046
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: yell time. I guess he needs events. Bring him on

1047
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: the show, bring them here, all right, guys, Well, don't

1048
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: forget though. This weekend also is the TCO five K

1049
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: on Saturday. You can find that information on the website.

1050
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: I know there's still spots, so be you know, get

1051
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: a little run in before you watch him. College football. Um,

1052
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,879
Speaker 1: I will not be there. I don't run. I don't

1053
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,959
Speaker 1: know about you, guys. I'm not gonna five KO and guys,

1054
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: I know we're not supposed to look forward to the

1055
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,399
Speaker 1: next week. It's a week by week league. We take

1056
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: it one day at a time. But I just can't

1057
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 1: help myself because the home opener is ten days away.

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Speaker 1: We welcome the Seahawks into town. There are so many

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Speaker 1: fun and exciting things planned and next week's podcast guests

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Speaker 1: is already on the books. It's the director of Entertainment,

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Speaker 1: Greg Bostrom, and he is ready to go to get

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Speaker 1: you guys ready for the big game. There are a

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Speaker 1: lot of exciting new editions. We've got some pretty incredible

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Speaker 1: stuff that they've been working on. I know that there

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Speaker 1: are some things that we're going on this week that

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Speaker 1: even made the late night news when they sell the

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Speaker 1: lights and everything flashing, saying, I don't know what's going

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Speaker 1: on at US Bank Stadium tonight, but some crazy stuff

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Speaker 1: going on. So it's fans just understand, we've been working

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Speaker 1: for essentially two seasons now to get ready for this moment.

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of new things that are gonna

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Speaker 1: be coming. So you should be very excited for what

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Speaker 1: we've got planned this season. Definitely. And also if you

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Speaker 1: show up to the game, make sure you come early.

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Speaker 1: At ten am, there's going to be a big party

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Speaker 1: out in the front of US Bank Stadium featuring country

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Speaker 1: music star Dustin Lynch at the commons. Um, I'm personally excited.

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Speaker 1: Oh because A one, it's free. Yeah, you don't have

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Speaker 1: to pay for a free concerts content better, that's right. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's presented by Miller Lyte in partnership with K one

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Speaker 1: or two. So thanks to those guys. You can find

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Speaker 1: out more information at Vikings dot com Slash Kickoff Concert.

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Speaker 1: And you know, my my parents are coming to there

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Speaker 1: to that game. It'll be their first ever Minnesota Vikings game,

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Speaker 1: first time ever in Minnesota. And I get a text

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Speaker 1: for my mom the other day and she's like, Dustin

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Speaker 1: Lynch is performing before they came. Oh, your girl, Tanya

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Speaker 1: loves her some country music. So you know, she got

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Speaker 1: me up here and she's gonna watch that and and

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Speaker 1: so you know, if you don't know Dustin Lynch, if

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Speaker 1: you're not a country music fan, definitely worth a catch. Ye,

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Speaker 1: I've seen him perform. He's very talented. If you haven't

1093
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: listened to not every cowboy, you're you're missing out, or

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Speaker 1: listen to Cowboys and Angels or riding high or Mama's house.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, I think we have a Dustin Lynch fan

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Speaker 1: in the list. I listen country music. You guys know this,

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Speaker 1: so he's really good. He's a Christmas the real deal.

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Speaker 1: He's a real deal. Get your pregame on by listening

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Speaker 1: to him on Alpum Music before you come here. You go.

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Speaker 1: I know, I feel like this welcome concert is like

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Speaker 1: a flashback to Nashville for me. I'm not going to complain.

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Speaker 1: Love it all right. Well, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: tuning in today on the Minnesota Vikings Podcast as we

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Speaker 1: get you primed and ready for the Vikings game in

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Speaker 1: Arizona against the Cardinals on Sunday three thirty kickoff. Don't

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Speaker 1: forget about postgame live after the show, and stick to

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Speaker 1: Vikings dot com and the app for all the information

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Speaker 1: you need to get you ready for the big game

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. For Gabe Henderson, Chris Corso and Jay Nelson.

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Speaker 1: I'm Tatum Everett skull Vikings,