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Speaker 1: number for a while, but it seems like you got

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Speaker 1: a little bit of payback this past week, especially with

430
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Speaker 1: your sack in the game. You know, overall, how did

431
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,520
Speaker 1: you feel like the unit played, especially in the second half.

432
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,200
Speaker 1: I feel like we played well. I feel like we

433
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,080
Speaker 1: found our groove in the second half. You know, first half,

434
00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, we had a lot of guys, you know,

435
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,639
Speaker 1: I think trying to make plays and instead of this

436
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,240
Speaker 1: playing the keys and I feel like we have to

437
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,200
Speaker 1: just stick to what we know and um that's playing

438
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,920
Speaker 1: your keys and playing your blocks. First sack back with

439
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,320
Speaker 1: the team. What did you see? What did it feel like?

440
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,200
Speaker 1: And what was it able? Or what did you feel

441
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,680
Speaker 1: like when you're able to finally do your dance too? Um?

442
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,320
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just just running off the tunnel, you know,

443
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,080
Speaker 1: just being back in that atmosphere, you know, with the

444
00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,440
Speaker 1: best fans, you know, it felt it felt great, Um,

445
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,679
Speaker 1: you know, and getting my first sack back in the stadium.

446
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,560
Speaker 1: It was amazing just to be able to you know,

447
00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,280
Speaker 1: celebrate with my teammates and you know, UM give our

448
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,280
Speaker 1: team some motivation, I say, some you know, to be

449
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 1: able to you know, go out there and finish the game.

450
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,399
Speaker 1: At some point, does it kind of feel like you

451
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,880
Speaker 1: just fit right back in despite the time in between. UM,

452
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 1: I think it's coming along, but it's still it's still.

453
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 1: Um it took a little bit to get back in

454
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,200
Speaker 1: the flow and you know, get get you know, um

455
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,720
Speaker 1: re equating with you know, my old teammates and stuff.

456
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,679
Speaker 1: But you know, I feel like it's starting to you know,

457
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,640
Speaker 1: flow the right way. And you know, we're getting back

458
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,760
Speaker 1: to there. But it's also a lot of new faces

459
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: on the defense as well, so I'm sure that's part

460
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,560
Speaker 1: of it too. Yeah, it's a lot of new guys.

461
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,840
Speaker 1: You know, this team is very young, and you know, um,

462
00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 1: you know, but just being around you know, Bar Harrison,

463
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,160
Speaker 1: you know Daniel Um, Sheldon. I was with Sheldon, I'm

464
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 1: on you know, coach p Zimmer. So you know, seeing

465
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,840
Speaker 1: them guys, um, it feels good. But you got another guy,

466
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 1: um who is a little bit of a seasoned vet,

467
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,399
Speaker 1: got some long tooth out there in Patrick Peterson. So

468
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 1: it must be nice to have somebody that's you know,

469
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: maybe never you know, grew up in the TikTok cultures.

470
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 1: We like to say, yeah, you know, but you know,

471
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,000
Speaker 1: I'm the real I'm the real old g on the team,

472
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,199
Speaker 1: you know, going to twelve years. You know, I might

473
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Speaker 1: be the oldest. You know, I didn't, I didn't actually

474
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: look that up, but I think I think I might

475
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Speaker 1: be the oldest. But I feel like the young I

476
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: was just late. I would say, I was like, look,

477
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Speaker 1: I I looked down at that, you know, ten years

478
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,639
Speaker 1: down the road, I'm like, man, I'm getting older there

479
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,959
Speaker 1: are moments I'm sure you held. Yeah, I feel I

480
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,760
Speaker 1: feel I'm thirty three, but I don't feel thirty three.

481
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: I feel about twenty eight. I'll say, hey, I think

482
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,200
Speaker 1: the thirties are some of the best years, honestly. Yeah.

483
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,199
Speaker 1: We try to make them each year the best. Yeah. Well,

484
00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,160
Speaker 1: you know, I'm new here um into the mind sort

485
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 1: of vikings, and I know everyone was very excited to

486
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 1: have you back and really pumped to see the Sack

487
00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: Daddy dance. And I just need to know a little

488
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: bit more about that, like what are the origins? How

489
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 1: did that all start? Okay, So it was my rookie

490
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,160
Speaker 1: season and it was me and Chris cook Um and

491
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 1: I was I was just talking and I was like,

492
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,640
Speaker 1: you know what I'm and they had that that song,

493
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 1: I think it was the second Cat Daddy or something

494
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,400
Speaker 1: like that song, and I was like, man, I'm gonna

495
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 1: slide to the left, slide to the right, and I'm

496
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,240
Speaker 1: gonna flex on him. And he was like, yo, you

497
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 1: should do that. And then ever since then. It was

498
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: in an indoor at the old Window Park. It was

499
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,959
Speaker 1: a walkthrough on a Saturday, I remember, and you know,

500
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 1: we just sitting there talking and that's when it came

501
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 1: up that way. Ever since, what Um, what was the

502
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: key to keeping Seattle scoreless there in the second half? UM,

503
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,880
Speaker 1: I feel like we we we played to run better

504
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: and we affected Russell. Um. You know, we got Daniel

505
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: coming off the edge, We got dj we got you know,

506
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: we got good group of guys, and you know the

507
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: back end they cover well too. So I feel like

508
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 1: we got coverage and rush that's working well with each other.

509
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 1: And you affect the quarterback in Russell, he's a really

510
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,879
Speaker 1: good quarterback. When you affect the quarterback in that way,

511
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be hard

512
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,880
Speaker 1: for them to get in the groove. You could see

513
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: the adjustments and the way that you guys were starting

514
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 1: to really affect the game as it went on. Like

515
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 1: you mentioned, is that similar to how this defense is

516
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,919
Speaker 1: just learning their identity and kind of getting better with

517
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: every contest as you go. You know, like I keep

518
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,200
Speaker 1: on talking, it takes time to get in the groove,

519
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,640
Speaker 1: to get in the field of each player. I feel like,

520
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: as you've seen last game, Dalvin had a great game.

521
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,360
Speaker 1: You know, Pierce is playing well, Denil is being Denilum Gumby,

522
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: you know, he could do it all. Djme coming into

523
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: the second year, you know, he's progressing very well. And

524
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 1: I feel like once the upfront guys start playing their

525
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,960
Speaker 1: keys and blocks, it just helps to back in and

526
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 1: do their job. So I feel like it's all coming

527
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,919
Speaker 1: together at the right time. And we just got to

528
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: build off each and every day, build off each practice,

529
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: each rep, and always forget about the last play. If

530
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: you messed up on that last play, you gotta throw

531
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 1: it away, do whatever waited, and move on to the

532
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: next play to be able to you know, progress and

533
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 1: get better during the game. What has the difference in

534
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,359
Speaker 1: the locker room been like after, like before and after

535
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 1: the win? Like what can a win do for a

536
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 1: team like this? You know, you know those two games

537
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,680
Speaker 1: against Cincinnati and the Cardinals. Um, you know, those was

538
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,160
Speaker 1: winnable games. You know, one play away in Cincinnati, one

539
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: play away with the Cardinals. So you know, I don't

540
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 1: feel like the morale has been it was it wasn't down,

541
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: we were in tanks, but it was like all right,

542
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: it was a sense of urgency that you know, we

543
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 1: have to go out and get this game. But coming

544
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,400
Speaker 1: off a win, you know, guys are happier. You you

545
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 1: kind of want to practice on a Wednesday. You know,

546
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 1: you want to practice a little bit on a Wednesday,

547
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: and um, you know, and you're waiting. You're trying to

548
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 1: improve each and every day to get to the game

549
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,880
Speaker 1: on Sunday to do it all over again. So now

550
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: you've got the Browns coming to town. They have a

551
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: very talented run game. I know that's going to be

552
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 1: a focus for you guys with Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.

553
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,880
Speaker 1: So have you watched some of the film this week?

554
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: Do you kind of know what you're getting yourselves into. Um,

555
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: I feel like we's got to be good with our blocks.

556
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 1: We had to stay in our gaps, and it's got

557
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 1: to be a team swarm to the ball to come

558
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: tackle these dudes. Um, you know it's got to be

559
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 1: in your gap, Stay in your gap, find the ball

560
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: and get to the ball and make a good tackle.

561
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 1: They run hard, you know, their physical backs, they have

562
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: good vision, and it's going to be a team effort

563
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: to be able to stop it. We're gonna have to

564
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: stay in our gaps, get off the blocks, pursue to

565
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: the ball, and it's got to be a race to

566
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: get there to help each guy get them down because

567
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,399
Speaker 1: they're good backs. How much do they tap you as

568
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: a resource, or maybe some of your teammates tap you

569
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 1: as a resource. Because you've seen ustefanski offense work here

570
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 1: and now you're going up against his offense in Cleveland,

571
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: I feel like it's kind of the same kind offense

572
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: every run here with the Vikings with Kurt Um, I

573
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, um, you have to be you

574
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,879
Speaker 1: have to be right in your gap. You know they're gonna, um,

575
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna flow faster right, flow faster left. They're gonna

576
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: do boots, they're gonna press you. They don't kick, They're

577
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna find ways to get you out of

578
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: your gaps. And you just gotta be right with your eyes,

579
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: right with your technique, and you gotta press blocks, get

580
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: off blocks, and go to the ball. Um. You've mentioned

581
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 1: Kirk a second ago. He's playing. Look at his hair

582
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 1: on fire right now. I mean, have you seen him

583
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: play better in his career? No? Um, honestly, he's playing.

584
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: He's playing great football right now. He's playing lights out. Um,

585
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 1: he just gotta keep it going, keep that fire, and

586
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 1: you know, um, keep the office the line, the office line,

587
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: they're doing a wonderful job blocking them up front, you know. Um,

588
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 1: like we always say players are gonna happen when he

589
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: gets sacked or you know, tag for losses. The guys

590
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: on the other side, they get paid as well. But

591
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: the way he's rebounding and the way the office line

592
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: is coming in the wide received are all gelling together. UM.

593
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: It's really fun to see you touch on it. Just

594
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the podcast with UM the return

595
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: to US Bank Stadium and you get to run out

596
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: of the tunnelless time with your name getting called this week,

597
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure to be hopefully yeah, yeah, yeah, because

598
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: it wasn't this last week. So when you think that

599
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: moment is going to be like, it's it's amazing, you know, Um,

600
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: I really you know, being here for the past, you know,

601
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: eleven years, Um, with my little sabbatico I had last year. UM,

602
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,440
Speaker 1: it's um, it's it's it's one of the best feelings. UM.

603
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 1: I think the only way you're gonna get that outside

604
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: of football is probably jumping on the plane. And I'm

605
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 1: not jumping out of the plane no time soon. But UM,

606
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 1: that that adrenaline, that rush, that you know, sixty thousand

607
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: fans whatever, fans yelling your name, screaming your name. It's

608
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. It's the best feeling. Yeah, it was funny.

609
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: My parents are from Louisiana. They came up to the

610
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: game Minnesota for the first time. They were walking around

611
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,959
Speaker 1: and they were like, there are a lot of Griffin jerseys.

612
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: I mean, the fans still just want to see you

613
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: in action. That's gonna feel good. Does feel good, you know,

614
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: if feels good, and you know, and I gotta give

615
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 1: them some action, you know, um, each and every week.

616
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: It's just fun for me to be back with this

617
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: team and you know, um and and have fun with it.

618
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: I can see a sense of like maturity and gratefulness

619
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: and just happy to be here. And that is that

620
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 1: help you alleviate some of the pressure when you play. Yeah,

621
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: you know, um, you know, working my way back, you know,

622
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: it was it was. It wasn't rough. I'm not gonna

623
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: say rough, but you gotta, you know, stick to your routine,

624
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: stick to stick to what, you know, my movement plan,

625
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: my weightlifting plan, you know, and just find a way

626
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: to get back into your groove. And now that my

627
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: groove is coming and I feel more snappy, more pop. Um,

628
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 1: just to be able to go out there and help

629
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: the team even more. You know, I just want to

630
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: help the team more. You know, UM, I want to

631
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: I want to win a super Bowl. You know, um

632
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,239
Speaker 1: that I want to win a super Bowl. Um, But

633
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: we got to take a game by game in Cleveland.

634
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: Browns is on our list and we just got to

635
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: do the right things this week. Well ever, so we

636
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: really appreciate you be on the podcast this week. You're

637
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: definitely a fan favorite. Just my short time being here,

638
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: I know that they love having you back them too.

639
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: We can't wait to see more sack daddy dances. There's

640
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Speaker 1: a lot more to come, I promise you, I can't wait.

641
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you so much, appreciate the time. So

642
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: great to hear from a guy like Everson Griffin who

643
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: had a sack in the last game, and Russell Wilson

644
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: obviously didn't like him in his face at all, but

645
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: we're happy to have him here. And you know, we

646
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 1: expect big things this season for Everson and hopefully he

647
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: can rout on Baker Mayfield this time around. So let's

648
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: talk about this Browns matchup. We have a fast tradition

649
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: here at MVP that it's developing where we are going

650
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: to talk about two things we're excited about and one

651
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: thing we're nervous about. And so Corso, since you've been

652
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: the lead so far in the show, we are going

653
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: to let you take those honors again. So after you,

654
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see the Brown's offensive staff that

655
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: has a lot of members that used to be here

656
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: with the Vikings, and I, you know, I can go

657
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: down the list. Obviously, Kevin Stefanski was here for fourteen years,

658
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: played every single role on this Vikings offensive staff. Drew Petzing,

659
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: who's the tight ends coach over there with the Cleveland Browns.

660
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: He was the wide receivers coach, quality control coach, he

661
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: covered just about every position here with the Vikings, and

662
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: a really good friend of mine. So I'm really excited

663
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: to see those two guys, and I can go down

664
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Speaker 1: the list. Jeff Howard was on the defensive side of

665
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: the ball. He's now on the defensive side as a

666
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: linebackers coach over there, So there's gonna be a lot

667
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: of connections here with the Cleveland Browns, and I'm really

668
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: excited to see kind of how that plays out in

669
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Speaker 1: this game Number two, then I'm excited about I will

670
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: go with I want to see Greg Joseph keep banging

671
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: in kicks. I mean, hey, that's an underrated thing. We

672
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: didn't talk about that. He you know, rebounded from a

673
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: really tough miss kick and found a way to just

674
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: make every single kick in a game where we needed

675
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: points against the Seahawks last week. So I'm really excited

676
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: to see how he continues with this going forward. For

677
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: special teams coordinator Ryan ficken Um, the thing I'm nervous about,

678
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: I'm nervous about. I think it's the defensive line. We

679
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: were talking, Gabe and I were talking yesterday, go looking

680
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: at the offensive line, and then I was like, dude,

681
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: what about these pass rushers on the defensive side of

682
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: the ball. Miles Garrett scares me in more ways than

683
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,479
Speaker 1: rushing the quarterback, and man, yeah he can. He's just

684
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: a game changer. And we've talked about the game changers

685
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: over the years, the Khalil Max and you know, players

686
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: that we you know, can just take over a game

687
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: and mess up everything that the Vikings are doing offensively.

688
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: I think Miles Garrett has the opportunity to do that.

689
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: Hopefully the crowd doesn't let that happen. And you can't

690
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: forget the other guy on the line is Dr Davian Clowney,

691
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: and he may not be. He's trying to forget about him.

692
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: He may not be. You know, I saw him in

693
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: Tennessee and he he's not gonna be. He's like jj Watt.

694
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: He's not gonna get the sack stats, but he's gonna

695
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: affect the game and you're gonna have to worry about him.

696
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: And so I think it's gonna be that same effect.

697
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: This offensive lines got their hands full. But I feel

698
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: like we say that every week, and so at this point,

699
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: we just need to trust these guys because they seem

700
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: like they're jelling very well. So hopefully you know that

701
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: works for us this time around as well. So, Jay,

702
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: would you like to go next? Sure, that's two things

703
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: you're excited about and one thing you're nervous about. I

704
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: am excited about. I'm going to take a courso take

705
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: and I am going with the Kirk Cousins play at

706
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: this point through us. Yeah right, wow, Jay, He is

707
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: currently just under seventy four percent in his completion percentage.

708
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: He's got eight touchdowns and no picks. I mean, Kirk

709
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: is on an absolute role right now here. One thing

710
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: that's kind of interesting about it, too, is that there

711
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: seems to be the shift in attitude and whether it's

712
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: just we're all projecting this now because he's playing as

713
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: well as he is, but you just you see him

714
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: a little bit more just stern when he's on the

715
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: sideline too. It's it's all business and an all business

716
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: Kirk right now is absolutely dealing out there. The second

717
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: thing is I'm looking forward to the fact that our

718
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: defensive line, I think is gonna be able to have

719
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,959
Speaker 1: an opportunity coming up here against Cleveland. In the first

720
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Speaker 1: three games, Cleveland's given up nine sacks so far, and

721
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: there were five of them in the Chicago game. Everyone

722
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: talks about how Cleveland had nine sacks against the Bears.

723
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 1: The Bears had five sacks against the Browns this past week,

724
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: so it's a sack fest there in Chicago. But the

725
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: thing for me with the game is just I feel

726
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: like we've been getting some decent pressure. You saw Denil

727
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: running all over the place. You know, we talked to

728
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: Everson here, all of those guys, they're just they're getting

729
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: to a point now where everyone's comfortable with their roles

730
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: and what they're doing and you're starting to see some real,

731
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,479
Speaker 1: real impact on that field. And so defensively, I think

732
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: our defensive line needs to get in Baker Mayfield's face

733
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: this weekend in order to have an impact. What makes

734
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: me nervous the two headed monster known as Kareem Hunt

735
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Speaker 1: and Nick Chubb this weekend. You know, the first couple

736
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: of games, we saw that there were some times where

737
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: this defense of line was getting gashed at times, and

738
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 1: you're you know, we were looking at it saying, well,

739
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 1: we've got Tomlinson and Pierce, so we're going to stop

740
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: the run all the time. And what you're seeing is

741
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 1: a lot of times, even in the Seattle game at

742
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: the beginning, Carson and some of these guys were getting

743
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: to the outside edge. They're trying to get him outside

744
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: to get some space going. They're not gonna do as

745
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: much up the cut. But these two guys in Kareem

746
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Speaker 1: Hunt and Nick Chubb, they've got four hundred and twenty

747
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: seven yards rushing so far this season in five touchdowns,

748
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: So like that is their bread and butter. They want

749
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: to control the clock. It's a Kevin Stefanski offense, They're

750
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: gonna try and run, run, run, run. And the other

751
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: thing on top of that is Kareem Hunt. He's got

752
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 1: one hundred and four yards receiving so far this season,

753
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: which is leading the Browns for the season in total yards.

754
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: So to me, it's those two guys. If you can

755
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: stop those two guys and force Baker to have to

756
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: throw to his tight ends and with Jarvis Landry out

757
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,879
Speaker 1: ob J. We know in the past when Obj's played

758
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 1: at us Bank Stadium, he hasn't had the best game.

759
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,839
Speaker 1: So if defensively you can neutralize those two running backs,

760
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a huge, huge thing

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00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 1: for the game this weekend. Yeah, that's I'll elaborate a

762
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: little bit more on that and too, because that was

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00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: also what I'm most nervous about. But Cleveland, like you

764
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: to your point, they rush the ball one hundred and

765
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 1: two times compared to their passing attempts, which is eighty

766
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: not much of a difference, but they're very similar in

767
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: the fact that the run is going to be what

768
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: drives them. Um Cream Hunt. I mean, it was a

769
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: breakout game last week for him, and it's scary because

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00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:27,280
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb and Cream Hunt. You alone, they're great. Yeah,

771
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: together with the different styles, it's scary. Yeah, And that's

772
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: that's just it. Like in the past, you've seen teams

773
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 1: that had kind of the thunder and lightning show backfields.

774
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: That's how I look at these two guys too. And

775
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: even in those situations you see Cream Hunt in the backfield,

776
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,280
Speaker 1: you think, oh, well, this is gonna be a passing

777
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: down potentially because he's catching a lot of passes. But

778
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: they can hand the ball to him and he can

779
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: he can go yard and any single play. So you

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00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: just you have to be on your toes when both

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00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: of those guys are in the backfield for sure. Yeah,

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00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 1: all right, Gabe, two things you're excited about and one

783
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: thing you're nervous about. One thing I'm excited about, which

784
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: I know I'm in the minority on. Is this run

785
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,439
Speaker 1: game risk their defense? This Cleveland Browns defense hasn't given

786
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: up one hundred yard rusher since Week twelve of last year.

787
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: They've given the lads. So they gave up two hundred

788
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: yard rushers last year and then one the year before.

789
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Speaker 1: So it's a challenge for our offense. When we played

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00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, last year, they hadn't given up

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00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 1: one hundred yard rusher the entire season, and we were

792
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: the first team to rush for a hundred yards against them.

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00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,320
Speaker 1: So I'm up for the challenge. I think this offensive

794
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: line is up for the challenge, especially how they've been

795
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,720
Speaker 1: playing as of late. So I think if you put

796
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: that chip on our offensive line shoulders and let's say

797
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: Dalvin's back this week, I think it would be a

798
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: big game. Because a lot of people fear this Cleveland

799
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: Browns defensive line, but I think you can run downhill

800
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: on those guys and keep them honest. I think the

801
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: playsheet will look similar to the way it did against

802
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,320
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. They had two really good defensive ends also,

803
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: and what we did was run the ball downhill and

804
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: forced their defensive ends to stay disciplined and not get

805
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: up filled as much. So I'm confident about that. Secondly,

806
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: I'm confident about what we will do on third downs

807
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 1: this week. I think if we run the ball downhill

808
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: and get you know, two or three four yards on

809
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 1: first and second down, I think the opportunities will be

810
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 1: there for our offense to make some plays on third down.

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Speaker 1: So this Cleveland Brown's defense is the seventh worst third

812
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: down defense. They're giving up third downs forty seven percent

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00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: of the time. And I think coming off of last

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00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: week's game where we were nine to fourteen sixty four

815
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 1: percent without Dalvin, I think if we're getting positive yards,

816
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 1: I think we can continue to convert third downs. I

817
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: know I said this stat earlier. We average third and

818
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: six last week and averaging third and six, I think

819
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: that puts the ball in our court as far as

820
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: like what do we want to do on third down?

821
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: Because there's not really many blitzes or schemes that you

822
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 1: can do as a defensive coordinator to stop somebody who's

823
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: in third and short. You either got to, you know,

824
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: stack the box and play the run, or we spread

825
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: you out and you know, maybe Kirk Cousins gets a

826
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: little QB draw off the middle of kay I'm line,

827
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: but maybe we can you know, exploit their defense in

828
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 1: that way because we know they're coming, we know they're

829
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: coming in. I think the biggest thing that I'm probably

830
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: nervous about, of course, So just picking up your point

831
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: is Moles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney. Last week, four sacks

832
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: from Miles Garrett, two sacks was Davion Clowney. When Jadeveon

833
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: Clowney wants to play, there's nobody in the NFL right

834
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: now that can play with him. And I'm not even

835
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: talking about Miles Garrett, who is probably the most fair

836
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: defensive end in the NFL. Like that, there are so

837
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: many players where those guys don't make sacks, but they

838
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: affect the passing game, They affect the quarterback, they force

839
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: turnovers or they first they forced quarterbacks to get the

840
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: ball out of their hand before they want to. So

841
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: we still got Rashad Ill on the back end. So

842
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 1: I think if he has a big game, will be okay,

843
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: but it's you know, that's a big if because he's

844
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: been tasked with a heavy duty as of late. So

845
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: you just hope he can continue to stack together some

846
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: good games, especially against arguably the best defensive ends in

847
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: the game right now. Yeah, I mean, I feel like

848
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: Rashad Hills his welcome to the NFL, not that he

849
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,800
Speaker 1: hasn't been here, but his welcome to the NFL season

850
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: where he just gets big D lineman after big name

851
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: D lineman and with Christian dar Saw coming back right,

852
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: iron sharpens iron, and I think having a very sharp

853
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: sword on the right side and Brian O'Neill. I think

854
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: that is making everyone better on this offensive line against

855
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: these pretty what's the word I'm trying to use, stacked

856
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 1: stacked line. Yeah, and the thing is too for a shot,

857
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: I think you know, he's probably tired of hearing everybody say,

858
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: but we have Rashod Hill. Yeah, you know, he's like

859
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: a week after week after week, I'm going against killers here.

860
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: And as we've been talking about, this offensive line has

861
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,800
Speaker 1: been playing lights out at least especially last week. It

862
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: just it felt really good to see them play well

863
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: against a decent defensive line there in Seattle. Um, not

864
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 1: necessarily what we're used to, but again, you get another

865
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: test this week and if if that entire offensive line

866
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: is jelling, you're definitely going to have to see it

867
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: this weekend. Yes, it's gonna be tough to beat if

868
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: we're jelly. Well. I am excited to see Justin Jefferson

869
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 1: back out there after the performance he had last week.

870
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: Last year, he really didn't come into his own as

871
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: a rookie until after Week three. He exploded against the

872
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: Titans and then from then on it was just go,

873
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: go go, and he obviously had a record breaking season,

874
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 1: so he's the quickest Viking player to reach a hundred receptions.

875
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 1: Nice to see that happened nineteen games, you know, over

876
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: one hundred receptions. Pretty darn good. So I'm pumped to

877
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: see him this week. He just, i know, posted on

878
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,760
Speaker 1: Instagram the other day about how what year two sophomore slump?

879
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: That was a little premature, but you know, I have

880
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 1: confidence in him, and I like his confidence. And for

881
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 1: someone like that, you know, if he's saying that kind

882
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: of stuff publicly, you know, it's been eating at him

883
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,439
Speaker 1: for the last couple of weeks where it's just like, hey,

884
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,359
Speaker 1: everyone's got expectations. Well, if you said it on any

885
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: press conference, during training camp, whatsoever, there's not a time

886
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: that someone didn't ask him how do you avoid that?

887
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: And so he's probably real bothered by it. So I'm

888
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: excited to see him again. I'm also excited for clean football.

889
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: I am just loving the whole no interception straight from

890
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. We had the Dalvin non fumble, so really

891
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: it should be no turnovers in three games if the

892
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: refs did their job. You know, I'd like to see

893
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: the defense force more turnovers The turnover differential right now

894
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: is just plus one, but I like seeing the plus

895
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: and I really want to see more clean football from

896
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 1: this team. I think that is a huge factor, especially

897
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: you know we saw in the first two weeks with

898
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: games that close, you can't lose the turnover margin. And

899
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: they've been playing really, really clean football. In fact, Kirk

900
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:49,280
Speaker 1: Cousins has only thrown two interceptions in the last ten games,

901
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 1: and that ranks third in the league, tied for third

902
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: in the league. So if we can continue that streak

903
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 1: going on, I will be very excited. As far as nervousness,

904
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: I am very nervous about Nick and the Cleveland running game.

905
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,240
Speaker 1: You know, Jay touched on it. It is it's scary.

906
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 1: They they rely on that so much. Eight of their

907
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: ten touchdowns this season have been on the ground, and

908
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: so you know they're going to go there. You know,

909
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: you've got to stab him, and so are our guys,

910
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: you know, Michael Pierce, Dalvin Tomlinson. They have their hands full.

911
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: The pass rush needs to be effective, and you're kind

912
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: of dealing with just another mobile quarterback. And so I

913
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: think that whole tandem right there has me a little nervous,

914
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: and I think Baker's a wild card at this point.

915
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: You never know what Baker you're gonna get. I'm still

916
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 1: not one hundred percent convinced, you know, of him being

917
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: this quarterback that's going to lead the Browns to glory.

918
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 1: But they seem to like what they have in him

919
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 1: and it works for them. So yeah, I'm not really

920
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: concerned about like Nick Chubb. I know, I know a

921
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: lot of people are, but I think the biggest thing

922
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: that concerns me about Nick Tubb right now is just

923
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,959
Speaker 1: how he breaks tackles. Like he's second in the NFL

924
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: and broken tackles. He's broken seven tackles this year. And

925
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: I think if we gang tackle will be okay. Like

926
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: if you, if you like, go back and see like

927
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: how he runs, It's it's more so him just like

928
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: trucking guys, steph arming guys versus two people tackling him

929
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: at one time. I feel like if we could, you know,

930
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: get a lot of people around the ball when he

931
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 1: has the ball in his hand, I think we will

932
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 1: be okay. And I think that that's when you know

933
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: Stefanski or the Cleveland Browns that they tell Baker, hey,

934
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 1: we need you to win this game now. And when

935
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: when Baker's throwing the ball forty to fifty times a game,

936
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 1: that's that's where you want to be at as a defense.

937
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:37,719
Speaker 1: I think Baker's like, uh fourteen and twenty when he's

938
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: throwing the ball twenty eight plus times, So that's what

939
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 1: we want. Just tackle Nick Chubb and and Kareem Hunting.

940
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: Let Baker beat you if if you really want to

941
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: beat this Cleveland Browns team, Yeah, it's like get a

942
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: lead and force them to chase you. And when that's

943
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: the case and you start pressing, that gun slinger for Baker,

944
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 1: Mayfield comes out and he is prone to make mistakes.

945
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: Kansas City game at the very end, and you know

946
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: the whole game, they were winning the very end. They

947
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: have to have the drive, and he throws a pick

948
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 1: to seal the game for Kansas City to win the

949
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: game that that we won. Like everyone's going, holy Kyle,

950
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: Cleveland's going to be Kansas City And his big mistake

951
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 1: right at the wrong time is the thing that sealed

952
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 1: the deal. So if you press him and get him

953
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: thinking too much, he is prone to make some mistakes.

954
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: I feel like Gabe Year, our statsman, I always feel

955
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: like you've got some stats, like you know, like a sacksman,

956
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 1: like a saxophone man. You're a statsman. I feel like

957
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: the statman. Yeah, satan because like scatman, because like you know,

958
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:40,439
Speaker 1: when you watch a lot of film, it's just like, man,

959
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 1: like why are they so bad here? Like why are

960
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: they so good here? And it kind of makes you

961
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 1: understand the why. Like I'll go back and be like

962
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: man like Kareem Hunt or Nick Chubb Like, man, he

963
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: just made four guys miss right there? How many tackles

964
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:53,879
Speaker 1: did he break? So I'm always like trying to figure

965
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: out the why and where does that compare to other

966
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: running backs that's doing the same thing as him, Speaking

967
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: of being able to say to run. This week, hopefully

968
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: they the Vikings team gets some inspiration from the big

969
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: halftime ceremony that's going on at us Bank Stadium this week.

970
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 1: If you're in attendance, Kevin Williams will be inducted into

971
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 1: the Vikings Ring of Honor, formally inducted at halftime. It's

972
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 1: going to be a nice ceremony there, so you know,

973
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get to see the Williams Wall part two

974
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: or at least the you know, reincarnation the the what

975
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: am I thinking of? They're trying to channel There you go,

976
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: there's the word. Words are hard this today, trying to

977
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 1: channel their inner William's wall. Kevin, it's mouthful. Kevin and

978
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 1: Pat we're always an awesome tandem. Pair that with Jared Allen,

979
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: Ray Edwards and everybody else, Brian Robison, you know, just

980
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,280
Speaker 1: that group in general was a very very special group

981
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: that really solidified in two thousand and eight when Jared

982
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 1: came in in two thousand and nine, and that run

983
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: that defensive line was amazing. So Kevin is incredibly deserving.

984
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,879
Speaker 1: He's an incredibly super nice and soft spoken guy, but

985
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,320
Speaker 1: on the field he was an absolute beast. And Kevin

986
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: going into the Ring of Honor this weekend, I think

987
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 1: when you talk to everybody who played with him said,

988
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 1: it's incredibly deserving and Kevin is very humbled by it.

989
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:17,360
Speaker 1: So I look forward to Kevin finally getting his accolades

990
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 1: here and going up in the Ring of Honor at

991
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: us Bank Stadium for sure. Should be a fun time.

992
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: So we're gonna end the show with a couple of

993
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,320
Speaker 1: shameless plugs who we got in the audible this week. Guys,

994
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: it'll be Brian O'Neill really excited to get a member

995
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 1: of the offensive line on for the first time. They're

996
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, they might look quiet in their press conferences,

997
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 1: but these guys are really funny and chatty, Cathy, they are,

998
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: and we're going to do our best to get Brian

999
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: O'Neill really, you know, open up as to how we know.

1000
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward for Brian O'Neill on the audible.

1001
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: Very nice. What about Vantage this week? This week is

1002
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,359
Speaker 1: Showdon Richardson, and we know Sheldon played in Cleveland last

1003
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,919
Speaker 1: year and he couldn't come so long term deal dare

1004
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 1: so no toxicness on vantis this week, but of course

1005
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: you got to ask him a few questions about you know,

1006
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: how he's got it. He got the inside scoop and

1007
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's given given away some plays on how

1008
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: to stop Baker because he's seen him seventeen weeks in

1009
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,879
Speaker 1: a role last year in practice. So Scholdon Richardson haven't

1010
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: heard from him much either this year other than when

1011
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: he got when he signed in free agency, so this

1012
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,319
Speaker 1: would be pretty cool. And then on opposing viewpoints this week,

1013
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: we have Mary Kay Cabot, which is a name if

1014
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,359
Speaker 1: you follow the NFL. You should. It should ring synonymously

1015
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: with the Browns. She's been covering them for thirty years.

1016
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,279
Speaker 1: We're excited to get hurt. Yeah, thirty years. Yes, she

1017
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: breaks news before the people on like Network TV breaks

1018
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 1: news when it comes to the Browns. So it's hard

1019
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 1: to beat Chefter and Rappaport. So props to Mary Kay Cabot.

1020
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,799
Speaker 1: We're excited to have her on opposing viewpoints this week,

1021
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: and also be sure to tune into post game Live

1022
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: on all of Arts of Vikings digital channels after the

1023
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:52,879
Speaker 1: game about fifteen twenty minutes after the game, we'll wrap

1024
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 1: up the whole day with Ron Johnson, Gabe Paul and

1025
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: Ben Liebero beyond there and so it's always a fun,

1026
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 1: fun times, and I'll tell you from experience, it's much

1027
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: more fun after a win, much more fun after a win.

1028
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: So hopefully we get that second win when the Vikings

1029
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: return to US Bank Stadium on Sunday. Kickoff set for noon.

1030
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,880
Speaker 1: And just like Jay mentioned earlier, the fans were a

1031
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: big factor in this opener. We're gonna need you guys

1032
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 1: to step up in a big way again this Sunday

1033
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: against the Browns. Thank you so much for listening to

1034
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings podcast, and be sure to catch all

1035
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 1: Vikings content on vikings dot com or the app for

1036
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,840
Speaker 1: Jay Nelson, Chris Corso, and Game Henderson. I'm Tatum Everett

1037
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: and we'll see you back here next week. Skul Vikings