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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, is Gabe Henderson here and welcome to Episode

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Speaker 2: two seventy nine of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. Today, we

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Speaker 2: have a special treat for all of you. Joining us

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Speaker 2: today is Tim Rump, who was the lead producer of

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Speaker 2: the hit Netflix docu series Receiver that was released last week. Today,

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Speaker 2: Tim will share some exclusive behind the scenes moments from

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three season that features Vikings wide Receiver,

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Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson, and more. With the twenty twenty four season

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Speaker 2: right around the corner. There's so much to get into

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Speaker 2: into today's podcast, so sit back, unwine and enjoy the show.

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Speaker 2: What's going on? Everyone, Welcome to Episode two seventy nine

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Speaker 2: of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. My name is Gabe Henderson,

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Speaker 2: and today I am alongside the fleet, the full fleet

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Speaker 2: of the Minnesota Vikings team. That's Tatum Everett, Jay Nelson,

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Speaker 2: and our producer Eric David Sending guys, we get a

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Speaker 2: chance to double dip on guests for today's show. Joining

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Speaker 2: us later in this show will be Tim Ruff, who

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Speaker 2: served as lead producer for the Netflix docu series Receiver

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Speaker 2: that was released last week. However, before we get to

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Speaker 2: his interview, we start today's show by welcoming in our

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Speaker 2: providing fans with fresh content all offseason. Craig, as crazy

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Speaker 2: as it sounds. Right now, we're less than a week

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Speaker 2: and we've joked about this a few times on this show.

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Speaker 3: Well, thanks so much. It's so great to be here.

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Speaker 3: Exciting time. You're coming to terms with summer being over essentially,

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Speaker 4: to be for years to come. Seen as a stalwart

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Speaker 4: through this era of Vikings football.

437
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just thinking about you know, we've kind of

438
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 2: seen Harrison Smith just grow up in front of our eyes,

439
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,679
Speaker 2: both on and off the field. And maybe there's a

440
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Speaker 2: future documentary and the works called Safety maybe Netflix produces that.

441
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Speaker 2: We don't know. But one thing that we do know

442
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Speaker 2: is on July tenth, just a few days ago, a

443
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Speaker 2: week ago, the Netflix Netflix put out another docuseries title Receiver,

444
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Speaker 2: where they followed Justin Jefferson and more documenting and highlighting

445
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three season, and an opportunity for us

446
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 2: arose during that process. The lead producer for that docuseries

447
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Speaker 2: who followed Justin Jefferson, his name was Tim Ruff, and

448
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,320
Speaker 2: today he gave us some time, some of his time

449
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,439
Speaker 2: basically giving us an insight behind the scenes perspective of

450
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Speaker 2: what that experience was like documenting JJ's life. Some of

451
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 2: that made on camera, some of that did not. But

452
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Speaker 2: the good thing about it is that we get to

453
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Speaker 2: talk about all of that now right here on the

454
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Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings Podcast with Tim Rumf. We have a special

455
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Speaker 2: guest today who joins us here now at the top

456
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Speaker 2: of the show. His name is Tim Ruff, and he

457
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Speaker 2: is responsible for leading the charts for the hit Netflix

458
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Speaker 2: docuseriies last summer title Quarterback, as we all know, that

459
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Speaker 2: featured our former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. Let's fast forward

460
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Speaker 2: to a year because Tim Ruff and his carewer are

461
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Speaker 2: back with another masterpiece exclusively on Netflix, title Receiver that

462
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 2: features Viking superstar wide out Justin Jefferson and Tim As

463
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Speaker 2: we welcome you to the show. In addition to Justin

464
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Speaker 2: Jefferson and the other four all pro pass catchers. I

465
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Speaker 2: must say, I'll speak for Tatum, Jay and myself the

466
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 2: person that we care about the most. He wears number

467
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Speaker 2: eighteen purple, and I know you spent a lot of

468
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Speaker 2: time with that guy. So before we talk, you know,

469
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Speaker 2: just the x's and o's of it, Could you walk

470
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Speaker 2: us through just the process of getting to release week.

471
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Speaker 5: Sure?

472
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's been amazing and it's been a

473
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 6: great journey. Honestly, it's kind of a two year process

474
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 6: at this point. You know, I was involved with Quarterback

475
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 6: last year, and I was with Kirk the entire year

476
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 6: last year, so I guess we decided I whant to

477
00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 6: not run it back and stay in Minneapolis again. We're

478
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Speaker 6: gonna do a show called Receiver, I think you have

479
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 6: to feature Justin Jefferson. So it was a no brainer

480
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 6: to have him involved in it. He was amazing to

481
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 6: work with, honestly, since day one I got to know him.

482
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Speaker 6: I think the first time I went and saw him

483
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 6: was right before Week one game, and then from then

484
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 6: on out we had him miked up every single game

485
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,479
Speaker 6: they participated in. We were fortunate to be with him

486
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 6: during his rehab process, and then eventually when he got

487
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 6: back on the field, I picked it back up. And

488
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Speaker 6: I'm sure it wasn't the story that he wanted to

489
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,920
Speaker 6: tell going into the season. He wanted to be like feature, Hey,

490
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 6: this is my two thousand yard season. I'm gonna show

491
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 6: everyone why I'm the greatest receiverever. Instead, it was a

492
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 6: different story. You know, Obviously things didn't go his ways.

493
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Speaker 6: He had that injury, his first major one of his career,

494
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 6: but it was a different and unique kind of story

495
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Speaker 6: to tell, and I'm hoping it allows viewers and Vikings

496
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 6: fans to see a different side of him.

497
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Speaker 4: So I guess on my end, you know, thinking about

498
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Speaker 4: the fact you just said, it was basically you know,

499
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Speaker 4: it's been two years. So you started with the quarterback,

500
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Speaker 4: now you go to why now you go to receiver.

501
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Speaker 4: At this point, for you, you know, what kind of

502
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Speaker 4: logistical hurdles did you guys have to go through working

503
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Speaker 4: with five different receivers on four different organizations.

504
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Speaker 6: That was definitely a bigger challenge. I mean for me personally,

505
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 6: just because I was with the Vikings again for the

506
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 6: second straight year. It was easy for me because it's

507
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 6: like I've become part of the family. I mean, the

508
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 6: Vikings organization has been amazing to work with, so for me,

509
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 6: it was smooth sailings. However, overall is the show. Jumping

510
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 6: from three subjects to five was definitely way more difficult.

511
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Speaker 6: I mean, we were spread dinner just as a crew overall.

512
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Speaker 6: But I think the biggest challenge that we probably had

513
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,959
Speaker 6: was just we're still getting the same amount of footage

514
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 6: which with each subject, but now it's just you have

515
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 6: two more guys and you still have the same amount

516
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 6: of episodes as well, So there's just that much extra

517
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 6: stuff that you wish you had time to put into

518
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,920
Speaker 6: an episode and you just can't.

519
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Speaker 2: So about eight thousand more clips is what you're saying.

520
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Speaker 5: Right right exactly?

521
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 6: A lot of manpower here back at the NFL films

522
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 6: going through all the special roles and organizing everything and

523
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 6: pretty much everyone seeing these awesome things that they want

524
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 6: to fight to get in the show, but you just

525
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 6: don't have time.

526
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Speaker 1: Was it always the plan to move on from quarterback

527
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,679
Speaker 1: and to do a different position.

528
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think we were kind of always open to everything.

529
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Speaker 6: So Peyton Manning is an executive producer with the show,

530
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,959
Speaker 6: and his production company, Omaha Productions, is involved in it.

531
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Speaker 6: And you know, Peyton has kind of gotten some interviews

532
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 6: and saying heading into the second season, he was the

533
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 6: one that's really in charge of talking to the quarterbacks

534
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 6: and trying to recruit people to do the show, and

535
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Speaker 6: I think he had difficulty in finding guys to kind

536
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 6: of sign up to do it, to commit to do it.

537
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 6: So knowing that, we started trying to think outside the box. Okay,

538
00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 6: what other interesting stories could we tell? If you're not

539
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,439
Speaker 6: going to do quarterbacks for us, I think receivers is

540
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 6: a no brainer. I mean that's you've got tons of personalities,

541
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 6: so it kind of seems the next logical step to take.

542
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 2: I feel like these at least last year and this year,

543
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 2: like this series has become like the best kept secret,

544
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 2: like inside of the building, Like not many people know

545
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,159
Speaker 2: what's going on, Like yeah, you see the cameras and whatnot,

546
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 2: but not many people know that this is this much

547
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 2: in depth and you're actually following one player versus the

548
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 2: entire team. Like granted that you this is a team game,

549
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,199
Speaker 2: but it's focused on justin Jefferson, Like, how are you

550
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 2: guys able to keep this such a secret for so long?

551
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 2: Because I'm sure you'll tell you d but like, yeah, yeah,

552
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 2: secret sauce. I love it.

553
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 5: No, So I think it's a combination of things. I mean, honestly,

554
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 5: so a lot of it, you.

555
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 6: Know, as goes back to what I spoke on before,

556
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 6: as far as the club's just kind of working with

557
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 6: us and just being so great and opening their doors

558
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 6: and knowing kind of obviously their own buildings spaces you

559
00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 6: can go and kind of stay out the way of

560
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 6: other people. But really also just NFL films in the

561
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 6: sixty years of relationships we have with the teams and

562
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 6: the players and kind of knowing how to operate around facilities.

563
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 6: I mean, you go back to like a show like

564
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 6: Hard Knocks that we've done forever kind of we've kind

565
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 6: of perfected how to be a fly on the wall

566
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 6: and stay out of the way. And so I think

567
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 6: with this show specifically knowing how many eyeballs would be

568
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 6: on it, especially after the first season and coming into

569
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 6: season two, people looking out, Okay, who's going to be

570
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 6: on it? And every single quarterback in the league being

571
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 6: asked before last year, hey are you doing the show?

572
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 6: We kind of knew that we had to go out

573
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 6: of the way and you know, not wear NFL films

574
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 6: or Netflix hats and T shirts as we're going around

575
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 6: all over the place. So that was the main thing,

576
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 6: and we just trying to blend in whoever we can nice.

577
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Speaker 4: There's a lot of trust that goes into working with

578
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 4: these guys slash living with them for this amount of

579
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 4: time throughout the season. You know, what kind of agreements

580
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 4: or discussions did you guys have to have up front

581
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Speaker 4: before these guys agreed to do this kind of program.

582
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Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, So going in, I mean, they know that

583
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 6: they're going to wear a MIC for every single game,

584
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 6: they know that they're going to wear it for a

585
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 6: couple of practices per week, and then you know, we

586
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 6: go in explaining that you know, the purpose of the

587
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 6: show is not just to tell your football story, but

588
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 6: also you who you are off.

589
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 5: The field, and that involves your family and all that.

590
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 6: So yeah, I mean that's that's a conversation we have

591
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 6: with each player before the year, just understanding, making sure

592
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 6: that they understand what they're getting into and they're really

593
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 6: all in on it as well, because it's kind of

594
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 6: impossible to tell someone's full story of a year unless

595
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 6: you kind of get the full circle of them. So

596
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 6: they definitely understand what they're getting into. And you know

597
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 6: what I've found, at least with working with Kirk and Justin,

598
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 6: they were an open book and they were like, hey,

599
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 6: I want to tell who I am, So whatever you

600
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 6: think is a good idea, go for it.

601
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Speaker 1: I think so much of who Justin Jefferson is is

602
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: based on where he was raised, how he was raised,

603
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: who his family is, the family that surrounds them, and that,

604
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: to me was the most compelling part about the series

605
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: is seeing how his family interacts. What was it like

606
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: again being a fly on the wall and kind of

607
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: getting to know why he is the way he is.

608
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, So that was something that was really interesting for

609
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 6: me and something that I learned along with the process.

610
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 6: I mean, obviously, going in, I knew who his brothers

611
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 6: were and they played at LSU. What I really did

612
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 6: not know was much about his parents. I really didn't

613
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 6: know much about his brother's personalities and what I was

614
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 6: just blown away. It was just by humble, how humble

615
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 6: the entire family is and him himself. So just getting

616
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 6: to know him. I think a lot of outsiders may see,

617
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 6: you know, his Jets persona. They see the guy with

618
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 6: the grill in the chains and the guy that's in

619
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 6: under armoured commercials and everything. But then when you really

620
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 6: get to know him, which I hope you do through

621
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 6: this series, he's just a good kid and a good person.

622
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 6: Like that's what it comes down to. He's just a

623
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 6: good person. And that was awesome to see and it

624
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 6: makes sense because that's who his family is, and so

625
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 6: seeing all of that together was really incredible for me.

626
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, JJ's family is a first class top to bottom

627
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 2: and just just understanding justin you have to talk to

628
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 2: his family because that makes that's like his DNA and

629
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: just thinking about that, Like a lot of people will

630
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 2: be tuned in to this series simply because they want

631
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 2: to hear about the weeks that justin Jefferson was not

632
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 2: on the field. What was he thinking, what was he doing?

633
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 2: What were those family conversations? Seeing that firsthand, what was

634
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 2: that like for you?

635
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was really interesting because you never know when

636
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 6: someone faces adversity like that and you're trying to document

637
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 6: like how they will react, you know, because for all

638
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 6: we could have known, he could have shut down and

639
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 6: be like, I don't want to do this anymore.

640
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 5: This isn't what I envisioned.

641
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 6: But fortunately he kind of understood the process and understood that,

642
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 6: you know, people can learn about who he is through this,

643
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 6: and you know, you know, we were with him shortly

644
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 6: after that, and obviously there was a lot of noise

645
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 6: going on around at that time. His contract hadn't been

646
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 6: settled yet. People were talking about, you know, some talking

647
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 6: heads in the media about oh, hey, he should hold

648
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 6: out the entire year. What's in it for him to

649
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 6: come back, so to be able to hear his side

650
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 6: of it and his drive of wanting to come back,

651
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 6: and how that's not even something that would even cross

652
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 6: his mind and contract isn't you know, even something he's

653
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 6: thinking about right now. It was It was really awesome

654
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 6: to see and honestly, I think I saw a different

655
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 6: side of him during that process that I hadn't seen,

656
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 6: and because it's really something that he hadn't had to

657
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 6: do previously. I think his last major injury was his

658
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 6: sophomore year in high school. I want to say he

659
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 6: Darman had to make some games. So going through that

660
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 6: process with him and seeing his frustration firsthand as you

661
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 6: got into week six, week seven, week eight that he

662
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 6: was out and you know it's like, Okay, is this

663
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 6: the week he's going to come back? Is it going

664
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 6: to be the next week? And he's really itching to

665
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 6: be back, But then also the team is trying to

666
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 6: figure out, okay, what makes sense for not only but

667
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 6: also him to almost protect him from himself.

668
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 5: Was a really interesting process.

669
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: And you don't normally get to see that much behind

670
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: the scenes footage of someone rehabbing an injury, which is

671
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: really interesting.

672
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, there's always a lot of kind of

673
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 4: for lack of a word, secrecy that comes with that

674
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 4: kind of stuff. And like, you, guys, the trust that

675
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 4: you have to have with not only the player in

676
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 4: the organization has to be immense at that point. So

677
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 4: like being able to go through that process figure out

678
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 4: whatever kind of clearance you have to get from all parties.

679
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 4: How do you guys kind of wait in those waters

680
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 4: when you know that there is an extra sensitive thing

681
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 4: like an injury that you're working with.

682
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a team effort. I mean obviously, like I

683
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 6: said before, the Vikings were great throughout the entire process,

684
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 6: and we worked with their training staff the entire time

685
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 6: to you know, what makes sense, to capture, what are

686
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 6: the important benchmarks that he's trying to hit, moments that

687
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 6: we need to be in there and stuff. And honestly,

688
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 6: for me, just as being part of the process of

689
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 6: I would call myself an outsider, but you know, getting

690
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 6: to know him, I feel a little closer in that.

691
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 6: But it was almost an emotional experience for me at

692
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 6: you know, we have his parents miked up in Las Vegas.

693
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 6: When he's finally back and then halfway through the gamer,

694
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,720
Speaker 6: his second time he touches the ball, he goes down again.

695
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 6: You can just see his frustration and disappointment, you know,

696
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 6: two months of working his way back and then he's thinking,

697
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 6: you know, is it all just over right now? I'm

698
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 6: Unfortunately that wasn't the case, but it was. It was

699
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 6: really a wild ride and like I said, a completely

700
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 6: different story than we even expected telling going in.

701
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 4: I know, like in the past one years ago when

702
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 4: Peterson blowed his acl that was one of the things

703
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 4: internally that we were tasked with also following so from

704
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 4: the moment that he hurt himself in in DC to

705
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 4: you know, I walked into the locker room, as I

706
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 4: was one of the photogs at the time, walked into

707
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 4: the locker room to grab a battery, and I look

708
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,359
Speaker 4: over and he's laying on the table by himself with

709
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 4: the cell phone. And you're just sitting there going like

710
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 4: this is you know, this is Superman for the team,

711
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 4: and like he's the leader, he's the guy. And to

712
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 4: see him that vulnerable and then to watch that that

713
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 4: process happened throughout the entire offseason and you're talking to

714
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 4: him and miking him up and seeing him do the rehab,

715
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 4: going from doing just baby waits to what he turned

716
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 4: into being an MVP the following season. Being able to

717
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 4: be a part of that process and just see that

718
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 4: kind of that that growth that happened from injury to

719
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 4: the finish was something that was really almost, for lack

720
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 4: of a better word, special, to be able to be

721
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 4: there and be a fly in the wall and to

722
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 4: see that happen. So for you to be there had

723
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 4: to be kind of surreal to say, like, this wasn't

724
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 4: part of the script of what we were going to

725
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 4: deal with when we started with the season.

726
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, And I mean that's what makes this show great

727
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 6: is you know there's nothing we can script out, and hey,

728
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 6: you know, when we start this process, we have no

729
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 6: idea what the ending is going to be.

730
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 2: You kind of just have.

731
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 5: To capture everything that happens.

732
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,839
Speaker 6: It was an old Steve Sable line that he used

733
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 6: to say, is you know, doing shows like this, or

734
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 6: like building an airplane mid flight, you kind of just

735
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,720
Speaker 6: have to go with it and see what happened. So

736
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 6: it really was fascinating to see that side.

737
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you're speaking on airplanes. I mean it's

738
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 2: very fitting for a guy who calls himself Jets, right.

739
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 2: So there is a clip in the Netflix trailer where

740
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 2: Jets looks at your camera and he puts on his

741
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 2: Jets chains and basically says, hey, I have an alter

742
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 2: ego when I look when I put these chains on

743
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 2: and I put this necklace on, I turned into a

744
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 2: different person seeing that alter ego firsthand? What was that experience?

745
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 6: Like, yeah, it couldn't be more accurate than you know, honestly,

746
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 6: being in his house while he's sitting around and like

747
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 6: watching TV or playing Madden or hanging out with his

748
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 6: personal chef.

749
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 5: He's just so subdued and chill and very normal.

750
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 6: But then you go out there on the sideline and

751
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 6: listen to his mic during a game and he's just

752
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 6: on fire the entire time and not necessarily trash talking

753
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 6: because someone comes after him, he'll definitely go back at him,

754
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 6: but just being a vocal leader, I mean this year

755
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 6: being his first year or sorry, last year being the

756
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 6: first year as a captain, you kind of saw another

757
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 6: side of him there. But it is really just two

758
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 6: different people, completely different people once he runs out on

759
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 6: that field versus the guy that you see at home.

760
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: And I don't know if people I do feel like

761
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: maybe people realize this, but the fact that he is

762
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: this global brand, I mean, being able to be a

763
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: part of a uplifting that having people to look at

764
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: him with even more eyes. But how would you describe

765
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 1: the way that he or how would you describe his

766
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: effect on the world, maybe even outside of the NFL

767
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: right now.

768
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 5: I mean it's wild.

769
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 6: Anywhere he goes, he's just absolutely mobbed and kids are

770
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 6: trying to gritty for him and all that stuff. He's

771
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 6: on a different level, it's for sure. And the great

772
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 6: thing that I like saying was that he realizes it,

773
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 6: and just talking to his brother Jordan as well, they

774
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 6: kind of know, like, if you want to be the

775
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 6: player and person that he wants to be, which is

776
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 6: the face of the NFL and a future Hall of

777
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 6: Famer and one of the all time greats, you kind

778
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 6: of have to understand that it's not just being a

779
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 6: football player, but it's also being an entertainer and being

780
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 6: a leader off the field and all that. So I

781
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 6: think it's something that he understands his role in the world,

782
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 6: in the community, and he's embracing and I think he's

783
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 6: going to continue to do even better things as he

784
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:13,439
Speaker 6: gets older.

785
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 5: Mean, because he's still such a young guy and to

786
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 5: reach that level at that age is incredible.

787
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,439
Speaker 1: I mean, it's too bad you're not falling right now.

788
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: He literally just got off the runway and Vogue in Paris, like,

789
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 1: oh my god, right, he can do everything.

790
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 5: Like come on for another season, right right?

791
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 4: I subscribe you're talking about the fact that he is

792
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 4: in public as much as he is. Are you guys

793
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 4: finding over the years with everything with NFL films, there

794
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,359
Speaker 4: used to be kind of a stigma of, you know,

795
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 4: I'm hot, I'm miked up, you know, you might not

796
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 4: want to talk to me kind of a thing. Does

797
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 4: it feel like now with the younger generation growing up

798
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 4: on social media and being a part of social media,

799
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,800
Speaker 4: that they're more willing to be a part of pieces.

800
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 5: Like this, I honestly do think so.

801
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 6: I mean, it's fine that you said the social media thing,

802
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 6: because that was going to be my exact response.

803
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 2: Ian.

804
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 6: We've seen it across not only this show, but lots

805
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 6: of other shows where guys are way more willing to

806
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 6: do stuff because if they're not doing it with NFL

807
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 6: films or the teams themselves, they've got their own videographer,

808
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 6: their buddy form high school, or even just themselves, you know,

809
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 6: just kind of on doing their own stories NonStop. So yeah,

810
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 6: I think they grew up around it, so it's nothing

811
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 6: new to them.

812
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: Does that make it more challenging, though, like for on

813
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: your end to maybe make it more unique because they

814
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: have their own way of putting it out there a

815
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: little bit.

816
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 6: I still think that NFL Films has such a unique

817
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 6: relationship though, with the different teams and access on the field,

818
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 6: that that's really what separates it more than anything. I'm finding,

819
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 6: honestly in this project in other projects, that those self

820
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,240
Speaker 6: shot videos of their own content that they create almost

821
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 6: just become another element that we can use to tell

822
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 6: a story. You know, something that they see on the field,

823
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 6: we might be able to relate back to something that

824
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 6: they did on social media. So it kind of is

825
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 6: just the modern world that we live in.

826
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 2: Yes, like, hey, thanks for recording that video. You mind

827
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 2: if we use that for.

828
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 5: Right exactly?

829
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 2: I love it. I'm just thinking of you know, we're

830
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 2: talking about Justin Jefferson as a brand, always being on

831
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 2: when he's out in public, and you having the special

832
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 2: opportunity to capture that real time, and then I guess

833
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 2: sit on that for X amount of months. But thinking

834
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 2: about now, like when do you decompress shoot?

835
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 6: I think for the producers of the NFL Films, you know,

836
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 6: there's no longer.

837
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 5: An off season or anything.

838
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 6: Now that receiver airs, We're onto the next project, so

839
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,839
Speaker 6: there is none Unfortunately, I mean I got a couple

840
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 6: of weeks away, you know, leading up the editing process

841
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 6: ended a couple of weeks ago and everything was sent

842
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 6: off to Netflix, so we're kind of in a sweet

843
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 6: window right before the release. But then yeah, after the release,

844
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 6: it's kind of all right, you know, what's next? Never

845
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 6: be satisfied, onto the next one.

846
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 2: Next.

847
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: What does that like to work with Peyton Manning? And

848
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: I know that's like totally veering off the subject, but

849
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 1: being a Manning fan growing up, I just want to know.

850
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 2: Yeah.

851
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 6: No, I mean he's great. He's everything you would expect.

852
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 6: Is probably accurate as far as how he works. He's

853
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 6: definitely a perfectionist. You know, he's got notes on he

854
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,360
Speaker 6: takes a look at every single episode. He's got notes

855
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 6: things we could have done better, things he think we

856
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 6: could have hit on. Usually, honestly, it's he wants to

857
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 6: dive deeper into football subjects.

858
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 5: You know.

859
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 6: I remember from Quarterback last year we had one episode

860
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 6: which was I can't remember exactly what it was called,

861
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 6: but something like mind games or something like that.

862
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 5: We were talking about like really the.

863
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 6: X and o's, and he was like, let's go deeper,

864
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 6: let's go deeper, and we kind of had to pull

865
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 6: him back, but we'll kind of trying to have this show,

866
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 6: you know, be attractive to a wider audience, not just

867
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 6: the die hard football fans. And it was the same

868
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,800
Speaker 6: thing with receivers this year, when you know we're talking,

869
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 6: we have Devanta Adams talking about the route tree and

870
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 6: he wanted to kind of really dive into all, right,

871
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,440
Speaker 6: well if he sees the cover two or if this

872
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 6: man's blitz and it was like that that's good.

873
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 5: For the DIA, but maybe this show. But no, he's awesome.

874
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: No, you guys do a great job of that, because

875
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 1: I cannot tell you how many women and non football

876
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: fans have come up to me and been like.

877
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 3: How is Kirk Is he really like that for the show?

878
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 1: We love him on Quarterback, he's our favorite player. And

879
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: they didn't never cared about any of that before, right,

880
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: I mean like it literally changed people's perspective because their

881
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: husbands were making them watch it and they were like fine, whatever.

882
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: Then they're like, oh my.

883
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 2: Gosh, it's less football. And that's what like most people,

884
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 2: most non football fans like, there are more non football

885
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 2: fans in this world than there are football fans. So

886
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,720
Speaker 2: to have non football fans watching this. I believe Quarterback

887
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 2: was the number one series on Netflix for eight days

888
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 2: and top ten and sixteen countries. So like the global

889
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,240
Speaker 2: impact of this teaming up with Omaha Productions and NFL

890
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: films to be produced on Netflix. Like, you guys are

891
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 2: doing something special over there, man, thank you.

892
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 6: I mean that's what we're trying to do with Receiver too.

893
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 6: I mean it's yeah, a lot of people look at

894
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 6: these players. They look at Justin as this gladiator, you know,

895
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 6: and helmet on the football field on Sundays, and the

896
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 6: whole point of the show is Okay, let's meet his mom,

897
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 6: let's meet his dad, let's meet his brothers, and you know,

898
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,240
Speaker 6: so you can understand who he really is as a person.

899
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 4: So really quick, tim, you know the fact that you

900
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 4: guys worked with five different players. You talk about the

901
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 4: challenge of having to work with all the different kind

902
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 4: of footage and pieces that way, and going from from

903
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 4: three players with quarterback to five with receiver. When they

904
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 4: came out and said that Hard Knocks is going to

905
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 4: be four different teams this year in the AFC North,

906
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 4: what kind of a challenge do you think that would

907
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 4: look like and would you want to touch with a

908
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 4: ten football.

909
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, so I was fortunate enough to direct Hard Knocks

910
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 6: for three years. I haven't done it in three or

911
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 6: four now, So unfortunately I'm not part of those conversations.

912
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 6: But I've been waiting to hear just exactly how they're

913
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 6: going to logistically pull that off in season. But just

914
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:54,080
Speaker 6: because that just sounds like an absolute nightmare of getting

915
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 6: enough manpower to cover everybody. But I have to imagine

916
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,320
Speaker 6: it's going to be an incredible show.

917
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 2: What year is this for you with films?

918
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 6: Because this is seventeen now, I see, I feel like

919
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 6: I'm still a rookie.

920
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,479
Speaker 5: Basically, if you're there's a lot of people with thirty

921
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 5: years plus. If your films, you kind of don't leave.

922
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 2: How I mean? Because I see the Hard Knocks poster

923
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 2: behind you with the Cleveland Browns, and beside that it's

924
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,320
Speaker 2: a Dexter Manley jersey of Washington commander's jersey, and beside

925
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,600
Speaker 2: that is an NFL Films Chargers Hard Knocks poster. So like,

926
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 2: how have you seen this Hard Knocks or even just

927
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 2: NFL Films Division grow.

928
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 5: It's really been incredible.

929
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 6: I mean, there's always been a demand for that type

930
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 6: of content, I think, but now Fortunately with streaming and everything, there's.

931
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 5: Just more platforms and homes to find shows.

932
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 6: So things like Hard Knocks in season, you know the

933
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 6: one they're coming out with the Giants right now, the

934
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 6: off season one, tons of shows around the Draft or

935
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 6: you know, hey Rookie. That's the best thing is that

936
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 6: there's just more homes for types of shows like that now.

937
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 6: So and All Films is definitely more in demand now

938
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 6: than it ever has been. And so it's just I'm

939
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 6: along for the ride along with the other producers here.

940
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:14,320
Speaker 2: Well, July tenth is the date that Netflix's new docuseries

941
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 2: Receiver releases, featuring our superstar wide Out Justin Jefferson and Tim.

942
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 2: It is going to be a pleasure saying that we've

943
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 2: talked to you every time, but you see every shot

944
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 2: that we see of Justin Jefferson. Hey, we talked to

945
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 2: that guy. We know that. Guys, congratulations on another just

946
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 2: masterpiece of a production.

947
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 5: Thank you very much, Thank you for having me.

948
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 2: Well, that was an interesting conversation, probably one of my

949
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 2: favorite one since since I've been here with the Vikings,

950
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 2: just understanding everything that took place to get to this point.

951
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 2: As far as the Netflix Receiver docu series. Right now,

952
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 2: it's on Netflix. I believe as we speak it's the

953
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 2: number one show on Netflix. So another success for the

954
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 2: Netflix and that entire team. But Tatum, when you when

955
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 2: you look at some of the high lights of that show,

956
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 2: justin Jefferson in particular, what are some things that stood out?

957
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 1: I think the family connection that he had. I love

958
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,280
Speaker 1: watching the insides of that and kind of understanding where

959
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: he came from, why he is the way he is,

960
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: and who he surrounds himself with. It was just really

961
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: interesting to see that dynamic. I think when you see

962
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 1: someone that you admire, you want to know more and

963
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 1: more about their life off the field, and that it

964
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: really gave you a nice glimpse I think that we

965
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: wouldn't normally see. And then also just the determination that

966
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 1: he led his rehab with. It was interesting as someone

967
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: who had never had a sports injury before to watch

968
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: how that unfolds and to kind of see what all

969
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: it takes and how much even just like the running

970
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 1: in the pool, I thought was just like, oh, okay,

971
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:51,919
Speaker 1: that's interesting, Like there's just a little moments in there

972
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: that I thought really helped you to understand what players

973
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: go through when they are going through something like that.

974
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 1: I know it it's not as exciting to watch all

975
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: of the game and seeing them preparing stuff, but it

976
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,360
Speaker 1: did provide a different perspective I thought.

977
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 3: I thought the a key takeaway was like the fire

978
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 3: that we talked about with Harrison Smith, that it really

979
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 3: burns bright inside. Justin one of the anecdotes was about

980
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,239
Speaker 3: his dad talking about how, you know, he would get

981
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 3: so upset from losing to his dad, who was a

982
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 3: really great college basketball player, right, you know, and supposedly

983
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 3: had the forty inch vertical and all that. I mean,

984
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 3: that's that's making change at the top of the backboard

985
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 3: almost right. So, but maybe that's that's kind of what

986
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 3: propelled him to go to the next level and the

987
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 3: next level after that, even though there were so many

988
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 3: naysayers and doubters even early in his high school career.

989
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 3: So it's it's really kind of cool to see. I

990
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 3: thought Lindsay did a great jot. Lendsay Young on our

991
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 3: staff did a great job of writing that how he

992
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 3: went from kind of like this undersized kid to like

993
00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 3: the supersized contract was our terminology on that headline. And

994
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 3: so and just and and Tatum, you interviewed the family

995
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 3: and connected with them, and I mean they're they're they're

996
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 3: just you know people that that you're You're happy for

997
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 3: the whole family, right, you know, so yeah, you are.

998
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: There's so much fun. You just kind of want to

999
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: be a part of their family unit, Like you're like,

1000
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: can I be part of the Jefferson's Like they're cool, I'm.

1001
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 2: Gonna go in this snack cabinet, right.

1002
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1003
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 2: That was that was extreme. That was extreme Seeing all

1004
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 2: the candy that Justin Jefferson has in his cabinet is Jay.

1005
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 2: I don't know about you, but at this point, I

1006
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 2: feel like we need to have a stash of candy

1007
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 2: just sitting here and just invite Justin Jefferson to our

1008
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 2: podcast every week. Maybe maybe that's how we get them here.

1009
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 1: Maybe that's how you get him. Maybe that's the promise

1010
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 1: of candy strategy.

1011
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 4: Uh yeah, make a run to one of your big

1012
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,879
Speaker 4: box stores and grab as big a bulk palette as

1013
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 4: you can.

1014
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 2: Try to get in the dark. U. You know.

1015
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:53,399
Speaker 4: The thing for me on that kind of stuff too,

1016
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 4: like you brought up, was just seeing you know, lifestyle

1017
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,160
Speaker 4: Tim even talked about in the interview of the idea

1018
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 4: that he's very chill behind the scenes is just kind

1019
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 4: of you know, in his playbook and you know, has

1020
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 4: his chaff making his meals and looking at it forward

1021
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 4: to being able to eat some candy and that kind

1022
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 4: of stuff, and you realize the kind of the kid

1023
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 4: side of him still that that's there and that's the

1024
00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 4: fun side of you know, even football is just being

1025
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 4: able to enjoy it, embrace it, enjoy it as much

1026
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 4: as possible. And so for to have that behind the

1027
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 4: scenes access, you know, Tim said he'd worked for NFL

1028
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,879
Speaker 4: Films there for seventeen years and and even being around

1029
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:30,879
Speaker 4: the organization for the last two years, which with Kirk

1030
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 4: Cousins for quarterback and now justin you know, he's done

1031
00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 4: a great job truly showcasing what it's like for them

1032
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 4: behind the scenes, and and feel very fortunate that he's

1033
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 4: going to be with this team, hopefully for a very

1034
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 4: long time.

1035
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 3: It's almost like he's calculating how much candy can I

1036
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 3: still get away with eating as long as I put

1037
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:51,800
Speaker 3: like some other nutritious food that's been expertly prepared, So

1038
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 3: I get this from this.

1039
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 4: It's like you guys, as parents with your kids, get

1040
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:00,800
Speaker 4: your Broby, so you can have you have some desserts.

1041
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,400
Speaker 2: Man, at this point, I just want to get my

1042
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 2: daughter to stop eating so much bread. All she eats

1043
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 2: is bread. No, but yeah, she has the short that

1044
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 2: says some half Italian, so you have to give me

1045
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 2: a hug. But yeah she is. Yeah to your point,

1046
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,839
Speaker 2: Craigs crags and gesture. I love it. Yeah, that was

1047
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,919
Speaker 2: I thought it was very well done, just highlighting who

1048
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson is as a person. He's a superstar, and

1049
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 2: that was something that stood out to me. It was

1050
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 2: just his self awareness of his place in life, his

1051
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 2: place with the team, but also being humble enough to

1052
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 2: understand that, hey, look, this is a team sport and

1053
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 2: I only succeed as much as his team succeeds. So

1054
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see what that looks like. And hopefully

1055
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 2: one of these days he can you know, be wearing

1056
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:49,960
Speaker 2: that that gold jacket, but also be putting the Ring

1057
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,480
Speaker 2: of Honor. And as we talk about the Ring of Honor,

1058
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 2: it has recently been announced that Bobby Bryant has recently

1059
00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,400
Speaker 2: been been inducted into the Vikings Ring Honored. Craig, you

1060
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:05,000
Speaker 2: have an article out now on Vikings Dot com So

1061
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 2: I'll let you just give fence more of what that

1062
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 2: means for not only Bobby Bryant's family, but for this

1063
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings franchise.

1064
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 3: Well, it's super exciting to be able to have Bobby

1065
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 3: Bryan as the twenty eighth inductee. He will be honored

1066
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 3: at the Texans game Week three halftime ceremony some other

1067
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:27,080
Speaker 3: festivities that weekend. You just the more you learn about

1068
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 3: it and the more amazed you are a seventh round

1069
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 3: pick in nineteen sixty seven, and that draft really catapulted

1070
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 3: the Vikings decade of dynasty because that was Alan Page

1071
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,280
Speaker 3: and Clint Jones and Gene Washington. But in the seventh

1072
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 3: round you also hit on a corner who wound up

1073
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:46,919
Speaker 3: playing one hundred and seventy four games, right, so, and

1074
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:52,319
Speaker 3: he just had this penchhint for the big play. He

1075
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 3: may have only been one hundred and seventy pounds, And

1076
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 3: I think Pat summerl said of one hundred and seventy

1077
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:00,120
Speaker 3: pounds of true grit, and that's a horrible impersonation on

1078
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 3: hold it against me. Just watch the video that our

1079
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:07,480
Speaker 3: content team put together that dug into the old NFL films.

1080
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 3: But the craziest stat line I can even fathom about

1081
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 3: Bobby Bryant and sums it up just so succinctly, is

1082
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:20,359
Speaker 3: he played in two NFC Championship games nineteen seventy three

1083
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 3: in nineteen seventy six. He had two interceptions and a

1084
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 3: touchdown in each of those games. I mean, that's just right,

1085
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 3: you know. And like the seventy six one was a

1086
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 3: ninety yard return of a kick that was blocked, and

1087
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 3: it was it was that made it a seven o game.

1088
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 3: It was the Rams. They were here. They were cold

1089
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 3: all game, you know, like, oh, we can't play in

1090
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 3: this coal We're from LA, you know. So, but yeah,

1091
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 3: Bobby put the points on the board early. It was

1092
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:52,880
Speaker 3: like an important goal line stand. Who knows, Like if

1093
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:55,399
Speaker 3: replay had been what it had been, it probably would

1094
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 3: have lasted another thirty minutes because the Rams were close

1095
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,840
Speaker 3: to the goal line a couple of times. Uh, they

1096
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 3: opted for the field goal attempt, uh, and it was

1097
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 3: it was blocked and and Bobby Bryant just zoomed down

1098
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 3: the sideline so that that was instrumental sent sent the

1099
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 3: Vikings to their fourth Super Bowl, making the team the

1100
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 3: first team to ever go to four. We know that

1101
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 3: none of them turned out the way the Vikings hoped for,

1102
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,240
Speaker 3: but just had this knack of making big plays.

1103
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:26,000
Speaker 2: And it was so cool.

1104
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 3: It was it was just before the fourth of July closure.

1105
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:32,040
Speaker 3: I was able to hop on a zoom and kind

1106
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,280
Speaker 3: of be in the background. Is as our owners Ziggy

1107
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:39,360
Speaker 3: and Mark Wilf were joined by fran Tarkenton and Alan Page,

1108
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,960
Speaker 3: And it was set up as like a way to like, oh,

1109
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 3: we just want to reconnect with Bobby. You know, they

1110
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 3: were they were teammates for so long together, accomplished so

1111
00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 3: many things together.

1112
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:51,800
Speaker 2: I hope Bobby liked surprises.

1113
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:53,960
Speaker 1: How did he react?

1114
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 3: He liked that one. I don't know where he is

1115
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:00,839
Speaker 3: on others, but you like, you can, like the great

1116
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 3: thing about like a zoom video or whatever a video

1117
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 3: conference type thing is you can actually see the emotion

1118
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 3: in that person's face, and I mean, you could tell

1119
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,799
Speaker 3: he was taken aback and it really means so much

1120
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 3: much to him. He's such a humble person. He has

1121
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 3: fifty seven career interceptions counting the playoffs, fifty one in

1122
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 3: the regular season. That's second in Viking's history, behind Hall

1123
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,440
Speaker 3: of Famer Paul Krause, and then he had six in

1124
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:34,160
Speaker 3: the playoffs and just fourteen playoff games. That's a really

1125
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:37,399
Speaker 3: impressive run, but just so humble. We've had the chance

1126
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,759
Speaker 3: to have him up in twenty fifteen, they brought back

1127
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 3: the guys who had been on the roster for the

1128
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 3: four Super Bowl teams, and then I think he's made

1129
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 3: it up a couple other times, gonna be here this

1130
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 3: summer and then obviously in September when he goes into

1131
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 3: the ring. And the other cool thing is is you

1132
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 3: can tell how much it meant to Fran and especially

1133
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:03,799
Speaker 3: Alan that Bobby Bryant is going to be joining them

1134
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 3: in the Vikings Ring of Honor. And it's so great

1135
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 3: to have ownership that remained. This is their twentieth year

1136
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:13,000
Speaker 3: coming up this season, you know, and they've been so

1137
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 3: committed to embracing the legacy that was here before they

1138
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:20,359
Speaker 3: got here and continuing to honor the players that helped

1139
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 3: build this franchise into what it is.

1140
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 4: And I think that's the thing too, is with this

1141
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 4: organization doing that. I know there's other organizations that have

1142
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 4: been criticized at times that they just don't have as

1143
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 4: much of an outreach when it comes to their legends.

1144
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 4: Because of the early success of this organization, you know,

1145
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 4: just with the historic teams that they had had and

1146
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 4: the talent that they had had, I think there was

1147
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:44,440
Speaker 4: always kind of this feeling of trying to keep that

1148
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,040
Speaker 4: relationship going with them and using them as ambassadors, but

1149
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,920
Speaker 4: also just bringing them in and having that knowledge be

1150
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,239
Speaker 4: passed down from generation to generation. So for a guy

1151
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:57,320
Speaker 4: like Bobby Bryant to be finally recognized this way, given

1152
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:58,920
Speaker 4: all the stats and everything that he did and what

1153
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 4: he meant to that team, it's great. It's hard because,

1154
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:03,439
Speaker 4: like you think about the talent that was on that team,

1155
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 4: Purple people, leaders fran.

1156
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,400
Speaker 2: Just to be able to have Hall.

1157
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 4: Of Famers after Hall of famers, including the coach go

1158
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,279
Speaker 4: in repeatedly, and then there's going to be a lot

1159
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:18,080
Speaker 4: of talent on those rosters that at times don't necessarily

1160
00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 4: get recognized. And so for a guy like Bobby with

1161
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 4: those crazy numbers and playing with Kraus and even the

1162
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 4: idea of him coming in with Allen and them having

1163
00:56:26,239 --> 00:56:29,239
Speaker 4: their relationship that they've had from day one this entire

1164
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:30,759
Speaker 4: time and staying as close as they are to be

1165
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,560
Speaker 4: able to surprise him that way, I'm sure was a

1166
00:56:33,719 --> 00:56:36,799
Speaker 4: welcome treat for him. So looking forward to all the

1167
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 4: crazy stories that always come out whenever you have these

1168
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 4: kind of gatherings with these guys. It's the behind the

1169
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 4: scenes stories are the ones that I always love the most.

1170
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 4: And be able to have Bobby here show up for

1171
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 4: a Ring of Honor weekend and Legends weekend is going

1172
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:50,799
Speaker 4: to be a lot of fun to just see the

1173
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 4: guys get back together and start sharing stories.

1174
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,920
Speaker 1: Did you tell them the bar set high for his entrance?

1175
00:56:58,760 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1176
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,480
Speaker 3: I don't know how he is on a horseback. We

1177
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:06,399
Speaker 3: gotta come up with a different different Yeah, I mean

1178
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,880
Speaker 3: he was a good pitcher in college too. Maybe we

1179
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,000
Speaker 3: reveal bullpen cart.

1180
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 2: See JJ McCarthy and Dallas Turner throw out their first pitch. Yeah.

1181
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 3: Maybe if I'll only worry about it. If they start

1182
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 3: putting mounds on a football field.

1183
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 2: That will not That will not be a good thing.

1184
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 2: But the great thing about all of this is that

1185
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,040
Speaker 2: training camp starts next week and you can get your

1186
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 2: training camp tickets right now on Vikings dot com slash camp.

1187
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,720
Speaker 2: As the team in Purple gears up for another year,

1188
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 2: hoping to hoist that Lombardi next February, Guys, this was

1189
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 2: a pleasure. Craig, thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 3: Oh, thanks so much. It was so such a fun time.

1191
00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:50,479
Speaker 2: Be fun having you on. And uh, I guess it'll

1192
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,880
Speaker 2: be a fun time in the next few months because

1193
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 2: football season will be officially back when we start our

1194
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:59,120
Speaker 2: next podcast next week. So for Tim Ruff, our producer,

1195
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 2: Eric Davidson, Notson, Tatum Everett, and Craig Peters, my name

1196
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:04,880
Speaker 2: is Gabe Henderson. We will talk to you guys next

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