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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, and welcome to the play off edition of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. My name is Gabe Henderson. I'm

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Speaker 1: alongside Vikings dot COM's Tatum Everett as well as producer

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Speaker 1: Eric Davidson. The tonight show is brought to you courtesy

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Speaker 1: of PEPSI. I'm looking forward to today's show simply because

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Speaker 1: we got my guy, Reggie Wilson from Kara Levin who's

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Speaker 1: in studio right now and he's joining us for the

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Speaker 1: entire show. Reggie, thanks for joining us. I know this

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Speaker 1: show is going to be good. But also at the

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Speaker 1: end of the show, we're going to do an awards

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Speaker 1: type of deal, so we're going to give out offensive

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Speaker 1: defensive MVPs as well as Most Improoved Player, and then

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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year just for the Minnesota Vikings, just

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Speaker 1: team specific. So I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts

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Speaker 1: on that. But before we get to that, I was

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Speaker 1: talking about this earlier. This this may be the most

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Speaker 1: buzz that I felt around this team since week one

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Speaker 1: versus the Packers. Tatum and I we've been at fan

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Speaker 1: rallies all week. There's been all this you promotion and

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Speaker 1: marketing getting by behind this team. Helping get fans hype

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Speaker 1: for a playoff game, the first home playoff game since

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Speaker 1: twenty seven team the Minneapolis Miracle. But I was looking

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Speaker 1: at ticket matter this morning, and one hundred and seventy

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Speaker 1: five dollars it's the cheapest single game ticket for this

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Speaker 1: upcoming Sunday's game. How would you just describe the energy

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Speaker 1: from your standpoint? There's definitely a buzz, but I feel

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Speaker 1: like it's a like a nervous busy because you know,

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Speaker 1: earlier this week, Kirk Cousins talked about how it's winner

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Speaker 1: go home. You know, it's a little different stakes right now,

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Speaker 1: and that's really what it is. And you're like, oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, if they lose this thirteen win season, its

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Speaker 1: magical season. They beat the Bills, they had to come

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Speaker 1: back against the Coats, all that is just done right,

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Speaker 1: And so you're like, Okay, they beat the Giants before

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Speaker 1: you know it took a crazy, ridiculous franchise record field goal,

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Speaker 1: but they've done it. I feel like the fans are like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't I don't want it to end,

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Speaker 1: but it could because it's just like this team is

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Speaker 1: just you don't, you don't know what you're gonna get

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Speaker 1: week to week with them. For me, I think that

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Speaker 1: this feeling is more or less a silent confidence within

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Speaker 1: this group because I think they're getting more healthy. I

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Speaker 1: think that that Giants game, you know, like you said,

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Speaker 1: it took it down to the wire and overtime, needing

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Speaker 1: a historic field goal to win. However, I feel like

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Speaker 1: they know that this is a matchup back and play well,

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Speaker 1: and this team bounces back from really terrible performances. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't call the Bears game the bounce back because the

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Speaker 1: first half was so great, but that was just one half.

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Speaker 1: I think that this team is able to see what

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Speaker 1: happened both in the Packers game and then the Giants

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Speaker 1: game before that, and I think that that's really what

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Speaker 1: think that's what I would be focused on, is just

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Speaker 1: knowing that this team responds well to you know, having

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Speaker 1: their tail between their legs basically, yeah, and the fact

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Speaker 1: that this is a game where you come into understanding

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Speaker 1: what the other team has, right, say, Kwon Barkley, that

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Speaker 1: offense and then a defense that blitz is the most

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. I think that gives this Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: team a lot of advantage. The offensive coordinated from the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings West Phillips. He said, you know, there are

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Speaker 1: certain plays that essentially he wished he would have called,

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Speaker 1: of those plays would probably go more towards Dalvin and

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Speaker 1: the first quarter, Dalvin Cook against the Giant zone a

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Speaker 1: So you look at that and say, okay, well, hopefully

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Speaker 1: we can get Dalvin involved. My question for you is

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Speaker 1: if someone told you that Dalvin Cook had almost fifteen

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Speaker 1: I would believe it, okay, because there has been a

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Speaker 1: Like even with that, he's over a thousand yards rushing

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Speaker 1: that's incredible. That's an incredible stat but it also is

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Speaker 1: a testament to Kevin O'Connell. I made a joke and

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Speaker 1: it's funny. Well it was funny, just something that as

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Speaker 1: funny now that you're maybe for my own humor, but

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Speaker 1: I said, Koc is more committed to the run than

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Speaker 1: It's it's kind of the case like for better or

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Speaker 1: that's a testament to what you've seen with Dalvin rushing

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Speaker 1: he's riding Dalvin. That's for better or for worse, and

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Speaker 1: more of a pass first run runs. And even more so,

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Speaker 1: I don't think I would have believed you that the

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Speaker 1: deficits they've encountered in the beginning of games, So that

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Speaker 1: and then the deficits, the slow starts this team has

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Speaker 1: been accustomed to. For me, I think this is going

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Speaker 1: to be another TJ. Hockinson game. I know that they

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Speaker 1: But this Giants team is awful against tight ends. I

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Speaker 1: I could see that. I could see you being a

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Speaker 1: lot of attention is going to go to TJ Hockinson.

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Speaker 1: It will be great for TJ to have another, you know,

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Speaker 1: thirteen or twelve catch performance and two touchdowns. But I

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Speaker 1: is to make sure you minimize that. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: even Landon Collins came back pick six and you know,

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Speaker 1: So that defense is nothing to sneeze at. But I

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Speaker 1: I'm still gonna ride with Mike Hawkinson thing. I really am.

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Speaker 1: I was really good last week in my winning formula prediction.

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Speaker 1: I say so myself, did it once someone for one? No,

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Speaker 1: I do think that I agree with you. I think

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Speaker 1: I had a schedule, way, I had a schedule, And

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Speaker 1: in with so much more talent, But you're this personnel

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Speaker 1: it's coming from. Honestly, man, please keep that internet. I'm

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Speaker 1: usually I'm usually pessimistic every week, single week. For some reason,

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Speaker 1: I also think that, um, the comments made about all

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Speaker 1: that loud okay jokes on that guy, Nick Gates, He's

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Speaker 1: that was bold. That was very helping me make like

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Speaker 1: that that was a playoff game for them. Christmas Eve,

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Speaker 1: we've played here before, we know how to get a lead.

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Speaker 1: Now it's just sustaining a lead. And then from the

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Speaker 1: Every year we see so many names thrown around. Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I do. I do think that he just

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Speaker 1: therefore that he's my MVP. No Pro Bowl love. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I tweeted that out the other day. I'm like, he's

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Speaker 1: we got about thirty seconds. Most improved player in Rookie

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Speaker 1: That's a good one. Yeah, that's a good one. Most improved,

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Speaker 1: most improved cam bin him, Okay, but he was he

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Speaker 1: My vote is Garrett Bradberry. Absolutely. In the past, I

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Speaker 1: get it. You've noticed where he did it, he noticed

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Speaker 1: going Garrett Bradberry. He played himself into some money this year.

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Speaker 1: Oh for sure. Man, That center position is a hot

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Speaker 1: commodity every offseason, very valuable as you can tell this season.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully he'll play this week, maybe he won't. Who knows,

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Speaker 1: but the full injury reporters on Vikings dot Com, so

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Speaker 1: make sure you stay tuned to that. But Reggie pleasure

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Speaker 1: having you, Man appreciate it. Thanks a lot for Reggie Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Tatum Everett, and Eric Davidson. My name is Gay Henderson.

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys again for tuning into another edition of

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