1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: The Recket Recket. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: I'm here, Hey everybody, Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate, 3 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 2: brought to you by Ticketmaster, the official ticket marketplace of 4 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings. I'm your host, sy Amensen, and we 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: hope you all had a fantastic holiday season. Just like you, 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: We've been enjoying some time with our families, but we 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: still wanted to give you a little best of the 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: show in case you missed some of our favorite guests 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: of the season. First up, you're gonna hear from comedy 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: legend Jeff Foxworthy about his insane son in law, who 11 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: is a huge Vikings fan. Jeff also has a grandson 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,319 Speaker 2: who already knows the school chance. You're you're gonna love 13 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 2: that segment. And then, secondly, one of the biggest up 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: and coming names in all of comedy, Adam Ray, who 15 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: is currently on his Doctor Phil Live Comedy tour. He's 16 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: gonna be coming to Minneapolis. He's a longtime friend of 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: Sam Darnold. You're really gonna love our conversation with him. Finally, 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: we hope you have a safe and wonderful rest of 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: your holiday season, and most importantly, that the Vikings get 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: the big win this weekend. Enjoy the show. Everybody, Ladies 21 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: and gentlemen, please welcome the one and only Jeff Foxworthy. 22 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: I'm excited to be here. I'm always loved Minnesota. I 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: did my last comedy special there. I always love playing 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: up there. And my football team has broken my heart 25 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: so much that the Vikings are, you know how you 26 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: always have to have like the second team because I'm 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: a Falcons fan. I grew up in Atlanta, but they've 28 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: gutted me so bad that the Vikings are my fallback team. 29 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: And my youngest daughter married into a family of insane scoldiers, 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: so you guys are my backup team. So this actually, 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: this weekend's kind of hard for me. 32 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: So as your son, And is he from Minnesota originally 33 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: or is he one of these places that his family 34 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 2: was and then they grew up somewhere else. 35 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: He and his forty five cousins, all of their aunts 36 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: and uncles are from Minnesota. 37 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: I'm catching strays with that one. Jeff as a man 38 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: who's got a mom with eight brothers and sisters, and 39 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: I have a but you hit it on the head. 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: Is he Swedish too? Is he a giant Nordic Swedish person. 41 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: Now he's Irish poorly, but they're all they're all Minnesota people. 42 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: I mean they're Twins fans, they're Vikes fans. He's taught 43 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: my grandson. He's three now, but I found him last year. 44 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: He's two years old, two years old, down at my 45 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: farm in the middle of a field, and I videotaped 46 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: him singing the Vikings fight song. 47 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 3: Two years old, every word of it, at. 48 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: The top of his lungs with it. Because we had 49 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: to negotiate because he was a Vikings and a Notre 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: Dame fan. 51 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 3: Another one that would break your heart. 52 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: And I was a Bulldogs and a Falcons fan, so 53 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: two more that break your heart. So before he was born, 54 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: we had serious negotiations and who was going to get 55 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: the college team and one was gonna get pro and 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: one was gonna get college. 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: I think you made the right decision. 58 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 3: I think I did too. 59 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: But now, like in pro, the NFC North is like 60 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: the SEC. 61 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: In the NFC South, it's kind of like the Sun Belt. 62 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: Now, yeah, there's a little easier. 63 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: Nobody wants to win the conference. 64 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: Are they down? Are they near you in Atlanta? 65 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah? 66 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: Do you guys get together or do you commiserate afterwards. 67 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: It depends on how big the game is. If it's 68 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: a really big one, he'll go into a shell. And 69 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: he's got a one year old and a three year old, 70 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: so I kind of clear space for him. I'm running 71 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: like his wing and he'll tell me first the wait 72 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: look Sunday, I gotta have I gotta be all it. 73 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: Can you take the kids? 74 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: You're his NFL babysitter wing man. 75 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've got footage of him, like when the Vikings 76 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: win in the last second. 77 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 3: Well, I was with him in the car the other 78 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 3: day when he lost his mind. 79 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: But this dude like rips his shirt off, is out 80 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: in the front yard beating past screaming skull. He loses 81 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: his mind and then like in eighteen I can't remember 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: who they lost to, but he announced he was going 83 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: on a hunger strike. He was as down as I've 84 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: ever so I literally I went to Honey Baked Ham 85 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: and got him a Honey Baked Ham sandwich and soup 86 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: and took. 87 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: It over there. So he was sick. 88 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: So he yeah, like he has pneumonia because the Vikings lost, 89 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: and I'm in there like, dude, you got to eat, 90 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: you got to eat. Now I will tell you this 91 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: as an outsider looking in Okay, probably as a Vikings fan, 92 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: and it's it's a lifetime of frustration. But I think 93 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: other people look at y'all is one of the top 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: tier football. 95 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: Teams because you have been. 96 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: Always think of the Vikings like the Vikings. Oh, the 97 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: Vikings are good. The Vikings are good. I never think 98 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: of them as a bad team. I always think of 99 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: the Vikings as being good. But it's like you. 100 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: Get right up to the top of the thing and 101 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 3: then find a way. 102 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: To fall off the mountain. We hang out on the mountain, 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: but we like to fall out. 104 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys, you've got that falcon thing where they 105 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: know how to break your heart. Yeah, you guys are 106 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: such good fans. You'll come back the next week and 107 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: you know, be right there. But maybe this is the year. 108 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: I mean, your defense, your defense is so much better 109 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 1: wild and this I think this iteration of the Vikings. 110 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: This team has hard and and to me, that's the 111 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: difference in great teams and teams that aren't. 112 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: That both the belief in those moments that you're going 113 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 2: to figure it out. 114 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: And I think this team has that more than the 115 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: Vikings have had in recent years. Dude, I don't think 116 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: there's anybody that wouldn't take your head coach. I think O'Connell. 117 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: I mean, what a great surprise. He's been right and 118 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: hell I would take him today. Nothing again Raheem Morris. 119 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: But I think he's going to be around for a 120 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: long time. And I I just feel like you guys 121 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: are on the on the right track. 122 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: It's weird, it's and it's funny until you win the 123 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: big one for the first time, which neither of us 124 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: have experienced. I think you don't trust anything. And so 125 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: even at ten and two, you feel this interesting. I 126 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: was home over Thanksgiving spending time, I was at the 127 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 2: game on Sunday. You feel this odd combo energy of 128 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 2: this is so great? Oh no, how's it going to end? 129 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: It just permeates through people. 130 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: Well see, I'm that way, like I'm a Georgia Bulldogs fan. 131 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: So we we had not won the Natty since nineteen 132 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: eighty with herschel Walk, forty one years, and you know, 133 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: then we played Bamman like seventeen and they in overtime 134 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: beat us, and then the Falcons turn around twenty eight 135 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: to three and lose. 136 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: I get it. 137 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: It's like, so I actually I was not going to 138 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: go to the Bulldogs. I'm like, all right, I've wasted 139 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: too much money going to these games. 140 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: But in twenty one when they. 141 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,559 Speaker 1: Played in Indianapolis, and then like the week of the game, 142 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: me and my brother and my two buddies couldn't stand it. 143 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: And so we drive up. 144 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: To Indianapolis and we win the Natty and I told 145 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: my I called my son in law. I said, it's 146 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: worth it for all the heartbreak, this may be the 147 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: greatest moment of my life. And you guys, see, I'm 148 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: old enough to remember as a kid the Purple People 149 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: Eaters and it was like, you guys just kept going 150 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl and could never win it. And 151 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: and then I was it ninety nine. 152 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: Into ninety nine when you guys, when you guys crushed 153 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: my soul as a child. 154 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: Well, we had to come up there and play you there, 155 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: and I thought, we're going to get our teeth kicked in. 156 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 3: There's so much better than us, That's what. 157 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: But that's what I've been telling everybody this year when 158 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 2: they worry that the egos are the lions, and I 159 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: got you just never know in one game if you're 160 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: if you're some version of good, you just never know. 161 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, especially you know, that's kind of what I'm going 162 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: through in college this season with Georgia, because they can 163 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: look unbeatable and they can look horrible. Because we were 164 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: talking about it and I thought, you know, the Lions 165 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: are playing so good that it's probably going to end 166 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: up being the Falcons. 167 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 3: And the Bikes in the playoffs. 168 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: In the playoffs, and so Arthur Blank invited me and 169 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: my son in law Brendan down to watch the game. 170 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 3: And he's so funny because he's. 171 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: Sitting there at the I mean, we're in Arthur Sweet 172 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: on the fifty yard line and he's watching the Bikes 173 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: on his phone between his legs, and so I'm like, dude, 174 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: let's go, Let's go watch Kirk and because this is 175 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: gonna end God, we played awful last week like the Chargers, 176 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: and just just so now. 177 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 3: I don't know, the Bucks are on a roll. 178 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, maybe you guys end up with the Bucks, 179 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: but what do you guys have won like five straight. 180 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: I really like this football team. 181 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: And I like Darno. 182 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: You know, when Matt Ryan when we were going through 183 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: all that, and he was kind of the guy I 184 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: always thought this guy hasn't shown what he can do. 185 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 3: I think he's better, and obviously he is. 186 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: I mean, Koc is like a such a good quarterback, 187 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: and so when Sam went to you guys, I thought, well, 188 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: at least he's going to get a fair shot with 189 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: a good team to see if and I think he's 190 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: been fabulous this year. 191 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 2: Stick around after the break for our other guest, Adam Ray. 192 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: Right here on the Vikings Tailgate brought to you by Ticketmaster. 193 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: But first, the official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings 194 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 2: and the NFL is Ticketmaster. 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Ladies 203 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 2: and gentlemen, we are joined by the Great Adam Ray. 204 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us. 205 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 4: Man, happy to be here. 206 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 5: First time caller, longtime listener. Your beer looks great. Just 207 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 5: does the carpet match the drapes? That's where everybody wants 208 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 5: to know. 209 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 2: It's very I'm oscillating between guy in a cult and 210 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: guy you wouldn't want to be your wife's yoga teacher. 211 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: That's where I have entered into the era where I 212 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: am wearing one of these women's headbands like a European 213 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: soccer player. And it's not you would not like the 214 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: version of me that exists right now. Absolutely not. 215 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 4: Well I'll tell you who would love that. What's your 216 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 4: mascot's name? The Viking. 217 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get fired for my show, Victor Victor, the Victor, 218 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: the Viking. 219 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, but you know it's like, you know, the 220 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 5: Clippers have like what Paulie the pair It or Peter 221 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: the Plican. 222 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 2: Or something that has nothing to do with clipping. 223 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, they should move to Seattle anyway. 224 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: The only one I remember is the Chargers mascot, which 225 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: is Bolt, who's a lightning bolt that when you take 226 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 2: his glasses off, looks like he's been huffing dried up 227 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 2: red bull. 228 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 4: Like it's well, who hasn't done that. 229 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a wild He's a wild looking dude. 230 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 4: I mean, let me ask you this, Sam. 231 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 5: When I was in uh Minnesota in September, and you know, 232 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 5: he was maybe two games. You guys were maybe three 233 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 5: and oh or or four to oh, and you were 234 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 5: definitely rolling. And but it was so early that he 235 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 5: was like, you know, we we we love it here 236 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 5: and you know we we don't know everyone's telling me 237 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 5: to brave for the winner, and we don't know what 238 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 5: we're getting ourselves into. But but he's like, you know, 239 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 5: it's great, We're clicking. Jefferson's one of the best, you 240 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 5: know guys I've ever played with, and kept saying how 241 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 5: he got his PhD in football at San fran and 242 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 5: just really you know, grew up and matured and learned that, 243 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 5: like because I was like I keep hearing this on 244 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 5: in the meeting. Yeah, but like when you hear from 245 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 5: a source and he's like, well, dude, I just like 246 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 5: got to a place was like, oh, I don't have 247 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 5: to like force things and like it's okay to like 248 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 5: eat the ball or throw it away and like get 249 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 5: it on the next one. He's like, but everybody, you 250 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 5: feel so much pressure to like make something happen on 251 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 5: every play, and he's like, once I kind of like 252 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 5: subscribe to that. 253 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 4: It's kind of calmed him down. 254 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 5: And and and you know, obviously like faith and trust 255 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 5: to be able to sit in the pocket like that 256 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 5: goes a long way. But he was like, uh, yeah, 257 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 5: we'll see. He's like, I gotta keep balling out and 258 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 5: they got to want to like keep me. So I 259 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 5: can't imagine the conversation over there is anything but how 260 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: much and how long? Because like, and you know, it's 261 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 5: not like you have to get rid of McCarthy, but 262 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 5: unless you want to trade him to my Seahawks. But like, 263 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 5: if you guys didn't resign Sam, I would I would. 264 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 5: I think I would think the fan base would be like, what, 265 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 5: what's the move here? 266 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: It's really interesting because I mean, he has universal like 267 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: approval rating here and as he should, and it's been 268 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 2: so so fun to watch him play. I remember, you 269 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 2: know you're talking September. I remember being at camp this 270 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 2: summer and this is before it's open to the public. 271 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: His presence was one of, Oh, this is just a dude. 272 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 2: This is just a dude who like I'm I mean, 273 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 2: unassuming in the best way, right. He could walk by 274 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 2: you in a hallway with a couple of other players 275 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: and it wouldn't like switch the room, you know what 276 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 2: I'm saying. He was just there. You could tell he 277 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 2: came in really excited off of San Francisco to be 278 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 2: in a situation with koc Here. It's almost amazing to 279 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: think it's the same a similar offense as the last 280 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 2: couple of years. Because when you see this dude's arm 281 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 2: as somebody who loves a comeback and like a vindication story. Dude, 282 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: it's so cool. I can't imagine there's a guy in 283 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 2: the NFL and I'm biased, but that that has a 284 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: better route for him. Fact. 285 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, dude, yeah he I mean he also just 286 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 4: is doubt in. 287 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 5: I mean I tried to get him to go to 288 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 5: the show on that Friday night before you guys were 289 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 5: in Green Bay and and he was like, dude, I 290 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 5: gotta be asleep by nine because we got this in 291 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 5: the MO And I was just like, dude, get after it, man. 292 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 5: I mean, he just was like, he was showing us 293 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 5: plays and he read a few and they made no sense. 294 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 4: I mean, he read one play that he would read 295 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 4: in the huddle. 296 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 5: And it was like qx five you know, qan On 297 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 5: Panera times five, Baron Trump, bar mitzvah sidekick break. 298 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 4: And I was like, dude, there's no way I can 299 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 4: remember any of that. 300 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 5: And he said it's so articulately and casually, and I 301 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: was like, man, this like but I guess it's like, 302 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 5: you know, it's a comedy. Like he's probably like, how 303 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 5: do you memorize your jokes? How do you write an act? 304 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 4: How do you whatever? 305 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 5: But I know how you know, well, revered Sam is, 306 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 5: but yeah, he's he's just a bud man. 307 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 2: The other reason people need to go to your Instagram 308 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: is cause your homeboy, Sam Darnold literally is wearing an 309 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: Adam Ray as Doctor Phil hooded sweatshirt on his way 310 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: to the Monday night white out game against Chicago Bears. 311 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: I know, like, you get to this point where your 312 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 2: career grows, you get to do these cool thing Steelers do, 313 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: it's still gotta be a weird moment, like because they 314 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 2: just become your friends and stuff. You're like, hey, the 315 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 2: starting NFL quarterback, who's you know, weren't it not for 316 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 2: Josh Allen is probably the in the MVP conversation right now, 317 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: just has my silly comedy hooded sweatshirt on that hat. 318 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: That's such a cool thing when you think about who 319 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 2: you were as a kid and where you are now. 320 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's cool. 321 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 5: But it's also he's a big comedy fan, so it's like, 322 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 5: you know, it's he had been following me for a 323 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 5: little bit when we first met, and so for him too, 324 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 5: he takes ownership and seeing me kind of you know, 325 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 5: have a cool last couple of years and just you know, 326 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 5: have things kind of elevating a more fun direction. And yeah, 327 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 5: and so and I'm you know, almost like a supportive 328 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 5: mom the way I messaged him sometimes after certain things 329 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 5: that he does. And yeah, that was a sweet shout out. 330 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 5: And he was looking like a snack, so that didn't hurt. 331 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 5: You know, got to show the people of Minnesota that, 332 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 5: you know, Aaron Rodgers isn't the only you know, guy 333 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 5: out there that's that you know, looks like you could 334 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 5: be Brad Pitt's cousin. Yeah, it's it's awesome, man. And 335 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 5: the doctor Phil Merch is so fun and it's trying 336 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 5: to get Sammy to stick around hopefully and pop by 337 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 5: that Orpheum show. But he might be back in the 338 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 5: OC at that point. But but who knows, if you 339 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 5: guys take care of business, he might just you know, 340 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 5: he might just. 341 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 2: They might just have to pave cement over him and 342 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: turn him into a statue. 343 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 5: That's what I'm saying, Dude, put the statue down now 344 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 5: and let him know how much. 345 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 2: You care if the Vikings ever win a Super Bowl 346 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 2: and if there's any sort of defining moment in that 347 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 2: Super Bowl run, the amount of like I think there'll 348 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 2: be a city council moving like we're gonna do a 349 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: lot of statues. We're just gonna, you know, it'll look 350 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: like when they dig up like those terra Cotta warriors 351 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 2: and an ancient civilization. That's what Minneapolis will look like 352 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: when somebody finds our city fifty thousand years from now. 353 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 354 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, just a bunch of Sam Darnold's just with their 355 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: you know, just with their their helmet in their hand 356 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 2: all over the place. 357 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 4: Dude. 358 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 5: It's also cool that, you know, Sam, you know, looks 359 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 5: like he's not old enough to be in the you know, 360 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 5: stadium without his parents, so that I think growing the 361 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 5: beard was a sweet move on his part. 362 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: Everyone moved. 363 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 5: When you have a beard like that and you still 364 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 5: got like, you know, a young, affable vibe to you. 365 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 5: But Sam's got this clean cut, you know, California vibe 366 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 5: too that I think everyone's vibing with. And there is 367 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 5: a laid back style to him as a person that 368 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 5: definitely I see translating on the field ob asolutely. 369 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 4: He's in go mode. You guys are lucky, you know. 370 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 5: I always ask people this when you get close and 371 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 5: don't make it, would you rather that or like not 372 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 5: even have that? Because like the Seahawks, we've gone. I 373 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 5: think we went ten years in a row to the 374 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 5: playoffs with Russ after the Super Bowls and it was 375 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 5: awesome because every Sunday mattered, and that's all I asked 376 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 5: for as a fan is like to be in a 377 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 5: place to where like you can watch the games and 378 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 5: actually get a little emotionally invested, which is tricky for fans. 379 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 5: I remember when the Seahawks won the first Super Bowl 380 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 5: in twenty thirteen and I went with my boy Brad Williams, 381 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 5: who's a dire Broncos fan. He's also a Dwarf, and 382 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 5: was sitting there and it was like fifteen to nothing, 383 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 5: and then Percy Harvin ran back the kickoff to start 384 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 5: the second half. 385 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 4: Brad looks down. 386 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 5: I take a picture he was about to cry, and 387 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 5: he goes, you might not want to post that. If 388 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 5: a Dwarf cries at the super Bowl and it's public, 389 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 5: it's seven years bad luck. And I was like, so funny, 390 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 5: And I forgot how emotionally invested you get into your 391 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 5: team as a fan to where I was like accepting 392 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 5: partial responsibility. 393 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: People were like, dude, congrats on the super Bowl. Congrats. 394 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 5: I had no problem accepting partial like response, I was like, dude, 395 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 5: thank you man. Those fifteen beers I had a half 396 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 5: I think gave Marshawn the extra boost he needed. But 397 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 5: you guys probably have that same delusion where you're like, 398 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 5: we are a reason the team stays consistent. 399 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 4: But I also think that there's a lot of truth 400 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 4: to that. You know. 401 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 2: To go back to your original question, which would I 402 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: rather have? I think I'd rather be close because I'm 403 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: like you, I like to be invested in something you know, 404 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: because otherwise you get apathetic. But I also think the 405 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: secondary answer to that, which is something that you have, 406 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 2: it's something that I have ownership that cares about the 407 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 2: community and winning. 408 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 4: Yeah. 409 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 2: Right, that's all that sports is. And so I think 410 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 2: more than getting close, I think having an ownership group 411 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 2: that actually is invested in winning a title and building 412 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 2: in the community in a way, because you hear that 413 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 2: with the Seahawks, people like to go be a part 414 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: of that organization. They really like the way people talk 415 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 2: about the Vikings organization. That to me is the big 416 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 2: deal and the thing that allows you to reinvest because 417 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 2: you're like, well, at some point it has to work out. 418 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 2: Now you here's my question back to you, because you 419 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: won that Super Bowl and then all of a sudden, 420 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 2: it's like you guys entered into this almost new era. 421 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: We're like, well, they're kind of just one of the 422 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: franchises that they might have to rebuild, but they'll be back. 423 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 2: You're just expected to be there. I mean, where were 424 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: you at before that in that same regard, because it 425 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 2: was just years of misery with one Hasselbeck miss like 426 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: you were us with less of a long history before 427 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 2: that Super Bowl. 428 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you don't have a winning history. 429 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 5: That super Bowl in twenty five against the Steelers that 430 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 5: was clearly rigged for Jerome Bettis to. 431 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 4: Walk off into the sunset. 432 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 5: And even my Steeler fans know that and will admit 433 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 5: it slightly, but nobody cared about the Seahawks. We were 434 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 5: small markets, still our small market team, but it's the 435 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 5: one sport where we have made more of a splash 436 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 5: in the zeitgeist, but at least for the Northwest. But yeah, 437 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 5: it was a weird time because you're such a diehard fan, 438 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: but you're also so aware of like, oh, we're just 439 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 5: not there. 440 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 4: We have a lot of holes on the team. 441 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 5: And getting Marshawn was like a big deal. I don't 442 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 5: think it was like a huge signing, but it was 443 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 5: a big It's like a back. 444 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 2: To the future timeline shift getting him. 445 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, totally. 446 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 5: Seattle people are now so you live and die. We 447 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 5: also are just craving a super Bowl that will wash 448 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 5: away twenty fourteen. 449 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: You're the king, dude. This means a lot. Thank you 450 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 2: for doing the. 451 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 4: Show anytime, Baby, Good to see us, sich. 452 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 2: Thanks again to both Jeff Foxworthy and Adam Ray for 453 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 2: joining the show. 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