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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears twenty nine thirteen

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Speaker 1: to finish the twenty twenty two regular season and finish

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Speaker 1: with a thirteen and four record. Welcome to the postgame report,

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Speaker 1: courtesy of Mystic Lake, the official playoff partner of the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. So, the Vikings finished thirteen and four and

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Speaker 1: first year head coach Kevin O'Connell somebody from whom you'll

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Speaker 1: hear coming up shortly, a first year head coach. Now, granted,

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Speaker 1: it's a redo with talent and a good quarterback. However,

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Speaker 1: thirteen and four in your first year, that's a phenomenal job. Now,

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Speaker 1: it really is. And it's a credit to Kois Adolpha

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Speaker 1: the general manager, and and for Kevin O'Connell to come

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Speaker 1: in here and do that, there was definitely a spark, right,

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Speaker 1: There was definitely something that he brought to the table

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Speaker 1: that propelled his team. The new offensive system, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: and and our star players are playing well. Cousins is

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Speaker 1: playing well, Jefferson had a great season. So yeah, overall,

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Speaker 1: you have to be happy. I mean, if you'd have

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Speaker 1: said thirteen and four before the season started. You know

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Speaker 1: that I thought I'd say I was aiming high, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, a little bit over expectations, But that's championship

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Speaker 1: first year. So he set the bar. He set the

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Speaker 1: bar for himself pretty high. And that's this team. And

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Speaker 1: you know, the book end of the season with the

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Speaker 1: multiple score victories, which was nice. And here we go.

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Speaker 1: That's a playoff time and let's get ready and um

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Speaker 1: as of this recording of the postgame report, the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: and San Francisco forty nine Ers had not have not played,

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Speaker 1: so you know, we were gonna be flying back from Chicago.

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Speaker 1: And the game today was that Soldier Field Vikings beat

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Speaker 1: the Bears. Bears finished three and fourteen on a ten

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Speaker 1: game losing streak, longest in the history of the team

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Speaker 1: rooting four hour zonus. So the Vikings could be the

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Speaker 1: two seed. Why is that important because next week when

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Speaker 1: they play in the wild card round, if they beat

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Speaker 1: that team, then they get the next game at home

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Speaker 1: in the divisional round. But the forty nine Ers prohibitively

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Speaker 1: favored over the Cardinals. Assuming they beat the Cardinals, we

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Speaker 1: will be the three seed. We will hook the Giants

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Speaker 1: as the sixth seed and That game will be at

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Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium. Minnesota Vikings back in the playoffs for

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Speaker 1: the first time since twenty nineteen, when they went down

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Speaker 1: a Niners team that went to the Super Bowl and

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Speaker 1: almost won the game. It was a very good Niners team.

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Speaker 1: It'll be the first home playoff game since twenty seventeen

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Speaker 1: in the Minneapolis Miracle. How prime do you feel this

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Speaker 1: team is for the postseason given the situation right tackle,

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Speaker 1: that's that's what so huge for Oliuto today. Get you know,

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Speaker 1: playoff game. So, uh, you know, you're gonna have some

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Speaker 1: changes with the offensive line, especially so it's not exactly

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Speaker 1: the same team that the Vikings are gonna field offensively,

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Speaker 1: especially against the you know, the New York Giants. But overall, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, we we know what Wink Martindale does on defense. Yea,

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Speaker 1: he blitzes. He didn't blitz much the first go around

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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, with the offensive line situation, that's probably

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Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit more about Kirk Cousins and

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Speaker 1: we'll also hear him speak coming up shortly on the

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Speaker 1: postgame report. Likewise for head coach Kevin O'Connell, Ron Johnson

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Speaker 1: with his three takes. But let's begin with the winning formula.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, let's begin with between the lines. Between the lines,

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Speaker 1: Ben Lieber and Game Anderson, Twenty nine to thirteen is

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Speaker 1: the final score here at Soldier Field as a Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings finish thirteen and four for the regular season, thirteen wins,

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Speaker 1: the first time since twenty seventeen, this Minnesota Vikings team

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Speaker 1: that's finished with that number of wins. Ben, we knew

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Speaker 1: it going into this game that the Minnesota Viking starters

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Speaker 1: kJ Osbourne over one hundred yards in the first half.

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Speaker 1: You did an interview to end the game on the

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Speaker 1: So I'm happy for him. Happy for him for sure,

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Speaker 1: and happy for Alexander Madison his first two touchdown game today,

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Speaker 1: Just another great performance by him. Dalvin Cook is you

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Speaker 1: a great one two punch, maybe the best in the league.

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Speaker 1: It was a little bit lousy. The atmosphere wasn't the greatest.

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Speaker 1: Usually behind us there's ropes to block off fans. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of that narrative they had, and

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Speaker 1: that's and that's a distraction going into your preparation. So

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Speaker 1: number one overall pick, which they did. Yes, they did

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Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell is here. What have we been doing all

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Speaker 1: season long? Our guy comes out of the gate as

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Speaker 1: he just keeps winning games, winning games, winning games, and

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Speaker 1: maybe doesn't really feel like the narrative is that right

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Speaker 1: now going into the playoffs, right now at the end

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Speaker 1: played a lot of close games. I understand the point

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Speaker 1: things to be excited about as we play next week

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Speaker 1: going into this offseason. Right before Kevin O'Connell got hired,

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Speaker 1: be effective za Darius Smith for example, Jordan Hicks for example,

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Speaker 1: going into the playoffs. You've been in the playoffs plenty

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Speaker 1: of plenty of times understanding that what is so much

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Speaker 1: a better job in that moment making sure that all

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Speaker 1: eleven guys out there know exactly what the situation is.

430
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,680
Speaker 1: But going in getting the three points and then coming

431
00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 1: back out finding out in the locker room that we

432
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,240
Speaker 1: lost that three points. Luckily we're able to put a

433
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,359
Speaker 1: touchdown drive together to start the second half, but we

434
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,400
Speaker 1: got that was a great opportunity for us to get

435
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 1: a situation in that we really hadn't yet this year,

436
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,119
Speaker 1: at least down in the low red like that, and

437
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 1: I thought we could have handled it better. Patrick Peterson

438
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 1: and Duke Shelley recording interceptions today is I mean, what's

439
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,920
Speaker 1: it like to see Duke Shelley give him those with

440
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 1: what he's Yeah, it's been huge. Um he you know,

441
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,359
Speaker 1: he got that ball out on the field and then

442
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 1: we gave him a game ball in the locker room

443
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: coming back here to it, you know, to his former team.

444
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: All that guy's done since he got to Minnesota's be

445
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,680
Speaker 1: a great teammate, work incredibly hard, be reliable as as

446
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,479
Speaker 1: as any player I've ever been around. Uh, he's as

447
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,159
Speaker 1: competitive as any player I've ever been around, and he's

448
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,680
Speaker 1: an absolute joy to have on your football team. So

449
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 1: I feel blessed and lucky to have um benefited from

450
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,240
Speaker 1: Quasi's guys identifying a player like that to add and

451
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: that just continue to hope for Duke to uh, you know,

452
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,840
Speaker 1: experience success here with us and continuing to be a

453
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 1: big part of our defense. It is your view on

454
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,200
Speaker 1: big played Osborne on the first drive and just in

455
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 1: general put it into words, what is contribution? Yeah, you know,

456
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,400
Speaker 1: to have his second, you know, second hundred yard game

457
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 1: of the year. Um. Going back to that play, it

458
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: was kind of a you know, a unique scenario where uh,

459
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 1: we're getting in long yardage on after a first down

460
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,719
Speaker 1: run where they fired a corner pressure um that they

461
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 1: get us behind the chains. We throw a screen to

462
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 1: JJ on second down and thought there was a little

463
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: bit more there, you know, maybe we could get it

464
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: all back right there. But when we don't, hey, everybody

465
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,640
Speaker 1: just be poised, calm, and we call the concept where

466
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: kJ is really running the top shelf route, the deep

467
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 1: route right there, and we put TJ and justin underneath

468
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: that deep route too. If it did justify them playing

469
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 1: a little bit more coverage to the underneath part of

470
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,400
Speaker 1: the field, we thought kJ would have a great chance

471
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,120
Speaker 1: down the field. Kirk saw it in rhythm, great protection

472
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: and through an absolute dime. So I think that day

473
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,360
Speaker 1: that got him going. And then one of the things

474
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 1: about kJ is he has so many jobs in our offense.

475
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 1: You know, his second long completion there down the bare sideline,

476
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,439
Speaker 1: he's bluffing as if he's blocking one of our bubble

477
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 1: screens or receiver perimeter screens, gets behind the defense and

478
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 1: Kirk finds him for another big play. So what I'm

479
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 1: saying is his role is an evolving thing, snapping and

480
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 1: snap out. He's incredibly valuable to me as the play caller,

481
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: but also to the other ten guys in our huddle

482
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,879
Speaker 1: knowing the different jobs he's gonna do. But when he's

483
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: called upon, he's as explosive and reliable as anybody. We have.

484
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,160
Speaker 1: What you think of the efficiency the Kirk Cousins show

485
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 1: today and to to kind of put a cap of

486
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: the regular season together, yeah, I thought he I told

487
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: him when we when we took him out of the game,

488
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: I thought it was just another great example of you know,

489
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: his just continued ownership of what we're doing, his accuracy,

490
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 1: his ability to distribute the ball and play um at

491
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 1: a high level for us. UM. I'm really proud of

492
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,400
Speaker 1: what Kirk's done this year. I think he's his own

493
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,200
Speaker 1: hardest critic on himself sometimes, which I think is what

494
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,640
Speaker 1: makes him a special player and will continue to grow

495
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 1: within this offensive system. And he's ready to go play

496
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 1: next go play well next week, and he'll be a

497
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,119
Speaker 1: huge reason UM why hopefully we're able to have success

498
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I think he'll be doing for the

499
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: next couple of hours. You're going to follow the forty

500
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 1: niners score closely or what are you gonna do? Exactly? Yeah,

501
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 1: you know, probably not, to be honest, what I wanted

502
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: to do was, you know, get our team our thirteenth

503
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,760
Speaker 1: win today. You know, have everybody available and ready to play,

504
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 1: which I give our coaching staff a ton of credit

505
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: to be able to sustain and still score and move

506
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: the ball and get stops and do the things we

507
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: did in the second half. You know, well, getting out

508
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: of here pretty healthy and and ready to roll for

509
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: next week that was goal number one. And then getting

510
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: that thirteenth win was very important to all of us

511
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: in this locker room. So, um, I'll probably take a

512
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: look at the scores here and there, but we know

513
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 1: we're going to be getting a game at US Bank

514
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: Stadium either next Saturday, Sunday, Monday, you never know. Um,

515
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 1: what I would just say is the fans have been

516
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: huge for us all season long, and our guys, our team,

517
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,399
Speaker 1: our coaching staff, we're all incredibly excited to get back

518
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 1: in front of them. Um for our you know, our

519
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 1: to open the playoffs here, so it'll be huge for us.

520
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys, and uh, you know, look forward to

521
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: next week. Yes, I do. Zadarius was uh you know,

522
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 1: he had dealt with a personal matter. Um that you know,

523
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: we're in communication the whole time. He actually got back

524
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 1: to Chicago last night. UM, and here it was here

525
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 1: for our team meetings and everything. Um and and Zadarius

526
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: was not going to play today regardless of the circumstances.

527
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: We wanted to get him rested and ready to go

528
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: as one of our premier defensive players. So we expect to,

529
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully be able to have our entire roster

530
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: at our disposal of available guys. There's a couple of

531
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: guys that are working like crazy to try to be

532
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 1: back from injury. UM. We'll keep you guys posted on that,

533
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: but very much looking forward to potentially getting some guys

534
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: that were down today back, um and having everybody available

535
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 1: that we can next week. He's with us, Yeah, he'll

536
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: fly home with us. Yes, so I assumes Harrison Smith

537
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: he's okay, Yes, he's you know what, Harrison just a

538
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: post practice kind of wanted to get something checked out

539
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 1: and just played a lot of snaps for us this

540
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: year and just had a little sore nows in there.

541
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: This was the time, in my opinion, UM, to try

542
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: to give him, give him the weekend and make sure

543
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 1: he can turn over. And I imagine Harrison would tell

544
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:53,959
Speaker 1: you right now he's going to be ready to roll

545
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 1: when our practice week starts. Yeah, brad Berry is the

546
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 1: one that he's been, you know, working as ail off

547
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 1: and um, there's a you know, there's a chance we'll

548
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: have him next week. That is totally to be determined

549
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: on how he responds to getting some real practice reps

550
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: in his preparation for next week. So it's it's really

551
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,160
Speaker 1: something I'll update you guys at on as the week

552
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: goes on. You but you reason you're doing so. Kirk

553
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: Cousins Kirk played the first half. Nick Mullins played the

554
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: second half. Kirk unfurled the most attempts by any quarterback

555
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: in the season in the history of Minnesota Vikings football

556
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 1: and he completed that in sixteen games, so he had

557
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 1: that into today's game. A lot of passing. You got

558
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,160
Speaker 1: an offensive head coach. He used to be a quarterback,

559
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: so it's not super surprising. But Cousins into the postseason

560
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: with a home game JJ by his side. What do

561
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: you think I like it? You know, you got to

562
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: like that part of the in that connection is going

563
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 1: to have to be there, and you know, our offense

564
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: is going to have to continue to roll. You know,

565
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook at the running at the running game. UM.

566
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: But for Cousins, you know, we saw I think a

567
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 1: lot and it was really the last time, well the

568
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: last game that we were offensively um on firing on

569
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: all cylinders was the Giants game. Right, so you hopefully

570
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: can pick up ironically where you left off with that team,

571
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 1: right And uh so, still first year in a system,

572
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,399
Speaker 1: there's still I mean, they're still learning, they're still figuring

573
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: things out as they go, and uh you know, you

574
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: just it's just the turnovers. You know, stop the turnovers,

575
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: limit the turnovers. Those are the things that kind of

576
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: come back to bite you. And that starts with protection

577
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: and that goes the offensive line. I mean, it's it's

578
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: that circular yunon yang thing that we've got to get

579
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: ready for for the playoff game. And um in fairness

580
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: to the competitive nature of the NFL and you know,

581
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: competitive balance and just given a team a chance if

582
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: Arizona somehow beat San Francisco, and again we're taping this

583
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: before that game is played. Well, then as the two seed,

584
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: the Vikings would get the seven seed, and that's either

585
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: going to be Seattle, Detroit or Green Bay. So still

586
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: some stuff to be determined, including the date and the

587
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: time of the playoff game. But we know one man

588
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: will be there for sure. He's Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins

589
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: and areas feel great to get a win in this league.

590
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: Anytime you do it when you're on the road in

591
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: your division, you know, satisfying. You know, I'm proud of

592
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: the way we kind of again put together a good

593
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: team performance. Defense made plays, offense moved to football well,

594
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,239
Speaker 1: throwing it and running it, and then special teams stood up,

595
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: and you know, I think it was a big starts

596
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: of the game, being able to hit that third and

597
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: long to kJ and then the touchdown to Adam and

598
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: you know, getting really I think only one punt in

599
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 1: the game, which was good. I think if we had

600
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: been better in the low red zone in the first half,

601
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, the game really would have

602
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: felt even stronger. I think the low red zone performance

603
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: in the first half was partly what you know, you

604
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 1: felt you left some stuff out there, but yeah, great

605
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: to get a lot of different guys involved the first half,

606
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: you know, spreading around to a few different guys receivers wise,

607
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: and then the second half getting a lot of other

608
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: guys who haven't gotten as much opportunity in the regular

609
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: season to play. It was great to see what they

610
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: can do or show people what they can do. So, um,

611
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: great to get to thirteen wins. I think it's only

612
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: the third time that's happened in Vikings history in the

613
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: regular season, if thirteen wins, so it's you know, no

614
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: small thing. But you know, you understand now with the

615
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: regular season behind us, that it's really a one game

616
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: season now and every week will be that way when

617
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: you go to the playoffs. So we'll see what time

618
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: we play, you know, Saturday, Sunday, what time kickoff is

619
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: of interesting to see and then I'll kind of affect

620
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: our work rhythm this week as to when we get

621
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: back into it and how we go about our our routine.

622
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: But you know, proud of the way we've played over

623
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: these seventeen games, and and um gotta build on it.

624
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: Going to the playoffs becaue quess you have what was

625
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: kind of a playing current obviously just played the first

626
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: half and going in. Was there a certain plan that

627
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: you knew of, Yeah, there really wasn't. I think it

628
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: was an awareness that we would like to play other

629
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: players at some point in the game. Whether that's you know,

630
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: a half or a quarter or three. We just didn't know.

631
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: So you go in there and you try to play

632
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: as efficiently as you can for as long as you're

633
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: in there and outside of the low red zone. I

634
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: think it was very efficient, and then down in the

635
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: low red zone it wasn't good enough. So that's kind

636
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: of my high, high level takeaway from the day. Yeah,

637
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: I took a delay a game, my fault, um that

638
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: set us back. Um. You know we had to cover

639
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: zero where I didn't really work the right side versus

640
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: cover zero again my fault. Um. Uh. You know we

641
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: had a third down there where I threw it inbounds.

642
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: You know, we wish to prevent us from getting that

643
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: field goal at the end of the half, you need

644
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:57,959
Speaker 1: to throw the ball to the end zone or out

645
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 1: of bounds instead of leaving it inbounds. So there were

646
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: just a few few plays there that we left some

647
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: stuff out there delayed game. What was the conversation that

648
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: with the officials? Looked like maybe they reset the play

649
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 1: clock after Yeah, that's what I told him pretty passionately,

650
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: But they told me I was wrong. So I went

651
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: over to Brad and I said, I stand corrected. If

652
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: you don't have to reset it, then you don't have

653
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: to reset it. I'd really like you to reset it,

654
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: but I guess I can't make you so. But then

655
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 1: I said to him, I said, I think we still

656
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: got the snap off if Kevin doesn't call it time out.

657
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: I understand why I called the time out, but as

658
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,959
Speaker 1: difficult as you guys made it on me, we did

659
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: still get it off. So um yeah, tough to then

660
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: burn that time out and then not have it at

661
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,959
Speaker 1: the end of the half. So that's where every play matters.

662
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: Every play builds to the next one, and that's why

663
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: you just can't afford to ever have one that doesn't

664
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: go the way you needed to. Justin fish regular season,

665
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: I think eighteen one hundred plus yards, it's hard. What's

666
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: it like to be along with him on that journey,

667
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: contribute to it and host and lu you know, there's

668
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: so many places I could go with that m to

669
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: stay healthy for seventeen games and you getting that me

670
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: targets is that's I take for granted. I mean, you

671
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: watched a lot of guys who get hurting her out,

672
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: So to know he's out there every week is I

673
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 1: don't think that for granted. The different number of ways

674
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: he's making those plays. You know, some of them are

675
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: you know, go balls, some of them are you know

676
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: a screen, some of them are you know, third down

677
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: in traffic. So the versatility as a player that he

678
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: affords us as a receiver, where it's not just a

679
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: certain trick that he that he does, but it's really

680
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: the entirety of what you'd ask a receiver to do.

681
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: And then you know just the fact that he is

682
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: only in year three, so you know, challenging him as

683
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: I challenged him after his rookie year and after a

684
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: second year, that it's very difficult to run it back

685
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: and do it again. But that will always be my

686
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: message to him, is you know, to just run it

687
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: back and do it again. Is um is very challenging,

688
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: and my eleven years looking back, very you guys are

689
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: able to do it year after year after year, and

690
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: if you can, you start to put yourself in rare air,

691
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,239
Speaker 1: and so far three years in he's not only ran

692
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: it back, but he's been even better. And eventually we'll

693
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: run up against the ceiling there probably, But you know,

694
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what he can do moving forward

695
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: and then in playoff football, right, I mean when the

696
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: lights get even brighter, you know, allowing him to shine

697
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: there too. So excited for that and the big games

698
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 1: he has up ahead in his career, and so so

699
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: grateful that we drafted in, that we have him, and

700
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: that I get to play with him and get to

701
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: throw the football to him. How important was it just

702
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: to get the better taste up last week? Well, I

703
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: think it's a part of when you play, you know,

704
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: worse than you wanted. You know, you don't feel good

705
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: all week and you're disappointed, and it kind of carries

706
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: with you. And to be able to come back out

707
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: on the field and compete and play a cleaner game

708
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: and be sharp. I think it does help. But I

709
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: don't think you ever forget what happened last Sunday or

710
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: what happened week two against the Eagles. You never forget that,

711
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: and you you try to learn from it and use

712
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,320
Speaker 1: it to be better moving forward. What do you like

713
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: most of what kJ has been bringing to this Yeah

714
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: this year, especially some guy's shrink Yeah under a bat

715
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: j Yeah. What's what's been really great about kjj's journey

716
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: is the more we put on his play, the more

717
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: he shows he can handle it. So his rookie year,

718
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: you know, we really didn't give him a big role.

719
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 1: Last year, he started showing up more and more, sometimes

720
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: on accident where you know he's getting the ball, we're

721
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: not even expecting it and he's just making plays. And

722
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: then this year kind of give him more and he's

723
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: handled it and he shows it in OTAs he shows

724
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: it in training camp, where you say, this guy is

725
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 1: a real deal and I have total confidence in him

726
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: to kind of do it all as well when it

727
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,800
Speaker 1: comes to the different things you ask of a receiver. So,

728
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: you know, I feel really good about our receiving group, Adam,

729
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 1: kJ and justin a typically and then again their ability

730
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: to three of them to stay healthy, the work that

731
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: they put in to do that to stay healthy, it's

732
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: a it's a huge blessing to me to go out

733
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: there week after week and know that I have them

734
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: with me. Kirk, how do you feel about your regular

735
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: season and then now first time you'll have a home

736
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: playoff game for the Vikings, I need to maybe take

737
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: it to the next level of the postseason. Now, Yeah,

738
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: I think I think thirteen wins is an outstanding year. Um,

739
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: you know, when you look at a regular season, that's

740
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: hard to do, doesn't just happen. So proud of the

741
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: way we fought probably way we fought to you know,

742
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: get those wins that were hard earned. And and then

743
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,760
Speaker 1: the playoffs, you know, you kind of throw the records

744
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: out at that point. You know, you got a home

745
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: game and then you just got to go play and um,

746
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: you know, earn it one play at a time. And

747
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: it's uh, there's an intensity of the playoffs that you're

748
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: aware of and it's pro football. You gotta be ready

749
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: to go. How did you feel the communication was with

750
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 1: the line? But you guys kind of started the the

751
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: first out there. Yes, I think it was good work

752
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: for us to be able to, you know, have them

753
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: in there together as a unit before the playoffs begin,

754
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: and so I think it worked well. I think it

755
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: worked well. It also was not the loudest environment here

756
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 1: that um, you know, may have made it a little

757
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: bit easier, but I think they handled it well and

758
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: you know, and we'll have another week of practice here

759
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: to get everything locked in. Talk a bunch of year back.

760
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: You're developing comfort and this schemes. Where do you feel

761
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: now and what is maybe the two is different. It's

762
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: what they comfort now. That's a great question. Um, it's

763
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: a gradual process. I felt the Detroit game. At Detroit,

764
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: I felt like I kind of turned a corner a

765
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: little bit there. I walked up the field and said, Okay,

766
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: this game kind of felt like it it used to

767
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: feel when I was in a system for two or

768
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: three years, where you start to really start to understand

769
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: where we're trying to go with it, but then you have,

770
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: you know, setbacks and you have challenges and even today

771
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: in the low red zone, feeling like, ah, you know,

772
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: I just I didn't operate well enough. So um, you

773
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: know we're getting there. We're getting there, and uh um,

774
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: I'm excited for that continued time on task with Kevin

775
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: as we move forward to just get better help us

776
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: earth for you today. I know you guys have seen

777
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: him a little bit of practice YEA, yeah, great to

778
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: have him back, and uh he's such a great athlete

779
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 1: and again another versatile player who can help us in

780
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: the run game, can help us in protection, and can

781
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: run just about every route in the route tree. So

782
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 1: it made a really difficult catch today on a low cross.

783
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: So um, you know, love his game and he's another

784
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: player who you know going to the playoffs. You say, hey,

785
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: this is a guy who's been in these situations before,

786
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: been in the fire with us for a long time,

787
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: and as a result, you really feel a comfort level

788
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: of being able to lean on him when you get

789
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: in those big moments. All righty, thank you. Thanks for

790
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: Ron Johnson offers three takes each and every week with

791
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: the postgame reports, and here's our jab thanks BA. Well,

792
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 1: this is Ron Johnson coming to you from the cafe

793
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: and studios, and these are my takeaways from the game today. Well,

794
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: first off, the Vikings won thirteen games. Now they're pointing

795
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: differential not what you would expect from a thirteen win

796
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: ten but team. But who cares? They won thirteen games,

797
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: they are headed to the playoffs, still trying to figure

798
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: off seating. But here's my takeaways. Now, I know the

799
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: starters only played a half, but this is what's crazy

800
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: about that kJ Osborne five catches one hundred and seventeen

801
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: yards on six targets. At one point he was three

802
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: catches in one hundred and three yards in the first half.

803
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: kJ Osborn I said this time and time again, he

804
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: deserves way more targets. He deserves just as many targets

805
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: sometimes as Adam Feeland. Why because teams are keying in

806
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: on Justin Jefferson. So if they're gonna key in on

807
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, who's gonna be open kJ Osborne and Adam Feeling.

808
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: kJ Osborn has shown he's reliable, he can make big

809
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: plays in big moments, and today as just another showing

810
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: to Kirk Cousins that he can trust on him in

811
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Again, that's five catches for one hundred and

812
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 1: seventeen yards. That's my first takeaway from the day's game.

813
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: My second one c J Hamms usages. Now I know

814
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: all season he hasn't been used a ton before. It

815
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: catches and forty seven yards for a fullback. That's big.

816
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 1: That's also another leading into the playoff type of scenario

817
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: where it's like, hey, look, if we need another guy,

818
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: c J. Hamm could be that guy. He could be

819
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: the additional blocker. He can help you out in screens

820
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: run after the catch. CJ. Hamm is hard to bring down,

821
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: so I hope to see more CJ. Hamm usage in

822
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,439
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But CJ. Hamms four catches forty seven yards

823
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: for a fullback. That was huge. And my last takeaway

824
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: from today's game time of possession. Now, again, we don't

825
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: know if the Bears were even trying to win that game,

826
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 1: but it seemed like early on they were trying. The

827
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:49,320
Speaker 1: Vikings dominated the time of possession thirty six minutes and

828
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,320
Speaker 1: thirty six seconds. Thirty six thirty six. I don't know

829
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: if that's an omen or something, but they dominated to

830
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,320
Speaker 1: the Bears twenty three minutes and twenty four seconds. The

831
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: defense only allowed one hundred and forty one pass yards,

832
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 1: which was huge. You look at third downs, they only

833
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: allowed two converted third downs, which is why they had

834
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: to punt, and the Vikings offense stayed on the field.

835
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: They were very efficient. They only punted the ball one time.

836
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: Ryan Wright was sitting there probably just having some sunflower

837
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 1: seeds and relaxing because he didn't have to do a

838
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: ton of work today. He only had one punt and

839
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: so if the offense can continue. That that is momentum,

840
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: that is confidence going into the playoffs. And those are

841
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: my three takeaways from today's Vikings game. The Vikings defeat

842
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: the Bears to finish the season thirteen and four, and

843
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: that was onto the playoffs. Back to you guys at

844
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,879
Speaker 1: the stadium. So the Vikings finished the season thirteen and four.

845
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: They sweeped the Chicago Bears for a second consecutive year.

846
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: They will finish Division play four and two, which is fantastic.

847
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: They won all their home games. They lost at Detroit,

848
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: lost at Lambo, won at Soldier Field, and now the postseason.

849
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,080
Speaker 1: Any final thoughts heading it into the postseason, it's know

850
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: for for those who haven't experienced it, it's it's everything

851
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: ratchets up. There's nothing like that excitement. I cannot wait

852
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: to hear us Banks Stadium, how loud it's going to be,

853
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: how fired up everyone's going to be. The game planning

854
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 1: takes a whole new level, the intensity takes a whole

855
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: new level. You know, and and and what you do

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Speaker 1: in the regular season is great, but what you do

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, that is what you're remembered by. And

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Speaker 1: so that's it's our our stars have to step up.

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Speaker 1: So justin Jefferson, Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook, Zadarius Smith, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the guy that the people who are the stars of

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Speaker 1: this team need to step up and have some of

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Speaker 1: their best games coming, you know, coming up in the

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Speaker 1: next few weeks. Well, how in closing, before we hear

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Speaker 1: KOC from the locker room, very celebratory locker room, regular seasons,

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Speaker 1: over here comes the playoffs. How do you factor in

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Speaker 1: the head coach KOC, offensive coordinator West Phillips, quarterbacks coach

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Speaker 1: Chris O'Hara, Tyler Williams, who leads the sports performance and training.

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Speaker 1: You know, they all won the Super Bowl just last

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Speaker 1: year year, so you know, I would imagine they have

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Speaker 1: things that that they've held onto during the course of

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Speaker 1: the season and things they've set up, you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: just it's winning the Super Bowl last year. They know

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Speaker 1: what that feels like, and what the dramas like and

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Speaker 1: what the intensity's like. How much how much of a

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Speaker 1: factor or benefit is it for us to have that

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl winning equity from just last year on our side, Well,

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Speaker 1: it's huge, I mean, and that that's one of the

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Speaker 1: reasons why Kevin O'Connell got the job to begin with,

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Speaker 1: is that he had been down that road. He's been

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Speaker 1: through the playoffs. He knows what changes and what things

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Speaker 1: need to do, what you need to do to get

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Speaker 1: yourself through the playoffs, and and all the different plays

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Speaker 1: that you've been running all season long, your go to

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Speaker 1: plays and what's the next curve and what's the what's

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Speaker 1: the next you know, punch off of each and every

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Speaker 1: one of those. So, uh, he's been through it as

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Speaker 1: as an offensive coordinator. Now he gets to do it

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Speaker 1: as a head coach. I mean, had donna tell he's

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Speaker 1: been in many postseasons as well. I mean, so yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's super Bowl. But these guys all know, good point,

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Speaker 1: you know what they have and what they can add

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Speaker 1: and what they need to bring in. They've all been

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Speaker 1: through all they've been all through it before and like

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Speaker 1: having that equity behind his name is a big reason

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Speaker 1: why they brought Kevin O'Connell here. Now he gets to

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Speaker 1: do it as the head coach, not just the offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: And don't forget to listen to all of the playoff

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Speaker 1: action on your radio home from Minnesota Vikings Football kfa

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Speaker 1: N and the Vikings Radio Network with Ben Leeber, Pete

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Speaker 1: Versage and yours truly. That is the postgame report provided

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Speaker 1: by Mystic Lake, the official playoff partner of the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: The postgame report is a curly heroist production and for

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Speaker 1: Pete Versage, I'm Paul Allen. Here's koc Kevin O'Connell, head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Minnesota Vikings. In the locker room immediately

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Speaker 1: following the game. Hey, I'll tell you something, Fellas, when

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Speaker 1: we talked last night, we set every man up we'd

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Speaker 1: have a role in helping us win this football game.

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Speaker 1: All right, there's some things we can correct, but from

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Speaker 1: an offensive standpoint, first of almost effort, that last pump

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Speaker 1: was our first pump. We were the only thing that

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Speaker 1: stopped ourselves today. We could have rolled all day long

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Speaker 1: with every possible player on the roster basically in the

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Speaker 1: game for us. I can't tell you how proud I

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Speaker 1: am are your preparation and taking it to the game

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Speaker 1: and just consistently playing good ball. That was the hope

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Speaker 1: for today. Hope number one. Give it up for the offense,

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Speaker 1: or I said defensively, I felt your physicality from the jump,

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Speaker 1: all right, felt that all day long, all right. We

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Speaker 1: were down a couple of guys, and whoever stepped in

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Speaker 1: there just kept making plays. Jos but te see on

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Speaker 1: his chest for the first time. All right, defensively, I

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Speaker 1: got two game balls, all right. It was a group

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Speaker 1: effort all the way around. Pat pe got himself a pick.

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Speaker 1: There was other plays made, turnovers on downs. But we

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Speaker 1: got two guys in this locker room. They used to

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Speaker 1: be in the other locker room. But then the other guy.

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Speaker 1: All year long inside for us, been a huge edition.

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Speaker 1: Where's my man Tom? Alright, special teams. We had a

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Speaker 1: great day all the way around. Love what you guys

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Speaker 1: are doing. You got back into the juice that you've

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Speaker 1: always had. Back on the offensive side, his second career

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Speaker 1: one hundred yard game of the season right now, ended

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Speaker 1: up with four different receivers over sixty receptions for the season.

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Speaker 1: Unbelievable year by this trigger man right here. But k

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Speaker 1: j Osborne. Last, but not least, listen to me. I

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Speaker 1: will update you as soon as we know when we're

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Speaker 1: playing next week. It's possible we play Saturday, it's possible

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Speaker 1: we play Sunday. We will let you know, all right,

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Speaker 1: the second I know, you guys will know. But here's

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Speaker 1: what I want. I want everything we got, whether you

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Speaker 1: play today or not, everything you got's getting poured into

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Speaker 1: this week. You're gonna get the same out of us

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Speaker 1: as a staff, and we're gonna show up with our

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Speaker 1: best collective as the Minnesota Vikings this next weekend when

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Speaker 1: it matters the most. We are primed and ready accomplishing

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Speaker 1: all we did this year. Thirteen wins in this league

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Speaker 1: is not easy to do. Give it up for yourselves

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Speaker 1: one more time. Let's go right one, Go ahead, Kurt,

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Speaker 1: go ahead, Kurt Hey, great job, man, ware to go.

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Speaker 1: We have one game season. Now, let's go lock it in.

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Speaker 1: Let's go Vikes out three three