WEBVTT - Bears vs. Vikings Game Preview Week 6 | Bears, etc. Podcast 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.240 Right justin middle of the field forty five fifteen, bring 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:05.040 us in front of all leading. 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:05.760 Lions in his way. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.119 I am Jeff Joniack whitz. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:12.960 Is on Donny go Ho. What was like playing for 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:13.840 coache Good done. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.560 I don't want to answer any questions like that. Sixty 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.439 one yards? 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:26.960 What's Sunday stroll for justin Field? Bears et Cetera with 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:33.319 the voices of the Chicago Bears Jeff Joniac A lot 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.519 of developments after a road win in Washington for the 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:37.640 now one in four Bears getting ready to host the 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.600 one in four Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Fields Sunday at noon. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.400 Hello everybody, Jeff Joningac along with Super Bowl winning Bears 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.440 guard Tom Thayer. Welcome into episode twenty four The Bears 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.120 et Cetera podcast, going to be with you every Tuesday 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.479 and Thursday of the regular season, and today's guests include 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.040 the play by play duo Paul Allen and Pete Burst 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:59.000 to the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network, No Doubt, some lively conversation, 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.160 Tommy getting ready for another NFC North battle with those 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:02.720 two guys. 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:03.920 Yeah, you know, we hate you. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.760 Have a lot invested in our teams and our organizations 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.319 where we come from, how much we love our teams, 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.360 the investment in time that Pete and I have with 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.600 each of the teams, and you and Paul have in 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:16.959 the business. So it's a lot of fun because it 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.360 rarely happens that all four guys get a chance to 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:24.280 get together and kind of speak freely about the experiences 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:25.240 they've had so far. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:26.680 All right, we'll take a look at that, but first 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.920 to take a very long injury report today Tommy on Wednesday, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.720 No Kalo, Herbert, Travis, Homer, Lucas Patrick Roshawn Johnson or 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.520 e Q Saint Brown. Three of those guys with hamstrings, 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.760 two concussions in an ankle, Kyler Gordon, Eddie Jackson, Cole Comet, 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.000 Jalen Johnson, Terrell Smith Limited, and they have a variety 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.200 of different ailments coming back from We're going to talk 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.840 mostly about Kyler Gordon and then Doug Kramer full goal 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.920 as he recovers from a thumb injury. But it's Kyler Gordon. 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.240 Kyler Gordon, according to Matt Ebraflush will hear some of 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.000 his comments, Let's play him right now. 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.400 Yeah, I mean it's a couple of things you got 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.160 to evaluate. First of all, it's the conditioning level. We'll 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.520 see where he is there, and we got to look 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.520 at his movement. You know, his movement should be good, 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.240 but really just with his conditioning, you know, and then 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.079 how the use of the hand. You know, how he's 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:12.840 going to use that hand. How does he feel good 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.560 in terms of his position? You know, at that position, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.120 you have to take on blocks. You have to take 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.000 on stock blocks, you have to take on fan blocks. 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:21.320 You got to be able to fold in there and 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.920 make plays in the in the run game, uh, you know, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.320 in certain gaps inside. So you know, how does he 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.840 feel that way? And then really just executing his coverages, 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.040 you know, and I think that he's always done well 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.560 with that. He's always been quick, He's always been instinctive. 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.919 We anticipate seeing that as well. But just really how 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.399 he's going to use that hand in its job. 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:39.760 Yeah. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.840 You know, one thing about being a defensive back, you 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.640 have to be able to disengage from offensive linemen that 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.120 are coming out to the edge to block you. You 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.480 have to be able to engage and disengage against receivers 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:52.960 when they're trying to block you. You have to be 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:54.920 able to use your hands when you are going to 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.480 approach the line of scrimmage and tackle a running back, 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.440 or you're going to approach a wide receiver a end 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:01.640 and try to make a tackle. 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.079 To me, he talked about his conditioning, but when you. 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.200 Go through the process of having a hand injury, your 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.360 conditioning is the one thing that you can take care of. 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.720 So to me, I expect Kyler Gordon to be an 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.360 equally as good condition when he got hurt up until 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:20.320 you know, coming back Sunday. 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:21.920 And he was having a great start to camp. In 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.280 that first game of the season against Green Bay, I 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.680 was very excited about him at the nickel spot. He 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:28.880 was going to focus on the nickel and I assume 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:29.880 that will remain the case. 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.560 Tommy, Yeah, you know, but the Bears and John Hope 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.600 and all the defensive backs coach, they have to evaluate 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.880 some of the impressions left on from the guys that 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.680 have had an opportunity to play. Is that going to 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:46.120 increase the versatility of the defense, the versatility of the 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.600 defensive backfield. Is it going to allow you to attack 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.760 more from different angles if guys got certain experiences against 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.839 the teams that they've been able to play so far. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.360 So I think It's kind of exciting for the Bears 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.920 when you have a chance to develop depth and then 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.800 you get good players to come back. 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:05.600 All right. One of those good players right now is 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.360 Terrelle Smith. Played some really physical football. Here's Matt eberflu 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.120 sound the impressive play of the young man at a 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:12.240 University of Minnesota. 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.960 Yeah, we love where he is right now. He's really growing, 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.120 really improving, you know. We like where his tackling is, 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:22.800 his coverage ability, his competes, his takeaways, all those things 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.400 are really good and he's just got to continue to improve. 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.000 He's going to play for us, you know how much, 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:29.760 and all that will work through the week on that, 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.440 but we certainly like where he is just in terms 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.200 of his overall skill. I think John Hope is doing 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.520 an excellent job with those young corners, you know. And 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.880 we're excited to get Gordon back in there, you know, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.239 and Jalen as well. So it's nice to have guys 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:45.680 in there. And we'll see where all those guys are 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.599 this week, the guys that are coming back. But excited 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:49.800 to see those guys back for sure. 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.839 And I know we talked a ton and I did 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.279 specifically about Tyreek Stevenson throughout training camp. But Terrell Smith 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:58.800 has really made an impression. I love his physicality too. 0:04:59.040 --> 0:04:59.680 Yeah, me too. 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.640 You know, I think sometimes when you're introduced to the 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.159 game of NFL football after you play college football, it 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.200 kind of takes you a little time to say, Okay, 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.000 I do belong here. And I know if I continue 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.160 to study, if I can, you know, get in better shape, 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.279 get a better understanding of opponents, offenses, and the routes 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.400 that are going to be run against me, I can 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.360 improve as rapidly as I did through my college career 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.320 into my NFL career. And I think those are some 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:30.960 of the growing opportunities, the growing pains that every young 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.559 player has got to find their way to and through. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.640 Good news Chicago United Airlines getting brand new planes with 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.360 all the bells and whistles, like Bluetooth connectivity screens at 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.120 every seed in room for everyone's rollerbag, int nighted Proud 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.840 to fly the Chicago Bears and you too, Jeff and 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.640 Tamma the Bears, et cetera. Podcast, So big news coming 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.160 out with I didn't I mean, this guy's never missed 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.600 a game. He didn't want to come off the field. 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.200 The other day when Minnesota played Kansas City, but Justin 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:59.320 Jefferson goes to ir Tommy with a hamstring. Here's Maddie 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.680 briffluesound adjustments a defense has to make without facing Justin Jefferson. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.320 Yeah, I mean, you certainly adjust your your scheme, you know, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.280 to a great player like that, you know, and it's uh, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.560 you know, it's always there's a handful of guys in 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.240 the league that you would do that for. So it 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:18.279 allows you to play more basic, more more more solid 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.480 on both sides as opposed to, uh, you know, tilting 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.000 your coverage one way or the other. So that's the 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.719 that's the basic way of saying it without giving too 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.120 much away. But I do believe that, you know, it 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.039 certainly allows you to play your your base way that 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:36.600 you normally play against a normal guy, normal people, rather 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.520 than playing against a guy that's elite in the top 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:41.520 three two or three guys in the league. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:41.840 Which he is. 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.400 So he's the elite tom that that takes a huge 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:48.040 weapon off the field. How would you then approach this 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.040 team Because Kirk Cousins is the second leading passer in 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.039 the NFL in terms of passing yards and he just 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:53.880 lost his big gun. 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.000 I know, but you know what Jeff scares me about 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.359 that is if I was playing against the team and 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.120 they lost a premier defensive lineman. It's not like you 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.880 can just have, you know, have a siar relief and say, Okay, 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.880 everything's gonna be okay and we're gonna be able to 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.680 control this game. Because Justin Jefferson isn't there. There's other 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.640 guys that are going to stand up. There's other ways 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:17.280 that the offensive coordinator is gonna see the field, and 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.880 he's gonna change the way that he attacks it, the 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:25.080 opportunities he gives Kirk Cousins, how they'll use the tight end, 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:26.720 how they'll use the other receiver. 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.440 So it's almost like you have to have a little. 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.960 Bit of emphasis of more seriousness when you don't have 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:38.400 a superstar, because gosh dang, when Justin Jefferson's there, you 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.560 know that he's gonna get twelve to eighteen. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.120 You know, targets a game. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.200 Right, and he's been averaging six first down receiving a game. 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.880 His catch rate is very high. He gets a ton 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.640 of yards after the catch. He puts you on your 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.640 heels a little bit. So, yeah, you're losing a lot, 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.680 but you know, I'm thinking the Hockinson's gonna get of evolvement, 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.560 and I know these receivers they're pretty good, but they're 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.360 better with him. They're better with that guy than alone. 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.120 And maybe maybe one emerges. I don't know, but hopefully 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:10.160 it's not against the Bears. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.680 Justin Jefferson was great before Jordan Addison got there. 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:15.960 How do you know Jordan Addison doesn't. 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.880 Take advantage of an opportunity where he gets targeted six 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.960 to eight more times a game and all of a 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.000 sudden he shows his explosiveness, you know, and then you 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:28.560 know what, they have a quandary when Justin Jefferson comes back, going, oh, 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.600 but you know, this Addison kid's pretty good too. So 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.120 I'm just saying, you know, jeff you have to be 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:38.680 on high alert when a superstar is missing because the 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.640 analytics are all screwed up and you can't just go 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.480 by all they're going to do this on this down 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.040 because Justin's on the field. 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:48.800 You know, we had to come up with ideas to 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.079 preview this game for the TV show for Bears Game 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.840 Day Live and some other things that we do. And 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.800 you know, one area that I think we should touch 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.240 in this show as we preview. The matchup is pressure. 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.199 How pressure will affect Justin Fields when it's gonna be 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:06.520 coming at him potentially with four, with five, with six, 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:12.440 with seven, they're gonna bring pressure with that coordinator, Brian Flores. 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:16.600 But opposite to this is what kind of pressure will 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.520 they dial up against Kirk Cousins Because right now, and 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.560 this is an NFL jenstats, I just saw this before 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.120 we started the show, Kirk Cousins leads the NFL and 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.560 TD passes in rhythm through the first five weeks of 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.400 the season. Whatever their analytics define a rhythm, He's got 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.160 ten and that's defined as dropbacks with the time to 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.640 throw between two and a half and four seconds. I 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.440 don't know who he's got four seconds to throw in 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.080 this league anymore, but two and a half seconds, you 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.599 know that's about right. But he's throwing one hundred and 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:49.240 nineteen touchdowns in rhythm since twenty sixteen, the only quarterback 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.520 in the league over one hundred. Just for comparison sakes 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.120 this year, Fields is number four in that list with 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:59.199 six in rhythm. My definition of rhythm is either if 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.720 you're taking it, I'm under center, you set you throw 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.960 on your backstep, whether it's three, five or seven in 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.920 the shotgun, you step up a little bit, you have 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.920 time in the clean pocket that Justin had, and you 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.680 let it rip. Yes, kirk Cousins is a rhythm quarterback. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:17.200 So what aspects of the Bears defense do you feel 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:21.360 can disrupt that rhythm? Starting Sunday afternoon a soldier field. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.640 Kirk Cousins is a rhythm thrower because he doesn't have 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:28.520 escapability or the athleticism that some of these other quarterbacks 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.960 are blessed with. So if you can keep him in 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.600 the pocket, don't give him him any escape route. If 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.080 you can condense the area of his throwing rhythm and 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.480 then either put your hands up and try to take 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.400 up some throwing lanes or interfere with his throwing foundation, 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.240 that's the best way that you screw up Kirk Cousins. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.920 And when you don't have that rhythm of Justin Jefferson, 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.480 knowing how quickly he wins the route in every time 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.800 you break the huddle, sometimes your vision is going to 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.760 have to take that half the second three seconds longer, 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.480 which in the life of a play is eternity. 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:06.360 So you know you got to. 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.680 Close that two to four seconds down to one point 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.840 three eight to two seconds maximum, and that's why it's 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:17.200 going to be important to use the creativity the Bears 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.840 did on defense by bringing the extra blitzer, be willing 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.640 to bring the linebackers from the line of scrimmage, and 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.640 the defensive linemen have to continue to win their rushes, 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.600 and I think that's a key ingredient when you're playing 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.160 against a guy like Kirk Cousins. 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.600 That's top there. I'm Jeff Joniyak. Let's now segue into 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.160 our conversation with the voices of the Minnesota Vikings Paul 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:41.600 Allen and Pete Persich. We've never done this before. We 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.640 always have the analysts on Paul and occasionally the play 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.000 by play guys, so I thought this could be interesting. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.240 We're going to have the two half of the NFC 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.600 North broadcast crew together on this podcast to chop it 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.400 up in preview Bears Vikings Sunday at Soldier Field. Paul 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.359 has been in the booth what since twenty. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.800 Oh two yep bo two two thousand and two. 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.240 And Pete was the Vikings quality control coach, then assistant 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.320 d line coach, then assistant linebacker coach through two thousand 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.720 and five. He couldn't hang on to one position. You 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:11.760 just kept moving him around. Maybe you were moving up 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.559 the decordinator, but then you come up, you go to 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:16.679 the booth in two thousand and sevens you guys have 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:18.160 been together for seventeen years. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.920 It's been crazy. It's been a long time. Twenty it's 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:25.000 twenty eighth season with the with the franchise. So don't like, 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.760 I don't like to bring that up because somebody might 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.480 just say, yeah, you've been here for too long. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.840 Well, Tom and I are twenty seven. But Tom's got 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:33.719 you know, he's got nine years of the Bears on top. 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.680 So Tom's approaching forty years. 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.320 But you know what's crazy about Pete is because we 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.600 just saw Ron rivera Ron rivera kind of climbed the 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.400 same ladder you did, Pete. But when that why in 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.480 the road came, he stayed into the coaching and you 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.760 see where he's at now where yeah, you know, you 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.000 stayed in the radio part of it, where Ron was 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:54.760 in the radio part initially. 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.640 Yeah. And what's interesting with Ron is is when I 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.440 first got into co coaching after I was done playing, 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:07.559 I spent two it was two thousand and one. I 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:12.000 went to the Combine and Tom Alvadadi was my position coach. 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:17.559 But Tom introduced me to Ron, and then Ron actually 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.880 spent you know, he spent a ton of time with 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:25.000 me and was great. And one thing you learn about 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.520 the NFL and coaching is the hardest job to get 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:30.720 is your second job. 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:31.400 Right. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.600 So I was with the Vikings for four years. I 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:37.480 interviewed with the Patriots before my fourth years, after my 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:41.240 third year of coaching, and then about a year after 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.760 I was out. Just it was just it was just 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.560 before I took the job, I believe with the radio, 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.959 but they were but Ron had called me because he 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.079 was interviewing with the Dallas Cowboys and he said, Hey, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.640 if I get the job, do you want to come 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:57.280 down here? You know, so getting that second job is 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.440 a tough one. I made the decision that I wanted 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.320 to stay in Minnesota, and so the only way to 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.480 be involved in football would be to do the radio. 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.760 You know, they had you had to talk Childress and 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:11.160 they're letting me do that because obviously he came in 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:14.000 two thousand and six and fired everybody. And you know, 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.280 I owe it to Bob Hagen, who was an im 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.440 media relations guy who said you know what, he's going 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.840 the radio route, so he's not trying to get back 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.800 into coaching. Don't worry about it. And they brought me 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.040 out and I've been there ever since. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.880 Well, we're lucky to have both of these guys as 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.640 our analysts, ex players who are passionate about the sport, 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:32.160 aren't we? 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:32.800 Oh, no doubt? 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.040 And and I had the privilege in O two of 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.920 starting with a former Vikings tied end Joe Censer. And 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.760 you know, it's like, you know, I don't know if 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:45.360 it's old school or expectations or whatever, but like you know, 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.720 when Mike Tye was the coach, I had known Mike 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.200 through horse racing back to the nineties, so my first 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.560 job in play by play at any level, Tye was 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.160 the head coach. So you know, it's like I immediately 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:01.920 got in in a way where the trust is going 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:03.800 to be challenged. Is they want to make sure they 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.160 can trust you if you're watching practice. So as you 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.920 guys know, man, it's very very important in this game. 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.880 But like with Joe, it's when Childress came in. Well, 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.880 then all of a sudden, nobody's watching practice. Former players, 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.360 announcer guy, none of it. Well, I couldn't care less, 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:23.080 quite honestly, But like with Joe, he just didn't feel 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.480 like he could do the job or was enjoying the 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:31.760 job the way he was two, three, four and five. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.680 So he left and then incomes Pete. And it was 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.560 Adrian Peterson's first year. It was his Rookie of the 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.640 Year season, and I just never will forget how excited 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:45.680 Pete was in that nice, low level One of my 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.600 favorite calling angles in all of the NFL is at 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.280 Soldier Field and you're about five both down to the right, 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:54.480 so you know that low video game angle. Man, you 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:58.040 guys are just so blessed with that. But Pete was 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.560 so excited to call his first game in his hometown Chicago. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.280 I mean, he went so out of body in an 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:10.400 unbelievably exciting game where we'll never forget Devin Hester putting 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.000 in a double move on Dwight Smith. 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:13.960 I'm still mad at him. 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:18.680 I'm just how do you get beat on the double move? 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.120 And I mean, yeah, the guy, I mean that was 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.560 when he first started putting him a wide receiver. 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:27.160 Long well walked off and it was exciting because we 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.040 never wanted Soldier Field, but I was excited for the 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.280 analysts because he got to come home and get a w. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.560 Hey, Paul, I just want to ask you one thing 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.080 about your building. You have the new building you guys 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:38.880 are playing in. To me, it's one of the nicest 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:42.160 stadiums that I've been in the NFL throughout my career. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.320 But when you think of the old atmosphere at what 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.480 Dicka one time referred to as the roller Dome, is 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.920 there a difference in the atmosphere from the old stadium 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.480 to what this new one has been able to develop? 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.120 Awesome question, and the answer is yes. Now, when we 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.840 have the Minneapolis Miracle game, that's about as loud as 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.720 I've was the loudest I've ever heard US Bank Stadium, 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:08.159 uh nine, NFC Title game at Super Dome is the 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:13.560 loudest I've ever heard any concert game stadium in our lives. 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.479 And but with the Metrodome, you know it it was 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.560 so intimate and and you know, I mean it's it's 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.720 anti it was antiquated. So Metrodome was more intimate than 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:30.040 the US Bank Stadium. And I'm not being Homer announcer here, guys. 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.760 I mean you guys have seen all of the stadiums 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.160 like we have we got to that Miami thing last 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:40.080 year with that awful cornerge awful that X sucks, you know, 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:40.760 and you guys. 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.840 Were just there. Well, how about Meryl, Reese. 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.640 And Quick a few years ago after the pandemic. They 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.639 just refused to go. That's how bad that booth is. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.960 But I I honestly believe because of the amenities, the lighting, 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.320 the booth locations and just everything, it's the best stadium 0:17:57.600 --> 0:17:58.920 in the National Football League. 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.600 I would agree. I would agree everybody asked me about that. 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.560 I also love Seattle. Just a different vibe there. It 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:08.880 gets loud there and it's just you w yeah. 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:13.880 Booth right, and Jeff and Jeff. If I can piggyback 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.520 on what Paul was saying when when when Tom was 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.160 asking about the Metrodome, there was something to be said 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.160 about having a place where people the other teams did 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:24.440 not like to go. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:25.520 Right. 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:29.119 The turf wasn't really great. It had a because of 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.639 the painting for football or for baseball, and then the 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:34.360 football it had this powder on it that made it 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:37.679 like somewhat slippery. You know. The vis you had to 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:40.320 walk down up all those stairs to get out long 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:44.159 walk field. If you're if you're a visitor. So the 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:49.000 opposing teams did not like coming to the Metrodome, and 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.320 that's just the beginning, because then it was loud, and 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.240 then it was everything else on top of it. So 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.600 I think everybody enjoys going in and out and being 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.119 in US Bank Stadium, so it you know, maybe that's 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.640 been a trend across the NFL, where you know, when 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:07.000 I remember playing a candlestick and walking out to the 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.679 field and there's water running off the field down the 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.000 stairs into the locker room like it was a river. 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.439 I mean, you know, I'm sure Tom has a million 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:19.880 stories about how bad, especially Philadelphia, how bad stadiums used 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.400 to be, and how that used to be an advantage 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:25.080 to the home team, whereas nowadays they're all, you know, 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:29.120 pretty much all the stadiums are really, for the most part, fantastic. 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.520