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Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Welcome back to art Rock Stadium

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Speaker 1: and the Minnesota Vikings victorious over the Miami Dolphins. I'm

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Speaker 1: Paul Allen. You're played by play guy on KFAM. The

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Speaker 1: analyst is Pete Burst. He's the analyst for the Vikings

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Speaker 1: radio network, and we called an eight point victory for

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings. That was chock full of so many

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Speaker 1: different fascinating things. I'm gonna begin with the most non obvious.

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Speaker 1: The Tulane rookie punter Ryan Wright. He booms a seventy

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Speaker 1: three yarder on his first punt, tied for fifth best

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Speaker 1: in the history of the Vikings with our friend Greg Coleman.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the equation, the Tulane undrafted rookie

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Speaker 1: had seven punts inside the twenty. That is a new

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Speaker 1: single game team record, right Think about that, seven punts

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Speaker 1: inside the twenty, you know, and you take a look

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Speaker 1: at the drives that we had offensively, I think the

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Speaker 1: longest drive that we had of the day was seven plays.

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Speaker 1: Seven plays the longest drive. This is a team that

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Speaker 1: last week had a seven team play drive. We talked

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Speaker 1: about that all pregame. The average, you know, the average

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Speaker 1: We you know, a lot of that kind of came back,

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Speaker 1: or a lot of it was different today. Everything was

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Speaker 1: just different today. And to win, you gotta win in

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Speaker 1: two or three phases. And I again, Paul, this special

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Speaker 1: teams unit, and you mentioned Ryan right, he's part of it,

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Speaker 1: but that the special teams unit really put this team

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Speaker 1: in great positions all day. Our defense was on the

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Speaker 1: field all day. You give up four hundred, four hundred

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Speaker 1: eighteen yards of passing without the takeaways, without the sacks,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how the Vikings come through and win

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Speaker 1: this one. So great job, Grammy, great job by making

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Speaker 1: the big plays and the plays at the right time.

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Speaker 1: And the postgame report is happy to say also the

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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers were handled at home by the New

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Speaker 1: York Jets. They lost twenty seven to ten. So the

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Speaker 1: Vikings have opened quite the convincing lead in the NFC

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Speaker 1: North into their bye week with a five and one record.

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Speaker 1: No Vikings football next week at home against Arizona. The

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Speaker 1: week after that, Dalvin Cook a very very tough day

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Speaker 1: to run the season long for the Vikings from a

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Speaker 1: rush standpoint into the game, and quite honestly, all the

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Speaker 1: way through the fourth quarter was seventeen yards by Jalen

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Speaker 1: Rager when we went back to Philly until Dalvin got

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Speaker 1: loose from fifty three, the Vikings had six sacks, they

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Speaker 1: had three takeaways. Patrick Peterson, a Fort Lauderdale native, got

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Speaker 1: the thirtieth interception of his career. Harrison Smith registered the

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Speaker 1: thirty first interception of his career. And how about cam

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Speaker 1: buying him? How good is he playing? Yeah, he's playing,

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Speaker 1: and he's playing really really well. He's just the right

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Speaker 1: place right time. He had a key, you know, break

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Speaker 1: up of a pass of Mike Asiki late on the

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Speaker 1: far side of the field when you know Teddy scrambled

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Speaker 1: and extended a play, recovers the onside kick. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's he's he's week in and week out, Paul, He's

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Speaker 1: not he's not necessarily making the picks, so to speak.

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Speaker 1: But he's right in the right place at the right

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Speaker 1: time and that and that's a big part of it.

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Speaker 1: And defensively today, I think whenever we needed it, we

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Speaker 1: got it. Whenever we had to hit that gas pedal,

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Speaker 1: we got it. There were a couple of lapses in there,

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Speaker 1: no question about it, And I think that's, you know,

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Speaker 1: just a good reminder of hey, we're almost there. You

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Speaker 1: can't just you know, throw your helmet on the field

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Speaker 1: and stop a team like this. And so it was

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Speaker 1: a great effort overall. But Paul, it's like these turnovers

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Speaker 1: team has been doing defensively have come up huge. It

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Speaker 1: won the Bears game for us to wrapped that one up.

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Speaker 1: We had a couple of big, you know, big plays

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Speaker 1: you know, as much as important as that. Offensively, yes,

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Speaker 1: we had a slow day, but we did not give

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Speaker 1: maybe maybe a deep or very deep dive on that one.

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Speaker 1: That might have been the biggest play of JJ's day

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Speaker 1: not a tough This is not an easy place to win.

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Speaker 1: They had seven wins in a row. This is a very,

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Speaker 1: very tough place to come down to. You're playing at

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Speaker 1: It's still a hot time of the year down here.

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Speaker 1: And Man of the Vikings respond, here's what you can

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Speaker 1: expect on the postgame report. We will have Kevin O'Connell

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Speaker 1: with this postgame press conference likewise for Kirk Cousins, Ron

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Speaker 1: Johnson with three takes coming up soon, and Kevin O'Connell's

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Speaker 1: locker room speech that will take place right at the

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Speaker 1: end of the postgame report. But we begin with Between

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Speaker 1: the Lines and Gabe Henderson and Ben Lieber. Twenty four

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Speaker 1: to sixteen is the final score as the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: leave Miami with the win over the Miami Dolphins today. Ben,

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Speaker 1: this is between the Lines field by Gatoray for fans

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Speaker 1: who don't know what this is. But Ben Lieber, this

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Speaker 1: was a game where the Vikings, in my opinion, they

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Speaker 1: the statue, they lost in almost every statistical category. What

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Speaker 1: were your thoughts on just this win for the Vikings today? Dude,

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Speaker 1: It's all about making plays. I mean, that's why sometimes

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Speaker 1: you know, all you stat watchers out there, It doesn't

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Speaker 1: really tell the whole story. Our defense gave up over

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Speaker 1: you get three takes. We talk about turnover ratio, winning

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Speaker 1: the take give game, and we did that, and that

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Speaker 1: The defense was gonna have to be the better the

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Speaker 1: better phase, and they were today nine three and outs

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Speaker 1: did have to step up. Who were some key players

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Speaker 1: staves back in Minnesota. So Patrick Jones comes up and

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Speaker 1: you shouldn't feel like there's a drop off. I know

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Speaker 1: But there certainly was not a drop off. He came

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Speaker 1: happy for Patrick Peterson. He's from Fort Lauderdale. He gets

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Speaker 1: Your thoughts on Dalvin Cook just selling this game today,

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Speaker 1: what did you think about that? Well? I gotta be honest.

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Speaker 1: And those guys were just cooking in the sun. And

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Speaker 1: I think everything that they did to prepare it worked out.

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Speaker 1: We didn't seem like we're letting the temperature in the

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Speaker 1: of Kevin O'Connell and his staff or I guess making

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Speaker 1: that adjustment midweek understanding what the weather is going to

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Speaker 1: I didn't forget that. Well, I didn't forget at all,

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Speaker 1: But now, speaking of Kevin O'Connell, he's got this Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings team to five one heading into the bye, the

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Speaker 1: first time since twenty sixteen, the Vikers have won four

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Speaker 1: straight games the first time since twenty nineteen. The Vikers

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Speaker 1: I mean we've we've said it after every game. It's

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Speaker 1: it hasn't really been perfect. You know, it's been a

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Speaker 1: three straight drives, you put the ball in the end zone.

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Speaker 1: This week it's four straight drives of three and out.

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Speaker 1: They do end up figuring some stuff out. But talking

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Speaker 1: the Lines, fueled by Gatorade five of one baby by

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Speaker 1: great job guys. Teddy Bridgewater, the former Viking, had to

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Speaker 1: to feel better. And then Pat Jones knew, hey, this

430
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,200
Speaker 1: is gonna be my turn to really hold up provide

431
00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,439
Speaker 1: some real critical snaps for us to not have Daniel

432
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,800
Speaker 1: and zeeb completely gassed at the end. And he goes

433
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,320
Speaker 1: out there and gets his first two career sacks. And

434
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,159
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, you you could see the look in his

435
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,520
Speaker 1: eye early this morning and great to see him go

436
00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 1: out and do that. It's well, it's well known that

437
00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,240
Speaker 1: that your sideline's hot or here, and so I have

438
00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,639
Speaker 1: to think discuss before I'm curious, how did you approach

439
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,399
Speaker 1: that during the week and we talk to players about it.

440
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,000
Speaker 1: You do not want to talk to players about it? No,

441
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,040
Speaker 1: we Kevin, we talked about it. Um I showed some

442
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,120
Speaker 1: examples of what it would look like. They somehow, some way,

443
00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 1: at one o'clock at kickoff, their sideline is completely in

444
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,160
Speaker 1: the shade and you're looking at probably a twenty five

445
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,560
Speaker 1: degree difference. It was all about hydration. It was all

446
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,800
Speaker 1: about preparing our guys. Uh last night, not Friday night.

447
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,200
Speaker 1: It was an entire week long process of making sure

448
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,560
Speaker 1: those guys were understanding what we were going to run

449
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,199
Speaker 1: into today. And then we had some you know, we

450
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,040
Speaker 1: had some great people on our sidelines with some of

451
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,600
Speaker 1: the shading over the benches that can help. And then

452
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,240
Speaker 1: we brought in some cooled cooling benches from a kind

453
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,440
Speaker 1: of a local supplier. But everything you can do, I mean,

454
00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,639
Speaker 1: you guys saw a smoothie or gatorade, slushies and different

455
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: types of hydration and obviously some of the medical things

456
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,480
Speaker 1: you can do. IV wise, we tried it. We tried

457
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 1: it all because we knew it would be like this, uh,

458
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 1: not that I know of. I know there was a

459
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,360
Speaker 1: couple of guys late defensively that we're trying to avoid

460
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,000
Speaker 1: going into that, going into cramping, but the way they

461
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 1: were rolling them, they were able to come over, get

462
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 1: some fluids, and go right back out there. So I

463
00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,639
Speaker 1: just can't say enough about Tyler and your eye and

464
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,120
Speaker 1: those guys, and and just the way our players are

465
00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 1: prepared for multiple ways and challenge and just that come

466
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 1: about during an NFL season and heat and humidity and

467
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 1: coming down here as a it's a winning edge for

468
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,479
Speaker 1: this team, and we were able to at least although

469
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,640
Speaker 1: not playing our best, we're able to overcome some real

470
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,239
Speaker 1: adversity and our guys just keep doing it. I'm so

471
00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,480
Speaker 1: proud of this team, and we're going to face many

472
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,360
Speaker 1: more days of adversity ahead, but we'll continue to come

473
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,159
Speaker 1: together and find ways to win football games. And I

474
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: think we've proven that five five and one with two

475
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 1: game leading division going into a bye week. What does

476
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Speaker 1: all that mean? What it means is I think we're

477
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,200
Speaker 1: six games into our season, and I told the team

478
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:38,119
Speaker 1: last night, by this time tomorrow, we'll have six examples

479
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: of who we are as a football team. And will

480
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 1: we come out of this stadium five and one and

481
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,159
Speaker 1: be able to say we're a little bit more than

482
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,480
Speaker 1: a third of the way through our season with different identities.

483
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,119
Speaker 1: Sometimes it may feel like the Vikings fans, you know,

484
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,640
Speaker 1: depending on what Sunday it is. But what I would

485
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: say is we've got a tough, resilient group that maybe

486
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 1: doesn't always, you know, play the most consistent, but they're

487
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: willing and able to have each other's backs in all

488
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,360
Speaker 1: three phases. We rely on one another, We push each other,

489
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: and not one time did you see any fingerpoint, any

490
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: any any kind of uh, you know, negativity on our sideline.

491
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,119
Speaker 1: What you felt was just support that you felt like

492
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,199
Speaker 1: we were gonna believe. We all believe we're gonna win

493
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,920
Speaker 1: that football game. So I feel like this team has

494
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 1: great leadership. I feel like this team is tough. I

495
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: feel like this team has the ability to win football

496
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,200
Speaker 1: games a lot of different ways, and we're probably gonna

497
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 1: need to with the type of schedule we have the

498
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: rest of the way. But I'm excited about our group.

499
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: I'm really proud of our you know, our toughness mentally

500
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 1: and physically. Today through six weeks, basically problems that defensive

501
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: defensive I've shown you, including today, Just how well prepared

502
00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,680
Speaker 1: do you think that makes you? Guys? As an offense,

503
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,119
Speaker 1: I think it's important that we can make note of

504
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,920
Speaker 1: just the different variations. I think there might have been

505
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: one snap of base defense to eleven personnel and we

506
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,960
Speaker 1: we got it the entire football game. So I've said

507
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,639
Speaker 1: this before. I think when you have playmakers like we do,

508
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: and I think a scheme that we feel very strongly about, Um,

509
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: we're always going to give us four quarters and give

510
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 1: us some time. We're gonna find ways to put points

511
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: on the board. But ultimate we're also going to see

512
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: some different defense from people. Then maybe they show coming

513
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: into games. And there's some really good coaches in this league.

514
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,880
Speaker 1: There's some really good defensive coaches on that sideline over

515
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 1: there that I have a lot of respect for, and they,

516
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,159
Speaker 1: you know, I tip my cap to them. Early on

517
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: in that game, they were able to, you know, obviously

518
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,360
Speaker 1: give us some some tough, tough downs, and I put

519
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 1: that on myself. You know, I'm I'm always gonna try

520
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 1: to find a way, and I think our guys will

521
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: never feel me lose the you know, my confidence in

522
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,680
Speaker 1: them or our offense or our coaching staff, and we're

523
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 1: gonna find a way to before the clockhead Zeros have

524
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 1: try to have more points than the other team. Everyone,

525
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Thanks coach. Speaking of quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins through

526
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 1: a touchdown for a thirty six consecutive game. That's the

527
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: longest active streak in the NFL. He's tied for seventh

528
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: all time with Brett Farve and Kirk finished twenty of

529
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: thirty one seventy five. Couple of tds, one to Feeling,

530
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: the first one to Arf Smith Junior. What did you

531
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 1: think of his game? You know what I think when

532
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,199
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and you gotta give him credit, did a

533
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 1: great job early on of mixing up some zone and

534
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: some press man and our receivers really just weren't getting

535
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 1: themselves open. But when we had the right route at

536
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 1: the right time, and the big throw to Justin Jefferson

537
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: was exactly that. You run that little wheel route out

538
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: of a bunch formation when you have man to man

539
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,360
Speaker 1: Xavien Howard can't get there. Nobody can get there that quickly,

540
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: and it ends up being a huge play. A huge

541
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 1: pass play, you know, changes the game, especially late. So

542
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 1: when we could when we could get down and figure

543
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,879
Speaker 1: out when they were playing man, when they were playing zone,

544
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: I think our passing game worked out well. We didn't

545
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time on the field the first

546
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,640
Speaker 1: half of this game. That's why it took us so long,

547
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: I think, to make those adjustments and do those things.

548
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 1: And by the time you get later in the game,

549
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: you started getting a field for what they're trying to do.

550
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 1: We made those adjustments and some of those were made

551
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 1: on the field prior to the snap, Cousins seeing what's

552
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: going on in front of them, making that adjustment and

553
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: making those plays. So overall, you know, offensively, it's again,

554
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: teams have slowed us down, defenses have slowed us down,

555
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,720
Speaker 1: but when we don't turn the ball over, it's very,

556
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 1: very difficult to stop us. And here's what Kirk Cousins

557
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 1: had to say following a twenty four or sixteen Minnesota

558
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: Vikings win. Thrilled be one. For so much of the

559
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 1: game it didn't feel like we were playing our best

560
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: football on offense and was reminded at the end of

561
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 1: the game when you're winning that you know, when you

562
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over, you kind of give yourself

563
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: that chance to hang around. And so winning a turnover

564
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 1: battle I think made a big difference in this game.

565
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: Can't say enough about the way our defense played, where

566
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 1: our special teams played. We kept having short fields which

567
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: we didn't do enough with, but again they just kept

568
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: giving us opportunities and at bats and uh and so

569
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: just real positive, can't you know. I'm so happy for

570
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: Dalvin having that run to help kind of pull away

571
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: at the end. Um. Great to have him be able

572
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: to come back here to where he's from and just

573
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,880
Speaker 1: make a crucial play to help us win the game. Um.

574
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 1: You know, and I can go on about the defensive

575
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 1: special teams, but um, certainly offensively. Um, there's just so

576
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: much we can improve on. And I think we've said

577
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 1: this at other press conferences as well a post game

578
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: that you know, we need to play better, we need

579
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,400
Speaker 1: to execute better. But it's it's great to have these

580
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: conversations after a win as opposed to a loss. So, um,

581
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,679
Speaker 1: too many three and outs, Uh, not enough sustained drives,

582
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: not enough explosive plays. And it's funny because I went

583
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: into the game saying, you know, you want to take pride,

584
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 1: and hey, we want to give our defense a rest

585
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: down here in the heat in Miami. Let's stay on

586
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: the field, let's convert their downs, Let's have some long drives.

587
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: Let's put our defense with the wind at their back,

588
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: and we did the complete opposite, you know, and uh,

589
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: and so that was disappointing. But somehow, somewhere our defense

590
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: just kept answering the bell and standing up and giving

591
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: us the ball back and giving us the ball back

592
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: with great field positions. So made enough plays to win.

593
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: And and I have the feeling, I think so many

594
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: people on our team do as well. We need to

595
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: be a lot better. And that's what the next you know, week,

596
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: several weeks will be about. So I can take any questions. Yet, perfume,

597
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,239
Speaker 1: to take us through two big offensive players, looked like

598
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: you checked to something on the Jefferson passed on the

599
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: right side. Man, if there was anything specially at letting

600
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: Dalvins run, I don't know anything special leading to Dalvin's run.

601
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: They might have played cover zero, I can't remember. Um,

602
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 1: usually when you get a run like that, it might

603
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: be because they're they're all gapped out. But um, the

604
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 1: check yet, that was just a great play designed by

605
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: our coaches, by Kevin giving us that opportunity. And you know,

606
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: they gave us the look we wanted to be able

607
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: to get to that play and then Justin did a

608
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: phenomenal job tracking the ball, pulling it in and then

609
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: pulling away. And it was a big explosive play for

610
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: us in the game. You know, we didn't have a

611
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: ton of them, so to to get that made a

612
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: big difference. What they were throwing out through a scheme. R. Yeah,

613
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: it's a scheme and approach that I have a lot

614
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: of respect for. I knew going into the game that, um,

615
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: they do some things that are a big challenge and

616
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: uh it becomes a bit of a cat and mouse

617
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 1: game back and forth, and um, you know, they made

618
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: it hard for us to get explosive runs. They I

619
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: thought they covered well. They were in a lot of

620
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 1: man to man or match coverages much of the day,

621
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: and they did a good job with their leverages and

622
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: their techniques to kind of make our angles difficult to

623
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: get separation that the past rush at times was effective

624
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: and got home. And so it was a combination of

625
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: factors and um, you know, and then there's also plays

626
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: where you feel like you're just not executing and uh,

627
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: and so it all kind of comes together to a

628
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: lot of three and ounce and and not enough points

629
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: when you get off to a top offense and start

630
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: like that in the first quarter. I mean, what are

631
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: you kind of doing. Is it just kind of let's

632
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: just chip away or what? Yeah? I think chip away

633
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: is a good approach. Um. You know what what you

634
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: can't do is try to make something happen, because that's

635
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: where I think you get yourself in trouble with Turner.

636
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: You have to fight, to stay patient, fight to let

637
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: the game come to you. And so that was what

638
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: I was reminding myself, was not trying to go look

639
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,719
Speaker 1: for something still, just let the plays present themselves. And

640
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: with the way our defensive special teams was playing, if

641
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: we protected the football, you know, we were going to

642
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: be hanging around, hanging around and um. And so it

643
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: didn't feel like we had the lead for parts of

644
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Speaker 1: the game, but we did, and Nick Mollins is a

645
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: great job reminding me of that, Hey, we got the lead,

646
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: and one touchdown can be a major difference in this Gamefson,

647
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: that insight step he takes there to kind of fill

648
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: it deep over, Is it to make sure that the

649
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: cover States is saying that he can get that wheel

650
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: route behind at him. Yeah, I think he's just trying

651
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: to get that leverage there and make sure he's not,

652
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: you know, giving away the route too quickly, and um,

653
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 1: you know you want to be able to win the

654
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage first before you before you take off

655
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: on your route. He was pretty up front and vocal

656
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: during the week about the weather and what he wanted

657
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 1: you guys, And I know lots of different ways to

658
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: look at Some coaches will say it doesn't matter, we're

659
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: not talking about it, just playing ball. Like, to what

660
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: extent did that particular approach age you guys today? Do

661
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: you think of just the prep work heading in, Yeah,

662
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: I appreciate the chance to talk about it. Monday morning,

663
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: we showed up for our weight our weight room session

664
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: after the Bears game, and the first thing our strength

665
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: coach says to us is sauna and steamroom this week,

666
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,959
Speaker 1: you know, getting multiple times to chart to acclimate and

667
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: be hydrating now, not hydrating Friday night or Saturday night.

668
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: Hydrating now. And it's not crush, you know, three water

669
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: bottles in a row at the same time, it's every

670
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes to be drinking throughout the day, all week long,

671
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: and so it was a measured approach. Going back to Monday,

672
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: I think the approach showed up with the defense more

673
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: because when you're three and out all game ball, you know,

674
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: we were pretty fresh. I think I think Justin and

675
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 1: Adda could tell you they were running it could run

676
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: for days. But uh, and I'd say that, you know,

677
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: I'm smiling, but I'm sad about it. Defense though, was

678
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: just tremendous. I don't know how they did it, but

679
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 1: they did. And I gotta get a lot of credit

680
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: to Chad Lundeen in the group that was holding the

681
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: sun shades for us, like like we were faroll uh

682
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: and fanning us. Uh. I felt a little bit privileged

683
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: sitting there, but it made a difference because I'm sitting there,

684
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: like really comfortable with an air conditioned bench in a sunshade,

685
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: and and we keep going three and out and I

686
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: didn't feel like I deserved an air conditioned bench in

687
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: a sunshade. But Chad Lundin and the getting did a

688
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: nice job. How did you feel at the end of

689
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: the game, like it was a normal game. Yeah, just

690
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: just the thing for me was gripping the football, you know,

691
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: with the with the moisture. Um, you know, very quarterbacky

692
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: thing to say, but just the quarterback towel, the sweat

693
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: you know, just trying to manage that. For the conversation

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Speaker 1: of the Kevin on the sideline talking about playing the

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00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: stay stay yeah, yeah, well I think there were times where,

696
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, the plays were there and we didn't execute.

697
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: So I'm walking to the sideline saying, hey, I gotta

698
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: play better. We gotta play better, like it's that's not

699
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: a play design thing, um, you know. And then other

700
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: times plays just we're getting stopped and you know, and

701
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: and the thing is you plays compliment and build on

702
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: each other. So you have a negative plan first down now,

703
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: second downs effect, the third downs affected. You have a

704
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: positive plan first down now you're second downs affected, third

705
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: downs affected. So you know, because it one possession that

706
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: really bothered me was we got the ball. I think

707
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: they may have faked a punt. We get the ball

708
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: in very favorable field position early in the second half,

709
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 1: if you're thinking, at least we're getting a field goal here,

710
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: and we just went backwards and now we're punting, and

711
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: you just those are the kind of possesions where you say,

712
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: I we have to find ways to to you know,

713
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: at least get three. There is there anything specific that

714
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Speaker 1: stands out to you even though the team isn't playing

715
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: it's best balls. He said that you're able to still

716
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: be five and one. Yeah, I mean to have these

717
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,200
Speaker 1: conversations after a win is so much more enjoyable than

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Speaker 1: after a loss. Very much the inverse of twenty one.

719
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: I would walk off the field after we had lost

720
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: and said, we're playing so well, we're playing so well,

721
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: and somehow, some way we lost, but we're playing at

722
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: a very high level this year. I'm saying, gosh, we

723
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: can play better, but we won. And it's just kind

724
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Speaker 1: of an inverse. And I'll take you know this any day, Kevin,

725
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: talk about the positive vibble at your sideline. From our perspective,

726
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: does look like Junie keeviner have an intense conversation? Yeah,

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00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: describe them. Yeah. I think we're we're gonna we're gonna

728
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: have intense conversations. I mean, I'm gonna try to give

729
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: him my feedback and he's gonna give me his. And

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Speaker 1: I love when he coaches me hard and holds me

731
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Speaker 1: to a high standard and H and M. You know,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's important too that we have these

733
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Speaker 1: great conversations, you know, Monday after the game, being able

734
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: to talk through Hey, it's one thing to have a

735
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,360
Speaker 1: conversation coming off the field when I haven't seen the

736
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: tape yet, I don't really know what I'm what I'm saying.

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00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,879
Speaker 1: But now we have time to process it and look

738
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: at it. You know, those conversations I think are really valuable.

739
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: And you know that play caller quarterback dynamic is just

740
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 1: always you know, you're trying to get in each other's

741
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: head more and more and more the longer you work

742
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 1: together to add him obviously it looks like he's not

743
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: the first breed there, and take us through that play

744
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: as you as you're seeing it and what leaves you

745
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: to add Yeah, kJ in the flat. You know, they

746
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,399
Speaker 1: did a good job kind of feathering off to him,

747
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: and then I was trying to get to IRV, but

748
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: they had another player feathering off to IRV. And then

749
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: Adam want to cross the field on the back of

750
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: the end zone. At that point you're kind of saying no, no,

751
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: and You're like, please please show up at him because

752
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: I'm run about options here and he had a step

753
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: on his guy. And then what Adam does so well

754
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: is when the ball is in a tight window, he's

755
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: strong at the catch point and finds a way to

756
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: bring that down, keep his feet in and get a

757
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: six perspective on that play. How much is that looks

758
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: they get to take a cold steps. It's just by

759
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,280
Speaker 1: time when you're saying something, come open. Yeah, you're feeling

760
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 1: the rush, right, so you don't focus on the rush,

761
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,359
Speaker 1: but you feel it. So there's like if you're not

762
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: feeling it, then you know, I got I got a

763
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,919
Speaker 1: tick here, I got a second, so I didn't feel

764
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: anybody around me and felt like the protection was holding

765
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: up enough to kind of get through that progression. But

766
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: hugely Adam came open because at that point, if he's

767
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: not coming open, you know, I might find Justine spitting

768
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: out the other way or we're off schedule. You catched

769
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: upon David's long run. Why do you think Dalvin was

770
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: so bottled up as too? Yeah, you know what happened,

771
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: and finally get him do greatly. I think there's a

772
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: compounding challenge when you're three and out. You're just not

773
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: getting Dalvin at bats to be able to go make

774
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: those kind of runs. And that's where when you convert

775
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: their downs, you get more ops. And they did bottle

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00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: o run game up well for much of the GET

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00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: day and that made it hard. You know, that did

778
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: make it hard, and we've got to find a way.

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00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: One of the lists of things that we've got to

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00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: be better, one of them would be, you know, how

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00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: do we get more of those Dalvin type runs at

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00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: the end of the game, you know, throughout and be

783
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,760
Speaker 1: able to kind of stay ahead of the chains there already,

784
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 1: Thanks guys. So the Vikings once again improved a five

785
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: and one. They've won four in a row for the

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00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: first time since twenty nineteen. They start a season five

787
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: and one for the first time since twenty sixteen, and

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00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,720
Speaker 1: the defense really was the identity of the game. Teddy

789
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: Bridgewater is a markedly more experienced quarterback than Skyler Thompson,

790
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: seventh round case day rookie making his starting debut today.

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00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: But with Teddy, you're limited what you can do when

792
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: it comes to going down the field. And you nailed

793
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: it on the Vikings Radio Network and KFA N what

794
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: do you know guard the middle of the field and

795
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: these checkdowns with the yards after catch. Tyree Hill and

796
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: Jayalen Waddle and Chase Edmonds, they can be sneaky and

797
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,479
Speaker 1: they got us a few times early, but then once

798
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: they tightened it up, and the offense got going a little.

799
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: That was your dagger. It was it really, it really

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00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: really was. And that's you know, you got to prepare

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00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: for one quarterback. And you know, I mean I I

802
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: was pretty impressed with what Skyler Thompson was able to do.

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00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 1: And he watched that offense that they ran with Skylar Thompson.

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00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: It was off tackle, it was you know, rpo, it was.

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00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: It was a lot of different things, keeping Skyler on

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00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 1: the move, letting him scramble. He beat us with his

807
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: legs early on. We had him dead to rights on

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00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: a blitz and he wasn't you know, he was able

809
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 1: to move the chains a few times with his legs.

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00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 1: Then Teddy comes in the run game completely changes everything completely.

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Speaker 1: You know, the whole offense for Miami changed when Teddy

812
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: came in. And I don't think they had as good

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00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: of a game plan for Teddy being the quarterback as

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00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,720
Speaker 1: they did for Skyler. Now again, Hicks, Jordan Hicks getting

815
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: in there. He puts the hit on Skyler Thompson that

816
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,479
Speaker 1: you know, injured his thumb. It's coming off the field,

817
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: it's bleeding. They have to take him back. He doesn't return.

818
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: So the quarterback woes for Miami continue and then once

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00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: they get these things figured out again, this is going

820
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: to be a very very tough football team. But for

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00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,240
Speaker 1: right now, at this stage, at this time, the Vikings

822
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: did enough, were opportunistic enough to come out of here

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Speaker 1: with the victory. And that's what they've been doing weekend

824
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,399
Speaker 1: and week out, Paul, and now you're looking at five

825
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: and one. What a great start for this team. Ron

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Speaker 1: Johnson with the Vikings Entertainment Network and Fox nine offers

827
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: up three takes each and every after each and every

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Speaker 1: Vikings game, courtesy of the postgame report, RJ take it away.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Ba, This is Ron Johnson coming to you from

830
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: the KAFA and studios and these are my three takeaways

831
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 1: from today's game. Well, the Vikings found another way to

832
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: win against the Miami Dolphins in Miami. The Vikings are

833
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: now five and one. My first takeaway from this game

834
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 1: is that Dalvin Cook finally had an explosive run. Had

835
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: had an explosive run the entire season. He had not

836
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 1: rushed for more than twenty yards the entire season. He

837
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: breaks out with a fifty three yarder back home in

838
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: front of his family and friends. That run was not

839
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: only necessary, but kind of was the dagger in this game.

840
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, returning home wearing the number four, said that

841
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: he felt like his dad would have wanted to see

842
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: him in that stadium in that number four, and he

843
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: got the victory. That's a trifecta for Dalvin Cook, and

844
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 1: he finally got the explosive run he has not seen

845
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 1: all season with the fifty three yarder. That was one

846
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: of my biggest takeaways seeing Dalvin Cook. Elusive, explosive and

847
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: hopefully there's more of that to come. Well, take number two.

848
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: I cannot believe it, but the punter, the punter with

849
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: the booming seventy three yard kick. Punters don't get enough recognition.

850
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna also go with the ten kicks, ten punts,

851
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: four hundred forty one yard of Vikings records, seven punts

852
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: inside the twenty yard line. He did his job. He

853
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: flipped the field. He made sure the Dolphins never had

854
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,960
Speaker 1: a short field. They had to earn every single drive,

855
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: every single chance they touched the ball. The punter did

856
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: not shank one. He was very comfortable and he made

857
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: sure that booming punt did not give Tyreek Hill a chance.

858
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 1: Also had a very nice airtime one where early in

859
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: the game Chris Boyd almost almost created another turnover where

860
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: the punt was muffed. Chris Boyd was in his face,

861
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: should have been recovered by the Vikings. Three Vikings to

862
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: one Dolphins. Somehow the Dolphins player comes up with recovery,

863
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: but again the hang time for Ryan Wright. Another big

864
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 1: day for the Vikings defense and the punter working together.

865
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,760
Speaker 1: Although the defense gave a four hundred and fifty yards,

866
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: the Vikings offense didn't gain as many yards, but it

867
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 1: did not matter. The punter gets one of my takeaways

868
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: of the day, and going with my last takeaway, the

869
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: defense finally steps up and has that meeting at the quarterback.

870
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 1: Zadarius Smith has been talking about, meet me at the

871
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: quarterback two point I Zadari Smith, Danil Hunter, you had

872
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: Patrick Jones in there. They got after the quarterback today.

873
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: Six sacks on Teddy Bridgewater. Also two interceptions. That defense

874
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: today stepped up big time. Harrison Smith with an interception

875
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: and Patrick Peterson just the consummate veteran. The consummant pro

876
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: rent it like a book. He saw that there was

877
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,760
Speaker 1: a deep route, he knew that there was an out route.

878
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: He jumped the outroute, Teddy Bridgewater through it, and as

879
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: soon as Teddy let it go, he knew, you know what,

880
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: this is not gonna work out the way I wanted to.

881
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: So I got to give my hats off. My third

882
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 1: takeaway to the defense that was six sacks, two interceptions.

883
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: This team needed every single play that defense made today.

884
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: They stepped up in a big way. The Vikings won,

885
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: and this was a game that did not come down

886
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: finally to the last drive or the game. They ended

887
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 1: the game the way it should always end, which is comfortably.

888
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 1: Don't have to worry about it. Fans don't have to

889
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: be nervous. That is my three takeaways for the day.

890
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: Back to you, Pa, And finally we wrap a Minnesota

891
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 1: Vikings eight point victory with Kevin O'Connell's jubilant locker room speech.

892
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,399
Speaker 1: The team heads into the by five and one Arizona

893
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: at US Bank Stadium two weeks from today. Give me

894
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,439
Speaker 1: your final thoughts of like a few things that need

895
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: to tighten up once they tear this thing down and

896
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: look back at tendencies and play calls and situations, which

897
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 1: is what happens during bye weeks. What are a couple

898
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: of things you'd like to see tighten up for those

899
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 1: five and one game. A couple of things. First of all,

900
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 1: is continue to try to get this get an identity

901
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: in the running game. What exactly is it that that we

902
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: want to do, how we want to go about doing it,

903
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: because our inability to run the ball early is shortened

904
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: a lot of drive. So we were three and out.

905
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: We ran some third down plays on third and short

906
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: that you would think would be the perfect opportunity to

907
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: run the football, but we were forced to throw it.

908
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: So that respect, we got to figure out how we

909
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: can get two or three yards consistently on the ground,

910
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,439
Speaker 1: come up with that, and then defensively just just hang

911
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: in there. Right we've had the opportunit we get on

912
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: the field, we're up by two scores, and it seems

913
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 1: like we take a breath and we play that zone

914
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: and let everything kind of happen underneath us, give up

915
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: some big plays. I would just like to see us

916
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: defensively tighten things up in coverage and a lot of

917
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: it's you know, got like that underneath stuff. We talked

918
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 1: about Chandon Sullivan today. You know, when you're playing zone,

919
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: you've got to find those guys underneath. So I think

920
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: tightening that those just the coverage end of it up

921
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: a little bit and buy in some more time for

922
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 1: our past rushers than that. And you're gonna need to

923
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: be with the teams that we have coming out of

924
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: the bye coming down the pike. You know, you, like

925
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: you said earlier to me, you know, it doesn't matter

926
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: what people think and say about our five and one

927
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: right now, it's gonna get tested. Right We've got some

928
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 1: really really big teams and some good games coming up

929
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: in the middle to second half of the season, so

930
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: you know they have they have, and there's so much

931
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: room improvement at five and one. I mean, that's the

932
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,320
Speaker 1: exciting part. That's Pete Versus analyst for the Vikings Radio Network,

933
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: and I'm Paul Allen. A pleasure doing the postgame report

934
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: and calling the game for you today from hard Rock

935
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: Stadium that's in South Florida. Miami Gardens is the city,

936
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,799
Speaker 1: and a couple of South Florida kids, they came home

937
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: and stole the money. Dalvin Cook fifty three yards to

938
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: the house. Patrick Peterson with the thirtieth interception of his career.

939
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: Let's wrap it up with a jubilant head coach Kevin

940
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 1: O'Connell from the locker room who recognizes we're still having

941
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: fun and his team is five and one. Hey, we

942
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 1: talked last night about all the different ways that you

943
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: can go in football games. In the bottom line, as

944
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,319
Speaker 1: we said, with the human beings and the people we

945
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: have in this room, the competitors we have in this room,

946
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 1: all right, we can pick each other up at any

947
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: point time. Games can swing back and forth all day long,

948
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,919
Speaker 1: all right, but defense first and foremost. You guys were

949
00:44:54,920 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: our backbone today my dad on a hot day, to

950
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: be on the field as much as we put you

951
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: on the field, and to answer the bell over and

952
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: over again and then go finish it off. Fellas, I'm

953
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: so damn proud of what you guys just did right there.

954
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 1: There's a lot of individual accolades over there, but when

955
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: I went through it, I said, you know what, every

956
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: defensive player gets a game ball. Defense got our background rights,

957
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: got our back special teams. You guys gotta put back

958
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: to who we are. Hey, fights on three facks on me?

959
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 1: What two three by