1 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? This is the Vikings postgame report 2 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: powered by Luman from lambeau Field. It's Paul Allen with 3 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: Pete Versich Qorter. Battle one thirty goes the way of 4 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: the green Bay Packers. They beat the Minnesota Vikings twenty 5 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: three to six. Now you hear the number six and 6 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: you either think touchdown and missed extra point or two 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: field goals. That really was the biggest highlight for the 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: Vikings today. Will Reiker hitting a couple of field goals, 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: including one from fifty nine. Both makes were beyond fifty yards, 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: which means he passed Greg Joseph for the second most 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: makes of fifty plus and Vikings history still trailing Blair Walsh. 12 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: Outside of that, a bunch of turnovers mistackles at the 13 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: end of the game. The Vikings have lost three consecutive. 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: Green Bay improved to seven to three and one. 15 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is this is the most one sided 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: loss that we've seen out of the Vikings the entire year. 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 2: And I mean you look at the numbers, not much better. 18 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: One hundred and forty five total net yards. We had 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: some success running the football early. You know, you get 20 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: some points on the opening drive with the field goal, 21 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: but after that, you know, we didn't lead the rest 22 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: of the way. And for green Bay, you know, without 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs, they were very, i think very conservative offensively. 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: Nothing really transpired there and so you know, at no 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: point where the Vikings threatening or any of that. And 26 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: then unfortunately got back to what got us here, right, 27 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: and that's interception or turnovers to start, and then interceptions 28 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: because the muff punt is really what put green Bay 29 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: kind of over the top, and we didn't really respond 30 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: after that. It's very disheartening to finally see the offensive 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: line together for the first half of a football game 32 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: and by the end of it you've got Brandell and 33 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: school back in there on the left side. There's not 34 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: a not a lot to point to right now for 35 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: Viking fans, but that's just the way it is. That's life, 36 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 2: and you're gonna have to find a way because they're 37 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: not going to cancel the rest of the season. You 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: got to find a way to turn this thing around. 39 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: And when Pete says muffed punt, I guess that's one 40 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: way to put it, but that really turned the whole 41 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: thing around. And as unacceptable as people may think it 42 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: is to like you know, have your defense and offense 43 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: impacted by a bad special teams play. At Miles Price 44 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: let a ball sail over his head. It was bouncing 45 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: at about the five. For whatever the reason, he decided 46 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: to run by the ball he glanced off him. Green 47 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: Bay recovered it. Two plays later, Emmanuel Wilson scored his 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: second rushing touchdown that made it seventeen to six, and 49 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: just everything changed off that. I mean, Dobbers were down, 50 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: but we're getting hurt. McCarthy threw two interceptions, So for 51 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: the fourth time this year, JJ McCarthy has had a 52 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: two interception at least two interceptions in a game. 53 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that and that trend is that's it's a 54 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: disturbing trend. One you can you can say is not 55 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: really on him or Seuan Gary hit his arm as 56 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: he was throwing it and the ball kind of deflected 57 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: out and Isaiah McDuffie made a really nice play the 58 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: other one. Yeah, I mean he's trying to hit Jalen 59 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: Naylor up the seam. Uh throw it a little bit 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: too far to the backside, and Evan Williams is able 61 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 2: to step up and intercept that pass. So yeah, Paul 62 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: just not a lot to point to, outside of maybe 63 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: the running game early and us wanting to run the football, 64 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: especially on second down. We had some great plays, but man, 65 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: it's uh, this one's a real head scratcher. Coming out 66 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: of coming out of Green Bay. 67 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: Man Jefferson has now gone six consecutive games without at 68 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: least one hundred yards. That's absolutely the longest stretch of 69 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: his career. 70 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: Uh can. 71 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: Conspicuously and curiously, Jalen Naylor and or Jordan Addison, neither 72 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: of those guys had receptions today. Now, the Vikings only 73 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: threw it nineteen times, but Naylor and Addison are legit 74 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: threats and neither one got to catch. 75 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's another question that you have kind of 76 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 2: coming away from this one, is you know, Keishawn Nixon 77 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: goes out with an injury early in this football game, 78 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: Kmal Hadden fills in a guy who's a first year 79 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: guy out of Tennessee. Right, you figured at some point 80 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: you'd want to test them. And then you have the 81 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: speed in Jalen Naylor and the speed and rock running 82 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: ability of a Jordan Addison, But yet we never really 83 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: won after it, Right, you never really tested it. Now 84 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: you could say, well, protection isn't holding up or it 85 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: can't hold up. I mean green Bay didn't have the 86 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: Blitz today. I would love to go back and see 87 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: out of the five sacks I believe that they ended 88 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 2: up having, I don't know if any of them came 89 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: off of Blitzer's Paul. I think it was four man 90 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: rushing for really the entire time, and so you could say, hey, 91 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 2: you know, Kamal Hadden's out there, throw the football. But 92 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: then you're like, hey, we got we gotta protect the quarterback. 93 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 2: And it's that's where the coaching is. It gets difficult 94 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: because it's just what the problem is, and you just 95 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 2: keep going back and back and back and back, and 96 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: you got to figure out what the fix first. 97 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: In a game that was nearly statistically even at halftime, well, 98 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: green Bay ended up with twenty two first downs compared 99 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: to ten for Minnesota. Green Bay at two hundred and 100 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: eighty eight total yards. The Vikings finished with one for five. 101 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Wilson had career highs filling in for Josh Jacobs 102 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: by the way, who was inactive. Emmanuel Wilson career high 103 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: with attempts yards, scrimmage yards, and his first two touchdown 104 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: game Emmanuel had himself a nice day, but man, everything 105 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: just fell apart in the second half for the Minnesota Vikings. 106 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: And quickly before we hear from Kevin O'Connell, the analyst 107 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: mentioned green Bay wasn't blitzing, so they would have a 108 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: four man rush, but Michael Parsons generally would be part 109 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: of it, either from the middle or from the edges. 110 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: He had two sacks. So Michael Parsons, now in his 111 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: eleventh game with the Green Bay Packers, has ten sacks. 112 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: And you can just tell when they have a lead 113 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: and it's third and long and number one Michael Parsons, 114 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: as they say, gets to pin his ears back. Holy cow, 115 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: is he a Handfuah. 116 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 2: He is a handful, and he plays hard and he 117 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: was a big get for the Packers. They sacrificed quite 118 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 2: a bit to get him here, to trade for him, 119 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: and he's really paid off for him thus far. 120 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: Let's hear from Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell, who 121 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: now is four and three all time against the Green 122 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. 123 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 4: I told their team, we you know, after we'll made 124 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 4: that field goal. We go in at the half ten 125 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 4: to six, pretty even time of possession even in the 126 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 4: turnover battle, whole half ahead of us. And then we 127 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 4: did not play in any way, shape or form the 128 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 4: type of half we that would give us a chance 129 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 4: to compete in the second half. Uh two turnovers and 130 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 4: three punts on offense, and then defense got the stop 131 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 4: that we kind of talked about at halftime, Hey, getting 132 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 4: us getting going. 133 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 3: They got that stop to start the. 134 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: Second half, and then we had a you know, that 135 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 4: was pretty catastrophic turnover to to give them a free 136 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 4: chance at seven points. So you're not gonna come to 137 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 4: lambeau Field and win a game, especially playing like that 138 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 4: in the second half, and absolutely not you know, in 139 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 4: any way, shape or form giving ourselves a chance to 140 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 4: win the football game. Just injury updates, Christian Darsa had 141 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: an ankle that he tried to play through and eventually 142 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 4: we he came out of the game. Donovan Jackson, I believe, 143 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: also had an ankle on a foot and was trying 144 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 4: to come back in the game, but the trainers thought 145 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 4: it would be best UH to to hold him out 146 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: as well. And then Mittelis had a shoulder but was 147 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: battling through that and able to return. Turn it over 148 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 4: to you guys in the second half. 149 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 5: How difficult is it right now trying to call that 150 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 5: you think JJ can perform. 151 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 3: And just keep the offense. Yeah, I think. 152 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 4: You know, there's there's things that by running the football 153 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 4: pretty efficiently in the first half, you know, you think 154 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 4: you might might be able to get some place off 155 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 4: of plays. 156 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: To to generate some uh some you know, explosives. 157 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 4: But at the same time, we wanted to come back 158 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 4: out and run the football, and we had you know, 159 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 4: a negative run, you know, have to get get Jordan 160 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 4: down there, give him a chance to get down there 161 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 4: to to you know, get that buzz safety on a 162 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 4: negative run called the quick game to start the half, 163 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 4: you know, trying to see if we can just get 164 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 4: a completion play to get it going, and we took 165 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 4: a sack on that play and then had to you know, 166 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: back to back negatives are very very hard to overcome, 167 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 4: especially against that group when you end up third and twelve, 168 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 4: third and fifteen, third and seventeen whatever. We were not 169 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 4: the formula in any way shape or form tried to 170 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 4: you know, I thought we did a good job committing 171 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 4: to the run early on in the game. You know, 172 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 4: stack some plays on plays and started to feel kind 173 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: of what, you know, what that can do for you 174 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 4: along the line of scrimmage. 175 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 3: But then we get to a. 176 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 4: You know, after running the ball pretty well consistent on 177 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 4: a drive, we get to a third and third and 178 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 4: inside one and don't get it on the sneak. You 179 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 4: know that we practiced a lot, and then don't get 180 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 4: it on fourth down, end up going backwards. Really, so, 181 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 4: no matter what you do running the football wise, if 182 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 4: you can't continue to get those new sets of downs, 183 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 4: we've got to then have the marriage of the run 184 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 4: in the past, you know, try to come to life. 185 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 4: And there were some chances I thought, you know, JJ 186 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 4: got tripped up coming out of center one time where 187 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 4: you know, we had a good look for a play 188 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: and there was just a bunch of little things like that. 189 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: Our margin of error is clearly pretty razor thin right now. 190 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 4: But what we can't do is lose the turnover battle 191 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 4: three to nothing, significantly lose the field position battle, and 192 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 4: then have negative plays on offense that gives you really 193 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 4: no chance against one of the better defenses in the league. 194 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 4: But you know, as as as our guys know, and 195 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 4: you know already hearing uh, you know, just the players 196 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 4: in the locker room and they want to go back 197 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 4: to work and and all and and and and fix it, 198 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 4: and us as a coaching staff, we've got to give 199 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 4: them the best possible plan to do that. We've got 200 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 4: to have some things corrected that are you know, proving 201 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 4: to be somewhat fatal in certain areas of our team 202 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: right now, you know, well beyond just you know, having 203 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 4: a young quarterback in there. So that's my job, and 204 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: I've got to do the things that that you know, 205 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 4: we think will fix some of those problems. 206 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 6: Stakes three weeks in rowing out pretty big ones. What 207 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 6: do you need to do to get those things cleaned up? 208 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've got some you know, we've got some rookies. 209 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: Part of that part of that phase where you know, 210 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 4: to a certain you kind of know there's going to 211 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 4: be some variants to that. But at the same time, 212 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 4: you know, it's just what are we doing as coaches? 213 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 4: What are we doing, you know, to emphasize how to 214 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 4: play smart football? 215 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 3: You know as the starting point. And you know, on 216 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 3: that play, I know what Miles is trying to do. 217 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 4: He's trying to fair catch and then you know, see 218 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: if he can get a piece of the gunner to 219 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 4: try to help the ball have time to get in 220 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 4: the end zone. But first and foremost, you know, we've 221 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: got to be able to make the initial play, which 222 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: was the decision not to catch that ball, and then 223 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 4: we've got to get all Minnesota vikings away from it. 224 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 3: And if they end up downing it, you know. 225 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 4: Like we were able to do a couple of times 226 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 4: with Ryan having a great day putting the ball to 227 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 4: try to help with the field position. But if if 228 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 4: they end up downing it down in their tight then 229 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 4: it's on the offense to try to sustain a drive 230 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 4: and at least flip the field field position wise. 231 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 3: But yeah, we've got to get some of those things handled. 232 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 5: What do you think JJ is just in terms of 233 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 5: handling this, because this is a couple of weeks that 234 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,119 Speaker 5: it really seemed like it's snowballing. 235 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, first of all, yeah, the formula cannot 236 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 4: be to you know, end up being down double digits 237 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 4: in the in the second half and at least you know, 238 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 4: knowing where you know, it kind of takes you out 239 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 4: of the game that you want to play. When you're 240 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 4: in coming into halftime ten six, you know, thinking a 241 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: defensive stop and then you know, having a chance to 242 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 4: go possibly take the lead there in the third quarter, 243 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 4: and then the game can kind of stay. 244 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: Where where you want it, whether where we're. 245 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: Really close in the first half time of possession, we're 246 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: really close, you know, yards and able to kind of 247 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 4: every single one of those positive run plays should hopefully 248 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 4: be setting up either another positive run or some plays 249 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 4: off of it. And we just can't quite get to 250 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 4: that point without having some you know, some things happening 251 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 4: around JJ or you know, some variants of having a 252 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 4: young quarterback in there where and when you're playing a 253 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: good defense and and just understanding timing of pockets and 254 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 4: things like that, getting the ball out, the power of 255 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 4: completions where it's still definitely work in progress for sure, 256 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 4: but I still believe, you know, he's he's absolutely under control. 257 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: From a play call standpoint. 258 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 4: There's little things you know that happen, like a quarterback 259 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 4: getting tripped up, you know, on a play pass where. 260 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 3: Where you might have a look at something, or you. 261 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 4: Know, just maybe the dialogue and the huddle making sure 262 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 4: all eleven are on the same pagers. Little things that 263 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 4: come up here and there that just continue to limit 264 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 4: your chances of having ultimate success enough against a good 265 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 4: defense to go put points on the board. But it 266 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: is one of those things where I do believe wholeheartedly that, 267 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 4: you know, it takes a driver too of confidence building 268 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 4: to to truly cement kind of what we want to 269 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 4: be as an offense and moving the boat. Running the 270 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 4: ball is great. And got a play pass to justin 271 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 4: early and ended up kind of stalling out from. 272 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: There, or where you know, we call, you know, call a. 273 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 4: Pass on first and ten and then kind of run 274 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 4: play on second down with the chance to you know, 275 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: throw that run solution and it's not really the look 276 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 4: to do that. And early in the game, young quarterback 277 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 4: maybe once try to get an easy completion and we 278 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 4: throw that ball. And it's just little things like that 279 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 4: where uh, you know, I got to do a better 280 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 4: job kind of limitating eliminating some of those things that 281 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 4: you know, maybe can can be left for chance. I 282 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 4: appreciate it's not just the quarterback obviously it's yam, But. 283 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 3: Can you can you win with what he's doing right now? 284 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 3: I think you can. 285 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 4: I do believe that, But it does require, you know, 286 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 4: as a football team not doing things that that that 287 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 4: loses games and special teams turnover I believe in you know, 288 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 4: two out of our last three games. And then ultimately, 289 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 4: you know, the defense is out there battling, they're they're 290 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 4: they're trying to get the ball back for us as 291 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 4: much as we can. But then there's you know, some 292 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 4: things where you can't have breakdowns around that player to 293 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: consistently sustain. So as of as some of those things 294 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 4: happen or you start stacking negatives, that becomes incredibly difficult 295 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: for any quarterback never mind, Uh, you know, a guy 296 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 4: just still in a single digit world of career starts. 297 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: And and all that. 298 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 4: So you got to keep putting together plans that give 299 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 4: us a chance to express what we want to be 300 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 4: as an offense with some some. 301 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: Talented players in that huddle, while also. 302 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 4: Giving him a chance to grow, but but not you know, 303 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: putting the game totally in his hands, where you know, 304 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 4: the variants of a young quarterback will cost our whole team. 305 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 4: And I think there's a there's a needle to thread there, 306 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 4: and uh, we got to just keep on building the 307 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 4: foundation of playing the position, but also all eleven guys 308 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 4: in that huddle doing their jobs, and and then special 309 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 4: teams has got to play the phase where I thought 310 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: will unbelievable with those two field goals, and those are 311 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: the types of plays where, you know, or drives where 312 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 4: if you you get points there, you got to you're 313 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 4: staying in the football game, staying in real football without 314 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 4: having to go all pass likely against a team with 315 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 4: that kind of front. 316 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 5: Surprised of just the amount of pressure they were generating 317 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 5: up front. 318 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, we we we had a pretty good 319 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 4: plan even you know, I know JJ's first interception. You know, 320 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 4: there's there's two tight ends, you know, helping on the edges. 321 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 3: And I gotta go back and look at it. 322 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 4: But didn't particularly feel like we were, like, you know, 323 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 4: that was I believe one of the the first few 324 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 4: attempts for you know, with with Justin stepping in there 325 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: for CD at left tackle, and we're trying to help 326 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 4: as much as we can on the edge. But I 327 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 4: gotta the general the general feel sometimes is are we 328 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 4: using that help? Are we you know fundamentally jumping on 329 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 4: you know, right off that and jumping on that player 330 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 4: right off those those bumps and those protections, because outside 331 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 4: of you know, call the call them plays where you're 332 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 4: doing that, you're essentially when you're down points, you're you know, 333 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 4: there's that that that call sheet can shrink in a hurry, 334 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 4: and we've experienced it at times this year with guys 335 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 4: having to step in, you know, either early in games 336 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: or in the second half of games. 337 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 3: And we didn't handle it well today whatsoever. 338 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 6: Brian O'Neill was talking to the locker room. Got a 339 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 6: need for a pergency and guys just understanding for their 340 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 6: job is on every single play. As you think about 341 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 6: urgency for these players, where does that express itself to you? 342 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: Well, I think it's a mix, right. 343 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 4: I think we've seen examples of guys pressing maybe to 344 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 4: try to make a. 345 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 3: Play here and there, second and long and we're. 346 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 4: Just trying to put the ball and play and we 347 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 4: get a drop on a second and long play that creates, 348 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 4: you know where, hey, maybe you have a chance to 349 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 4: make that third and manageable right there, and it's a 350 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 4: guy trying to catch the ball and make a play 351 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 4: and see if you can get more and more. And 352 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 4: that's where you feel pressing at times. But then there's 353 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 4: other times where it's got to be technique, it's got 354 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 4: to be strained, it's got to be fundamentals, and the 355 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 4: eleven guys in the huddle doing their jobs. You know, 356 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 4: no errors, No, you know, we don't really don't. You 357 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 4: don't get chances for doovers. So when those things turn 358 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 4: into negatives, especially when your team needs to kind of 359 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 4: sustain a drive, maybe we pick up the special teams 360 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: after that turnover. 361 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 3: I know the defense is going out on that. 362 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 4: Field wanting to pick up everybody and say, hey, we're 363 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 4: gonna hold them out right here, and they punch it in. 364 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 3: Big deal. 365 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 4: Let's go take the ball and let's put a drive 366 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 4: together and go get right back to where we want 367 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 4: to be in this game and just keep applying press 368 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 4: should be the opponent, but we can't allow that that 369 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: feeling to allow the execution and the detail and some 370 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 4: of those things to slip. And that's not really referencing 371 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 4: the quarterback in any way, shape or form. But he's 372 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 4: still an experienced guy that's building it up as he goes. 373 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 4: And there's you know, just too much bad football today, 374 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 4: specifically in the second half really second half only that 375 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 4: just didn't give us a chance whatsoever. 376 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 7: Been just in terms of j James confidence taking him 377 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 7: on the chin today, I mean, how do you kind 378 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 7: of keep him flying even when he's kind of gone 379 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 7: through these. 380 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 3: Last couple of weeks. 381 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's all about it's all about his preparation. It's 382 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 4: all about you know, going back to work and understanding, hey, 383 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 4: this is new week, very you know, tough road trip 384 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 4: ahead of us. We're gonna need, you know, our quarterback 385 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 4: to have the best week of preparation out of anybody 386 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 4: on our team. But then we also need all you know, 387 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 4: the the other phases of our team and the other 388 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 4: guys in that huddle with him to do the same 389 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 4: and just keep on staying the course. And when we 390 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 4: find improvement, when we find consistent examples of it, let's 391 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 4: not you know, be in a position where wherever we're 392 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 4: going to be a team that celebrates that short term success. 393 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 4: We're going to be a team that needs to just 394 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 4: continue to press onward and execute even better and and 395 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 4: do your job even better. 396 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 3: And that's just where our team is at right now. 397 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 4: You know, I think that there is definite possibilities of within. 398 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 3: You know, when these guys. 399 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 4: Watch the tape and when they see just how close 400 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 4: things are to going totally one way or the other, 401 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 4: and and and then when you eventually do have a 402 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 4: loss of a half of three turnovers and a half, 403 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 4: you really don't give yourself a chance whatsoever to win 404 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 4: that game. But let's not let's dive into it to 405 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 4: a point where I told all of our players grade sheets, 406 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 4: beside how I played all those things, look at it 407 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 4: as a collective football team and say what more can 408 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 4: I do? 409 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 3: How? You know, where can I find. 410 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: Those little edges for us to for me to do 411 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 4: my job at that elite level which will only help 412 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 4: the guy next to me and the guy under center. 413 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 3: Is how our team views it. That's how our leadership 414 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 3: views it. 415 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 4: And I think that's why you hear from Brian O'Neil 416 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 4: and guys like our captains, you know, saying not only 417 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 4: saying the right things, but those guys are doing the 418 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: right things. And I have total faith that we're going 419 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 4: to continue pressing, pressing onward and improving as we go. 420 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 7: Is it too early for you to have any sort 421 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 7: of sense of when you might not have Donovan Christian? 422 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's probably too early, and both those guys will 423 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 4: be evaluated. You know, I know DJ Donovan really you know, 424 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 4: you know he was doing everything in his power to 425 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 4: try to get back out there tape it up, and 426 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 4: we just wanted to make sure he could, you know, 427 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 4: not only do his job, but for the sake of 428 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 4: him just not sustaining something a lot longer then maybe 429 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: where it's at right now. And then with CD, you know, 430 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: he tried to fight through it, got it earlier on 431 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 4: in the game and was able to you know, go and. 432 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 3: Then at one point Tyler told me he was done. 433 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 4: So we'll evaluate both those guys hopefully, you know, getting 434 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 4: a guy like Jonathan Gernard who was close back next 435 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 4: week will help, and you know, we'll see where we're 436 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 4: at and I'll update you guys as soon as soon 437 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,479 Speaker 4: as I get a little bit more cleary. 438 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: Well, the twenty four hour rule absolutely has to be 439 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: in play here where you got to forget about it 440 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: within the next twenty four hours because you got to 441 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: get ready for Sam Darnold in Seattle. Sam the former 442 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: Vikings quarterback who lit these Packers up at lambeau Field 443 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 1: last year. He's having himself a wonderful, wonderful season. You know, 444 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: he's going to be all out to show his former 445 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: team what he's all about in the Cappuccino Capitol and 446 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: like Pete said earlier. You know, the Vikings finished the 447 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: game without Christian daris On, Donovan Jackson, left tackle and 448 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: left guard. A couple of injuries there, you know, but 449 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: the a topic remains the maturation or lack thereof of 450 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, who made a six start today and you 451 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: know he suffered his first road loss through two interceptions again, 452 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: did not throw a touchdown, ran for the first time 453 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: in a couple of games. Got to get that thing, right. 454 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: Yeah you do. 455 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: I mean, this is not the offense, Paul, that we've 456 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 2: seen here the last three seasons, right, this is not 457 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 2: the route combinations, the getting down the field, the highs 458 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 2: and the high lows, the digs. I mean, you know 459 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: we this vertical passing game that Kevin O'Connell has brought 460 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 2: here and has worked so well over the last couple 461 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 2: of seasons is really nowhere to be seen. And then 462 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 2: the question is, and you'll never get the answer, is 463 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 2: just why is it? You know, why are we getting it? 464 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 2: What's the problem exactly? And you're just not going to know. 465 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 2: A coach will not tell you. You just have to 466 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 2: trust that they're trying to put their players in the 467 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: best position to succeed and what. But they're going to 468 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: have to figure that out again because whatever they came 469 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: up with for today, which I think a lot, was 470 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 2: running the football, but you know, you still have to 471 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 2: find a way. This is an explosive offense, this is 472 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 2: a vertical offense, and we're just not seeing any of it. 473 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 2: And that's probably the most frustrating part. 474 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: Well, we're gonna hear from the quarterback JJ McCarthy here shortly. 475 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: But to lastly, a recurring problem reared its ugly head 476 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: again today, and that's time of possession where the Packers 477 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: had the ball for thirty seven minutes and change, meaning 478 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: the Vikings had it for twenty two minutes and change. 479 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: And you know there would be series where okay, we 480 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: get the ball after the defense was on the field 481 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: for a while, then a turnover, defenses back out there. 482 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: You know, this time of possession situation is just debilitating. 483 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And the numbers in the second half as far 484 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 2: as yardage and number of plays and all that thing 485 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 2: I haven't dug into. I don't have the first half 486 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 2: second half, but the second half was abysmal in that regard. 487 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: And you know, you take a look forty four plays 488 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 2: that we ran against sixty five for the Packers. This 489 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: adds up for the defense, right, you get fifteen to 490 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 2: twenty extra plays a week and you're playing. You know, 491 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 2: the defense probably has an extra two games under their belt. 492 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: You know, with the total number of plays that they've 493 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 2: been out there, they play, you know, they play well, 494 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 2: They played hard. There were a few stretches there with 495 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 2: maybe they weren't tackling, but overall, you know, the defense 496 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 2: I think gave gave us opportunities that we did not 497 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: capitalize on. 498 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 3: All. 499 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: Right, let's hear from Viking's quarterback J. J. McCarthy, sucks. 500 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 5: Got to give a lot of credit to them. Uh, 501 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 5: they executed better than us all day to day. And 502 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 5: you know, I had a great game plan and executed 503 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 5: that game plan better than we did. I gotta be better. 504 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 5: I gotta do a lot of things better. And I'll 505 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 5: open up to any. 506 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: Questions, Jji, where does that start for you? Just getting better? 507 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 3: For this. 508 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 5: Getting on the plane and watching the film and continuing 509 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 5: to just stack the days and wake up every single 510 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 5: day ready to get better, and you know, just make 511 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 5: small increments each and every day and continuing to just 512 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: perfect my craft. 513 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 3: And you know the weaknesses that are. 514 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 5: Exposed, you know, get make sure I'm on track with 515 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 5: those and getting back. 516 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 3: To the right spot every week. 517 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 5: Confidence is always high no matter what because the guys 518 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 5: in that room because of you know, the trust and 519 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 5: faith and my abilities and you know, it's just you know. 520 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 3: We got to put things together. 521 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 5: We got to keep putting days together, plays together, and 522 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 5: execute better. 523 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 3: At the end of the day. It stands out this 524 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 3: game specifically. 525 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 5: That you for I feel like this game, I you know, 526 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 5: went into it with a lot of things that I 527 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 5: felt like, you know, I did pretty well with my 528 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 5: feet and just staying calm and all that in the pocket, 529 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 5: but you know there's little things that you know show 530 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 5: up in a big way in these type of games 531 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 5: and just making sure that you know, every play there's 532 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 5: a full you know, intensity, focus and urgency and uh, 533 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 5: you know, I think we slipped a couple of times 534 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 5: with that today and we got to be better. 535 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 3: During the course of the game where it's going like that, 536 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 3: what kind of goes through your mind and what like 537 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 3: how if you can do you kind of keep it 538 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 3: from snowballing. 539 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 5: Just focus on the next play, Just understand you know, 540 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 5: you can't control what happened previously, and you can only 541 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 5: control what's in front of you. So just focusing on 542 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 5: that one play and making sure we execute in the 543 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 5: best way possible. 544 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, I assume this is kind of the first time 545 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 6: in your career you've gone through as much where you're 546 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 6: losing games back to back and try to recover from that. 547 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: What is that like for you? 548 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 6: Just to a quarterback trying to recover during the week 549 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 6: and kind of keep the emotional context of it in place. 550 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 5: I think there's an ultimate emphasis on just the process understanding. 551 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 5: You know, obviously you want the results, but growth and 552 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 5: learning and getting. 553 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 3: Better every day is the most important thing. 554 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 5: So obviously you know it sucks losing more than anything, 555 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 5: but you know, it's just all about that growth and 556 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 5: staying you know, steadfast to the process and you know, 557 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 5: making little tweaks here there to that process. 558 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 6: Keep yourself there right, keeping the emotional part of it 559 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 6: where you want it to be. 560 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 3: Focused on that. I just don't think emotions are going 561 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 3: to do anything good for us. 562 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 5: You know, at the end of the day, it's just 563 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 5: like fluff, and you know it's not going to help 564 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 5: us execute plays better. So just understanding where the issues 565 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 5: are where the problems are and fixing all right. 566 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: So the Vikings have Seattle next, hopefully not going minus 567 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: three in the take gift like they did today. The 568 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: Vikings are now minus twelve in the turnover differential. This 569 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: year they have twenty one turnovers, which I believe is 570 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: most in the NFL. They they had the second most 571 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: turnovers into the game, and unless Seattle, you know, had three, 572 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: four or five turnovers, which I don't think it did. 573 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: The Vikings have turned the ball over the most times 574 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: of any team in the NFL, and an opportunity to 575 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: turn the frown upside down takes place next Sunday against 576 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. That's the Vikings postgame report powered by Lumen. 577 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: For pete versage, I'm Paul Allen. Don't forget to stay 578 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: here at Vikings dot com for all of the postgame 579 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: reaction from the Packers loss and the pregame festivities up 580 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: to the Seattle game. Thank you very much for listening 581 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: to the Vikings postgame Report.