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I am your host, Bubba Starts, and you are here for Vikings United.
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We talk about the week that was in the NFL, and we take a look ahead to the future.
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I'm joined as always by my cohost, Cody Homadal.
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Coach Cody, what's happening, brother?
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How we doing, man?
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Happy New Year.
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It's a it's a good time.
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Nine and eight.
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So, finish the season over 500.
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Yeah.
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It's pretty incredible the way this season turned around once we started this show.
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I don't wanna take a whole lot of credit for it, but, I feel like we've made an impact.
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Most definitely.
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I feel like every week, after the show and we're watching the game as it happens, you
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know, I'm texting, you know, between you, me, big b, you know, we're all like, yo.
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They must have checked out the pregame show because, I mean, I I last week, I told I called
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it.
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I was like, you know, that, that reverse run with Addison couple weeks ago, if it was just a
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shovel pass, that's passing yardage.
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So I figured we might as well do that with Jefferson, and we did.
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So that that made me feel great.
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Play from scrimmage.
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Yeah.
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Early and often.
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Get it to him quick.
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Get it out of the way.
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Well and, obviously, we're gonna talk a little bit about that.
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Happy to see that Jefferson got his thousand yard season and some really big moments in that
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game.
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You know?
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Obviously, you expect to come out with a win when Green Bay is starting mostly second and
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third stringers.
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Whoever was left on the team that wasn't on injured reserve or, you know, just resting for
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their playoff run.
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But to see, you know, Harrison Smith possibly in his last game in a Vikings uniform or at
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all, to see CJ Hamm get the touchdown.
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Shout out to Hamm or skull pig back there, named after the the great CJ.
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I mean, just some really big moments, and and I was glad that there was a big home crowd there
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to to cheer them all on and to give them that very due ovation.
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Yeah.
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I mean, if it's Harrison Smith's last year, I mean, what a career.
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All with one team, that's very rare, to happen in the NFL these days.
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So, him and, you know, CJ Hamm.
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So, I mean, just true testament to, you know, their character.
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You know?
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Harrison Smith probably could have got money in a bag somewhere else, but chose to stay here.
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Took a couple pay cuts if I'm not mistaken.
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So, you know, that speaks wonders.
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And CJ Hamm, I mean, you know, coming from Concordia and just, you know, making his path
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and, to have this longevity of a career, you know, it's it's amazing, and I'm glad he was
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able to get that touchdown.
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A pretty cool moment.
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B, you with us?
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Yep.
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I'm here.
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No.
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What a what a Sunday.
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Week 18.
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I mean, a great game.
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I mean, I I think I text you right away when they did that little ceremony for Smith and
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said, I think we got our answer.
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So I know he did a couple interviews and said he yeah.
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He did a couple interviews and kinda said that he doesn't know yet, but I think we got the oh,
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I think we got the answer.
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So
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I I think a lot of it hinges on the beefalo decision.
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Right?
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You know, I think Flores could talk him into coming back for another year if it was all
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together.
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But if this team's going through a rebuild on either side of the ball and there's bunch of
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things up in the air, a nice time to just hang the cleats up and say it.
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I I really appreciated the emotion out of both CJ Hamm and Harrison.
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You know, obviously, KOC gave them a moment in the locker room as they're all kinda, you know,
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breaking it down for the last time.
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And, obviously, they led that team breakdown family on three.
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I I do love that about this team.
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And, yeah, it was pretty fitting, a huge ovation, a well deserved one.
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But, yeah, I think it would take something special to bring him back at this point.
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Well and I think too that PA, the announcer, the referee stated that the Vikings are taking
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a time out just to honor Harrison Smith.
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So Mhmm.
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Don't the refs at it.
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So Yeah.
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Don't you don't make a big scene of it like that and kind of orchestrate it and announce it
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if it's, you know, if he's not.
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Right?
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So I I think it's something monumental that maybe brings up maybe it's a mid season thing.
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Things are going really well, and you're like, hey, brother.
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We might be on a run here.
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You know?
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It's a late healthy and Well, week 15 signing.
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Right?
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He's on the street, so he's able to sign with whoever that you're you're no.
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You guaranteed in the playoffs, and you're like, hey, buddy.
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I hope you kept in shape because we're gonna pick you up for this run.
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Even if he's not, like, on the field starting in that position, you kinda do it to possibly
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get his ring.
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I don't know.
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I I feel like that would be a really classy move on their part, but let's get Sir Picasso
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in here.
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I know he's painting away.
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Well, that and with Harrison Smith, I mean, what?
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He needs one more interception to get to 40?
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Yeah.
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Like, why not?
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Seems like that doesn't matter to him all that much.
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Right?
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No.
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You're right.
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You're right.
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It was about all of that.
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It was really disappointing that LaFleur, he's he's such an asshole.
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I hate that guy.
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That he didn't at least let the guy throw up one.
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Come on.
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And then kick the field goal at the end.
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I mean, they knew it wasn't gonna let us get away with a shutout.
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Right?
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But to not throw the ball at all and just be a pansy like that, whatever.
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I got I got thoughts on on him.
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What up, Marcus?
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What up?
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What was going on?
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What's going on, fellas?
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Danielle in the comments.
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Danielle?
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Danielle was actually just featured in the, 30 for 30 from her first college that she
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graduated from, the 30 under 30.
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So, yeah, she had to her.
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Her in.
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That was pretty awesome.
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That's awesome.
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That's dope.
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Oh, she's she's the rock star of the family.
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I I'm just trying to, hang on for the ride.
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There you go.
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Marcus, I know you know what that feels like.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I'm, you know, I'm just chasing I'm just I'm just happy to be in my wife's shadow.
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You know what I mean?
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Even if it might be a small shadow.
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It's a very small shadow.
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Yeah.
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It's like it's like
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big head up.
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Like a Dorito.
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You
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know, before we move on from it, with the Harrison Smith and CJ Hamm, I mean, if we lose
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them, we're not just losing valuable, reps at a certain position, but, you know, we gotta we
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gotta replace a standard that they set too.
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Yeah.
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That's gonna be tough.
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And where neither one of them were real, like, big rah rah guys, the fact that they are in the
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room commands so much respect.
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You know what I mean?
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Young guys are around when you have Harrison Smith there that's been in the league for
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thirteen and CJ.
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So even though they might have been quiet leaders and maybe you're not missing their
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voice, you're gonna miss their presence regardless.
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Oh, yeah.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see them, like, pull Harrison in, as a coaching, though.
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You know?
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Keep keep them on the team in some aspect.
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Yeah.
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I like that.
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To me, that would be a really smart move.
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Well and that's one way to not lose that presence.
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Right?
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Even though he may not be on the field, there's no doubt that he could obviously teach this
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game and and to provide some insight.
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And having someone that still knows a lot of the players in this league, I find, like, that
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would be extremely valuable from that side as well.
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I mean, especially if you lose b flow, moving forward as teams are starting to hire new head
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coaches.
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Speaking of that, John Harbaugh, what?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Wow.
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See, Big B shot me that message, and instantly, I'm like, if there's a destination or a hotspot
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for a coach, it's gotta be Baltimore.
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Yeah.
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If I
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if I'm B flow,
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I'm like Yeah.
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The he did that just became, like, spot number one for him.
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And if he I feel like if he doesn't land there, that he's gonna land back with Minnesota.
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So, like, he's gonna be in purple either way or nothing is kinda how I feel like because none
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of the other head coaching jobs seem that attractive for someone who's been doing it at
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this level and has gone through, like, a debacle with a Miami and a poor franchise.
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Right?
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Yeah.
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Not attractive at all.
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You know, the other ones I mean, Baltimore, you got Lamar at quarterback and the defense that
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they got.
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Derek Henry, if he keep keeps up or, you know, stays for at least one more year, like, you
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have pieces there.
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You guys think weather and all that has a comes into play?
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Like, if okay.
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So say, Bob, I'm a be like, look.
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I want you to come coach, my team, the Buffalo Bills, or you get the job offer to go coach in
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Miami.
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Like, do you think you know, where do I wanna live?
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I mean, I don't think anyone ever comes out and says that, but that's gotta be in the back of
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their mind.
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And you know I mean, these guys got wives, man.
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Like, well, a lot of us are we have significant others.
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You know, they're the the wives and the families come into play here as well.
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So I don't think any of these coaches that have families take these decisions lightly, and it's
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a lot more than just the team on the field or the ownership or the franchise that you're
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going to.
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There's a lot more that goes into these decisions.
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That's why I think that Minnesota's perfect because I look at some of those other teams and
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not not to talk shit about Baltimore, but I've been to that stadium and and that town.
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Yep.
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Stadium.
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I my first thought isn't even really the weather, but the crime rate, bro.
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Like, so I don't know about you guys, but we're
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too damn close to DC still, man.
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Well, I well, we we travel a lot.
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We go to a lot of away games.
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And when I was in Baltimore, one of the first things I do even when I went down to Dallas
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just last month is I look to see where the crime rate is in the area I'm staying at.
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Man, Baltimore had, like, 10 murders, two blocks from where we were standing, like, the
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week before.
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I ain't even lying.
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Like, I was like insane.
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How
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long, man?
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Got shot up.
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It was so bad.
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And then one of my buddies is actually a SWAT captain in Baltimore.
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So he had stopped by when I messaged, like, is this legit?
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You know, talk to him.
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He shows up at the Airbnb that Friday night and goes, yeah.
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Don't go past that stop sign.
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So just turn everything, go to the block, take a left.
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Like, so there's certain towns, man.
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I just I couldn't no.
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I wouldn't even wanna play it.
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Nothing.
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And no doubt with with a young family like Beeflo has that that comes in, that comes into
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play every.
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Hey, Jer.
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Shout out to you, man.
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Way to go, Lions.
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Getting it done against the bears.
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I know it didn't have a lot of meaning at the end of the day with the eagles losing to the
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commanders.
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Freaking idiots.
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But now you got a big NFC North showdown in the wild card round this week with the bears
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playing the packers.
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So we'll see how that all shakes out.
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I think it shows other teams too, like, how to beat them.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, at that at that stage in the in the season, when you see somebody play like and
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they could be like, oh, well, they weren't playing full force because they didn't need to.
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Well, then you shouldn't be a professional athlete.
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Oh, they needed that game.
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They didn't know what
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the goal Yeah.
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They needed it.
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Yeah. Take
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Take No.
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Need it again.
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Oh, I thought it didn't matter for Chicago.
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A banged up Green Bay with no Parsons or the Rams.
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Like, that's a that's a healthy difference and set them up.
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So, I mean, they're very lucky that the Eagles couldn't hang on against the commanders, and
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what a fall from Grace.
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I mean, I know they still made the playoffs, but just really haven't looked good all year.
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And that Chicago team has looked beatable all year.
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I mean, you they took advantage of playing a fourth place schedule.
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They beat the teams that they should have, but a lot of those games went down to final plays,
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a blocked field goal against the Raiders.
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Right?
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So you look at some of their wins that they have.
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Yeah.
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Like, the Raiders, like, openly gave up on the season.
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Early.
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Right?
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Yeah.
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So, I mean, it's not like this this bears team was world beaters.
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Although if you talk to anyone in Chicago, it's, you know, different that they've made it
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and they've arrived.
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And, so next season will be the test of that team and that franchise, but they got a lot of
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issues, man.
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They they couldn't stop San Francisco on Sunday night football a few weeks ago.
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They couldn't stop a Detroit offense that the lions made look like a freaking high school
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team or that the Vikings made look like a high school team on Christmas day.
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Like so, what they have going forward, we'll see.
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And this Green Bay team, it's hard to say who's gonna show up because of, like, literally who's
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gonna show up.
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Right, man.
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I heard people were trash talking saying that, oh, we're lucky that Parsons was injured and
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that Diggs just got there.
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And I'm going, bro, at the end of the day, he's still a professional athlete.
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Like, he's supposed to be a top notch corner, and we threw all over them.
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And even if Parsons is healthy and Love is healthy, you may not be seeing those guys in
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that game anyway because of their locked playoff position.
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Right?
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Like, LaFleur was openly sitting starters during that whole game.
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Right?
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Like, we there's no reason that the Vikings should have ever lost that game, this week, in
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my opinion.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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You're I mean, you're right.
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I mean, packers weren't gonna play.
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I mean, they might have played them maybe for a quarter or something, may treated like a
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preseason game, but after that, they weren't gonna play their starters the whole game.
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That game meant nothing to him.
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No.
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No.
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And and like I said, you know, Love suited up, but he was never, like, emergency status, which
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is why you don't drop back with Toon and throw it and risk him getting injured to where you
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then have to put your player out on the field.
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So, yeah, is it a meaningless win?
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Who cares, man?
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It's a win, and this team finished on a five game winning streak, finished above 500, went
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four and two in the division, right, in one of the worst seasons that we've seen this team
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play in the KOC era.
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So what does that say about the future going forward?
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Already talk about they're looking for veteran help at the quarterback, position, which is
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kinda like, duh.
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You're obviously not going in with Max Brosmer as your backup.
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Does that mean that they're going out and trading for a huge name out of the gate and
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bringing in, you know, a burrow if he's even available, a Stafford if he's available.
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Right?
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Like but it was obvious that you're going to get a veteran in here to at least be a
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competent backup and to put a little pressure on JJ McCarthy in the offseason?
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Yeah.
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Quarterback's definitely gonna be something we need.
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In my opinion, I think it was stupid to leave McCarthy out there as long as they did.
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I think they should have taken him out as soon as Justin Jefferson got his thousand yards
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because, like, now his hands reinjured.
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Did was he even ready to go, or did we force him out there because we needed those yards for
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Jefferson?
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Did he do more damage than good?
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Like, he probably well, obviously, he did more damage because it's third, but, like, is he
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gonna need surgery?
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Coach, I mean, you made a good point that they you know, Jefferson or JJ shouldn't have been
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out there, but, I mean, you know you know what the locker room's like.
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We played sports.
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You know, if you're 90%, you wanna go.
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You wanna be out there with your team.
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You know, he's young.
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He wants to definitely be out there with his team.
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Yeah.
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They should have played him as long as he did.
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Maybe not even at all, but, you know, it's hard to sit people.
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I mean, we we all know that.
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It's hard to sit people that wanna play.
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No.
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I get that a 100%.
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I feel that every time I gotta put out a depth chart and, if there's some switches that are
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made.
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You know?
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But, you know, if if it comes down to he did more damage and has to have surgery, that's
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another offseason that he can't get timing down.
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Yeah.
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No.
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I get you on that part.
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I mean, that it doesn't sound like it's that bad, though.
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I mean, from listening to the press conference and stuff, they don't think it's gonna be that
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bad.
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So
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No.
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And was it that that, you know, was it already sore and maybe the adrenaline starts to wear
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off after halftime and and where you maybe didn't feel it before?
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Did he hit it on a helmet again?
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I guess I didn't see where he had reinjured it.
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I think it was on a helmet.
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I I'm not positive, though.
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I'm not positive either.
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Well and you know what they say is, like, once those things are injured and then you heal up
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again, like, it's a little bit stronger at that point.
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Right?
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So, you know, maybe the kid needed to get banged up a little bit, to get hardened to the,
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NFL game, and maybe it sets him up, you know, where he goes no injuries for another decade,
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right, and learns how to play a little bit differently.
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And I know we're gonna have mixed feelings on this, but how did you guys feel about that
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run-in the first series?
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Him laying the wood down.
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The stiff arm was beautiful.
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I think we all agree on that.
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But laying the wood and then getting into the face, I thought the penalty was bullshit, to be
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perfectly honest.
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You know, I don't think he went over the top and deserved a flag on that.
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I liked it
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personally.
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Same.
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I liked it.
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I loved it.
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It would have been a a foul or a a penalty if he didn't hover.
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Well, as soon as you look down, they're gonna throw it.
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You know?
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They're gonna that stiff arm was nasty.
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Oh, no.
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That's right.
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Oh, here's my here's my biggest take on it real quick is people are gonna sit there and be
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like, oh, he's soft, man.
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He's injury prone.
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He's this.
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But the second he stiff arms the shit out of a dude and hits a guy, you're like, well, I don't
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want him to get hurt.
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I go, listen.
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He's showing you that he's there to play football.
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I'm sorry for swearing.
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Yeah.
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He's just like, bro,
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I loved you.
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That toughness that speaks volumes in the locker room.
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100%.
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What up, Prince?
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Hey, man.
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I tried to play your video, and I couldn't get it.
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I'm gonna try to load it up in here again.
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Prince has a dope song.
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And if I gotta share it from YouTube tonight, I'm going to.
25:04
Prince has a dope Viking song, which he's gave us permission to use as our theme song.
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I tried to get the video to put on our intro tonight, but we're we're gonna play it on the
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show, brother.
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So stick around.
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Thanks for tuning in, man.
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I I appreciate it.
25:19
And and, Aidan, Chris, I I don't know if this is a question.
25:23
JJ McCarthy going to be able to last the Super Bowl run?
25:26
You you just don't know.
25:27
I mean, most guys don't last through the whole season without an injury.
25:31
Right?
25:31
Like, meets meets, you know, some adversity in every season.
25:37
Now there's things that you can do to mitigate that, but the broken hand coming down on
25:42
somebody's helmet like that, that happens to a lot of quarterbacks.
25:45
It takes experience to be able to avoid that, I think.
25:49
Some savvy, a lot of guys will try to sling that sidearm when they see that guy.
25:54
And there's, you know, there's so much nuance to this game of football.
25:57
Right, coach?
25:59
100%.
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100%.
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I I hope it's not broke.
26:04
I hope it's just, like, you know, maybe a bruise or something.
26:08
And I I just I I I want the best for the kid.
26:12
He's just a kid.
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Yeah.
26:14
We
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talked to one of the surgeons because my wife is the head charge nurse up here.
26:20
And when they talked about
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So you get all the medical info.
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Yeah.
26:23
So she's literally going real quick going to like, hey.
26:26
What is this?
26:26
And it turns out that one of the lead surgeons up here in Saint Cloud is a die hard Viking
26:31
sand.
26:32
So he's letting it out.
26:33
He's like, nah.
26:34
He'll be fine.
26:34
It's not like where he goes.
26:35
It's basically like a sprained ankle.
26:37
But that was prior to the Green Bay game.
26:44
But still, I don't know, man.
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Like, tough it up.
26:47
I want him to get hurt.
26:48
Get it out of the way.
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Yeah.
26:49
I don't know if you guys remember John Elway's career.
26:53
You know?
26:53
Mhmm.
26:54
Things ain't always start off the way he wanted them to, and there's not a single person in who
26:59
knows football that doesn't have his name in the top 10.
27:02
Oh, I I know I know a couple people that don't like Elway.
27:06
But, I mean, I like McCarthy.
27:08
I I think a lot for his growth has to be a strong offensive line to give him time.
27:14
I mean, we definitely we definitely need that, but, you know, that run was amazing.
27:19
That step arm was amazing.
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Yeah.
27:21
The penalty was a little bit, you know, large, but, you know, like Coach said, you you do that
27:28
hover, they're gonna throw it right away.
27:29
And, you know, you're a pro athlete.
27:31
You should know that, yeah, the adrenaline gets you and stuff, but I like the I I like his
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enthusiasm and his hypeness and, you know, stuff like that.
27:42
And, you know, I don't know.
27:44
I mean, this team has said that they they're backing him.
27:46
That that's their guy, you know, as long as he's healthy.
27:50
So, you know, we just need a strong offensive line, I think.
27:53
Well, and he took accountability as soon as he saw that the flag came out.
27:56
He could see mean, he's like, my bad.
27:58
My bad.
27:58
Like, you stupid.
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So, like Yeah.
28:01
I think he even saw something to O'Connell too.
28:05
Man, there's so many play he apologized to everybody coming off the field, and I feel like
28:10
he's taken accountability at any turn.
28:12
All the interceptions, he's always been the first one to do that.
28:16
But, man, there's so many other plays that happen in this league that that don't get
28:23
flagged, and I just I thought it was a soft call.
28:26
I thought it was soft, and I I didn't like it at all.
28:29
But, I mean, that's just me.
28:30
It is what it is.
28:31
We we're gonna talk a lot more, Bob, but I wanna get in here while Prince is still with
28:37
us.
28:37
I'm gonna do a screen share, and I want to I wanna bring this thing up.
28:41
We're gonna address this after, Hayden.
28:43
We're gonna come back, and we're gonna talk about Dallas Turner because he had a great
28:46
finish to the season.
28:48
Really came on when he got the time with Grenard being out and, really did a lot.
28:53
So, but I'm gonna add the, I'm gonna add this to the stage, and we're gonna watch a little
28:58
video here that our guy made.
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And, yeah, check this out, man.
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This is Purple and Gold, the Minnesota Vikings anthem by Chris Clay and Prince De Niro.
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Can't hear it.
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No audio on there?
29:32
No.
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No.
29:32
We didn't hear no audio.
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Oh, that sucks.
29:35
Alright.
29:35
We're gonna keep on Prince, try to send me that again, and we're gonna keep on going.
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I'm gonna try to get it.
29:41
Man, the song is dope too.
29:42
Send me an m p three of the song, Prince, if you're still listening, brother.
29:47
If you got an m p three of that, I I would love to play it for everybody.
29:51
Super dope.
29:52
That's gonna be our new our new our new anthem here too.
29:56
So now I lost all you guys.
29:59
Everybody's off video.
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What did I do?
30:01
I broke No.
30:02
We're good.
30:02
We're good.
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I've been riding this computer too hard all day, man.
30:08
I've had in back to back meetings forever.
30:11
I've tried closing some of my browsers.
30:14
Everything's open.
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Everything's open all the time.
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No.
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I I I appreciate Prince.
30:23
You you sending that in while I check.
30:24
Oh, I'm here at Marcus Drive, and he's heading to the grocery store.
30:29
Oh, man.
30:29
Time to go to the gym, put that workout in.
30:32
There you go.
30:33
There you go.
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Our dude.
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Yeah.
30:35
I'm gonna look
30:36
Second workout of the day.
30:37
There
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you go.
30:40
There you go.
30:42
Where's the comment at?
30:43
I wanna bring that back up.
30:44
And, Leia, let's talk about Dallas Turner and the one who just turned it on at the, at the
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end of the year.
30:52
Just incredible stuff from the young man.
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Yeah.
30:56
He does.
30:57
Really in in a needed role.
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Absolutely.
31:02
You know, we needed that.
31:05
He needed that.
31:06
We needed to see that from him.
31:08
And I'm pretty sure he's he led the he ended up leading the team in sacks.
31:13
So, I mean, it's a it's a step in the right direction from where he was and where you know,
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what we were saying about him earlier.
31:25
Yeah.
31:25
He keeps doing
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to see too when you got injuries.
31:27
You know, you get your heart that comes out.
31:29
You need somebody to step up.
31:32
Yeah.
31:32
And, you know, if he keeps doing what he's doing, I mean, he's young enough with that
31:36
defense.
31:37
I mean, he could be that leader if he keeps doing what he's doing, playing hard.
31:42
And, I mean, they got a lot of good pieces, a lot of young pieces on that defense that I
31:46
like, and, hopefully, they can all stick together.
31:50
Coach, do you feel like he would be a better, like, stand up four three defensive end?
31:59
Because that's kinda more the role that he played in college and in a more traditional
32:04
defense rather than in this kinda hybrid b flow system.
32:11
Well, I mean, it's easy to say, yeah, just because that's the system that he came from,
32:16
but b flow is not gonna put him there unless he sees something.
32:20
And, you know, going from a a, you know, a new position, basically, you know, it takes a a
32:27
little bit of time in that learning curve.
32:29
And, you know, I mentioned it a few weeks back.
32:31
I was like, you know, he did switch to this position.
32:35
So it's gonna take some time, and now it's starting to click, and now we're starting to
32:38
see it.
32:38
So I'm excited to see, you know, the work he puts in in the off season and, you know, the
32:44
things he does to build off this.
32:50
Well and we could be headed to a new defensive system, you know, if Beflow does take a new job
32:56
elsewhere.
32:58
And I I think you almost need to because of the guys that you have, even to a Hargrave and
33:03
Allen.
33:03
I know a lot of talk that Allen's probably a cap casualty.
33:06
But if you keep these guys, these are guys that are also more coming from traditional four
33:11
three defenses as well, and you were kinda trying to fit a square peg into a round hole a
33:18
little bit with them this year and expecting them to perform at a high level playing
33:23
something.
33:24
I mean, there's gotta be different rules.
33:25
B Flow system has to give a lot different rules on the defense.
33:29
Cody, can you kinda talk about that, being, you know, our resident football guy, right, and
33:35
being a defensive coach, especially?
33:37
I know you mostly work with defensive backs, but you guys have rules on that defense.
33:42
Is it hard to transition from, you know, one system to another?
33:48
And because you play on instincts so much in these roles that you're relying on split second
33:55
decisions, especially in the NFL.
33:57
It definitely can be a difficult transition, you know, you know, you've been training a
34:04
certain way, for so long, and then you you know, those instincts take over.
34:10
So you kinda have to relearn everything, and, add to that.
34:15
And so it you know, just that quick twitch to the right when you should be doing a left, just
34:22
the small things.
34:23
It takes a a strong, mentally strong player, to make that switch, and be trusted to do that.
34:32
And I'm sure really hard to do with a pretty quick turnaround.
34:37
I mean, even if you're there for all the training.
34:40
You
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know, you're
34:45
matter of a few weeks before you're facing live fire in a regular season game and and to kind
34:51
of rewire yourself, especially for a, you know, seven, eight year vet who maybe came from the
34:58
same system they played in college into the same system and then trying to change.
35:03
You're trying to unwire and rewire twelve years of football.
35:07
Yeah.
35:08
It's it's tough.
35:09
You know, that that but that's a challenge.
35:13
You know, as a player, you're always looking to grow, learn, you know, take advice, you know,
35:19
from players and coaches.
35:20
And so, you know, that's part of the journey.
35:22
You might be doing a three four one year and then a four three the next, and you just gotta
35:28
roll with it.
35:29
Like I always say, the game is evolving.
35:31
You gotta learn to be versatile and, you know, do anything you can to make yourself, you know,
35:38
needed.
35:39
And that I can't
35:41
what I'm saying.
35:41
It definitely increases their know, makes it more dangerous.
35:48
Well and I think that's why guys like a Mattelis, a a Pace junior, right, because
35:54
they're kinda, like, in between positions, a little small to be a linebacker, a little big,
35:59
a little slow to be a safety, that they fit and flow systems so well because they could just go
36:05
out and play on instincts and be someone who, while playing in that, you know, out of
36:12
position, could still use their athleticism to make plays.
36:20
Yeah.
36:20
Most definitely.
36:21
Guys telling about Byron Murphy?
36:26
I think he looked really good at safety those last few games.
36:31
Well, that and, I mean, you know, as soon as the defense started to turn around, his numbers
36:38
started to pop up.
36:40
And you know?
36:40
So maybe it was just a a, you know, a unit as a whole needed to just find it and click.
36:46
I think, yeah, I think putting him back in safety is just fucking genius.
36:50
Sorry, Brazoria.
36:53
Well and it's probably, you know, you know, a trial run to and showing us what's probably to
37:00
come.
37:02
Well, I
37:02
think his ball hawking skills are there where maybe he's a little bit slow breaking on the
37:08
ball to be that outside corner.
37:11
Right?
37:11
It was his ball his catching ability, right, where a lot of these balls and I think probably
37:17
a lot of his interceptions last season, you know, meaning when we had 32 takeaways or
37:22
whatever the mark was, that he was able to catch those batted balls and to play off of
37:29
that where playing it safety, he's able to do that a lot more than playing at that outside
37:35
corner role where maybe he's a little bit, you know, just I don't I don't think that he's,
37:40
like, physically too slow, but maybe doesn't quite have those instincts out at that position
37:45
to make the break on the ball.
37:49
Well, not being, you know, not being slow, but not fast, being average.
37:55
And then, you know, he is getting out there in age, so it that's we're gonna have to figure
38:00
out a lot of things here.
38:01
You know, offensive line, quarterback, cornerback, and quarterback.
38:08
So, it's gonna be interesting here.
38:11
It's gonna be interesting.
38:12
I saw a mock draft.
38:13
We were at eighteenth, and, they had us taking a corner, which I hope we do not.
38:19
You know, I hope we go, make a trade for a top 10 pick and get Jeremiah Love, but that's that
38:25
is what it is.
38:26
I I I don't know if I'm sold on what Jordan Mason did this last week.
38:31
No.
38:32
But I think you can get I think you can get some running back talent maybe in the second
38:36
round where I just don't think that KOC and his system is worthy of drafting a running back,
38:42
especially top 10.
38:44
I think you probably end up going you know, eighteen's such a tough spot to pick at.
38:48
You're right in the middle, you know, bottom bottom half of the picks, right, that you're
38:54
kind of picking best player available on your board at that point regardless of your need at
39:00
position.
39:02
Most of your top offensive linemen are gonna be gone at that point.
39:06
Your top wide receivers are gonna be gone.
39:08
The number you know, the top running back is going to be gone.
39:12
All the quarterbacks are off the board.
39:14
Right?
39:14
So it's a really tough spot to pick in.
39:16
If you're able to get the number one or two quarterback on your big board at that, it it's
39:24
a need.
39:24
I think safety is more of a need, but you have to be able to take talented players.
39:30
I just don't know if we can trust Quasie to make the right picks at the end of the day or
39:35
trusting our coaching staff to successfully evaluate the talent as it played, you know, as
39:41
it's played out through this season.
39:43
Like, the scouting department's pretty much done.
39:46
You know?
39:46
Like, they're they're hanging it up here.
39:48
What?
39:48
One more game left in the national championship?
39:54
Yeah.
39:55
I mean, it's one of those things at eighteen.
39:57
You know, you kinda try to make a move like Cody suggested, maybe move up and try to get
40:02
your guy.
40:04
But then you have to sit there too if you can't make that move.
40:06
It's like, okay.
40:07
Hopefully, something happens to where a couple guys drop, and then we're right there to get
40:12
our guy.
40:13
You know?
40:14
So, I I mean, I'm kinda with Cody.
40:16
I like Mason.
40:18
I did wasn't impressed the last few weeks.
40:20
I think the guy can run.
40:23
But, hey, if you could move up and get that love or, you know, if you target somebody else
40:28
there too at that time, I I think that'd be a good move.
40:31
But, yeah, I'm I'm kinda with Cody.
40:33
I'd like to see him move up, but I I don't think we're gonna have the assets.
40:37
Or, you know, like you said there, Bubba, is I don't think we're gonna take that gamble and
40:43
move up.
40:45
I don't know if I have faith in Quasi to move up and take the right guy.
40:49
You know?
40:50
No.
40:50
Right.
40:51
I would be more inclined to see them move up, especially with Dariusa being a big question
40:55
mark too, which you were really hoping he wouldn't be.
40:58
But you have a big question mark at left tackle right now.
41:01
Yep.
41:01
And that's something that nobody forecasted a year ago.
41:05
We thought that, hey.
41:07
He had the injury, but he's gonna come back ready next year, and then it just kinda turned
41:12
into a freaking mess all season long.
41:15
He's in.
41:16
He's out.
41:17
I mean, I don't know that he played a full game all season.
41:22
No.
41:22
And that and that's one thing I keep saying is you gotta stir up that office line and I mean,
41:27
injuries happen.
41:28
We can't count for that, but, you know, we definitely need to get a solid office line and
41:35
depth at that position.
41:37
Well and correct me if I'm wrong.
41:39
Do we all
41:39
we only have, like, seven picks this season too, don't we?
41:42
I think we have 10 picks, but a lot of those are coming in, like, rounds three to seven.
41:48
Right?
41:48
So it's, like, one first, one second, two thirds, and and
41:52
kind stuff.
41:53
Will come late where where, honestly, I think the Vikings have drafted better late rounds
41:58
because I think they just that's where they take their gamble at.
42:01
They're like, alright.
42:02
Let's just take this guy and see what he does.
42:04
You know, he was on our board of top whatever.
42:07
So he's there.
42:07
Let's go for it.
42:08
You know, they definitely have something wrong in the first couple rounds when the you know,
42:14
on their scouting team and and stuff like that.
42:16
So
42:17
I maybe wouldn't mind seeing them trade if there is two third rounders, right, to trade
42:22
two threes to get back into the second and grab a top tier guy on day you know what I mean?
42:28
In day two and to grab another, you know, top 50 player possibly in that.
42:34
Packaging those or trading, you know, a a fifth and sixth that, you know, to get up and to move
42:39
back into the fourth round possibly because I think there's still some talent there.
42:43
But I'm kinda with John Whitaker at this.
42:45
Like, it's not that I don't it's not that I'm totally against the trading for the move up.
42:50
It's who you're trading up for and at what position.
42:53
I just don't feel like there's enough value in KOC's system at the running back level to trade
42:59
the capital that it's going to take to get to that level where you have a chance to to draft
43:04
Jeremiah Love.
43:05
I just don't see it.
43:06
And his his stock's probably going to go up once he gets to the combine too.
43:11
You're only looking at him on the field right now and in Notre Dame.
43:15
Right?
43:16
So they weren't in the college playoff, kinda got the snub.
43:18
So you have fewer games that he's played than some of these other guys right now.
43:22
He's been training.
43:23
So he's probably gonna take a half you know, a tenth of a second off of his 40 time.
43:29
Man, we all know what that means to some of these teams when we get to the combine in
43:33
Indianapolis.
43:39
Yeah.
43:40
I mean Go ahead, buddy.
43:42
Go ahead.
43:43
I was was just gonna say, you know, it it doesn't have to be a running back, but, you
43:48
know, like, I'm not sold on a cornerback.
43:50
I would like a safety, maybe a hybrid, whatever, you know, someone that you you could
43:55
move to multiple positions outside nickel, either safety.
44:00
But if we could trade up for a offensive lineman, I mean, I wouldn't be upset.
44:06
If we could package a couple picks to get back at the first round, you know, I'd be down for
44:12
that, you know, 18 pick and then a late mid 20 pick.
44:19
Yeah.
44:20
I'm definitely I'm definitely good for that to get back to that first round.
44:24
And I know there's been a lot of rumors revolving around that, you know, some of our
44:29
trades might include Jordan Addison, which I don't know what you guys think.
44:34
I'm kinda fifty fifty on.
44:35
But Man,
44:36
if you can get value and trade a younger player I mean, I know he had the big run a few weeks
44:41
ago.
44:41
He still has the wheels.
44:42
His drops were an issue.
44:44
His off the field problems cost this team probably a win.
44:48
If you have Jordan Addison for one of those three games, you might be in the playoffs.
44:52
So and I think that there's there's something to that, the culture of this team that they
44:59
have built.
45:00
And as far as, like, defense goes, so much of that is up in the air.
45:05
Like, we can talk all we want to right now.
45:07
It's gonna matter who the defensive coordinator is come February, you know, or come April when
45:12
the draft happens, about who's what this defense even looks like.
45:17
You know?
45:17
Because we've been in this hybrid stuck with Bflow that you could just get talent and get
45:23
athletic guys and make it work.
45:25
You don't have that anymore.
45:27
So you're gonna come in, and a new defensive coordinator might be a lot more rigid in the
45:32
player that they are looking for, and we don't know whether it's gonna be a three four or a
45:37
four three.
45:38
So there's so much in the like, b flow is so, like, the most important piece of this puzzle
45:43
moving moving forward.
45:45
Like, we have no idea what our draft is going to look like until the b flow domino falls.
45:52
Well and that and that's something too that, you know, you gotta think about.
45:56
I mean, how much homework are they doing on defensive side knowing they don't have the
46:00
coordinator?
46:01
Are they going to do the homework and be like, okay.
46:03
Let's let's think that we have beefalo here.
46:06
Who would we take?
46:07
I mean, you know, I I would assume that they're not calling them and be like, hey.
46:11
What do you think of this guy?
46:12
I mean, as he's trying to, you know, figure out his situation.
46:17
But, I mean, we said last week, Bflow is number one to resign before everything starts falling
46:24
down.
46:26
I feel like they're going to you can't just be like, okay.
46:29
Well, let's put all our eggs
46:30
in a basket.
46:31
If he doesn't stay, then all of a sudden, you got a new coordinator.
46:34
And, like, what do you think?
46:35
Like, they're still gonna come up with, alright.
46:37
These are our top 20 picks of defense.
46:40
What do you you know?
46:41
And then go off of what he says.
46:42
You know what I mean?
46:43
Like but I I don't see I don't see Flores going anywhere.
46:47
I think that he is a 100% gonna stay in Minnesota.
46:50
I think that the fact that we allow it's it's rare that in the NFL that they will let the
46:57
defensive coordinator run it any way he wants.
47:01
Yeah.
47:02
I
47:02
think that him having his own area is, like, a huge turn on for him.
47:07
You know?
47:08
Well, and just the fact of having B Flo, I mean, you know, and his reputation, the fact
47:14
that he can bring no name players that make them fit and then turn them into household
47:19
names, that's just gonna bring in talent.
47:22
You know?
47:22
You're not gonna have to fight to bring in talent.
47:24
People are gonna wanna come play for them.
47:26
They already do.
47:26
100%.
47:27
So if you would take that element out, maybe, you know, a decent or a great linebacker or a
47:38
top 20 cornerback would normally sign with us because of B flow, but now they won't even give
47:43
us a look.
47:44
You know?
47:44
So that's gonna be huge, just the draw of coming from the players because of the coach.
47:51
And going off what you guys are talking about, Addison, I think Addison hurt himself be with
47:57
his off the field performance.
47:58
I'm a big I'm I'm a fan of him.
48:00
You know?
48:00
Like like I said, I always tell people it's different when I know you personally.
48:04
Mhmm.
48:04
Like, I know he's a good kid, but he messed up, and he did what he did.
48:07
But if you think about it, he hurt himself.
48:10
Like, the the three game suspension, this, this, and that.
48:13
So he's not going to go to another team.
48:16
He's not I don't think he's gonna go anywhere.
48:17
I think he wants to stay in Minnesota because he knows right now with other teams, he has no
48:22
leg to stand on.
48:24
Yeah.
48:24
Someone would have to still be in love with his speed, and they would have be
48:29
like would be the cowboys, bro.
48:31
The cowboys like felons.
48:32
You know what I mean?
48:33
So Yeah.
48:33
I'm just
48:38
Oh, that's funny.
48:39
But, yeah, if somebody's coming and offering you a second round pick for Jordan Addison, I
48:44
think their ears are open.
48:45
Right?
48:46
I don't think he's waiting for any less than that.
48:48
You know, he was a former first round pick.
48:51
If somebody's coming with a third, I don't think you're letting that kind of talent go for
48:55
that regardless.
48:57
But, yeah, he definitely didn't do himself or anyone else any favors.
49:02
And he at the end of the day, he probably cost himself a couple million bucks on the open
49:06
market when that time comes as well.
49:10
So, you
49:10
know, he he has a good rebound
49:12
here.
49:13
Yeah.
49:14
He's gotta catch the damn ball.
49:16
Facts.
49:17
Yeah.
49:18
That is true.
49:20
I mean, he dropped three touchdowns in the games that he did play.
49:24
Dropped three touchdowns.
49:25
And and, really, his only touchdown that he had, he ran at 65 yards.
49:30
So if you're just gonna be a gadget jet sweep guy, your your value is is plummeting.
49:38
Oh, so you when you were talking about, like, being the reason we turned around in the show
49:44
and everything else.
49:45
Right?
49:46
I'm at this game, and I see Addison go into motion.
49:50
I'm like I looked at Shelly, and I went, they're gonna hand it's a it's a reverse.
49:53
It's a reverse.
49:54
And I'm already standing up.
49:56
People are like, what the hell?
49:57
And as soon as he took that cut, bro, I knew he was gone.
50:02
I almost hey.
50:03
I almost fell.
50:04
Sober is a judge, but I almost I almost jumped too much into the front ahead of me, the row
50:09
ahead of me.
50:10
I
50:11
get too excited sometimes.
50:13
And then man.
50:16
And that was the that was fun.
50:17
I like to see, but that's just it.
50:20
He has so much potential.
50:22
If he if you could put him and Jefferson together and be like, I need you to do what he
50:27
does.
50:28
Yeah.
50:30
Bro, we with I we'd be unstoppable.
50:33
There's not a single player on this team that doesn't have, like, the greatest things to say
50:37
about Jefferson.
50:38
Nobody talks about, you know, regardless of the $200,000 necklace he wants to wear on the
50:43
field.
50:43
That's crazy.
50:45
Crazy.
50:46
I I was just watching a clip today where they go, where's your earring?
50:49
He goes, oh, no.
50:50
I lost it out there.
50:51
And I'm looking at the other one just sparkling.
50:53
I'm going, that's, like, $80, bro.
50:55
He's like, yeah.
50:55
Well, it's over there.
50:57
You know?
50:57
And then who was it?
50:59
Chandler found it.
51:00
And he comes over to Chandler.
51:01
He's like, I love you, dog.
51:02
I'm one.
51:03
Yeah.
51:03
You have why don't why wear it?
51:05
Yeah.
51:06
No.
51:06
I don't I don't get to wearing the big jewelry, but, hey.
51:09
That's him.
51:09
But, yeah, I haven't heard anybody bad say anything about Jefferson.
51:14
And I think when we drafted Addison, I think everybody was hoping that those two would be
51:19
one, for years to come.
51:22
And, you know, they still can, but Addison's got turning around.
51:27
Well, let's hope it's like a Chris Carter situation.
51:29
You know?
51:30
The first couple years, he just I mean, aside from going to a different team.
51:34
But once Chris really started to focus on his work ethic and playing football, I'm not sure
51:38
how to me, it really changed.
51:41
You know?
51:42
And Chris
51:42
Carter, obviously,
51:43
you don't have to tell people who he is, but most people didn't don't know Chris Carter to
51:48
be a Philadelphia Eagle.
51:49
You know what I mean?
51:51
No.
51:51
So Yeah.
51:53
And I hope that he goes into this offseason reflecting on, you know, what could have been.
51:59
I hope he takes some ownership of the fact that they didn't make the playoffs, knowing that had
52:03
he played those first three games, maybe we get a win in one of those games.
52:08
And maybe if he's not, you know, shutting his phone off or his phone dies or he brings a
52:12
charger with him, you know, while they're and he doesn't miss, like, this season comes down
52:17
to small details, man.
52:19
Small details in this game make such a huge difference, and you can't overlook these things
52:25
in the scope of a long season when you were this close.
52:29
You were this close at the end of the day to to making the playoffs and and having a shot in
52:34
the tournament to go make some noise.
52:36
And it's unfortunate, and I hope that, you know, he does some self scouting.
52:41
I hope that he hits the Juggs machine every single day and catches a thousand balls every
52:46
single day in the off season and, finds that, you know, that extra that extra something, man.
52:53
You gotta dig deep for that.
52:54
And I think that's what, you know, a Jefferson has is that Jefferson wants to be great.
52:59
Right?
52:59
Doesn't just wanna be good.
53:01
He wants to be the best ever.
53:03
And that's what really separates guys in the NFL.
53:07
Right when you said that, I said in my head, I'm going, man, when next season starts, I'm
53:12
gonna text him, and I'm gonna make sure that he has a travel buddy.
53:16
Yeah.
53:16
Yeah.
53:17
Don't go nowhere without a travel buddy, bro.
53:21
Yeah.
53:21
I think I think I think we could find a travel buddy for a couple $100 a game.
53:25
I mean
53:25
That's what
53:25
I'm four of us right here that would be more than happy to be personal assistant on your
53:30
concern.
53:30
No problem helping the young man out.
53:32
No problem.
53:34
Awesome.
53:36
Marcus, how close are you to the gym?
53:39
Oh, I'm at the hospital waiting for Shelly first.
53:42
Oh, we're we're yeah.
53:43
We're keeping you on until working on paintings, bro.
53:45
I don't even let her because it's been you know, it's not really cold out.
53:48
But since it has been cold and we got a lot of snow, there's no reason for her to park in a
53:53
ramp.
53:54
You know?
53:55
So I I just bring her to work.
53:57
Yeah.
53:58
Well, in Saint Cloud's, a beautiful little town.
54:00
It's not too big.
54:02
A beautiful city there right on the river, though, man.
54:04
Absolutely gorgeous.
54:05
I was at so I'm friends with guys.
54:08
JJ Kern runs the Midwest Premier Football League, which is for
54:12
the youth.
54:13
He does youth leagues and everything.
54:15
JJ's a great dude, man, and he does a lot for the youth programs.
54:19
He's got a hell of a fucking football player, man.
54:22
Dude, his boys in eighth grade
54:23
murdered him out there on
54:25
the field, man.
54:26
He's gonna be on he's on Sunday.
54:28
That kid's got a 16 pack?
54:31
Like, that's all he does is workout.
54:34
I swear to god, his abs have abs.
54:36
Yeah.
54:37
But
54:40
no.
54:40
Like, I so we we've met at a few games and are tailgating in that when we did away games too.
54:45
And so I'd always sit out there and throw routes to him.
54:47
And he's so like, this isn't just, like, playing catch.
54:51
Like, he's looking at me like, we're in the Super Bowl, and I need to make this pass on
54:55
point.
54:56
Like, he's just he's giving you that focus.
54:59
But I love it.
55:00
I love to see that, man.
55:01
It's it's it's great.
55:02
Oh, I'd love to see that kid make it up.
55:05
And whatever position he ends up playing, you know, he's gonna be at a premium position.
55:10
And with the route that JJ's got beyond, that I hope that we get to see him out on the field
55:17
one day.
55:18
Hopefully, in the purple and gold, that would be a dream, I'm sure, for everyone and his
55:24
family and all of us here.
55:25
But yeah.
55:26
So I was up at Saint Cloud State when they did one of their events there this summer.
55:31
I got to pop in and check it all out.
55:33
And, yeah, actually, I got some cool video from that.
55:35
I'm a I'm a share that tonight.
55:36
You guys talk amongst yourselves.
55:38
I'm a see if I can find that clip.
55:40
I got I got an event coming up here with school marketing too, but I was gonna ask to see what
55:46
you got going on at the end of the month if you wanna come hang out for that.
55:49
Hell yeah, man.
55:50
I'm always down if I can make it up there.
55:53
We ain't got no snow down here, so I'm not trying to come to the freaking North Pole if I
55:58
don't have to.
55:58
But No.
55:59
I I think they're well, they're located in Hopkins.
56:01
So it's, like, South of the cities.
56:03
Yeah.
56:04
We're we're we're cool right now.
56:05
I mean, you know, the snow's there, but it's not there.
56:09
But So
56:10
It's starting to melt, bro.
56:11
It's been, like, 35 degrees the last couple days.
56:14
Yeah.
56:14
It has been.
56:15
So, you know, with the coaching vacancies coming out, you know, I know we'll get to a
56:20
little bit.
56:21
I mean, obviously, the Baltimore job's gotta be the most interesting.
56:26
Coach Yep.
56:27
Where would you ring the openings right now?
56:31
And, like, if your phone rang, who do you want that the job to be?
56:35
I mean
56:40
I well, number one, Baltimore.
56:43
It's no a no brainer.
56:46
Let's see.
56:46
The other ones, who else got canned today?
56:49
The Raiders?
56:50
Pete Carroll, he got canned.
56:51
Who else
56:52
got
56:52
canned?
56:52
Got canned.
56:54
The Giants is open.
56:57
Cleveland's open.
57:00
I'm trying to think of the other ones.
57:02
There was, like, six or seven jobs opening.
57:05
What what Yeah.
57:06
I look at coaches that are
57:07
on their last of their contract too.
57:09
Know?
57:09
Like, Mike Tomlin who isn't who hasn't
57:11
been extended.
57:11
You know what I mean?
57:12
Like, he's a
57:13
he's a free agent.
57:14
So
57:14
Right.
57:14
Because you could you know, you could hold out one more year.
57:18
But if I had to pick this year, I'd say Baltimore.
57:22
As of right now, I'd say Baltimore, Cleveland, and Oakland.
57:31
Really?
57:31
It's all about Oakland.
57:32
I like that.
57:33
You would have to
57:33
think that B flow is hanging out until the season's done and seeing all the vacancies that
57:39
are open.
57:40
How freaking crazy would it be if Pittsburgh doesn't extend Tomlin and he goes and coaches
57:45
in Baltimore?
57:47
So I've I was just talking to a guy this morning, and I said that I 100 with Baltimore
57:52
style of football, I think Mike Holland's about hitting that mark where he wants something
57:57
different, and that's right up his alley.
57:59
That foot you know?
58:00
So I could see that happen.
58:02
Yeah.
58:02
Well and then does that open up for a beefalo in Pittsburgh situation Right.
58:08
With iconic team like that.
58:10
That other floor is a leave.
58:14
I I I don't want to
58:15
trying to get rid of our team.
58:18
No.
58:18
I don't wanna see a leave either.
58:20
I mean
58:21
Just looking at the options for it has to to me, it has to be a premier team.
58:25
It has to be a premier franchise.
58:28
I don't think he wants the Baltimore job.
58:30
But if Tomlin goes to Baltimore and Pittsburgh because of the history, because of the defense
58:37
and and the the the franchise that it is and the fact that Tomlin spent fifteen years there.
58:42
I think Bflow doesn't wanna bounce around.
58:44
He's looking for somewhere that he can settle in and people that are gonna go through the
58:48
bumps and bruises because there's going to be adversity.
58:52
Right?
58:52
So I
58:52
think you've said it.
58:53
You Steelers Steelers are deeper than teams.
58:56
Right.
58:56
You said it.
58:57
So
58:57
I mean, how how hated would Tomlin be if he goes from Baltimore or Pittsburgh to Baltimore?
59:03
And then goes and wins a Super Bowl with
59:05
I mean, oh my god.
59:07
Oh, the
59:08
most loved man in the city.
59:10
That wouldn't happen because we're gonna win the Super Bowl next year.
59:12
There you go.
59:13
There you go.
59:15
I think Stop
59:16
putting other things in that universe.
59:18
I think if he he if he goes to another coaching job that he's there till the end of his career
59:23
and probably retires Yeah. From
59:25
From his next coaching job if if they don't if they let him go in Pittsburgh, which is I mean,
59:30
sometimes things just run their course, man.
59:32
I mean, not a lot of not a lot of coaches spend over a decade with a team and ride that.
59:37
I mean, Cody's coached four teams this season.
59:41
Right.
59:42
Seems like It's possible by Madden.
59:48
Did she say Madden?
59:49
Yeah.
59:51
I wanna I wanna come back to something that Prince said he had dropped a comment in here
59:55
earlier.
59:56
And we're gonna get to Prince's track, and I wanna play another clip from the MPFL too.
1:00:00
But he had this to say, do you think do you guys think JJ McCarthy should have been more of
1:00:07
a dual threat quarterback?
1:00:09
And, honestly, I think what really kept that that ankle injury.
1:00:13
Yeah.
1:00:13
He wasn't you were seeing more of that early in the season, and that ankle injury just changed
1:00:18
everything.
1:00:19
He he wasn't mobile enough.
1:00:20
You saw it come back a little bit in you know, towards the end of the season, but that ankle
1:00:25
injury really derailed a lot of his game.
1:00:28
I feel like that was coaching too that told him to stay back and not, you know, stay in the
1:00:32
pocket because they didn't wanna risk something else happening.
1:00:38
No doubt.
1:00:39
But for him to be a dope quarterback, you need a solid receiving core.
1:00:43
You need a solid running game, so it's not so obvious that he's gonna take off all the time.
1:00:48
So, I mean, that's something that we gotta look at.
1:00:51
I mean, he definitely did a good job.
1:00:53
I mean, we talked about that stiff arm earlier in the show, but we talked about the Gritty a
1:00:59
couple weeks ago.
1:00:59
So, yeah, I I think he I love the running quarterback.
1:01:03
I mean, I I love that threat.
1:01:05
Well, it was something that
1:01:07
the reason I can't can't talk the next day is because I'm yelling for them to just run the
1:01:11
damn ball.
1:01:12
Like, you know, when you see them when you see them bootleg and they're kinda scrambling out
1:01:16
and they're going, like, don't stop looking.
1:01:18
If you've already made the choice to run, run.
1:01:21
Yeah.
1:01:23
Yeah.
1:01:23
Fax.
1:01:24
Hey, Bubba.
1:01:26
I
1:01:27
Yeah.
1:01:28
Hey.
1:01:29
I sent you a a PDF file.
1:01:32
I gotta get going, unfortunately.
1:01:34
I got some things I gotta take care of.
1:01:36
But buddy.
1:01:37
Hey.
1:01:37
It's been great with you guys.
1:01:39
I can't wait till next Tuesday.
1:01:41
We're gonna be talking off season.
1:01:43
Alright.
1:01:44
Awesome, man.
1:01:45
Alright.
1:01:45
Have a great night.
1:01:47
Appreciate you,
1:01:48
guys.
1:01:48
Rest of your evening.
1:01:48
See soon.
1:01:49
Happy New Year.
1:01:50
Yes, sir.
1:01:50
Happy New Year, man.
1:01:54
Awesome.
1:01:55
Hey, Shelly.
1:01:57
Hi.
1:01:57
How are you?
1:01:58
We're good.
1:02:00
We're good.
1:02:01
We're just hanging out, talking some Vikings football.
1:02:05
We'd love to get your takes on the season as a whole.
1:02:09
We know you've been tuning in and checking out the shows with us, but what was your thoughts
1:02:13
on just the win against Green Bay and what we saw there?
1:02:17
And we can talk about the whole season as you guys are driving home too or to the gym rather.
1:02:22
Yeah.
1:02:24
Yeah.
1:02:24
We're going to gym.
1:02:27
The Vikings may need me, so I gotta go lift weights.
1:02:30
I
1:02:32
think as a whole, I think it taught us a lot of things.
1:02:38
It's okay.
1:02:38
So you know what?
1:02:40
You know very well, I'm a nurse.
1:02:42
And in my role for many years, I did a lot of teaching.
1:02:48
And every single nurse that would come to the floor brand new always sucked.
1:02:53
For the first six months, sucked, including myself.
1:02:57
We all just were horrible.
1:02:59
Like Who's a learning nurse?
1:03:00
We were just trying to find our way.
1:03:02
But as soon as we got it, it was like it just clicked.
1:03:06
I I remember going into a patient's room one day, and I was able to pass the meds, clean the
1:03:11
room, do all the things, give her a back rub, and I'm like, holy hell.
1:03:16
How did this just happen?
1:03:18
And after that, it just became so easy and just so fluid for me, and this is what's happening
1:03:24
with JJ.
1:03:25
Right?
1:03:25
So he had the first couple of times.
1:03:28
He's like, god.
1:03:29
Uh-uh.
1:03:29
What's going on?
1:03:30
It's different.
1:03:32
It's different when you have to get in front of an entire crowd that big.
1:03:37
And I and I can say that because when I was going for my masters, I'd be standing in front
1:03:41
of people, and I wanted to pass out.
1:03:45
And I'm like, Shelley, you have spoken in front of thousands of people.
1:03:48
What is your problem?
1:03:50
It was a different kind of crowd.
1:03:51
That's why.
1:03:52
You have a whole bunch more to lose in the in that than you did in the last one.
1:03:57
Right?
1:03:57
And so I feel like for everyone, we just gotta give some grace because now he's doing what we
1:04:04
expected him to do.
1:04:05
And, also, these guys are beef.
1:04:08
The things that they do on the field are things that I would never imagine my typical patient
1:04:12
to ever do.
1:04:13
The the the hit that they get.
1:04:16
The I mean, I was talking to Marcus.
1:04:18
I think it was last day.
1:04:19
I was like, they have these big ass cleats.
1:04:22
Don't those hurt them?
1:04:23
And he's like, yeah.
1:04:24
They will scratch them.
1:04:25
They will yeah.
1:04:26
And I'm like, in my head, I'm thinking, how are these people this?
1:04:31
Like, this is just insane, the level of athletic ability that they have.
1:04:38
So we're not putting in all these factors.
1:04:41
And I remember when we were that age.
1:04:43
When we were 21, 22, 23, 24, I'll tell you right now, I didn't have anything together.
1:04:49
Like, the
1:04:50
fact that they
1:04:51
are standing in front of the entire NFL, and they are playing a game, and they are making as
1:04:56
much money as we'll probably make in our entire lifetime, like, go ahead.
1:05:00
Boo them.
1:05:01
Like, they're like, I don't care.
1:05:02
I'm making what you're gonna make in your entire lifetime.
1:05:04
Like, it's a whole different ballgame for them.
1:05:06
Like We were talking about JJ's jewelry earlier.
1:05:09
He he has more money in his smile than my house is worth.
1:05:14
Yeah.
1:05:15
Correct.
1:05:15
So so go ahead and throw shade.
1:05:18
Like and as and as we as a as human beings, like, I just I feel I I I feel very
1:05:25
disappointed in women and men in their four fifties and sixties calling these young boys
1:05:33
names because they're the same age as our children.
1:05:36
Like, would you be okay with us calling your kids these names?
1:05:40
Like, let's have some manners here and remember.
1:05:43
I think we lost a little bit of ourselves, but I'm thinking we're finding it.
1:05:47
But we shouldn't be throwing fits as these people are trying to find their way through
1:05:49
their career.
1:05:50
So that's how I took it.
1:05:52
That's what I'm comparing it to because that's my life is nursing.
1:05:55
So you ask a nurse a question, this is what you got.
1:05:58
You got my answer.
1:05:59
Okay.
1:06:00
But devil's advocate says that you've been playing college football where their stadiums
1:06:04
have seventy, eighty thousand people in their stadiums as well.
1:06:07
Okay.
1:06:07
So he has, like even being a quarterback, you grow up you grow up, you learn the patient's
1:06:11
role, You learn this.
1:06:13
The downside is is we expect you when you snap that ball to be perfect.
1:06:17
Okay.
1:06:17
Okay.
1:06:18
So you're playing devil's advocate.
1:06:19
I can come right back with an answer.
1:06:21
Here's my answer.
1:06:22
So when I was in nursing school and I was going in and seeing patients every day, doesn't mean
1:06:27
when I came out of nursing school, I knew what the hell to do because I did not.
1:06:30
I was I was practicing it every day.
1:06:32
I was playing the role every day.
1:06:34
But when you're on your own and you are thrown in head deep, the it's on you, baby.
1:06:39
It's all on you.
1:06:40
And and you don't have, you know, someone to say, oh, well, there is a college student.
1:06:44
Oh, well, they're they're still learning.
1:06:46
No.
1:06:46
Now you are the pro.
1:06:48
Oh, I I I I in speed.
1:06:51
But, yeah, people don't realize the jump from the from the college game, the talent level of
1:06:58
these teams.
1:06:58
Because especially playing at Michigan, half your games are against teams that are way below
1:07:03
you, and you kick the shit out of them.
1:07:05
You win by 60, and and you have, like, three games a year, mostly in the playoffs or against
1:07:11
Ohio State that are, like, the big games.
1:07:14
Right?
1:07:14
That you're playing against other a lot of other guys on the side that are gonna be NFL
1:07:18
players.
1:07:19
Maybe there's four or five on each of those big schools that go to the to the National Football
1:07:25
League.
1:07:25
In the National Football League, all of those guys are the best players on their respective
1:07:30
teams.
1:07:31
Right?
1:07:31
So people just don't realize that the talent level moving up and then the experience level.
1:07:36
When you're playing against a guy that has five to ten years of experience in the league, knows
1:07:42
all the nuance, and has been training his body for that much longer.
1:07:46
And the jump from
1:07:47
the jump from the NF or the, like, college weight room and lifting programs to the NFL
1:07:54
having the best in the world training you off the field, you're not taking a lot of things
1:07:59
into account.
1:08:00
And just calling JJ a bust after a few rough starts when his head coach did him no favors.
1:08:07
No favors whatsoever.
1:08:09
You wanted to
1:08:09
treat him like a denomination.
1:08:11
Those naysayers that sit the naysayers that sit here and talk about, oh, well, JJ didn't really
1:08:16
throw the ball.
1:08:17
You know?
1:08:17
Michigan didn't throw the ball a lot.
1:08:20
And yet, every single time I watch the game, I'm hearing the announcers sit there and say,
1:08:25
well, they've been you know, JJ has been told he needs to dial back because his arm strength
1:08:29
is too strong.
1:08:30
He's throwing the ball too hard.
1:08:32
I'm going you guys everything they say just contradicts everything they just said.
1:08:36
You know what I mean?
1:08:38
Well, I just
1:08:38
I just think that truly that you guys are hitting right on the nail on the head.
1:08:43
Like, for real, these guys like, megastars, and it's a megastar going over to megastar.
1:08:48
Like, it's like Sling Beyond against Whitney Houston.
1:08:52
They both are freaking awesome.
1:08:54
Right?
1:08:54
They can sing out.
1:08:55
They can sing everything.
1:08:58
And but then one is gonna have to hit better than the other.
1:09:01
Somewhere, one's gonna sing it just a little bit better than the other one.
1:09:04
Yeah.
1:09:04
It's not me
1:09:05
losers and everything.
1:09:06
It's not me against Barry Manilow anymore.
1:09:09
It's Barry against Frank Sinatra.
1:09:12
Yes.
1:09:13
That's what I mean.
1:09:13
Like like, that's the thing.
1:09:15
Like, we're putting ourselves in their in their shoes, and we should not be putting ourselves I
1:09:19
definitely cannot and will not ever in my life go up against anyone that has that kind of
1:09:26
power nor would I ever want to.
1:09:28
My god.
1:09:29
I Shelly, I don't know if you ever saw the clip, but I got to interview in a press
1:09:33
conference even, not just, like, in a one on one setting, but I got to interview Ronda
1:09:38
Barber and Chris Carter when they did a charity golf event down here.
1:09:42
My pits were so fucking sweaty just asking these guys questions.
1:09:46
Right?
1:09:47
Like, I'm just sitting there and trying to have a conversation, and I've had millions of them
1:09:52
in my life.
1:09:52
But with these high level individual, like, I just can't even fathom stepping out onto the
1:09:58
field even if I played ball my whole life.
1:10:00
It's just crazy.
1:10:02
We were on the field.
1:10:04
So Carl and Kristen got us on the field last season.
1:10:08
And even then, I'm gonna tell you, when I was walking on the field with, I mean, all these
1:10:14
people at their eye was overwhelmed.
1:10:18
I it's it's so different when you've never been on there to to be able to say, oh, I would do
1:10:24
this or I would do that.
1:10:25
Just the fact I couldn't even, like I was so overwhelmed.
1:10:31
I got a hypothetical for everybody.
1:10:34
And since you guys have been on the field and we were talking about some other on the field
1:10:37
thing.
1:10:37
If you found Jet's earring on the ground, would you tell anyone?
1:10:45
100%.
1:10:46
Absolutely.
1:10:46
100%.
1:10:47
Not even a question.
1:10:48
Yeah.
1:10:49
A 100%.
1:10:49
Like, that's his.
1:10:50
It doesn't belong to me.
1:10:51
I you know what?
1:10:52
If if I had I have a Tiffany bracelet.
1:10:54
It is one of my most prized possessions other than my children and the people I love.
1:10:59
It is, like, my favorite item, and it's only, like, $500.
1:11:03
But to me, it means so much to me because it has memories attached to it.
1:11:07
My patients that have passed away have held it and put it in their fingers and and held it as
1:11:12
they're talking to me before they die, not that moment, but you know what I mean.
1:11:15
Like, it it throughout the It's a collector
1:11:18
of souls.
1:11:19
It's a collector of souls.
1:11:20
Anyways, it means a lot to me.
1:11:22
It has so many memories to me.
1:11:24
And for me, it's special.
1:11:26
And it it's not about the cost or anything like that.
1:11:29
It's about the fact that it's mine and it belongs to me.
1:11:31
That that earring, although may be, like, not very much to him, it's equivalent to my $500
1:11:39
bracelet to him.
1:11:40
It's something that means something to him.
1:11:42
And taking that from anybody, taking something from anybody that doesn't belong to them,
1:11:46
that's just nasty.
1:11:47
I wouldn't do it.
1:11:48
I
1:11:49
wouldn't do it.
1:11:49
Aside from just being a good person, I would return it just for the simple fact that I don't
1:11:54
want you thinking about your earring next week.
1:11:56
I need you focused on the game.
1:11:57
I also wanna talk to you.
1:11:58
Like, now I get to be friends.
1:12:00
Like, now you're my friend because now give I you back your earring.
1:12:02
Like, also
1:12:03
I think
1:12:03
you guys gonna be friends.
1:12:06
Think you guys are gonna be friends with Jets because I've seen the collaboration you all
1:12:10
did.
1:12:10
Marcus shared the picture with me that you made of him holding the ball and then kinda putting
1:12:16
the stadium behind him in the shape of Minnesota.
1:12:19
That looks super awesome, man.
1:12:21
Great job on that.
1:12:24
Well, you know, there's We're shopping that
1:12:26
image around with the Vikings right now.
1:12:27
Do you know who I like more than the players?
1:12:30
Their mothers.
1:12:32
Oh my god.
1:12:33
Mom Yeah.
1:12:34
Are we are hitting it off.
1:12:36
You get to meet Jackson's mom?
1:12:38
Did you get to meet Donovan Jackson's mom this season?
1:12:41
No.
1:12:42
No.
1:12:42
Oh
1:12:43
my god.
1:12:44
Did you see the clip of her pulling out the syrup?
1:12:47
Yeah.
1:12:48
Yeah.
1:12:48
Yeah.
1:12:50
So good.
1:12:50
I freaking adore her.
1:12:52
I can't like, I'm trying to get credentials next year just to get an opportunity to go and
1:12:58
to talk to her.
1:13:00
Well, you think about it.
1:13:01
They they are super moms.
1:13:03
Right?
1:13:04
They raise superstars.
1:13:06
Like, I I think Mike is a superstar.
1:13:08
Like, he knows I think he's the most amazing person on the planet.
1:13:11
And, I mean, he'll tell you.
1:13:12
He's like, mommy gave me, like, a total complex.
1:13:15
I just think he's the coolest thing on the since sliced bread.
1:13:18
But for me, it's like, you know, you guys, you you made it.
1:13:22
Like, you did a great job raising your kids.
1:13:24
And to me, great parenting, you just you can't beat that.
1:13:28
You just can't beat great parenting.
1:13:32
No.
1:13:32
That means
1:13:33
The one thing, when you talk about the super moms, who's the first person that almost every
1:13:38
pro athlete wants to think?
1:13:40
It's their mom.
1:13:41
Their mom.
1:13:42
Yep.
1:13:42
Well, their moms are amazing.
1:13:44
They were Well,
1:13:45
they're It what kind of press conference it is.
1:13:48
If it's a Super Bowl, they're gonna go straight to God first.
1:13:51
Well yeah.
1:13:51
Yeah.
1:13:52
Yeah.
1:13:52
But, I mean, like, if they the They get drafted.
1:13:55
They have that big game.
1:13:56
They signed that big contract.
1:13:58
Well, I wanna thank my mom for putting up with me for over the years.
1:14:02
You know?
1:14:02
This is all for her and, you know, stuff like that.
1:14:04
I don't know.
1:14:05
Yeah.
1:14:07
No.
1:14:07
Moms are important, so are dads.
1:14:09
Like, moms and dads are key.
1:14:12
They're they're very crucial to anybody.
1:14:16
Like, I feel like they should have more than one day a year of mom and dad, you know, for
1:14:22
Mother's Day and Father's Day.
1:14:23
Because if you don't have good parenting, you yourself are just dealing with crisis.
1:14:29
So these are these super these these super beings that are on the they're on the field.
1:14:36
They bring their families to the games.
1:14:38
It's it's family oriented.
1:14:39
Like, it's a whole thing.
1:14:41
I just I love football.
1:14:44
I was so excited to see that the Colts are coming here next year.
1:14:47
I already reached out to mom, and I'm like, hey.
1:14:49
So we're gonna do that dinner when you guys come buy them?
1:14:53
Sorry.
1:14:54
We we call her mom, but we again, you you know, you develop these relationships with certain
1:14:58
players and whatever.
1:15:00
So it was as soon as I saw that we're playing the the culture coming here, I I sent the
1:15:05
message instantly.
1:15:06
I'm like, so, you know, let's get that dinner set up.
1:15:10
So but, yeah, that's dope.
1:15:12
You guys at the gym?
1:15:14
Yeah.
1:15:14
I'm about to go in here.
1:15:15
Awesome, man.
1:15:16
Well, thanks for jumping on.
1:15:17
I always appreciate you guys so much.
1:15:20
You're you're the highlight of my trips up there and going to the tailgates and getting to
1:15:25
hang out and and to see my family.
1:15:27
You know?
1:15:27
I say that you guys are a big reason why, I became a Vikings fan in the first place.
1:15:32
And while I'll stay a Vikings fan for the rest of my life and why we're raising our kids to be
1:15:37
Vikings fans now, not that their mom gave them much of a choice anyway at this point, but we
1:15:43
know how moms go.
1:15:44
But thanks for jumping on, Shelley.
1:15:46
It was great to hear your voice on the show with us and to have your takes on it.
1:15:50
You're always welcome.
1:15:52
Thank you.
1:15:53
I'm always working or working.
1:15:57
So it's a it's a if, you know, I love to watch you guys.
1:16:01
You know, I appreciate you guys doing this show because I can kinda I listen to you in the
1:16:05
background, and I like to hear your different perspectives.
1:16:09
And you have such a great voice for this kind of thing.
1:16:12
Keep it up.
1:16:13
Keep doing what you're doing.
1:16:14
I you're you're just you're doing you're killing it.
1:16:16
Awesome.
1:16:17
We appreciate that.
1:16:18
We're gonna keep on going.
1:16:19
We got a lot of draft coverage that we're gonna be doing, and we're not stopping.
1:16:22
We're gonna do this every Tuesday all through the off season, and and we'll see if we make it
1:16:27
through the whole summer.
1:16:28
I got a lot of big tours and stuff that I'm planning to, but we're gonna keep on doing it
1:16:33
for as long as we can.
1:16:34
And next year, I got big plans to come up and to be make the pregame show part of the
1:16:40
tailgate scene as well, at least for as long as it's possible.
1:16:43
So you guys get your work
1:16:45
on it.
1:16:45
If I if I get one
1:16:46
of these another one of these players that might maybe we can work something out and do,
1:16:51
like, a little interview, get you to come up and have that little one on one that you're
1:16:55
talking about.
1:16:55
And right now, we're talking with Jay Ward, so we'll see we'll see where that goes.
1:17:00
But
1:17:00
Hell yeah, man.
1:17:01
I'd love to do that, and I I would appreciate it.
1:17:03
And I would take full advantage of it, and we'd make something really great out of it.
1:17:07
So
1:17:08
100%.
1:17:09
Cool.
1:17:10
Have a good workout.
1:17:11
Happy New Year, man.
1:17:12
Have a good workout, guys.
1:17:13
Yes, sir.
1:17:16
Awesome.
1:17:18
I'm gonna throw it to a a quick video here.
1:17:20
And then when we come back, b, if you still got some time for me, I wanna get to the purple and
1:17:24
gold song.
1:17:25
So he sent it to me, in m p four, and I thought it was, I thought it was a video.
1:17:29
It was actually an audio file.
1:17:31
So that was my bad.
1:17:32
We'll have that as our new theme song next week when we start the show.
1:17:35
But, I wanna play this video from the MPFL and, what JJ Kern has had going on up there.
1:17:42
This is, just the clip that I caught.
1:17:45
I couldn't have planned this any better.
1:17:46
Check this out.
1:17:50
Bubba Stars, Scene Project Sports Network.
1:17:53
We are here.
1:17:53
Saint Cloud State University,
1:17:56
Saint Cloud Minnesota, Midwest premiere football league.
1:18:00
Look at these kids.
1:18:02
Look at these kids doing their thing.
1:18:14
Man.
1:18:15
What a cool day that was, man.
1:18:18
All these pee wee kids out there, doing their thing, and I just was just doing a hit.
1:18:25
Right?
1:18:26
And, he ends up running this yeah.
1:18:28
I think it was an interception too.
1:18:31
Right?
1:18:31
It wasn't even like a running play.
1:18:33
So it was such a cool moment, and, we wanna bring a lot more of that coverage as we're
1:18:38
going through the year, get a chance to support these kids.
1:18:41
And we're gonna be able to do a lot more, with the the help of some sponsors.
1:18:46
We're in talks with some really great people.
1:18:48
Obviously, we have Pillars of Valor already, but, we got some really great Minnesota based
1:18:52
companies that see what we're doing and what we're about.
1:18:56
So I'm really looking forward to that as well.
1:18:59
B, you down for a song?
1:19:01
Let's go for it.
1:19:02
I want I can't wait.
1:19:03
You played some good hits earlier today, so let's keep it going.
1:19:06
Yeah.
1:19:06
I appreciate you turning into that show.
1:19:08
For those of you that don't know, I I have a entertainment show called The Scene Projects,
1:19:13
and we do a daily, we call it unsigned spotlight.
1:19:16
So we play independent artist music and get it out there to the world.
1:19:20
And no different than we're gonna do right now, but this one was sent in by our guy Prince, him
1:19:26
and his boy, Chris Clay.
1:19:28
This is yeah.
1:19:29
Victory, I do believe, is the name of the song.
1:19:32
It's the purple and gold anthem.
1:20:36
Close the bank.
1:20:37
Fail rarely get your tail buried.
1:20:39
If it's JJ to JJ, no hail Mary's.
1:20:41
I'm like Aaron Jones.
1:20:42
I see the field clearly getting a 150 yards off of 12 carries.
1:20:45
In two tugs, I see you crack a can of ice cold.
1:20:48
What bass on the Packers fan.
1:20:49
Downtown Minneapolis, we pack
1:23:20
Man, that was freaking awesome.
1:23:23
Oh, that was that was good.
1:23:24
It has a good beat to it.
1:23:25
And, you know, I'm just like just envisioning, like, a music video coming out where they're,
1:23:31
you know, doing a step to the left, a step to the right, and they're like a little slide when
1:23:35
they
1:23:35
say skull.
1:23:36
I mean choreographed it.
1:23:38
Yeah.
1:23:38
Yeah.
1:23:39
No.
1:23:39
It it was good.
1:23:40
Action with the skull.
1:23:42
Scoliosis just made me freaking crack up, man.
1:23:45
That's beautiful.
1:23:47
Some great wordplay in there, guys.
1:23:49
Yeah.
1:23:49
Awesome, man.
1:23:51
Prince, I don't know if you're still watching or not, brother, but I appreciate you sending
1:23:54
in the track for us.
1:23:56
We would be honored to put that on as the official theme song of Vikings United.
1:24:02
I don't know.
1:24:03
That got me jacked, man.
1:24:04
I'm ready to get out on the field.
1:24:05
I'm sorry.
1:24:06
The season's over.
1:24:07
Yeah.
1:24:08
No.
1:24:08
I it definitely I mean, there are certain songs that do that, and that's what you know, that's
1:24:12
definitely one of them.
1:24:13
And like I said, I'm listening to a song, I could just imagine, you know, I could see,
1:24:17
like, the team, like, doing a a step to the right, step to the left, and then, like, a
1:24:22
slide when they say skull and no.
1:24:25
No.
1:24:25
Definitely a great song.
1:24:30
Yeah.
1:24:30
Alright.
1:24:31
So we did have a little bit left.
1:24:33
Coach left me some notes, again here.
1:24:36
I gotta shout out one, one company real quick because they were, they were kind enough to
1:24:41
send us a sample of one of their products.
1:24:44
B, you got kids that play, basketball or volleyball?
1:24:48
My son has played you know, he did do one year in school.
1:24:53
He he'll go up there and shoot the ball around with his buddies and stuff, but, you know, he
1:24:57
doesn't play.
1:24:58
Yeah.
1:24:59
Well, this is a a great company, Sola Athletics.
1:25:02
They have the Solz grip, and they sent a sample out to us.
1:25:07
Obviously, I don't have a huge need for it, but I was able to take it to our local high school,
1:25:12
and they fell in love with it, man.
1:25:14
So this unit will actually kinda fold up and be able to fit inside of a backpack.
1:25:19
And so, like, those big boards, you remember, they didn't even have these sticky mats when we
1:25:22
were kids.
1:25:23
Those were reserved for the pros back in my day.
1:25:26
So we didn't even have something like this in our high school.
1:25:28
But the one that our high school had was, like, this big sticky board.
1:25:32
Right?
1:25:33
And you kinda peel them off.
1:25:34
But it it's cumbersome.
1:25:36
Right?
1:25:36
And it's hard to get it to travel.
1:25:38
And these new soles grips, just perfect, man.
1:25:42
You you they're just shoe size.
1:25:44
You step on.
1:25:45
That peels all the dust off so you're not having to we used to have to, like, lick our
1:25:49
fingers and wipe the dirt off our shoes.
1:25:51
You remember that?
1:25:52
And then you do it to the other show, but you'd lick the same hand, and you'd pull the dirt off
1:25:56
your hand.
1:25:58
Yep.
1:25:58
Man, these kids got it easy.
1:26:00
They they do.
1:26:01
And and and the thing is is you can see, you know, I mean, we grew up, you know, idolizing
1:26:07
some players, you know, and stuff like that and wanted to be just like them.
1:26:11
And you still see that happening nowadays.
1:26:13
I mean, you know, these kids are wearing the face paint, wearing the sleeves.
1:26:18
I mean, so they you know, these athletes start to understand that they are, you know, role
1:26:23
models for these kids.
1:26:26
Man, I literally, like, I I got the taste of freaking rubber in my mouth and dirt and old
1:26:34
bubble gum and Yep.
1:26:36
All the the worst of the worst, man.
1:26:39
But these kids today don't have to deal with that because we have Sola Athletics and the
1:26:45
Souls Grips.
1:26:46
Great little units here.
1:26:47
We're gonna be talking about them a a little bit more over the next few weeks.
1:26:51
Got some great feedback from our high school team, though.
1:26:54
So shout out to Mackenzie who found me on Quoted and sent these to me.
1:26:58
Really appreciate you, supporting our local high school teams, and, we hope that we can
1:27:03
help you guys, sell some of these units to a lot of other, sports teams out there, whether
1:27:09
they are professional or they are in the, you know, amateur ranks.
1:27:13
So shout out to Solo Athletics.
1:27:14
Appreciate you guys sending the sample in.
1:27:17
Unfortunately, I have no use for that here at home, but the local middle school and high
1:27:23
school boys basketball teams sure did, and they had nothing but great things to say about it.
1:27:28
So that's Sola Athletics.
1:27:29
You guys can find them online.
1:27:31
Sola-athletics.com, and, check them out for yourself.
1:27:36
So shout out to Sola.
1:27:40
Man, b it's been a blessing.
1:27:42
I hope you got unquoted and started making some pitches out there, for some free samples.
1:27:47
It's been a
1:27:48
I gotta I gotta look into that more.
1:27:50
I haven't had time, but, yeah, I'll have to find that link you sent me again and throw it
1:27:57
out there.
1:27:57
So
1:27:57
I'll send it to you again, man.
1:27:59
We have brands reaching out to us every day at this point that are interested in sending us
1:28:05
some samples of theirs to feature their product on here.
1:28:07
And it really speaks to, like, the larger a bit of, where media is going, where small
1:28:14
podcasters and even someone with a small following like we have.
1:28:18
If you have a little bit of game out in the world and can build a site or something and
1:28:22
have a little bit of influence, over it, even a small audience, that there's plenty of brands
1:28:29
out there that are just looking to get the word out about their products to whoever will
1:28:33
listen.
1:28:34
So a great opportunity for us.
1:28:37
We're talking to some great companies, some awesome golf, ball launch monitor, companies
1:28:43
out there with some really great tech that are gonna be sending us some samples.
1:28:46
And now I'm developing content around that.
1:28:49
So Yeah.
1:28:50
Looking forward to not just doing, like, a simple product feature, but if you're willing
1:28:54
to send me a piece of tech that I would never buy in my own life, right, that's gonna
1:28:59
hopefully make me a better golfer and help me enjoy the game more, man, I am more than
1:29:04
willing to go out of my way to make that.
1:29:07
So once that deal is done, you're gonna be seeing a lot more golf content from the Scene
1:29:11
Project Sports Network.
1:29:13
Alright.
1:29:15
And we've talked a little bit about weight loss different things and doing that.
1:29:19
And, you know, I've been kind of, I've kept it a little bit of a secret, but I am a
1:29:25
legionnaire for FirstForm, which is a nutrition and energy, drink product, company.
1:29:32
And, I'd like to shoot some content around that, b, and to get you turned on to some good
1:29:37
products and to use your, weight loss journey as a a great way to introduce people to, some
1:29:43
really awesome products that are gonna help them not just be healthier, but, you know, get
1:29:48
in better shape and to live a little longer.
1:29:51
Yeah.
1:29:52
No.
1:29:52
I'm always looking for advice and stuff.
1:29:55
I mean, you know, I I definitely need to do it.
1:30:00
Not saying I don't want to, but, you know, life gets in the way.
1:30:04
A lot of things stress.
1:30:06
You always go back to the bad habits and stuff like that.
1:30:09
So, no, definitely, I'm open to try anything, to, you know, get my journey going.
1:30:16
Yeah.
1:30:17
Well and we haven't talked to him.
1:30:18
I mean, we've pretty much only gotten to know each other, live on the air.
1:30:23
So I I might as well just kinda act like, I know you work.
1:30:26
I know you work very hard, and you got a family that you take care of.
1:30:29
But what do you do for work, B?
1:30:31
So I work at a local casino.
1:30:34
I work at the call center.
1:30:35
I'm a supervisor.
1:30:36
So I take a lot of bad calls, good calls.
1:30:39
You know, everything that comes to the casino, take calls.
1:30:42
Always been a customer service person.
1:30:45
I mean, Cody could tell you, I worked at the both of the gas stations here in Cannon Falls,
1:30:50
you know, when I moved up here from the cities.
1:30:53
You know, played, you know, played both of all sports and you know?
1:30:58
But once you got to a certain age and life got in there, you know, I kind of got off the
1:31:05
workouts and athletic and stuff like that and, you know, so
1:31:10
Well, you spend a lot of time on the air, you know, not just with us here, but with coast to
1:31:15
coast entertainment as well, which Yeah.
1:31:17
You know, obviously, you spend a lot of time just sitting in front of a microphone the same
1:31:22
as I do.
1:31:22
Like, I have to make time for myself, but I don't have a nine to five that I'm going for,
1:31:26
you know, to get out and walk four or five miles a day Yeah.
1:31:29
Walking the kids to school and walking back.
1:31:31
But working in a call center, I imagine that you're spending a lot of time doing the same
1:31:35
thing there, sitting with a headset on or behind a microphone and a computer screen.
1:31:41
Yeah.
1:31:41
Yep.
1:31:41
It is.
1:31:42
And, you know, and, you know, a lot of accountability for weight loss is on me.
1:31:47
I I do admit that.
1:31:48
And, you know, some of it is, you know, home life.
1:31:52
I'm I'm not gonna get too much details on it.
1:31:54
But, you know, when you got somebody that's you know, wants to push you, but they wanna push it
1:32:02
at a 100 miles an hour instead of taking baby steps is, you know, it gets stressful and stuff
1:32:07
like that.
1:32:07
So Yeah.
1:32:09
Yeah.
1:32:09
Well, it's a journey.
1:32:12
Right?
1:32:12
And not every journey starts off at a rabbit's pace.
1:32:15
It's a slow Right.
1:32:16
Process.
1:32:17
I've ramped myself up to the four, five miles a day Yeah.
1:32:21
By just going out and doing a mile.
1:32:23
Right?
1:32:23
And and then building from there and continuing to grow.
1:32:26
And it's building habits.
1:32:28
And like you said, that we have such a tendency as human beings to, like, slide back to the bad
1:32:33
habits so easily, and it's so much harder to keep the good habits and to keep them going.
1:32:38
I would love to be a a part of that and introduce you to some really great products and
1:32:42
just some supplements that'll help you feel a little bit better and a little bit motivated
1:32:46
and maybe be a little bit of an accountability partner in this with you too, man.
1:32:52
Yeah.
1:32:52
And the thing is is, you know, like I told a lot of people, when biggest loser was the
1:32:58
thing, you know, like, I I would've jumped right away.
1:33:02
They call me up.
1:33:03
I would've had guessed it just to go and just get that aspect in my mind on how to work out
1:33:09
and stuff.
1:33:12
So that that was a big thing.
1:33:14
Now it it's just easy when you're out, you know, you're hungry or something or, you know,
1:33:20
you're sitting at work.
1:33:21
Okay.
1:33:22
I'm gonna go get something to eat.
1:33:24
Okay.
1:33:24
It's gonna be a bag of chips or something,
1:33:26
you know,
1:33:27
something that I probably shouldn't be eating.
1:33:29
You know?
1:33:29
And you know?
1:33:30
Or drinking.
1:33:31
It's just like, okay.
1:33:32
Yeah.
1:33:32
I can drink water all day long and put different flavors in there, but, you know,
1:33:36
there's just certain times where a pop just sounds so good.
1:33:39
You know?
1:33:40
So Those are the silent cap.
1:33:42
For me, it was beer.
1:33:43
It was honestly getting off work and coming home and pounding, you know, a six pack of tall
1:33:48
boys of Miller Lite and packing on all those calories.
1:33:52
Yeah.
1:33:53
And I'm like, I dude, I got such a sweet tooth bee.
1:33:56
It's so it's
1:33:56
great too.
1:33:58
Oh, man.
1:33:59
I do too.
1:33:59
When it hits, it hits.
1:34:01
Yeah.
1:34:01
Well and you just go ham, and you're just a big guy in general.
1:34:05
Right?
1:34:05
Like, you can eat and put down a lot of food.
1:34:07
Like, I I'm sure you never actually feel, like, full to where you're like, oh, I I can always
1:34:12
eat a little bit more.
1:34:13
I do now more.
1:34:15
You know, I've been doing, you know, that Ozepic shot.
1:34:17
So there's days where I do feel full after just a few bites.
1:34:21
And and then there's some days where I don't feel full after a full meal.
1:34:27
You know?
1:34:27
And it's just like, okay.
1:34:28
What do I need to eat now?
1:34:29
And you know?
1:34:30
So
1:34:31
That's another thing that drinking a ton of water helps with too because it keeps your
1:34:34
belly well in that, and you're just, like, peeing all the time Yeah.
1:34:37
Which is like me.
1:34:38
Man, I'm coffee and water.
1:34:39
That's really all I drink because I had a problem with the sodas too.
1:34:42
And and so much of it comes to diet, and that's a lot of what like, First Form has some really
1:34:49
sweet, like, protein bars, but they're not gonna crush you.
1:34:53
So that's what I end up snacking on now, and they got some really good meat sticks too.
1:34:57
So I think I can turn you onto a couple of things that'll be a little bit healthier option
1:35:00
for you at work, and it would be really cool to kinda watch you on that journey.
1:35:05
And I'm gonna share some links with you, and then I I would love to create.
1:35:09
I know that's what you need is, like, one more show, but it would be awesome to have an
1:35:13
accountability day where we can get on, talk some sports, talk about the other Minnesota
1:35:17
sports that are out there or just Oh, yeah.
1:35:19
Top of top of the mind thing.
1:35:21
And
1:35:22
Yeah.
1:35:22
I'm hopefully open up to, you know, growing coast to coast, growing with you, you know,
1:35:27
and, you know, just evolving and, you know, just talking and, you know, and, you know, I
1:35:34
watch a lot of, you know, TikTok and people cooking good meals and stuff.
1:35:38
And I've seen some people do different drinks with apple vinegar and chia seeds.
1:35:43
I was just like, okay.
1:35:45
Does that work?
1:35:46
Doesn't it work?
1:35:47
There's a buddy of mine that you know, who's a pro who's a amateur.
1:35:52
Oh, I guess they're pro.
1:35:53
They get paid.
1:35:54
But he wrestles locally, and he's a fitness guru.
1:35:59
And, you know, so I kinda bounce some ideas off him.
1:36:01
I don't go to him too much because I don't wanna think I'm trying to get free advice from
1:36:05
him, but, you know, I definitely, you know, reach out to him here and there and be like,
1:36:10
hey.
1:36:10
What do you think of this?
1:36:11
And he's just like, yeah.
1:36:12
Use it and, you know, just mix it with water, you know, like they say, and, you know, you
1:36:16
should be good.
1:36:17
So
1:36:17
I will like, the apple cider vinegar thing Yeah.
1:36:21
Real bullshit.
1:36:23
I it sounds stupid.
1:36:24
Right?
1:36:25
But we started doing it.
1:36:26
And we do it with sparkling water.
1:36:28
So, like, I'll get the cheap, like, $1 Yeah.
1:36:31
16 or 24 ounce, whatever they are of at Walmart.
1:36:35
But I like the grape one.
1:36:36
The grape goes really well with that.
1:36:38
My wife likes some of the other ones.
1:36:39
Okay.
1:36:40
But, yeah, you drink eight ounces of that with, you know, like, a teaspoon or whatever they
1:36:44
say.
1:36:45
Yeah.
1:36:45
There there's, like, different ones.
1:36:47
It was, you know, the teaspoon of apple vinegar, then toast with chia seeds in there
1:36:51
and
1:36:52
honey.
1:36:53
Heard the chia seeds one.
1:36:54
I have, like, a three seed mix that's, like, chia the the chia seeds with hemp seed and
1:36:59
stuff too.
1:37:00
It's always good.
1:37:01
There's so many nutrients, and we're just, like, given such a poor education in, like,
1:37:06
actual nutrition that it's such a shame.
1:37:09
But, yeah, man, I I gotta I gotta code and everything for Okay.
1:37:13
First form.
1:37:14
And and now that I didn't really push it at the beginning because I'd never tried any of their
1:37:18
products beforehand.
1:37:19
I kinda dove into their Legionnaire program, without being a customer first.
1:37:25
So I've kinda used this first six months to just like, okay.
1:37:28
I I get, you know, I have to buy it, but I get a gift card, you know, a $100 or whatever gift
1:37:32
card every month that comes out automatically.
1:37:34
Right?
1:37:35
So I like, I have to spend that money.
1:37:38
And, so I've been using the products, but big fan of their protein bars.
1:37:42
They feel like a snack, but they got 20 grams of protein.
1:37:45
Right?
1:37:45
Uh-huh.
1:37:46
So they keep you full.
1:37:47
The beef sticks are the same way, and you get a ton of accountability with the First Form app
1:37:51
too.
1:37:52
So would love to introduce you to that stuff.
1:37:54
I know it's looking into a sales pitch now kind of, but I know that you were really you were
1:37:58
asking about, you know, jelly rolls, loss program, and, obviously, he's got all the money
1:38:03
in the world now.
1:38:04
Yeah.
1:38:04
That guy
1:38:05
and all of those things.
1:38:07
Right?
1:38:07
But there's ways that even, you know, regular Joe's like us can be healthier and take care of
1:38:13
ourselves so that you know, we got kids, man.
1:38:15
We wanna live for a long time and be around for that.
1:38:19
And no matter when you start that journey, it's going to add years to the end of your life
1:38:24
getting a little healthier and losing losing some of that weight.
1:38:27
And what we wanna call you, like, medium b.
1:38:30
Yeah.
1:38:31
I don't think I'll ever get away from the big b.
1:38:33
I mean, that's that's How that's
1:38:35
tall are you?
1:38:36
Well, I I'm six feet.
1:38:38
I mean but I've I've always been the biggest one in my family.
1:38:43
You know?
1:38:43
You're a big ass dude, man.
1:38:45
I've only seen you on camera, but, like, you're a you're a big guy.
1:38:48
Yeah.
1:38:48
I'm I'm getting
1:38:49
down to one eighty.
1:38:50
Yeah.
1:38:51
I'm sick I'm I'm six foot, roughly about four hundred pounds.
1:38:57
You know, the you know, so, I mean, my goal would be to get, you know, close to three as
1:39:02
possible.
1:39:03
Some doctors said that, you know, it probably wouldn't happen at probably about three or so.
1:39:09
But, you know, so it's just it's just getting on that start and, you know, not stressing out
1:39:15
and you know?
1:39:17
So little b.
1:39:18
I will tell you, man.
1:39:19
I I ballooned up after I got out of prison.
1:39:22
I got up to, like, 02:40.
1:39:23
Right?
1:39:24
And I saw a picture of myself.
1:39:25
And I'm a skinny guy.
1:39:26
I spent most of my life at, like, one eighty.
1:39:28
Yeah.
1:39:29
Like, when I went into prison, I was maybe, like, one seventy five.
1:39:31
I wasn't the healthiest coming back from Mexico, or maybe I was healthier.
1:39:36
I don't know.
1:39:36
But, you know, working out, eating potatoes all the time and beans and just filling up on
1:39:42
prison burritos.
1:39:43
And then once I got out, man, I went ham on all the sweets that I couldn't have when I was in
1:39:48
there because I was a broke ass.
1:39:50
So I'm pounding freaking boxes of Oreos at a time and sitting and just being a badass.
1:39:57
Yeah.
1:39:57
And that and that's the thing.
1:39:58
It's just, you know, I mean, money wise, it's more expensive to eat healthy.
1:40:03
I mean, I you know, and I know that's a troubling some, but, you know, it's just
1:40:08
overall, it's just getting the focus down and you know and and the sad thing is is like I
1:40:14
tell everybody, I hate I hate seeing myself on pictures and stuff.
1:40:18
I mean, that picture that I sent you for your you know, for our background, that's probably
1:40:23
the best picture I have.
1:40:24
But, you know, to see me, it it it's just I I just don't like it.
1:40:30
And, you know, and and I don't feel and, of course, you know, I could say it because I'm
1:40:36
sitting down, but it's like I don't feel heavy until I start doing things, you know, like
1:40:42
walking upstairs or walking to my car and stuff like that.
1:40:45
So, yeah, it it it is bothersome.
1:40:48
It's tough.
1:40:49
You know?
1:40:50
Yeah.
1:40:50
Well, man, I wish I lived closer.
1:40:52
I I know Cody's pretty close to you.
1:40:54
You guys you guys live in the same town then.
1:40:56
Yeah.
1:40:56
We live in the same town.
1:40:57
I mean but like you said, he's got, like, 60 jobs.
1:41:00
He works thirty hours a week.
1:41:01
I mean Well,
1:41:02
you should just, yeah,
1:41:02
just try to chase him around all the time, and and you'd probably be down to two eighty.
1:41:07
That that might that might be a thing is, you know, put a tracker on him and try to follow
1:41:11
where he's at.
1:41:12
I mean, you know oh.
1:41:15
No, brother.
1:41:16
Well, I would like to see you live longer because I really enjoy spending time with you
1:41:20
and being on here, and I would love to be an accountability partner for you and to keep
1:41:25
showing up for you.
1:41:26
Like, you showed up for me, man.
1:41:27
You add a lot to this show with me and Cody.
1:41:30
I got a lot going on, man.
1:41:32
So I don't follow all the sports as closely as I should.
1:41:36
I know how to do a lot of the behind the scenes stuff and to kinda build out the show and to
1:41:40
produce all these things.
1:41:42
I can give my takes on things, but I'm not a football guy.
1:41:45
I'm not really in any sport guy.
1:41:47
But I'm a huge fan of all of these sports, and I have some I have that life experience, I
1:41:52
guess, to bring Yeah.
1:41:53
To the table that can be applied to sports.
1:41:56
No different than what Shelley gave us tonight.
1:41:58
And it was so nice to have Lady Purdue.
1:42:00
And and, honestly, her her comparing, you know, JJ being young going into the pros, seeing you
1:42:10
know, I didn't put that together, but, I mean, that does gotta be nerve racking as a nurse, as
1:42:14
a doctor, you know, in that big moment because, I mean, one mishap.
1:42:20
I mean
1:42:21
Yeah.
1:42:22
Lives are on the line.
1:42:23
Right?
1:42:23
Exactly.
1:42:24
So, I mean, I that was a heck of a comparison by her and, you know, props to her and, you
1:42:29
know, and but, yeah, it's just you know, I love talking sports.
1:42:34
I mean, outside of probably hockey, it's probably my least knowledgeable stuff.
1:42:39
I mean, basketball is kinda getting up there too because I kinda fallen out of that, but you
1:42:43
get me talking about wrestling, football, baseball.
1:42:47
Those are my expertise.
1:42:48
I I I love doing them.
1:42:50
Played baseball up until I was about 35.
1:42:54
I went to a couple of twins rookie trials that they had at the old Metrodome.
1:42:58
Really?
1:42:59
Yeah.
1:42:59
Yeah.
1:43:00
So man.
1:43:01
Yeah.
1:43:01
We're gonna have to go in-depth on that sometime.
1:43:04
I would love to hear some of those stories and just that experience and just some really great
1:43:09
stuff, man.
1:43:10
I I I I've really appreciated getting to know you
1:43:14
Oh, yeah.
1:43:15
Part of our network.
1:43:16
And I'm really looking forward to even though it's gonna be, like, the show starting around
1:43:20
this time at night tomorrow with you guys.
1:43:22
Yeah.
1:43:22
Unless did you mean AM?
1:43:25
No.
1:43:25
No.
1:43:25
It's a PM.
1:43:26
It's PM.
1:43:27
Jesus Christ.
1:43:28
I'm gonna
1:43:28
have to
1:43:28
do a
1:43:28
nap tomorrow at some point.
1:43:30
I wake up at, like, man, my cat gets up at, like, 4AM.
1:43:34
We got a kid in there.
1:43:35
It's just holding air.
1:43:37
Yeah.
1:43:37
If you can make it, I mean, that's great.
1:43:38
I mean, we definitely
1:43:39
Oh, yeah.
1:43:40
I'm not gonna turn it down, brother.
1:43:41
I will be there.
1:43:42
I'll do whatever I have to.
1:43:43
If I get a fill up, on Pillars of Valor coffee and make sure that I'm here, I'll be sniffing
1:43:49
beans throughout the show like it's the, like it's the strips that Yeah.
1:43:54
No.
1:43:55
We we we definitely have fun on coast to coast.
1:43:58
Definitely talk different things.
1:44:00
I mean, you know, we we've had, you know, not just sports shows, but we have an entertainment
1:44:04
show that we've done.
1:44:06
We've done a trivia show that I've hosted.
1:44:10
We've done music shows.
1:44:12
We've done you know, we we have one lady that's pretty busy now, but she was trying to do a a
1:44:18
women's show on things.
1:44:20
And, you know, so we've tried to we've tried to get out there a lot of different things, and
1:44:25
some have worked, some haven't.
1:44:26
So
1:44:27
Yeah, man.
1:44:28
Well, hey, you may you've seen what I do.
1:44:29
I'm willing to throw anything at the wall and to
1:44:32
see what
1:44:32
it sticks.
1:44:33
And Yep.
1:44:33
I I'll start a new show tomorrow.
1:44:36
I don't care.
1:44:37
Yeah.
1:44:37
What is it to us?
1:44:38
Right?
1:44:38
It's not like
1:44:38
it's And that and that's the one thing when when we started talking about doing the
1:44:42
wrestling show, they're like, oh, come on.
1:44:44
Nobody watches wrestling.
1:44:45
It's just like, you don't think people watch wrestling until you actually start talking
1:44:51
about it.
1:44:51
And then there's so many people that watch
1:44:53
isn't it?
1:44:54
To for people to, like, put it out there that they're huge wrestling fans?
1:44:58
I don't watch as much as, you know, I I watched when I was a kid.
1:45:02
Yeah.
1:45:02
Oh, exactly.
1:45:03
You watched in the past.
1:45:04
Well, I mean, the funny thing is is one of the guys that that I work with, you know, one of
1:45:09
the upper department managers, he walked by me one day.
1:45:12
He goes, hey.
1:45:13
I didn't know you're a big wrestling fan.
1:45:15
I'm just like, yeah.
1:45:16
You know?
1:45:16
And so we started talking about wrestling and stuff.
1:45:19
So, you know, it's out there.
1:45:20
People know.
1:45:21
It's it's like a cult.
1:45:22
It's kinda like the LWO.
1:45:23
You know?
1:45:23
You got a little cult there.
1:45:25
You know?
1:45:26
So
1:45:27
No.
1:45:28
Well and I'm friends with the guys from Below Zero Wrestling over in North Dakota there.
1:45:32
Yep.
1:45:32
I've talked to Nick.
1:45:35
Yeah.
1:45:35
Nick's a great guy, man.
1:45:37
Shout out to Nick Stokey and b z w.
1:45:39
I'm trying to get, together with them and to actually broadcast, their, Winter Slam.
1:45:46
Okay.
1:45:46
So keep your eyes peeled on that.
1:45:48
That's gonna be up in, Fargo and a couple thousand seat arena, he said.
1:45:53
Yeah.
1:45:53
I know.
1:45:54
I gotta I gotta get up that way.
1:45:55
I mean, I know, you know, my son would love to make a trip up there, but yeah.
1:45:59
No.
1:45:59
Matter of fact, I saw a nurse job.
1:46:01
Credentials and be ringside, man.
1:46:03
I would love to have you involved with Me and my team, and if you're excited about it, I I
1:46:09
just kinda wanna be there.
1:46:11
I kinda more wanna be like ring announcer Yep.
1:46:14
More than side, the commentator.
1:46:17
Right?
1:46:18
Yeah.
1:46:18
But I wanna be involved with him.
1:46:20
I love Nick.
1:46:21
We were at his event that he did out at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and got to
1:46:25
experience about that.
1:46:27
Yeah.
1:46:27
I saw him, when I oh, when they came into town for one of the big shows.
1:46:34
Think it was TNA when they came here.
1:46:36
I bumped into Nick, and we were talking a little bit.
1:46:38
And you know?
1:46:41
But I I I follow Midwest All Star Wrestling.
1:46:44
That's my big promotion here.
1:46:46
Love those guys.
1:46:48
They put out a great show in November.
1:46:51
October, November, they call it grand slam.
1:46:53
That's, like, their big event of the year.
1:46:55
Yeah.
1:46:56
That's their WrestleMania.
1:46:58
Yeah.
1:46:58
That's their WrestleMania.
1:46:59
They bring in some big talent to get autographs and stuff from and, you know, so I mean, we
1:47:05
already got a couple dates planned.
1:47:08
January, we're gonna go to their show in Wisconsin at New Richmond at the BFW, I think
1:47:15
it's that.
1:47:15
And then March, I think they got another one over there at Turtle Lake that we're gonna
1:47:20
check out.
1:47:21
But, yeah, we follow them guys quite a bit.
1:47:23
They've had some heartbreak news last few months on losing some people.
1:47:29
Well, I saw that, and I know you shared Lily's kind of, you know, obituary yesterday.
1:47:35
And, yeah, a shame because these these promotions are like families, man.
1:47:40
Oh, yeah.
1:47:41
And that's the one thing that's nice about it.
1:47:43
Yeah.
1:47:43
I don't I don't know them business wise, but, you know, you go to all their events and, you
1:47:52
know, you talk to them all the time.
1:47:53
I mean, I feel like sometimes I feel like Norm when I walk into there because all I hear in
1:47:58
the background, oh, here's the Herrera's family, you know, and you know, so they know
1:48:02
us.
1:48:02
They know my son.
1:48:03
I mean, my son will trash talk the heck out of everybody.
1:48:06
It's funny watching him.
1:48:08
He tries to be shy, but he's not.
1:48:10
But yeah.
1:48:12
No.
1:48:12
I love those guys, and there's a couple guys that's just like, man, when you hit it big, I
1:48:17
hope you don't forget about us.
1:48:19
You know?
1:48:20
Because there's definitely some some good talented here in Minnesota and for below zero
1:48:25
wrestling.
1:48:26
Yeah.
1:48:26
Well, let's, let's do our best to keep promoting them out there, man.
1:48:30
I love the wrestling show.
1:48:31
We'd love to do some crossover content between SPSN and coast to coast and to keep on growing.
1:48:37
Really shining a light on the places that don't.
1:48:39
I mean, it's fun to come on and talk about the professional sports.
1:48:42
Obviously, it helps us build, our fan bases because people actually care about those teams.
1:48:47
Right?
1:48:48
Yep.
1:48:48
It's harder to find fans, but the people who really deserve it are the ones no different
1:48:52
than me working with independent music artists.
1:48:54
Right?
1:48:54
Like, I would love to work with Jelly Roll, but that's not my people.
1:48:58
Right?
1:48:58
Like, I would love to, but, man, my people are here, and I'm all about supporting and using
1:49:04
our voice and our platform to support the people that we're in the trenches with, man.
1:49:09
So And the thing is is, you know, you get that connection and then, hey.
1:49:14
You never know what's gonna happen.
1:49:15
I mean, you know, just look you know, Cody is a good example.
1:49:19
Yeah.
1:49:19
He's arena football coach now, but, you know, somebody's gonna get an eye on him or one of
1:49:24
his players will be like, hey.
1:49:26
You know, this guy might be a good
1:49:28
shows that they see him and going, man, this guy really knows ball and
1:49:31
and Yeah.
1:49:32
Exactly.
1:49:32
Good dude.
1:49:33
And Yep.
1:49:34
I I'm looking forward to, you know, having him break down some plays for us.
1:49:38
And it'll be awesome when we get into his season because we'll actually be able to use
1:49:43
the tape and watch him break down plays and to do more of that and really having a true
1:49:48
coaches show.
1:49:49
Obviously, NFL rights being what they are, we're not not paying for that shit.
1:49:52
Yeah.
1:49:54
Yeah.
1:49:54
No.
1:49:55
I get it.
1:49:55
Pay for NFL Sunday ticket to watch all the damn games for the freaking for to pay for the NFL
1:50:01
films.
1:50:01
Right?
1:50:02
But Yeah.
1:50:02
We'd love to do that for the cavalry, and I know you guys are supporting him and his
1:50:06
journey as well.
1:50:07
So a a lot more crossover content, I'll say, between coast to coast and the Scene Project
1:50:13
Sports Network to come and, yeah, co promoting these amazing people that we that we all know
1:50:19
and love.
1:50:20
Yep.
1:50:20
Nope.
1:50:21
That's all you gotta do is just get good no.
1:50:24
Good news travels, you know, and get a good product out there, get good people out there,
1:50:29
you know, give them their break, and, you know, everything everything comes in a circle.
1:50:35
Awesome, man.
1:50:35
Well, b, I'm gonna let you get some sleep tonight.
1:50:38
I better get in before my wife locks the door on me.
1:50:41
Uh-oh.
1:50:42
She's already told me I'm sleeping in the garage tomorrow night because I'm I'm not
1:50:47
starting the show till ten, 10:30.
1:50:49
So that's all good, man.
1:50:51
I gotta Alright.
1:50:51
Yeah.
1:50:52
We don't want start no trouble there.
1:50:53
So but
1:50:54
How about
1:50:55
We can't we can't we can't wait to have you.
1:50:58
Definitely, it'll probably be a little bit different for you because you won't have the
1:51:01
control of the screens and stuff.
1:51:02
But, you know
1:51:03
Hey, man.
1:51:04
I don't mind a little less to do, to be perfectly honest.
1:51:07
It it gets a little overwhelming sometimes.
1:51:10
Yeah.
1:51:10
Well, definitely.
1:51:11
So but, yeah, we'll
1:51:12
stressed out, but sometimes it is when things aren't going right.
1:51:16
You know, starting the show, my scenes weren't popping up right, and I couldn't find video.
1:51:20
Yeah.
1:51:21
It it takes time.
1:51:22
It takes time.
1:51:22
I mean, we got it's gonna be a fun time and, you know, definitely well, what we do at Coast
1:51:28
to Coast is just us being us, you know, living out a dream of breaking down sports and talking
1:51:34
whatever.
1:51:35
You know?
1:51:35
So
1:51:35
Yeah.
1:51:36
Well and and while I got you here, give me a little rundown of what we're gonna do on the
1:51:39
show tomorrow.
1:51:40
I I know we're talking bigger NFL talking points.
1:51:44
Yeah.
1:51:44
So, I mean, we're pretty much gonna just you know, we got we got a Dallas Cowboy fan.
1:51:50
We got a Bears fan.
1:51:51
Of course, me being a Vikings fan.
1:51:53
Our Colts fan, I don't think he's gonna be there because he's out of town, but we'll give
1:51:57
a little recap on their perspective of the season, what the off season is gonna bring.
1:52:02
Of course, the Chicago bear fan, he's probably gonna brag a little bit about his team being in
1:52:07
the playoffs for at least one week.
1:52:08
Fucking limping into the playoffs and
1:52:11
Yeah.
1:52:11
Yeah.
1:52:12
Get out of here.
1:52:13
But but then, you know, we'll just, you know, talk about the coaching vacancies, who could go
1:52:18
where, and then we'll just give out our awards, you know, who we think the MVP is gonna be, who
1:52:25
we think the rookie of the year is gonna be offensive player.
1:52:29
You know?
1:52:30
You know, just give our opinions because, you know, we just, you know, don't want to have the
1:52:36
same repeat stuff.
1:52:36
I mean, that's one thing where we started is we'd stop we didn't wanna always hear about,
1:52:41
oh, the New England Patriots, all the, you know, all the good on the LA Dodgers and all
1:52:47
this.
1:52:48
We wanted to bring all sports into, you know, into play.
1:52:52
So we just definitely wanna just give everybody a little love and, you know, just have fun with
1:52:58
it.
1:52:58
And
1:52:59
I don't even know too many rookies out there, but forget
1:53:02
the Yeah.
1:53:02
There there's a couple.
1:53:03
I mean, nobody really stuck out
1:53:05
there.
1:53:05
Looked pretty good.
1:53:07
Yep.
1:53:08
And and, you know, we're not gonna you know, we there's there's one guy out there that, you
1:53:12
know, we do a fantasy league in, and he always, you know I think it was last year.
1:53:17
His first pick, he had the first overall pick, and he took the Dallas Cowboys defense.
1:53:22
And we all laughed at him.
1:53:24
This year, he did something outrageous again in the draft, but he was in the championship game.
1:53:29
So it's just like, oh my god.
1:53:30
What are you doing?
1:53:31
You know?
1:53:31
And so but, no, we definitely have fun.
1:53:35
Yeah.
1:53:36
Well, I'm looking forward to hanging out with you guys tomorrow.
1:53:39
Everybody listening and tuning in, you'll be able to see us on the coast to coast
1:53:43
entertainment network, their Facebook and YouTube channel.
1:53:46
So check us out over there Yep.
1:53:48
Tomorrow.
1:53:48
Looking forward to it.
1:53:50
Man, great great time tonight.
1:53:53
Appreciate you, B, and I will see tomorrow night, man.
1:53:56
Alright.
1:53:57
Yep.
1:53:57
And we'll have yeah.
1:53:58
We'll definitely see you tomorrow night.
1:54:00
And, you know, if you gotta travel here in Minnesota, drive safe.
1:54:03
The roads are, you know, so so so.
1:54:05
Have a good night.
1:54:06
Awesome.
1:54:07
Later.
1:54:08
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