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Vikings Opponents for the 2025 Season, A Trip to Europe? And an Adventurous Dark Beer | TSH Ep. 88 · The Skol Hop

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  Speaker 1: All right, Hey, Vikings fans, welcome into another episode of
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  Speaker 1: The School Hot. I'm Evan, I'm Austin. We're just a
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  Speaker 1: couple of dudes from Iowa. We like drinking beer talking
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  Speaker 1: about the Viking. No, we do.
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  Speaker 2: And speaking of beer, we tried a great beer from
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  Speaker 2: Adventurous tonight that was right in your wheelhouse.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it was super delicious. Definitely recommend it. We also
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  Speaker 1: kind of dove headfirst into all of the Vikings' opponents
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  Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty five twenty six regular season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and a part of that we kind of talked
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  Speaker 2: about the possibility of the Vikings playing two straight weeks
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  Speaker 2: over in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and kind of dovetailing off of that a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about games that were kind of interested in
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  Speaker 1: and also a game or two that we're a little nervous.
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  Speaker 3: About for the Vikings to play in this upcoming season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but not not too nervous. So if you're interested,
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  Speaker 2: grab a cold one join us for episode eighty nine
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  Speaker 2: of the Skull Hot Schools Skull. All right, we just
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  Speaker 2: maybe maybe even by the time you hear the next episode,
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  Speaker 2: be a good time.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure you bring some sunscreen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably should until unless I cook myself again.
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  Speaker 2: That would not be fun. But I've been to Mexico
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  Speaker 2: and Jamaica and not cooked myself and.
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  Speaker 3: So it's doable. So far.
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  Speaker 2: So far.
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  Speaker 3: There you go.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we got some beer, we do, and I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: for this beer you brought it, But you said I
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  Speaker 1: could talk about it, which makes sense because I feel
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  Speaker 1: like this beer is definitely kind of a beer that
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  Speaker 1: I would reach for. In fact, when I saw it
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  Speaker 1: in your hands when you first got here.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, Oh, I've seen that on the shelf
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  Speaker 3: and I've thought about getting it before.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna have Adventurous Brewing, which is right here in
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  Speaker 1: the Quad Cities, right down the road from us. We're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have their dark lagger oaked. I think that's the
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  Speaker 1: order in which you would say that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think so the adventure can correct us
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  Speaker 2: a dark oaked lagger.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps.
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  Speaker 1: Anyways, it's a dark lagger that has been oaked. So
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  Speaker 1: that's really all we get.
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  Speaker 3: There's no description on the can.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the the closest thing we get to a
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  Speaker 2: description is Big Beers, Bold Flavors, Store Cold, Drink Fresh
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  Speaker 2: and no it's not Subways. Do that sounds good? I'm
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  Speaker 2: very excited.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I've heard recently from a listener that every single one
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  Speaker 2: of our episodes has like an awkward, like four to
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  Speaker 2: five seconds of silence, and that we need to do
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  Speaker 2: something funny with that. And that silence is when we
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  Speaker 2: both say skull and we cheers it up and we
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  Speaker 2: take a sip and then it's just silent, and maybe
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  Speaker 2: the listeners might hear like a weird mouth noise or
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  Speaker 2: something which yeah, thank you for doing that. And when
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  Speaker 2: I listen back to this, I will cringe again. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we need to do something fun like I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: put like a god voice or something like as we
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  Speaker 2: drink this beer or something, but.
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  Speaker 3: I'll find it. Sound okay, I hear that? All right?
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  Speaker 4: Well, school School, you said I had to find one.
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  Speaker 4: I found.
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  Speaker 2: If you would have waited three more seconds, I would
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  Speaker 2: have spit beer out all over. Well, describe as as
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  Speaker 2: I take my sip you just took yours. Describe what
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  Speaker 2: you're what you're thinking.
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  Speaker 3: It's delicious. First of all, it's malty, very heavy on
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  Speaker 3: the malt, and I like that. Yeah, it's toasty.
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  Speaker 1: It's got kind of a toasted malt type of flavor
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  Speaker 1: to it. It's a really it's got a really clean
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  Speaker 1: finish to it. I get a little bit of sweetness,
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  Speaker 1: like some caramelish type of vibes to it, but it's
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  Speaker 1: also got some more like dark chocolate bitterness to it
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  Speaker 1: as well, but they balance each other out. So I
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  Speaker 1: could be way off in my flavor profile of this beer,
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  Speaker 1: but that's what I'm tasting and it tastes pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, neither of us are professional professional beer drinkers, and
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  Speaker 2: we're not. There's a term for it. With wine, there's
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  Speaker 2: a somalier.
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  Speaker 3: Hang on, what's your definition of professional?
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  Speaker 2: That we do drink beer on a sponsored podcast, So
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  Speaker 2: depending on your definition, we might paid to do something.
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  Speaker 3: I take you're a professional.
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  Speaker 2: Well, for wine, there's the term of somalier that's like
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  Speaker 2: the wine expert. There is a similar term for beer.
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  Speaker 2: I cannot think of what it would be, so us
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  Speaker 2: neither of us being that. I think your description is
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  Speaker 2: pretty pretty head on a ciceroni, serrooni, cicerone, something like that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe a listener can correct us, But yeah, I totally
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  Speaker 2: agree with your description. Multi dark flavors in a really
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  Speaker 2: good way. If you don't like dark beer, you will
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  Speaker 2: not enjoy this one at all.
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  Speaker 3: Very dark.
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  Speaker 2: Specifically, you can't see through this. There's like a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a redness towards the bottom maybe, but it's
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  Speaker 2: a very dark beer in appearance and flavor. I really
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  Speaker 2: like it. But I think this is definitely your wheelhouse,
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  Speaker 2: right Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Like I said, I've seen this beer on the
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  Speaker 1: shelf at the store before and thought about picking it up,
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  Speaker 1: and you actually did.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm glad you did well. Adventurous hometown brewery.
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  Speaker 2: They are fantastic. I think I said this about Fire
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  Speaker 2: Trucker last week. I've never had a bad Adventurous beer,
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  Speaker 2: and they do a good job, like most breweries do,
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  Speaker 2: of having a variety of beers. So I know. Adventurous
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  Speaker 2: has one of my favorite Citra culture, which is a
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  Speaker 2: very like pseudo su type citrusy hazy ipa, and this
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  Speaker 2: this is a very different This dark Lagger oaked is
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  Speaker 2: a very different beer than that Sitra culture, but they're
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  Speaker 2: both really good in their own right. I would love
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  Speaker 2: to have this beer again in the future.
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to see if we've had suitur culture.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure we did. I'm pretty positive I got some
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  Speaker 2: at one point yep Episode twelve.
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  Speaker 3: It's cool that we have such a cool archive of
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  Speaker 3: beer that we can just go back and be like, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that episode we had it.
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  Speaker 1: So if you want to hear our thoughts on other
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  Speaker 1: Adventurous beers, go back to episode twelve.
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  Speaker 2: If I remember episode twelve, is that sometime in like
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  Speaker 2: the late April early May time frame when we recorded.
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  Speaker 3: No that another way off? That was November of twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Oh man, I've really thought, because I remember I brought
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  Speaker 2: that one for our podcast, and I thought that I
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  Speaker 2: was watching the draft when at you know, at Adventurous
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  Speaker 2: and I thought that's when I picked up that four pack.
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  Speaker 2: But I apparently I'm wrong. Maybe it was a game
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  Speaker 2: or something. I don't know. No.
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  Speaker 1: And then actually, almost a year later, in November of
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, I brought Adventurous pod on subscribe.
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  Speaker 2: I remember that one. That's a really good one too.
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  Speaker 2: Adventures does such a good job. I know there's still
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  Speaker 2: somewhat local, but they're starting to branch out with their distribution.
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  Speaker 2: I picked this up at our favorite high v and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was definitely not the only Adventurous beer that they
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  Speaker 2: had there too, so they had a handful. They're starting
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  Speaker 2: to branch out a little bit too. So maybe if
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  Speaker 2: you're in a different part of Iowa, or I don't
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  Speaker 2: know how far they distribute, maybe you'd be able to
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  Speaker 2: find some Adventurous beer. I definitely recommend it.
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  Speaker 3: Super good. Sorry, I'm trying to log this in our
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  Speaker 3: Oh do it in real time? Yeah, it's in there
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  Speaker 3: for good.
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  Speaker 2: Sweet All right, Well we have football to talk about, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: kind of. It's you know, the draft is over undrafted
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  Speaker 2: free agency is kind of wrapped up. We've kind of
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  Speaker 2: talked all the major talking points for all that coming up.
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  Speaker 2: OTAs will be coming up here. I think at the
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  Speaker 2: end of this month. I might be wrong about that.
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  Speaker 2: They had an initial round of like voluntary workouts stuff.
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  Speaker 2: We kind of talked about that last week too. But
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  Speaker 2: the next big thing that's going to be happening in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL calendar is just that we're going to get
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  Speaker 2: a schedule.
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  Speaker 3: Ye did you look up the date that that schedule's
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  Speaker 3: coming out.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it's a week from today, which would make
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  Speaker 1: that Monday, May twelfth is when that comes out officially.
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  Speaker 2: And they made that announcement during the draft too. But
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  Speaker 2: until then, and we've known these for a while, I
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  Speaker 2: think ever since the regular season ended, we know the
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  Speaker 2: list of teams that the Vikings will be playing at
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  Speaker 2: home and away, and we thought it'd be kind of
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  Speaker 2: fun to take an initial look. We will eventually, what
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  Speaker 2: do we usually do it in like late July when
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  Speaker 2: we have our official Pickham episode. Famously last year that's
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  Speaker 2: when Evan made three points and got the George Washington
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  Speaker 2: took a drink, flipped the coin in the quarter in
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  Speaker 2: the was it it was your beer?
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  Speaker 3: Still?
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, we'll do that official Pickum episode winner loss
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  Speaker 2: predictions here in a couple of months, but right now
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  Speaker 2: at least we can kind of take a look and
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  Speaker 2: see what our initial thoughts are and where we think
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  Speaker 2: maybe the schedule might land.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so do you want to split it up? I
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  Speaker 1: can list out the home games, and then you can
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  Speaker 1: list out the away games, SCHUREI, and then we can
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  Speaker 1: talk about them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So the Vikings' home opponents this year will of course
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  Speaker 1: include the NFC North, the Lions, the Packers, and the Bears.
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  Speaker 1: And then yeah, in addition to that, the Eagles, the Commanders,
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  Speaker 1: the Ravens and the Bengals will all be visiting US
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  Speaker 1: Bank Stadium in twenty twenty five, twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Six, Yeah, and then away. The Vikings have more away
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  Speaker 2: games this year than home games, which when you have
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  Speaker 2: an odd number of games in a season, that happens.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Also they'll be going to the Lions, Packers,
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  Speaker 2: and Bears. For the NFC North, they play each you know,
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  Speaker 2: their own division twice each seas and then they'll also
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  Speaker 2: visit the Cowboys, Giants, Steelers, Browns, Seahawks. Because I mean,
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  Speaker 2: they apparently have to play the Seahawks every season in Seattle,
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  Speaker 2: and then also the Chargers. So it looks like obviously
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  Speaker 2: they'll be playing the NFC North, the NFC East with
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles, Commanders, Cowboys, and Giants, and then is it
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  Speaker 2: the AFC North that they'll also be playing.
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  Speaker 3: The Ravens, Ingles, Browns, and Steelers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you have the Seahawks and the Chargers
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  Speaker 2: rounded out after that, so all of the teams in
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  Speaker 2: the NFC North will be playing also the NFC East
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  Speaker 2: and the AFC North, which is kind of cool.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, where to start? How about the fact that the
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  Speaker 1: Vikings have two more away games than home games.
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  Speaker 2: That's kind of odd, it is, and I think there's
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of a talker with that too. We're
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  Speaker 2: not the only ones that we bring this up, but
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  Speaker 2: I feel like it's going to be a Vikings talker
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  Speaker 2: here for the next week until the official schedule comes out.
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  Speaker 2: But the Vikings play two different teams that are slated
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  Speaker 2: to be home teams in European games, so they play
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  Speaker 2: away at the Steelers and the Steelers are slated to
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  Speaker 2: be a home team in Dublin. I think they also
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  Speaker 2: play away at the Is it the Browns who are
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  Speaker 2: slated to be a home team at Tottenham Stadium in
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  Speaker 2: London or Tottenham I guess I don't know exactly geographically, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and so there's a potential that it could make sense
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  Speaker 2: for the league to have the Vikings have an extended
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  Speaker 2: stay in that UK area for you know, back to
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  Speaker 2: back weeks and then what is it, weeks four and five,
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  Speaker 2: play the Steelers in Dublin and then the Browns in
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  Speaker 2: Tottenham back to back weeks and then maybe a bye
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  Speaker 2: week after that come home. Logistically, I could see how
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  Speaker 2: you could think that that could happen. If that were
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  Speaker 2: to happen, what would you think about that? Would you
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  Speaker 2: be for it against it? Indifferent? What would you think?
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  Speaker 1: Well my initial reaction, and I should have maybe looked
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  Speaker 1: this up before, but I wonder if chat GPT knows
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  Speaker 1: it might not know what Kevin O'Connell's record is in
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  Speaker 1: European games.
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  Speaker 2: As you're looking that up. I think, just off the
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  Speaker 2: top of my head, he played there. The Vikings played
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  Speaker 2: in London his rookie season twenty twenty through two and
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  Speaker 2: they won and then also last year in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: four was it last year that they've played in London chat.
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  Speaker 3: GPT knows okay.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty twenty two, the Vikings defeated the Saints twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: to twenty five at Tottenhas first that last second missed
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  Speaker 1: field goal, and then in twenty twenty four they won
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  Speaker 1: twenty three seventeen the Jets YEP at Tottenham Hotspur.
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  Speaker 2: With the Stefan gil More late game interception of Aaron Rodgers.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So with that as some background, I like Kevin O'Connell's
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  Speaker 1: track record. He won his first ever game in Europe
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  Speaker 1: as a rookie head coach in twenty twenty two, and
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  Speaker 1: then they went back again this past season. I remember
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  Speaker 1: this past season more so than the previous season. They
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  Speaker 1: really talked up his wanting to go early. They left
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  Speaker 1: the States earlier than the Jets did, spent more time there.
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  Speaker 1: I think that allowed the guys on the team a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more time to do some of the touristy
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  Speaker 1: things without that affecting.
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  Speaker 3: Their preparation for the game and anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: And I think a part of that too is that
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  Speaker 2: they were the home team. I know the NFL they
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  Speaker 2: announced the home teams early that they already know who
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  Speaker 2: the home teams will be for this upcoming season. I
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  Speaker 2: think the NFL likes to hype up those teams or
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  Speaker 2: the locals in that area to kind of have some
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  Speaker 2: connection to a team if they didn't already have some,
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  Speaker 2: So that might have been a part of that as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I don't know, I might make some hot
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  Speaker 1: takes here that no one agrees with, and that's fine,
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  Speaker 1: But I think Kevin O'Connell has a good track record
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  Speaker 1: in these games. I like that for either one or
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  Speaker 1: two games going over there, and then number two, I
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  Speaker 1: would like to think that the Vikings have a pretty
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  Speaker 1: solid fan base in that part of the world, and
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings fans have definitely shown out here in this
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  Speaker 1: country by making plenty of away games feel like home games.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, So I don't think two.
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  Speaker 1: Games in a row in that part of the world
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  Speaker 1: is the worst thing in the world. In fact, it
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  Speaker 1: might actually be okay, because I think Kevin O'Connell and
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  Speaker 1: his team are going to do everything that they can
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  Speaker 1: to make that the best it can possibly be. They're
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  Speaker 1: not going to slouch on any of the detail. They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get there with plenty of time to prepare They're
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  Speaker 1: going to put the guys in the best possible hotel
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  Speaker 1: where they can, you know, really rest and recover and
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  Speaker 1: get ready to play. And I would like to think
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  Speaker 1: that both the stadium and Dublin and the stadium in
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  Speaker 1: London will be hoppin' with some purple and gold.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, So those are my thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: So overall, it sounds like you'd be okay with it,
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  Speaker 2: and even for it for them to have a back to.
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  Speaker 1: Back yeah, I think on paper it'd be fun. I
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  Speaker 1: think the only downside would be that would almost guarantee
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  Speaker 1: a week six bye and that's what happened last year
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  Speaker 1: when they went to London and played the Jets, that
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  Speaker 1: was week five and then they came home and had
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  Speaker 1: a week six by. So if you're playing two games
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  Speaker 1: in Europe back to back, you're spending two weeks there
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  Speaker 1: now instead of one.
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  Speaker 3: That I mean that there's a ninety nine.
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  Speaker 1: Point nine percent chance that you are getting your by
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  Speaker 1: the following week to recover from all the jet lag
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  Speaker 1: and everything, So.
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  Speaker 2: I could see that.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's the only downside. I would prefer maybe
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  Speaker 1: a slightly later bye week than we had last year,
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  Speaker 1: just because the later bye week gives you an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to recover, gets players healthy before the late push to
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, I can see all that.
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  Speaker 2: However, I'm I would be totally against back to back,
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  Speaker 2: both of them being away games, You're not losing any
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  Speaker 2: you know, competitive advantage by losing a home game. Even
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: if you are the quote unquote home team in London,
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  Speaker 2: you're still you're still losing a home game. You're not
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  Speaker 2: in Minnesota. So they do some some glitz and glam
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  Speaker 2: and they really talk it up because it's a worldwide game,
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  Speaker 2: but it's not the same as playing at US Bank,
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  Speaker 2: sleeping in your own bed. So I'd be okay with
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  Speaker 2: them playing either one of them in London or Dublin,
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  Speaker 2: but I would not want them to go two straight weeks.
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  Speaker 2: I think Logistically, Yeah, if you're planning on going for
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: a week, it's probably not too much more difficult to
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: also plan for another week. But that's still more planning
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: you have to do. Yes, Kevin O'Connell hasn't lost yet
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: across the pond, but that's still a nightmare of logistics
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: to have to plan on top of the nightmare of
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: logistics sets going on in a regular NFL season. I
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: think last year was the first time, and I might
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: be wrong about that, but I know last year was
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: the most recent time at least that n NFL team
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: spent multiple weeks across the pond. That was the Jaguars
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: when they played as the away team in Week six
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: of twenty twenty four against the Bears at Tottenham and
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: they lost sixteen to thirty five. And then the next week,
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: Week seven, they were I believe the home team at
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Wembley Stadium against the Patriots and they won thirty two
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: to sixteen. So that tells you right there, like, yeah,
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: if you lose the first week, you can you could
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: rally and come back and win, although that was against
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: two pretty awful teams last season, the Patriots especially, But yeah,
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: I think it would. I would not be for it. It's
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: too long to be away. And if you have a
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: player in the first week that gets hurt or you
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: have to make a roster move for any reason after
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: the first game, there's just that added nightmare of trying
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: to not only sign another player fill that roster spot
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: for the next game, but also make sure it's a
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: player that can physically get to you passport wise, you
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: know is able to come to you and what an
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: injury happened in practice. You know, between those games while
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: you're there, that's just less time to get somebody to you.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: I just think I feel I could be too much. Plus, then,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: like you said, that would almost mandate an early season
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: bye week because they already know that the latest of
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: the two games, or the latest of those games that'll
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: be across upon is week five. So that'd be basically saying, okay,
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: week six, Vikings, that's your bye week, no matter what.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: And that's pretty early to have a bye week.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Were the Jaguars the home team in both of those games.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: No, I so, just looking at their schedule here on Wikipedia,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: I think in the first game they were over there,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: week six, they were the technically the away team, and
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: then they were the home team the next week. Again,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: not that that is a huge difference, but as far
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: as like competition and like resting up your body, but
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: as far as like how much the NFL touts you
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: puts you out in the in the area, I think
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: I think maybe even the home team might have more
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: obligations because they're going to be out in the public.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: At least one player is going to be doing meet
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: and greets or something out on the public to kind
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: of hype up the game. Yeah, it wouldn't be the
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: end of the world, and not that they couldn't recover
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: from it even if they lost both, you know. But
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: I just if I got a vote, I would vote no,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: one or none.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I definitely can see the downsides to it.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: But I mean, if the lead's gonna do it, the
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: lead's gonna do it exactly. It's not like I don't
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: I don't know that even Quasi or Koc have any
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: control over.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: That, or they might have some opinions, like if they
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: had an opinion, it might be heard. But yeah, I mean, ultimately,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: like you said, if they're gonna do it, they're gonna
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: do it. And it is a silver lining that Koc
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: is undefeated over over there and he's done that on
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: multiple seasons, So it wouldn't be the end of the world.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: And I wouldn't be super pissed, but I would if
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: it were up to me, I'd say, yeah, I'm okay,
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: one or none.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: It's interesting that they didn't have a bye week the
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: following week after that.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think the teams kind of have a
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: say in that too. Yeah, because I believe in twenty
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: twenty two Kos's first season when they went and played
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: the Saints, I'm pretty sure they also chose not to
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: have a bye week the week and.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: Week after they pushed it a little bit farther down.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: I remember that. So I don't know.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: I would hope that Quac and Koc and whoever else
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: is involved in that decision with the Vikings are thinking
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: through all those things. If those conversations are happening, I
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: have confidence, I have a that they could go do it.
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: Would it be the best thing in the world.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: No, But I mean playing the Lions Packers embarrassed twice
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the year isn't the best thing in the world either.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Neither is traveling to Seattle every year. Yeah, so how
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: about that. That's a totally tangent. But my goodness, I
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: think the last time the Seahawks played in Minnesota in
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: the regular season, I think you said it before we
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: started recording, was probably that horrible Blair Walsh game. If
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: they've played there, you know, once since, I don't know,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: but it seems like every year the Vikings play the Seahawks,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: and also every year it's in Seattle, which is crazy
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: because Seattle is a tough place to play, and going
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: from going to the West Coast at all is always
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: tough for teams that don't already exist in the West Coast.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: So that's a bummer.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: And I know it has something to do with like
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: how they both finished in their divisions and then the
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: regular season, but man, just can we get a break
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: from the Seahawks and this year especially, Sam Donald's gonna
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: be there, and you know we've talked about it. It'll
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: be the most Vikings thing ever for Sam Donald to
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: light it up against the Vikings too, so.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: I sure would.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm just asking chat GPT all the things now,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: not that I was unaware of chat EPT before, but
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: I just know how hopeful it can be.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: Let's see location.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Since that super cold game in twenty fifteen, the wild
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: card game ten to nine loss for Blair wal schmiss
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: the twenty seven yard field goal, the Vikings have only
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: ever played Seattle in Minneapolis one time. They went to
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Seattle in twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, and twenty twenty, and
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: then they were They played Seattle in Minneapolis in twenty
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: one and then they went to Seattle last year in
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: twenty four.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: Okay, that's just crazy. I guess.
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there was a.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: Four out of the last break.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but four out of the last five has been
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: in Seattle, and.
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: Now it's going to be five out of the last.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: I'm just I'm tired.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: I'm sure Seattle or Seahawks fans are kind of I
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: don't know why they'd be tired of a team coming
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: to them so frequently, but it almost feels like a
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: division game at this point now too.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Twelve Man, it rains all the time. I mean, we
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: have Starbucks, we have people throwing fish, what else? What else?
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: I'm shuck, keep going, man, whatever I can do to
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: make fun of Seattle.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: Okay, well, mister unlimited, I'm sorry.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: I hate that so much. But I think in the
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: last since twenty eighteen, Vikings have only won two games
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: against Seattle too in the regular season, so they're two
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: and three against them. But who knows. Seahawks have Sam Darnold, now,
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: you know, pro Bowl quarterback. You never know, you never
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: know how that'll happen. I think jjil, he'll he'll be
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: all right, he'll be pretty good.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the see North for a minute, because
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: I know we had friends of the show forrest On Yep,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: maybe a month ago now, and we talked about NFC
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: North predictions post draft. Has your opinion on the North
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: changed at all?
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: Not really it.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: You know, we talked, I think last week about our
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: grades of like the Vikings off season so far. I
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: gave like a draft grade and then you you gave
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: like a grade of the off season overall. And the
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Bears I think have done a pretty decent job of
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: at least addressing their offensive line and their defensive line
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: similarly in the way that the Vikings have. And I think,
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: I'll say it again, I've said it before. It might
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: be absurd. I'm more afraid of the Bears than any
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: other team. Definitely, definitely more afraid of the Bears and
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: the Lions right now because they don't have any good
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: coaches anymore.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: The Packers are still decent.
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: I think they have earned the right to still be
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: I don't know I feared is the right word, but
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: still be pretty good.
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: But yeah, I think everything is.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: It may balance out a little bit differently in the
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: NFC North in twenty twenty five than it did in
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, but I think it's still going to
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: be a tough division. The first five or six weeks
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: of the season, all every team was good, and then
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: the Bears kind of dropped off, and the Lions kept
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: being a gauntlet in the Vikings. I mean, they won
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: fourteen games. The Packers dropped off a little bit, but
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: the NFC North was still a gauntlet last year, and
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: I really think there's at least one more season of
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: that coming. I really do predict a Lions drop off.
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: I think you can't lose the type of coaches that
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: they've lost and still keep going the way that they have, because, yeah,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: you can be as mean and as aggressive and I
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: mean that as a compliment, mean and aggressive on the field,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: but you can't do that without being able to back
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: it up with solid play calling, intuitive plays, you know,
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: stuff like that, and I think they lost all of that.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: I don't I don't know how they're going to keep
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: it up. So yeah, I think still it's gonna be
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: a gauntlet.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I predicted the Vikings to win
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: the division.
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: Did I not.
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: We did this with Forrest, and I think we both
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: may have predicted a Vikings Division win.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: And I stand by that. I wouldn't take that back.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: I would maybe tend to agree with you now, especially
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: after the draft, not that the draft really rocked the
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: boat a ton, but I feel like the Bears have
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: really they've built up a little bit, and I don't know,
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: we'll see. Obviously, got to go to those three locations
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: and play those three teams at home. So there's your
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: guaranteed six conference games right there. Looking at the other
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: games outside of the division, what game interests you the
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: most in? What game maybe are you like most nervous
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: about for the Vikings?
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: Well, so I will say, and of.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: Course all of this is with the caveat of we
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: don't know when these games are happening yet, so it's
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: tough to really like have a full understanding of the
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: schedule because it's not just who they play, but it's when,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: and it's is it a Monday night game? Is it
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: a Sunday game? Is it a game in Europe? You know,
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: when's the bye week? All those things backed in. But
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: given what we know right now, what are you What
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: game are you most interested in? And what game are
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: you kind of worried about for the Vikings?
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: So as far as being interested, I think that Chargers
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: game is going to be pretty fun. I mean you
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: have the built in talker of JJ McCarthy against his
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: own coach, yep, and.
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: Herbert Harbaugh.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Oh, John Harbaugh.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: Sorry, I thought he moved on to Marbury now, So
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: you have that talker because they were, you know, hand
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: in hand in Michigan and.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: Had a lot of success there.
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: And he's only really ever been positive towards JJ since he's.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: Come into the league too. He hasn't really done anything
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: but say nice things about him.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think JJ is the kind of person
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: that would be tough to say anything negative about the
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: man JJ McCarthy. Have your takes on if he's a
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: good quarterback, whatever you want, but I don't think there's
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: any question that he's a good dude. So yeah, And
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: so Harbaugh has been both. McCarthy is a good dude
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: and a great quarterback, which when you win a national
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: championship with somebody, it's hard to have any negative opinion.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: But yeah, I think that'll be an interesting one. It's
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: in San Diego or not San Diego. I do this
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: every time. It's in Los Angeles used to be, so yeah, yeah,
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: and there's who knows if depending on when it is
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: in the season, it could be a lot of hype up.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: It could be the first game of the season in
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: the NFL might want to do that for the storyline,
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: and it could be later in the season and we
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: have a better idea of who JJ McCarthy is as
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: a young quarterback in the NFL. But yeah, that one
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: will be exciting, interesting, and depending on the records of
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: the teams at the time, I think that's one that
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: ESPN may try to hype up. That could be one
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: of few because as a fourteen and three team, you're
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: probably up for a few primetime games the next year.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: That could be one of the primetime games that the
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: NFL wants to hype up a little bit. As far
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: as being concerned about any of them, I mean, you
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: can't not be concerned about. I mean, it's NFL. Even
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: if a team is awful, they can still beat you
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: any other week. But I think that Commander's game is
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: going to be kind of concerning. Yes, it's at home
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: in Minnesota, but you've got a team in the Commanders
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: that have a really good young quarterback and a good
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: young team that beat the Lions last year in the playoffs,
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: and they're only looking to be even better. And better
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: every year. So I think this time last year, I
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: was saying, all the Vikings are kind of a year
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: behind what the text and have been doing. At the time,
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: the Texans had a young you know, I don't know
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: if he won Rookie of the Year, but a young,
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: really good quarterback and C. J. Stroud and a newer
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: coach and they were pretty good, and I thought the
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: Vikings were kind of following those footsteps. I'd put the
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: Commanders in that kind of situation as well. Young quarterback
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: who's been successful, coaching staff that has figured something out,
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: and yeah, that team's going to be really good. And
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: I think that could be a really concerning, concerning game
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: for the Vikings this year.
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: It's a good one.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: That was actually the one that I circled as being
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: most interesting. Okay, I think it's going to be interesting
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: to see two young quarterbacks go at it. And I
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: feel like the league always hypes up the young quarterback
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: kind of narrative, you know, they always do the like
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: side by side comparisons what they look like in college
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: and what were their college stats and.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: All this stuff.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: I don't know that I'm super worried about it necessarily,
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: especially given the Vikings defense. I feel like the Vikings
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: defense really, I mean, other than other than a handful
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: of games last year, they really put the foot down
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: on pretty much every team they played, and they added
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: some key pieces in the off season.
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: One of those being a former commander.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so I would like to think that the defense
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: won't allow the Commander's offense to run crazy. I also
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: don't think Jayden Daniels is gonna throw a Hail Mary
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: because our guys waving his hands in the stands, you know,
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: touting the fact that they won the game and then
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: they didn't.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: That's still one of my that's one of my favorite
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: non Vikings members.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: But I mean that's a cultural thing too. I mean
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: that was we talk about the most Vikings things ever.
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: That was the most Bears.
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: Thing oh ever, absolutely, and.
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: It was hilarious. But I think that's gonna be an
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: interesting game. I love the fact that it's in Minnesota.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: I'm not nervous about it necessarily. I'm excited about it,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see what they're gonna do. I
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: think a game that I am nervous about. I'm kind
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: of torn between two games. Actually, one we've already mentioned the.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: Seahawks just because of the most Viking thing ever storyline.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, and we have. It's just we've seen it.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: We just proved it a few minutes ago. We've gone
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: there more than they've come to Minnesota. And for some reason,
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: Midwest and East Coast teams struggle when they go west.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: It's the time change, it's whatever, it's the altitude, I
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: don't know, the weather. They just struggle, and the Vikings
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: have struggled. The Seahawks have had the better record, and
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: they've been the better team in the last decade of
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: playing the Seahawks, So I'm kind of nervous about that one.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: They've got Sam Darnold, as you mentioned, as well as
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: a younger head coach who's kind of making a name
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: for himself in the league, had a pretty successful season
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: last year, and now has added some key pieces in
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: the offseason. I think the other one that I'm a
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: little nervous for, and I hope this one doesn't get
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: scheduled for late in the season is the Ravens at
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: home Lamar Jackson. I mean, he's been playing at an
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: MVP level for how many years now? Depends on your
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: definition of what you think MVP level is but yeah,
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: but I mean he's an electric player at times arguably though,
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: he's really good. And and Derrick Henry, oh yeah, monster
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: a beast in the backfield. They had a pretty good
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: defense to back it up on the other side of
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: the ball.
• 35:52
  Speaker 3: So I don't know. I'm a little nervous about that one.
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: I feel like the Ravens will come into this season
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: with a chip on their shoulder because they've just been
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: right there and right there and right there season after season,
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: and it's either the Chiefs or the Bills, then yeah,
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: you know, nope, we're gonna shut you down. End of
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: your season is now, you know, And they're gonna come
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: in and have that.
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: Chip on their shoulders. So I don't know.
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous about that one too. I'm not
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: super nervous about any other games though.
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's interesting and this is for both
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: of us that neither of us mentioned being nervous about
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: hosting the current the reigning Super Bowl champions and the Eagles.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: That's one that I just hope that's not an early
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: season game. In recent memory, I think the Vikings have
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: played the Eagles twice. In Week two so really early
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: on coming off short weeks for both of those times,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: just in like, I think the last two of the
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: last three or four years, they've they've played the Eagles
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: on week in week two and they've lost both times.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: So I hope that's not an early season game because
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: and even if it's a season game, the Eagles are
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: still good at this moment. Nobody's better than them. They
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: sit on top and for good reason, they won the
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: Super Bowl. But yeah, I do think it's funny that
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: both of us looked at this and neither of us
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: thought like, oh, right, there are the Eagles, because I
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: think we have a pretty high opinion of the Vikings
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: this year. I'm not saying, oh, the Vikings are better
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: than the Eagles. I just I think all of these
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: I could sit here and say, for each of these games, yeah,
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: I could see the Vikings winning that one. Some of
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: them are gonna be tougher than others. But yeah, I
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: think the Super Bowl slump is real.
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: It can be.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: I think really the only modern exception of that would
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: be the Chiefs. And even then, it's not like they're
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: winning a year after year after year, and they went
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: for three in a row this year and couldn't get
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: it done and lost to the Eagles.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah, So I don't know. I'm glad we don't.
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: Have the Chiefs on the schedule this year. We did
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: last year or two years ago or something. Anyway, two
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: seasons ago, two years ago.
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: All that to say, I don't know.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: I just I don't feel as concerned about the Eagles. Yes,
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: they're returning a lot of players. Sakwon Barkley was a
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: huge addition to that team, and Jalen Hurds is a
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: really good quarterback, and they have a play that nobody
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: can beat when it's the fourth and one or fourth
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: and goal at the one.
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so third and two. Yeah. Although I will say, yes,
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: the Super Bowl slump is real, but the Eagles were
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: just in the Super Bowl two seasons ago, three seasons ago,
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: and then yeah, they lost to the Chiefs, but then
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: they built it back up and came right back in.
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: So I don't know.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: I feel like maybe we should be a little bit
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: more concerned about that Eagles game than we are. I'm
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: still not saying I'm concerned yet, but that'll be one
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: of the tougher games as things sit right now. I
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: do hope that's not a prime time one either.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: Another interesting one that will be fun to watch will
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: be two former college teammates that play on the same
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: side of the ball, so they won't match up against
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: each other, but arguably the two greatest receivers in the
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: game of football right now, Jamar Chase will come and
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: visit the US Bank Stadium with the Bengals.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be and I mean Joe Burrow was just
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Jefferson's quarterback too, so yeah, that'll be a fun, fun
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: storyline that that Week two. But the Bengals have kind
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: of dropped off really ever since they lost their Super
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: Bowl a few years ago. They've They've had some individual
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: success and some decent stats, and there was the one
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: season that was kind of lost a couple of years
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: ago for Joe Burrow with injury. But yeah, they haven't
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: been great and they almost have no defense whatsoever now
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: because they won't they won't pay their best players to
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: play defense. And I think Hendrickson, who is still currently
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: an Eagle, he's still currently a Bengal defensive end. It's
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: probably their best defensive player. He he's been saying, like
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: I want out, so unless I'm missing, you know, a
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: headline where he re signed for big money. He may
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: not even be on the team by the time the
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: Vikings play them, So yeah, that'll be a fun talker.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: But I think as of now, I would predict the
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: Vikings to win it. Granted we're in May and they
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: won't play that for potentially, you know, at least it
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: could be six to seven more months before that game happens.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: So I want your take on strength of schedule because
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: about this time, before the official schedule is released, everybody
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: starts talking about, oh, this team has the fifth hardest schedule,
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: and this team has the fifth easiest schedule, and blah
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: blah blah. And today, notoriously, somebody came out and said
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: the Vikings have the fifth toughest schedule in the league.
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: What's your take on that and do you agree with
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: the ranking that the Vikings have the fifth most difficult
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: schedule Right now.
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: I think I could see that with all the information
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: we have right now, we have no idea if there's
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: going to be injuries for the Vikings or other teams
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: you know here in the next when when do they
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: start playing games? About four months from now is when
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: they start playing regular season games. So many things could
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: happen between now and then, and we could sit here
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: and be thinking, oh, yeah, that Bengals team, they haven't
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: been good. They could come and go undefeated. You know,
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: any any team could surprise everybody. Look at the Lions.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: I mean three years ago, they were still the same
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: old Lions that were the laughing stock of the league
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: for fifty years, and then they go on a run
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: where they're actually pretty decent and all that to say,
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: the Lions could even turn around and be like garbage.
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: So these predicted Yeah, I am predicting that, but that's
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: also I'm super biased.
• 41:47
  Speaker 3: So as of right now.
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, it's fun to be able to predict these
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: things and say like, oh, yeah, the forty nine ers
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: have the easiest schedule as of right now and there
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: that definitely means they're going to the super Bowl.
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: But you just you never know.
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: Things could change and injuries could happen, or you know,
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: JJ McCarthy could figure it out and then become the
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: next you know, Tom Brady, or he could just prove
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: to be the next Blake Bortles or worse, So you
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: never know it's going to happen. I think, to me,
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: this kind of bears the same weight as those like
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: in season power rankings, which in the NFL power rankings
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: are just some dude thinks this team is better than
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: another team, so doesn't hold a lot of weight for me.
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: I'm not jumping for joy or being pissed off about
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: anything right now as far as what opinions are, even
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: if they're mathematically you know, supported, I guess it's a
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: talker something for us to talk about here.
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: What do you think I have a big problem with it, actually,
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: because they're lying right now, This isn't We don't have
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: the schedule yet. Therefore cannot you cannot predict or you
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: cannot rank strength of schedule based on the schedule that
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: hasn't been released yet, because the schedule not only includes
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: the opponents, but it includes when and where you play
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: those opponents.
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: And that's a big deal in today's NFL.
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: If you have a Thursday night game and three days
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: before that you played a Monday night game, that's a
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: problem for you and your team, and everybody knows it.
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter who those opponents are exactly. You do
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: not want to see that on your schedule. You also,
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: you know, if you play a Thursday night game, you
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: get a sigh of relief after that, because you get
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: the mini bye week, you get the weekend plus three
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: more days to prepare for your next game, whereas you know,
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: the other teams are turning around and matter of a
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: couple of days. So I think it's unfair to call
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: this a strength of schedule. I think you could call
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: it strength of opponents, sure, because it all it's taking
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: into consideration right now is who are their opponents, which
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: we've already listed out, and we've already kind of picked
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: apart the opponents for the Vikings this coming season, and
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: it's based on how those opponents and how that team
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: performed in the previous year. It doesn't take into consideration
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: to draft picks, to free agency moves and he head
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: coaching changes, any coaching changes period. I mean, who knows
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: there could be a team out there that was really
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: bad and now they got that one guy who no
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: one really knows what he does exactly, but he just
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: brings something special to the team and they win a
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: bunch of games.
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: When they started out.
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: So that was Kevin Stefanski before he left the Vikings.
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: I feel like, yeah, he was kind of that guy,
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: Like nobody knows who he is, at least on the outside,
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: people inside knew who he was, and then he got
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: scooped up by the Browns and now he's the head
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: coach in the NFL.
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: I'll talk about a guy that was put in the
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: worst situation ever to finally get your break. After a
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: decade or two of you know, paying your dues, I
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: finally get an an oc job with the Vikings, and
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: then I think the next year getting a head coach job,
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: and then quickly being stuck with a devil of a
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: person who is accused and definitely did do some awful
• 45:16
  Speaker 2: things in Deshaun Watson and an ownership group that paid
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: a couple hundred million dollars for that dude. So they're
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: telling you, yeah, he is your quarterback, and then as
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: a coach, you're stuck with a success or failure of
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: your quarterback too. And that's talk of it. That's such
• 45:34
  Speaker 2: a raw deal. And I know Kevin Stefancy from what
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: we both heard from, granted people we've never met, and
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: you know, just off Twitter and stuff. I think Kevin
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: Stefanski is a stand up dude who would never choose
• 45:45
  Speaker 2: to have Deshaun Watson on his team, let alone as
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: his starting quarterback. But yeah, total tangent rabbit hole there
• 45:52
  Speaker 2: for one thing that you said. But yeah, I think
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: as of right now, it's so tough to you can't predict.
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: They were saying right before the season the Vikings in
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four would only win six or seven games.
• 46:05
  Speaker 2: Nobody knows anything, really, right.
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: You have to consider it all. You have to consider
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: like last year, remember three away games followed by three
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: road games that actually proved And I think I was
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: kind of correct when I predicted that before the season
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: started that would prove to be a big stretch. If
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: the Vikings can win those six games, or maybe even
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: just four or five of those six games, win a
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: couple on the road, and come back and win a
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: couple at home, that would be huge.
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: And it was. The Vikings won fourteen game, and I
• 46:38
  Speaker 3: think people were not expecting a Sam Darnold quarterbacked Vikings
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: team to win even ten games, let alone fourteen.
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: So in the same way, I think most casual viewers
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: of the NFL have no expectations of JJ McCarthy. Whether
• 46:56
  Speaker 2: I still hear people will know I'm a Vikings fan,
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: and they'll still say, like after the draft, what the
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: Vikings do at quarterback? What are you gonna do at quarterback? Like,
• 47:05
  Speaker 2: how are you gonna when? Are you gonna call it?
• 47:07
  Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers? They have no clue that JJ McCarthy, a
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: national championship warning quarterback, is ready to go. And I
• 47:15
  Speaker 3: have full faith in JJ right now, and I think
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: most Vikings fans do. And if you don't, then you're
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: not an actual Vikings fan. You just you're a casual
• 47:23
  Speaker 3: who doesn't really know what's going on.
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: I got to asked that question after Sam Donald left.
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: Somebody was like, well, what do you think the Vikings
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: are gonna do now? And I said, it's a no brainer.
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy's gonna be the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings.
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: Do you need any other answer than that? We have
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: known that since a year ago, literally a year ago.
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: The only thing different is this time last year it was, okay,
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: at what point does JJ take over? Because Sam Donald
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: was gonna start off as QB one and we were thinking, okay,
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: he might, he might come in after a couple of
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: games if he doesn't win the job in camp injuries happened,
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: But yeah, if you don't have and JJ McCarthy, I
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: need you to comment and tell me why, because nothing
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: has told.
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: Us not to have faith in him. He was injured,
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: and not even a career altering injury his knee, which
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five the injury had his meniscus is
• 48:15
  Speaker 2: not a career ender.
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: So we'll be good.
• 48:18
  Speaker 2: But yeah, all that to say, nobody really knows what's happening,
• 48:21
  Speaker 2: even the quote unquote experts, and I have faith in
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: the Vikings. I think whether they had the hardest or
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: the easiest schedule right now, I'd still be rolling my
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: eyes and I wouldn't care.
• 48:33
  Speaker 3: What's one hope that you have.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: We've already kind of talked about, like, oh, I hope
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: the Eagles game isn't early. I hope this game isn't
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: in you know. One hope that you have could be
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: home away, could be about the timing.
• 48:48
  Speaker 3: Of the game.
• 48:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I've already said it. I just hope
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: they don't have back to back games across the pond.
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: I'd be okay with one of them, and it doesn't
• 49:00
  Speaker 2: really even matter to me which one. I think it's
• 49:03
  Speaker 2: kind of cool to have a London or Dublin game,
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: but I just don't want I hope they don't do
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: them back to back. I just feel like that'd be
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: too much to ask for, and then, yeah, anything could happen.
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: I'm hoping they kind of spread those divisional games out
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: or the conference games out a little bit, because I
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: don't like it when it's like, well, you play a
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: bunch at the beginning of the season because that sells
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: tickets and that gets all the hype, and then you
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: don't play another one until we get to the end
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: of the season because that sells more tickets and that
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: creates more hype because you know who's going to make
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: the playoffs and who's not, who's going to win your
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: division and who's not, and it's just it's I don't know,
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: it's frustrating.
• 49:48
  Speaker 2: Unfortunately for that idea. I think the NFL has figured
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: out and it's been successful to have those division games,
• 49:54
  Speaker 2: maybe sprinkle one or two early in this season, but
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: really backload those because they do have such big playoff implications.
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: And I mean, what was it two seasons ago the
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: Vikings didn't play the Lions until Week sixteen and then
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: they played them again in Week eighteen. Yeah, I think
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: we're gonna see more of that. Another hope is that
• 50:16
  Speaker 2: The Vikings have been pretty decently lucky in recent years
• 50:20
  Speaker 2: of avoiding bad weather games, whether it's downpouring rain or
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: definitely snow games. I can't remember the last snow game
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: the Vikings have played in, but there's a few teams
• 50:33
  Speaker 2: sprinkled in there that they play in the Northeast. You know,
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: they got the Ravens and Bengal, the whole AFC North.
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: The Ravens is a home game. Oh yeah, that's the Bengals.
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: But Steelers and Browns, which yeah, we've talked. Could that
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: could be the back to back in London, but that
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: could also neither of them. They don't have to either
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: of them be across the pond. So there are some
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: away teams that do play and potentially colder climates, which
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: cold is okay, But I just hope they avoid I
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: would hate to for any team to lose a game
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: because it was a historic snowfall. Snow games are kind
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: of fun sometimes to watch when it's teams you don't
• 51:15
  Speaker 1: care about, but definitely your team, Like, man, what was
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: it the Browns and the Steelers last year? I think
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: this the Browns won basically because like every time they
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: touched the ball it was not you know, torrential snow
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: coming down, but every time the Steelers touched the ball,
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: and I might have the actual team mixed up, but
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: every time one team had the ball, it was like, Oh,
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: here's where the snow decides to come down, and then oh,
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: they're on defense, so the other offense gets clear skies.
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: So hopefully no.
• 51:44
  Speaker 2: Crazy weather games to the point that oh, obviously the
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: first team to score one because nobody else could get
• 51:51
  Speaker 2: even close.
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: My favorite moment from that game was actually before the
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: game when Jameis Winston was having his moment with the
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: with the sideline reporter and he said something to the
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: effect of, you know what, I'm just so glad that
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: the Lord had blessed me today to play in some
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: snow in a way that only Jameis Winston could.
• 52:14
  Speaker 3: It was. It was pure television gold, and I was
• 52:18
  Speaker 3: there for it. It was hilarious.
• 52:20
  Speaker 2: I'm also really glad Jameis Winston is not a Viking.
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: Or not.
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: We would just be living with those quotes and just
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: the whole fear that he'd be actually playing and.
• 52:33
  Speaker 3: The ridicule that comes with having him on your roster.
• 52:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, because he's I mean, talk about guys, that have
• 52:39
  Speaker 2: an interesting past. I mean, he seems to be perfectly
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: fine now, but yeah, he's got his own, his own
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: stuff going on.
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: Well, I think it's safe to say at this point
• 52:51
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see how the schedule shapes up.
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: There's still so much on the table that it remains.
• 53:01
  Speaker 3: To be seen, So.
• 53:04
  Speaker 1: I'm excited for the season. I really think the opponents
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: are favorable.
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: For the Vikings for the most part.
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: I see some teams on here that I mean, I
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: don't know. They could come out and have these amazing seasons.
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: It's why you play the game. But historically speaking, like
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: the Giants and the Cowboys haven't been that great. The
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: Bengals you mentioned a little bit ago, have been struggling.
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: The Steelers, I think there's still kind of a big
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: question mark there about who's playing quarterback.
• 53:35
  Speaker 2: I don't know if anybody knows who their PV one
• 53:38
  Speaker 2: is right now. That could be another Aaron Rodgers game. Yea,
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: so they could go back to back heres playing against
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers across the pond. That would be interesting. But yeah,
• 53:48
  Speaker 2: I think, yeah the schedule and looking at them, they
• 53:50
  Speaker 2: do look like football teams, not like all of these
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: teams seem to have a decent run game, and they
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: play football the hard nosed way for the most part.
• 54:00
  Speaker 2: And I think a lot of decent coaches on this
• 54:03
  Speaker 2: list too, So yeah, it'll it'll be a fun season,
• 54:07
  Speaker 2: I think.
• 54:07
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 54:08
  Speaker 2: Could I see some logic behind whatever math formula saying
• 54:13
  Speaker 2: the Vikings have the fifth hardest schedule as of right now, Yeah,
• 54:16
  Speaker 2: I could see how that lines up.
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: But fifth fifth most difficult opponents.
• 54:22
  Speaker 2: Not sorry, but yeah, I could see that. But I
• 54:26
  Speaker 2: also think the Vikings have proven themselves to be a
• 54:29
  Speaker 2: tough team too. Regardless of your thoughts of JJ McCarthy,
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: there's not a lot of holes on the team, and
• 54:36
  Speaker 2: some of the biggest holes are as backups or depth
• 54:39
  Speaker 2: guys like wide receiver three or QB two. You know,
• 54:42
  Speaker 2: I think I think they'll be okay. I think the
• 54:45
  Speaker 2: Vikings and Kevin O'Connell have proven that they're a team
• 54:50
  Speaker 2: to beat and a tough team to play, and they
• 54:53
  Speaker 2: are contributing to other teams strength of opponents right now.
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: So it'll it'll be a good season. And I'm still
• 55:01
  Speaker 2: as optimistic now as I what it was this time
• 55:04
  Speaker 2: last year, which was pretty optimistic.
• 55:07
  Speaker 3: And pretty optimistic about this beer too. It's been really good.
• 55:11
  Speaker 2: Really flavorful, really good. I mean, Adventures should be proud
• 55:15
  Speaker 2: on themselves for this one six percent. I don't know
• 55:19
  Speaker 2: if we mentioned that earlier. Six percent, so pretty solid,
• 55:22
  Speaker 2: but also not like it's not a quote unquote headache beer.
• 55:26
  Speaker 2: If you had twelve of them, yes, it'd be a
• 55:28
  Speaker 2: headache beer. Maybe even if you had like five or
• 55:31
  Speaker 2: six of them headache beer. But two like we're having
• 55:34
  Speaker 2: a night. Yeah, pretty solid, really flavorful. The ambers are
• 55:39
  Speaker 2: not my number one category or the dark ones like this.
• 55:42
  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's an amber yeah, dark lagger,
• 55:45
  Speaker 2: but they're dead in your category. And even I like these, so.
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean, to be fair, I'm not you
• 55:52
  Speaker 1: know this beer's now that it's like, well, I only
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: drink oaked dark loggers, right, Like that's just not who
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: I am. But I like a beer that doesn't mess around,
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: that doesn't try to pretend to be something it's not.
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: We've tried some pretty off the wall beers, and I've
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: actually been surprised by how much I like them.
• 56:12
  Speaker 2: I think we've had more successes with the off the
• 56:14
  Speaker 2: wall beers than we thought we'd ever would.
• 56:16
  Speaker 3: We might be onto something with that. However, this just
• 56:20
  Speaker 3: hits the spot.
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: This is like comfort food in a beer for me,
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: and I'm definitely going back to the store and getting
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: this one again.
• 56:31
  Speaker 3: I recommend it. It's good. Also, I know these ones
• 56:33
  Speaker 3: aren't super cheap.
• 56:35
  Speaker 2: Well, so I was actually just about to say adventurous.
• 56:38
  Speaker 2: They use really quality ingredients. They're a smaller operation, and
• 56:42
  Speaker 2: for very good reason. Most of their beers they're not
• 56:45
  Speaker 2: the cheapest ones on the shelf at Hyvey. Honestly, some
• 56:49
  Speaker 2: of their four packs can get upwards of twenty ish dollars.
• 56:52
  Speaker 2: This one, I don't remember exactly. I think it was
• 56:56
  Speaker 2: like twelve or thirteen bucks, which I'm saying is pretty
• 57:00
  Speaker 2: pretty reasonable price for any brewery, but especially for adventures. Yeah,
• 57:06
  Speaker 2: this one, for being as good as it is, it
• 57:08
  Speaker 2: wasn't super expensive.
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: So if you see me at high V now you'll
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: know what I'm getting. Yes, that's a good deal.
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and no sale or anything, it's just regular press
• 57:17
  Speaker 3: here you go. Well, safe to say we enjoyed this beer,
• 57:23
  Speaker 3: I don't think it. I think it goes without saying.
• 57:26
  Speaker 3: We're gonna enjoy the football season when it gets here.
• 57:29
  Speaker 2: That's the whole point.
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: We're here, Yeah, and I think we'll enjoy the off
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: season and we'll enjoy all the news that comes with
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: it and all the kind of ups and downs and
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: hopefully more ups and downs.
• 57:41
  Speaker 2: But there's still a lot of talkers. We got OTA's
• 57:43
  Speaker 2: coming up and then a pretty good break in like July.
• 57:46
  Speaker 2: But then training camp will be here before we know it.
• 57:49
  Speaker 2: Cutdown day will be really interesting to talk about. Our
• 57:52
  Speaker 2: pick up episode to be a lot of fun, Yeah,
• 57:55
  Speaker 2: a lot of stuff for us to talk about.
• 57:57
  Speaker 3: The best is yet to come, yeah, twenty twenty five, Yes, yes, Well,
• 58:04
  Speaker 3: I don't know. Do you think this is maybe the
• 58:08
  Speaker 3: best episode yet? Maybe?
• 58:10
  Speaker 2: And this is one of the better beers yet School
• 58:14
  Speaker 2: School
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,