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Vikings Draft Insights, NFL News, and Minnesota Sports Highlights · Scene Projects Sports Network

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You are here tonight for Vikings United.
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It's a good day to be, I guess, in Minnesota, I guess, tied to this network.
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Definitely gonna break some ground, break some news, fulfill a, I guess, a dream of mine.
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We're gonna get into the big news on the network.
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Coach, what's going on?
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Man, chilling.
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Chilling.
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Just got done with, our first Zoom, for the Saint Paul Bears coaches.
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Just getting ready for our first tryouts this weekend.
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And big news big news for Minnesota fans and big news for us.
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So it's a great day all around.
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Yes, sir.
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Was Is that the Royce Blues jersey you just got?
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No.
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I've had this.
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I've had this for a few years, but decided to bust it out
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today.
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And,
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yeah, got that bad news about him.
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So well, it might be good news, though.
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We'll see if we can get that batting practice in with him.
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Hey.
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That's that's what it takes sometimes.
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Right?
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Boys, the NFL draft is officially coming to Minnesota, and I couldn't be freaking happier
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about it.
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Let's go.
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Well, that that is huge.
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2028, I mean, who would have thought that I mean, me as a sports fan, you know, who would
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have thought we would have got the NFL draft here before WrestleMania?
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I mean, that's something I've been dying for, but WWE has pulled my eye the wool over my eyes
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a couple of times.
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You're right?
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We do have server side.
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That's the that's the, you know, second prize, I guess.
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But, you know, Minnesota is so many
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WrestleMania usually.
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What's the timing on that?
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August.
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So August would be it'll be the first week in August.
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Or back to back almost?
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Pretty much.
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It it's the four big so it it starts off with the Royal Rumble, then it goes to Mania, then
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it goes to SummerSlam, and then Survivor Series of the big four pay per views.
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So but it is what it is.
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We got the NFL draft because we know it used to be held in New York every year.
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They started moving it around.
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I'm hyped.
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I I'm excited.
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Hopefully, I'll be there either as a fan or
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We're there.
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You know.
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Well, we're we're there.
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We're there.
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We're there.
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Are there, brother.
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Come on now.
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Big news of our day is that we got official media credentials for the Adam Thielen
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Foundation, the unreal charity softball game next week at Saint Paul's Saints Home Stadium,
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CHS Field in Saint Paul.
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Yeah.
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We're doing big things, buddy.
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So you bet you bet your ass right now that we're gonna be at that draft.
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We're gonna have our credentials.
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We're gonna be there doing our thing.
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And as an official guest of the of the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL.
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And if we've gotten this far in six months, right, there there ain't no stopping momentum
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that the Scene Project Sports Network has built up already.
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I'm really excited, man.
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The the next week is gonna it's gonna be absolutely insane for us.
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Getting to go out there, shake hands, and stand next to the players that we admire so much that
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we watch on Sundays.
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Adam Thielen, CJ Hamm, I think they're the respective captains of their team and their two
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foundations.
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So getting to see two guys that we've had a lot of fun watching perform on the field.
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Now getting to watch them on the diamond with the offense facing off against the defense,
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man.
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This is gonna be cool.
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No.
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That that is gonna be fun.
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Like I said, you know, you just broke it.
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To be able to be part of that as a media member, I mean, you know, that's a dream come
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true for me to be able to sit there and possibly ask Dylan or CJ Ham or somebody a
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tough question or maybe softball type question.
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I don't know.
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But Well, lollipop them.
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It's a charity tournament.
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We can't have any hard hitting stuff.
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Exactly.
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But to do that with my cohost, Cody Do regret
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requesting the trade out to Pittsburgh
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Right.
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In October?
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Because I got one of these for you.
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No.
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I'm gonna let
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them off the hook, but if I catch them on the street.
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No.
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But it it is definitely gonna be a fun time.
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You know, when I do that in the chat, I was just kind of, you know, joke a little about it,
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but I knew you would go full board and say, hey.
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Why not?
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And when you called me and text me, hey.
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I need your number and stuff.
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I'm like, what for?
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They told me.
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I'm just like, you gotta be kidding it.
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And that all process took what?
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About an hour to get those?
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It was so quick.
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It was so quick.
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Blah blah blah.
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Yeah.
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So I got word today that we had officially gotten them approved.
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But, yeah, the the the stuff's pretty easy.
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Right?
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You just gotta know who to ask.
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And I have some connections through my LinkedIn account, which I've for all all you creators
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out there, tip, get your ass on LinkedIn, Start connecting with people.
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Yes.
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One phone call away, man.
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Like, you you know, present yourself in a professional manner.
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Put out a good product.
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I think that manner matters as well.
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Right?
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And and having a few people on, but Steve Reed was just on the show recently.
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He's the manager of premium seating and for season tickets.
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He's been with the Vikings for twenty seven years.
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We got some we got some big players, you know, maybe some Vikings coming on
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the show.
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Now I might get to talk to him before I even get a chance to have him on a on a remote
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interview.
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We'll have him on a face to face and get to shake their hands and and tell him about what
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we're about and then let the doors open from there, man.
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It is the floodgates are opening for this network.
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We've had several sponsors reach out to us today and some conversations being started
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there to get this role, and everybody's really excited about all of our Vikings coverage.
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So, man, I'm thrilled.
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And we've had some great conversations I have this week with Rap from Vocal Bike.
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You all know him.
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If you're into if you if you're into Minnesota creator content, you know who Rap is.
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We got some big news coming together with him.
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We haven't finalized it yet, but I'm just gonna say it's Skullfest is September 12 at the
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Crooked Pint, and you're not gonna wanna miss it.
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Yes.
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Alright.
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Yes.
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So any other news in football?
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I've been I've been pretty wrapped up with our own stuff.
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I haven't really paid any attention to anything else.
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Oh, Rogers signed back with the Steelers.
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You
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guys Yeah.
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We do we care about that?
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I mean No.
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I doubt it all.
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Think I said it before.
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A bigger question.
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Were you
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guys were you guys surprised at that?
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No.
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Think so.
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I don't think so.
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Yeah.
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The relationship was there.
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They didn't really make any big moves at the quarterback position in the offseason.
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So I I think it was kind of a tongue in cheek thing.
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You know?
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Maybe maybe he was on the fence whether he was gonna come back or not.
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But
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Well, there's more to say that he's in camp for mini camp and stuff, so that's kinda surprising
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being a veteran like him being in mini camp.
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So
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Well, I think he wants to win.
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You know?
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I I don't think you're coming back to just do it.
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You wanna do it well and, you know, getting together with a team that, you know, they just,
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you know, what did they they ended up just missing out on the playoffs out there, didn't
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they?
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Or were they in the playoffs?
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No.
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Yeah.
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They were they were just just kinda like us.
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First under 500 year, I think.
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And I think that's kinda
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So eight and nine?
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Eight and nine.
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So, I mean, you're right there.
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You think you're looking at at the team, maybe some fresh faces, obviously, a new coaching
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staff.
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You know, what what can happen there.
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But, yeah, I mean, it it is what it is.
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I mean, the man still he ain't got the arm, obviously, that he did when he was 30.
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Right?
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And I think we can attest to this.
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Me being a 40 year old man, now myself, I'm not throwing
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Hold on.
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They made the playoffs last year.
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They did.
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That's what I thought.
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And then They're 10 to seven.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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So the 10 to seven got bounced early.
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Yeah.
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They got their asses handed to them by the Texans.
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That's right.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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How about, how about the Vikings struggling to find a GM?
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Are they struggling?
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Struggling, or are they looking for the per perfect guy?
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Well, I mean, probably you and I talked about now his name's blanking on me, but he refused
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an interview for the GM bot.
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Wonder if that's because there was so many people interviewing, that, he either didn't see
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a path in there, right, or just wasn't gonna throw his name in an already crowded hat, and
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just didn't see it.
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You don't know what's going on in people's personal lives.
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I think there's a lot to say for that.
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I think as a whole, this organization is a good one to work for.
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You know, I guess, Quasi might have, you know, some other, but they also let him take the time
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off that he did last year too.
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That kinda became a a stink as they let him go now.
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That I I think as a whole, they're always voted at the top as far as the players association
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goes, as far as, you know, organizations.
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You know, Steve had nothing but great things to say.
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He's been there for twenty seven years through several other administrations.
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Right?
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So now kinda knowing some people that are in the building that, you know, I I don't think
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that it's a poisonous culture.
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Right?
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It's not a toxic culture here.
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They just haven't got the right guys in the right positions.
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A lot of things that's been being brought up as well is the fact that there may be a
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restructure on the horizon.
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I know that Robby has has interviewing for the GM job, but I wonder if they don't split up the
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player personnel side and, you know, the football operations.
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I don't know what terminology they're going to end up putting on some things, but maybe
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there's a little bit different structure to the top of this.
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And not that it's like a two headed monster, but that it's a, you know, a a little bit of a
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co lead in there that one person is kinda taking care of the, you know, the scouting and
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everything that goes because it's a big job.
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Right?
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To manage all of these people, the whole scouting department and everything, and then
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the general manager's duties extend well beyond the football.
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There's a lot of decisions that are made off of the field that fall on the general manager as
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well.
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So I think splitting up some of those duties isn't terrible.
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You're seeing a lot of teams do that now as well.
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So, and maybe that's it.
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Maybe the guy pulled his name out because he's like, no.
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If I can't be the top top dog all on my own, I'm not interested.
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And Have you guys seen the list?
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Or
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They have put one out there.
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I don't know where to find it.
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Yeah.
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I got I got it.
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The one guy that intrigues me is John McKay, Rams' assistant GM.
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I mean, that kind of ties into KOC.
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But again okay.
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If we start off slow, does John McCain is like, no.
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I want KOC to be my guy next year, you know, and stuff like that.
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Robert, this is
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little bit, b.
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Yeah.
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You bring that up, and let's dig into McCain because I think he's one of the front runners
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out of the 10 names that they've released.
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I think he's one of those because of that relationship and because KOC is in the room for
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these interviews.
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Right?
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Yep.
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So he's obviously having an influence over there.
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I think both I think both him and Flores both have to be in the interview process, I think.
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Oh, you would sure
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think so.
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Percent.
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You would sure think so.
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You know?
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Because, obviously, you saw Flores' imprint on this year's draft.
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Yep.
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Right?
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And I think a lot of these guys are gonna work out.
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Of course, we never know until they actually get out there and do it.
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But, you know, how do you how do you not find someone?
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Because it definitely seemed like with Quasi that he got the input and was like, okay.
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Cool.
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I'm going the other way.
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You know?
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Like, consistently over you're right.
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Like, consistently making decisions that were counterintuitive to the team that was getting
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put on the field.
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So, obviously, you you have some, you know, some friction there.
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And and I think having someone like a McKay who has history out there, it it's really easy to
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put him towards the top of that heap.
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And Yeah.
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I mean, at this point, you kinda have to call him the front runner, I think, because of that.
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And, obviously, they've done a great job kind of restacking that lineup in, Los Angeles year
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after year after year as well.
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It's not like they haven't played up against the cap and have had the same kind of issues
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that a lot of teams have, and they've been able to replenish.
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Puka Nakula, right, like, has become a household name.
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The guy pick too.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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So so the guy that dropped out so the guy that dropped out was Chargers assistant GM Chad
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Alexander.
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He bowed out for the interview and took his name out of the hat.
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So, along with McKay, you have, of course, Przyzinski's gonna interview for the job
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current, intern GM.
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Ray, a age new, line's assistant GM.
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Reed Buchenhardt, broncos GM.
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RJ Gillen, 49 as assistant GM.
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Now I don't know if I wanna go down the 49 around again after we have Prudzinski or not
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Prudzinski, but the past GM.
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Terrence Gray, Bill's assistant GM.
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Kyle Smith, Dolphin's assistant GM, which, you know, there's another guy that I don't know if
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I wanna go down that route because look at how bad the, you know,
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dolphins the fire down there.
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Yeah.
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Dolan Tesselin, Seattle's assistant GM, and Dave Ziegler, the titan's assistant GM.
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So based on the teams, I mean, the broncos GM, the bills GM, of course, the ram's GM, and
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Seattle's GM would be my top three or four.
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Yeah.
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I would say Bill's in Seattle for sure.
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Gothos?
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They you
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know, that dude did work.
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So
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Yeah.
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And, of course, Rob Bazicka, I wanna keep him.
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So, you know, I just wanna make sure if we don't select him as a b o here.
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Right?
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It is that if you do go with someone else because it has been, you know, reported that he
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wants the job.
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If you do go another direction, is it enough to push Rob out the door if there's not a
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restructuring of that?
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Does he just slide back to the position that he was in before and has been in for twenty five
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plus years.
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Right?
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Yep.
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Like, him and Steve Reed are doing the longest tenured people in that office.
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Steve, obviously, a former guest on the scene project sports network.
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If you haven't checked that episode out, Steve is the manager of premium seating and season
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tickets for the Minnesota Vikings.
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He was just the guest on our show last Friday.
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Highly suggest you check that episode out on our YouTube channel here.
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I had nothing but great things to say about Rob.
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And I thought I thought the draft went really well.
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And I don't know how I you know, it wasn't Rob coming in and just making all the calls on his
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own.
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Right?
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But I think it showed you how well they all could work together.
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Right?
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And the if you're going to have a if you're gonna have a restructuring at the top, I think
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you need to bring someone in who has a little bit of history that isn't gonna be causing a
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lot of friction in there, and that's why I think the John McKay almost seems a little bit
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inevitable at this point if he wants that position.
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Right?
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Is he willing to leave an assistant GM to come and be the president of football operations or
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or whatever these two titles may be.
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If they go that route, I think they're gonna have to to keep Rob Brzezinski in the building.
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And I think with what he's done that the wolves aren't the kind of people to just say, well,
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whatever then, Rob.
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See you later.
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Right?
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Like, they have a role.
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They know this man very, very well.
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They wanna keep him in the building, you would assume.
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So to me, that's gonna be the really interesting thing to see what happens here.
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And especially with the draft, by all intents and purposes, for me, I I think that it went
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very well.
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Everyone's gonna have their own opinion on that, but I thought the process was really
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good.
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And whether you get the players right and they make it in the right.
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Like, those things, a lot those are out of the the person's control.
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I thought the process was very good, and it showed a great deal, I think, of communication.
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And this will be some questions that if we get a chance to talk to some guys, probably outside
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of the press conference, right, we're gonna get Thielen and GCJ at the presser next Thursday.
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But, you know, a lot of these players are gonna be around little off the cuff interviews and
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different things that we can get with them.
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There's some questions to be answered.
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And to me, I I hope that a KOC or or some of the other front office people happen to be
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around, and and we can talk about that draft process a little bit because I think it I
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thought it went very smoothly this year.
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We didn't lose any picks because we couldn't get the crowd card in.
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So to me
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No.
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And was in.
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And, you know, I made my feelings known after the first pick and, you know, how, I guess,
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upset I was or thought we'd go somewhere else.
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But listening to everybody and, you know, you guys and, you know, our show last week.
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Hey.
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If Banks is healthy, that was a hell of a pick.
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And I'm hoping that Banks and Orange Citrus in the middle there, if those two picks can pan
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out, I mean, that defense is just gonna remind me of the, what, 1998 defense with the Williams
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wall.
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You can't run off the middle.
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You gotta go around the side, and we got some quick outside guys.
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Yeah.
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That defense
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Randall on that team?
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Like
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Well, yeah.
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And and you got Turner.
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You got Bad Ginkle.
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You know, you you you know, so it's gonna be pretty interesting to see what this defense
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looks like.
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And, you know, and I'm excited, and I think that the draft did go well.
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I will trade my grade from what I had it to probably a b.
24:32
I mean, it was a good draft.
24:34
If Banks comes out and has six sacks as an interior lineman and just looks disruptive,
24:41
that was a home run.
24:43
Maybe the best pick of the draft.
24:45
Rashid?
24:46
You're the best pick.
24:47
You're now you've got a guy
24:50
locked up and pick 18 money for five years.
24:53
That's a fucking stud.
24:56
That's a
24:56
that's a home run.
24:58
I I would say I would say between him and Citrus, if they if they have six sacks combined
25:03
and are disruptive and, you know, Turner and everybody else's stats go up because they have
25:09
to come Have have we gotten six
25:12
stacks from the interior of this line in the last six seasons?
25:17
That's a good question.
25:19
Not that I could recall.
25:21
I mean That is ridiculous.
25:23
Like, combined.
25:24
Like, it has their back.
25:26
Yeah.
25:26
Oh, they might have been combined, but, I mean
25:29
In the last three years, I don't think so.
25:31
In the last
25:31
three three I I've been attention.
25:34
No.
25:34
The the size wise of those the the size of those two people, I mean, they they should
25:39
easily stumble into six sacks as long as they're disruptive off the middle of unhealthy.
25:44
So
25:46
I agree with that.
25:47
I agree with that.
25:49
Yeah.
25:50
That would be huge improvement, man.
25:51
That that's that's game changing plays.
25:54
Right?
25:55
And I think that's what I think what Flores has proven is that he can be disruptive enough as a
26:02
play caller and a play designer to keep teams from scoring.
26:08
But what you lacked in the last few well, definitely last year, right, was that
26:14
disruptive plays.
26:17
Right?
26:17
The place that flipped
26:18
the field that made us so good in 2025 and made Sam Darnold, you know, look look like a golden
26:24
god out there.
26:25
Right?
26:26
Or or maybe a a rusted a a rusted gold god, a rose gold god, if you will.
26:33
That because when you're playing and and you're only the field is only this big, right, and you
26:39
only got a, you know, maybe two or three quick hitting plays, and those short changes are hard
26:43
on as well.
26:45
You're you're you were just out on the field on a long drive.
26:48
Your offense goes out there, turns the ball over in three plays, and, coach, you can speak
26:52
to this.
26:53
Those quick changes can be difficult.
26:55
Right?
26:55
You're not in your right mind.
26:56
You're not prepared to go right back out there.
26:58
It can be hard for a defense to flip that over, on that side of the ball.
27:04
That we just didn't have that last year.
27:08
And on top of that, our defense was on the field because you didn't have the disruptive
27:12
plays.
27:13
They were on the field for long drives.
27:14
Might have kept people from scoring in the end, held teams to a lot of field goals, but you're
27:20
still out there for 65, 70 plays a game, man.
27:22
Like, everybody gets tired.
27:24
I I don't care who you are or the shape that you're in and especially as you get towards the
27:29
end of the season.
27:30
And that really comes back to the offense and the lack of running game that we had for most
27:34
of the year as well.
27:36
So, you know what?
27:37
I think that having some dogs out there, don't count out Jacoby Thomas and the young man from
27:46
Cincinnati.
27:47
His name's evading me right now.
27:50
Gallaudet, the linebacker.
27:51
Gallaudet.
27:52
Yeah.
27:53
Don't don't count them out of being disruptors as well.
27:58
No.
27:59
I I would say right now, Noah Flores, you know, he's probably designed to play in his sleep,
28:05
playtime.
28:06
You know, I I would say our first two units are probably gonna get a good chunk of the playing
28:13
time between week one and at least week nine to see who's all in there, and then he might dial
28:20
it back.
28:21
But if things are going good, why dial it back?
28:23
Just keep the same rotation.
28:24
Just keep it going the way it's going.
28:26
So but, yeah, it'll be interesting to it'll be interesting to be in Flores' mind right now to
28:31
see what he's kinda concocting with this roster that he has.
28:35
There's been so much talk about the quarterback competition.
28:39
Right?
28:39
I feel bad I feel bad for whoever is taking first team reps against that first team
28:45
defense.
28:46
Right?
28:46
Like, I I would almost prefer to be taking the second team reps in training camp at this point
28:54
because you might actually have a chance to look a little bit better.
28:57
I mean, I know they're not hitting each other and everything, but they're it's gonna be a
29:01
problem.
29:02
I I Yeah.
29:03
Yes and no on that.
29:04
But, again, if you wanna prove that you're a starter here, you wanna go up against the best.
29:08
So if Minnesota's gonna have a good defense, I wanna be I wanna be out there against them.
29:13
I mean
29:14
more noise.
29:14
It's gonna be fan noise.
29:15
Right?
29:16
If Kyler or JJ, whoever's taking those reps are going out and throwing picks and not being able
29:21
to get the
29:21
ball out and just not looking good, the noise is gonna be there.
29:25
It's not gonna be, man, the defense looks good.
29:28
It's gonna be, man, this QB looks like trash.
29:30
Yeah.
29:31
Which is making our defense look good.
29:32
That's how it was last year, though, throughout training camp and mini camp, all that.
29:38
I mean, we were getting reports of, people were iffy about McCarthy,
29:44
you know, from the start,
29:45
and he was throwing picks left and right.
29:46
So, I'm excited to see which quarterback comes out.
29:50
I mean, if you can come if you can perform against our defense consistently, you'll be
29:54
alright.
29:55
Yep.
30:00
Sorry.
30:00
I'm playing with my cat.
30:01
She won't she
30:02
won't No.
30:03
You're Cody, you're right.
30:04
I mean, you're the one attention.
30:05
You got the most knowledge on the sidelines.
30:07
They're the me, Bubba, combined even if we play Madden.
30:11
But you have to you know, you know what you're talking about.
30:15
Very
30:15
good.
30:16
And we got a news for you fellas.
30:19
You guys are gonna have to pick up my slack on May 28 at for the unreal softball tournament.
30:26
And and May 30, actually, I'm just happened.
30:32
I guess we're going to Florida for a week, so I'll be doing next week's show in Florida.
30:38
So
30:40
I get you credentials to two big events, and you're like, peace out.
30:44
I'm going on vacation.
30:45
It's just it literally just happened.
30:48
Like
30:49
You're fired.
30:50
Uh-oh.
30:52
Well, that's a that's a busy guy, so I guess I will
30:57
Give me credentials.
30:58
Give me in.
30:59
I wanna beat the Vikings.
31:00
I'm going to Florida.
31:01
Well, okay, Cody.
31:02
Well, we'll find somebody else.
31:04
I'm calling Shady.
31:05
We'll bring Shady in.
31:07
He don't know I got a job for Cody.
31:11
Whatever.
31:12
Bring pods in from Cali.
31:14
What is the place about?
31:15
No.
31:15
But it literally last moment, it just worked out for the both of us.
31:20
So Good.
31:21
Gonna take advantage
31:21
of Good for you, man.
31:22
I mean, you gotta get that is it business or pleasure down there?
31:26
Pleasure.
31:27
Pleasure.
31:27
Thank you.
31:28
No.
31:28
Be fine.
31:30
No.
31:30
We're done.
31:31
We're done.
31:34
Vikings United are looking for a new senior analyst out there.
31:39
Cody's apparently too busy for us.
31:44
Oh, no.
31:46
I'm just playing.
31:47
You know we love you, man.
31:48
Yeah.
31:49
You you need that type of one, bud.
31:50
If anyone on this team deserves a vacation, brother, it is you.
31:54
But I am definitely seeing if we can get a name changed and and get somebody else in that wants
32:00
to come in and hang out and meet some Vikings players.
32:03
Yes.
32:04
Please do.
32:04
I don't want that I don't want that, credential to go to waste.
32:08
There you go.
32:09
There you go.
32:09
Well, maybe we'll, hook up one of our sponsors.
32:12
Bet.
32:12
Bet.
32:13
Bet.
32:15
That's funny.
32:17
That's funny.
32:17
We finally get something big to happen.
32:21
And Cody's like, yeah.
32:23
I'm taking a vacay.
32:25
That's hilarious.
32:29
Yeah.
32:30
Oh, could've got him a job with the Minnesota Monsters too, but no.
32:34
He don't nope.
32:35
I know it.
32:36
Lord of sunshine calling his name.
32:40
What about that opens up?
32:42
I mean, how long of a time would it be?
32:44
You're gonna be there.
32:44
Wonder boy doing?
32:45
Hey, kid.
32:46
You wanna go meet some Vikings players next Thursday and then go up and take in a Minnesota
32:51
Monsters game?
32:52
He's Jeff He doesn't even know who Jeff Fisher is probably, but
32:57
No.
32:57
He's
32:57
like, no.
32:58
I'd rather No.
32:58
He'll be on a school that day.
33:00
What day?
33:01
May 20.
33:02
No.
33:02
You won't be as full still.
33:04
Hey.
33:04
You know what?
33:04
Get him in here.
33:05
Let let's give him a little trial run.
33:07
Get in here, son.
33:08
What do you know about Vikings football?
33:11
You ever played ball?
33:12
No.
33:13
He he he never picked up a game of football.
33:16
He he likes Jefferson, and he likes Addison.
33:19
So
33:20
Oh, you like Addison?
33:21
Get out of here.
33:23
Take a walk.
33:24
Go take Can't help, but that's the first draft pick he remembers.
33:29
Right.
33:30
Right.
33:31
No.
33:31
We'll we'll find we'll find a replacement somehow.
33:33
I you know?
33:34
And Yeah.
33:35
I gotta
33:36
figure out if I can, if I can change the names on the credentials and everything after the
33:39
fact.
33:40
No.
33:40
I'm not.
33:40
I'll go solo.
33:41
Transferable, and they're very picky about that too.
33:44
I know.
33:45
I saw that.
33:45
Yeah.
33:46
Yeah.
33:46
So we don't we don't have anybody that could take your spot, coach.
33:49
So we don't, you know, we're kinda stuck here, but
33:51
that's all.
33:52
For now.
33:53
Yeah.
33:53
For now.
33:54
For now.
33:55
That's right.
33:55
Good key point there for now.
33:57
We could never get rid of you, man.
34:00
No.
34:00
Not not unless you leave us to go into, you know, bigger and better things, which we know
34:08
are on the horizon for you.
34:09
I don't know if you've announced it officially yet, but know you got some bright future plans.
34:15
You got a big trial coming up.
34:17
Right?
34:17
Yeah.
34:18
Yep.
34:19
May 23, this Saturday, actually, 5PM to 7PM at the Toka Soccer Center in Burnsville, calling
34:27
all dogs.
34:29
You know, we got we got a lot of spots open from last year.
34:34
Some returning players, most of them moved up to higher leagues and are actually playing
34:40
right now.
34:41
So, yeah, I mean, this is a huge opportunity for someone to come in, fill those shoes, and
34:49
get their opportunity to move up.
34:51
So with those players that moved up, are they not allowed to play with you if their season
34:56
ends?
34:57
Or
34:58
Well, if their season ends or they get caught or something like that, then, yeah.
35:03
But, I would have to look into their league rules.
35:07
Okay.
35:08
I I just I feel like if they're under contract for one team, it'd be conflict of interest.
35:15
So
35:15
So going going into this draft, year two for you, coach.
35:19
You said you got some holes to fill.
35:21
Is there some glaring needs that you're looking at in these players that wanna come out?
35:28
Or is it, like, a special tendency or or gift that this player needs to be with the bears?
35:34
Or what what are you going and looking at, you and your coaching staff?
35:37
Man, honestly, everything's wide open.
35:42
You know, we
35:44
I I can't I can't literally, point out one position just because we need depth and
35:50
everything, but, I just want, dogs.
35:54
I want people who are really about it, You know, people that with communication skills, if
36:01
you can't make it, you can't make it, but I gotta know about it.
36:03
That way I can plan ahead.
36:05
I need good teammates, good good character on and off the field.
36:12
You know, it's just the way you carry yourself will take you further than you think.
36:18
And, so I'd we just we just want some more players, football players that wanna elevate,
36:24
and we're gonna do everything we can to, make that happen.
36:28
So far, we have a great track record, so we're gonna keep it going.
36:32
And then and then speaking of, you said the commitment.
36:34
Do you have the schedule laid out for them at the camp so they can see what days that they
36:40
are gonna be traveling to wherever, or is that still up in the air?
36:44
That's still up in the air.
36:46
We're actually gonna have a lead call next month with all head coaches and owners of all
36:54
10 teams, and then we'll go over the schedule.
36:57
But I will have practice days, times, locations, yeah, what days and times we have
37:06
our Zooms, and, we're gonna we're gonna have a second tryout.
37:11
I just gotta, coordinate a couple dates for that.
37:14
Okay.
37:15
Gotta get back from Florida first and then
37:18
get a hold of that.
37:19
Yeah.
37:19
Yeah.
37:19
I'll reach out.
37:20
I'm gonna take
37:21
a look.
37:21
Unless my schedule gets full, me and the kid, because he asked me where we're going.
37:27
So as long as my schedule is free, I get off work, come pick him up, come pick up some my
37:34
tablet and stuff, and we'll be out there to do some interviews.
37:37
And maybe, you know, if you and your owner are permitted us, maybe we could get some footage
37:43
of the tryouts so we could post them here with Bubba of Vikings United.
37:48
But I definitely plan on being there to gather some interviews and all that fun stuff to
37:54
prepare me for my debut of I gotta
37:57
I gotta check my schedule on Saturday.
38:00
I might be taking a surprise vacation that day.
38:04
We'll we'll see.
38:07
Danielle probably graduated from her fourth university in in three months.
38:11
So
38:14
No.
38:14
Wait.
38:15
I that'd be great, man.
38:16
I'd love to set up a stream and run it out here.
38:18
We can connect.
38:19
Hopefully, the Internet's decent out there.
38:22
We can get some footage, maybe get some interviews live while everybody's there.
38:26
So, yeah, as long as your tablet can hold a charge, we will we will go live all all two
38:32
hours.
38:32
I'll make I'll make sure I have an extension cord or something with me and and stuff like
38:37
that.
38:37
But, yeah, I definitely plan on being ready to go.
38:41
Cord extension cord so we can stay on the field
38:44
and Right.
38:46
Well, I got my cell phone and stuff like that.
38:48
We'll we'll we'll we'll make it work.
38:50
It might be it might be an amateur production, but we'll definitely learn from this process.
38:56
But it'll be a production.
38:58
It'll be a production.
38:59
Gotta start somewhere.
39:01
You already know.
39:02
Get that foot in the door.
39:04
Yeah.
39:04
We'll, we'll definitely get chop it up and get together, tomorrow or something and figure out
39:11
a couple returning players that we can
39:14
I'm gonna say, how many returning players do you have?
39:16
I mean, actually, what I should shoulda asked is, are all thoughts then he walks away at
39:22
okay.
39:23
No.
39:24
So right now, you had, what, 20 some players last year?
39:31
Yeah.
39:32
Probably.
39:32
Probably 30.
39:33
I'd say 30.
39:34
Okay.
39:35
How many are returning?
39:37
As of right now,
39:41
12.
39:43
Okay.
39:43
So you got about half the team half the team open?
39:46
Yep.
39:47
Yep.
39:47
And about eight of those the other half, they're up in other leagues right now and or
39:54
haven't given me an answer yet.
39:56
So
39:56
Okay.
39:57
Gotcha.
39:59
Gotcha.
40:00
No.
40:00
I I I'm are you happy to be back with the bears?
40:03
I know there's little differences last year.
40:06
But
40:07
Yeah.
40:08
I mean, I had I had three options.
40:13
You know, I can go back to the Wyoming cavalry or go down to Nebraska, moving up another
40:23
league, to coach the Nebraska siege, and that was gonna be my first one.
40:30
I promoted it.
40:31
I was gonna go down to tryouts.
40:33
But, I mean, I just I gotta I get I gotta be paid for my time and for my efforts, and, it
40:42
was just it wasn't paid, and they wanted me to move down there, and that was just not in the
40:47
cards.
40:47
So I figured, you know, I can always just come back to the bears and, and then go to the
40:55
Wyoming cavalry again next year.
40:57
So, I mean, it is what it is.
41:01
There's always gonna be other opportunities, so I will just wait for the next one.
41:05
Nope.
41:06
Yeah.
41:06
Like, like, beach vacation.
41:10
I am I'm I'm not gonna let you live this down, dude.
41:14
You guys are always throwing stuff in there.
41:15
Hey.
41:16
Get us in.
41:16
Hey.
41:16
Give me that.
41:17
Hey.
41:17
Give me this.
41:18
I deliver.
41:19
I've done nothing but deliver for you, coach.
41:21
You wanted to I got it.
41:23
I did drop the ball on the coffee, but I have some to bring up with me for this trip.
41:26
Turns out you're not gonna get any now.
41:28
So
41:29
Why he can sweep it?
41:30
He he could sweep through Cannon Falls and drop it off a bike.
41:33
At
41:34
his house when we drive by.
41:39
Get them
41:39
when you get home.
41:42
No.
41:42
Yeah.
41:42
No.
41:43
See you guys.
41:45
You you do anywhere.
41:46
You do you do amazing work.
41:48
I'm not You do a little bit of work.
41:50
Hey.
41:51
I appreciate that, fellas.
41:52
I pray now if we
41:53
can get Promotor and
41:54
sponsorships, man.
41:55
We'll have something going on.
41:57
I can actually make it to some of these opportunities.
41:59
You you got you got my vote for promoter of the year.
42:03
So Yeah.
42:04
I I just
42:06
I was very fortunate.
42:07
So when I started when I was kinda firing the band back up and doing things, I figured out
42:12
how to get on the local news stations and kinda, like, the inner workings of some of
42:16
these offices.
42:17
Right?
42:18
And it it's kinda led us here to where I I kinda know the if I don't know the people, I
42:26
know the office to call.
42:28
Right?
42:29
Like, I know what office in an organization handles that sort of thing.
42:33
So I I know where to go looking.
42:35
And with the Saint Paul Saints, I was already reaching out to that team for our baseball
42:39
show.
42:40
Right?
42:40
I was reaching out to them for seven eight nine coverage.
42:42
I was already in there.
42:43
So once I found out it was at CHS Field, I was like, okay.
42:46
Well, they would at least know.
42:48
Right?
42:49
I don't know anyone at the Thielen Foundation.
42:50
I don't know anyone there.
42:52
I don't know though it's not really an official Vikings thing.
42:56
Right?
42:57
I'm sure they're kicking in some some money or whatever
43:00
to support.
43:01
Right?
43:02
They're not they're not gonna leave their players, the next players out there.
43:05
So they're involved, but it's not necessarily their thing.
43:07
So, yeah, I was just very fortunate to kinda have a few connections with the Saint Paul
43:12
Saints, front office already through LinkedIn and, you know, social media platform for
43:17
business, specifically.
43:19
Right?
43:20
And, yeah, being able to kinda cut through the noise.
43:22
The fact of the matter is is that we have a good product, and it's presented very well.
43:26
Right?
43:27
And and when we have all of our pages and our things are together, we're rolling out
43:31
consistent content all the time.
43:33
That's what matters.
43:34
Your follower counts don't matter.
43:36
There's nobody following these pages on LinkedIn.
43:39
But the fact that we are there, everything's professional, everything's consistent, and it's
43:43
coherent.
43:44
It's obvious that the Scene Projects Sports Network is part of this larger network that is
43:49
the Scene Projects.
43:50
It's attached to Operation Combating Veteran Suicide.
43:53
We are out here doing things, and the followers to people the people you think care about those
43:59
things could care less.
44:02
Like, it
44:03
it just doesn't matter.
44:04
The NFL credential's a little bit different.
44:06
They like they like a base that's a little bit higher.
44:09
I I've seen some of their stuff, you know, some requirements on there.
44:13
But there's ways to get around that too.
44:14
Right?
44:14
If you know somebody that's willing to vouch for you and to say, hey.
44:18
You know, like, that's he's our guy, you know, then then it doesn't matter.
44:22
So that's where we've been out here focusing on relationships, not just with other creators and
44:27
fans, but with, you know, with people like like this, man.
44:32
I mean, this we're gonna be there.
44:34
Well, some of us are gonna be there.
44:35
And I and the the thing is is you can't be told no or yes unless you're gonna be able to help.
44:42
Brown from now on when he gets back and he's all tanned up and shit.
44:46
But but the thing is is, you know, you gotta take those chances and you can't be told no or
44:51
yes if you don't throw your name in the hat.
44:53
Right.
44:53
So, I mean, the worst thing they could say is, no.
44:55
We're not interested.
44:56
Okay.
44:57
We move on.
44:58
They say, yes.
44:59
We're interested.
44:59
Hey.
45:00
Come on down.
45:00
You will get your credentials.
45:01
Okay.
45:02
Now we're gonna foot the door for another, you know, thing down the road tied into the Vikings
45:07
or the Saints.
45:08
So I
45:08
forget who I was talking to, but she would kind of related it like, you know you know, that guy
45:15
that's willing to go get told no by a 100 women Yep.
45:18
Is gonna get laid every time he goes out.
45:21
Right?
45:21
Like, now you can question his ethics,
45:25
the fact that he's willing
45:26
to go out there and maybe his his taste a little bit, but he's going to get the job done.
45:32
Somebody is gonna say yes eventually.
45:34
And just like you said, you miss a 100% of the swings you don't take.
45:38
Right?
45:38
You miss a 100% of the shots you don't take.
45:40
You're never gonna hit a home run if you don't swing the bat.
45:42
Whatever sports analogy you wanna insert here, right, that you have to knock on the doors.
45:48
And, man, when I was twenty twenty, 21 years old, I was selling magazines on a traveling
45:56
road crew going door to door of neighborhoods I'd never been to selling overpriced magazine
46:02
subscriptions to people.
46:03
I didn't sell a lot because most of people that did were liars.
46:07
Just fucking oh, I'm doing it for my high school thing.
46:11
And I'm like, bro, I'm 20.
46:12
Nobody is believing I'm in high school right now.
46:14
What the fuck are you talking about?
46:15
You have
46:16
a you have a full grown ass man beard.
46:19
That's fucking they look like b, and
46:21
he's out there.
46:21
Yeah.
46:22
We're doing it for our school fundraiser.
46:28
So I did not last long at that time.
46:30
So you think I can't pass for a high school kid anymore?
46:32
Jesus.
46:34
I
46:35
mean, I went to high school with some guys that kinda looked like you, but that wasn't I mean,
46:40
it just just wild, man.
46:41
So I didn't last long at the job, but it taught me a lot of, you just what you said.
46:47
Right?
46:47
And it's energy.
46:48
Like, the best days that I had there, I was just I felt good.
46:52
Right?
46:53
Like, got an early few sales in the day, and then you're, like, running from door to door,
46:57
and you're excited and you're like, look.
46:59
I'm gonna win this thing.
47:00
You know?
47:00
But it it's it's hard, man.
47:02
It's hard, especially when you're living out on the road.
47:04
And, you know, I was thousands of miles away from my family.
47:07
I wasn't particularly in a good headspace either.
47:10
Hard to do sales if you're not feeling confident and you're not feeling, you know,
47:14
your your best every day, but, that has now that experience, which I've always carried with
47:22
me.
47:22
Right?
47:23
Like, playing music on the street busking for freaking pesos in Mexico, right, where I was
47:29
just like, I'm here, and I'm a be me, and I'm gonna do what I do.
47:32
I'm a put a smile on.
47:33
I'm gonna try to be friendly.
47:35
And and, you know, so many of these lessons I learned in this hard ass life that I've been
47:40
I've been living.
47:42
Granted, the last six years have been very, very well, you know, living here in Tyndall
47:47
with my wife and my beautiful children.
47:49
But before that, it wasn't all roses, man.
47:52
And anybody who knows any of my story, man, it ain't been easy.
47:55
Addiction, prison, you know, being on the run, living with, you know, you know, demons, living
48:03
with things over your head.
48:06
That that stress that I experienced in those moments and and everything that I've gone
48:11
through have finally prepared me for these moments where I don't get I mean, I lie.
48:17
I would lie.
48:19
When I was interviewing Chris Carter and Ronda Barber in that presser with sir Nick Faldo,
48:24
Brother, I was sweating freaking bullets under there, man.
48:26
I didn't have pit sweat like that in a long like, it was hot out that day too, but I was
48:31
just just rolling, man.
48:32
Just rolling.
48:33
Yeah.
48:33
Because you know and and then what had happened?
48:35
What happened?
48:36
Of course, I said something stupid.
48:37
Right?
48:37
I called The Open, one of the other major tournaments, and Sertig Faldo's, like like,
48:42
grabbed the mic from one of the other guys.
48:44
It was like, the other.
48:46
Like, how dare you insult me and my country
48:51
and the birthplace of salt,
48:53
you little son of a and I'm I'm just laughing.
48:56
Like, what can you do but laugh?
48:57
Everybody in the room's laughing.
48:59
My wife's ribbing me.
49:00
Danielle's in there.
49:01
Like, they're laughing at you.
49:02
And I was like, man, the man's a literal knight.
49:05
Right?
49:05
He is surf for a reason.
49:08
World number one golfer ninety two weeks in a row or something.
49:13
I I earned it.
49:14
Right?
49:15
And it's a moment I'll never forget.
49:17
I was so happy that I had the cameras rolling in that presser, and now that moment is just
49:22
immortalized forever on our YouTube channel.
49:25
Like, I I don't mind.
49:26
I don't mind.
49:27
I'm not afraid to say something stupid.
49:29
Right?
49:29
Like, I've been saying stupid shit literally my entire life.
49:33
So to to have it become a piece of good content at this point is almost a blessing.
49:40
Right?
49:40
Like, the moment we get that goes viral is me making an ass of myself.
49:45
So I'm here for that.
49:48
It's probably after next Thursday, and coach is gonna miss it.
49:51
Watch me crash out when Steve pops up and calls me short round.
50:02
Alright.
50:03
Throwing it out there, guys.
50:04
We are we are open.
50:06
We got some sponsorship opportunities for our Vikings coverage.
50:09
We are gonna be doing some really cool stuff.
50:12
We mentioned we're gonna be at the Unreal Celebrity softball game, Adam Thielen's
50:16
foundation, CJ Hamm's foundation, the Minnesota offense, the Minnesota defense squaring off
50:22
against one another will be there.
50:24
Credentialed media for the event.
50:26
Really looking forward to that one.
50:28
And then we're gonna be covering this team all season long, not just with the in studio show
50:34
here, but we'll be out.
50:36
Still waiting for confirmation of the VWO tailgate, but I don't see that being a big
50:40
hurdle that we can't overcome.
50:42
We're gonna be doing a live pregame from the VWO tailgate.
50:46
We're gonna be connecting with other creators like rap from the vocal Vik, lots of other
50:51
creators that we're connecting with.
50:53
We will be at Skullfest.
50:55
Regardless, we're gonna be there.
50:57
What we end up doing there, I will know by the end of the week.
51:00
We will definitely let you all know next Tuesday.
51:03
Probably a big announcement on both of our channels.
51:06
Hope we get a chance next week to bring in wrap, talk about everything at that point.
51:11
I mean, big things happening.
51:13
This team is trending upwards.
51:15
The draft is coming in 2028.
51:17
Like, everything right now is building towards this network being a part of Vikings culture,
51:24
And, I'm here for it, boys.
51:26
I am definitely here for it.
51:28
I am proud of this team that we've assembled, and I'm really looking forward to, you know,
51:32
what what we do in the future because the it's bright.
51:37
No.
51:38
I can't wait.
51:38
I'm excited to be part of everything and, you know, I'm proud to be part of somebody that is
51:45
willing to throw darts out there every chance you get.
51:49
And if you say no, you're not afraid of, you know, step away and say, okay.
51:54
Let's rethink this.
51:55
Nope.
51:55
We're gonna hit the next one up.
51:56
So Yeah.
51:58
No.
51:59
I'm I knew it from the start when you first called me about this whole idea and just
52:04
starting with the Minnesota Vikings pregame show, branching off to the Vikings United seven
52:10
eight nine, the scratch project.
52:13
And and just from that first conversation, I knew it was gonna be something special.
52:18
And we're just getting started, and I'm just enjoying the journey.
52:22
So let's let's enjoy the ride, fellas.
52:26
Yeah.
52:26
He's enjoying it so much.
52:27
He's bailing out before we get our biggest moment.
52:32
Hey.
52:32
I gotta get it in now.
52:34
I gotta get it in now.
52:36
I know you do.
52:37
I brother, I I'm just I'm giving you shit.
52:39
I'm proud of you, like I said.
52:40
Nobody nobody on this planet deserves a a nice chill vacation more than you do.
52:46
You have put in the work diligently for, I mean, for nothing, man.
52:51
You you ain't been out here chasing dollars.
52:53
You've been chasing your destiny.
52:55
And it's been beautiful to watch.
52:57
I I was so proud to have you and still am to have you as part of this network to bring you
53:03
in after meeting you last year up at the Grand Casino, speaking of which, I gotta give them a
53:07
call, see if we can get on their on their golf course, May 29.
53:11
I got an off day.
53:13
And to bring you into this, like, you this this show specifically really doesn't work without
53:21
you because you are kind of our ace in the hole.
53:24
Right?
53:24
We you you bring that on the field, the coach's angle, the the senior analyst, you know,
53:31
whatever we wanna call you.
53:32
Right?
53:32
Like, you you bring something special that a lot of other creators don't have.
53:37
A lot of us are just fans, maybe know the game a little bit from the outside, maybe some guys
53:42
played in high school, whatever.
53:44
Very few, if any of them, are actively in coaching, coaching in different leagues, and
53:50
and in the system and really have their finger on the pulse of of football like you do.
53:57
So, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to you.
54:00
That's why I granted you the vacation time next week
54:03
and let you off the hook.
54:05
I appreciate that.
54:06
I I really do.
54:07
It's been a blast.
54:09
So
54:10
Yep.
54:10
You missed two weeks in a row of Vikings United, though.
54:13
You got a pink slip waiting.
54:14
I'm just letting you know.
54:15
Yep.
54:15
Yep.
54:16
Fair enough.
54:17
Fair enough.
54:17
I'm just gonna let you know if you could do that.
54:19
You know, Cody, for you to, you know, you would give me time on the other network, you know, to
54:25
do a coaches show and, you know, I know we weren't consistent on there because of our
54:29
schedules and stuff, but, you know, it it is, you know, truly a blessing to be able to
54:34
pretend.
54:36
I mean, I guess I could stop using the word pretend come next week, but being a part of the
54:40
media and doing interviews with you, your players, your other coaches, Definitely, it's
54:47
been a fun time.
54:48
So we got something good going on.
54:50
To get some tears out of b next week.
54:53
Like, he's got a lanyard on the first time and, like, I made it, coach.
54:57
I made it.
54:58
This will be this will be me, Kyle and Mike.
55:01
We're a short round.
55:04
This is definitely gonna be a good moment for me.
55:07
Yeah.
55:08
It it it probably, I will probably have to fight back a little bit of tears, but It's
55:14
good.
55:14
Wonderful.
55:16
The the only other moment I could say that was a blessing that I never thought I'd be able to
55:20
do was meet boys to men.
55:23
I got VIP passes, boys to men.
55:27
Oh, yeah.
55:28
Yeah.
55:28
I got to meet them a few years ago.
55:31
We went to my first show and they they were selling VIP packages and I turned to my wife
55:38
and she knew I loved them.
55:40
She's like, well, go see how much they are.
55:42
At the time, they were only taking credit card and I I I forgot what it was.
55:47
I went back, I was like, no, we're good.
55:49
She's like, no, you wanna go see them?
55:51
So we ended up getting passes to meet them.
55:55
So, you know, this will rank up there.
55:56
It's probably a good moment for me.
55:58
So
55:59
Grown grown ass man, 300 up there just fucking balling.
56:04
Like, I can't believe
56:05
I'm meeting you guys right now.
56:07
Hey.
56:08
No.
56:08
It it was it was emotional.
56:10
That's gonna be my that's my background page, and I haven't changed this since.
56:16
So
56:17
That's awesome, b.
56:18
I love it.
56:18
Well, I'm glad that I could make this you know, I didn't do it by myself.
56:22
Right?
56:23
What we built together made this happen.
56:25
Right?
56:25
So so you made this happen.
56:27
I better been the one who found my way through that, but we I never feel confident to do that
56:33
if we're not if we're not doing what we're doing right now.
56:36
Right?
56:37
Consistently showing up every week, rain, snow, or shine.
56:41
Like, if I'm here or not, you guys are doing it.
56:43
We have the producers.
56:44
I'm just I'm surprised at how quick it would took being that it's a week away.
56:48
They're I mean, they're still giving them all.
56:50
So that that's that's kind of impressive on their part, you know, because I was I didn't
56:54
realize they had announced this back in, like, March.
56:56
I was like, damn.
56:57
They announced this finally.
57:00
I'm I missed the announcement too.
57:02
You know?
57:03
So
57:03
Well, maybe that was part of the problem is that they didn't really do very well on the
57:07
press release.
57:07
Well and, you know, Adam doesn't play here anymore.
57:10
That probably has a little bit to do.
57:11
CJ's officially retired now.
57:13
Maybe it was something that was already on the books and everything.
57:16
And yeah.
57:16
I mean, hey.
57:17
We're happy to get out and spread the word for him.
57:19
Right?
57:20
Let people
57:20
go.
57:21
Yeah.
57:22
I gotta find somewhere to put my kids for that weekend, but we'll figure that out.
57:26
I'll leave them in a ditch somewhere.
57:27
They'll be fine.
57:29
They're they're tough kids, man.
57:32
They're they're resilient.
57:33
They'll eat bugs or something.
57:34
I don't know.
57:35
They'll they'll eat bugs anyway, probably when I'm not looking.
57:38
So it's cool.
57:39
Cool.
57:41
Alright.
57:41
Well, I'll
57:42
leave you know what?
57:43
I just got it.
57:44
I know somebody that's gonna be out of town in Cannon Falls.
57:46
I'll just leave them at their house.
57:48
Exactly.
57:51
They can house it.
57:53
Oh,
57:58
shit.
57:58
Oh, too fun, man.
58:00
I I can't like, I'm I'm almost in disbelief myself, fellas, where it's like, was it really,
58:05
like, that easy?
58:06
Well,
58:08
that's that's what that's why I'm just, like, shocked too.
58:11
You know, when I sent you the message, I'm just like, press release, you know, press passes.
58:16
I'm just like, well, don't think we could it.
58:18
Half joking, but there was also the other half that's like, I bet he can do it.
58:22
Well, no.
58:23
I I I said to you guys a joke, and I figured you would go and reach out.
58:27
And then I started thinking about it, like, well, that's a week away.
58:30
They probably got everything already set up.
58:31
They're gonna tell them no maybe next year or something like that or hey we know it for this
58:37
but we got something else coming up that you might be interested in.
58:40
Right.
58:40
And and then when you said that you know I got the paperwork just need your information I'm
58:44
just like what?
58:47
So Yeah.
58:48
Well, Yeah.
58:49
At that point, I didn't have it yet, but I had to input everybody's information into the form
58:54
first.
58:55
That's what kinda pissed at Cody because I can't go back and, like, do it.
58:59
I'm a call the chick tomorrow and be like, hey.
59:00
Can I change one of those names?
59:02
Yeah.
59:02
Somebody's right.
59:03
Yeah.
59:04
We had to fire that guy.
59:05
Sorry.
59:06
But,
59:09
I mean, we can we can
59:10
run this thing we can run this thing by ourselves, man.
59:13
It ain't no big deal.
59:14
We got the camera.
59:15
We got Danielle.
59:16
I'll teach her how to run the stream behind the thing.
59:19
I'm serious.
59:20
Like, rap brought up a good point when I was talking to him today.
59:22
He's like, are you gonna broadcast it?
59:23
And I was like, oh, I didn't even think about that.
59:26
Broadcast what?
59:27
I I assumed partly that maybe they had someone, but how would they have a broadcast partner for
59:33
a charity tournament?
59:34
Right?
59:35
Right.
59:35
They do.
59:36
Have something to reach out and find out.
59:37
I mean
59:38
It may be us turning a camera on the field and and me and me doing ESP or, you know, radio
59:44
broadcast style from behind the
59:47
I'm telling you right now.
59:47
I am keeping stats.
59:49
I I am keeping stats.
59:51
So I I will have that in my record me?
59:54
You got a softball baseball book?
59:56
I will go buy one.
59:58
But I will
59:59
Just in case because, yeah, I kinda want all of this stuff now.
1:00:02
So, yeah, record
1:00:02
I will have a a matter of fact, I probably my closet behind me, I probably got Minnesota
1:00:10
Twins scorecards from when we got a big bang in good news last year from a Twins personnel
1:00:17
person.
1:00:18
So I might use them.
1:00:19
If not, I'll go buy I'll go buy me a book.
1:00:21
Let's hope.
1:00:22
Yeah.
1:00:23
You guys do that.
1:00:23
Everybody to autograph that shit.
1:00:26
If you guys do that, I'll hop on live, and I'll help comment.
1:00:29
No.
1:00:29
You're you're too busy.
1:00:30
No.
1:00:30
You're gone.
1:00:31
You're You're busy.
1:00:31
Yeah.
1:00:32
You're busy on
1:00:32
the beach.
1:00:33
Yeah.
1:00:33
You know what
1:00:33
I mean?
1:00:34
You're gonna be you're gonna be margaritas and, you know, and yeah.
1:00:39
And and eat up the sun.
1:00:40
Leave leave the media stuff to us guys that are gonna be there.
1:00:44
Yeah.
1:00:45
There's no football being played anyway.
1:00:46
We know you don't know anything about softball.
1:00:49
Right.
1:00:51
Right.
1:00:52
Alright, fellas.
1:00:53
Well Yeah.
1:00:54
Get do your thing.
1:00:55
We're probably gonna end the stream here anyway.
1:00:58
Just wanted to jump on, stay consistent as we all have.
1:01:02
Coach, I'm happy for you getting to take your vacation.
1:01:05
We you will be there with us in spirit.
1:01:08
You know, we'll we'll carry your name with us.
1:01:10
Maybe we'll get a little figurine, a little short round short round.
1:01:13
And we'll we'll bring that with us.
1:01:16
Like, this can we get a can we get the lanyard for him?
1:01:19
Probably You you know what's funny is that you'll probably still have a pass that we're
1:01:22
gonna end up having to pick up.
1:01:24
Like, I need your ID, though.
1:01:25
And and I'm gonna find we're just gonna find some other kinda half Mexican Asian looking
1:01:30
dude.
1:01:30
We'll just well, we used your ID.
1:01:34
Right?
1:01:36
Oh, I fucking love you, Cody.
1:01:39
I love it.
1:01:39
I'm happy for you, man.
1:01:41
I'm glad you get to go take a vacay.
1:01:43
You earned it.
1:01:44
Be good down there in Florida.
1:01:46
Bee, I can't wait to meet you in person, man.
1:01:49
Can't wait.
1:01:50
Really awesome to be to be there with you, calling this game, and doing our thing.
1:01:54
What are you looking forward to the most with that tournament?
1:02:00
I mean, is it the opportunity to maybe, you know, interview some of these guys?
1:02:04
Oh, yeah.
1:02:05
Happy to be in the stadium?
1:02:07
It it's it's it's all that.
1:02:09
It's limited dream of being a sports media person now.
1:02:13
I mean, you know, I'm too big and fat to out of shape to play the sport, but, you know, I love
1:02:18
playing softball, baseball, football, you know, just to be able to rub elbows with these guys.
1:02:24
And like you said, to get in the door to, you know, possibly ask Adam Thielen or CJ Hamm, you
1:02:30
know, a question on how this tournament started or, you know, what is their goals down the road
1:02:35
for this tournament.
1:02:36
You know, I mean, I'm not gonna ask them about football if they're gonna come back or not
1:02:40
because they probably get peppered with that, you know, especially Harrison Smith all the
1:02:46
time, you know, because he hasn't officially retired yet.
1:02:48
He's coming back are done.
1:02:50
Yeah.
1:02:50
These
1:02:51
guys are done done.
1:02:52
Well, I don't know.
1:02:53
I mean, they haven't well, I think CJ's officially retired, but I don't think Harrison
1:02:57
Smith has.
1:02:57
But No.
1:02:59
Well, it'll be it'll be interesting to see if a Harrison is there.
1:03:01
I don't know if are the lineups out?
1:03:03
Have you looked into that at all?
1:03:04
I have not looked at the line of ship, but, I mean,
1:03:08
you know, but I have done zero homework.
1:03:11
They did not send No.
1:03:12
We're we're we're gonna have to definitely look at it, but, I mean, maybe even ask Neil and,
1:03:17
you know, hey.
1:03:18
You know, I know you're a Minnesota kid, but when you got when you went to Carolina, what
1:03:23
was it like not being played ball for in Minnesota?
1:03:27
You know?
1:03:28
Because that's when you played one.
1:03:29
Right?
1:03:30
Because that was the only place that he had played prior.
1:03:35
Yep.
1:03:35
Well, the Panthers, if they got traded to the you know?
1:03:38
So I might ask them that if somebody else does it on what the feeling was like not being
1:03:45
Minnesota based team or something like that.
1:03:48
You know?
1:03:49
But, you know, definitely, no, definitely the whole I I'm gonna soak in every moment of it
1:03:58
from the time we get there to depress it with Adam Thielen and CJ Ham to, know, heck, if we
1:04:06
gotta call the game ourselves and not stream it, but no.
1:04:10
It's it's gonna be a fun time.
1:04:12
Definitely gonna like I said, top my probably top five moments right now in my lifetime.
1:04:19
Yeah.
1:04:19
Definitely as far as sports moments go, obviously, I think it goes without saying the
1:04:24
birth of your kids, weddings, and things like that.
1:04:27
Never never compare, but, I mean, this is a big one for me too.
1:04:30
I I know I've gotten to do some fun things, and the PGA tour event was really cool.
1:04:35
The Cinch playoff Governors Cup was super cool.
1:04:37
I'm not heavy into that world, but, I mean, look up Rocker Steiner.
1:04:40
I've got to interview him a couple of times now.
1:04:43
We got a pretty good rapport with the young man.
1:04:45
I mean, he's a he's a gold buckle winner.
1:04:47
Right?
1:04:47
He he's the fucking man in bareback riding.
1:04:51
He's he is the man, a big TV star now and everything on a a series they did on the cowboy
1:04:57
channel.
1:04:57
So but this one
1:04:59
is So here's different.
1:05:00
Right?
1:05:01
The NFL is different.
1:05:02
And I think that's the the biggest thing is that, like, it it's a there's levels to
1:05:07
stardom.
1:05:08
And in this day and age, you know, NFL players are what, like, Robert Plant and and freaking
1:05:17
Mick Jagger where I mean, Mick Jagger still is.
1:05:19
Right?
1:05:19
But, like, in the height of the seventies rock era.
1:05:22
Right?
1:05:23
Like, these rock stars were, everything.
1:05:26
They were cultural icons.
1:05:27
And that's what you're gonna see.
1:05:29
I mean, a chance to maybe meet Justin Jefferson, JJ McCarthy, Kyler Murray might be
1:05:33
there.
1:05:34
Right?
1:05:34
Like, we don't know who's gonna be.
1:05:36
So the host is gonna be Adam Thiel and CJ Ham, honorary captains, Team captain, Brian O'Neil
1:05:42
for the offense, Josh Metales for defense.
1:05:46
The roster will the event will feature the lineup of past and present Viking players.
1:05:52
Oh, doves.
1:05:53
So we got past guys.
1:05:54
Cheerleaders cheerleaders of the school line is gonna be there.
1:05:57
Let's go.
1:05:58
The MC is gonna be KFA and broadcast.
1:06:03
Corey Cove and Paul Meanshouse Lambert are slated to handle the play by play duties.
1:06:08
So, you know, be able to bump up with them and, you know, get their input.
1:06:14
I'd just say, do you radio?
1:06:16
Maybe they can guide us and give us some tips on how we could
1:06:20
Yeah.
1:06:21
That's interesting.
1:06:22
I didn't think I don't know if we're gonna get press box access.
1:06:27
It'll be interesting to
1:06:28
I see thought it said that it's gonna be up on the press box.
1:06:31
I know we got the press, sir.
1:06:33
Let me open it, man.
1:06:34
Let me take a look.
1:06:35
Screw it.
1:06:36
We're here.
1:06:37
I thought, you know and I could be wrong.
1:06:39
Maybe I misread it because I like to misread a lot of things.
1:06:44
But especially if there's no pictures involved, I mean alright.
1:06:49
So let's see here.
1:06:50
So, you know, I would ask Cody because I know he memorizes everything, but he's on vacation.
1:06:55
So Yeah.
1:06:56
He already he's already on vacation.
1:06:59
Yeah.
1:06:59
In fact, he dipped out on us.
1:07:02
He
1:07:02
got So I see here.
1:07:03
The event information available for questions, Media may okay.
1:07:08
So media credentials media members who have been approved for credentials in the advance of
1:07:15
the event can pick up their tickets.
1:07:16
Okay?
1:07:17
Under circumstances, media credentials can be transformed.
1:07:20
Okay.
1:07:22
So press box is located yeah.
1:07:28
So it says the press box is located in upper level.
1:07:31
You can you you can you can access it through the financial club lobby area.
1:07:38
This will be a wireless Internet accessibility press conference.
1:07:43
And I'll do that.
1:07:44
It will be will be done in a press conference room prior to the game.
1:07:48
So it sounds like we're gonna be set up in a press box.
1:07:51
That's awesome.
1:07:52
Yeah.
1:07:52
So now, again, if we could livestream it, great.
1:07:57
If not, I'm gonna be doing play by play via somehow.
1:08:00
I mean, but I'm I'm yeah.
1:08:03
It's gonna be fun.
1:08:04
Maybe that's something that you can reach out to and find out what what we can and can do.
1:08:10
I mean, before we get there and kinda get a game plan next week.
1:08:16
So but definitely we could
1:08:19
I don't have that, b.
1:08:21
Can you send lost that whole email.
1:08:23
I don't know what's going on.
1:08:25
Okay.
1:08:25
Yeah.
1:08:26
I can reply let's see here.
1:08:29
I'll send it right sent
1:08:31
you the email.
1:08:31
Like, I it is nowhere to be found.
1:08:34
Well, you sent us the media the the PDF file.
1:08:37
Yeah.
1:08:38
I got it.
1:08:40
Yeah.
1:08:42
I had it open.
1:08:43
Yeah.
1:08:44
No.
1:08:44
Hey.
1:08:45
Cool.
1:08:45
It it shows how green we are.
1:08:47
Right?
1:08:47
Like, we don't know what's going on.
1:08:49
I don't know what to expect.
1:08:50
I know I got No.
1:08:51
Definitely.
1:08:52
I mean, it's gonna be it's a stepping stone for well, for me.
1:08:56
I mean, I know you've done stuff like this before.
1:08:58
So but, no, definitely a stepping stone for me and what I got into this for, you know, to get
1:09:06
these opportunities.
1:09:07
So, no, definitely gonna be a fun time.
1:09:11
I don't know what I'm gonna wear yet.
1:09:13
I I don't know if I'm gonna pull up the old Brett Favre Viking jersey.
1:09:16
I might pull out my Anthony Herrera jersey.
1:09:20
Maybe I'll be maybe I'll just dress up.
1:09:23
Maybe I'll just have a nice shirt, some pants, and then, you know, come in professional
1:09:27
looking.
1:09:28
You know?
1:09:29
I don't know.
1:09:32
You'll be escorted to the Press Conference Room, not permitted in the clubhouses, training
1:09:38
room, players, lounge, or equipment areas, not have field access while the players are on the
1:09:42
field, will not have access to the dugout.
1:09:44
Okay.
1:09:44
Well, you know what?
1:09:45
That's fine.
1:09:46
I mean but, you know, is there a way to is it gonna after after Oh, we're we're gonna
1:09:53
find where those lines are at, brother.
1:09:55
Don't you worry.
1:09:56
Don't that's what that's
1:09:57
what my job is, is is to push just so,
1:09:59
you know So so can we so so are we gonna be able to go are we gonna be able to use the
1:10:03
line?
1:10:04
Well, do you know who I am?
1:10:05
You know, and and show our badge and say, hey.
1:10:07
I got VIP.
1:10:08
I mean, you know.
1:10:12
I will definitely be mingling around and may ditch you on play by play duties.
1:10:17
I was planning on ditching you and Cody to go do some, like, in the crowd work and to see
1:10:22
who's around.
1:10:23
Hey.
1:10:23
You but but that that's also a thing.
1:10:26
You could I mean, that's the way to get our name out there is somebody that's gonna be out
1:10:30
there doing interviews and with the fans.
1:10:33
I mean, it's not just about the players.
1:10:34
It's about the fans too and, you know, get them and, you know, maybe I don't know if we can
1:10:39
print out some business cards with our, you know, links on there and stuff to come catch us
1:10:44
and get followers that way, but in time.
1:10:48
But Yeah.
1:10:49
No.
1:10:49
I mean
1:10:50
right.
1:10:50
I need to I need to get a bunch of I need to get a bunch of stuff done, but you just you
1:10:53
just put it on me, man.
1:10:55
I just
1:10:56
Well, but I mean I mean, that that that is good.
1:10:58
I mean, we could still be connected as you're out there mingling with the fans and getting
1:11:02
interviews on, you know, even before being I can set up a
1:11:06
tomorrow, make it a landing page in the QR and get it all done.
1:11:11
And
1:11:12
Yeah.
1:11:12
But, no, definitely, it's gonna be a fun time.
1:11:14
Busy.
1:11:14
Growing the name, growing what we're doing and everything that we bring to the table, getting
1:11:20
to meet did you say PA was doing play by play?
1:11:23
No.
1:11:24
It's Cody Cobb and Paul meets Hans Lambert.
1:11:27
Okay.
1:11:28
Okay.
1:11:28
Be doing the play by play.
1:11:29
So Yeah.
1:11:31
You know?
1:11:32
So they're gonna be doing the MC to play by play, but, you know, I I would guess that, you
1:11:37
know, Chris Hockey, Paul Allen are gonna be there.
1:11:39
Paul Allen should be there.
1:11:40
He might you know, maybe they're talking him into making appearance.
1:11:44
I mean yeah.
1:11:46
Yeah.
1:11:46
He's the ump.
1:11:47
Make him the umpire.
1:11:49
Yeah.
1:11:50
No kidding.
1:11:50
Let's let's see how good you are really, but No.
1:11:53
I'm just gonna be a fun time.
1:11:56
I I I am gonna restrict myself from, you know, attempting to bring cards to get signed because
1:12:01
I wanna be professional, and I know that's a special thing to do.
1:12:05
No.
1:12:05
I haven't
1:12:05
signed that book.
1:12:06
I think that would like
1:12:07
I I I think I think yes.
1:12:09
I I I think I will get the the book.
1:12:11
I will I will get it inside the book.
1:12:15
I wanna be as professional as I could be.
1:12:16
I know the fandom might come out a little bit, especially like you said, you bump in Justin
1:12:22
Jefferson or Chris Carter or or Randy Moss if they're if they're bringing some of the old
1:12:27
school guys back.
1:12:28
Hey, man.
1:12:29
I saw the I saw the three deep were all out on a boat fishing together up in Minnesota just
1:12:34
this week.
1:12:35
So I mean, maybe maybe they're all hanging out in preparation to be part of this and stuff
1:12:40
too.
1:12:40
I know they all anything for charity, man.
1:12:43
I think that's Well,
1:12:44
and that and that's the whole thing too.
1:12:45
Any anything for charity, you are exactly right.
1:12:47
And I don't think there'd be too many people that besides coach Cody, that would say no to
1:12:53
this.
1:12:54
But but
1:12:56
I'm fucking moving heaven and earth trying to get up there, and he's like, yeah.
1:13:01
No.
1:13:01
I'm good, man.
1:13:02
Going to Florida.
1:13:03
Well, yeah, last minute thing.
1:13:05
I mean, things have changed.
1:13:06
Literally just happened, like, the last two minutes of today, like, right before we went
1:13:10
live because I was just talking to him not that long ago.
1:13:14
Yeah.
1:13:14
No, man.
1:13:15
We're we're gonna do so well.
1:13:16
I'm really proud of the crew and everything that we're gonna be doing.
1:13:20
It's just really incredible to have an opportunity to to do all of this.
1:13:25
And even if we don't stream it live, I I have a I have a recorder that will record your voice
1:13:31
and to have that on tape of you Yep.
1:13:33
Calling the game in the moment and recording that.
1:13:37
Like, I almost wanna do that just for our archives, you know, to to have it even if we're
1:13:43
not broadcasting it out there to the world.
1:13:46
No.
1:13:46
But I'm gonna get ahold of the gal tomorrow.
1:13:49
Well, yeah.
1:13:49
Yeah.
1:13:49
If we could do a livestream, you know, from our network to get the game out there, let's do it.
1:13:56
Yeah.
1:13:57
Just because they won't let me in the dugout doesn't mean that I can't be in the stands by
1:14:02
the dugout and still and still get the bug in there so you're
1:14:06
not I'm I'm possible.
1:14:07
Like I said, maybe there's some questions we have to ask and just say, hey.
1:14:10
You know, what are our limitations?
1:14:12
I know we can't be on the field, can't be in the dugout, but could I try to entice a player
1:14:17
to come over and give me a quick thirty seconds, you know, or something like that?
1:14:20
So
1:14:21
Come down the line a little bit and have a chat with me over the rail.
1:14:24
And Yeah.
1:14:26
Yeah.
1:14:26
No.
1:14:27
Definitely, it's definitely, it's gonna be fun.
1:14:28
I I, like, I probably won't be able to sleep the night before.
1:14:34
Well, get some rest.
1:14:35
I will tell you Oh,
1:14:36
no.
1:14:36
Yeah.
1:14:37
No.
1:14:37
And I'll I'll definitely it'll definitely be fun, but can't wait to get with you off-site
1:14:43
here and plan over the next week on what we're gonna do and get with Cody a plan on what we're
1:14:51
gonna do for the
1:14:51
days off currently?
1:14:52
Oh, how did the interview go?
1:14:54
Interview went good.
1:14:55
Hopefully, hear something this week.
1:14:58
My days off are normally Wednesday, Thursday, but this week we have some training going on,
1:15:02
so I had to adjust my days off.
1:15:04
So I was off yesterday and today.
1:15:06
So I'm working nine to four in the next three days.
1:15:10
So got a wrestling event Friday night.
1:15:16
I'm going to Bloomington for a wrestling event that my son can't wait for.
1:15:19
And then of course, May 23, plan on being out there for the bears tryouts.
1:15:25
Man, you got
1:15:25
a busy couple of weeks.
1:15:26
You are becoming media now.
1:15:28
Hey.
1:15:29
Hey.
1:15:30
It's all for fun.
1:15:31
I mean, you know, definitely, you know, gotta keep my elbows greased with the guys in MAW to,
1:15:38
you know, just in case that opportunity does come along to where we could start doing some
1:15:44
work with them and but definitely get out there and and have some fun.
1:15:48
I mean, this is time for memories, you know, and doing what we love to do.
1:15:53
So
1:15:54
Well, I know that we are in with b z w.
1:15:56
They're looking forward to having us around and helping out somebody to do some interviews post
1:16:01
match and to do some stuff in there.
1:16:04
I know they
1:16:04
got a
1:16:05
big event coming up in August right after the motorcycle rally.
1:16:09
So I think they're doing, like, back to back weekends.
1:16:12
And and don't quote me on this now, but we'll get Nick Stokey on here with us again soon.
1:16:16
So I wanna say that they're trying to do, like, the seventh or eighth or something in there,
1:16:22
07/08, '9, somewhere in that range of August for Sturgis.
1:16:27
And then I think the event in Fargo is on the fifteenth.
1:16:31
They wanna call it the lights or something.
1:16:34
I think it might be called out there.
1:16:36
That's in Fargo, so still a long ways from you.
1:16:38
Everything's just a long ways from you.
1:16:41
It's Yeah.
1:16:41
You know, if time permits and, you know, schedule permits, I definitely would make the
1:16:46
jive.
1:16:46
Well, job would be Monday to Friday.
1:16:48
Right?
1:16:49
Monday to Friday.
1:16:50
Yeah.
1:16:50
So that's that's the big plus.
1:16:52
So but with that being said, you know, I just, you know, take day everything day by day, but
1:16:57
definitely next week, definitely now looking forward to the twenty eighth.
1:17:04
Yeah, brother.
1:17:04
The next ten days of your life are gonna be pretty awesome.
1:17:07
Oh, yeah.
1:17:07
Yeah.
1:17:08
They're gonna be they're gonna be definitely fun to be around.
1:17:12
Well, we really appreciate everybody tuning in tonight.
1:17:15
If you've been watching on the replay and everything, I hope you enjoyed me giving Cody a
1:17:19
hard time as much as I did.
1:17:21
You know we love him, but it's crazy how life happens like that sometimes.
1:17:27
Right?
1:17:27
You're praying for big things to happen, big things happen, and then another big thing
1:17:32
happens that takes you in the other direction.
1:17:33
Direction.
1:17:34
And, you know, you gotta fall.
1:17:36
Something he's he's earned.
1:17:37
I mean, you know, and and another something that, you know, he's a busy guy, and I know,
1:17:42
you know, him and his lady and and kids wanna probably get away and just have some family
1:17:47
time.
1:17:48
So he he's earned it.
1:17:50
He's earned it.
1:17:52
Not saying we're not upset, but he's earned it.
1:17:54
Oh, yeah.
1:17:55
I'm not gonna let him live this one down.
1:17:56
You know how much time we're gonna have and how much I wanna be rubbing that in.
1:18:01
All the pictures I'll be taking and sending him live from the stadium.
1:18:04
Oh, look at me.
1:18:05
Oh,
1:18:07
yeah.
1:18:07
What do mean?
1:18:07
I got the best photo.
1:18:08
Hey.
1:18:09
Hey.
1:18:09
Chris.
1:18:10
Chris, can I get a picture?
1:18:11
I got I wanna send it to my cohost that decided a vacation today was more important.
1:18:16
You know?
1:18:17
Hey, Randy.
1:18:17
Come over here.
1:18:19
Snap a pic with me.
1:18:20
I Hey, Dylan.
1:18:21
I can take a picture.
1:18:22
I was
1:18:23
gonna say, fuck you, short round.
1:18:28
Yeah.
1:18:29
No.
1:18:29
It was coming at that time.
1:18:31
Hey.
1:18:32
I got this co host that said he could tackle you in a heartbeat.
1:18:35
Can you tell him how you know.
1:18:37
He said he could track you out easily.
1:18:40
It's DJ.
1:18:44
Still not out of the league long enough that he might actually I would love to see Cody try to
1:18:48
go up against CJ Ham and take him down.
1:18:50
Hey, big siftas.
1:18:51
This lovely guy said he could take you in a one on one battle.
1:18:58
Oh my god.
1:18:58
We're gonna have so much fun, man.
1:19:01
Appreciate it.
1:19:02
I'm looking forward to it.
1:19:04
I'm I'm really excited.
1:19:05
I'm glad we're all getting to to share this.
1:19:08
Well, I'm glad I'm glad you actually I mean, I knew you were gonna go for it, but I'm I'm glad
1:19:13
it got signed.
1:19:14
I know it's gonna be sealed and delivered.
1:19:18
You know?
1:19:18
So stepping stone in the right direction.
1:19:22
That's pretty darn cool, man.
1:19:23
That's pretty darn cool, and gonna be a great moment for all of us.
1:19:27
So, shout out to everybody.
1:19:29
Ben tuning in with us following this journey.
1:19:32
Shout out to all of our sponsors, Pillars of Valor, Operation Combating Veteran Suicide,
1:19:36
obviously.
1:19:36
It means so much to me personally.
1:19:38
Our new sponsors with Odyssey Exteriors, we got some more other sponsors now in the works.
1:19:43
Skunk Golf Company, they may be sponsoring the the event and the the, situation for us,
1:19:50
getting them some fan activation inside of the thing.
1:19:52
We will we will see how all that shakes out.
1:19:55
Just trying to get this trip paid for and get up there.
1:19:58
And then, yeah, big big weekend, man.
1:20:00
I'm gonna try to hit some golf course while I'm out there, on Friday as well.
1:20:04
And, yeah, try to do some your, your casino doesn't have a golf course?
1:20:09
We do.
1:20:10
It's a few miles away, so we sponsor Mount Frontenac in Red Wing, I believe it's I think
1:20:18
it might be outside of Red Wing.
1:20:20
But, yeah, it's up in the up in the hilly area.
1:20:22
It's very nice view.
1:20:24
Definitely, you'll have to come out again, and I'll have to take some time away.
1:20:28
We'll meet you and Cody if he's out on vacation.
1:20:31
We'll go check it out.
1:20:32
But, yeah, definitely
1:20:34
like he did it on purpose.
1:20:35
He was like, I'm a wait until these guys got something real big, and then I'm
1:20:38
gonna pay it.
1:20:39
Yeah.
1:20:40
But no.
1:20:40
Yeah.
1:20:41
If you wanna go check out Mile Front Neck, that's that's our course at Treasure Island
1:20:45
Resort Casino sponsors.
1:20:48
I golf it at least once, maybe twice a year.
1:20:52
Once definitely with our
1:20:53
beautiful, man.
1:20:54
Like, right against the river there, like, that's freaking gorgeous.
1:20:58
Yeah.
1:20:58
No.
1:20:58
Up in the hills, I mean be able to go
1:21:00
I might be able to go hit that course and then come back up to it's a long that's a long haul
1:21:06
up to Duluth from there, though.
1:21:07
We're not That is a haul of Duluth.
1:21:09
Yep.
1:21:10
So
1:21:10
at North.
1:21:11
Maybe stop in Hinckley.
1:21:13
Maybe I'll golf in Hinckley.
1:21:14
I'll get ahold of the Grand Casino.
1:21:15
We got some VIP service department.
1:21:19
There you go.
1:21:20
Bee, we're making dreams come true, brother.
1:21:22
We are making dreams come true.
1:21:24
Yours, so be it.
1:21:26
We we got a good thing happening
1:21:27
right now.
1:21:27
You got I I just gotta ask.
1:21:29
You got hats or something that we can wear representing the company or the the the
1:21:34
network?
1:21:35
No, man.
1:21:35
No.
1:21:35
Okay.
1:21:36
I got no I got nothing.
1:21:37
Right?
1:21:38
I'm looking for sponsors, so we look coherent.
1:21:40
I mean, I'm in I'm gonna be in my suit jacket.
1:21:42
Right?
1:21:42
Like, I'm gonna be I'm gonna be in my suit jacket.
1:21:44
I I may have a button down on.
1:21:46
I I don't know exactly where I'm going yet.
1:21:49
Like you you like you said, wanna be professional.
1:21:51
I wanna look the part.
1:21:53
Right?
1:21:53
And and I think that's always very important to me.
1:21:56
You know, I I do have some shirt.
1:21:58
I I ain't got no four x shirts.
1:21:59
I'm gonna tell you that right now.
1:22:01
I know I ain't got none of that.
1:22:03
But, you know, some skunked gear.
1:22:05
I think your skunked polo, if you can get it to to fit.
1:22:08
Yeah.
1:22:08
I I might I might try that, see if that works.
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It kinda depends.
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Uh-huh.
1:22:11
It's like we're at this we're at the point of the year where it could be 89 degrees or it
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could be 49 degrees at game time.
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So, like, I don't know what to expect yet, but
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I I know we're gonna have a
1:22:24
day at the time, and it's gonna be it's gonna be freaking awesome, man.
1:22:28
Can't wait to share the experience, share a weekend with my lady.
1:22:32
We haven't been out of town together in quite a while now.
1:22:35
So, yeah, just looking forward to a nice little Minnesota vacation.
1:22:38
About something that earn talking about something that earns a weekend the way,
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definitely, your lady does for all the things that she's accomplished.
1:22:45
So
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Oh, she's gotta put up with me, and that that alone is enough right there.
1:22:49
Right?
1:22:50
So, yeah, just appreciate the ride right now.
1:22:53
We're in it.
1:22:54
It's only gonna get better from here and Yep.
1:22:57
Just looking forward to, you know, not not falling on our faces next Thursday, surviving
1:23:03
the moment, getting to capture some really awesome stuff.
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And then from there, you know, the the the sky's the limit, man.
1:23:10
We we cannot be stopped at this point.
1:23:12
Yep.
1:23:13
Nope.
1:23:14
We we knocked it, knocked the door, knocked out the door, got through it.
1:23:18
Now it's you know, sky's the limit for us.
1:23:20
So Let's do it, Beam.
1:23:22
Alright.
1:23:22
Well, I appreciate you, brother.
1:23:23
Thanks for everything.
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You.
1:23:24
We'll see
1:23:25
you next Thursday.
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Get to meet you for the first time in the press parking lot.
1:23:31
It is like we're media, brother.
1:23:32
We're making that dream come true for you, and then it's on to the next one.
1:23:36
Yep.
1:23:37
Exactly.
1:23:37
So alright, buddy.
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So I'll talk to you later.
1:23:40
Yeah.
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Have a great night, b.
1:23:41
We'll see
1:23:42
you, buddy.
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