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Vikings Need a Statement Win Against the Colts · Scene Projects Sports Network

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Welcome here to the SPSN Tailgate.
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So we're just outside of.
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We're getting ready for another week you know, because Indianapolis Colts.
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It's just me right now.
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Bubba is here.
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We also got boy, Kevin.
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Bubba had to go move his SUV quick before it got towed.
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So waiting for him.
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But like I said, we're down here just outside 903 Washington Ave, and it is absolutely
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electric.
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Everybody is hyped for this game.
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Mean, just right behind me.
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Everybody seems to be doing You feel me?
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I mean, plenty to get to after the bye week.
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Kevin just got here with a plate of food.
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Kevin.
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How you doing, man?
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How's going?
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I'm doing pretty good, y'all.
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Looks like you got an electric crowd there, boys.
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Didn't think I was gonna make it this morning, but we got here.
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Yep.
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Little bit of car bombs.
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Yeah.
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Can you guys describe the energy So at the tailgate right now?
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Setting the stage.
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Are the Vikings ready to take another step, or could this be a dangerous trap game?
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What do you think?
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Do you think this is gonna be a trap game?
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Or do you think the Vikings will take another step?
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Have that offense, specifically the offense, ascend and start growing?
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I think it's gonna all come down to the offense again.
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Got the defense.
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Can hold their own and get done every week.
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Think, again, it's Adam Murray's performance and come down to, you know, getting the run
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game involved and getting Jefferson involved and just beating the DVDs that they have.
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What do you think the Vikings need to do specifically to improve or show improvements in
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the offense knowing that, hey.
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This is a banged up Indianapolis Colts team, and, you know, we're getting all of our weapons
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back.
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Jordan Mason back for this game.
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Jordan...
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Justin Jefferson, healthy as can be.
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What do you think the Vikings have to do to show that we're gonna take another step
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ascending in this offense?
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Again, like we just said, how are we performing again like we did last week and just improving
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from what we did last week.
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Even if it's, you know, another 50 passing yards or a better percentage or, you know,
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just, you something small just to show that he's upgrading the offense and then also
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getting that run game going.
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So running backs, you know, getting involved, getting carries, just, you know,.
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Speaking of running backs, we're going up against a good one today.
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One of the best running backs in the NFL.
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If not, easily top five, Jonathan Taylor.
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What do the Vikings defense need to do to try to stop him?
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They just need do what they've been doing, you know, against every team in the run game all
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year is just just stopping him at the line of scrimmage, making the tackles on first first
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contact, not letting him get in secondary to where he can break free and get loose because
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he's got good feet, you know, his, you know, change of direction and all that.
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So I think just stopping, and this could be, you know, a tryout for John to be the coming
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Vikings.
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So just tryout for him.
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Absolutely.
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And with those rumors, my question to you, if the Vikings completely molly walk the Colts
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today, what are the chances that Jonathan Taylor doesn't leave Minnesota?
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Man, it comes down to just if Minnesota really wants him.
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You know, they got two backs in, you know, Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason.
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You know, with Aaron Jones being, you know, an older age, but I think you bring Jonathan
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Taylor to the Vikings offense, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, TJ Oxley, Kyler
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Murray.
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That just makes their offense 20 times more scary.
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You already know they're they're gonna be...
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I mean, the front of the ball is great with Aaron Jones.
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Imagine they have Jonathan Taylor out there.
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So if if if, you know, it gets ugly, he he might not be going on that plane ride home.
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Absolutely.
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Well, hey.
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Looks like Bubba just got back here.
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I...
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And good timing because literally where he parked, the bus pulled up.
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So it wouldn't have been
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good at all.
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I had to make sure we didn't get towed, guys.
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Sorry.
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I missed the start of the show.
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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The same project sports network live here from the Viking World Order Army division tailgate.
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Kev, you made it, brother.
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It's good to see you.
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Good to see you, man.
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This is so much fun down here today.
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We've been having an absolute blast.
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I've been down here since just before 7AM, getting set up with the crew here, meeting
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everybody, getting to to be a part of this in every way.
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And couldn't be more proud to be a part of this team and, you know, not just with these guys,
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but with you guys too.
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So I appreciate you being here.
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Cody, thanks for holding it down there in the open.
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Oh, yeah.
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Couple of key things here.
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Right?
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Vikings coming off the bye week.
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They're rested.
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They're healthier than they have been really all season.
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You're getting Jordan Mason back.
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I know his list is questionable, but the way KOCs talked about it the whole time, you have
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to imagine that he's playing today.
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Yeah.
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A 100%.
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You gotta be playing today.
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You know, just to show that this offense, you know, is making strides become better.
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You know, we always question...
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We're questioning, you know, how Tyler Murray is going to be in this offense are are gonna
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be, you know, messing with KOC and how he wants to run things.
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We're seeing glimpses of it, we'll so see if we can keep that up.
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Well, that game against the Orleans was a a great step in the right direction.
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High completion percentage, moving the ball.
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Tyler using his legs a little bit more than we had seen in weeks previously.
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You feel like he's healthy and fully committed now.
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They've had an off week or two really to get healthy, but not just to get healthy, but to
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really get this team together now moving in there, seeing what they did well over the first
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five weeks.
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And now how can we do more of that and less of the things that weren't going so well?
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Well, that's a good question.
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I mean, I think Tyler Berry, we just gotta keep them in the shotgun, you know, that we've seen
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positive results with that and success.
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So let's keep that going.
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Give him some space and some time to be able to have them wide receivers get open, and, you
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know, let's keep running.
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You know, he's got the legs.
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He's got the ability and the athleticism.
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Let's use it to our advantage.
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Well, speaking of those wide receivers, he's got a healthy stable of weapons now.
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Hockinson, Addison, Jefferson, Jordan Mason, Aaron Jones.
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We'll see how much playing time and and how many carries he gets now kind of shifting back
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to that r b two role or r b one b Mhmm.
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If that's a better encapsulation of it.
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What do you expect to see?
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Now Jordan Astin stepping back on the field that we're having a couple of weeks off?
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What what do we expect from that short passing game?
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I have to imagine...
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I didn't get a look at the at the lineup and who was on today, but I have to imagine Odell
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Beckham Junior is gonna see the field today as well.
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You would think so.
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You know, I would...
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I thought we were gonna see him last week before, bye week, last game against the saints,
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at least a couple of plays.
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But, you know, having that bye week, giving them some more time to get familiar with the
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offense, get familiar with the plays, the audibles, check downs, all that.
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I would assume we've seen at least five plays, 10 plays.
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Get them on the field.
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That's why we signed them.
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Parkinson
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back,
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practice all week, full participant.
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Darisoft back, healthy all week, clearing concussion protocols, it would seem like.
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What do you think the best case scenario for this offense is?
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Can they go out and put three touchdowns up on this Colts team and maybe score 30 points
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today?
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You had better.
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You had better.
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I mean, it's no secret.
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This Colts team is struggling.
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They got injuries just lining up a notebook...
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Piece of paper.
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But, I mean, at least three touchdowns.
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Yeah.
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Every team's got pride.
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Players are gonna come out and wanna play and, you know, not get mollywocked, I guess.
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But this Vikings offense, we're...
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You know, some people are talking about Super Bowl contention.
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Well, let's see it.
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Let's see it produce, score the points, beat the teams you need to, and handle
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them the way you should.
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the way you should.
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And this is a great chance to get right a little bit for them before they hit a gauntlet.
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These next three, four games are are really gonna be a test to that expectation.
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And if the Super Bowl is an expectation here, then you're gonna have to prove it against
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teams like Detroit, like Buffalo, and like the San Francisco 49ers who you're playing in
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Mexico City just less than a month from now.
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So this has to be a game where you're not overlooking this team but realizing that you
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can take advantage of some of the the weaknesses of this Indianapolis Colts team, and
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you can really go out and to kind of impose your will against them on the offense side of
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the ball, which is something that we just haven't really seen yet.
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They were getting shades of that against the Warlins, and then you have the two red zone
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fumbles.
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You can't be giving them all away in the Bay today.
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Right.
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Well, that's why it's important that Jordan Mason's coming back.
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Take some of that workload off of Aaron Jones.
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You know, just keep him healthy for the long run, but, you know, spread the love.
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If if we had a a workload spread out
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like that, I believe we wouldn't have had them fumbles.
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Kevin, what can you tell us about this Colts team that that we wouldn't know already?
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Have you done any research on them?
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I mean, it's pretty much just gonna be like the Dolphins, but a little bit better.
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Yeah.
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A lot of Jonathan Taylor, I would imagine today, trying to limit Daniel Jones.
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Now interesting stat I heard this week was Daniel Jones is actually extremely effective
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when being blitzed, which with the guy who's given the ball away, I think, 10 plus times
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already this year, you wouldn't expect that, but he's been very efficient when they have
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been blitzing him now.
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I will add the caveat that he has not seen this Brian Flores blitz, but he was on the practice
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squad with this team last year.
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Is there anything that Flores is gonna have to do, not necessarily differently, but, Mary, a a
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different, you know, kind of way that you're showing it pre snap possibly today to get a
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little bit different look.
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I mean, if I'm buying Forex, I see the same thing I've been doing.
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I mean, went against the Bears offenses Like, just the other day, they put up, what, 42
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points or something like that.
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So they pulled a bunch of points, and the only thing they put up 20 plus on was the Vikings.
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You know, they're a way better offense than the Colts.
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They're way better defense, I would even say.
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So, I mean, just going back and looking at the teams they play that have better offenses, I
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wouldn't change a thing.
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I mean, you've already seen, you know, turn the ball over several times.
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Why why change it?
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Just keep doing what you're doing.
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You put the pressure on them, make them force those turnovers.
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And, yeah, the only way the folks have a chance is if Jonathan Taylor can make a couple roofs
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and, you know, he doesn't have...
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And they win the turnover battle.
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Awesome.
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Well, I think it's a great point to get into your keys to the game, coach.
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Pods, go ahead and hit the graphics for us.
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We'll get them pulled up here on the screen for you guys.
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Appreciate everyone tuning in around the world and being here for the pregame show.
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We worked on the stream quality a lot over the bi week ourselves.
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I feel like things are going much better for us today as well.
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So appreciate you guys tuning in.
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We're gonna have to bring in the chat here at some point too, Potts.
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Don't be afraid to put a few of the chats up on the screen for us so we can read them as well.
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I can't see them on the side.
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So, coach, what are our keys to the game today as we go against the Indianapolis Colts?
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Absolutely.
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Key number one, stop Taylor and make Daniel Jones beat us.
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We gotta maintain gap discipline, tackle together, group tackling.
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You know, one guy stand them up, the other guy going for that peanut punch.
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Let's get some turnovers.
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And put Indianapolis in obvious passing downs.
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Like you said, you know, Daniel Jones, pretty good against the blitz, but he hasn't seen this
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beef load blitz and this beef load defense this year.
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Yeah.
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He's got some familiarity to it, but I feel like all coaches feel like they know what B
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flow is gonna bring, and he's always a step or two ahead of them.
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So we gotta keep that going.
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Colts have allowed six sacks and committed three turnovers against the defense...
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Against Tennessee.
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So, I mean, Flores has gotta have opportunities.
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This Vikings defense players are hungry.
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I think that this is gonna be great for us.
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Number two, stay balanced and finish drives against New Orleans.
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Aaron Jones...
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Well, against New Orleans, Aaron Jones rushed for a 113 yards while Murray completed 80% of
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his passes.
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Keep both threads involved, capitalize when coverage shifts towards Jefferson and turn
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scoring opportunities into touchdowns.
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Will Rankert, he's the man.
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Some people say he's MVP.
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He's my MVP, but we gotta have touchdowns.
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We we need them, especially with our next games coming.
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And number three, protective football and win the field position.
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Make Indianapolis earn its opportunities.
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Tennessee hurt the Colts last week with a 58 yard punt return and a blocked punt.
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So, I mean, we gotta secure the ball, execute protection assignments, and stay disciplined in
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coverage.
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It's gonna be a battle as to the special teams here.
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I I have a...
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Just a suspicion that's gonna happen.
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Well, in the last time here...
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And a credit to Bea for throwing it up into the chat as well.
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The last time this Golds team was here, they suffered at the losing end of a thirty three
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point second half comeback.
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Yep.
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This is a new team that was several years ago at this point.
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I don't know how many players from that team are even still around.
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You have a probably entirely new coaching staff, obviously, a new quarterback there.
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But does that matter to a team to know, hey.
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Last time we were in this building, we let one slip away.
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We're not gonna let that happen again.
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I mean, yeah.
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You can look at it that from that way.
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Another perspective for the Vikings, hey.
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Let's not let it get that close this time.
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You know?
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They're gonna be hungry.
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The culture...
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You know, they they got their loss fresh in their minds.
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It's one of the biggest losses in history and helped our season out.
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But, you know, for the Vikings, you have important games coming up.
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This has to be a statement game.
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You have to come out and just put belt of ass on this sports team.
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No.
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I completely agree.
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Do you have anything to add?
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You know, you guys kinda hit on the dot.
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It's just Vikings aren't gonna want to be that close, and the coach definitely don't wanna...
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Like that.
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They don't wanna repeat, you know, history what they've already done.
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So, you know, it's pretty much what you guys said.
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You know, just don't don't let that happen again, and don't let it get that close.
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I think the Vikings defense is 20 times better than it was last time of the year, so I don't
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think they should have that issue.
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The Colts don't have as many players as they did back then.
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You know, they don't have Alec Pierce.
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They don't have Michael Pittman.
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You know, now we're down to Josh Downs pretty much.
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Yeah.
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And Jonathan Taylor.
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Yeah.
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So like you guys said, they're not the same quarterback.
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It's different.
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So I think I think the Colts are gonna struggle a little bit again.
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It's just like, you know, losing the Titans last week that it might be the worst offense
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and defense in the league.
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Well...
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And, Bubba, you had messaged us in the chat, and I had asked Kevin this earlier in the
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podcast.
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You know, if the Colts absolutely get destroyed, what are the chances that Jonathan
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Taylor just doesn't get back on that plane?
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Yeah.
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I don't think the chances of Jonathan Taylor sticking around here in Minnesota long term are
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that high.
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I think there's conversations that are being had.
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I think it's actually a lot more likely than a guy like Quentin Nelson could be never getting
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back
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on that Colts plane.
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that Colts plane.
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Yep.
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Right?
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I would hope that.
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I I think he's an incredible player.
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He would be an asset not just this year, but maybe looking forward to next year.
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Donovan Jackson has some versatility along that offensive line.
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Smalley has been our starting left guard.
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He could move over to the right hand side considering that he's not going to play at all
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the rest of this year.
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He's got plenty of time to kind of retrain the brain before he'd be getting on.
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That, I think, would greatly improve the narrative around this Vikings team.
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So how they guy like that that is an all pro and a perennial, you know, pro bowl caliber
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player on that offensive line to what is already pretty good.
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And then long term, it kind of solidifies an area of weakness with Will just not performing
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up to the expectations at the right guard spot.
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You like Donovan Jackson a lot.
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I don't see it as a replacement of that.
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It's improving the line as a whole by adding a really great player.
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Now the question would be price tag.
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Right?
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If it's gonna cost, you know, a couple of thirds or somebody's coming after a second
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round, I'm out at that point.
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He's on an expiring contract.
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But if you can ship a third out, and especially if it was our third, which seems like it's
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gonna be late in that third round Yes.
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And you already have the third round coming in from the Philadelphia Eagles, I'd say it's
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gonna be a relatively high pick.
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Right?
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We're feeling really damn good about that and letting one of those go.
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So I think if the price is right, very interesting, Quentin Nelson joining his team.
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I just think the price tag for Jonathan Taylor is gonna be too And I don't know that Nolan
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Teasley has a stomach for that, especially because it's not like they're upset with the
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running back room.
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It's the injuries that tend to pile up in that room.
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And, obviously, the trust is just not there yet with a young Damon Clayborne or a DJ Dallas.
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But maybe those things change over the course of the five week too.
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Damon Claiborne is a rookie.
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He is new player, new to this system.
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Can he show improvement during the rest of the season and get a little bit more run here as
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the season progresses?
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Well...
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And shout out to DJ Dallas.
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You know, while you were here, you know, we had high hopes for you.
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We wanted the the best for you.
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Good luck in your next endeavor on the next team.
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But, yeah, you know, for your services, we were hoping you get it more of a, you know, more of
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a shot.
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So Well,
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he he he served the purpose.
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Right?
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Hey.
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One of our guys is down.
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We need you to come in.
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We need you to come in here, get a game check for the next couple of weeks.
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The guy was on the street, a lot of practice squad.
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Right?
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So you you bring him in.
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He'd service this as a job, but once Jordan Mason was back, you know he was back to his
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starting role.
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These these decisions are not easy.
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They're not taken lightly.
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They invested a draft pick in Devon Claiborne.
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They weren't going to cut him or move him down.
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It just wasn't going to happen.
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So I think the writing is on the wall.
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And for guys that have become a little bit of journeyman in this league like a DJ Dallas,
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right, not that he couldn't...
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Wasn't contributing on the special teams as well, but I think the writing was on the wall.
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When Jordan Mason was coming back, Jordan Addison healthy again.
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Odell Beckham now being on this team.
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There's been a lot of change over the last four weeks of the season.
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So...
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And unfortunate casualty that sometimes is that a player that you liked and that, you know,
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served a purpose for you no longer does, and it's time to move on.
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Yeah.
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You know?
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And with the Vikings team making moves mid season, adding players to try to add to that
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depth, you know, where they see weakness, it it just gets tough.
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I mean, too, it gets tough trying to figure out this...
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The 53 after preseason.
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You know?
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And then seeing these players develop and play it through the season and then realizing what
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you got.
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Like you said, it's never a hard...
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Never easy conversation.
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Hard decisions have to be made, and DJ DJ Dallas was one of them.
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Awesome.
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Well, coach, I think we're gonna send you out into the crowd.
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I'm gonna give you some of these tags.
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Go find some fans for us that are happy to join us.
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I'll take the microphone for now, and we're gonna send him around.
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Me and Kevin are gonna wax poetic about this Vikings team.
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It's been an absolute joy to to spend the bye week knowing that this team is five and o.
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Looking to go six and o now.
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Kev, what's been your assessment of the
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season so far?
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Yeah.
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I mean, that Vikings defense is...
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It is legit.
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You know, they're they're they're really good at doing their job this year.
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I think that's what they were kinda assessing during the out season is trying to get that
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defense, you know, to do their job.
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So I think it was, you know, more of a concern last year with injuries and stuff like that.
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But, you know, they're they're legit, and the offense is only getting better as the season
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goes.
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You know, Kyle Murray is starting to find his groove with the offense.
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He's been a healthy...
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Entire healthy team this week.
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So they're they're legit, and we're gonna see how legit they are these next, you know, three,
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four weeks when it comes to, like you said, the lions, 49ers, you know, the teams that are, you
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know, a chance of, you know, being top four seeds in the, you know, playoffs.
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I think the entire NFC North, they have a high chance of all making the playoffs.
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I mean, you go look at everybody in the rankings right now, the lions have a better
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better record than everybody else.
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Are you off?
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Yeah.
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We're live right now.
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Half an hour?
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Okay.
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We're all good.
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No.
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I I I think the the understatement of the year is that this team is finally healthy.
23:01
Right?
23:02
You have the full compliments of weapons.
23:04
Tyler is stepping onto the field with these guys.
23:06
Crazy stat I saw that there was maybe only nine plays that Hawkinson, Addison, and Jefferson
23:12
with Jordan Mason have all been on the field at the same time.
23:16
And starting the season, you're looking at that with Kyler Murray, that was the reason for high
23:20
expectations to begin with.
23:22
Now you've been able to go five and o without that compliment, without those horses in the
23:27
stable, now getting them back.
23:29
You really wanna see that next level.
23:30
So for me, it's not just winning today.
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It's winning in a dominant fashion.
23:35
Right?
23:35
I I think my score prediction this week on Tuesday was 30 to 13 on our preview show to
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know this offense can score points at will, that they can impose their will against other
23:47
defenses, and people are gonna say, oh, but it's just the Colts.
23:49
It doesn't matter.
23:50
Can you go out there and put points on the board and still maintain this defense doing
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what they do?
23:55
It doesn't necessarily have to come off a 56 yard place for me.
23:58
I have no problem with this team stretching out 10 to 15 play drives and then punching it in
24:04
for six at the end.
24:05
We know as soon as you cross the 50 that Will Ryker is a weapon.
24:09
Right?
24:10
So let's get in there.
24:11
Let's get in the red zone.
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Let's pound the rock into the end zone and put some touchdowns on the board, then we can
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really start to look ahead at the rest of this at the rest of this
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season
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with some confidence and knowing that, you know, we have a contender, and there's no
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pretender in Minnesota right now.
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Yeah.
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Just one thing is you definitely don't wanna lose this game because, like I said, you know,
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the next couple weeks, you got the lions coming.
24:38
You got you got the forty niners coming.
24:40
So you don't wanna take a big hit in losing to the colts this week.
24:43
Just go out there, hand out your business, get ready to take on the bigger teams that are
24:47
coming up.
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Because, I said, you have the NFC North who's...
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They're all strong right now.
24:53
You have the bears who are five and two.
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You have the Vikings five and o.
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You have the packers right behind the bears.
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Lions right there as well.
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You know, the only...
25:01
I think the only team in the North who's not on the bye week yet is the Bears.
25:07
So, you know, you just gotta look at it and say, you know what?
25:11
We've already had our buys.
25:13
The bears have their buys.
25:14
They're gonna try to win up to their buy.
25:16
Next week, they have a tough matchup.
25:17
They got the seahawks.
25:19
So you guys...
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They're gonna see how good, you know, the bears actually are against them.
25:23
You know, they looked good on Thursday night against the patriots.
25:27
But like I said, if you're the Vikings, go out and handle your business against against the
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Colts.
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Don't let it be too close.
25:34
Don't give these other teams hope like, oh, hey.
25:36
The team of this hostile, the Titans just won't beat the number one defense in the NFL.
25:42
Yeah.
25:42
Handle your business.
25:43
I I think that's a great key for this Vikings team.
25:46
If you wanna be considered a contender this year, you go beat handily the teams that you
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should.
25:51
I thought you did that against the Saints.
25:53
You did have a couple of red zone, you know, giveaways.
25:57
You wanna clean that up, but those things can be cleaned up and in football, it happens.
26:02
At the end of the day, it didn't hurt you, and you're gonna have an opportunity to go out here
26:05
and handle your business against the team that is reeling a little bit.
26:09
They just fired their GM this week.
26:11
They're going through it, and you wanna be able to kind of step on the throat of a team like
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that and not give them any kind of hope.
26:17
You don't wanna repeat of the last time this team was up here.
26:21
I was in the building for that game, and as much as it was fun at the end to win it, it
26:26
wasn't real fun in that first half as you're getting your rear end kicked.
26:29
And I don't think anybody here in Minnesota that's going into US Bank today has much of a
26:33
stomach for that at all.
26:35
We wanna see this team go and be the team that a lot of us believe they are, believe they are
26:39
Super Bowl contenders this year, and to go lay it on this Indianapolis Colts team.
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Yes.
26:44
That's exactly what you said.
26:46
You know?
26:46
You don't you don't wanna see them go in there and have a rerun of last year.
26:51
You don't want the 33 to three at halftime.
26:53
That's that's that's one thing you definitely don't want.
26:56
You know, just...
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Like like like you said, just go on there and do business.
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You know, do your blitzing that you've been doing all year.
27:03
You know?
27:04
And the thing about the coaches that they're gonna come in as, you know, with John and
27:08
Taylor's name being thrown around by a lot of people right now.
27:11
Best egg rolls
27:11
in the business
27:12
just walked by.
27:14
Those guys got them.
27:15
Man, you all have to come down and check out the vibes here.
27:19
One time in your life, you have to come down and experience this.
27:22
We've been so blessed to be here with operation combating veteran suicide and and to be a part
27:28
of this team, to be a part of this, you know, this super fan group that is the Viking World
27:34
Order, especially with the army division.
27:36
It's been an absolute blessing for me to hang out here all day to get to know everyone a
27:40
little bit better.
27:41
It really feels like family here.
27:43
It doesn't matter what team you root for, whether you're a Vikings fan or you're
27:46
supporting the opposition, it's all love here.
27:50
It's a great vibe.
27:50
So really appreciate it to the VWO army division.
27:53
Appreciate it.
27:54
The Fed head bills as well whose parking lot we are in.
27:57
Great little establishment here.
27:59
Just such a family type vibe around here.
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Would you agree, Kev?
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Oh, yeah.
28:02
You know, everybody here, you know, no matter who we are, you know, as me...
28:07
Again, me not being...
28:08
Me being a Barrels fan, you know, me hiding that clearly from everybody here, but don't
28:13
don't need to create any enemies here.
28:15
But, you know, everybody...
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Everybody's welcome here.
28:18
Everybody...
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You know, no matter who you are.
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They're just...
28:21
It's a great time.
28:21
You got great food around.
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You got games on.
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You know?
28:26
It's everybody talking to everybody.
28:28
It's just a great environment to be around.
28:30
Especially, you got nothing to do on a Sunday.
28:32
Come out, get some good food, hang out, just meet some of the legends out here.
28:36
Well, just a great time.
28:37
Well, so many of us aren't going into the game.
28:40
That's, I think, what the best part about this is is that you don't have to be going into US
28:44
Bank Stadium to come here and hang out.
28:46
We've got screens.
28:47
We'll have the game on during the day and and be vibing out here for a long time.
28:52
And then you have someone to hang out after the game's over as well.
28:55
So appreciate it to everybody stopping in.
28:58
Justin, come here, buddy.
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Welcome on to the stream, man.
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We appreciate it.
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Look at this sharp dressed fella here.
29:03
Hi.
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Hey.
29:04
Great time.
29:05
Big part of it here.
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United a couple people into the VWO.
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Tell us about that experience from your side.
29:10
Now someone who's been knighted in yourself, obviously, to be on the other side of that now,
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what's that experience like?
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It was different.
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I I mean, one of them was family.
29:21
The other one was a friend that I've known for a while.
29:25
It's just a...
29:25
It's a different...
29:26
It's a different story with you on the other side of the coin.
29:28
Like, you're trying to figure out what are you gonna say, how you're gonna go about it.
29:32
It was it was a different experience.
29:35
I don't I don't know how it is.
29:36
Right?
29:37
Yeah.
29:37
No.
29:37
It was it was magical.
29:39
From my from my viewpoint, I thought it was incredible.
29:42
A couple, you know, the young fan here, a lady sideline sass now newly crowned.
29:48
It...
29:49
It's so incredible to see the family that
29:51
this group is.
29:52
Yeah.
29:53
And and the part of it is, like, the one that I got to honorary night in today was my cousin.
30:01
His...
30:01
It was his kid.
30:02
So that meant a lot to me to bring family into it.
30:05
Yeah.
30:06
It's a...
30:07
And it was it was just a...
30:10
It's very emotional day for me.
30:11
Like Yeah.
30:12
For...
30:12
With Satellite's ass and my cousin's kid, it it was...
30:16
It's just a...
30:17
It's a whole new experience, and I look forward to doing more, but it was...
30:23
I don't know what else to say about
30:24
Justin, I appreciate you, man.
30:26
You've summed it up.
30:27
Family is right.
30:28
That's what it's all about down here.
30:29
Yes.
30:30
Football is why we come together, but it's so much more than that, man.
30:33
I appreciate you having us out here, being a part of it.
30:36
Thank you for letting us be a part of the Knighties today.
30:38
It's an incredible experience for us as well.
30:40
Thanks for
30:40
being be good.
30:41
Yeah.
30:41
We have a blast doing it, man.
30:43
Anytime that someone's going to open an invitation for you to come and be a part of
30:48
their family to get to celebrate football in this way.
30:52
I would never turn this down, and I'm so glad we got the opportunity to come to be a part of
30:57
the nighting.
30:57
So we're gonna be sharing some video from that later today, four very special ones today.
31:02
Really incredible.
31:03
Just an unreal experience.
31:06
Hard to put into words what it means as everyone's gathering for that purpose.
31:10
So really excited to to be a part of that and to continue to be a part of this team and this
31:15
family of VWO, the army division especially for many, many years to come.
31:21
Dev, what do you think of this place?
31:23
I mean, coming in, you're opposing fan sometimes.
31:27
Have you seen something like this in any of your other football experiences?
31:32
The only other time would be when I went to a college football game.
31:37
I went to the hurricanes with Notre Dame in 2017 when Miami and Notre Dame were a three and
31:43
four seed ranked in the nation.
31:45
And you had...
31:47
And, you know, that's the capitol towards the convicts.
31:49
You know, they got the capitol towards the convicts.
31:51
That's what they call that game.
31:53
And you...
31:54
You'd be surprised.
31:55
You'd think they'd hate each other like Green Bay and Chicago do.
31:57
Well, they're they...
31:59
You know, they're all together.
32:00
It was like family there.
32:01
Felt...
32:02
You know, you walk up to another damn boot, and they're they're just handing out, you know,
32:07
free food.
32:07
They're handing out, you know, these t shirts that have, like...
32:12
It says Catholics versus Combat on it with Miami and Notre Dame on it.
32:16
It's just...
32:17
You know, it was...
32:18
You know, that was the only other time that I think I've been to, you know, something around
32:23
the terms of something like this that was anything close.
32:28
Yeah.
32:28
Pretty incredible.
32:29
I've been very blessed to get to know some of these people both online and here at the
32:34
tailgates as we continue to come and spend time here.
32:37
It's family, and it all starts there.
32:39
And seeing Justin get emotional right now kinda talking about the nighting ceremonies and and
32:45
what it means to them and what it means to us now to be a part of it.
32:48
Really an incredible experience.
32:50
We're so so grateful to get to be a part of it.
32:53
I mean, just look at this pie.
32:54
Here, step out of the way.
32:55
Now we'll kinda show them what are behind.
32:56
I mean, we're packed in here.
32:58
US Bank Stadium is right in the background.
33:01
We're literally in the shadow of the stadium.
33:03
Our guy, don't jump
33:07
in here with us.
33:08
Jump on the stream with us, man.
33:09
We appreciate you guys.
33:11
You've been setting up in the slot since they opened it.
33:13
Tell us your name on the stream and and kind of who you are with the with the Viking World
33:18
Order.
33:18
I am not in the Viking World Order.
33:20
I'm in
33:20
the No hella squad.
33:22
There we go.
33:23
Now check that out.
33:24
Tell us a little bit more.
33:26
I was the first one to actually pick a spot here.
33:30
My name is Dan Wiss.
33:31
I live in Austin, Minnesota.
33:32
I do this every home game.
33:35
Not you.
33:35
I'm not sure who you are yet, but This is our co host, Kev.
33:39
Nice to meet you.
33:40
Nice to meet you.
33:40
And I do this every home
33:42
game, and I don't know what
33:43
channel this is, but anybody that sees me and wants to come down and just say hi and have a
33:47
drink and have some food, and
33:48
that's what we do. And
33:49
what we do.
33:50
And that's exactly what it is.
33:51
It's a family type vibe down here.
33:53
I think this is a lot different than a lot of other tailgates that are out there, not just in
33:58
Minnesota, but really around the country with the NFL.
34:01
This one feels different.
34:03
Well, with with this slot, no one disrespect anybody that does the face of makeup and all
34:08
that persona.
34:10
But all the spots here for the Minnesota Vikings, I'm all about the Vikings.
34:13
I'm I'm here because I'm a true fan, and that's why I work with them.
34:17
That's awesome.
34:18
Well, I appreciate you letting us feel some power.
34:20
The stream doesn't happen without you, man.
34:22
So glad we got to bring you on.
34:24
I have to take over.
34:25
I need to talk to him.
34:26
Okay.
34:26
Awesome.
34:27
Kev,
34:28
take over for a minute, I'm gonna go talk to Dan.
34:30
Alright.
34:30
Perfect.
34:32
No.
34:32
Yeah.
34:33
All good.
34:33
All good.
34:33
Yeah.
34:36
So I had seen a comment from Brandon here.
34:41
If, you know, the the key matchup is either the what was it?
34:48
Jonathan Taylor versus Vikings defense or the Vikings offense versus defense.
34:54
I think the bigger matchup is going to be how Jonathan Terry can perform against the Vikings
35:02
defense.
35:03
You know, that...
35:04
That's the only way the Colts stand a chance here at winning this game is getting Jonathan
35:10
Taylor involved.
35:11
Getting in scoring those touchdowns, getting...
35:14
You know, he's not he's not to play the ball part of it.
35:16
You know, he's the only offense they really have.
35:18
They have a lot of injuries on offense and defense.
35:22
So it's gonna be, if you ask me, I think it's gonna be a it's gonna a tough match for
35:27
coaching away.
35:28
But I think the key for the coach is gonna be getting Jonathan Taylor involved.
35:35
But, yeah, you know, I just said, guys, you know, huge huge group of people here, you know,
35:41
everywhere.
35:41
You have people with, you know, old knight, Viking armor, stuff like that.
35:50
Yeah.
35:50
A guy named Pule back there.
35:52
Yes.
35:54
That that is a 100% true.
35:56
Yeah.
35:56
The coach cannot turn the ball over.
36:00
If the coach turn the ball over, that's gonna be the biggest issue.
36:05
Was that?
36:05
Oh, yeah.
36:07
He was.
36:09
They're gonna get someone.
36:10
Yeah.
36:12
Alright, boys.
36:14
But, yeah, the biggest thing is gonna be coach cannot turn the ball over.
36:17
If they turn the ball over, they're just helping the Vikings in easy win the victory.
36:22
But Brandon had asked, yeah, to comment on here if the bigger matchup's gonna be Taylor versus
36:29
the Vikings defense, or it's gonna be the Vikings offense versus Colts defense?
36:34
I think the bigger matchup and and what's gonna hold a little bit more weight is gonna be
36:38
Jonathan Taylor against this Vikings defense.
36:41
I don't know that they've been challenged, like, by a running back like Jonathan Taylor.
36:45
I I know that Chicago has a pretty potent rushing attack, but that game played in the
36:50
Fish Bowl at Scoldier Field.
36:52
That was that was an anomaly.
36:54
Right?
36:54
So nobody's gonna get very much going on in that instance.
36:56
So I think you're facing a really good back right now.
36:58
A team that likes to run the ball.
37:00
They like to run it behind the aforementioned Quentin Nelson.
37:03
Right?
37:03
So it's gonna be...
37:05
Can this...
37:06
Can the defensive line keep the linebackers clean so that they can step up and make the
37:11
plays?
37:11
And can the can the safeties and the backers, can they tackle well?
37:17
Can they tackle in space and make the plays that they need to?
37:20
I think that's infinitely more important.
37:22
I I think that the Colts defenses is just struggling in general right now on to do that.
37:28
So let's go put it on them.
37:30
I I think you have to shut down Taylor.
37:32
If you shut down Jonathan Taylor, this game ends up being a route.
37:35
Oh, yeah.
37:35
No.
37:35
That...
37:36
You know, it's exact...
37:36
I I said the same thing is that if they don't get down from Taylor going, this game is not
37:42
gonna be fun for the Colts.
37:43
But you also don't wanna go out there and have a fist fight like you did against dolphins who
37:49
were, you know, they're atrocious.
37:51
They're bottom, like, five in the NFL right now when it comes to any stats.
37:56
But, you know, you do have, you know, the coats again, you know, like we were talking about
38:00
when they played the packer...
38:01
I mean, the dolphins, really close.
38:03
He, you know, he kinda knows a little bit of the playbook.
38:07
Well, Daniel Jones used to be part of this team as well.
38:11
So he knows a little bit of.
38:12
They have a little advantage.
38:15
But at the same time, it's gonna be up for the coach to do anything that's in type of defense.
38:21
So you can hear thunderstruck playing in the background.
38:24
This is actually a tradition here at this lot.
38:28
They're going to do a waterfall.
38:30
Every time they say thunder, somebody drinks until the next time it says thunder, and then
38:34
it passes on.
38:35
Cody, you can come on back in, Matt.
38:37
You got some fans to talk with us?
38:39
Actually, I got one better.
38:40
I got Vikings legend Carl Let's go.
38:44
Let's go.
38:46
Vikings legend Carl Lee gonna join the stream here.
38:49
We're looking forward to it.
38:50
Yeah.
38:51
Great.
38:51
Awesome, Carl.
38:53
Welcome to the show.
38:54
Bubba starts with the scene project sports network.
38:56
How are doing?
38:57
I'm doing well.
38:58
It's great to have you on the network here, on the show.
39:00
You're having a good time down here at young age.
39:02
I am
39:03
having
39:03
a great time.
39:04
It almost feels like game day for me.
39:07
It's hard not to feel the vibes around here.
39:09
It...
39:09
Minnesota to me, man, has always been that great place of enthusiasm for the game.
39:15
Regardless of what the season is, what the record is, it didn't really even matter.
39:21
The fans are just so great here.
39:22
It's just unbelievable.
39:24
Yeah.
39:24
And it's gonna be incredible to come back as a former player and and to be...
39:28
To feel the love again.
39:29
Right?
39:29
The playing career, well, in the rearview mirror at this point.
39:33
Yeah.
39:33
But to come back and feel that love again,
39:35
it'll be respected.
39:35
It's just gonna be an amazing feeling.
39:37
It's almost like...
39:38
It's almost shocking and surprising because...
39:41
I mean, I've been going a long time, and and and the number of people who were like, oh, I
39:46
remember you.
39:46
I remember this.
39:47
And and it...
39:48
It's it's it's flattering and amazing all at the same time.
39:52
Yeah.
39:53
And to get to come, and I know that you guys are signing autographs here and taking
39:56
pictures.
39:56
A lot of that's going for charity.
39:58
Talk to me about that as a player to get to come in and to give back with what, you know,
40:03
personality and notoriety that you still have left.
40:08
Buddy Becker has done this type of thing for a long time.
40:13
And because of him, I'd like to say that a whole lot of players get to be part of the
40:20
great things that he's trying to do.
40:22
So I just think it's an amazing step for him.
40:25
And to get us involved in it, I just think it's just a blessing as a whole.
40:29
Yeah.
40:29
It's incredible.
40:30
You guys got such a great fraternity.
40:31
We had Dante here a few weeks ago.
40:33
Yeah.
40:34
Obviously, Tommy's here every single week and every home game with this crew.
40:38
It's really an incredible opportunity for the fans to come in and to relive some of their
40:42
glory days as well as reliving yours.
40:44
It it is it is amazing, though, to to kinda, like, look at the fans out here.
40:49
A lot of them are younger and they're new, but but it's like, man.
40:54
You know, like, it's still here.
40:56
It's like that that joy of Sunday Viking playing.
41:01
It's just a great it's just a great thing that it just will never die.
41:05
No.
41:05
Not not at all.
41:06
Ma, I would be remiss if I didn't ask you.
41:08
What's it like playing against Jerry Rice and shutting him down?
41:12
Well, what is...
41:14
Let...
41:14
Okay.
41:14
Let me say this first.
41:16
I get the luxury of saying that, okay.
41:18
In one year, I shut him down.
41:21
The next year, killed me.
41:24
So it...
41:25
It's kinda even.
41:26
It's like, I like the idea that I got that opportunity and played so well against him.
41:32
And I'm sure on the other side of it, he's saying, yeah.
41:35
That call we got, I think, is okay.
41:37
I killed him next...
41:38
That particular year.
41:40
That's the reality of football.
41:41
Yeah.
41:42
You know, you have a great game against a great player, and you get to celebrate him.
41:46
But if you play long enough, he's gonna get you back.
41:49
So last year, was at a golf event, and Ronda Barber and Chris Carter were there.
41:54
Obviously, Chris Carter, Vikings legend.
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Yeah.
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And Ronda, they played against each other a lot in the NFC.
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To see their rapport back and forth between a DB and a guy that played in that and then the
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the wide receiver, it was really fun.
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Don't get it wrong.
42:08
Ronde rubbed that Super Bowl ring in his face the entire time.
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Well, I had that relationship with Sterling Shark.
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When he came back from the hall of fame, he has to come to West Virginia.
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So he comes to West Virginia and shows up at my house.
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And and it was, like, it was special.
42:29
It was heartfelt.
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But, of course, there was some rubbing in and all that other stuff that went along with it.
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But when you build those relationships and the guys that you play against, a lot of times you
42:41
think you would hate them when the season's over or your career's over.
42:45
Me and Sterling have been friends since we played.
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I used to try to tell guys, don't laugh and joke with him because he'll just laugh you into
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the end zone.
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You know?
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And because he played the game with so much fun, It was crazy.
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And...
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But I do really, really, really appreciate those type those type of relationships against
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guys who go against each other, and they just find a way to bond.
43:09
Well, and then the league's a lot different now too with free agency and trades and what they
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are.
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It's not like that, you know, twenty years ago when you were in the league.
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These guys end up being teammates with a lot of people in the future, and you never know where
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you're gonna end up.
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And that...
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To me, I don't like that.
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Like, I like the idea of, you know, I hated leaving the Vikings and going to the Saints
43:30
just for that one year because I felt like I was a Viking.
43:34
And it and it...
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I don't even...
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I hate to say it, but I don't even really, like, acknowledge the saints other than the
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fact that I wasn't playing for the Vikings.
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That's the only reason to bring it up.
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And it's it's a bad thing because I had a great time there.
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But Minnesota and the Vikings showed me and gave me so much.
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It's just hard for me to not feel like that was home.
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Yeah.
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Well, and here you are giving back now to the fans and the organization as well.
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Carl, thank you so much for being here today, man.
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It's an absolute honor Thank to have you.
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Enjoy your time with the fans, and we look forward to maybe seeing you again down the road
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here.
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Somewhere down the road.
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You got it.
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Thank you so much.
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Alrighty, brother.
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We'll take that.
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Awesome.
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Cool, brother.
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Come on in.
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What's your name, man?
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Thor.
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Thor.
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Welcome in, Thor.
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Here.
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What do you got?
44:25
Any thoughts on the got any thoughts on the game today?
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Thoughts on the game.
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People are speculating that it's gonna be a trap game, but I don't think so.
44:41
I think he thinks he's just gonna call them.
44:46
Daniel Jones, he's not gonna have a chance.
44:49
No.
44:49
It's only a trap game if the Vikings allow it to be.
44:51
Right?
44:52
And I think that, number one, this defense is too good to let something like that happen.
44:56
And it felt like the momentum that the that the Vikings offense had built in that New Orleans
45:02
game, then coming back, getting healthy, and having an entire bye week to kinda get things
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right in the practice field, I feel like they're gonna show up and and really put
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something good together today.
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Yep.
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And I think Aaron Jones, he's just a soldier.
45:15
He's gonna keep boning.
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Unreal.
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But he he he shows up every freaking week and just keeps killing it.
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So Yeah.
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Absolutely incredible.
45:25
Incredible.
45:26
Dev, I wanna send you out with someone else.
45:28
We'll make us some new friends and Okay.
45:31
Check this out.
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Deb, appreciate you.
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Yeah.
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For hanging out with us today, man.
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You're having a good time here at the tailgate?
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This is where I'm at every week.
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Yeah.
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Us too.
45:39
Us too.
45:40
We we appreciate being a part of this and with the Viking World Order and just this incredible
45:44
family of Vikings fans.
45:47
It is really incredible.
45:48
I mean, look at the vibes here.
45:49
Snowflap going on in the background.
45:51
Legends like Carl Lee jumping on the stream with us.
45:54
It's really incredible to be a part of this in every way.
45:57
Well, we we can't we forget about life.
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Real life.
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Yeah.
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Represent
46:02
Real life is totally dominating.
46:04
It's so good.
46:06
Food and all her crazy.
46:25
I hope we hear the song a lot today.
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Don't you?
46:27
Yes, Awesome, bro.
46:30
I appreciate you, man.
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Thank you so much
46:32
for coming on with us.
46:33
Thanks for being here with the crew and, yeah, being a part of this amazing experience.
46:38
Thor, appreciate you, brother.
46:40
Have a great day.
46:42
That's Thor.
46:43
Come and see
46:43
him and more crazy characters like that.
46:46
Viking World Order tailgate here at 903 Washington Ave.
46:50
Cody, thank you so much for bringing
46:52
Carl over.
46:52
That was really awesome.
46:53
Down like that.
46:54
Telling you.
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Hey.
46:56
I thought you had fun with that one.
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Yeah.
46:57
That was super cool.
46:58
We got plenty more to come.
46:59
No.
46:59
It's a week.
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Come on in, Rob.
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Yo.
47:01
Let's get out of here.
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Oh, I didn't know if you...
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I've got No.
47:04
No.
47:04
No.
47:04
We're live, baby.
47:05
Come on.
47:05
Jump in.
47:06
What's going on?
47:06
This is our guy, Rob.
47:07
It's our rocker.
47:09
You guys knighted in some people today.
47:11
Really incredible experience to to be here for that and to see that skull clap in the
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background.
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Yes, sir.
47:21
I love the vibes here, man.
47:23
We love the vibes.
47:25
Tell me about what it means for you to now be someone who regularly...
47:29
You had another knighting ceremony across at the other lot as well.
47:33
To be able to welcome people into the family like that, what does that feel like for you?
47:38
Well, being the club president of the the Viking army and everything, it's just such an
47:42
honor when we're able to get good people.
47:45
Been...
47:45
Have been lifelong fans.
47:46
Everybody has a story.
47:48
You know?
47:48
We have a lot of veterans, and the the one that I not in other lot is an active duty staff
47:52
sergeant, fought right of the Kansas, brought his family up.
47:55
He wanted a army or a retired army guy to do it, and he's a retired senior noncommissioned
48:00
officer.
48:01
It's really, really cool to be able to have that opportunity to do something like that.
48:05
I miss the days of standing in front of formations of soldiers as a first sergeant and
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even an acting sergeant major at times and everything.
48:13
Being able to do awards, being able to recognize people.
48:16
When somebody's put that kind of effort in to get to to know a large group of people and
48:21
become a fan club, it's really rewarding on my end to see their dream come true, make that
48:26
come to fruition, and make it happen.
48:28
You know?
48:28
Yeah.
48:29
Really incredible.
48:29
Warren, speaking of awards, you got a real special one around your neck today too.
48:33
That's become a new part here.
48:35
Here, I'll take this, and you could show it off for us.
48:37
Go ahead and step up to the camera there and show them that.
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That is the order of Samuel Clark.
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The the racial master gunner...
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The order of Samuel Clark, the master gunner of the United States Army of Ordinance.
48:52
And we'll back up.
48:53
From the...
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It dates to the age of sixteen twenty.
48:56
I'm about number 16,000 that has got one.
49:00
They don't give that out very often and a culmination of a twenty nine year career, and
49:04
that's what was one of my
49:06
retirement awards. Well,
49:07
Well, Rob, I I didn't get the chance on the home opener to thank you.
49:10
You're a big reason why we are here today, why we've been welcomed into this family as the
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chapter president with the army division.
49:17
Your work carries a lot of weight.
49:19
You vouched for us.
49:20
Now we've been able to build this.
49:21
It was a natural thing with us with operation combating veteran suicide to be here, to have
49:27
this footprint, to be able to talk about our veterans and some of the things that they're
49:30
going through as a whole.
49:32
So we appreciate the opportunity, Rob.
49:34
And I don't think there's a better way for us to say thank you than to send you to Monday
49:38
night football and the salute to service.
49:40
Me and you are gonna go to the game, brother.
49:42
I'm really excited.
49:42
That's right.
49:43
We're really excited to that game.
49:45
Yes, and thank
49:46
We're gonna be enjoying it together, man.
49:48
It's really a really a thrill.
49:49
I really enjoy...
49:50
Coach Cody here.
49:52
Brother, you guys are some of the greatest people.
49:54
I'm so proud we have this relationship, and it's working out.
49:57
It's feeding in.
49:58
See Carl Lee.
49:59
He just wanna get my jersey too.
50:01
We're making so many good connections.
50:03
We have such an opportunity to do things for our benefiting veterans and most importantly,
50:08
let's stop that 22 a day.
50:10
It is an absolute tragedy.
50:12
Anything we can do to mitigate veteran suicide and start making progress or making people feel
50:20
like they have a place, they have hope.
50:24
Let's combat that plague that we have.
50:27
We're giving people a reason to live and a reason to not despair.
50:32
You know what?
50:32
When the Vikings are soon to be six and o after today, that's definitely a reason to not
50:37
despair.
50:37
Right?
50:38
Yeah.
50:38
Exactly.
50:39
Well, Rob, I appreciate you, man.
50:40
I know you got a lot of friends here.
50:41
You probably still need to say hi to before that.
50:43
I don't wanna keep you forever, but I do wanna tell you thank you so much for everything you
50:47
do.
50:47
Brother.
50:48
Looking forward to seeing you Monday night against the bills, man.
50:50
We're gonna have a great day.
50:51
We are.
50:52
Thanks, Cody.
50:53
Appreciate it, coach.
50:54
Thank you.
50:56
Fantastic.
50:57
Well, Cody,
50:58
any final thoughts here as we move towards the end of the stream?
51:01
And a great time.
51:03
I wanna thank Pods back at home in California, one of the stream floors behind their Pods.
51:07
You're doing awesome.
51:08
Bee, thank you for tuning in.
51:10
Everybody else that's tuning in around the world with us.
51:12
Really appreciate you guys.
51:14
Go ahead and grab that one.
51:15
We'll get some final thoughts from everybody before we sign off here and get ready for this
51:20
football game.
51:21
I I think the Vikings win here.
51:24
I think the Vikings win big.
51:25
My my prediction on the preview show was 30 to 13.
51:28
I think this defense continues to be dominant in every single way, and I think this offense
51:34
rolls off of what they did against New Orleans, against a team like the Colts who are
51:38
struggling.
51:39
I think it's necessary for them to prove themselves and to really get out there and to
51:44
make something special happen today inside of US Bank Stadium.
51:47
And part of the home fans who haven't really got to feel that good about their team yet.
51:52
It's been a lot of yeah butts to this point.
51:55
Yeah.
51:55
I
51:55
mean, I I wanna say go out and score, play as many points as we can touchdowns over the field
52:02
goals.
52:03
I'm gonna say twenty eight nine Vikings.
52:07
At least three touchdowns.
52:08
It's all in one, at least.
52:11
Defense, five Jonathan Taylor, with the Indianapolis Colts, one to Metzloc, we'll be
52:16
good.
52:17
We'll be great.
52:18
Awesome.
52:19
Do have any final parting shots from you?
52:21
Oh, yes.
52:22
That's my score.
52:23
It's hard to switch it.
52:24
So I'm gonna go 28 to 10.
52:26
It's gonna be my final prediction.
52:29
I think Aaron Jones is gonna have two on the ground.
52:31
I think he's score two.
52:33
I think Jefferson's gonna have a great day.
52:36
And I I think I think TJ's gonna get get get an end zone as well.
52:40
So I think, you know, you have one from JJ, one from Hudson, two from Jones.
52:48
Excellent.
52:48
Excellent, man.
52:49
Well, what a treat having Carl Lee on the program with us, getting to talk some more with
52:55
with the legend, continuing to build relationships with everyone here at the
52:59
tailgate.
53:00
It's been a really awesome experience.
53:02
Looking forward to grabbing some more food before we get on with the rest of this day
53:07
watching this football team play against, you know, somebody that we owe one to.
53:12
Right?
53:13
The last time they're here, the 33 comeback.
53:16
Yes.
53:16
We won that game.
53:17
I wanna see if we decisive today, and I wanna see if we decisive early and really get through
53:22
this.
53:22
So the the first games of the day are starting to wrap up now.
53:26
We got saints and steelers on in the background over with the crew life gang over there.
53:31
Keeping an eye on some of the other games around the league as well.
53:35
Really excited to be here once again.
53:37
Glad my car didn't get towed as the buses were pulling up here, and looking forward to coming
53:42
back.
53:43
And, yeah, having a great time again here.
53:45
We will be back here in this slot.
53:46
This is 903 Washington Ave South.
53:50
V says 28 to three Vikings.
53:52
I love it.
53:52
He's got a lot of confidence in the defense coming out well rested.
53:56
Says twenty seven ten.
53:59
Close close to the twenty eight nine.
54:01
Yep.
54:01
Well, I think there's a lot of people that believe...
54:04
Gonna keep believing in the defense and now starting to show a little bit of faith in this
54:08
offense as well.
54:09
I don't believe that it's misplaced.
54:11
I think this this offense has given us all a reason to start to think a little bit more
54:16
highly of them, and they have to just prove it now.
54:19
And they have to prove it week over week.
54:21
Nobody's gonna give them anything.
54:22
The narrative, even if you win this week, isn't going to change overnight.
54:26
The national pundits are not going to believe in this team, but we sure do.
54:30
And that's all that counts here in Minnesota.
54:32
Counts, baby.
54:33
Six and o.
54:34
Stole.
54:34
Kuwait.
54:37
We gotta get our guy on.
54:39
I can't sign off I can't sign off without at least getting Kuwait in here with us and
54:43
getting his spots for just a minute.
54:45
Yeah.
54:45
Give him that.
54:46
Oh, I got a micromo?
54:48
Yep.
54:48
What up?
54:48
Come on, man.
54:50
What's up, Fada.
54:52
Yo, buddy.
54:53
Man, what a vibe down here.
54:55
We knighted
54:56
some new members of the Viking World Order today.
54:58
It was an incredible experience to be a part of that.
55:00
Can you tell me what that's like for you to now be on that side of it and to welcome people
55:06
into the family that is the Viking World Order army division.
55:09
Well, technically, we're Viking World Order.
55:11
We're just a separate camp.
55:14
But No.
55:14
Yeah.
55:15
But for me, actually, on Sunday last week, with my eleven years being part of this beautiful
55:22
fucking club, fucking love it.
55:25
And then they want other people that wanna be part of us.
55:29
I mean, I love it.
55:31
You're a fan down, this and that.
55:33
You...
55:34
I mean, everybody thinks you have to paint off like...
55:38
No.
55:38
You don't.
55:39
Gotta love the Vikings.
55:41
You know?
55:41
Just love the Vikings.
55:45
Yeah.
55:46
But it's so awesome that new people wanna come in and be part of us.
55:51
That's all I care about.
55:52
You know?
55:53
You know?
55:54
Colts, you're going down.
55:56
I don't care.
55:59
Well, we cannot wait.
56:00
Cool, Wade.
56:01
I appreciate you, man.
56:02
To be a part of this family out is incredible.
56:05
You heard the prediction.
56:06
Vikings win today.
56:07
We're not gonna ask him for a score.
56:08
It doesn't matter.
56:09
If I don't give a score.
56:10
The Vikings are coming home with
56:11
the
56:12
w, and that's what matters the most.
56:13
I'm Bubba starts.
56:14
Coach Cody, sir Kool Aid.
56:17
We got Kev with us as well, guys.
56:19
This is us signing off from 903 Washington Ave here at Petheadville.
56:23
Scooey.
56:29
Yeah.