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Can the Vikings Defense Deliver Again Against Detroit? · Scene Projects Sports Network

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  Welcome into the scene project sports network.
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  I am your host, Bubba Starts, and you are here today for the tailgate pregame show.
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  Minnesota Vikings are taking on the Detroit lions.
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  Hey.
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  I can hear you.
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  Yep.
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  Hey, b.
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  Hey.
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  What up, b?
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  Hey.
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  brother.
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  No worries.
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  Alright.
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  Well, our Minnesota Vikings are up in Detroit taking on their division rival, the Detroit
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  lions.
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  The defense, historic right now.
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  The offense, lackluster at best.
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  On the other side of the ball, Jared Goff is playing out of his mind.
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  14 touchdowns.
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  No interceptions yet.
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  We got some we got some predictions on that.
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  But, Cody, overall thoughts before we really dig into the keys to the game.
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  I mean, we're six and o.
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  It's Justin Jefferson's one hundredth career game, so, you know, he's gonna wanna make a
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  splash.
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  And he's been actually really, really dominant against the Detroit lines at Ford Field.
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  We'll get into that a little bit later.
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  But, you know, divisional game, it's always gonna be intense, and I'm hoping for high
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  scoring, not, you know, from the defense or the special teams, but I wanna see the offense
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  produce.
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  Because Jefferson...
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  I mean, we gotta get him a thousand yards, and it's looking...
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  It's not looking too good right now.
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  Yeah, coach.
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  I'm excited about this game, man.
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  I'm really...
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  You know, a lot of talk out there.
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  A lot of Vikings people are picking them to lose, and I think that's mostly due obviously
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  to the lack of production from the offensive side of the football.
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  It's been several weeks now.
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  We've been waiting for things to click.
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  Thought we saw some, you know, signs of life from the offense in New Orleans, and then they
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  come out after the bye week and really just underwhelm in every way, on the offensive side
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  of the ball.
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  Now the defense obviously continues to be historic in in every single way.
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  Maybe not the top, but the chaos they create is absolutely insane.
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  We
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  we have watched them time and time again, get after the
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  passer,
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  and to create enough chaos, even if they're not getting home, although they get it home several
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  times last week, that it forces bad throws.
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  We saw it against Kayla Williams.
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  We saw it against Jordan Love, and now we're about to see it again against Jared Goff and
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  the lions.
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  So excited to see this defense step out there, but really looking forward to hopefully seeing
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  this offense take a step in the right direction today and get the ball moving down the field
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  and controlling the tempo of the game?
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  Yeah.
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  You know, I just want the offense to, you know, just show signs of improvement.
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  You know, he struggled against the colts, and, you know, it is what it is.
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  Good teams will find a way to win no matter what.
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  The colts aren't actually as bad as people think.
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  They put up 30 points against the chiefs a week prior to that against a pretty good team.
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  They put up again 22.
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  So for us to hold them to 10, it just speaks volumes of reflow in that defense.
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  But I think we're gonna need them again today.
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  We...
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  Dallas Turner needs to show up.
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  We need to get Jared Goff just moving, uncomfortable, get him out of his flow.
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  Yeah.
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  Agreed.
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  Well...
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  And that kinda leads us into, getting into our keys of the game.
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  Key number one, it all starts with Jamere Gibbs.
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  As much talk as Jared Goff is getting and rightfully so, if they can't get their running
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  game going, it really limits them and makes them one dimensional.
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  I think makes them easier to beat.
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  So it starts on the defensive side with containing Jamere Gibbs so that the play action
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  game that makes this offense so successful doesn't have any teeth.
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  Yeah.
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  You gotta make them one dimensional.
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  Jamere Gibbs, he is a phenomenal player.
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  You know, and, in the passing games, so you have to take...
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  You have to watch him.
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  But he...
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  They don't have David Montgomery no more.
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  So, you know, he's he's taking more of the load, more of the hits.
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  We'll see how how he he fares against his defense because Aman Ra's decent.
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  Some people say he's better than Jefferson.
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  I don't think he's anywhere near Jefferson, but that's a conversation for another day.
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  I think he's, like, top 15, top 20, if that
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  Yeah.
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  Well...
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  And and they had they had signed help.
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  Right?
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  They had Isaiah Pacheco and thought they were gonna have this.
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  Now he gets injured.
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  And Jamere Gibbs just isn't a every back.
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  Is he a dangerous offensive weapon?
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  Yes.
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  But where he really struggles is in pass protection.
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  He gives up a ton of pressures, whether it's identifying the free runner or just being able
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  to physically attack those, you know, the difference in size between a Jamere Gibbs and a
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  Blake Cashman or an Eric Wilson is staggering when these guys are going full speed.
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  So it's really gonna be a question of, one, can they stop them on first and second down?
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  Can they keep themselves from getting burned by the play action on first down, which is where
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  is most effective with this lions team?
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  They like to go play action 50% of the time off of first down, and then the other 50%, they're
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  running the ball.
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  So it's up to these linebackers to identify early.
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  I wanna see them in attack mode.
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  Whether it's play action or not, attack downhill.
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  And if you're not getting to the running back and stopping them for a loss, then going
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  straight after Jared Goff and creating some havoc back, in the backfield.
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  Mhmm.
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  Yeah.
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  I I wanna also pay attention to the special teams.
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  Just, you know, it's yardage that isn't really, accounted for, hidden yardage.
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  Just being able to flip the field, you know, punts inside the twenties, being able to at
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  least give Will Reichard an opportunity to kick a field goal.
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  Yeah.
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  He missed one last last week, but that's totally fine with me.
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  Get that miss out of the way.
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  I'd rather have that now than in the playoffs.
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  Yeah.
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  And it was blocked.
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  It wasn't like he shanked it.
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  The Mhmm.
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  The, you know, the line wasn't able to block.
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  I don't know who blocked it, but one of those big guys in the middle get a paw up if it's the
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  forced buckner.
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  The guy's a monster.
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  Right?
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  So he gets that big pop and blocks it.
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  It...
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  It's not...
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  To me, it's not like that's a a confidence shattering kinda deal.
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  Sucks that the streak ended, but also, like you said, he got the team record.
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  That's good enough.
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  Right?
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  Let's just keep moving forward, and let's start a new streak here for him today, which they
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  already kinda got going last weekend.
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  So looking forward to this defense, really getting after it.
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  I wanna see them stop the run and absolutely shut down this running attack in Jamere Gibbs
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  and to do what they have done against him pretty much his entire career.
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  Right?
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  The...
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  Blayron Flores has always found a way to kinda shut this down, and I have no doubt that the
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  Vikings will be able to do that again.
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  Alright.
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  That takes us in a key two, which kinda plays into this as well.
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  Disrupting Jared Goff's rhythm, disguising pressure, and denying those easy quick throws.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, dude's...
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  Like you said, he's playing out of his mind right now.
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  14 touchdowns, zero picks that needs to that needs to and will change today.
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  He's not mobile by any means.
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  He's he's a statue back there.
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  So, if we can come up there, you know, yeah, he's a veteran, but, you know, Flores is a
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  defensive magician, I'd like to say.
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  So even though Goff has been around the league, seen a bunch of coverages, B flow is still
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  gonna be able to surprise him.
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  We come up there with eight, nine man fronts and just, you know, send it and, you know, get
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  him off his rhythm.
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  You know, once a quarterback gets into a rhythm, especially a quarterback like Jared
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  Goff, it can be dangerous in a long day.
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  Well...
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  And lots of people have wanted to to point out this week.
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  Jared Goff, really good against the Blitz, that veteran moxie knowing where to go before you
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  throw it.
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  They're watching a ton of tape, but there's a there's a hidden advantage to that as well
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  because Brian Flores is also putting stuff on tape week after week and knows how to back out
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  of that and to drop into areas where they know that the the quarterback is gonna wanna go to
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  the ball in those quick outlets.
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  So you're almost able to bait bad throws into, you know, into a quarterback by showing a lot
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  up front and then bailing out of that.
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  And because this...
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  Or defense rather isn't predicated
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  on
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  predetermining what you're going to do before the ball is snapped, it's a lot of times based
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  off of what these defenders are seeing up to the moment of the snap.
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  So the call can be one thing up until the second before the ball is snapped, and then
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  you're having Blake Cashman and Eric Wilson and Harrison Smith starting to react to what
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  they're seeing.
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  So they may be on a blitz call, but see something in that last moment or even after the
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  ball is snapped to say, hey.
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  I'm moving here.
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  Maybe Cashman is watching Jared Goff's eyes as he's blitzing and saying, oh, I have a a slant
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  route coming behind me as he's two steps into the line bailing out at it, and a pass that was
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  open or looked open for a split second now has your, I I would say, all pro caliber linebacker
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  right now, the way that Cashman is playing, falling right into that.
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  So he had an incredible game last week.
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  Really impressed with Blake Cashman playing this week, and we wanna see, go there.
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  Possum Boy, hey.
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  We'll give it to you, man.
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  Appreciate you turning in.
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  Lions are in for a huge test this week.
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  So you know what?
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  We appreciate you tuning in and checking out the show.
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  You know, we...
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  By no means do I believe that this is an easy game for either team.
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  Lot of people pick in the lions to win, but I don't find it to be an easy game for them to
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  match up to.
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  It is strength on strength and the weaknesses of these teams on their weakness.
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  Whose weakness can be a strength for them this week?
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  Mhmm.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, we we talk a lot about our defense, but we failed to remember that they got Aiden
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  Hutchinson, and he can destroy a game and control a game, you know, all by himself.
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  You know, I'm interested to see how they align and how they use their linebackers to cover
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  Jefferson and Hawkinson.
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  They used to use Alex Anzalone.
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  Now he's no longer with the team.
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  So that's gonna be interesting.
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  You you bring up the the the fact that, you know, our b flow with our defense, you know,
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  there's a lot of variables to it, and there's a lot of freedom to it, especially with veterans
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  like Harrison Smith.
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  You you know, I I love it.
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  You can see him every game.
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  He'll be up to the line of scrimmage.
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  Like you said, he'll see something, and almost within a split second, he's darting from, you
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  know, the bottom of the screen all the way up to the middle high safety just like that.
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  And then just disrupts a whole route of concept.
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  So I Well...
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  And and what I what I think I'm starting to understand about what this defense is, a lot of
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  defensive coordinators, they're running in a call, and you go run the call.
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  That is not how this defense operates.
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  Brian Flores puts a lot of trust and power into his veteran players to say, you know what play
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  to make.
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  Go make it.
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  This is what I'm seeing.
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  This is what I want things to look like.
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  But, ultimately, I think these veteran guys have a lot of autonomy on the field to not make
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  calls just for themselves, but for the rest of the guys on the field and to help some of these
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  guys out.
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  So I'm really interested to see that chess match not only between the defensive
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  coordinator and the offensive coordinator, but really these players on the field.
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  Watching a Harrison Smith and Blake Cashman who wears the green dot for this defensive squad to
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  watch how they match up in the chess match on the field with Jared Goff who's making the
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  plays and calls for his offense.
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  So I'm really excited to watch this.
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  I I think it's gonna be...
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  Yeah, b.
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  Like, more so than ever, this game is gonna come down to maybe one mistake.
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  Who makes the mistake in the big moment and who's able to capitalize on that?
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  And for my money, I put the onus on and and the December actually.
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  The Vikings defense making the play in the big moments because that is what they have done all
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  season long.
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  And until they show us any differently, I am never going to pick against this team.
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  It it is going to come down to it.
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  And we also got one of the best kickers, I I would say, in his career of all time, when it's
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  all said and done.
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  So I'm willing to put him out there.
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  He's in a dome.
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  If it comes down to a 68 yard attempt from Ryker to win the game, I think I feel pretty
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  confident about him going out there and doing just that.
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  So if it comes down to a field goal at the end possession, we only have to get to the 50 yard
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  line to feel good about trotting our kicker out there for a potential game winner.
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  So no doubt, Possum Boy.
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  It's gonna be a a tough black and blue and purple game, and and I couldn't be more proud
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  of our squad going out there.
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  It's not gonna be a pushover, and good luck to you guys as well.
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  I I think this is gonna be a tough game.
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  And some added juice on top of that, it's Justin Jefferson's one hundredth game today.
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  I mean, how good do you feel as a competitor knowing that your best player is going out
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  there with something to prove in a big game?
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  They're all important, of course.
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  But being number 100, you know this guy wants to show up, and he shows up in Fort Field every
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  time he plays there.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Big stars come up in big moments.
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  You
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  know, it'd be foolish to think that that this isn't a big moment for JJ.
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  And, you know, even even if it's just surprising to me.
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  Especially with the wide receivers, they're all prima donnas.
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  They all think that they're the best that they should be getting, you know, 10 touchdowns a
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  game.
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  But, know, you don't really see that.
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  Even if a game doesn't go his way, you know, you don't see that.
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  I hope this isn't that game.
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  I I hope we can...
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  I hope this game, he goes off.
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  This is his coming out game for the year.
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  No doubt.
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  And something that I brought up to wrap on his show, and while I hope it's not true, we've
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  seen a different player in Kyler Murray when he's away from US Bank Stadium than when he is
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  home in Minneapolis.
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  And I'm wondering if there isn't a little extra added pressure that he's putting on himself.
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  And because of the constant kind of QB controversy that people are creating, instead
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  of feeling like he has the full support of his home crowd, that he's putting the extra
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  pressure on trying to be too much.
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  Now, obviously, this game being in Detroit, he doesn't have that added pressure.
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  Playing in enemy territory tends to bring a team closer together.
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  Do we see a a little bit looser, more relaxed Kyler Murray today similar to what we saw in
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  New Orleans?
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  Well, I...
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  Probably probably not.
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  I mean, they had they had a a reporter ask them.
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  They're like, hey.
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  You know, do you look to run, or do you look to stay in that pocket?
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  And he even...
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  Like, he he admitted it himself.
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  He looks to stay in that pocket, be that pocket passer.
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  The fact that he can run, that's an added bonus, but I wish he would look to run a little
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  bit more.
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  I think that it...
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  The best play that we saw last week in the running game was the option that they ran to
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  Aaron Jones.
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  And I would like to see them attack that early.
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  The the strength of this Minnesota...
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  Or Detroit Lions defense rather is the edges.
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  Aiden Hutchinson who can line up anywhere.
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  The way to attack them is to put them on an island.
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  And what does that better than going out and running option against these guys and
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  nullifying the athletic ability of one Aiden Hutchinson or DJ Wanham either one.
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  Attack this defense and use your playmakers to do just that.
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  I wanna see them attack in the run game, making Kyler a threat to run, but giving him that
• 21:59
  option.
• 21:59
  I think that's what makes this team most effective.
• 22:02
  I know it's not necessarily something that is in the bag of tricks of Kevin O'Connell, but
• 22:08
  have they been able to work something in this game to to really attack this defense and to
• 22:15
  make them hold a step, which hopefully opens up stuff farther down the field?
• 22:20
  The running game has to be effective today, or you're going to put yourself into third and
• 22:25
  long situations that you just haven't been able to, been able to capitalize on and be effective
• 22:32
  in this season?
• 22:34
  I mean, right
• 22:34
  now, Minnesota is allowing a lead low with 12.3 points per game.
• 22:40
  Detroit is averaging 30.7 points per game ranking only behind Buffalo.
• 22:47
  So, you know, high powered offense meets high powered defense.
• 22:51
  Let's see who wins.
• 22:53
  Yeah.
• 22:53
  And like I said, I I think that what it comes down to is the weaknesses of these teams.
• 22:58
  The defense of the, of the lions, has not been a strong suit for them nor has the offense of
• 23:08
  the Minnesota Vikings.
• 23:09
  So it's whose weaknesses can show up and put something on.
• 23:12
  I think there's a lot more optimism for the Vikings offense because of the talent that you
• 23:18
  have out there.
• 23:19
  It's really hard to look at the playmakers that are on this team and to go...
• 23:23
  We've seen the best of what they can do.
• 23:26
  I don't think we have, not by a mile.
• 23:29
  So can we get this offense rolling?
• 23:31
  Find Can ways to get Kyler Murray playing with confidence early in the game and really
• 23:37
  starting to be that efficient, high volume passer that we have seen in the past during his
• 23:44
  career and also in the times he's been successful this year.
• 23:48
  Do we get that short passing game going early as we did when we were in New Orleans, get
• 23:53
  those good vibes flowing, and then see what we can turn up later in the game and also getting
• 23:59
  this running game moving in a positive direction?
• 24:02
  Jordan Mason looked a little rusty coming off IR last week.
• 24:06
  Can we get him rolling a little bit more, being a little bit better with the football in his
• 24:11
  hands?
• 24:11
  Is Aaron Jones healthy enough to go out and give you 10 carries?
• 24:15
  Will a Damon Claiborne sighting happen today and get the young man going and and really
• 24:20
  turning some plays loose?
• 24:22
  I'm I'm hoping.
• 24:23
  Aaron Jones, my boy, he's a dog, but, you know, he's he's up there in age.
• 24:30
  He's taking a beating already.
• 24:32
  Workload more than what he probably anticipated and more than what he's had all of his career
• 24:38
  probably.
• 24:40
  So I I want, you know, our backups to come come in and provide him, you know, a breather.
• 24:47
  Not just a breather, but, you know, be able to do something with their opportunities that they
• 24:53
  do get.
• 24:55
  This is gonna be rough.
• 24:57
  I I don't know I don't know why people are picking the lions.
• 25:01
  You know, maybe they're just still skeptical about our offense.
• 25:06
  You know, if you're a Minnesota Viking fan, you know, they'll have runs like this, and it's
• 25:11
  just a matter of time.
• 25:12
  I hope it's not today.
• 25:13
  Our series record against the lions, they have us 82, 45, and two.
• 25:20
  So we gotta make up some room right there.
• 25:23
  Get a little look at the injury port, today.
• 25:27
  Now the one that scared me, everybody else looked like they were gonna be ready for game
• 25:31
  day.
• 25:32
  Jay Ward must have suffered an injury during
• 25:34
  practice
• 25:36
  and then limited participant in Friday's practice and then listed as questionable.
• 25:41
  Jay is not a starter necessarily on this team, but he is a contributor.
• 25:46
  And that is something that I will be paying attention to as they get closer down to game
• 25:51
  time, whether he's actually on the field warming up and and will be playing today.
• 25:57
  Now for the Detroit Lions, Kirby Joseph was listed as out, so we don't have to worry about
• 26:02
  seeing their safety on the field today.
• 26:06
  A lot of the other ones that were on this list, Roger McCleary, listen as questionable.
• 26:11
  We'll see if that has any effect on them, but it looks like the rest of the team will be a
• 26:15
  full goal.
• 26:15
  They had a lot of guys that were limited participants all week during practice here,
• 26:20
  coming back in.
• 26:21
  So we'll see if the lions, while dressing everyone, we'll see how healthy they feel when
• 26:28
  they step out there on the field today and, take on this Minnesota Vikings team.
• 26:34
  Coach, I'm excited.
• 26:36
  I'm fired up for this game, a true test.
• 26:38
  If you are a, and feel that you are a contender, you look forward to these games and
• 26:45
  proving your mettle against some of the best teams in the league.
• 26:49
  Detroit's record, four and two, suffered a couple early losses early in the season, but
• 26:53
  they have managed to turn things around.
• 26:55
  Can we expose enough in the defense with our offense as they get going to really put this
• 27:02
  one away and to silence a lot of the haters that are out there against this Minnesota
• 27:06
  Vikings team right now?
• 27:08
  I sure...
• 27:08
  Man, I sure hope so.
• 27:10
  I sure hope so.
• 27:11
  It's...
• 27:13
  You know, it's just...
• 27:14
  If our if our offense can start clicking, then there's no question who the best team
• 27:18
  in the NFL is.
• 27:19
  That's literally the only hang up.
• 27:22
  Literally the only hang up.
• 27:25
  Drop your score predictions down in the chat, guys.
• 27:27
  Appreciate seeing those.
• 27:28
  Always love to see how everybody's feeling ahead of game time, taking the temperature of
• 27:33
  the fan base right now and getting it out there.
• 27:37
  B's got a coach, question for you, coach.
• 27:39
  What would you tell your team, maybe just the offense in a game like this?
• 27:43
  With the lack of offense, can you just say, can you just need doing your thing?
• 27:50
  No.
• 27:50
  No.
• 27:51
  Iron sharpens iron.
• 27:52
  It's put up or shut up.
• 27:54
  Sooner or later, you have to, you have to prove it, and this team has improved it.
• 27:59
  Hopefully, this is the game that they do, though.
• 28:02
  But I'm telling them literally, like, put your money where your mouth is.
• 28:06
  You know?
• 28:07
  A lot of a lot of players, like, talk that talk.
• 28:09
  If you can't walk into it, then I don't wanna hear it.
• 28:15
  I think this offense, it has not been as putrid as maybe the the stats have shown.
• 28:23
  It's not like guys aren't open.
• 28:25
  It comes down to better decision making, better execution, and these things could look a lot
• 28:32
  different.
• 28:33
  We talked a lot about it this week, the holding on the Jordan Addison play that they scored
• 28:40
  down the field.
• 28:41
  Right?
• 28:41
  A couple plays like that changes the stat lines and changes the vibes around this team
• 28:46
  completely.
• 28:47
  One worry that I have, and we heard Dex on Purple Daily this week with his ref report,
• 28:53
  there have been a lot of DPI calls with this referee crew and a lot of offensive holdings.
• 28:58
  So
• 29:00
  can we keep the pocket clean without holding, and can we maybe exploit some of these
• 29:06
  defensive pass interference calls against this lions secondary that is still not really at
• 29:12
  full strength.
• 29:13
  I know Brian Branch came back last week, but coming off an Achilles, how close is he to
• 29:18
  100%?
• 29:20
  You know, is he out there playing at 85% and can still be exposed in some of that?
• 29:25
  Can we get a couple of big calls that maybe turn the field for the Vikings rather than
• 29:30
  working against us?
• 29:31
  I
• 29:34
  didn't I didn't know about that officiating crew.
• 29:37
  I didn't know we had them today.
• 29:39
  Oh, man.
• 29:41
  Well, I'm a...
• 29:42
  I wanna know Caleb Banks.
• 29:45
  You know, Dominic Orange Citrus, where the hell you guys at?
• 29:50
  Where the hell are you guys at?
• 29:51
  You know?
• 29:53
  You guys gotta gotta start disrupting the game.
• 29:55
  Gotta make an impact.
• 29:56
  I better hear, your guys' names come up, with some positivity.
• 30:03
  As for the reps and the penalties, anyone who knows football, there's holding on every play,
• 30:09
  literally every play.
• 30:11
  It's just how egregious is it and how ticktack these officials wanna be.
• 30:17
  It sounds like they're, you know, right up there with the, you know, Ju'Kalan penalties.
• 30:22
  So, you know, we just gotta limit the stupid mistakes.
• 30:27
  Big time.
• 30:27
  Well, sound up in the chat, guys.
• 30:29
  We wanna see those game predictions.
• 30:31
  B has twenty six twenty three with a big will field goal in OT to call game.
• 30:37
  I think that that field goal is pretty steady.
• 30:42
  We had Taylor on from the Michigan Sports Truth podcast with us this week.
• 30:48
  He said the same thing going to OT.
• 30:50
  Now he called the game, I think, going the other way, but I think a lot of people believe
• 30:55
  this is gonna be a close game.
• 30:57
  If you're putting your money out there, I'd say the Vikings to cover as the underdogs here is
• 31:03
  probably a safe bet.
• 31:05
  I don't think the lions run away with this one.
• 31:07
  This defense is just too good.
• 31:09
  It's gonna be close.
• 31:11
  And right now, I think it's a three and a half point spread.
• 31:14
  So I think taking the Vikings to cover is probably a safe bet because this defense is
• 31:20
  going to have a way to keep things close.
• 31:23
  There's just no
• 31:23
  doubt about it.
• 31:26
  What...
• 31:26
  What's your score?
• 31:28
  What's your score for the game?
• 31:29
  I think earlier this week, I had called something similar to b, but I think I went with
• 31:34
  a twenty three twenty.
• 31:36
  Offense finds a way to get a a touchdown and get into field goal range.
• 31:42
  So they get down, score two touchdowns today, and you have three Will Riker field goals to
• 31:48
  make it 23 to 20.
• 31:50
  I don't think that this Lions team can score more than two touchdowns against this defense.
• 31:58
  I just don't see it happening.
• 31:59
  Now do they put up more than what the Vikings have been giving up?
• 32:03
  Surely.
• 32:04
  Right?
• 32:04
  To to hold teams to under 13 points a
• 32:06
  game,
• 32:07
  I don't think can last forever, but I think the offense does enough today to...
• 32:13
  You maybe not silence all of the critics because they are not gonna put up great.
• 32:18
  They probably stall out a few times, and you're relying once again on the the leg of Will
• 32:24
  Reichard to put up points for you in meaningful moments.
• 32:28
  But I think the Vikings have enough to get it done today.
• 32:31
  I think it comes on to to turnovers.
• 32:33
  Right?
• 32:34
  And maybe it's a turnover at the end of the game.
• 32:36
  Maybe the lions do have the ball and have a chance to go down and win this thing at the end
• 32:41
  of the game, but it's the defense showing up and closing out the game similar to what they
• 32:45
  did against Chicago when they played at Scolger Field this season.
• 32:50
  So shortly after we started, Kevin Seaford reported for the Vikings the week eight
• 32:56
  inactives.
• 32:57
  Safety, Jacoby Thomas, cornerback, Chuck Demings, Claiborne won't be running the ball
• 33:04
  today.
• 33:05
  Caleb Thiamin, Elijah Williams, Max Brosmer will be the emergency quarterback.
• 33:11
  But just, you know, Claiborne being inactive, I know that already tells me it's gonna probably
• 33:17
  be a long day for Ann Jones.
• 33:19
  If Jay Ward's hurt and still, you know, at least not a 100%, Jacoby Thomas is right behind
• 33:27
  him, and he's inactive.
• 33:28
  Chuck Demings, one of our corners, he's inactive.
• 33:32
  Ahmaan Ra might have a day.
• 33:36
  Demings hasn't been in for a while, so that doesn't worry me much.
• 33:39
  Neither has Jacoby Thomas.
• 33:41
  So neither one of those are really affecting what the defense has been whatsoever.
• 33:47
  It's interesting to me, though, that Damond would be inactive, and there's a name not on
• 33:53
  that list that I think we should all be very excited about, at least in the short term.
• 33:57
  That means Odell Beckham junior is suiting up today, if I'm not mistaken, or has he been on
• 34:02
  the practice squad?
• 34:03
  I...
• 34:04
  That I don't know, big b.
• 34:05
  I wish he was here right now.
• 34:07
  I know.
• 34:07
  That's our our staff guy in that work.
• 34:10
  So I'm interested to see if he's gonna be elevated and playing.
• 34:14
  And, yeah, if if Damond is not on the field, then who is off the field?
• 34:20
  Right?
• 34:21
  So interesting to see what we're going to have there.
• 34:25
  And Let's see.
• 34:29
  I'm trying to look it up real quick.
• 34:31
  Same group of players who were inactive for Minnesota's week seven game.
• 34:34
  So Damon Claiborne was inactive for the game against the Indianapolis colts as well, which I
• 34:42
  wasn't, aware of in that.
• 34:44
  So very interesting to see who's on the field.
• 34:47
  Damon Claiborne not making the active roster.
• 34:51
  What does that mean for this team and what they think about him?
• 34:56
  Is it Inklings that we are going to see a a Jonathan Taylor sighting on this team very
• 35:03
  soon, or is it...
• 35:05
  Is there nothing much to it?
• 35:08
  I hope.
• 35:09
  I hope.
• 35:10
  If we have Jonathan Taylor and Aaron Jones, it's it's game over.
• 35:14
  I'm calling it straight up.
• 35:19
  Well, we'd sure love to see it.
• 35:20
  I know that for sure.
• 35:22
  B asked if they do take an l today, do we see a move before the tenth, which is the trade
• 35:28
  deadline?
• 35:29
  Look, buddy.
• 35:30
  I think there's a move happening regardless before the tenth.
• 35:33
  I I don't know if a, loss today changes anything either way.
• 35:38
  I think the Minnesota Vikings realize they have to get better with Jeffrey Simmons signing in
• 35:43
  Chicago, the NFC West getting stronger with Quentin Nelson going out to join the Seahawks,
• 35:49
  and DeForest Buckner going back to San Francisco.
• 35:51
  Everybody is gearing up, and no doubt the Vikings being the team that they are right now
• 35:57
  is a reason that these teams know they have to get better.
• 36:00
  And I...
• 36:02
  It's it's something to it, and I think there's also something that the Vikings need to be
• 36:08
  taking note of that, hey.
• 36:08
  If everybody else is getting better around you by adding top flight talent to their team, you
• 36:14
  need to be thinking about doing the same.
• 36:15
  And for me, doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
• 36:19
  If that means trading a late first round pick or a second and another second with some extra
• 36:25
  picks to get Jonathan Taylor on this team.
• 36:27
  For me and my money, you do whatever you need to do and get the job done.
• 36:32
  Nope.
• 36:33
  I'm right there with you.
• 36:34
  I'm right there with you.
• 36:35
  And especially...
• 36:36
  Mean, he's under he's under contract for, what, next two years?
• 36:40
  So you...
• 36:41
  You're not renting a player like we normally do.
• 36:44
  Right.
• 36:45
  And who knows?
• 36:46
  He might wanna stay here.
• 36:47
  So we
• 36:49
  gotta make something, though.
• 36:50
  And the fact that we're gonna have to see DeForest Buckner again when he plays the bears,
• 36:55
  oh, goodness.
• 36:56
  That's just ridiculous in itself.
• 36:58
  Yeah.
• 36:58
  Well, Buckner went back to the...
• 37:00
  To San Francisco, but, yeah, we'll be seeing him in Mexico
• 37:04
  City,
• 37:05
  and we will be seeing...
• 37:09
  Right.
• 37:09
  So, yeah, Odell just sitting on the practice squad, not on the active roster, at least as
• 37:13
  far as I can see there too.
• 37:15
  So, yeah, I wonder where the move was on the field that they started inactive with Damon.
• 37:21
  That's interesting to me.
• 37:22
  Maybe it was just the Jordan Mason coming back, and you keep DJ Dallas because of his things
• 37:27
  here.
• 37:27
  Look.
• 37:28
  I think the Vikings pull it out.
• 37:29
  They win by a field goal.
• 37:31
  It's a close game.
• 37:32
  Do they silence all of the critics with the offensive performance today?
• 37:36
  Probably not, but I think the defense once again does enough to keep you in it and really
• 37:41
  seal the game in a big moment.
• 37:43
  I think that they have gotten after Jared Goff every time they play him.
• 37:47
  I think they get after him early.
• 37:49
  They start to rattle his cage a little bit, and I'm gonna go ahead and call this one too.
• 37:54
  Dan Campbell goes for it on fourth down in a spot he shouldn't and gets stopped, and it ends
• 37:59
  up becoming something.
• 38:00
  Maybe that's an opportunity for the offense to get going is another, you know, decision on Dan
• 38:07
  Campbell's side to go for it on fourth down deep in his own territory.
• 38:11
  And, you know what?
• 38:12
  I I think Kevin O'Connell's always been really good with those quick changes in, enemy
• 38:17
  territory to strike fast and to come away with points on those.
• 38:21
  So I think it comes down to mistakes.
• 38:23
  The Vikings defense and and the Lions coaching staff making mistakes, and this Vikings team
• 38:30
  continuing to keep the ball out of harm's way.
• 38:33
  Take care of the football regardless of what it looks like and what the people say.
• 38:38
  The Vikings come all the way with a win today.
• 38:40
  Thirty
• 38:44
  one twenty eight overtime field goal.
• 38:47
  That's my call.
• 38:50
  Hey.
• 38:50
  Even if they lose thirty one twenty eight, you gotta feel pretty good about the offense
• 38:54
  possibly
• 38:55
  putting up
• 38:55
  three or more touchdowns.
• 38:57
  Right?
• 38:58
  Yeah.
• 38:58
  I...
• 38:59
  Like I said, even if they lose in this
• 39:01
  game,
• 39:01
  if the loss means that...
• 39:04
  And the loss comes at the expense necessarily of the offense looking much better and the
• 39:13
  the...
• 39:14
  Player on Detroit makes a great play.
• 39:16
  Goff takes him on a game winning drive at the end of the game.
• 39:19
  Whatever it might be to me, if the offense shows up, I still think there's a lot of
• 39:23
  positives you can take away from that even if you don't come away with the w.
• 39:27
  I don't think that's going to happen.
• 39:29
  I think there's too much willpower on this defense, but this is football, and anything can
• 39:34
  happen.
• 39:34
  So I'm excited, man.
• 39:36
  I know the fans are probably piling into the stadium as we speak over there at Ford Field.
• 39:42
  We got a lot of friends that are in attendance for this one.
• 39:45
  Looking forward to seeing them up on the TV screen.
• 39:48
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• 40:02
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