January 29, 2025 • 11 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' offseason priorities, emphasizing the need to focus on quarterback J.J. McCarthy. He reflects on the recent controversy surrounding the 'tush push' play in the NFL, highlighting the challenges of officiating and technology in football.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast part of your day. Even though I'm feeling crummy,
as you can hear in my beautiful sounding voice like
an angel coming out of the sky, We're still delivering.
And on this episode, I'm gonna share why the Minnesota
(00:29):
Vikings need to revolve their off season priority around quarterback
JJ McCarthy. But first I want to talk about this.
A big discussion happened following the Kansas City Chiefs Buffalo
Bills game because on fourth and one, the Buffalo Bills
(00:54):
did a touch push. And what's so funny is that
everyone wants the tushbush bam because it's an unfair play
when it's really not. The Buffalo Bills got stopped by
the Kansas City Chiefs several times in that game. The
Minnesota Vikings have tried it before, they've got stopped. The
(01:17):
only team that I see have a high success rate
with the tushbush is the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
But regardless.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
They do the toushbush, you got to fish on the
top of the screen marking it as a first down,
to the fish on the bottom of the screen marking
it down as a fourth down. Stop from the Kansas
City Chiefs. And technology has come into play, and I
saw a lot of discussions about what tennis does to
(01:52):
enhance their ability to call play in or out. Players
have the ability to review a play, the fans clap
and it looks something like this, the ball as a
virtual reality graphic of the ball hitting the line or
not hitting the line. And I see a lot of well,
(02:14):
the NFL should do something like that, and I don't
think people realize the challenge in the NFL doing something
like that. One the ball doesn't necessarily or hardly ever
hits the ground. The tennis ball hits the ground, so
(02:34):
you know where it is in or out or whatever.
The football, when you got a guy holding the ball
and you've got five, six, seven guys piling on a
single football player with the ball, how is this technology
(02:55):
supposed to help? And I heard about like the chip
and the football, and I don't think we are understanding
just how complicated it is to put a chip in
the football and get that ball where it needs to be,
because who's how would the football know or how would
(03:19):
the chip inside the football know when the play is
over or the ball is actually spotted? And maybe they'll
come out with something in the next five years, or
maybe they won't, because what also isn't good is having
a tush push happen and you've got guys from thirty
(03:41):
yards away. I don't know how far it is from
the fifty yard line to the sideline, but twenty thirty
yards away from the ball trying to distinguish where the
ball is. So as much as people want to criticize
officiating and their referees, in the end, the NFL has
(04:02):
done them no favors. With five guys piled on Josh Allen,
you go decide where that football should be marked when
you can't see a darn thing, how are you supposed
to know where that ball is marked? It's a guessing
game every time, every time because forward progress.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Comes into play.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
So if I was an NFL official, I would feel
backstabbed by the NFL for not providing something to help
me with a first down call. And if I was
the NFL, I would return and say, you know what,
(04:53):
what are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We supposed to do?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
There's five guys piled on Josh Allen, who's saying that
the ship will tell us where the the ball should
be marked. There's a lot of complications in this whole ordeal.
And I don't think it's as simple as what tennis
does because there's no guys piled up on a tennis ball,
and they can easily do virtual reality, and you can't
(05:17):
do that in the NFL. So let's not pretend that
this is a simple black and white issue. Just do
this and it will solve the problem because the NFL
would have. So let's transition to topic, and the big
topic today is that the Minnesota Vikings should revolve.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
They're off season priorities around j J. McCarthy.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And here's why it would appear that Sam Darnold will
not be back on the Minnesota Vikings. That's the vibe
from the Minnesota Vikings organization and with that means JJ
McCarthy hopefully steps into a QB one. And with that
being the case, the Minnesota Vikings need to figure out
(06:08):
their left guard and right guard spots. Christian Derris how
will be back. Brian O'Neil was solid, Garrett Bradbury could
be improved, certainly could use an upgrade at that position,
but protecting the interior offensive line. Getting better protection on
(06:32):
the interior offensive line needs to be Numero uno priority
of the Minnesota Vikings offseason because when I think about
j J. McCarthy, he is not a guy that can
take big hits in the NFL because he's not the
biggest guy in stature.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
He's tall enough, but he's not thick.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
When you think about Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, these
guys are a thick big boys playing quarterback.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Lebar Jackson's not thick. He's not big.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Then Daniels isn't big, but those guys have the quickness
to escape heavy pressure.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
From the pocket or outside the pocket. And J J.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
McCarthy he can move, but he can't move like Daniels
or Jackson. So figuring out the interior obfsitive line needs
to be the biggest priority of the offseason for the
Minnesota Vikings because what we need is for JJ McCarthy
to have time and to be protected in the pocket
(07:45):
so he can find his guys out wide. And the
last thing that you want from a guy who's starting
his first game in the NFL is pressure all in
his face.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
You don't want.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I'm seeing ghosts like Sam Donald saw with the Jets,
and like Sam Donald saw in the final two games
of the Minnesota Vikings season. So with the salary cap
space the Minnesota Vikings have available, it needs to be
their biggest priority to bring in a left guard and
(08:23):
a right guard to solidify the interior offensive line. And
Garrett Bradberry can last another year. He's a veteran presence
and I think the Minnesota Vikings would be encouraged by
that for first year starter j J McCarthy. And the
(08:44):
last thing the Minnesota Vikings want and the last thing
that Kevin O'Connell wants, is McCarthy going down with an
injury because Blake Brandle, Dalton Ryan or at Ingram could
not protect him in the pocket. And right now, the
(09:09):
Minnesota Vikings investment is in JJ McCarthy. If he succeeds,
the Minnesota Vikings could win playoff games. And if he fails,
Kevin O'Connell and quesci Adopo Mensa will be on the
hot seat immediately, because that's how it works. The NFL
(09:33):
revolves around the quarterback, and the Minnesota Vikings are now
in a position to have their team revolve around first
year starter JJ McCarthy and in order for him to
perform at his highest level and in order for the
Minnesota Vikings to win games next season with a first
(09:57):
year starter, with a guy that it has no experience
playing in the NFL. Yet they need to protect him
in the pocket and give him confidence and time to throw.
So that has to be off season priority number one,
number two, number three, number four, and number.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Five, and then you can address other areas of need.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Because offensively, besides the offensive line and figuring out the
running back position, next season, the Minnesota Vikings are in
good shape. They need to figure out the offensive line,
they need to figure out their running back position, and
they need to figure out their secondary. But besides those holes,
the Minnesota Vikings don't have all that much to address.
(10:42):
Wide receiver, they're good tight end, they're good quarterback, they're
good defensive line, they're good linebacker, they're good. Secondary needs
to be fixed, running back needs to be solved, and
the offensive line needs to be upgraded. And that is
the Minnesota Vikings plan this offseason. So thank you for
(11:04):
watching this episode and for making this podcast a part
of your day. Hit that subscribe button wherever you are
watching or listening, and thank you for making this podcast
a part of your day and for going on this podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Jordan with me. I think I'm feeling better already. Have
a great day everyone,
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast part of your day. Even though I'm feeling crummy,
as you can hear in my beautiful sounding voice like
an angel coming out of the sky, We're still delivering.
And on this episode, I'm gonna share why the Minnesota
(00:29):
Vikings need to revolve their off season priority around quarterback
JJ McCarthy. But first I want to talk about this.
A big discussion happened following the Kansas City Chiefs Buffalo
Bills game because on fourth and one, the Buffalo Bills
(00:54):
did a touch push. And what's so funny is that
everyone wants the tushbush bam because it's an unfair play
when it's really not. The Buffalo Bills got stopped by
the Kansas City Chiefs several times in that game. The
Minnesota Vikings have tried it before, they've got stopped. The
(01:17):
only team that I see have a high success rate
with the tushbush is the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
But regardless.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
They do the toushbush, you got to fish on the
top of the screen marking it as a first down,
to the fish on the bottom of the screen marking
it down as a fourth down. Stop from the Kansas
City Chiefs. And technology has come into play, and I
saw a lot of discussions about what tennis does to
(01:52):
enhance their ability to call play in or out. Players
have the ability to review a play, the fans clap
and it looks something like this, the ball as a
virtual reality graphic of the ball hitting the line or
not hitting the line. And I see a lot of well,
(02:14):
the NFL should do something like that, and I don't
think people realize the challenge in the NFL doing something
like that. One the ball doesn't necessarily or hardly ever
hits the ground. The tennis ball hits the ground, so
(02:34):
you know where it is in or out or whatever.
The football, when you got a guy holding the ball
and you've got five, six, seven guys piling on a
single football player with the ball, how is this technology
(02:55):
supposed to help? And I heard about like the chip
and the football, and I don't think we are understanding
just how complicated it is to put a chip in
the football and get that ball where it needs to be,
because who's how would the football know or how would
(03:19):
the chip inside the football know when the play is
over or the ball is actually spotted? And maybe they'll
come out with something in the next five years, or
maybe they won't, because what also isn't good is having
a tush push happen and you've got guys from thirty
(03:41):
yards away. I don't know how far it is from
the fifty yard line to the sideline, but twenty thirty
yards away from the ball trying to distinguish where the
ball is. So as much as people want to criticize
officiating and their referees, in the end, the NFL has
(04:02):
done them no favors. With five guys piled on Josh Allen,
you go decide where that football should be marked when
you can't see a darn thing, how are you supposed
to know where that ball is marked? It's a guessing
game every time, every time because forward progress.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Comes into play.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
So if I was an NFL official, I would feel
backstabbed by the NFL for not providing something to help
me with a first down call. And if I was
the NFL, I would return and say, you know what,
(04:53):
what are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We supposed to do?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
There's five guys piled on Josh Allen, who's saying that
the ship will tell us where the the ball should
be marked. There's a lot of complications in this whole ordeal.
And I don't think it's as simple as what tennis
does because there's no guys piled up on a tennis ball,
and they can easily do virtual reality, and you can't
(05:17):
do that in the NFL. So let's not pretend that
this is a simple black and white issue. Just do
this and it will solve the problem because the NFL
would have. So let's transition to topic, and the big
topic today is that the Minnesota Vikings should revolve.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
They're off season priorities around j J. McCarthy.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And here's why it would appear that Sam Darnold will
not be back on the Minnesota Vikings. That's the vibe
from the Minnesota Vikings organization and with that means JJ
McCarthy hopefully steps into a QB one. And with that
being the case, the Minnesota Vikings need to figure out
(06:08):
their left guard and right guard spots. Christian Derris how
will be back. Brian O'Neil was solid, Garrett Bradbury could
be improved, certainly could use an upgrade at that position,
but protecting the interior offensive line. Getting better protection on
(06:32):
the interior offensive line needs to be Numero uno priority
of the Minnesota Vikings offseason because when I think about
j J. McCarthy, he is not a guy that can
take big hits in the NFL because he's not the
biggest guy in stature.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
He's tall enough, but he's not thick.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
When you think about Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, these
guys are a thick big boys playing quarterback.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Lebar Jackson's not thick. He's not big.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Then Daniels isn't big, but those guys have the quickness
to escape heavy pressure.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
From the pocket or outside the pocket. And J J.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
McCarthy he can move, but he can't move like Daniels
or Jackson. So figuring out the interior obfsitive line needs
to be the biggest priority of the offseason for the
Minnesota Vikings because what we need is for JJ McCarthy
to have time and to be protected in the pocket
(07:45):
so he can find his guys out wide. And the
last thing that you want from a guy who's starting
his first game in the NFL is pressure all in
his face.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
You don't want.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I'm seeing ghosts like Sam Donald saw with the Jets,
and like Sam Donald saw in the final two games
of the Minnesota Vikings season. So with the salary cap
space the Minnesota Vikings have available, it needs to be
their biggest priority to bring in a left guard and
(08:23):
a right guard to solidify the interior offensive line. And
Garrett Bradberry can last another year. He's a veteran presence
and I think the Minnesota Vikings would be encouraged by
that for first year starter j J McCarthy. And the
(08:44):
last thing the Minnesota Vikings want and the last thing
that Kevin O'Connell wants, is McCarthy going down with an
injury because Blake Brandle, Dalton Ryan or at Ingram could
not protect him in the pocket. And right now, the
(09:09):
Minnesota Vikings investment is in JJ McCarthy. If he succeeds,
the Minnesota Vikings could win playoff games. And if he fails,
Kevin O'Connell and quesci Adopo Mensa will be on the
hot seat immediately, because that's how it works. The NFL
(09:33):
revolves around the quarterback, and the Minnesota Vikings are now
in a position to have their team revolve around first
year starter JJ McCarthy and in order for him to
perform at his highest level and in order for the
Minnesota Vikings to win games next season with a first
(09:57):
year starter, with a guy that it has no experience
playing in the NFL. Yet they need to protect him
in the pocket and give him confidence and time to throw.
So that has to be off season priority number one,
number two, number three, number four, and number.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Five, and then you can address other areas of need.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Because offensively, besides the offensive line and figuring out the
running back position, next season, the Minnesota Vikings are in
good shape. They need to figure out the offensive line,
they need to figure out their running back position, and
they need to figure out their secondary. But besides those holes,
the Minnesota Vikings don't have all that much to address.
(10:42):
Wide receiver, they're good tight end, they're good quarterback, they're
good defensive line, they're good linebacker, they're good. Secondary needs
to be fixed, running back needs to be solved, and
the offensive line needs to be upgraded. And that is
the Minnesota Vikings plan this offseason. So thank you for
(11:04):
watching this episode and for making this podcast a part
of your day. Hit that subscribe button wherever you are
watching or listening, and thank you for making this podcast
a part of your day and for going on this podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Jordan with me. I think I'm feeling better already. Have
a great day everyone,
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