Vikings Rewind 9/11 - Week 1 Loss vs Bucs - Part 1

Nordo offers highlights and lowlights of yesterday's 20-17 loss to the Bucs

Episode Transcript

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Good evening. Welcome to Vikings Rewindon kfa N and the Minnesota Vikings Radio
Network. Vikings Rewind is presented byOmni Viking Lakes. All you Gotta Do
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It's Nordo from nine to noon.Here Vikings starting the twenty twenty three
season with a thud. Unfortunately,twenty to seventeen was the final. Yesterday,

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the Vikings lose to the visiting TampaBay Buccaneers. You're gonna hear next
segment from head coach Kevin O'Connell.He spoke to the media earlier this afternoon.
I'll also include a few kfa Nexclusive postgame interviews with a few players.
Tatum Everett trackdown in the locker roomimmediately after the loss. Let's get
to it. Let's rewind to theaction, and it was difficult sledding for

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both offenses to start the game,exchanging three and outs a couple of punts
to start this one, but thesecond possession for the Purple yesterday, showing
some promise in front of that homecrowd. Everyone giving it up for Bud,
giving it up for the purple tostart twenty twenty three on a high
note. It was a nine playdrive. It featured a sweet, chain
moving eleven yard catch to t J. Hawkinson. Justin Jefferson had a thirty

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yard catch and run. Let's goget some points in an early lead against
the visitors. Right third and short. This happens night play of a possession
that's on sixty one yards and itmay be over infect it is Cousins and
Schlopman messed up the exchange and theBuccaneers have turned over the Pikings. Joe
tryon Shoyinka the one to come outof the pile with it, and the

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first turnover goes the way of TampaBay. I really have never seen this
before. I've seen Kirk stepped on. I've seen Kirk tripping over offensive lineman.
As a matter of fact, Isaw both of those things occurring last
year. I've never seen it whereed Ingram he essentially punched the ball out
of Kirk's hands as he takes asnap and is turning back potentially into a

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playfake situation turnover just outside the redzone. That one was painful. We're
not done now. A key partof this game is indeed, you know
with this new defense. Defensive coordinatorBrian Flores early on yesterday, he was
flummixy Baker Mayfield and the Bucks offenseforcing punt after punt after punt, inactive

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drive, inactive drive, here,there and everywhere throughout the first half.
Loving that, but also another keypart holding onto the ball and on the
ensuing Vike's possession. Another giveaway vikingsoup two on third down, we're minus
wanting to take give big blitz bythe Bucks. Cousins hit balls out Buck's

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ball. We're minus two in thetake gift and they get it at the
eighteen yard line. Antoine Winfield Juniorall over the mix. In fact,
he recovered it and Antoine Winfield Junioris off to h ripick start this game.
Yeah, the second play of thegame he gets by Alexander Madison forces
and incompletion putting pressure on Kirk Onthis particular play gets the strip sack and

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the recovery. Multiple play is madeby the former Gopher Antoine Winfield Junior in
the backfield for the Bucks yesterday.That's two turnovers, by the way,
if you're keeping track in the firstten minutes of the season, Bucks ball
at the Minnesota eighteen yard lot.Defense holds strong again Road team. It's
the scoring started with a field goalearty six yard try Leptash snap spot and

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the kick is good. Three twentythree to go in the first quarter.
The Jeffer Bay Buccaneers, off astrip sack by Antoine Winfield Junior, get
a McLaughlin field golden lead to threezero final minutes of the opening quarter.
As you heard there, both teamsnow exchange three and outs again five three
and outs yesterday for the Vikings offense. But the offense finally gets going in

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the early second quarter a six playeighty plus yard drive. Justin Jefferson.
He had seven catches for one hundredand thirty eight yards in the first half.
He gets all the attention for goodreason, but we also get to
peak at what Jordan Addison can offeras a weapon. The rook found himself
in the end zone for the leadMinnesota oh four on third down, Cousins
shotgun four man rush Kirk's great drop, Pat fades Man wide open Pott,

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Jordan Addison, Welcome to the NationalFootball League. It was beautiful, quick
hitting drive and score seven to three, and then the Vikings force another punt
and at a field goal, ashort one from Greg Joseph twenty five yards.
It's ten three in favor of thePurple. With a handful of minutes
left in the half, Bucks hadtotalled I think around thirty total yards of

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offense to this point in the game. But then they rattle off a seven
play sixty one yard TD drive endinglike this. Baker mayfield out of the
shotgun two by two formation and wereshot white by his side. Minnesota rushes
for Baker, dances around the pocket, throws to the end zone, caught
touchdown. Buccaneers Mike Evans with atwenty eight yard touchdown. He got behind

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our safeties and it's ten nine andto survive ten ten with one o nine
to go before the break. Vikingsoffense is hustling again on short time JJ
with a forty plus yard connection,clocks ticking down, getting the end zone
for a lead at half right,even a field goal makes you feel a
bit better at this point. Instead, the third option, the third turnover
of the half. Twenty three secondsto go on the first half, Cousins

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out of the shotgun, Pocks firesto the end zoner close to it in
fact, it's picked off center ofthe field. The Buccaneers have an interception
and Justin Jefferson smacks said interceptor thatis Christian Issien, the undrafted rookie from
Rutgers, and he paid for itwith the Jefferson hit. But the a

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topic is we're three minus three andthe tap give come on Bucks, keep
Vikings off the board, keep thegame tied at half. And speaking of
the second half, third quarters,if you remember a year ago, the
third quarters plagued the Purple and itwas similar yesterday in terms of scoring,
differential, long drives by the opponent, inability to get in the end zone

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during third quarters. All these thingswere issues despite a thirteen win season a
year ago. It was similar yesterday. Bucks opened the frame with a nearly
nine minute drive, thirteen plays.It looked like the Bikes were going to
hold them to a field goal thirtyone yard dry right hash snap spot right
foot at McLoughlin. Kick is goodand on the sweet number scoreboard on the

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way, we have a flag.We have a flag. This is the
case. If it is encroachment onus, then it's going to be a
first down and I'll give I'll giveenough yards outside defense number. It's twenty
line up in the neutral Zoe jayWard five yard umpty in the first style.
Jay Ward thinking he was gonna getsneaky like in that preseason game against
Arizona. Yep, it's a rookiemistake right there. Whoops. Three plays

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later, they have a rookie,Trey Palmer. He gets a touchdown,
third and goal made field, emptybackfield, looking left now he swings to
the middle and it's caught for aBuccaneers touchdown. It is Trey Palmer,
the Nebraska rookie with his first NationalFootball League touchdown, and the Buccaneers of
Craft Day sixteen ten lead seventeen tenafter the extra point. Now the Vikings

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answer with their most dominant drive ofthe game as well. Loved it.
Sixteen plays, seven and a halfminutes off the clock. Early fourth quarter,
Alexander Madison battles his way in totie. Alexander Madison motions across the
formation of cousins, We'll throw itto When caught at the five, he
stumbles his way to the two,pay the boys his way into the end

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zone. Touchdown VI games. Thatwas all Alexander medicine, and it's seventeen
sixteen Buccaneers. More punting ensues untilthe Bucks creep their way into purple territory
and they give kicker Chase McLaughlin achance from fifty seven. This is a

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fifty seven yard dry right hats snapspot McLaughlin line drive band Uh, it's
good. Chase McLaughlin from fifty seven, matching a career long has kicked the
Buccaneers to a twenty seventeen lead.They always hit those, don't they They

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always do. That's the fatalism thatI have as a rube. I apologize,
but it just feels like they're alwaysgonna hit those kicks if you give
them the chance. And at thisstage of the game, just five to
ten left in it. The Vikingsrespond by going three and out for the
fifth time in the game. Onlythree possessions in the entire second half Long
touchdown drive loved it, but thentwo three and outs the final two times

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that they had the ball. Nowit's the defense they need to make a
stop and they can't. It's nervoustime at US Bank Stadium. Baker out
of a shot done, He takesthe snap on third and ten, looks
right, throws right, Godwin wideopen, caught first down ball game.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't begin oneto know, and the Minnesota Vikings are

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going to be six and two inhome openers are going to lose to Buccaneers.
Clock runs out, no miracles,no late stage heroics, and that
indeed, as you heard the voxis the ball game, Vikings had an
advantage in several statistical categories despite theircomplete inability to run the ball, but
the Bucks they controlled possession. Imentioned the lack of opportunities on offense in

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the second half of the purple,but the Bucks were just boringly productive throughout
the second half. No negative plays, keeping Baker upright, not effecting or
allowing the Vikings defense to affect andimpact his play, and they were smartly
handled by the visitors. Kirk washitting nine times yesterday I mentioned Baker outside

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of an early Daniel Hunter sack,he was hit twice total in the game.
Turnover differential three to nothing in favorof the Bucks. That's catastrophic when
you're trying to win a close game. So the only one Vikings they got
to bounce back. Now, ifyou were doing the wins and loss tallying
for the season, and you expectedthat this one would be a w You're
gonna have to find it somewhere elsenow. And it's a short week.

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They had two same as last yearThursday night, short week, Philly Eagles
primetime, that weird, crazy fanbase, all of it. That's what
lies ahead right here, and you'llget to hear that pregame at five and
of course the actions starting in primetimeright here on your home for Vikings Football.
The fan head coach, Kevin O'Connell, he did talk to the media.

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I mentioned that at the beginning ofthis earlier today. You're gonna get
to hear that around the corner.And before I go to break though,
I do want to mention this,speaking of Thursday, it's a Thursday night
game. You can work remotely onFriday morning at Buffalo Wild Wings for the
Friday Football Feast because Pa and Chartsthey're going to be at the Chanhass and
Buffalo Wild Wings is Friday nine tonoon. It is the Feast and it's

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presented by Cores. A light foodand drink specials, chance to win Vikings
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in details, but put Schanhassan onyour calendar for this Friday when we return.
Let's hear from the head coach aplayer or two from the locker room
immediately following the loss. It isvikings Rewide presented by Omni Viking Lakes on the Fan