October 31, 2024 • 27 mins
Our Long Snapper talks about ghosts, Halloween Candy, Will Reichard & tapping out of plays! All of this leading into Vikings vs Colts! Things as usual get pretty stupid. Does Andrew believe in ghosts?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Muss Darnald back to pass on first and goal, looks right,
swings to the left, Josh Oliver wide open put doun.
The Minnesota Vikings have come to Los Angeles and streaked
down the field on their first possession to take a
six to zero league first and goal. Darnald play action,
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excellent pocket again Rose left.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Taught touch down. Trenton Surfield Senior.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
With the touchdown, and the Minnesota Vikings have taken a
thirteen seventy Sam back to pass Babe left at about
the ten It's toppled?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Taught by Justin You Kids Day has a five yard
line Peace putting on a show right next to Hollywood,
and that's a twenty two yard game Perston Gold of
the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
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radio in the car, but go home and watch that
one on TV.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Vikings Country.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Here we are hanging out at the ten twenty nine bar.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
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it up.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
One of our favorite guests.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
We absolutely love Andrew Depaula's with us.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
What's up, buddy, what's up? Good to be back.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
I'm glad that you're here, of course, our long snapper
for the Minnesota Vikings. You grew up in Perkton, Maryland. Yep, Okay,
what is Parkton, Maryland?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Like?
Speaker 5 (01:53):
What's the what's the main attraction? Like if you were
working for the bureau, Hey, come here because we have
these lovely blanks.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Nothing I think we've got we got one stoplight. It's
it's more of a rural farm town, nice houses. It
was a good place to grow up. Not as a kid,
you don't. You don't understand it as much, but now
looking back, you're like, dang, it really was a good
place to grow up. Not a lot going on. Our
Friday nights consisted of hanging out with the parking ride.
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That's about it.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
So you had to make your own fun.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
We did.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
And then in small town like that, and I know
believe me.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
There's been a lot of gravel roads that I've had
a great time on growing up in Owatana, Minnesota. So
you got to make your own fun. So there's a
lot of fun stupid stuff against Probably do.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
You get in trouble, you learn how to get in trouble.
You learned how to get out of trouble. I think
the part that's the biggest key.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Last time that you were on the show, I felt
like we really tapped into something that would be absolutely amazing,
and I'm hoping that you followed through with this at all.
Because the Paula Begels that you guys have family owned.
We talked about the fact that bagels, they just got
the hole. There's no reason to have the whole thought.
Maybe you guys were going after the donut people with
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their holes, but then they have donut holes. Did we
in fact come out with bagel balls yet?
Speaker 4 (03:15):
We haven't come out with bagel balls yet. We have not,
but we're brainstorming. Yeah, we're brainstorming. We got a couple
of ideas floating out there. I think it'll be game changing.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I like it.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
I like these because you know you can do the
everything big ol ball. Yep, you can do you know
any kind of cream cheese on a big, big old ball.
Your bigge balls need to be creamed.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Gotta have to cream on the bagel balls, right right, exactly,
that's part without that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
I just don't even understand.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Why we're too dry.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
We're spending so much time.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
All right, So the Viking's gonna host the Colts in
their first meeting since completing the largest comeback in NFL
history and overtime in twenty twenty two. You guys all
remember that, What a tremendous game, overcoming a thirty three
point deficit at halftime and secured the NFC North title.
And here you go, you're gonna take on the Colts
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once again.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
You were a part of that game, were you not?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
I was, Yeah, yeah, yep.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
How unbelievable was I know, as a fan watching it
and I'm doing the broadcast stuff, somorre you're writing in
my notes, you know, for well, this is why we
didn't do this, and this is why we kind of
sucked here, and then all of a sudden we come
back that that had to been the most amazing moment
to be on that field.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yeah, I tell people that was like two games like
the first game was the first half abysmal, just want
to forget about it. Everything that could go wrong went wrong,
and then the second half was the complete opposite. Everything
that could go right went right and just worked out
in our favor. And it's weird. The vibe going into
the locker room at halftime was like we were still
in control. It just was like we weren't getting We
didn't feel like we were getting our butts kicked, we
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didn't feel like we were outmatched. We were just like, hey,
we need to slow down, do what we do and
come out here and score some points and win this
game like we're supposed to.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
So now five and zero start, you go out of
the by and it's been some tough sledding for the
Minnesota Vikings. Detroit had four straight possessions with a touchdown
in that thirty one twenty loss. Rams Puca and Cup
come back and they return. Stafford had only had three
touchdowns total going into the game and then had four
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against the Vikings in that loss.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
That two games.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Spread that you had within five days, is that just
like one of those where it just sucks to have
such such a short week and then have to fly
out to La and all that, because we hear that
a lot. Is that do you think that is that
something that is a determined determinant of what happened?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I mean, you know, you never want to make excuses,
but I think you know, we'll call it what it is.
Thursday night games aren't primarily liked around the league. It's
just a quick turnaround. They want to preach player safety
and then they have us play four days after we
just played a physical game. So I mean, you know,
you never want to make excuses, but I'm not going
to sit here and line and say that. You know,
it's not a factor.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
All right, So Christian Darisa is out for the season.
How big a loss is that?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Not only Christian Darisa probably the best left tackle arguably
in the NFL, but then also in the locker room
because I know he's not like the loudest guy in
the locker room, but definitely he holds the locker room
to a certain level of Okay, this is what you
have to do to be a pro.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
I mean, without question, And he's one of those guys,
like you said, he's not the loudest, he's a little
soft spoken, but I mean he just approaches his job
every day like he's and it shows. I mean, he
is arguably the best left tackle in the game. So
that's gonna be a huge hole for us having to
replace that. But I think we got the guys that
do it. I think we got some guys that are
ready to step in and handle the challenge. But we
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are for sure going to miss Christian Dearsol. He's just awesome.
Awesome dude.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
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more details. And I know that Andrews said, there going. Man,
last time we were on here, we just talked about
stupid stuff. We're gonna get to that in just a
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second year. But how much does that flexed game? Im
patchy now? Or it's gonna be a Sunday night game
you're used to it was gonna be a noon game.
The NFL is doing anything to not have the Jags
on in a highlighted game. I said it, you didn't
say it. I said it, But then now Carrie Underwood.
Poor girl, she has to re sing the open for
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Sunday Night football.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Yeah, first of all, I don't know how that works
with her, Like does she pre record and then have
to go in and change like on Monday or Tuesday
whenever they flex it?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
She makes a million dollars a week doing that?
Speaker 5 (07:32):
No, last season she made a million dollars a week
doing those intros.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
No, yes she.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Did, Yes she did. I'm not even kidding.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
I'm in the wrong. I mean the right business, just
doing the wrong thing.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Well can you sing? And do you have legs that
go a plenty?
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Can I sing? I can sing? Just not well?
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Right?
Speaker 4 (07:53):
I can? I count in the shower and in the car.
You're just fantastic. Yeah yeah, the legs will have to
work on that. But yeah, you know, I love the
nuone games. You know, you get in, you play, you
get home around like four thirty, gets your stuff to
something to eat, put on the light games. But there
is something to be said about being primetime Sunday night.
You get a little more extra time to kind of
rest and recover and kind of study your notes that
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we talked about earlier that I can't read so like
anything in life. There's positives and negatives to it.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
So do you know the first artist at actually saying
the Sunday Night football open. No, I can't say that,
I do really anybody, No it was not Hank William
could guess no, but.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
That's Monday night football. There's Sunday night football.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Pink was the first artist, and then it was Faith
Hill who did that, and then now Carrie Underwood.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Like nineties Pink the Yeah really yeah, the artist Pink.
I don't remember that at all.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she just the one season. Yeah, and
then Faith Hill took over after that. Here's another fun
question for you here, Anthony Richardson who Now it sounds
like he is not going to get the start with
the Colts coming up this week.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He took himself out of a game.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Quarterback taps his helmet and takes himself out of the
game last week. Never has I think anybody ever seen
a quarterback do that. As a long snapper, have you
ever just went tap of the helmet and just went
you know what, I've just I'm getting light headed. My
head's between my legs too much. There's far too many snaps.
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Will Reker, he kicks the ball too hard, and it's
just too much.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
I can't say that's an option for me. I can't
say that's something I can do. I don't have that luxury.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
This is the weirdest thing.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
I mean, I know, we have never seen a quarterback
do that.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
We'll have never seen someone admit it.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
That's true. That's a very good point.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
See now, I mean, you know, God bless the poor guy.
But like, lie, right, lie a little bit, like you
don't have to be that truthful.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Just start going to the sidelines and then just fall
down like I don't know.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
It was like I don't know my ankle in my hand.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Right to start point lower legs, go.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Under the ten two plays and you come back out. Yeah,
it was astonishing how that happened. Let's talk about we
got Halloween coming up here, and you got the family dog,
Lucky Penny, Lucky Penny. Yep, Penny a shelter dog, right, yep? Okay,
you guys get the dog. And now how long have
you used the dog?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
A couple of years? Twenty twenty two was it?
Speaker 4 (10:23):
We got her in seventeen?
Speaker 5 (10:25):
In seventeen, yeah, oh wow, okay, will you be putting
Penny in a Halloween costume.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Nope, I've got four kids. God bless you, I've got
four kids.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
Yeah, yeah, because the dogs hate it. Our dog Walter,
he just looks at you and just goes. Just take
the damn photographs so I can get this thing.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Off for me. Just miserable.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
And she doesn't move like we put her in it.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
She just because she doesn't want to be in it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Well sure, yeah, right right right.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
You take one photo maybe with the Vikings jersey on there,
that's cute. But then yeah, for the Halloween thing. So
four kids, my goodness, and they're all like under four?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Are they not?
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Five?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Five? Under five? Okay?
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Wow, wow, that's that's a crazy Are they into the Halloween?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Are they? I mean, are you got princesses? Do you have?
Speaker 5 (11:14):
What are their favorite shows? And they want to be
dressed up as their favorite characters?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Yeah. So our oldest daughter, she's gonna go as Ghost Spider.
Yeah if you know who that no idea. It's like
the Spider Universe and now there's like all these different
dimensions and now there's new Spider people. So she's gonna
go as Ghost Spider. My son is gonna go as
Lightning McQueen. The car of course, loves cars that are
one and a half year old. She doesn't know what's
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going on where. She's just gonna wear whatever we put
her in. I think she we're gonna put it in
a duck outset. She's gonna be like a little duck
because that's all she can really say is quack quack.
And then the newborn, he's just he's a ghost. You know,
he's terrifying between the hours of midnight and six am.
So there you go, there you go.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
He's haunting us already. Might as well those cries ghost,
Are you one to get up? Or is Amy like
elbowing you to get up? Or is it the other
way around.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I mean, if she wants us to wear like a
couple of costume, I'll do it. Like we just had
our little Halloween party with the team last night. We
went as Mario and Luigi.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Oh nice.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Yeah, So you know, if she wants to go something,
I will, But if not, I'm just gonna walk around
the neighborhood as a concerned parent like everybody else.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Now, wait, are you gonna be a big candy guy
or are you gonna be little candy people?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
You know?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Now in the neighborhood. What do you mean, Oh, well,
you're giving out the big bars instead of.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Just the fun bars.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
Have you seen the price of candy lately?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I'm sorry, I didn't know you were on a fixed
to show.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
You're not wrong, but I mean, we're a little candy,
but we're not we're not stingy. Yeah, to give you
like a handful.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Do you do the wagon thing where you got the
kids and everything else, and then you're going over to
other houses and then there's other dads and moms that.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Are going you want a cocktail. That's a good Halloween.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
I've noticed, So it's funny. Maybe I just didn't notice
when I was a kid, but as a parent walking around,
you know, you kids say trick or treat, and then
you know the parents say, like you little, you need
a little you're shaking like this little flaskos Like no, okay, all.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Right, no, you need that, you need that. It's gonna
be a long night.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
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Speaker 3 (14:02):
I must your hosts.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
Andrew Paula is hanging out here with us, our long snapper.
We're gonna get into some of that coming up here
in just a little bit about Will Recherd and that
that whole crew, you and Wright and Rekerd. But first
growing up in Parked in Maryland, and you said, you know,
it was mostly kind of farmland and stuff like that.
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But you're growing up in an area that, Yeah, Maryland,
it's kind of known.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I would guess it's haunted as hell.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, there's some pretty pretty harded places.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
You got some spots where you like, you guys were
like young and just said, oh, let's go over by
the cemetery and hang out and get freaked out.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Or there's that one barnhouse that you're like, we shouldn't
go in there, but we're gonna there was.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
A couple of farmhouses where it was a little sketchy, Yeah,
a little sketchy. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun,
but yeah, if you're not into it, it's probably not
for you.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
How about this though, Then you go to college, you
go to Rutgers.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
Yeah right, So Rutgers seventeen sixty six was Queen's College,
that's when it started off.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Eighteen twenty five renamed the Rutgers.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
There has to be a bunch of old, scary ass
buildings that maybe you did or didn't go into with
to go to class.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Yeah, there was a couple older ones had a little
bit of history to it, and then there was like
you know those I'm sure a couple of colleges have
the same thing, but those archways. You know, if you
the Old wives tale says, if you walk under him
with someone, then you guys are gonna get married and
destined to live together. Or if you walk on him
with the wrong person, then you're gonna end tragically like
all that stuff kind of you know, It's funny. I
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learned more of this after I left than while I
was there, and I was thinking back, like, well, did
I ever.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
How did this play out?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Did I?
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (15:38):
So? But yeah, I mean, the East Coast has so
much of that history, so you're gonna have all these
like places that you know, supernatural haunted.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
But have you ever seen anything or do you actually
believe in ghosts and hauntings and stuff like that?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Not saying I don't believe in them. I think there's
probably something out there that is I can explain. I've
seen a few things that I can't explain, but I'm
not gonna sit here and say that they were spirits
or ghosts or demons or whatever. But there's been a
couple times where I'm like, yeah, I can't explain that one.
I don't know what's going on.
Speaker 5 (16:10):
It's gonna be the ghost of Musk coming back to
haunt you because we didn't do bagel balls. That's what's
gonna happen to you there. I still think that's a
tremendous idea. We were talking about this. Will Reichert has
been perfect so far, and the whole system has been
perfect between.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
The three of you. And it just sounds different, doesn't it.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
I Mean, like like when you hit a softball, you
just it just sounds different. The Power Trip guys are
still talking about how good you heard softball, but it
just it just sounds different when it comes off as funt.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Yeah, No, you're You're absolutely right. And I think the
people that can understand sports, they talk about the sound,
so the crack of the bat, the sound of the
foot connecting with the football. You know, it's it's really
your eyes can deceive you, but your ears never will.
So I mean, you're absolutely right. When he makes contact
with that football, it's different, it sounds different. And he's
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been a joy and a pleasure to work with. It's
so much fun. You know. We talked about him getting
kicked out of pretty much everywhere we've been so far
because no one believes he's an actual football player. But
other than that, he's just been awesome to work with.
His approach to every kick, every practice, every game has
been nothing but first class professional, and it's just been
awesome to be able to get to work with him.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
I know that maybe you can answer this, but I'm
still going to ask you because I want to put
it out in the ether here, is that how do
you feel about the fact that the NFL is starting
to look at because you know, a fifty seven yard
field goal, which record has won. Yeah, I mean, there
was a chance KOs He was like sixty eight, let's
bring him out there. I know, like it's only seventy
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seventy three is going to be we'll give it a shot.
But now the NFL is starting to like throw our
own ideas about well, let's make the uprights just a
little thinner, let's make it more difficult. To me, it
just seems like so any professional league that doesn't want
to have scoring seems ridiculous. To actually penalize someone for
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scoring these legs nowadays on these these kickers is insane.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, looking back early two thousands,
you know, eighty percent was considered a good year for kickers,
and now you know we're in the twenty twenty fours
and if you're not hitting ninety percent, they're looking elsewhere.
Their eyes are like, hey, we're going to look for
another kicker. So I mean, yeah, absolutely right. I think guy,
it's become more of a of a niche, of a
thing that guys actually go to these specialized camps and
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really get coaching and tutelage. And these guys are coming
in the league with you know, strong legs. I mean,
you're talking about will hit fifty seven yards like there
were nothing, you know, I don't know if I'm for
messing with anything right now. You know they did years
ago change the CA balls. I don't know if you're aware,
you know, yep, so we do have now the CA balls,
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which kind of added a different wrinkle back when those
were introduced. So I mean, I don't know. You know,
if it can make it more exciting and a little
more on edge, then I'm sure the NFL probably gonna
be all for it. But what do I know?
Speaker 5 (19:03):
I see TEU is a thing that's on television. Yeah,
will there be a long snapper Hugh and Lsu.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Gosh, I hope not. Not. Only that's too much, too
many guys in one place that are just no, no, no, no,
it's got.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
To be really special though. I mean, think about this
as a long snapper man. You are one of thirty two.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Yeah, I mean that.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I mean, yeah, there's probably somebody on the staffs.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
And on the rosters that could possibly fill in if
anything were to happen.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
But one of thirty two in the league. How special
is that to you?
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Man? It's cool. It's not something I take for granted,
and I think and I'm reminded of it. Everyone's like,
you know, you're you're one of the best of thirty
two people at your position. It's neat. And I will
say this though, I don't want to hang out with
all thirty two. Now there's only a handful that I'm like,
you know what, I don't hang out with these guys.
But but it's special.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Teamers are weird that I understand.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
They're a little different. They gotta be, you know, they
gotta be all right.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Oh five typically stupid Vikings Country questions. Our first one
Rutgers alum include James Gallandolfini Yep, Kristin Davis, Roy Scheider.
Are you more of a sopranos sex in the city.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Or Jaws Guy, Sopranos Sopranos.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Really, yep, that's a heck of my show.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Yeah it is. I remember when it came out, when
it aired on HBO, and I wasn't allowed to watch
it when it first came out, a little too young
at the time, sure, but my parents made it a
point to watch it like every Sunday night, and then
me and my wife watched it, I don't know how recently,
maybe a couple of years ago, and we were like,
we understand why we weren't allowed to watch the show,
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but yeah, good show.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah show.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
I bet you she made you watch Sex in the
City too, but you just don't want to admit to it.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
She did not.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Oh really. Oh that's a keeper right there. Question number
two Halloween candy. I already asked her.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
You a big candy bar house in your neighborhood, but
top three candies for Halloween in your opinion?
Speaker 4 (21:00):
The top three so in no particular order. For me,
it's gonna be Reese's Peanut butter Cups, Kit Cats Yeah,
and then uh, who's the other one? Uh? Shoot, I'm
actually just like a Hershey's Chocolate bar guy, just.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Plain yeah, really, yeah, that's weird.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
You didn't like that one.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
My top three candies are her Snickers. Number one, peanut
M and M's can't go wrong anytime. Yeah, and then
three candy corn.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
I'm gonna judge you a little bit on the can corner.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
What do you mean really delicious, haney corn? It's just seasonal.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
It's the only time of the year you ever have
candy corn. Nobody offers you candy corn on a weird like, Hey,
he's a lie day.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
There's a reason why going offers your candy corn.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Come on, you have peeps at Easter. They're delicious just
for Easter, all right.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
You have a Tom and Jerry only at Christmas because
your parents like going over to a neighbor's house and
you have to walk them home.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
Okay, I can't believe you're judging me on that one.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
Here we go.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Number three.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
The Bureau of Land Management is once again hosting its
bat Beauty contest to raise awareness about the bat's importance
as an animal. Is there an animal that absolutely freaks
you out? Because bats are number one for me. You
can have snakes slither all over me. Man, you show
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me one picture of a bat, I'm gonna lose.
Speaker 4 (22:25):
My mind that really. Oh yeah, huh. I wouldn't say
there's a particular animal, but I will say if I'm
in the ocean, I'm not comfortable. Really, Oh yeah, I
don't care what's in the ocean. I'm just not comed.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I can't see it, more afraid of it.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
More like we just don't fully understand the ocean and
what's in it. And I think, you know, you see
these pictures of like look what these you know, deep
sea fishermen pulled up, and it's like, what is that?
And why does it need those things? You know? So
it's just like, nah.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Yeah, I totally get that.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
The bad thing for me is because we always had
bats in our house when I was growing up, so
much so that every kid we all had tennis rackets
underneath our bed.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Just in case.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Cool. Not cool, that's cool.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
Freak out you all a sudden you're sleeping here, and
then they buzzed the tower, and now you gotta hit
the same.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
You guys are like that movie. What's that movie with
Chris Farley where they battle the bat?
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Oh no, no, you were thinking about the great outdoors.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
No Chris Farley and uh his brother is a politician
running for office.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Yeah, I know what you're talking about there, yeah, up
in the cabin, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah. All right,
number four, Here we go for the five typically stupid
Vikings Country questions.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Pet tortoise that went missing in Oklahoma for more than
two months was found one hundred feet from the owner's home.
A tortoise found one hundred feet for two months?
Speaker 3 (23:47):
What kind of a crappy search party is this? If
I watch I watch.
Speaker 5 (23:51):
Like detective shows and FBI shows, you set up a perimeter,
you ae hundred feet, you can't find the damn thing.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
I just again, I don't know why they would admit that, right, like,
say he was like three miles down or something like
one hundred feet. It's not good. Not a good look.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
All right, here's the last one.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
According to a new report, NFL players easily go through
at least eighty thousand uncrustables a year. Eighty thousand uncrustables
your opinion, Because they're on planes, they're in the locker room,
they're in the weight room.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
How do you feel about uncustables?
Speaker 4 (24:26):
I like them?
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Yeah, I like them, big fan. Yeah, Well, are you
piling a bunch of them in after a game.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
No, not after a game. But I mean, you know,
if we've got a quick turnaround from a meeting to practice,
I'll grab you know, two or three uncrustables and just
chow down. Yeah, and get some little I've never had
energy what.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
No, never had It's just a p I know. But
I don't like jelly. I don't have a no PV
and j No.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
Okay, all right, yeah no they're.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Peanut butter and butter. You're judging me again.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
No, I'm actually not, because I would judge you if
you said je jelly. Oh yeah, Peter, peanut butter is
more weird. That's better.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
All right. Here's the thing with the FG's last two games.
Speaker 5 (25:10):
There's been five field goals, right, one of the We
talked about the fifty seven yarder selfishly the unit of yourself, right, Rekord?
Do you want to go out and you want to
go and do your jobs, but would you like to
relegate it to more pats and maybe just one punt
in a game?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
Yeah, without a doubt, Yes, absolutely. I tell Sam Darnold,
I tell like, the less I'm on the field, the
happier I am, the better I am. My check Staate's
the same no matter how much I play. Let's be real,
but if we're kicking pats, it means we're scoring touchdowns
and that's I ultimately want to do those. Plus it
means we're probably punting very little.
Speaker 5 (25:47):
So yeah, absolutely, Reker's almost been married for two years.
It'll come up in January form you and Amy. You've
been married for you?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
How many years now?
Speaker 4 (25:55):
Oh boy? Six and a half?
Speaker 5 (25:57):
Okay, Ryan right, just married this last June. Did you
guys give Ryan any marital advice? And if so, what
did you give him? And be honest, your wife's not here.
Their wives aren't here.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Oh man. Basically with Ryan, I just tell him Easier
said than done. But just don't sweat the small stuff, dude,
like who cares? Move on? Do it? Don't do it,
but just don't sweat it. She's always right, Not that
she's always right. I think there's a collaboration involved, but
you know, just don't sweat this mouse thuff? Who cares?
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Let it go?
Speaker 3 (26:33):
You could say that as a high school sweetheart couple. Yeah,
she's not always.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Right, but there's their high school sweets too, Ryan, that's.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Right, Yeah, look at that. Look at you guys, go
all right, Vikings fans.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
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here on Viking Scoundrey Andrew Depaula, thank you so much,
buddy for being a part of this.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Love it all right, you caught it right here.
It's time for Vikings Country, brought to you by Miller Lyte.
Now here's your host of Vikings Country from KFAN and
the Vikings Radio Network.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Muss Darnald back to pass on first and goal, looks right,
swings to the left, Josh Oliver wide open put doun.
The Minnesota Vikings have come to Los Angeles and streaked
down the field on their first possession to take a
six to zero league first and goal. Darnald play action,
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excellent pocket again Rose left.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Taught touch down. Trenton Surfield Senior.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
With the touchdown, and the Minnesota Vikings have taken a
thirteen seventy Sam back to pass Babe left at about
the ten It's toppled?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Taught by Justin You Kids Day has a five yard
line Peace putting on a show right next to Hollywood,
and that's a twenty two yard game Perston Gold of
the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you're listening to us on
radio in the car, but go home and watch that
one on TV.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Vikings Country.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Here we are hanging out at the ten twenty nine bar.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
We are here in Minneapolis, and I'm your host mus
here with Vikings Country presented by Millerte, the official beer
sponsor of your Minnesota Vikings, and ladies and gentlemen, give
it up.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
One of our favorite guests.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
We absolutely love Andrew Depaula's with us.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
What's up, buddy, what's up? Good to be back.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
I'm glad that you're here, of course, our long snapper
for the Minnesota Vikings. You grew up in Perkton, Maryland. Yep, Okay,
what is Parkton, Maryland?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Like?
Speaker 5 (01:53):
What's the what's the main attraction? Like if you were
working for the bureau, Hey, come here because we have
these lovely blanks.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Nothing I think we've got we got one stoplight. It's
it's more of a rural farm town, nice houses. It
was a good place to grow up. Not as a kid,
you don't. You don't understand it as much, but now
looking back, you're like, dang, it really was a good
place to grow up. Not a lot going on. Our
Friday nights consisted of hanging out with the parking ride.
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That's about it.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
So you had to make your own fun.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
We did.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
And then in small town like that, and I know
believe me.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
There's been a lot of gravel roads that I've had
a great time on growing up in Owatana, Minnesota. So
you got to make your own fun. So there's a
lot of fun stupid stuff against Probably do.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
You get in trouble, you learn how to get in trouble.
You learned how to get out of trouble. I think
the part that's the biggest key.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Last time that you were on the show, I felt
like we really tapped into something that would be absolutely amazing,
and I'm hoping that you followed through with this at all.
Because the Paula Begels that you guys have family owned.
We talked about the fact that bagels, they just got
the hole. There's no reason to have the whole thought.
Maybe you guys were going after the donut people with
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their holes, but then they have donut holes. Did we
in fact come out with bagel balls yet?
Speaker 4 (03:15):
We haven't come out with bagel balls yet. We have not,
but we're brainstorming. Yeah, we're brainstorming. We got a couple
of ideas floating out there. I think it'll be game changing.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I like it.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
I like these because you know you can do the
everything big ol ball. Yep, you can do you know
any kind of cream cheese on a big, big old ball.
Your bigge balls need to be creamed.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Gotta have to cream on the bagel balls, right right, exactly,
that's part without that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
I just don't even understand.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Why we're too dry.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
We're spending so much time.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
All right, So the Viking's gonna host the Colts in
their first meeting since completing the largest comeback in NFL
history and overtime in twenty twenty two. You guys all
remember that, What a tremendous game, overcoming a thirty three
point deficit at halftime and secured the NFC North title.
And here you go, you're gonna take on the Colts
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once again.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
You were a part of that game, were you not?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
I was, Yeah, yeah, yep.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
How unbelievable was I know, as a fan watching it
and I'm doing the broadcast stuff, somorre you're writing in
my notes, you know, for well, this is why we
didn't do this, and this is why we kind of
sucked here, and then all of a sudden we come
back that that had to been the most amazing moment
to be on that field.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yeah, I tell people that was like two games like
the first game was the first half abysmal, just want
to forget about it. Everything that could go wrong went wrong,
and then the second half was the complete opposite. Everything
that could go right went right and just worked out
in our favor. And it's weird. The vibe going into
the locker room at halftime was like we were still
in control. It just was like we weren't getting We
didn't feel like we were getting our butts kicked, we
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didn't feel like we were outmatched. We were just like, hey,
we need to slow down, do what we do and
come out here and score some points and win this
game like we're supposed to.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
So now five and zero start, you go out of
the by and it's been some tough sledding for the
Minnesota Vikings. Detroit had four straight possessions with a touchdown
in that thirty one twenty loss. Rams Puca and Cup
come back and they return. Stafford had only had three
touchdowns total going into the game and then had four
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against the Vikings in that loss.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
That two games.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Spread that you had within five days, is that just
like one of those where it just sucks to have
such such a short week and then have to fly
out to La and all that, because we hear that
a lot. Is that do you think that is that
something that is a determined determinant of what happened?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I mean, you know, you never want to make excuses,
but I think you know, we'll call it what it is.
Thursday night games aren't primarily liked around the league. It's
just a quick turnaround. They want to preach player safety
and then they have us play four days after we
just played a physical game. So I mean, you know,
you never want to make excuses, but I'm not going
to sit here and line and say that. You know,
it's not a factor.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
All right, So Christian Darisa is out for the season.
How big a loss is that?
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Not only Christian Darisa probably the best left tackle arguably
in the NFL, but then also in the locker room
because I know he's not like the loudest guy in
the locker room, but definitely he holds the locker room
to a certain level of Okay, this is what you
have to do to be a pro.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
I mean, without question, And he's one of those guys,
like you said, he's not the loudest, he's a little
soft spoken, but I mean he just approaches his job
every day like he's and it shows. I mean, he
is arguably the best left tackle in the game. So
that's gonna be a huge hole for us having to
replace that. But I think we got the guys that
do it. I think we got some guys that are
ready to step in and handle the challenge. But we
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are for sure going to miss Christian Dearsol. He's just awesome.
Awesome dude.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Andrew Depaoulo is our guest here Vikings Country with Miller Lytton.
What a great crowd that we have said here at
the ten twenty nine bar. Unreal is back with their
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more details. And I know that Andrews said, there going. Man,
last time we were on here, we just talked about
stupid stuff. We're gonna get to that in just a
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second year. But how much does that flexed game? Im
patchy now? Or it's gonna be a Sunday night game
you're used to it was gonna be a noon game.
The NFL is doing anything to not have the Jags
on in a highlighted game. I said it, you didn't
say it. I said it, But then now Carrie Underwood.
Poor girl, she has to re sing the open for
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Sunday Night football.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Yeah, first of all, I don't know how that works
with her, Like does she pre record and then have
to go in and change like on Monday or Tuesday
whenever they flex it?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
She makes a million dollars a week doing that?
Speaker 5 (07:32):
No, last season she made a million dollars a week
doing those intros.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
No, yes she.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Did, Yes she did. I'm not even kidding.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
I'm in the wrong. I mean the right business, just
doing the wrong thing.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Well can you sing? And do you have legs that
go a plenty?
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Can I sing? I can sing? Just not well?
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Right?
Speaker 4 (07:53):
I can? I count in the shower and in the car.
You're just fantastic. Yeah yeah, the legs will have to
work on that. But yeah, you know, I love the
nuone games. You know, you get in, you play, you
get home around like four thirty, gets your stuff to
something to eat, put on the light games. But there
is something to be said about being primetime Sunday night.
You get a little more extra time to kind of
rest and recover and kind of study your notes that
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we talked about earlier that I can't read so like
anything in life. There's positives and negatives to it.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
So do you know the first artist at actually saying
the Sunday Night football open. No, I can't say that,
I do really anybody, No it was not Hank William
could guess no, but.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
That's Monday night football. There's Sunday night football.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Pink was the first artist, and then it was Faith
Hill who did that, and then now Carrie Underwood.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Like nineties Pink the Yeah really yeah, the artist Pink.
I don't remember that at all.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she just the one season. Yeah, and
then Faith Hill took over after that. Here's another fun
question for you here, Anthony Richardson who Now it sounds
like he is not going to get the start with
the Colts coming up this week.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He took himself out of a game.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Quarterback taps his helmet and takes himself out of the
game last week. Never has I think anybody ever seen
a quarterback do that. As a long snapper, have you
ever just went tap of the helmet and just went
you know what, I've just I'm getting light headed. My
head's between my legs too much. There's far too many snaps.
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Will Reker, he kicks the ball too hard, and it's
just too much.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
I can't say that's an option for me. I can't
say that's something I can do. I don't have that luxury.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
This is the weirdest thing.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
I mean, I know, we have never seen a quarterback
do that.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
We'll have never seen someone admit it.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
That's true. That's a very good point.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
See now, I mean, you know, God bless the poor guy.
But like, lie, right, lie a little bit, like you
don't have to be that truthful.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Just start going to the sidelines and then just fall
down like I don't know.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
It was like I don't know my ankle in my hand.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Right to start point lower legs, go.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Under the ten two plays and you come back out. Yeah,
it was astonishing how that happened. Let's talk about we
got Halloween coming up here, and you got the family dog,
Lucky Penny, Lucky Penny. Yep, Penny a shelter dog, right, yep? Okay,
you guys get the dog. And now how long have
you used the dog?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
A couple of years? Twenty twenty two was it?
Speaker 4 (10:23):
We got her in seventeen?
Speaker 5 (10:25):
In seventeen, yeah, oh wow, okay, will you be putting
Penny in a Halloween costume.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Nope, I've got four kids. God bless you, I've got
four kids.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
Yeah, yeah, because the dogs hate it. Our dog Walter,
he just looks at you and just goes. Just take
the damn photographs so I can get this thing.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Off for me. Just miserable.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
And she doesn't move like we put her in it.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
She just because she doesn't want to be in it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Well sure, yeah, right right right.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
You take one photo maybe with the Vikings jersey on there,
that's cute. But then yeah, for the Halloween thing. So
four kids, my goodness, and they're all like under four?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Are they not?
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Five?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Five? Under five? Okay?
Speaker 5 (11:06):
Wow, wow, that's that's a crazy Are they into the Halloween?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Are they? I mean, are you got princesses? Do you have?
Speaker 5 (11:14):
What are their favorite shows? And they want to be
dressed up as their favorite characters?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Yeah. So our oldest daughter, she's gonna go as Ghost Spider.
Yeah if you know who that no idea. It's like
the Spider Universe and now there's like all these different
dimensions and now there's new Spider people. So she's gonna
go as Ghost Spider. My son is gonna go as
Lightning McQueen. The car of course, loves cars that are
one and a half year old. She doesn't know what's
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going on where. She's just gonna wear whatever we put
her in. I think she we're gonna put it in
a duck outset. She's gonna be like a little duck
because that's all she can really say is quack quack.
And then the newborn, he's just he's a ghost. You know,
he's terrifying between the hours of midnight and six am.
So there you go, there you go.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
He's haunting us already. Might as well those cries ghost,
Are you one to get up? Or is Amy like
elbowing you to get up? Or is it the other
way around.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I mean, if she wants us to wear like a
couple of costume, I'll do it. Like we just had
our little Halloween party with the team last night. We
went as Mario and Luigi.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Oh nice.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Yeah, So you know, if she wants to go something,
I will, But if not, I'm just gonna walk around
the neighborhood as a concerned parent like everybody else.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Now, wait, are you gonna be a big candy guy
or are you gonna be little candy people?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
You know?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Now in the neighborhood. What do you mean, Oh, well,
you're giving out the big bars instead of.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Just the fun bars.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
Have you seen the price of candy lately?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I'm sorry, I didn't know you were on a fixed
to show.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
You're not wrong, but I mean, we're a little candy,
but we're not we're not stingy. Yeah, to give you
like a handful.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Do you do the wagon thing where you got the
kids and everything else, and then you're going over to
other houses and then there's other dads and moms that.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Are going you want a cocktail. That's a good Halloween.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
I've noticed, So it's funny. Maybe I just didn't notice
when I was a kid, but as a parent walking around,
you know, you kids say trick or treat, and then
you know the parents say, like you little, you need
a little you're shaking like this little flaskos Like no, okay, all.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Right, no, you need that, you need that. It's gonna
be a long night.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
We got more coming up here on the way Vikings
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(13:31):
Vikings Country questions for Andrew Depaola.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
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Speaker 1 (13:38):
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Speaker 5 (13:49):
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Vikings Country hanging out here in Minneapolis. We are at
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Speaker 3 (14:02):
I must your hosts.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
Andrew Paula is hanging out here with us, our long snapper.
We're gonna get into some of that coming up here
in just a little bit about Will Recherd and that
that whole crew, you and Wright and Rekerd. But first
growing up in Parked in Maryland, and you said, you know,
it was mostly kind of farmland and stuff like that.
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But you're growing up in an area that, Yeah, Maryland,
it's kind of known.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I would guess it's haunted as hell.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, there's some pretty pretty harded places.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
You got some spots where you like, you guys were
like young and just said, oh, let's go over by
the cemetery and hang out and get freaked out.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Or there's that one barnhouse that you're like, we shouldn't
go in there, but we're gonna there was.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
A couple of farmhouses where it was a little sketchy, Yeah,
a little sketchy. Yeah, it was fun. It was fun,
but yeah, if you're not into it, it's probably not
for you.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
How about this though, Then you go to college, you
go to Rutgers.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
Yeah right, So Rutgers seventeen sixty six was Queen's College,
that's when it started off.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Eighteen twenty five renamed the Rutgers.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
There has to be a bunch of old, scary ass
buildings that maybe you did or didn't go into with
to go to class.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
Yeah, there was a couple older ones had a little
bit of history to it, and then there was like
you know those I'm sure a couple of colleges have
the same thing, but those archways. You know, if you
the Old wives tale says, if you walk under him
with someone, then you guys are gonna get married and
destined to live together. Or if you walk on him
with the wrong person, then you're gonna end tragically like
all that stuff kind of you know, It's funny. I
(15:31):
learned more of this after I left than while I
was there, and I was thinking back, like, well, did
I ever.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
How did this play out?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Did I?
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (15:38):
So? But yeah, I mean, the East Coast has so
much of that history, so you're gonna have all these
like places that you know, supernatural haunted.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
But have you ever seen anything or do you actually
believe in ghosts and hauntings and stuff like that?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Not saying I don't believe in them. I think there's
probably something out there that is I can explain. I've
seen a few things that I can't explain, but I'm
not gonna sit here and say that they were spirits
or ghosts or demons or whatever. But there's been a
couple times where I'm like, yeah, I can't explain that one.
I don't know what's going on.
Speaker 5 (16:10):
It's gonna be the ghost of Musk coming back to
haunt you because we didn't do bagel balls. That's what's
gonna happen to you there. I still think that's a
tremendous idea. We were talking about this. Will Reichert has
been perfect so far, and the whole system has been
perfect between.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
The three of you. And it just sounds different, doesn't it.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
I Mean, like like when you hit a softball, you
just it just sounds different. The Power Trip guys are
still talking about how good you heard softball, but it
just it just sounds different when it comes off as funt.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Yeah, No, you're You're absolutely right. And I think the
people that can understand sports, they talk about the sound,
so the crack of the bat, the sound of the
foot connecting with the football. You know, it's it's really
your eyes can deceive you, but your ears never will.
So I mean, you're absolutely right. When he makes contact
with that football, it's different, it sounds different. And he's
(17:05):
been a joy and a pleasure to work with. It's
so much fun. You know. We talked about him getting
kicked out of pretty much everywhere we've been so far
because no one believes he's an actual football player. But
other than that, he's just been awesome to work with.
His approach to every kick, every practice, every game has
been nothing but first class professional, and it's just been
awesome to be able to get to work with him.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
I know that maybe you can answer this, but I'm
still going to ask you because I want to put
it out in the ether here, is that how do
you feel about the fact that the NFL is starting
to look at because you know, a fifty seven yard
field goal, which record has won. Yeah, I mean, there
was a chance KOs He was like sixty eight, let's
bring him out there. I know, like it's only seventy
(17:45):
seventy three is going to be we'll give it a shot.
But now the NFL is starting to like throw our
own ideas about well, let's make the uprights just a
little thinner, let's make it more difficult. To me, it
just seems like so any professional league that doesn't want
to have scoring seems ridiculous. To actually penalize someone for
(18:06):
scoring these legs nowadays on these these kickers is insane.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, looking back early two thousands,
you know, eighty percent was considered a good year for kickers,
and now you know we're in the twenty twenty fours
and if you're not hitting ninety percent, they're looking elsewhere.
Their eyes are like, hey, we're going to look for
another kicker. So I mean, yeah, absolutely right. I think guy,
it's become more of a of a niche, of a
thing that guys actually go to these specialized camps and
(18:31):
really get coaching and tutelage. And these guys are coming
in the league with you know, strong legs. I mean,
you're talking about will hit fifty seven yards like there
were nothing, you know, I don't know if I'm for
messing with anything right now. You know they did years
ago change the CA balls. I don't know if you're aware,
you know, yep, so we do have now the CA balls,
(18:51):
which kind of added a different wrinkle back when those
were introduced. So I mean, I don't know. You know,
if it can make it more exciting and a little
more on edge, then I'm sure the NFL probably gonna
be all for it. But what do I know?
Speaker 5 (19:03):
I see TEU is a thing that's on television. Yeah,
will there be a long snapper Hugh and Lsu.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Gosh, I hope not. Not. Only that's too much, too
many guys in one place that are just no, no, no, no,
it's got.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
To be really special though. I mean, think about this
as a long snapper man. You are one of thirty two.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
Yeah, I mean that.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I mean, yeah, there's probably somebody on the staffs.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
And on the rosters that could possibly fill in if
anything were to happen.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
But one of thirty two in the league. How special
is that to you?
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Man? It's cool. It's not something I take for granted,
and I think and I'm reminded of it. Everyone's like,
you know, you're you're one of the best of thirty
two people at your position. It's neat. And I will
say this though, I don't want to hang out with
all thirty two. Now there's only a handful that I'm like,
you know what, I don't hang out with these guys.
But but it's special.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Teamers are weird that I understand.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
They're a little different. They gotta be, you know, they
gotta be all right.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Oh five typically stupid Vikings Country questions. Our first one
Rutgers alum include James Gallandolfini Yep, Kristin Davis, Roy Scheider.
Are you more of a sopranos sex in the city.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Or Jaws Guy, Sopranos Sopranos.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Really, yep, that's a heck of my show.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Yeah it is. I remember when it came out, when
it aired on HBO, and I wasn't allowed to watch
it when it first came out, a little too young
at the time, sure, but my parents made it a
point to watch it like every Sunday night, and then
me and my wife watched it, I don't know how recently,
maybe a couple of years ago, and we were like,
we understand why we weren't allowed to watch the show,
(20:41):
but yeah, good show.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah show.
Speaker 5 (20:43):
I bet you she made you watch Sex in the
City too, but you just don't want to admit to it.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
She did not.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Oh really. Oh that's a keeper right there. Question number
two Halloween candy. I already asked her.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
You a big candy bar house in your neighborhood, but
top three candies for Halloween in your opinion?
Speaker 4 (21:00):
The top three so in no particular order. For me,
it's gonna be Reese's Peanut butter Cups, Kit Cats Yeah,
and then uh, who's the other one? Uh? Shoot, I'm
actually just like a Hershey's Chocolate bar guy, just.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Plain yeah, really, yeah, that's weird.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
You didn't like that one.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
My top three candies are her Snickers. Number one, peanut
M and M's can't go wrong anytime. Yeah, and then
three candy corn.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
I'm gonna judge you a little bit on the can corner.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
What do you mean really delicious, haney corn? It's just seasonal.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
It's the only time of the year you ever have
candy corn. Nobody offers you candy corn on a weird like, Hey,
he's a lie day.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
There's a reason why going offers your candy corn.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Come on, you have peeps at Easter. They're delicious just
for Easter, all right.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
You have a Tom and Jerry only at Christmas because
your parents like going over to a neighbor's house and
you have to walk them home.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
Okay, I can't believe you're judging me on that one.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
Here we go.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Number three.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
The Bureau of Land Management is once again hosting its
bat Beauty contest to raise awareness about the bat's importance
as an animal. Is there an animal that absolutely freaks
you out? Because bats are number one for me. You
can have snakes slither all over me. Man, you show
(22:23):
me one picture of a bat, I'm gonna lose.
Speaker 4 (22:25):
My mind that really. Oh yeah, huh. I wouldn't say
there's a particular animal, but I will say if I'm
in the ocean, I'm not comfortable. Really, Oh yeah, I
don't care what's in the ocean. I'm just not comed.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I can't see it, more afraid of it.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
More like we just don't fully understand the ocean and
what's in it. And I think, you know, you see
these pictures of like look what these you know, deep
sea fishermen pulled up, and it's like, what is that?
And why does it need those things? You know? So
it's just like, nah.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Yeah, I totally get that.
Speaker 5 (22:55):
The bad thing for me is because we always had
bats in our house when I was growing up, so
much so that every kid we all had tennis rackets
underneath our bed.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Just in case.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Cool. Not cool, that's cool.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
Freak out you all a sudden you're sleeping here, and
then they buzzed the tower, and now you gotta hit
the same.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
You guys are like that movie. What's that movie with
Chris Farley where they battle the bat?
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Oh no, no, you were thinking about the great outdoors.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
No Chris Farley and uh his brother is a politician
running for office.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Yeah, I know what you're talking about there, yeah, up
in the cabin, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah. All right,
number four, Here we go for the five typically stupid
Vikings Country questions.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Pet tortoise that went missing in Oklahoma for more than
two months was found one hundred feet from the owner's home.
A tortoise found one hundred feet for two months?
Speaker 3 (23:47):
What kind of a crappy search party is this? If
I watch I watch.
Speaker 5 (23:51):
Like detective shows and FBI shows, you set up a perimeter,
you ae hundred feet, you can't find the damn thing.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
I just again, I don't know why they would admit that, right, like,
say he was like three miles down or something like
one hundred feet. It's not good. Not a good look.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
All right, here's the last one.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
According to a new report, NFL players easily go through
at least eighty thousand uncrustables a year. Eighty thousand uncrustables
your opinion, Because they're on planes, they're in the locker room,
they're in the weight room.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
How do you feel about uncustables?
Speaker 4 (24:26):
I like them?
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Yeah, I like them, big fan. Yeah, Well, are you
piling a bunch of them in after a game.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
No, not after a game. But I mean, you know,
if we've got a quick turnaround from a meeting to practice,
I'll grab you know, two or three uncrustables and just
chow down. Yeah, and get some little I've never had
energy what.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
No, never had It's just a p I know. But
I don't like jelly. I don't have a no PV
and j No.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
Okay, all right, yeah no they're.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Peanut butter and butter. You're judging me again.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
No, I'm actually not, because I would judge you if
you said je jelly. Oh yeah, Peter, peanut butter is
more weird. That's better.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
All right. Here's the thing with the FG's last two games.
Speaker 5 (25:10):
There's been five field goals, right, one of the We
talked about the fifty seven yarder selfishly the unit of yourself, right, Rekord?
Do you want to go out and you want to
go and do your jobs, but would you like to
relegate it to more pats and maybe just one punt
in a game?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
Yeah, without a doubt, Yes, absolutely. I tell Sam Darnold,
I tell like, the less I'm on the field, the
happier I am, the better I am. My check Staate's
the same no matter how much I play. Let's be real,
but if we're kicking pats, it means we're scoring touchdowns
and that's I ultimately want to do those. Plus it
means we're probably punting very little.
Speaker 5 (25:47):
So yeah, absolutely, Reker's almost been married for two years.
It'll come up in January form you and Amy. You've
been married for you?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
How many years now?
Speaker 4 (25:55):
Oh boy? Six and a half?
Speaker 5 (25:57):
Okay, Ryan right, just married this last June. Did you
guys give Ryan any marital advice? And if so, what
did you give him? And be honest, your wife's not here.
Their wives aren't here.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Oh man. Basically with Ryan, I just tell him Easier
said than done. But just don't sweat the small stuff, dude,
like who cares? Move on? Do it? Don't do it,
but just don't sweat it. She's always right, Not that
she's always right. I think there's a collaboration involved, but
you know, just don't sweat this mouse thuff? Who cares?
(26:32):
Let it go?
Speaker 3 (26:33):
You could say that as a high school sweetheart couple. Yeah,
she's not always.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
Right, but there's their high school sweets too, Ryan, that's.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Right, Yeah, look at that. Look at you guys, go
all right, Vikings fans.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
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(27:05):
here on Viking Scoundrey Andrew Depaula, thank you so much,
buddy for being a part of this.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Love it all right, you caught it right here.
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