September 17, 2020 • 21 mins
On this edition of Xs and Os with Mike Zimmer the head coach and Voice of the Vikings Paul Allen preview the game against the Colts. Wide receivers coach Andrew Janocko joins the show to breakdown the game against the Packers and look forward to Week 2.
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It's time for XS and os with Vikings head coach
Mike Zimmer on the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. Now from
the TCO studios in Egan. Here is the voice of
the Viking, Paul Allen. Hey, it's XS and o's on
the kfa N Minnesota Vikings Radio network with head coach
Mike Zimmer. And all of this is powered by Polaris.
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And there's the head coach joining us now. Speaking of Polaris,
do you like snowmobiling or watercraft? Do you have some
daredevil in you with Polaris stuff? I actually have three
Polaris vehicles. I've got a Ranger, I've got a four
wheeler and a snowmobile. Whole week out now from March
until you got back here during the quarantine. I know
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you and your son Adam built a golf hole. But
like in northern Kentucky, does it snow? Can you go snowmobiling? Like?
What'd you do? Not much snow? It doesn't stand in
the ground long enough or hey hey Mike um. Eric Kendricks,
in my opinion, is the best coverage linebacker in the NFL.
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What led to his improvement at being so good at that? Well?
I think he sees things really quick. Uh, you know,
he anticipates the route combinations that he's going to get, um,
you know, and and then uh, you know, they've done
a good job of teaching him all the different intricacies
of being the miclimbacker at X's and knows. By the way,
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as presented by US Bank honoring the Vikings sixty greatest
fans this season. Now, in the Green Bay game, it
seemed from Afar lots of completions by the Packers outside
the numbers. Is that an indicator that teams might go
after inexperienced corners. Well, yeah, I think that's part of it. Uh,
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you know, I could have helped him out a little
bit more. There was, um, you know, we once they
got up a little bit as far as the uh
you know, I think they're up by ten points there
right around a halftime, and so we started to kind
of load up on everything, and um, you know, he
hit us. You know, I've been thinking about this, Paul.
You know, the only way you give up forty three
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points is you give up a bomb on first and twenty.
You give up a bomb with twenty six twenty six
seconds left in the end of the first half. Um,
you know, we we jumped a route and threw one
over the top of us later on, but uh, you know,
you give up big plays like that, and uh so
that'll be a big point of emphasis for us this
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week is to um get number one, get the players
to understand that, you know, first and twenty is not
a situation where you would be quite as aggressive or
or with twenty six seconds left in the in a half,
and then um and then making sure we get in
the right position on some of these some of these
other plays. That two point conversion game obviously was very
good for you guys. Have you considered at all using
(02:56):
more two point conversions and fewer extra points? Well, it
really depends on the game situation. You know, usually you
kind of wait to second half to see where you're at,
but we may throw some in there. How did Cameron Danceler,
the rookie corner, how did he come out of the game.
You know, he had some good, really good plays. He
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gave up a quick out about a seven yard completion,
and he gave up a dig that he was all
over Adams on, but he did he didn't get the
ball out Other than that. Oh and then obviously the
twenty sixth second one right before the half. So he's
got room to improve understanding the situation a lot better.
But there was a lot of good things that he
did well well. When I asked, how did he come
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out of the game, is like, was he super down?
You know? Did you have to pump him up a little?
Or does he realize A, you got fifteen more and
B it's a long career. Yeah, No, he'll be fine.
He's not. I don't think he's down. I was the
one that was down, not him. Yeah, And you know,
I would imagine during the game when the safety took place,
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you absolutely hated it. Then when you watched it back.
I mean, not to make excuses here that that's kind
of a nine point play because if that thing gets
picked up, I feeling might be gone for ninety nine. Yeah,
we had we had a couple of players over there
and they had none, So you know that was that
was the kind of the luck of the draw on
that one. Now, again not making excuses, it's twenty twenty.
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Having no crowded the game at times. It absolutely impacted
the defense, didn't it. It did, especially on the three
times we jumped off sides and You know, those are
all things, Paul, that lead to um not playing very good.
You know, we jump off sides on third downs that
we give up a bomb on the one time we
jump off sides, and uh, you know, they beat us,
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beat us on that. So you know, there were four
or five plays, big plays in a ballgame, and um,
you know that was we just weren't in the right
position on those. Now, despite some obvious blemishes by the quarterback, overall,
how did Cousins play? You know, I thought he did
some really good things. You know, the the interception obviously
he wasn't a good good deal and there was no
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way he saw the corner blitz. But um, you know
I was. I was excited that he moved, moved with
his feet in the pocket. You know, he gained some
first downs that way. That'll start making a defense be
a little bit more aware of his ability to run.
And so overall I did well. And a quarterback or
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Cousins running and getting like a sixteen and a thirteen.
You know, when you watch him run, with all due respect,
it's not the most natural thing I've ever seen in
the history of the NFL, but it's effective when he
does that right it is effective when he does that.
And uh, you know some of the coverages you get
when they're Dublin Adam and and you know Dublin Kyle.
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You know, there's room to run the football with the
quarterback if if we can get him to continue to
do that. Now with the Indianapolis Colts, Xavier Road or
Farm or Corner, how did he look in the first game. Yeah,
I think he did well. You know Xavier, I believe
he had one penalty. But you know, he's a tough,
physical kid that's gonna come in and I'm sure he'll
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be excited to play this week in the In the
brief amount of a cults film or game from Jacksonville
I've watched, do they screen a ton? I mean, is
this a screen team because they have a quarterback who's immobile. Yeah,
And I do think it had a little bit to
do with some of the coverages that Jacksonville was playing.
So um, but but they do like they do like
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the screens. They you know, uh, Rivers gets the ball
out quick a lot of times. They've got a really
good offensive line and an excellent speed at receiver and
running back. What doubt what overall led to the loss
at Jacksonville. Well, they had a couple turnovers, which cause
you know, they threw an interception with four minutes left
in the game, and uh, you know, I think that
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kind of turned the tide on everything. Now, the Colts,
I think are going to have twenty five hundred fans
at this game. That I mean twenty five hundred fans.
Good for them and those who get to go. But
I mean that shouldn't impact the game a ton, right,
I would think so, but you know, you never know. Um,
I'm sure both both teams will be using hardcounts again,
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and uh, you know, so we'll just have to adjust
an adapt to it. Mike Zimmer exes and os with
the head coach, presented by US Bank honoring the Vikings
sixty greatest fans this season. A couple of quickies to
close here. Now, home game done. You go on the
road for the first time. A road protocol, you know,
not not to have you get too deeply into what
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you guys have to do. Can you even leave the hotel? Yeah,
we can leave the hotel, but we're not supposed to
go out too restaurants or things like that. But you know,
you wouldn't need to go for walk or you know,
you know, walk to Starbucks. You can do that. Anything
new with Daniel Hunter and any positive news coming around
the corner. He seems to be doing well. You know,
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every time I talk to him, he says he feels
good and uh, you know, so hopefully we get him
back after the next week. Now, the Colts offensive line,
we hear a lot about that guard Quentin Nelson left
or right. I mean, you've seen everything for a million years.
Is this legitimately one of the best offensive lines in
the NFL? Yeah, and maybe the best? You know, the
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center Kelly's a good player, both big, tall, long tackles.
Costanzo's played for a long time, you know. So they
got big, big size outside and they do a good
job with the protections. Obviously, Nelson might be the best
guard in the league. Now, lastly, back to the Green
Bay game for a second, unique and Goackway has played
the Colts eight times six and a half. Sacks had
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a couple of forced bumbles last year. Within Gockway in
that first game of the season. Was it all just
a whirlwind for him? New colors, now fans, new scheme,
new friends, new players and stuff. You know, So he
got that one. Should be better this time, right, Yeah,
I think it will be. You know, he was learning
on the fly and a lot of things and things
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happened a lot during you know, during the course of
the ballgame. So but he did to get some good
rushes in there. You know, we just didn't get the
quarterback on the ground. So we got a lot of
work to do. And now we're just him. But with everybody,
all right, coach, better luck this week. Thank you very much,
all right, Paul, see you later. See you. That's Mike
Zimmer x's and os with Mike Zimmers presented by us Bank.
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be joined now by Minnesota Vikings wide Receivers coach Andrew Jinoko.
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He's in his first year coaching wide receivers, sixth overall
year coaching with the Minnesota Vikings. Andrew, first of all,
sorry about that Green Bay game. A chance to make
good on it with the cults coming up. And how
are things with you? Hey, Paul, how are you doing?
It's good to be here with you. Yeah, you know,
we're getting ready to bounce back. You got back at work,
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got back to work right away, trying to get cricks
and the stakes, get better and see how we can
improve our game and get ready for the next week.
Plenty of time to talk about feeling Jefferson BC and
so on. Wait, you ran with the bulls in Pamplona. Ay,
how did I miss that? And and b when did
you do that? That was two summers. Two summers ago,
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my wife and I went over to Spain. She actually
studied there in college for a for a semester. So
we went over there and she showed me a couple
of the places that she visited when she studied there,
and we enjoy Europe. We'd like to go to Europe.
It was our third time in Europe. And then, uh,
you know, it was just a cool thing. I said, well,
we're here, it's going on. I want to do this.
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It's a once in a lifetime thing. So did you
ever get close to a gauging, like did a bowl
ever like get that close to gauging? You? Uh, not me,
But I did see somebody, somebody get gored right in
front of me. He got he veered off a little
too much and I felt as the bulls ran right
past me. He uh, he got it pretty good. And
I saw him run a saw him have to, you know,
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climb the barrier and get medical attention for it. So
they Yeah, they were pretty close. So it was great
having you on the sideline Sunday for that Packers game.
I mean, you guys can't get the ball at the
time of possessions like unprecedented it's so low. Everybody's down,
and you're like, guys, guys, it's not as bad as
the galgene and gory fashion that I saw running with
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the bulls, right, you know, uh, we just you know,
we are always thinking about the next play there, and
you know, whenever that opportunity comes, and however it comes,
you know, we're we're focusing on the next play and
how we can we can help our team be successful.
So yeah, you try to bring a sense of calm
to the sideline however you can and whatever whatever visual
you got to use. So so when you're running with
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the bulls, do you know where they're coming from? Can
you can you like hear the hoofs or what you
could hear them? But there was you know, the crowd
was was going crazy. It's kind of a it's kind
of a panic and everybody's panicking. I think at one point,
uh there, there was a girl in front of me
and she kind of got real scared and stopped, and
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you know, I either had to run her over or
pick her up. And I kind of picked her up
and carried her for a couple of yards and then
set her back down safely. But you know, it's a
it's a hectic thing. This is Andrew Jinoko, wide receivers
coach for the Minnesota Vikings on X's and O's Vikings
and Cults Sunday, KFA N Vikings Radio Network. Adam feeling
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big day against Green Bay, had a couple of touchdowns.
He's a high ender, one of the very best in
the game. In fact, after he got shut out in
the Packers game last year, he's averaging sixteen yards per
reception in the Saints, Niners and Packers game twenty twenty.
What do you like about coaching Adam, Well, he's just
he's the ultimate pro. Everything he does is he's being
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a pro. He's always trying to perfect his craft, no
matter what the situation, no matter when it is. He
wants to talk football and he wants to talk about
routes and the little intricac season. He's always working. I mean,
he is a workaholic and that's really cool to be around.
There's a reason why he's had the success he's had
in his career because he's made himself into that. And Andrew,
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it seems from Afar like Adam is open minded to suggestions,
even at the stage of his career where he's had
an accomplished career. Like he's open minded and doesn't always
have to have the right answer no, I you know,
but that is one of the keys to his successes.
He's always learning. You know, some of the best players
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I've I've ever been around, that's that's been a key
to their success and longevity. As they can evolve, they
can evolve their game as their careers progress, and always
looking for something new, always looking for a way to
grow and develop. BC Johnson's second year Colorado State, the
head coach and Or Cousins spoke glowingly of him during
training camp. Now we've seen it. Take us behind the
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scenes a little bit with BC, who's also very smart.
What what has led to his second year improvement? You know,
I think he really he made a commitment to improving
his craft physically mentally, you know, route running, releases. You
see the things that he's developed with this top of
the route and the way he's stemming in and out
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of breaks. You know, I think that's helped him immensely.
And then he is a student of the game as well.
He loves football, He loves to play football, and he
loves to study football. I think he does a good
job with his film study. You know, always ready to
answer questions and you can rely on him. He can
rely on him to play multiple positions and be in
different spots. This is Andrew Jinoko Wide Receivers coach for
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See store for details. Now, depth of route for receivers,
running backs, tight ends, fullbacks, whatever, obviously very important. I've
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been wondering this for a while and I forgot to
ask you. How does a coach teach depth of route virtually? Well,
well that's a good question, um, you know, I think
the thing is is you just talk about different techniques
and ways to get where you want to be and
then allow them to go apply themselves. And you have
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to trust it that the player is going out and
working on that. So then once he gets with the quarterback,
he knows where he needs to be and when he
needs to be there, So then he and the quarterback
and build that trust. So it's just about talking it
making sure that they have a good visual I'm making
sure that they have an understanding of where and when
they need to be where and when where they need
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to be at, and then making sure that they can
go out and get that done. Andrew, do you, at
this stage of his career prefer rookie Justin Jefferson inside
or outside or does it not matter to me? I
think he has talent in both positions, and he has
merit to our offense at both positions. I think he's
growing as a route runner, so you could see the
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stuff he does real well inside. You could see the
success he had in college doing the stuff inside. But
he's also has a good understanding of route running and
how to play outside as well. So I think as
he develops, you know, we want to we can use
him inside and use some of the strength inside, but
his length and his speed also merits the playing outside
as well. You're a crappy veteran, so is the offensive
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coordinator Gary Kubiak. When the time of possession in that
Green Bay game becomes so lopsided and there's almost nothing
you can do about it, how do you not become frustrated? Well,
you know, like I said, we're just looking to see
how we can help our team and whatever we need
to do, and uh, you know, going out there and
executing when we're out there and making sure that we
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stay on the field because a lot of that's our
control too. You know, we we can help that time
of possession by staying on the field and you know,
being efficient with what we're doing. So um, you know,
it's just what can we control and how do we
as an offense and how do we as a position
group of receivers, you know, make sure that we're giving
our team the best chance to win. Xavier Rhodes gave
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this team and this fan base many good years. Now
he wears twenty seven for the Indianapolis Colts. What do
you know about him at this stage? Oh, I mean,
he's a Pro Bowl corner and he's a crafty veteran.
He's somebody that's played a lot of football in this
league and have a lot of success playing that position
in this league. So it's something that we have to
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we have to make sure we're on top of studying
for him and preparing for him, and you know, it'll
it'll be fun to go out and compete against them. Now,
the undrafted rookie from Penn State Dan Chasena. I noticed
he lined up wide one time during the Packers game,
and I also know he's incredibly fast from his track
equity for the Nitney Lion. So if you lot, you know,
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I'm racetrack trained. If you lined everybody up on the
goal line and they ran a hundred yards, I'd put
my money on the Penn State kid. Would I win?
You know what? That would be a heck of a debate,
And I think you'd have to come in our room
and let those guys answer that for you, because whatever
answer I get, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm going to
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catch some flak from the other guys in that room.
So I'll let you come down into our room and
ask that question. Yeah, that might be twenty twenty three
the way things are going right now. And the thing
is we can never have that race because you can
have fifty three people six feet apart. It would go
like from Egan up to Minneapolis. You know, Yeah, that's
a heck of a point, Paul, but legitimately chosena He's
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really fast, isn't he? Yes? Absolutely, you know, you know,
with his track background and what he did it at
Penn state, both both the track and on the football field.
You know, you could see where that speed can be
applied and hopefully, you know, at some point use that
to our advantage. Lastly, Andrew being assistant offensive line coach
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and now you run the wide receiver's room. What kind
of a transition was that, You know what? It was
a fun one, you know, being around the skill positions
my first couple of years here and then moving offensive
line for a few years. You know, you kind of
learn and develop as a coach, but just understanding the
whole scheme offensively and how formations fit together, and how
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you know, play actions and the keeper game and all
that all that stuff fits together, and how you can
take that knowledge of different aspects of the game and
apply it to the position you're working with now. So
at the end of the equation, after we watch all sixteen,
having you as the wide receivers coach with your O
line equity, then we should have some of the better
run blocking wide receivers in the history of the NFL. Right, Well,
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you know what, that's more of a credit to our guys,
and I think we do a heck of a job
in a run game. But that's that's because our receivers
are very pride, you know, if they take a lot
of pride in that and they understand that being the
complete player is what this team needs and that's the
best way to help this team. So it's more of
them and the way that they you know, way that
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they go about and approach to playing receiver as a
as a full position and it's not just one aspect
of the game. You know. That's I think you can
see that show up and I think that's a good
thing for our guys. You're awesome, man, Good luck this week.
All right. Thanks Paul Andrew Jinoko, wide receivers coach for
the Minnesota Vikings. I'm Paul Allen. Well, thank you for
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It's time for XS and os with Vikings head coach
Mike Zimmer on the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. Now from
the TCO studios in Egan. Here is the voice of
the Viking, Paul Allen. Hey, it's XS and o's on
the kfa N Minnesota Vikings Radio network with head coach
Mike Zimmer. And all of this is powered by Polaris.
(00:25):
And there's the head coach joining us now. Speaking of Polaris,
do you like snowmobiling or watercraft? Do you have some
daredevil in you with Polaris stuff? I actually have three
Polaris vehicles. I've got a Ranger, I've got a four
wheeler and a snowmobile. Whole week out now from March
until you got back here during the quarantine. I know
(00:47):
you and your son Adam built a golf hole. But
like in northern Kentucky, does it snow? Can you go snowmobiling? Like?
What'd you do? Not much snow? It doesn't stand in
the ground long enough or hey hey Mike um. Eric Kendricks,
in my opinion, is the best coverage linebacker in the NFL.
(01:07):
What led to his improvement at being so good at that? Well?
I think he sees things really quick. Uh, you know,
he anticipates the route combinations that he's going to get, um,
you know, and and then uh, you know, they've done
a good job of teaching him all the different intricacies
of being the miclimbacker at X's and knows. By the way,
(01:30):
as presented by US Bank honoring the Vikings sixty greatest
fans this season. Now, in the Green Bay game, it
seemed from Afar lots of completions by the Packers outside
the numbers. Is that an indicator that teams might go
after inexperienced corners. Well, yeah, I think that's part of it. Uh,
(01:50):
you know, I could have helped him out a little
bit more. There was, um, you know, we once they
got up a little bit as far as the uh
you know, I think they're up by ten points there
right around a halftime, and so we started to kind
of load up on everything, and um, you know, he
hit us. You know, I've been thinking about this, Paul.
You know, the only way you give up forty three
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points is you give up a bomb on first and twenty.
You give up a bomb with twenty six twenty six
seconds left in the end of the first half. Um,
you know, we we jumped a route and threw one
over the top of us later on, but uh, you know,
you give up big plays like that, and uh so
that'll be a big point of emphasis for us this
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week is to um get number one, get the players
to understand that, you know, first and twenty is not
a situation where you would be quite as aggressive or
or with twenty six seconds left in the in a half,
and then um and then making sure we get in
the right position on some of these some of these
other plays. That two point conversion game obviously was very
good for you guys. Have you considered at all using
(02:56):
more two point conversions and fewer extra points? Well, it
really depends on the game situation. You know, usually you
kind of wait to second half to see where you're at,
but we may throw some in there. How did Cameron Danceler,
the rookie corner, how did he come out of the game.
You know, he had some good, really good plays. He
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gave up a quick out about a seven yard completion,
and he gave up a dig that he was all
over Adams on, but he did he didn't get the
ball out Other than that. Oh and then obviously the
twenty sixth second one right before the half. So he's
got room to improve understanding the situation a lot better.
But there was a lot of good things that he
did well well. When I asked, how did he come
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out of the game, is like, was he super down?
You know? Did you have to pump him up a little?
Or does he realize A, you got fifteen more and
B it's a long career. Yeah, No, he'll be fine.
He's not. I don't think he's down. I was the
one that was down, not him. Yeah, And you know,
I would imagine during the game when the safety took place,
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you absolutely hated it. Then when you watched it back.
I mean, not to make excuses here that that's kind
of a nine point play because if that thing gets
picked up, I feeling might be gone for ninety nine. Yeah,
we had we had a couple of players over there
and they had none, So you know that was that
was the kind of the luck of the draw on
that one. Now, again not making excuses, it's twenty twenty.
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Having no crowded the game at times. It absolutely impacted
the defense, didn't it. It did, especially on the three
times we jumped off sides and You know, those are
all things, Paul, that lead to um not playing very good.
You know, we jump off sides on third downs that
we give up a bomb on the one time we
jump off sides, and uh, you know, they beat us,
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beat us on that. So you know, there were four
or five plays, big plays in a ballgame, and um,
you know that was we just weren't in the right
position on those. Now, despite some obvious blemishes by the quarterback, overall,
how did Cousins play? You know, I thought he did
some really good things. You know, the the interception obviously
he wasn't a good good deal and there was no
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way he saw the corner blitz. But um, you know
I was. I was excited that he moved, moved with
his feet in the pocket. You know, he gained some
first downs that way. That'll start making a defense be
a little bit more aware of his ability to run.
And so overall I did well. And a quarterback or
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Cousins running and getting like a sixteen and a thirteen.
You know, when you watch him run, with all due respect,
it's not the most natural thing I've ever seen in
the history of the NFL, but it's effective when he
does that right it is effective when he does that.
And uh, you know some of the coverages you get
when they're Dublin Adam and and you know Dublin Kyle.
(05:50):
You know, there's room to run the football with the
quarterback if if we can get him to continue to
do that. Now with the Indianapolis Colts, Xavier Road or
Farm or Corner, how did he look in the first game. Yeah,
I think he did well. You know Xavier, I believe
he had one penalty. But you know, he's a tough,
physical kid that's gonna come in and I'm sure he'll
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be excited to play this week in the In the
brief amount of a cults film or game from Jacksonville
I've watched, do they screen a ton? I mean, is
this a screen team because they have a quarterback who's immobile. Yeah,
And I do think it had a little bit to
do with some of the coverages that Jacksonville was playing.
So um, but but they do like they do like
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the screens. They you know, uh, Rivers gets the ball
out quick a lot of times. They've got a really
good offensive line and an excellent speed at receiver and
running back. What doubt what overall led to the loss
at Jacksonville. Well, they had a couple turnovers, which cause
you know, they threw an interception with four minutes left
in the game, and uh, you know, I think that
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kind of turned the tide on everything. Now, the Colts,
I think are going to have twenty five hundred fans
at this game. That I mean twenty five hundred fans.
Good for them and those who get to go. But
I mean that shouldn't impact the game a ton, right,
I would think so, but you know, you never know. Um,
I'm sure both both teams will be using hardcounts again,
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and uh, you know, so we'll just have to adjust
an adapt to it. Mike Zimmer exes and os with
the head coach, presented by US Bank honoring the Vikings
sixty greatest fans this season. A couple of quickies to
close here. Now, home game done. You go on the
road for the first time. A road protocol, you know,
not not to have you get too deeply into what
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you guys have to do. Can you even leave the hotel? Yeah,
we can leave the hotel, but we're not supposed to
go out too restaurants or things like that. But you know,
you wouldn't need to go for walk or you know,
you know, walk to Starbucks. You can do that. Anything
new with Daniel Hunter and any positive news coming around
the corner. He seems to be doing well. You know,
(07:56):
every time I talk to him, he says he feels
good and uh, you know, so hopefully we get him
back after the next week. Now, the Colts offensive line,
we hear a lot about that guard Quentin Nelson left
or right. I mean, you've seen everything for a million years.
Is this legitimately one of the best offensive lines in
the NFL? Yeah, and maybe the best? You know, the
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center Kelly's a good player, both big, tall, long tackles.
Costanzo's played for a long time, you know. So they
got big, big size outside and they do a good
job with the protections. Obviously, Nelson might be the best
guard in the league. Now, lastly, back to the Green
Bay game for a second, unique and Goackway has played
the Colts eight times six and a half. Sacks had
(08:38):
a couple of forced bumbles last year. Within Gockway in
that first game of the season. Was it all just
a whirlwind for him? New colors, now fans, new scheme,
new friends, new players and stuff. You know, So he
got that one. Should be better this time, right, Yeah,
I think it will be. You know, he was learning
on the fly and a lot of things and things
(09:00):
happened a lot during you know, during the course of
the ballgame. So but he did to get some good
rushes in there. You know, we just didn't get the
quarterback on the ground. So we got a lot of
work to do. And now we're just him. But with everybody,
all right, coach, better luck this week. Thank you very much,
all right, Paul, see you later. See you. That's Mike
Zimmer x's and os with Mike Zimmers presented by us Bank.
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He's in his first year coaching wide receivers, sixth overall
year coaching with the Minnesota Vikings. Andrew, first of all,
sorry about that Green Bay game. A chance to make
good on it with the cults coming up. And how
are things with you? Hey, Paul, how are you doing?
It's good to be here with you. Yeah, you know,
we're getting ready to bounce back. You got back at work,
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got back to work right away, trying to get cricks
and the stakes, get better and see how we can
improve our game and get ready for the next week.
Plenty of time to talk about feeling Jefferson BC and
so on. Wait, you ran with the bulls in Pamplona. Ay,
how did I miss that? And and b when did
you do that? That was two summers. Two summers ago,
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my wife and I went over to Spain. She actually
studied there in college for a for a semester. So
we went over there and she showed me a couple
of the places that she visited when she studied there,
and we enjoy Europe. We'd like to go to Europe.
It was our third time in Europe. And then, uh,
you know, it was just a cool thing. I said, well,
we're here, it's going on. I want to do this.
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It's a once in a lifetime thing. So did you
ever get close to a gauging, like did a bowl
ever like get that close to gauging? You? Uh, not me,
But I did see somebody, somebody get gored right in
front of me. He got he veered off a little
too much and I felt as the bulls ran right
past me. He uh, he got it pretty good. And
I saw him run a saw him have to, you know,
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climb the barrier and get medical attention for it. So
they Yeah, they were pretty close. So it was great
having you on the sideline Sunday for that Packers game.
I mean, you guys can't get the ball at the
time of possessions like unprecedented it's so low. Everybody's down,
and you're like, guys, guys, it's not as bad as
the galgene and gory fashion that I saw running with
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the bulls, right, you know, uh, we just you know,
we are always thinking about the next play there, and
you know, whenever that opportunity comes, and however it comes,
you know, we're we're focusing on the next play and
how we can we can help our team be successful.
So yeah, you try to bring a sense of calm
to the sideline however you can and whatever whatever visual
you got to use. So so when you're running with
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the bulls, do you know where they're coming from? Can
you can you like hear the hoofs or what you
could hear them? But there was you know, the crowd
was was going crazy. It's kind of a it's kind
of a panic and everybody's panicking. I think at one point,
uh there, there was a girl in front of me
and she kind of got real scared and stopped, and
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you know, I either had to run her over or
pick her up. And I kind of picked her up
and carried her for a couple of yards and then
set her back down safely. But you know, it's a
it's a hectic thing. This is Andrew Jinoko, wide receivers
coach for the Minnesota Vikings on X's and O's Vikings
and Cults Sunday, KFA N Vikings Radio Network. Adam feeling
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big day against Green Bay, had a couple of touchdowns.
He's a high ender, one of the very best in
the game. In fact, after he got shut out in
the Packers game last year, he's averaging sixteen yards per
reception in the Saints, Niners and Packers game twenty twenty.
What do you like about coaching Adam, Well, he's just
he's the ultimate pro. Everything he does is he's being
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a pro. He's always trying to perfect his craft, no
matter what the situation, no matter when it is. He
wants to talk football and he wants to talk about
routes and the little intricac season. He's always working. I mean,
he is a workaholic and that's really cool to be around.
There's a reason why he's had the success he's had
in his career because he's made himself into that. And Andrew,
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it seems from Afar like Adam is open minded to suggestions,
even at the stage of his career where he's had
an accomplished career. Like he's open minded and doesn't always
have to have the right answer no, I you know,
but that is one of the keys to his successes.
He's always learning. You know, some of the best players
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I've I've ever been around, that's that's been a key
to their success and longevity. As they can evolve, they
can evolve their game as their careers progress, and always
looking for something new, always looking for a way to
grow and develop. BC Johnson's second year Colorado State, the
head coach and Or Cousins spoke glowingly of him during
training camp. Now we've seen it. Take us behind the
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scenes a little bit with BC, who's also very smart.
What what has led to his second year improvement? You know,
I think he really he made a commitment to improving
his craft physically mentally, you know, route running, releases. You
see the things that he's developed with this top of
the route and the way he's stemming in and out
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of breaks. You know, I think that's helped him immensely.
And then he is a student of the game as well.
He loves football, He loves to play football, and he
loves to study football. I think he does a good
job with his film study. You know, always ready to
answer questions and you can rely on him. He can
rely on him to play multiple positions and be in
different spots. This is Andrew Jinoko Wide Receivers coach for
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the Minnesota Vikings and Vikings fans. Purchase any twenty ounce
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See store for details. Now, depth of route for receivers,
running backs, tight ends, fullbacks, whatever, obviously very important. I've
(15:47):
been wondering this for a while and I forgot to
ask you. How does a coach teach depth of route virtually? Well,
well that's a good question, um, you know, I think
the thing is is you just talk about different techniques
and ways to get where you want to be and
then allow them to go apply themselves. And you have
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to trust it that the player is going out and
working on that. So then once he gets with the quarterback,
he knows where he needs to be and when he
needs to be there, So then he and the quarterback
and build that trust. So it's just about talking it
making sure that they have a good visual I'm making
sure that they have an understanding of where and when
they need to be where and when where they need
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to be at, and then making sure that they can
go out and get that done. Andrew, do you, at
this stage of his career prefer rookie Justin Jefferson inside
or outside or does it not matter to me? I
think he has talent in both positions, and he has
merit to our offense at both positions. I think he's
growing as a route runner, so you could see the
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stuff he does real well inside. You could see the
success he had in college doing the stuff inside. But
he's also has a good understanding of route running and
how to play outside as well. So I think as
he develops, you know, we want to we can use
him inside and use some of the strength inside, but
his length and his speed also merits the playing outside
as well. You're a crappy veteran, so is the offensive
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coordinator Gary Kubiak. When the time of possession in that
Green Bay game becomes so lopsided and there's almost nothing
you can do about it, how do you not become frustrated? Well,
you know, like I said, we're just looking to see
how we can help our team and whatever we need
to do, and uh, you know, going out there and
executing when we're out there and making sure that we
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stay on the field because a lot of that's our
control too. You know, we we can help that time
of possession by staying on the field and you know,
being efficient with what we're doing. So um, you know,
it's just what can we control and how do we
as an offense and how do we as a position
group of receivers, you know, make sure that we're giving
our team the best chance to win. Xavier Rhodes gave
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this team and this fan base many good years. Now
he wears twenty seven for the Indianapolis Colts. What do
you know about him at this stage? Oh, I mean,
he's a Pro Bowl corner and he's a crafty veteran.
He's somebody that's played a lot of football in this
league and have a lot of success playing that position
in this league. So it's something that we have to
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we have to make sure we're on top of studying
for him and preparing for him, and you know, it'll
it'll be fun to go out and compete against them. Now,
the undrafted rookie from Penn State Dan Chasena. I noticed
he lined up wide one time during the Packers game,
and I also know he's incredibly fast from his track
equity for the Nitney Lion. So if you lot, you know,
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I'm racetrack trained. If you lined everybody up on the
goal line and they ran a hundred yards, I'd put
my money on the Penn State kid. Would I win?
You know what? That would be a heck of a debate,
And I think you'd have to come in our room
and let those guys answer that for you, because whatever
answer I get, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm going to
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catch some flak from the other guys in that room.
So I'll let you come down into our room and
ask that question. Yeah, that might be twenty twenty three
the way things are going right now. And the thing
is we can never have that race because you can
have fifty three people six feet apart. It would go
like from Egan up to Minneapolis. You know, Yeah, that's
a heck of a point, Paul, but legitimately chosena He's
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really fast, isn't he? Yes? Absolutely, you know, you know,
with his track background and what he did it at
Penn state, both both the track and on the football field.
You know, you could see where that speed can be
applied and hopefully, you know, at some point use that
to our advantage. Lastly, Andrew being assistant offensive line coach
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and now you run the wide receiver's room. What kind
of a transition was that, You know what? It was
a fun one, you know, being around the skill positions
my first couple of years here and then moving offensive
line for a few years. You know, you kind of
learn and develop as a coach, but just understanding the
whole scheme offensively and how formations fit together, and how
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you know, play actions and the keeper game and all
that all that stuff fits together, and how you can
take that knowledge of different aspects of the game and
apply it to the position you're working with now. So
at the end of the equation, after we watch all sixteen,
having you as the wide receivers coach with your O
line equity, then we should have some of the better
run blocking wide receivers in the history of the NFL. Right, Well,
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you know what, that's more of a credit to our guys,
and I think we do a heck of a job
in a run game. But that's that's because our receivers
are very pride, you know, if they take a lot
of pride in that and they understand that being the
complete player is what this team needs and that's the
best way to help this team. So it's more of
them and the way that they you know, way that
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they go about and approach to playing receiver as a
as a full position and it's not just one aspect
of the game. You know. That's I think you can
see that show up and I think that's a good
thing for our guys. You're awesome, man, Good luck this week.
All right. Thanks Paul Andrew Jinoko, wide receivers coach for
the Minnesota Vikings. I'm Paul Allen. Well, thank you for
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