December 29, 2025 • 45 mins
Where did this 8-8 Vikings team go wrong? Back from Christmas weekend, hear PA's post-W drive-by chats off the Lions game, Vikes Bites and football talkers throughout the first hour!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to nine to Noon on a chilli Monday. Nordo produces,
and I'm Paul Allen with the Minnesota Vikings. Well tomorrow
we're off to TCO Radio for our final Kevin O'Connell
chat until probably the combine, and Nine to Noon is
a bit sad saddened about that. We enjoy our Kevin
(00:20):
O'Connell chats each and every Tuesday. Friday is our final
feast for the twenty twenty five Egan gets the money
for the finale. Nine to Noon also is moderately saddened
by that because the producer never has been part of
a postseason feast. Nine to Noon in fact, is actually
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bugged by and negative on that postseason feast.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Good morning, Nordo, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I will say this as the season wraps up, one
thing that has really impressed me over the course of
this year is we are roobs. The listeners are rubs,
and we get the chance to join together every Friday.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
The feasts for.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
The most part have been jam packed, through the injuries
to the O line, to the injuries to the kid QB,
to weird interceptions, to special teams fumbles, to L after
L after L as part of a nasty losing streak
down the end of Well, what does the future look like?
(01:26):
What are the changes in the offseason? Oh wait, we
still have three or four games to play and people
are still showing up at Buffalo Wild Wings on Fridays
at the Feast to hang out and party with us
each and every week.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So really thankful for that, impressed by it.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But I couldn't be more down with the fact that
Friday is truly at noon, the final boom of the
twenty twenty five campaign for the Purple and not getting
to feel a postseason feast, the hope, the hope and
the optimism of playing January football.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
In the winter.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Go home, Ernie, and we're on the outside looking at
it sucks.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Seriously not bringing this defense and not bringing this kicker
to the postseason?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That ain't great, It's criminal. More on that soon.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Talkbacks included free iHeart Audio app and where did we
go wrong? Possibly could re emerge next week. That Christmas
Day game for the Minnesota Vikings was so special for
so many people there. For those of you who were
at US Bank Stadium, you know what I'm talking about.
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There was so much joy in the crowd. It's analogous
to what Nordo just said about the feast. No matter
quarterback in quarterback out, play, don't play play, don't play play,
don't play injuries, no playoffs on the horizon, the feeling
of no playoffs on the horizon with three major holidays
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in front of you. Love that one, yet so much
joy in that Christmas Day in early evening crowd. The
Minnesota Vikings defense is perhaps the or one of the
most underrated NFL wide stories. I mean, it's best in
the league at not allowing twenty yard or more hits.
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Took it six times from the stingiest team in the NFL.
The kiddies put these guys on bad games Golf Gibbs, Jamison, Montgomery,
Dak CD, Darnold Smith and Jigbab McLaurin, Deebo Love Caleb
and Jackson Dark completed one first half pass.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I always love that one. Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
The quarterback common thread with like twenty four offensive line
combos major factor in the Where did we go wrong?
The of the talkbacks free iHeart audio app start those
bad boys.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
A couple of.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Segments from now Christmas Day night that was an Alzheimer
for me, Harrison Smith watching a stifling defense, rep after
rep after rep. My kids got to see some of
the game from the booth. Reikerd setting a record, Jefferson
getting a big one behind him despite minimal receiving yards. Again,
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all time great day memory. Given it was Christmas, My
cross country kids were together and at a Vikings game,
just like when the Boy was seven Coley was five,
and the vibe was all about being perfect. The Snoop
halftime show was excellent and that they should use that
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they should use the same crew for the super Bowl.
That was fantastic. Winning eight was important too for the Vikings.
We've mentioned this before, can't win as many or fewer
as the Dobs here. I always love that that was
seven and twenty twenty three. So there's that and yours truly,
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quite honestly, shouldn't have approached Brozemer for a walking drive by.
Didn't know what to ask because of the defense dominated game.
He just wanted to talk about my watch, And it's
really difficult after the joy of a victory like that
for many of them, hitting the backup quarterback with like Cole,
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you didn't turn it over, held it when getting hit
and did a great job with the handoffs, isn't it.
Cole Ty Chandler got some run end quote that just yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You were rocking the Vikes brightling, weren't you? Yeah? Yeah?
And I had the microphone in the left hand, so
good look at that time. But I mean I asked
a question. He's like, nice watch.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I'm like, all right, yeah, probably wasn't the most well
timed walk up.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Drive by sound sounds like the team themselves, the players
themselves are feeling the the brunt of a non playoff year.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
One to go.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
It's the border battle last week, nor Do and I
kind of fell into the dang, where did we go wrong?
Given bringing the defense to the postseason would be all
about the bomb. It's such an underrated story in the
National Football League because of the record. So that's the
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that's like the nine thirty and beyond today talkbacks are included.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Where did we go wrong this year?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Knowing what we know now about the defense, the kicker,
we swept the Lions. We swept the Lions. Yeah, where
do we go wrong? That's the talkback question? You know
what to do?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So I rolled with some Christmas Day drive bys, and
there was lots of Harry the hit Man talk, including
some one on one time with the game changer. But yes, sir, sir,
we started with Ira Murphy Junior and I was like,
two picks in two games, my man.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Now you're just showing off.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Definitely obviously, me and you we talked about this coming
up short throughout the whole season, not having any just
you know, once I got my first one, like I
gotta keep stacking him, obviously making place for the defense.
But today was a great day and it was just
amazing family.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
That's phenomenal. The guy who are left, You're right, my left,
Harrison Smith. I mean, I'm gonna wait for the media
to leave and I'm going to walk up to him
with the drive by. Say, bro, you just can't stop. Honestly,
you can't. I know it's fourteen years. Might be tired
and stuff like that, but holy cow, is he playing
good man?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Probably, Like I say, he's a goat.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
He's a Hall of Femer for a reason, one of
the best, and obviously still playing at a high level.
And like you said, I don't want him to go nowhere.
That's the leader of our room. But yeah, definitely been
playing at a high level and I just love I
love being around it.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Love everybody.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Merry Christmas and thanks for always being so Kindy Sarah,
Merry Christmas. Ira Murphy Junior one of my very favorite
tier Man drive bys after a twenty three to ten
victory Redford, Michigan native Real quick. Eric Wilson, Eric Wilson,
I want to begin with Harrison Smith, but I mean,
he just can't be done.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Honestly.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
I mean, I know it's fourteen years and everything, but
I mean he picking an interception today, three passes, defense
block shots, as Kevin O'Connell calls them. He joined Ronde
Barber as the only two players in the history of
the NFL with at least thirty eight picks and twenty
one and a half sacks.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So he might be done, but he just can't be done.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
Man.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
He's playing so good. He's playing great.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
Man.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
He's a leader out there, man. We count on him.
He's the heart of this defense. So it's awesome to
see him go out there and make plays on a
big day, Christmas Day, tight game division.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
It's huge, man, Hey, Eric hempany with this, The Lions
came into the game with only eight Gibs fewest in
the NFL. Wasn't even close. You guys went out there
and took it six times from them. I mean b flowed.
The whole defense is just on fire right now with
the unpredictability at the line.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
What do you think about all that?
Speaker 7 (08:54):
I think it's a testament playing together. Man.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Everybody's got to be on the same page with the
type of stuff that we do.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You know, we rely on one another.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
We gotta trust one another, and it's awesome for it
to be on display.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well, be buddy, Mary Christmas, Marry Christmas with Eric Wilson.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Eric Wilson leads all linebackers in the NFL with tackles
for a lost And we'll come.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Over here real quick. Jay Ward.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
It's you had one of those games today, man, where
if you like look at the box score and stuff,
you'd be like, all right, you know we got this
and we got that. You're playing with your hair on
fire right now, man. I mean you are playing so good,
jay Ward. We're gonna get to that momentarily because you've
been a safety in a corner this year. The guy
over to our right, you're left, Harrison Smith. The common
thread is he just can't be done. I mean, seriously,
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the way he's playing right now, wouldn't you agree?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yeah, ain't need to go and come back one will year,
which is uh.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I just talked to Eric Wilson about this. But Lions
came into the game. Man, they only gave it away
eight times the whole year. You guys took it six
times from them today or some of the keys did.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Doing your job, you're one and eleven. The players will
come to you. Stop, don't chase them.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
By the way, something we've talked about for about a
month and a half, you never having a sack in
your life. You actually had one in a preseason game.
I think it might have been against Houston or Arizona
a few years ago. Remember that my rookie year against
a Z But no, don't count those though. All right, well,
you got one more game to get ones to go
out there a THEO. Theo Jackson got the first sack
of his career today.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
You got to be next, right.
Speaker 8 (10:20):
It felt like I had got it when I seen
Theo get it.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
But I'm doing a cluelessen.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You're playing so good right now. Man, God bless you,
and congratulations Mary Chris, thank you Mary Chris. It's Jay
Ward safety slash corner for the Minnesota Vikings. Some drive
bys after a rather convincing victory over the Detroit Lions.
Here here's Andrew Van Ginkel that that fumble recovery when
they tried to quick snap and get all sneaky and
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everything early kind of turned the whole thing around. Aaron
Jones got into the end zone, took the lead. But
you know, kind of the common thread with this, Andrew,
has been Lions came into the game with eight giveaways
the entire season through fifteen games, eighty far number one
in the NFL. You guys took it six times from
them today. How about that?
Speaker 9 (11:05):
Uh yeah, it's you know, something that we struggle with
at times this season, and we knew when they came
they were gonna come in bunches. So we're a resilient bunch.
We keep fighting, we keep pushing. Obviously, the season hasn't
gone the way we wanted it to, but you know,
we we keep getting after it and we play every
game hard. We play physical, and we play to the
best of our ability. And when you do that, good
things happen.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What what's the season been like for you?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
I mean, you miss some time and maybe coming back
from that, it took a little while to get going.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
But it seems like you're completely full throttle right now.
Speaker 9 (11:34):
Yeah, obviously, you know it was tough being out those games.
You know, you sit there and you watch and you
know it's hard, you know, because you want to be
out there helping the team win. You want to be
you doing everything you can to you know, help the
guys in this locker room. You know, that's what it's
all about. And when you can't be out there, it
can it can cause some you know, stress on you.
But I'm happy with Yeah, you're right, you know, it
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kind of took my footing to get going again, but
I feel like myself again and I feel confident, comfortable
and just trying to make plays, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
The lastly, the guy to your right my left, Harrison Smith,
fourteenth year from Notre Dame. Today was this two hundred
and second start, third most in the history of Vikings football.
I think it was this two hundred and six game overall.
After the game, he told Ben Leeber. In all of
the games he's played here, all two six, today was
was one of the if not the best defensive performances
he's ever been a part of.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I mean, I'm gonna go over and chat with Harrison momentarily.
I mean, he just can't be done, Kenny. I mean,
maybe he's tired and everything. Old people get tired. Just
ask me.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I'm gonna be sixty in two weeks. But still he's
playing so good.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
He played. You know, he's so smart. He's he's knowledgeable
of the game.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
He you know, he might not have the step that
he used to have, but he's you know, he plays
with instincts. He plays smart. He knows exactly where to be,
which allows him to play fast.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
And you know, he's.
Speaker 9 (12:51):
The leader of our team.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 9 (12:53):
He has, He's had a great career and who knows
what he do does at the end of this year.
But you know, I'm proud to be able to be
his teammates, be able to play with him and see
what he's all about, because you know, I can use
that from my career going forward.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And just take us inside the weeds as quickly as
much as you can without oversharing obviously, but I mean,
the role this defense is on right now with with
the deception and the play calls and you know, I
mean Golf super smart and Dak Prescott's super smart, and man,
you guys have just fooled the heck out of them.
Speaker 9 (13:21):
Yeah, you know it starts with flow what he you know,
he comes with the game plan every week and you know,
Harrison Smith, he does does a good job of putting
us in the right place. You know, he has the
leadway to to make these changes at the line to
you know, try to be one step ahead of them
when they check.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
We try to check.
Speaker 9 (13:35):
You know, it's it's a cat and mouse game that
we're playing with them, and you know we try to
have the upper hand to put pressure on them.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Enjoy the downtime a little bit. You get here before
the last game against Green Bay. Love you, buddy. Merry
Christmas to you and your family. And you're one of
my favorite You haven't been here that long. You're one
of my favorites in the twenty four years I've done it.
So I appreciate your friendship and I appreciate the way
you play.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
God bless it. Yep, it means a lot to me.
Merry Christmas here as well. Andrew van Ginkel.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
The Vikings beat the Detroit Lions approved eight Nate Harrison
Smith still being interviewed by members of the media. We'll
go ahead and put the drive by Mike right by Harrison.
See what he's saying right now before we get.
Speaker 10 (14:10):
Him, and that kind of like, I don't know if
that just kind of excites your nervous system or what
it is, but it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Earlier as emotional as you've ever been after I don't know.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
I'm pretty like honestly, I've been emotional since I was
like since I was a kid playing football. I used
to my dad told me, I need to find a
way to get it under control. So I know that's
not my reputation because I'm pretty quiet, but the game
of football is it's emotional, So it just it just happens.
Speaker 11 (14:47):
Sometimes you feel like that, just getting later in your
career that that comes to be a bigger part of it.
Just understanding the context of I only have so many
of these days left, whether it's this year, next year, whatever.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, there's definitely a.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
You know, I'm maturity and you realize your own football mortality.
It's when you're young, you're just there's there's no end
in sight and you know the past couple of years.
It's I know it's there. It's like it's not a
it's not a motion out of sadness. It's just because
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it's it's it's more heightened, I would say, so you
just feel a little more.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Yeah, I'm just gonna sneak in a quick drive by here.
I'm never gonna forget today. And you had a lot
to do with that, and you know, you and I've
been around for a long time, man. And after the game,
you told Ben Leeber today was your two hundred and
second start, third most in the history of the Vikings,
passing hof Carleler. I think you've played two six or
two oh seven. You told Ben this is one of
the greatest defensive performances.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
You've ever been part of.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
That is such a big statement to make, and you're
absolutely right. But like what was going through your mind
when you said that? What led to like one of
the best over the last fourteen years.
Speaker 10 (16:03):
I mean, I think it's the it's probably the reality
to start with, but just like the amount of plays
getting made by everybody, the way, the way that we
decided to play, I think, I think is what I
was speaking to the most and I was on. I've
been on a lot of defenses that did have that style,
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and I will never forget those ones either, and those
from some phenomenal defenses. You know, it's just it's just
how it went today, and we're feeding off each other.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I'm gonna let you go here.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Man, You've had a lot of media stuff and it's
been a tree watching you and waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
My common thread here has been that the Lions.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Came into the game with a Gibbs Okay, absolutely best
in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
You guys took it from him six times.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Today, So as the team goes, it's the most underrated
story in the NFL because of the record.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I mean, you got the Bears.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Doing what they're doing, Denver finally loses, but I mean
this defense is absolutely one of the best in the NFL.
I think people will start talking about it now. Not
that you care about that, but this defense. Man, When
when O'Connell says the cat and mouse like you have
with smart quarterbacks like Dak and Jared Goff, how do
you get ready for that?
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Like?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
What are some keys?
Speaker 10 (17:14):
Realistically, It's just it starts with just the amount of
experience I have in the game like and.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
I was fortunate to play previously.
Speaker 10 (17:23):
For you know, Mike Zimmer who was very aggressive as
a play caller as well, so I had I had
some experience. And then when Flow got here, you know,
it's it's it's not the same, it's it's different.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
It's his own thing.
Speaker 10 (17:40):
But he's he's kind of expanded some things we can
do and given a little bit of I think I've
said this before, like a little bit of autonomic autonomy
to the players, because he builds the system and has
trust that we can execute all the things within it.
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And I think it's you know, we started out three
years ago doing it and it was it was okay,
and built last year and I think you're kind of
seeing it gets to a pretty high level right now.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
He's diabolical. That's the only way to put it. I
know you're not going to commit. You can't be done.
Are you kidding me? I mean, honestly, I've called all
your games, man, and and you know, all the way
back to twenty fifteen, to the College Stadium when you
picked off Eli Manning for your fourth interception touchdown, and
we go all the way back, Man, it's.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You're not conclusively done right fourteen into it.
Speaker 10 (18:32):
I'm I'm not thinking about it right now. And I've
said that like the last three or four years, so
you're probably sick of that answer.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
But that's great.
Speaker 10 (18:44):
It's I'm having fun right now and I don't want
to take anything away from love you very much bout it.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
You're fantastic at what you do. Merry Christmas, and congratulations
on the win. Merry Christmas, pa Arison Smith, He's the bomb.
Holy col I mean, what a what a memorable memorable day.
Guy died by Harrison Smith. As we do some post
game drive bys, walk over here, jail and Redmond, Jail
and Redmond, all over the field again the the the
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Lions came into the game, Man, with eight giveaways the
whole year. All right, now, I understand it's the giving season,
but I don't think they thought to come in here
and give it away six times. You took it from
them six times and they only had eight into the game.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
What do you think some of the keys were?
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Yeah, man, that's I have to get out to the
to the defense and the back, getting that pressure up
on them real quick, and you know, just trying to
get them get the ball out quick and the guys
in the back and did what they were supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
How do you define like what you do as a
defensive tackle defensive lineman?
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean you got really good wiggle, You're you're defined
as a defensive tackle.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
But like with Grenard or Van Ginkle were down at
one point, you were standing up on the edge and
stuff like that for a little bit. But like, what
are some keys to playing as well as you've played
this year, jailing man?
Speaker 8 (19:55):
Just just to practice just doing it. Honestly, there's really
no just no real formula to you know, let.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Me rephrase it. I mean you're a hear and change
removed from being.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
In Arlington or Dallas renegade okay, And I know we
had a blood cloud issue earlier in your life, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Clearly you've worked your way through that.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So like, like, what what do you think people missed,
you know when you came out of Oklahoma? You know,
because clearly with all these tackles for loss and these
sacks and everything, you belonged as a starter in the NFL.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Uh. Yeah, man, I say this all the time. I
wouldn't change everything that happened in my past or anything. Yeah,
it happened when it was supposed to happen. I probably wouldn't,
you know, I probably couldn't handle what I'm doing right
now at that age coming out, So I say that
all the time.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Man, it happened when it was supposed to. It was
a hard road, but we got the congratulations. Have a
very merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Youtubeankim God, bless you man,
Jael and Redman part of the Vikings defensive line that
had a really really good time today against a makeshift
Lions offensive line. But you know what, the Minnesota Vikings
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had a makeshift moving company too. They came into it
with Justin's school making his eighth start at left tackle,
Michael Jurgens making a second start at center replacing Ryan Kelly,
and Brian O'Neill tried to give it a go, but
it was a late scratch. So therefore Blake brandle I
had to step in and start at right tackle, and
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they all played part of it. As Max Brosmer walks
to his press conference, We're going to drive by walk
with him.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Thank you, congratulations on the victory.
Speaker 7 (21:31):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
PA liked that watch.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Do what can I watch that.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
That's a bright wing from Continental Diamond. And since we
just gave him that nice little pope, we can save
some money on it. You've got a press conference to do.
I want to congratulate you on the victory. Oh you
got that victory like you did last week filling in
for McCarthy and you got one to go against the
Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Man, it just Harrison.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Smith and just the defense today and everything the running
game Addison.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
On the jet. What a fun Christmas? Right?
Speaker 7 (21:58):
Oh my lord, best Christmas I think that I've had.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
For You're awesome when good things happened to you. I'm
super happy. God bless you. Merry Christmas. Congratulations, Thanks Pa,
Max Brosmer, thank you Spirit for Sammy for the old
drive by out of nowhere, and the Minnesota Vikings have
beaten the Detroit Lions to improved ad and eight. Oh
I sense one more drive by before we leave those
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traps to the other.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Side of the locker room.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Can't leave Christmas without brief Aaron Jones conversation. I mean
you're tough, man, You're tough. Merry Christmas, God bless you.
You're a veteran. You played against Harris and Smith. I
just got done chatting with him and I'm like, you
just I mean, you can't be done?
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Are you kidding me? It's I've called all of his games.
He's playing as well right now as he's ever played.
Speaker 13 (22:42):
Yeah, And after the game he came in here and
he's like, I don't know if I've ever had as
much fun. He was like talking addressing the team, and
then I shouted out, Oh, so that means you got
to come back next year if you're having this much fun.
So just honored to be able to play with him
now after playing against him, and I've got to have
conversations with him and tell him how he's made me
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a better player and kind of gave me the confidence
that I've arrived playing against him as well, So he's
done a lot for my confidence. And then just being
able to pick his brain as a veteran, Hey, what
is the safety see on this? Are they looking at
the backsize? If you have a if you have a
back and man, what are you thinking? And I know
all dv's played different because they rely on their their
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technique or their skill what makes them them. But you
can get a good gauge of what guys are thinking,
and he's he's.
Speaker 7 (23:32):
A true leader.
Speaker 13 (23:33):
And you see the I don't know if he was
in here after the game, but you see the true
reception that.
Speaker 7 (23:37):
He got, and I hope he comes back next year.
I'm gonna stand his ear.
Speaker 13 (23:41):
His lockers are right next to mine at TCO, so
I'm gonna stand his ear and C J.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Ham So all.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Right, And when I say, I mean, there's so many
things I appreciate you about Aaron. When you played for
Green Bay, man, I just heard a bunch of things
from packers, packer media and stuff on how much they
loved you there and the fans loved you, and now
we're living it and seeing it here. You got your
first touchdown in a month and a half. That was
great to start festivities. But when you left that Giants
game early, man, you know watching you on the sideline
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work your way to get back in the game for yourself, sure,
but for your team too, because.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Jordan got hurt too and you knew they needed you.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
But you also know this is a non playoff here,
yet you still bust your butt to get out there
and be with your teammates. Not everybody's like that, man,
I've seen a lot like you. Not everybody's like that.
Why is it so important for you to play through
these injuries to help your brothers?
Speaker 13 (24:34):
So's football character one. We're building. We're building and we're
forging for next year, and I want this. I want
them to see, especially the young guys. Hey, if it's
not broke, if is, if I'm not out for the season,
I can get out there, I can tape it up
and I can find a way. And like you said,
I know my teammates are depending on me and relying
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on me, and I feel like, truly I can't let
them down.
Speaker 7 (24:58):
So that's just on my heart.
Speaker 13 (25:00):
And then also if I'm sitting on the sideline and
warnering if I can play and don't, it's gonna bother
me more.
Speaker 7 (25:06):
And just even when I am, like against.
Speaker 13 (25:08):
Detroit the first time we played him in I got
hurt and didn't couldn't come back in the game, and
it hurt me more to be on the sideline watching
than to be out there with those guys.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Lastly, I want to give some love to one of
your running back room brothers. I'm a huge ty Chandler guy. Man,
He's one of the sweetest people and he's fast and
he's good and it's bug to bleep out of him
all year that he had to battle that injury, got
himself back, was an active when active today with Mason down,
ended up being your backup.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Ty gave you a little pop. I mean, that's so
great for Ty Chandler.
Speaker 7 (25:40):
He gave us a huge, a huge pick me up.
When he came in the game.
Speaker 13 (25:45):
I told him was probably today's Thursday, So I probably
told him Wednesday, no Tuesday.
Speaker 7 (25:52):
Walking out of the facility, Hey, I'm proud of you.
Speaker 13 (25:54):
I know at the beginning of the year, or even
before that, during ot as, when you're back at home
and all season on your own and your training, you're
putting in that work. You never envisioned your season going
like this, and you didn't complain about it one time.
Speaker 7 (26:10):
You kept your head down. You showed up to work
every day.
Speaker 13 (26:13):
You was still a joy to be around in light,
giving your feedback on what you see and helping everybody.
And he showed up, like I said, he showed up
every day. He could have been feeling bad, sad for
himself or bad. He never did that, and I told
him it always works out the way. As opposed to,
and I'm happy he's getting his opportunity. And then when
it was his time to go in the game, I
told him, hey, make the most of every opportunity you get.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
My man. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Please tell your mom thank you for loving, respecting and
following the Gospel of Jesus Christ as closely as she does.
And likewise for you, God bless you. Merry Christmas. You
are the consummate teammate, one of the toughest guys I've
ever seen.
Speaker 13 (26:52):
Thank you very much, Thank you, and like you said,
all glory to God. Without him, none of this is
possible in today's especially his.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Day, Faith and Goal Jones and everybody else with the
drive bys, thank you very much. And what's on deck
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much more as we as we snuggle up together on
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N good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
You know, with the.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
The Devin du Vernet kick return that led to the
Bears walk off win. Vikings were about a ninety two
and a half percent winner in that game against the
Bears at US Bank Stadium. Feels like five years ago.
It was probably like five weeks ago. And the nine
to noon is not your lamenting leader. I mean, our
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lots in life are what our life and life arm
and there's no sense in going back to a situation
like that and being like, I mean, if they just
had thwarted the Bears on that kick return and stopped them,
things could be so different right now from a postseason
standpoint and getting.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
Nordo to his first Friday football feast postseason style.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Dang it man, that kick returned to Vernay.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
I mean, it's tough to do things on a week
by week and the butterfly effect of various things happening
over the course of the season. But you know, if
we beat the Bears and it's a winning in yeah,
it's a winning in feast in Egan and you are
playing your chief rivals, the Packers and Malik Willis on
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Sunday at US Bank Stadium. Maybe Clayton tune, maybe Clayton
tune for that seventh spot in the postseason. That is
where the Vikings currently are at. How close things feel
at eight and eight? Now, where did things go wrong?
Where did we go wrong? I think that was the bottom.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
The Duvernet kick return, that that right there, leading to
losing that game.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
That was it? You think that was it? That was it?
That was the whole thing right there. What about Seattle?
I mean the bottom.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Maybe there are different bottoms, different levels of bottom.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Winning at Seattle, even with the way the Vikings defense
finished the season, is dramatically more difficult than stopping somebody
on a kick return and keeping him out of field
goal range. To win a game against a division foe. Yeah,
sweeping a team that now has eleven wins and is
going to win the division.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Oh man, Well, I just the bottom for me with
with that particular game is I felt like my soul,
my Vikings loving soul, was being taken from me in
that moment as I watched Ernest Jones. Did you say
he's the fourth Well, he's the fourth rendition of the
of the Ernest Jones family tree and he gets to
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the house. That that one for me was maybe the
mental bottom. But you're right, I mean if we stopped Tuberney,
here's what we would have teams ninety win night and
in that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Ain't it. We got this.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
We got this crowd thing in there somewhere with the
Friday football feast. I think it was twenty twelve. It
was before Vikings and Packers, and it was a win
and in and the crowd.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Was just win and in when and in, when and in.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I think we had that twenty eighteen against the Bears too. Yeah,
and it was it? What the hell was it was?
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Jordan? Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:37):
What the hell was that running backs name? That just
got loose on us? Let me see here talkback machine,
Jordan Howard. Jordan Howard. Yeah, that was that was fun? Uh,
talkback machine? Very common thread here the what did go wrong?
What went wrong? Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 14 (30:54):
Let's listen, Hey, Pa Jonesy from Pine City love the show.
Where I think we would wrong this season is not
having a better backup quarterback. Hopefully the Vikings can get
that address going into next season.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Appreciate you, Appreciate you. I didn't mind Wentz. I mean
if you could have kept Carson in one piece, yeah, yeah, yeah,
next one you I agree with you. I didn't mind
Wentz as a backup. As a backup here is where
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I think this talkbacker kind of hits it in terms
of where the starting QB was.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Hey, Paul Nordo.
Speaker 15 (31:40):
In my opinion, what went wrong this season the main
thing that went wrong that is, and don't get me wrong,
I'm a huge McCarthy supporter, but the coaching staff overestimating
how ready he was to start and stay healthy is
what ultimately did this team in this year. That plus
not having a solid backup on him.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
This defense, the kicker, Jefferson and Addison for all they
were available, swept the Lions split with the Bears about
a ninety two and a half percenter to sweep the Bears. Yeah,
and some of Quaysy's keys to this historically good defense
Eric Wilson, Isaiah Rodgers, Blake Cashman, Andrew van Ginkel, Jalen Redman.
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They didn't let Bira Murphy Junior leave and gave him
a new deal drafted Will reikerd. I mean the Quasi
train did his part with this defense here.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Bernard went healthy.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Yeah, Gernard went healthy, certainly a game changer, tough battle
battle tested here for mister Gernard.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Where did we go wrong. Talk back.
Speaker 12 (32:46):
Hey guys, it's Marshall in Minetaka. Here's where we went wrong.
We tried to thread the needle of developing a young
quarterback and winning at the same time. Very hard to do,
especially when that quarterback did not even get to practice
last year and didn't throw a lot of passes. At Michigan,
Aaron Rodgers was holding out to come here. McCarthy could
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have learned behind top five quarterback all time and we
would have been rolling into the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Well there's that one with ol A Roger, who I
don't believe. I don't like Pittsburgh to make the playoffs.
I like Baltimore in Sunday Night football. And DK Metcalf
suspended for this final game, right.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
He'll be out for that final game, And I wonder
what Lamar's health status was, right, I think that was
a back or something.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
A couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Right at the end of the game against the Cleveland Browns,
Aaron Rodgers, I'm telling you, I just for an in
a roundabout way, know the guy well enough to say this,
and I'm probably wrong. He was making a point when
he threw three consecutive fades to markus Valdez scantling to
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tie the game, and Feeling was opened twice. All right,
Feelan beat his guy on like first or second down
slot right, got himself open to the goal line. That's
going to tie the game. But Aaron it Markquez Valdez
Scantling was running the DK metcalf routes and Rogers kept
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fading to him back right to the end zone with
Denzel Ward the best corner for the Browns covering NBS,
and he wouldn't stop. So in other words, it was DK,
look what you've done to us? DK, look what you've
done to us? Or Arthur Smith slash Mike Tomlin. Why
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are we putting this guy in the DK metcalf spot? Yeah,
he did it three consecutive times against the best defense,
second best defensive player maybe third, second or third.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
The Browns have.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
You know, you don't think that he would have the
autonomy at the line to put to make that change
himself versus having MVS there.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
I don't think Arthur Smith called a place in week
two now, I certainly don't. Aaron gave him all the
week one. Aaron's about himself and he's like, no, we're
gonna do it like this.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Aaron's not above making a point in a super important game, right, yeah,
exactly two fingerwagt.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
I just couldn't believe that he kept doing the same thing.
And Mark wes valdezk Gantlin had no chance. He wasn't
close to any of them, and he ran the wrong
route on one of them.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
This is partially tongue in cheek but also partially serious
learning behind the top five all time, that would be
an unbelievable experience, except it would only be for the
first two weeks. Based on what I watched from the
offensive line those first two weeks, I don't know how
Rogers walks away unscathed. And it's potentially instead of Wentz
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who was making his debut against those Bengals week three,
it would have been McCarthy making his debut week three
against those Bengals.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Well, decision that was made was made, that is correct.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
And Kevin O'Connell tomorrow at eleven o'clock for the final
lexis and o's of the twenty twenty five myriad topics
for the head coach tomorrow, looking forward to it.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
One more talkback than we pause.
Speaker 16 (36:17):
Let me see here, hey, guys, feel for Maple Grove.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Quick question.
Speaker 16 (36:22):
Do you think if Carson Wentz stayed healthy our record
would have been different? You can't have Max Brosmer as
a QB two. Maybe that was something they really needed
to look at over the season and bring in a
more of a veteran quarterback. But do you think Carson
went staying healthy would have changed our record and we'd
be in the playoff?
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Just curious.
Speaker 16 (36:38):
Thanks guys, have a great day, Happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Happy New year. Rosmer caught astray. Yeah, I think the answer.
I think the answer is almost clearly yes. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
But I mean that means he would have won in Seattle,
so and he did win against Detroit, and he did
fill in and went against the Giants.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
Do do we believe if he was fully healthy?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
He's not Uh, he's not basically being carted off and
wondering if the coroner is going to show up in
the tunnel with the shoulder bit at the Chargers game.
Always he O'Connell was always going to go to McCarthy
when he was fully healthy, no matter what.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Right, Yeah, yeah, So I think it's a push. I
think I think it's probably a push. Bikes bites around
the corner you're listening to nine to noon. What I'm
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I mean, my goodness.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
Are we doing? Are we doing one last one on Friday? Yeah? Quarterbacks?
Speaker 3 (37:57):
Hmmm, so we are doing a week eighteen okay, yeah,
and US quarterbacks. Ferguson hit. Ferguson did hit and I
forget who who did? Who did Ali caf Trey McBride,
Yeah he hit for one, he did, Yeah he did.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
I know he said some kind of receiving record, sessions record.
I'm just one. I'm the l of this season. Saint
scored a bunch of points.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yeah, three, and I think he had like six or
seven catches for ninety five yards.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
But nice on the end zone.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
And and so we'll wrap it up with a qb
mh I hop Buffalo wild Wings egan on Friday Final
Feast on the twenty twenty five season.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
It will be the final game of this game.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
He hit second and six for the eight and seven
Detroit Lions with Jared Goff working out of the shop.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
Done two receivers left and.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
Right, vikings at the ball first went three and now
here's a plitz on coff.
Speaker 7 (38:46):
Down guys golf.
Speaker 5 (38:48):
Harrison Smith got him. Harrison Smith got him with a sack.
Dallas Turner was in the mix too.
Speaker 3 (38:55):
Yeah, and he wasn't done on Christmas Day paying off
all these sponsors today. Yeah, well, there's another interception pauf
for the middle.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Harrison Smith.
Speaker 5 (39:02):
Holy cow, hitman, just go ahead and steal the show.
Look at Harrison Smith's celebrate with all these kids. He
has a sat, he has an interception and up veteran.
But h man, he's dominating the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
So Harrison Smith, lad a second here, you're not a
feasting l Okay twenty three hundred dollars is going to
feed my starving children.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Courtesy of Fantasycares dot Org. Appreciate it, make it forty
six hundred dollars thanks to the late game match by
Thousand Hills. So that's forty six hundred dollars going to
feed my starving children.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
That is antithetical to al.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
No, that's true. But I'm watching the night game last night.
At some point we'll talk about it. What I mean,
unbelievable in the bay last night with Perdy and the
three passing touchdowns. Runs in a couple.
Speaker 5 (39:54):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (39:54):
One of those three passing touchdowns though, Tanjas, Tonjas, the
guy who was playing for you can replace a kittle
I wanted to use, but I was worried about the ankle.
I should have just pivoted to tons. Nobody uses tong
just for feed my starving children. That's okay, now.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
I don't think you should. Juan Johnson was high on
the list.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
Forty six hundred dollars for feed my starving children?
Speaker 2 (40:18):
All right, all right? Ten thousand foot view.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Hold on twenty three hundred. Then we got the Thousand
Hills match. Ten thousand foot view.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
Though, thank you, thank you, Matt and everybody at Thousand Hills.
Harrison Smith. You heard those highlights there, a sack and
a pick. He can't be done. In the Christmas Day game,
and I'm not even gonna you know, is he done?
Speaker 2 (40:37):
Is he not? Whatever?
Speaker 3 (40:37):
You even kind of alluded to that he talks about
living in the moment. I remember a similar conversation a
year ago at this time, by the way, or towards
the end of the season, I should say, as the
team played in the playoffs last year. But at any rate,
that brings him to twenty one and a half career sacks.
You were able to believe, officially cross off that little
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stat that you had on the game call depth chart,
which was probably the highlight of your day one to
meet you, as you spoke of on Kirs Day for
over a year. It was off there, seeing your kids
and just everything that went into the day, and getting
to cross that stat off made for the perfect Christmas.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
He also recorded his thirty ninth career interception. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:18):
The reason I bring this up hallowed ground, hallowed territory.
He is potentially entering here if he picks off Malik
Willis or Clayton Tune on Sunday in the Border Battle,
that is good for nothing in terms of seeding, as
the Packers have locked themselves into the seventh seed for
the third consecutive year. He would enter what is referred
to as the forty twenty club. Now, of all clubs,
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there are probably a few that are maybe even more
exclusive than this. There are only two players in NFL
history to enter the forty twenty club, which is forty
or more interceptions and twenty or more sacks. That would
be Rendez Barber and then Charles Woodson. Ho F, I
know we're tell you, I don't know what the yard.
I don't have it in front of me except I
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do he is. Yeah, Operation fifty three would be justin
Jefferson getting fifty three yards and eclipsing one thousand. But
even more important than that, can we get a pick?
Can we do Operation forty on Sunday in the Border
Battle boom and noon and get Harrison Smith into the
I mean as exclusive as you can ask for forty
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twenty club historically in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Bring on Clayton too, Let's go. Let's padd some stats
in a week eighteen, no one's gonna remember come off.
Will green Bay give him a chance? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (42:37):
I mean green Bay, the Bears. What I think the
Bears are going to do? The Lions this weekend should
be felonious and forty eight states. I mean they might
try to score seventy, all right now, Dan Campbell put
up fifty two on Ben Johnson week two before Ben
had that thing going in Chicago. You know, with a
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win or a loss gets the two seed. Emphasis on
the with a win, which means they get that home
game against green Bay. So I'm counting on Chicago to win.
Green Bay has nothing for which to play. It could
be Emmanuel Wilson here, Yeah, third running back there, so
don't I don't think they're going to give Harrison Smith
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much of a chance to get that, but maybe he
doesn't need much of a chance.
Speaker 3 (43:24):
My goodness, Vikes bits, one more mini bte for you,
and then we'll pivot to the analyst. The analyst Pete Bursich,
as soon as he responds to my text and tells
me whether he's at the.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Facility, Guy I in the sky.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
Though, at Pete Bursch's five to six via YouTube level
of thought, you have given to the thrill of winning
four in a row four KO, potentially five in a
row four KO to end this season, nine and a
record that would be versus the idea of playing a
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third or fourth place schedule in twenty twenty six to
this end, Passing the Lions in the standings and staying
there would mean that the Vikings play the Colts instead
of the Titans. It would mean they play the Commanders
instead of the Giants. I don't see a huge difference
there at this stage, but all the same, you'd play
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the Rams, Niners or Seahawks instead of the Cardinals. Level
of thought. You've given the third place schedule or the.
Speaker 2 (44:28):
Fourth place schedule.
Speaker 1 (44:29):
Well, when I thought for sure we were going to
finish in last I hadn't given any thought to the
third place schedule. And then we get the third place schedule.
But it's Christmas, yeah, and no feast on Friday, chill
weekend back on Monday.
Speaker 5 (44:45):
That I don't think it's that precipitous. But nevertheless, it's
just bad for business. Finishing last Yeah, it's just bad
for business.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Man. So I want them to win five in a row.
Speaker 1 (44:57):
Four KO five in a row, four KO five in
a row, four be flow five in a row or
B flow?
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Can we do five years?
Speaker 11 (45:05):
Though?
Speaker 2 (45:05):
For B Flow day it's not time. I'm out of bits,
you know, JJ McCarthy. We're on that watch.
Speaker 3 (45:11):
We'll find out maybe more tomorrow in your conversation with
Kevin O'Connell us, what the prospect is of having the
kid QB jump in for the finale Fingergate twenty twenty
five and whether it's with person you maybe final Hour.
I do want to dig into just as steamy as
it's gotten. We're loving this defense, We're loving Hitman Operation
forty maybe in play in the Border Battle all that.
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Brian Flores now a name not just locally but nationally
being bandied about as a hot commodity into the offseason
because we just can't wait until the super Bowl. We
have to start talking about this now.
Speaker 2 (45:46):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (45:47):
And Flores is certainly a talker that Bears mentioned in
later nine to Noon
Speaker 1 (45:50):
Dig It ten oh two, analyst Pete Bursitch around the
corner at m one hundred point three km an
Welcome to nine to Noon on a chilli Monday. Nordo produces,
and I'm Paul Allen with the Minnesota Vikings. Well tomorrow
we're off to TCO Radio for our final Kevin O'Connell
chat until probably the combine, and Nine to Noon is
a bit sad saddened about that. We enjoy our Kevin
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O'Connell chats each and every Tuesday. Friday is our final
feast for the twenty twenty five Egan gets the money
for the finale. Nine to Noon also is moderately saddened
by that because the producer never has been part of
a postseason feast. Nine to Noon in fact, is actually
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bugged by and negative on that postseason feast.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Good morning, Nordo, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I will say this as the season wraps up, one
thing that has really impressed me over the course of
this year is we are roobs. The listeners are rubs,
and we get the chance to join together every Friday.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
The feasts for.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
The most part have been jam packed, through the injuries
to the O line, to the injuries to the kid QB,
to weird interceptions, to special teams fumbles, to L after
L after L as part of a nasty losing streak
down the end of Well, what does the future look like?
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What are the changes in the offseason? Oh wait, we
still have three or four games to play and people
are still showing up at Buffalo Wild Wings on Fridays
at the Feast to hang out and party with us
each and every week.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So really thankful for that, impressed by it.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But I couldn't be more down with the fact that
Friday is truly at noon, the final boom of the
twenty twenty five campaign for the Purple and not getting
to feel a postseason feast, the hope, the hope and
the optimism of playing January football.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
In the winter.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Go home, Ernie, and we're on the outside looking at
it sucks.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Seriously not bringing this defense and not bringing this kicker
to the postseason?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That ain't great, It's criminal. More on that soon.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Talkbacks included free iHeart Audio app and where did we
go wrong? Possibly could re emerge next week. That Christmas
Day game for the Minnesota Vikings was so special for
so many people there. For those of you who were
at US Bank Stadium, you know what I'm talking about.
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There was so much joy in the crowd. It's analogous
to what Nordo just said about the feast. No matter
quarterback in quarterback out, play, don't play play, don't play play,
don't play injuries, no playoffs on the horizon, the feeling
of no playoffs on the horizon with three major holidays
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in front of you. Love that one, yet so much
joy in that Christmas Day in early evening crowd. The
Minnesota Vikings defense is perhaps the or one of the
most underrated NFL wide stories. I mean, it's best in
the league at not allowing twenty yard or more hits.
(03:21):
Took it six times from the stingiest team in the NFL.
The kiddies put these guys on bad games Golf Gibbs, Jamison, Montgomery,
Dak CD, Darnold Smith and Jigbab McLaurin, Deebo Love Caleb
and Jackson Dark completed one first half pass.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I always love that one. Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
The quarterback common thread with like twenty four offensive line
combos major factor in the Where did we go wrong?
The of the talkbacks free iHeart audio app start those
bad boys.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
A couple of.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Segments from now Christmas Day night that was an Alzheimer
for me, Harrison Smith watching a stifling defense, rep after
rep after rep. My kids got to see some of
the game from the booth. Reikerd setting a record, Jefferson
getting a big one behind him despite minimal receiving yards. Again,
(04:23):
all time great day memory. Given it was Christmas, My
cross country kids were together and at a Vikings game,
just like when the Boy was seven Coley was five,
and the vibe was all about being perfect. The Snoop
halftime show was excellent and that they should use that
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they should use the same crew for the super Bowl.
That was fantastic. Winning eight was important too for the Vikings.
We've mentioned this before, can't win as many or fewer
as the Dobs here. I always love that that was
seven and twenty twenty three. So there's that and yours truly,
(05:05):
quite honestly, shouldn't have approached Brozemer for a walking drive by.
Didn't know what to ask because of the defense dominated game.
He just wanted to talk about my watch, And it's
really difficult after the joy of a victory like that
for many of them, hitting the backup quarterback with like Cole,
(05:28):
you didn't turn it over, held it when getting hit
and did a great job with the handoffs, isn't it.
Cole Ty Chandler got some run end quote that just yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You were rocking the Vikes brightling, weren't you? Yeah? Yeah?
And I had the microphone in the left hand, so
good look at that time. But I mean I asked
a question. He's like, nice watch.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I'm like, all right, yeah, probably wasn't the most well
timed walk up.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Drive by sound sounds like the team themselves, the players
themselves are feeling the the brunt of a non playoff year.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
One to go.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
It's the border battle last week, nor Do and I
kind of fell into the dang, where did we go wrong?
Given bringing the defense to the postseason would be all
about the bomb. It's such an underrated story in the
National Football League because of the record. So that's the
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that's like the nine thirty and beyond today talkbacks are included.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Where did we go wrong this year?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Knowing what we know now about the defense, the kicker,
we swept the Lions. We swept the Lions. Yeah, where
do we go wrong? That's the talkback question? You know
what to do?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So I rolled with some Christmas Day drive bys, and
there was lots of Harry the hit Man talk, including
some one on one time with the game changer. But yes, sir, sir,
we started with Ira Murphy Junior and I was like,
two picks in two games, my man.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Now you're just showing off.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Definitely obviously, me and you we talked about this coming
up short throughout the whole season, not having any just
you know, once I got my first one, like I
gotta keep stacking him, obviously making place for the defense.
But today was a great day and it was just
amazing family.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
That's phenomenal. The guy who are left, You're right, my left,
Harrison Smith. I mean, I'm gonna wait for the media
to leave and I'm going to walk up to him
with the drive by. Say, bro, you just can't stop. Honestly,
you can't. I know it's fourteen years. Might be tired
and stuff like that, but holy cow, is he playing
good man?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Probably, Like I say, he's a goat.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
He's a Hall of Femer for a reason, one of
the best, and obviously still playing at a high level.
And like you said, I don't want him to go nowhere.
That's the leader of our room. But yeah, definitely been
playing at a high level and I just love I
love being around it.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Love everybody.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Merry Christmas and thanks for always being so Kindy Sarah,
Merry Christmas. Ira Murphy Junior one of my very favorite
tier Man drive bys after a twenty three to ten
victory Redford, Michigan native Real quick. Eric Wilson, Eric Wilson,
I want to begin with Harrison Smith, but I mean,
he just can't be done.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Honestly.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
I mean, I know it's fourteen years and everything, but
I mean he picking an interception today, three passes, defense
block shots, as Kevin O'Connell calls them. He joined Ronde
Barber as the only two players in the history of
the NFL with at least thirty eight picks and twenty
one and a half sacks.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So he might be done, but he just can't be done.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
Man.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
He's playing so good. He's playing great.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
Man.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
He's a leader out there, man. We count on him.
He's the heart of this defense. So it's awesome to
see him go out there and make plays on a
big day, Christmas Day, tight game division.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
It's huge, man, Hey, Eric hempany with this, The Lions
came into the game with only eight Gibs fewest in
the NFL. Wasn't even close. You guys went out there
and took it six times from them. I mean b flowed.
The whole defense is just on fire right now with
the unpredictability at the line.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
What do you think about all that?
Speaker 7 (08:54):
I think it's a testament playing together. Man.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Everybody's got to be on the same page with the
type of stuff that we do.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You know, we rely on one another.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
We gotta trust one another, and it's awesome for it
to be on display.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well, be buddy, Mary Christmas, Marry Christmas with Eric Wilson.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Eric Wilson leads all linebackers in the NFL with tackles
for a lost And we'll come.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Over here real quick. Jay Ward.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
It's you had one of those games today, man, where
if you like look at the box score and stuff,
you'd be like, all right, you know we got this
and we got that. You're playing with your hair on
fire right now, man. I mean you are playing so good,
jay Ward. We're gonna get to that momentarily because you've
been a safety in a corner this year. The guy
over to our right, you're left, Harrison Smith. The common
thread is he just can't be done. I mean, seriously,
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the way he's playing right now, wouldn't you agree?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yeah, ain't need to go and come back one will year,
which is uh.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I just talked to Eric Wilson about this. But Lions
came into the game. Man, they only gave it away
eight times the whole year. You guys took it six
times from them today or some of the keys did.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Doing your job, you're one and eleven. The players will
come to you. Stop, don't chase them.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
By the way, something we've talked about for about a
month and a half, you never having a sack in
your life. You actually had one in a preseason game.
I think it might have been against Houston or Arizona
a few years ago. Remember that my rookie year against
a Z But no, don't count those though. All right, well,
you got one more game to get ones to go
out there a THEO. Theo Jackson got the first sack
of his career today.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
You got to be next, right.
Speaker 8 (10:20):
It felt like I had got it when I seen
Theo get it.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
But I'm doing a cluelessen.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You're playing so good right now. Man, God bless you,
and congratulations Mary Chris, thank you Mary Chris. It's Jay
Ward safety slash corner for the Minnesota Vikings. Some drive
bys after a rather convincing victory over the Detroit Lions.
Here here's Andrew Van Ginkel that that fumble recovery when
they tried to quick snap and get all sneaky and
(10:45):
everything early kind of turned the whole thing around. Aaron
Jones got into the end zone, took the lead. But
you know, kind of the common thread with this, Andrew,
has been Lions came into the game with eight giveaways
the entire season through fifteen games, eighty far number one
in the NFL. You guys took it six times from
them today. How about that?
Speaker 9 (11:05):
Uh yeah, it's you know, something that we struggle with
at times this season, and we knew when they came
they were gonna come in bunches. So we're a resilient bunch.
We keep fighting, we keep pushing. Obviously, the season hasn't
gone the way we wanted it to, but you know,
we we keep getting after it and we play every
game hard. We play physical, and we play to the
best of our ability. And when you do that, good
things happen.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What what's the season been like for you?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
I mean, you miss some time and maybe coming back
from that, it took a little while to get going.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
But it seems like you're completely full throttle right now.
Speaker 9 (11:34):
Yeah, obviously, you know it was tough being out those games.
You know, you sit there and you watch and you
know it's hard, you know, because you want to be
out there helping the team win. You want to be
you doing everything you can to you know, help the
guys in this locker room. You know, that's what it's
all about. And when you can't be out there, it
can it can cause some you know, stress on you.
But I'm happy with Yeah, you're right, you know, it
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kind of took my footing to get going again, but
I feel like myself again and I feel confident, comfortable
and just trying to make plays, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
The lastly, the guy to your right my left, Harrison Smith,
fourteenth year from Notre Dame. Today was this two hundred
and second start, third most in the history of Vikings football.
I think it was this two hundred and six game overall.
After the game, he told Ben Leeber. In all of
the games he's played here, all two six, today was
was one of the if not the best defensive performances
he's ever been a part of.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I mean, I'm gonna go over and chat with Harrison momentarily.
I mean, he just can't be done, Kenny. I mean,
maybe he's tired and everything. Old people get tired. Just
ask me.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I'm gonna be sixty in two weeks. But still he's
playing so good.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
He played. You know, he's so smart. He's he's knowledgeable
of the game.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
He you know, he might not have the step that
he used to have, but he's you know, he plays
with instincts. He plays smart. He knows exactly where to be,
which allows him to play fast.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
And you know, he's.
Speaker 9 (12:51):
The leader of our team.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 9 (12:53):
He has, He's had a great career and who knows
what he do does at the end of this year.
But you know, I'm proud to be able to be
his teammates, be able to play with him and see
what he's all about, because you know, I can use
that from my career going forward.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And just take us inside the weeds as quickly as
much as you can without oversharing obviously, but I mean,
the role this defense is on right now with with
the deception and the play calls and you know, I
mean Golf super smart and Dak Prescott's super smart, and man,
you guys have just fooled the heck out of them.
Speaker 9 (13:21):
Yeah, you know it starts with flow what he you know,
he comes with the game plan every week and you know,
Harrison Smith, he does does a good job of putting
us in the right place. You know, he has the
leadway to to make these changes at the line to
you know, try to be one step ahead of them
when they check.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
We try to check.
Speaker 9 (13:35):
You know, it's it's a cat and mouse game that
we're playing with them, and you know we try to
have the upper hand to put pressure on them.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Enjoy the downtime a little bit. You get here before
the last game against Green Bay. Love you, buddy. Merry
Christmas to you and your family. And you're one of
my favorite You haven't been here that long. You're one
of my favorites in the twenty four years I've done it.
So I appreciate your friendship and I appreciate the way
you play.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
God bless it. Yep, it means a lot to me.
Merry Christmas here as well. Andrew van Ginkel.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
The Vikings beat the Detroit Lions approved eight Nate Harrison
Smith still being interviewed by members of the media. We'll
go ahead and put the drive by Mike right by Harrison.
See what he's saying right now before we get.
Speaker 10 (14:10):
Him, and that kind of like, I don't know if
that just kind of excites your nervous system or what
it is, but it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Earlier as emotional as you've ever been after I don't know.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
I'm pretty like honestly, I've been emotional since I was
like since I was a kid playing football. I used
to my dad told me, I need to find a
way to get it under control. So I know that's
not my reputation because I'm pretty quiet, but the game
of football is it's emotional, So it just it just happens.
Speaker 11 (14:47):
Sometimes you feel like that, just getting later in your
career that that comes to be a bigger part of it.
Just understanding the context of I only have so many
of these days left, whether it's this year, next year, whatever.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, there's definitely a.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
You know, I'm maturity and you realize your own football mortality.
It's when you're young, you're just there's there's no end
in sight and you know the past couple of years.
It's I know it's there. It's like it's not a
it's not a motion out of sadness. It's just because
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it's it's it's more heightened, I would say, so you
just feel a little more.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Yeah, I'm just gonna sneak in a quick drive by here.
I'm never gonna forget today. And you had a lot
to do with that, and you know, you and I've
been around for a long time, man. And after the game,
you told Ben Leeber today was your two hundred and
second start, third most in the history of the Vikings,
passing hof Carleler. I think you've played two six or
two oh seven. You told Ben this is one of
the greatest defensive performances.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
You've ever been part of.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
That is such a big statement to make, and you're
absolutely right. But like what was going through your mind
when you said that? What led to like one of
the best over the last fourteen years.
Speaker 10 (16:03):
I mean, I think it's the it's probably the reality
to start with, but just like the amount of plays
getting made by everybody, the way, the way that we
decided to play, I think, I think is what I
was speaking to the most and I was on. I've
been on a lot of defenses that did have that style,
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and I will never forget those ones either, and those
from some phenomenal defenses. You know, it's just it's just
how it went today, and we're feeding off each other.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I'm gonna let you go here.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Man, You've had a lot of media stuff and it's
been a tree watching you and waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
My common thread here has been that the Lions.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Came into the game with a Gibbs Okay, absolutely best
in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
You guys took it from him six times.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Today, So as the team goes, it's the most underrated
story in the NFL because of the record.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I mean, you got the Bears.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Doing what they're doing, Denver finally loses, but I mean
this defense is absolutely one of the best in the NFL.
I think people will start talking about it now. Not
that you care about that, but this defense. Man, When
when O'Connell says the cat and mouse like you have
with smart quarterbacks like Dak and Jared Goff, how do
you get ready for that?
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Like?
Speaker 2 (17:12):
What are some keys?
Speaker 10 (17:14):
Realistically, It's just it starts with just the amount of
experience I have in the game like and.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
I was fortunate to play previously.
Speaker 10 (17:23):
For you know, Mike Zimmer who was very aggressive as
a play caller as well, so I had I had
some experience. And then when Flow got here, you know,
it's it's it's not the same, it's it's different.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
It's his own thing.
Speaker 10 (17:40):
But he's he's kind of expanded some things we can
do and given a little bit of I think I've
said this before, like a little bit of autonomic autonomy
to the players, because he builds the system and has
trust that we can execute all the things within it.
(18:00):
And I think it's you know, we started out three
years ago doing it and it was it was okay,
and built last year and I think you're kind of
seeing it gets to a pretty high level right now.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
He's diabolical. That's the only way to put it. I
know you're not going to commit. You can't be done.
Are you kidding me? I mean, honestly, I've called all
your games, man, and and you know, all the way
back to twenty fifteen, to the College Stadium when you
picked off Eli Manning for your fourth interception touchdown, and
we go all the way back, Man, it's.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You're not conclusively done right fourteen into it.
Speaker 10 (18:32):
I'm I'm not thinking about it right now. And I've
said that like the last three or four years, so
you're probably sick of that answer.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
But that's great.
Speaker 10 (18:44):
It's I'm having fun right now and I don't want
to take anything away from love you very much bout it.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
You're fantastic at what you do. Merry Christmas, and congratulations
on the win. Merry Christmas, pa Arison Smith, He's the bomb.
Holy col I mean, what a what a memorable memorable day.
Guy died by Harrison Smith. As we do some post
game drive bys, walk over here, jail and Redmond, Jail
and Redmond, all over the field again the the the
(19:11):
Lions came into the game, Man, with eight giveaways the
whole year. All right, now, I understand it's the giving season,
but I don't think they thought to come in here
and give it away six times. You took it from
them six times and they only had eight into the game.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
What do you think some of the keys were?
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Yeah, man, that's I have to get out to the
to the defense and the back, getting that pressure up
on them real quick, and you know, just trying to
get them get the ball out quick and the guys
in the back and did what they were supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
How do you define like what you do as a
defensive tackle defensive lineman?
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean you got really good wiggle, You're you're defined
as a defensive tackle.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
But like with Grenard or Van Ginkle were down at
one point, you were standing up on the edge and
stuff like that for a little bit. But like, what
are some keys to playing as well as you've played
this year, jailing man?
Speaker 8 (19:55):
Just just to practice just doing it. Honestly, there's really
no just no real formula to you know, let.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Me rephrase it. I mean you're a hear and change
removed from being.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
In Arlington or Dallas renegade okay, And I know we
had a blood cloud issue earlier in your life, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Clearly you've worked your way through that.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So like, like, what what do you think people missed,
you know when you came out of Oklahoma? You know,
because clearly with all these tackles for loss and these
sacks and everything, you belonged as a starter in the NFL.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Uh. Yeah, man, I say this all the time. I
wouldn't change everything that happened in my past or anything. Yeah,
it happened when it was supposed to happen. I probably wouldn't,
you know, I probably couldn't handle what I'm doing right
now at that age coming out, So I say that
all the time.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Man, it happened when it was supposed to. It was
a hard road, but we got the congratulations. Have a
very merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Youtubeankim God, bless you man,
Jael and Redman part of the Vikings defensive line that
had a really really good time today against a makeshift
Lions offensive line. But you know what, the Minnesota Vikings
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had a makeshift moving company too. They came into it
with Justin's school making his eighth start at left tackle,
Michael Jurgens making a second start at center replacing Ryan Kelly,
and Brian O'Neill tried to give it a go, but
it was a late scratch. So therefore Blake brandle I
had to step in and start at right tackle, and
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they all played part of it. As Max Brosmer walks
to his press conference, We're going to drive by walk
with him.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Thank you, congratulations on the victory.
Speaker 7 (21:31):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
PA liked that watch.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Do what can I watch that.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
That's a bright wing from Continental Diamond. And since we
just gave him that nice little pope, we can save
some money on it. You've got a press conference to do.
I want to congratulate you on the victory. Oh you
got that victory like you did last week filling in
for McCarthy and you got one to go against the
Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Man, it just Harrison.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Smith and just the defense today and everything the running
game Addison.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
On the jet. What a fun Christmas? Right?
Speaker 7 (21:58):
Oh my lord, best Christmas I think that I've had.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
For You're awesome when good things happened to you. I'm
super happy. God bless you. Merry Christmas. Congratulations, Thanks Pa,
Max Brosmer, thank you Spirit for Sammy for the old
drive by out of nowhere, and the Minnesota Vikings have
beaten the Detroit Lions to improved ad and eight. Oh
I sense one more drive by before we leave those
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traps to the other.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Side of the locker room.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Can't leave Christmas without brief Aaron Jones conversation. I mean
you're tough, man, You're tough. Merry Christmas, God bless you.
You're a veteran. You played against Harris and Smith. I
just got done chatting with him and I'm like, you
just I mean, you can't be done?
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Are you kidding me? It's I've called all of his games.
He's playing as well right now as he's ever played.
Speaker 13 (22:42):
Yeah, And after the game he came in here and
he's like, I don't know if I've ever had as
much fun. He was like talking addressing the team, and
then I shouted out, Oh, so that means you got
to come back next year if you're having this much fun.
So just honored to be able to play with him
now after playing against him, and I've got to have
conversations with him and tell him how he's made me
(23:03):
a better player and kind of gave me the confidence
that I've arrived playing against him as well, So he's
done a lot for my confidence. And then just being
able to pick his brain as a veteran, Hey, what
is the safety see on this? Are they looking at
the backsize? If you have a if you have a
back and man, what are you thinking? And I know
all dv's played different because they rely on their their
(23:25):
technique or their skill what makes them them. But you
can get a good gauge of what guys are thinking,
and he's he's.
Speaker 7 (23:32):
A true leader.
Speaker 13 (23:33):
And you see the I don't know if he was
in here after the game, but you see the true
reception that.
Speaker 7 (23:37):
He got, and I hope he comes back next year.
I'm gonna stand his ear.
Speaker 13 (23:41):
His lockers are right next to mine at TCO, so
I'm gonna stand his ear and C J.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Ham So all.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Right, And when I say, I mean, there's so many
things I appreciate you about Aaron. When you played for
Green Bay, man, I just heard a bunch of things
from packers, packer media and stuff on how much they
loved you there and the fans loved you, and now
we're living it and seeing it here. You got your
first touchdown in a month and a half. That was
great to start festivities. But when you left that Giants
game early, man, you know watching you on the sideline
(24:10):
work your way to get back in the game for yourself, sure,
but for your team too, because.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Jordan got hurt too and you knew they needed you.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
But you also know this is a non playoff here,
yet you still bust your butt to get out there
and be with your teammates. Not everybody's like that, man,
I've seen a lot like you. Not everybody's like that.
Why is it so important for you to play through
these injuries to help your brothers?
Speaker 13 (24:34):
So's football character one. We're building. We're building and we're
forging for next year, and I want this. I want
them to see, especially the young guys. Hey, if it's
not broke, if is, if I'm not out for the season,
I can get out there, I can tape it up
and I can find a way. And like you said,
I know my teammates are depending on me and relying
(24:55):
on me, and I feel like, truly I can't let
them down.
Speaker 7 (24:58):
So that's just on my heart.
Speaker 13 (25:00):
And then also if I'm sitting on the sideline and
warnering if I can play and don't, it's gonna bother
me more.
Speaker 7 (25:06):
And just even when I am, like against.
Speaker 13 (25:08):
Detroit the first time we played him in I got
hurt and didn't couldn't come back in the game, and
it hurt me more to be on the sideline watching
than to be out there with those guys.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Lastly, I want to give some love to one of
your running back room brothers. I'm a huge ty Chandler guy. Man,
He's one of the sweetest people and he's fast and
he's good and it's bug to bleep out of him
all year that he had to battle that injury, got
himself back, was an active when active today with Mason down,
ended up being your backup.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Ty gave you a little pop. I mean, that's so
great for Ty Chandler.
Speaker 7 (25:40):
He gave us a huge, a huge pick me up.
When he came in the game.
Speaker 13 (25:45):
I told him was probably today's Thursday, So I probably
told him Wednesday, no Tuesday.
Speaker 7 (25:52):
Walking out of the facility, Hey, I'm proud of you.
Speaker 13 (25:54):
I know at the beginning of the year, or even
before that, during ot as, when you're back at home
and all season on your own and your training, you're
putting in that work. You never envisioned your season going
like this, and you didn't complain about it one time.
Speaker 7 (26:10):
You kept your head down. You showed up to work
every day.
Speaker 13 (26:13):
You was still a joy to be around in light,
giving your feedback on what you see and helping everybody.
And he showed up, like I said, he showed up
every day. He could have been feeling bad, sad for
himself or bad. He never did that, and I told
him it always works out the way. As opposed to,
and I'm happy he's getting his opportunity. And then when
it was his time to go in the game, I
told him, hey, make the most of every opportunity you get.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
My man. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Please tell your mom thank you for loving, respecting and
following the Gospel of Jesus Christ as closely as she does.
And likewise for you, God bless you. Merry Christmas. You
are the consummate teammate, one of the toughest guys I've
ever seen.
Speaker 13 (26:52):
Thank you very much, Thank you, and like you said,
all glory to God. Without him, none of this is
possible in today's especially his.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Day, Faith and Goal Jones and everybody else with the
drive bys, thank you very much. And what's on deck
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much more as we as we snuggle up together on
this chilly Monday at FN one hundred point three kfa
N good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
You know, with the.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
The Devin du Vernet kick return that led to the
Bears walk off win. Vikings were about a ninety two
and a half percent winner in that game against the
Bears at US Bank Stadium. Feels like five years ago.
It was probably like five weeks ago. And the nine
to noon is not your lamenting leader. I mean, our
(27:57):
lots in life are what our life and life arm
and there's no sense in going back to a situation
like that and being like, I mean, if they just
had thwarted the Bears on that kick return and stopped them,
things could be so different right now from a postseason
standpoint and getting.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
Nordo to his first Friday football feast postseason style.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Dang it man, that kick returned to Vernay.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
I mean, it's tough to do things on a week
by week and the butterfly effect of various things happening
over the course of the season. But you know, if
we beat the Bears and it's a winning in yeah,
it's a winning in feast in Egan and you are
playing your chief rivals, the Packers and Malik Willis on
(28:45):
Sunday at US Bank Stadium. Maybe Clayton tune, maybe Clayton
tune for that seventh spot in the postseason. That is
where the Vikings currently are at. How close things feel
at eight and eight? Now, where did things go wrong?
Where did we go wrong? I think that was the bottom.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
The Duvernet kick return, that that right there, leading to
losing that game.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
That was it? You think that was it? That was it?
That was the whole thing right there. What about Seattle?
I mean the bottom.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Maybe there are different bottoms, different levels of bottom.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Winning at Seattle, even with the way the Vikings defense
finished the season, is dramatically more difficult than stopping somebody
on a kick return and keeping him out of field
goal range. To win a game against a division foe. Yeah,
sweeping a team that now has eleven wins and is
going to win the division.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Oh man, Well, I just the bottom for me with
with that particular game is I felt like my soul,
my Vikings loving soul, was being taken from me in
that moment as I watched Ernest Jones. Did you say
he's the fourth Well, he's the fourth rendition of the
of the Ernest Jones family tree and he gets to
(29:59):
the house. That that one for me was maybe the
mental bottom. But you're right, I mean if we stopped Tuberney,
here's what we would have teams ninety win night and
in that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Ain't it. We got this.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
We got this crowd thing in there somewhere with the
Friday football feast. I think it was twenty twelve. It
was before Vikings and Packers, and it was a win
and in and the crowd.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Was just win and in when and in, when and in.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I think we had that twenty eighteen against the Bears too. Yeah,
and it was it? What the hell was it was?
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Jordan? Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:37):
What the hell was that running backs name? That just
got loose on us? Let me see here talkback machine,
Jordan Howard. Jordan Howard. Yeah, that was that was fun? Uh,
talkback machine? Very common thread here the what did go wrong?
What went wrong? Where did we go wrong?
Speaker 14 (30:54):
Let's listen, Hey, Pa Jonesy from Pine City love the show.
Where I think we would wrong this season is not
having a better backup quarterback. Hopefully the Vikings can get
that address going into next season.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Appreciate you, Appreciate you. I didn't mind Wentz. I mean
if you could have kept Carson in one piece, yeah, yeah, yeah,
next one you I agree with you. I didn't mind
Wentz as a backup. As a backup here is where
(31:33):
I think this talkbacker kind of hits it in terms
of where the starting QB was.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Hey, Paul Nordo.
Speaker 15 (31:40):
In my opinion, what went wrong this season the main
thing that went wrong that is, and don't get me wrong,
I'm a huge McCarthy supporter, but the coaching staff overestimating
how ready he was to start and stay healthy is
what ultimately did this team in this year. That plus
not having a solid backup on him.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
This defense, the kicker, Jefferson and Addison for all they
were available, swept the Lions split with the Bears about
a ninety two and a half percenter to sweep the Bears. Yeah,
and some of Quaysy's keys to this historically good defense
Eric Wilson, Isaiah Rodgers, Blake Cashman, Andrew van Ginkel, Jalen Redman.
(32:27):
They didn't let Bira Murphy Junior leave and gave him
a new deal drafted Will reikerd. I mean the Quasi
train did his part with this defense here.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Bernard went healthy.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Yeah, Gernard went healthy, certainly a game changer, tough battle
battle tested here for mister Gernard.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Where did we go wrong. Talk back.
Speaker 12 (32:46):
Hey guys, it's Marshall in Minetaka. Here's where we went wrong.
We tried to thread the needle of developing a young
quarterback and winning at the same time. Very hard to do,
especially when that quarterback did not even get to practice
last year and didn't throw a lot of passes. At Michigan,
Aaron Rodgers was holding out to come here. McCarthy could
(33:07):
have learned behind top five quarterback all time and we
would have been rolling into the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Well there's that one with ol A Roger, who I
don't believe. I don't like Pittsburgh to make the playoffs.
I like Baltimore in Sunday Night football. And DK Metcalf
suspended for this final game, right.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
He'll be out for that final game, And I wonder
what Lamar's health status was, right, I think that was
a back or something.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
A couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Right at the end of the game against the Cleveland Browns,
Aaron Rodgers, I'm telling you, I just for an in
a roundabout way, know the guy well enough to say this,
and I'm probably wrong. He was making a point when
he threw three consecutive fades to markus Valdez scantling to
(34:01):
tie the game, and Feeling was opened twice. All right,
Feelan beat his guy on like first or second down
slot right, got himself open to the goal line. That's
going to tie the game. But Aaron it Markquez Valdez
Scantling was running the DK metcalf routes and Rogers kept
(34:23):
fading to him back right to the end zone with
Denzel Ward the best corner for the Browns covering NBS,
and he wouldn't stop. So in other words, it was DK,
look what you've done to us? DK, look what you've
done to us? Or Arthur Smith slash Mike Tomlin. Why
(34:43):
are we putting this guy in the DK metcalf spot? Yeah,
he did it three consecutive times against the best defense,
second best defensive player maybe third, second or third.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
The Browns have.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
You know, you don't think that he would have the
autonomy at the line to put to make that change
himself versus having MVS there.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
I don't think Arthur Smith called a place in week
two now, I certainly don't. Aaron gave him all the
week one. Aaron's about himself and he's like, no, we're
gonna do it like this.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Aaron's not above making a point in a super important game, right, yeah,
exactly two fingerwagt.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
I just couldn't believe that he kept doing the same thing.
And Mark wes valdezk Gantlin had no chance. He wasn't
close to any of them, and he ran the wrong
route on one of them.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
This is partially tongue in cheek but also partially serious
learning behind the top five all time, that would be
an unbelievable experience, except it would only be for the
first two weeks. Based on what I watched from the
offensive line those first two weeks, I don't know how
Rogers walks away unscathed. And it's potentially instead of Wentz
(35:52):
who was making his debut against those Bengals week three,
it would have been McCarthy making his debut week three
against those Bengals.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Well, decision that was made was made, that is correct.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
And Kevin O'Connell tomorrow at eleven o'clock for the final
lexis and o's of the twenty twenty five myriad topics
for the head coach tomorrow, looking forward to it.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
One more talkback than we pause.
Speaker 16 (36:17):
Let me see here, hey, guys, feel for Maple Grove.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Quick question.
Speaker 16 (36:22):
Do you think if Carson Wentz stayed healthy our record
would have been different? You can't have Max Brosmer as
a QB two. Maybe that was something they really needed
to look at over the season and bring in a
more of a veteran quarterback. But do you think Carson
went staying healthy would have changed our record and we'd
be in the playoff?
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Just curious.
Speaker 16 (36:38):
Thanks guys, have a great day, Happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
Happy New year. Rosmer caught astray. Yeah, I think the answer.
I think the answer is almost clearly yes. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
But I mean that means he would have won in Seattle,
so and he did win against Detroit, and he did
fill in and went against the Giants.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
Do do we believe if he was fully healthy?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
He's not Uh, he's not basically being carted off and
wondering if the coroner is going to show up in
the tunnel with the shoulder bit at the Chargers game.
Always he O'Connell was always going to go to McCarthy
when he was fully healthy, no matter what.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Right, Yeah, yeah, So I think it's a push. I
think I think it's probably a push. Bikes bites around
the corner you're listening to nine to noon. What I'm
nine to noon?
Speaker 3 (37:30):
It is Vikes Bites, Bikes Bites, brought to you by
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(37:52):
I mean, my goodness.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
Are we doing? Are we doing one last one on Friday? Yeah? Quarterbacks?
Speaker 3 (37:57):
Hmmm, so we are doing a week eighteen okay, yeah,
and US quarterbacks. Ferguson hit. Ferguson did hit and I
forget who who did? Who did Ali caf Trey McBride,
Yeah he hit for one, he did, Yeah he did.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
I know he said some kind of receiving record, sessions record.
I'm just one. I'm the l of this season. Saint
scored a bunch of points.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yeah, three, and I think he had like six or
seven catches for ninety five yards.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
But nice on the end zone.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
And and so we'll wrap it up with a qb
mh I hop Buffalo wild Wings egan on Friday Final
Feast on the twenty twenty five season.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
It will be the final game of this game.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
He hit second and six for the eight and seven
Detroit Lions with Jared Goff working out of the shop.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
Done two receivers left and.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
Right, vikings at the ball first went three and now
here's a plitz on coff.
Speaker 7 (38:46):
Down guys golf.
Speaker 5 (38:48):
Harrison Smith got him. Harrison Smith got him with a sack.
Dallas Turner was in the mix too.
Speaker 3 (38:55):
Yeah, and he wasn't done on Christmas Day paying off
all these sponsors today. Yeah, well, there's another interception pauf
for the middle.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Harrison Smith.
Speaker 5 (39:02):
Holy cow, hitman, just go ahead and steal the show.
Look at Harrison Smith's celebrate with all these kids. He
has a sat, he has an interception and up veteran.
But h man, he's dominating the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
So Harrison Smith, lad a second here, you're not a
feasting l Okay twenty three hundred dollars is going to
feed my starving children.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Courtesy of Fantasycares dot Org. Appreciate it, make it forty
six hundred dollars thanks to the late game match by
Thousand Hills. So that's forty six hundred dollars going to
feed my starving children.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
That is antithetical to al.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
No, that's true. But I'm watching the night game last night.
At some point we'll talk about it. What I mean,
unbelievable in the bay last night with Perdy and the
three passing touchdowns. Runs in a couple.
Speaker 5 (39:54):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (39:54):
One of those three passing touchdowns though, Tanjas, Tonjas, the
guy who was playing for you can replace a kittle
I wanted to use, but I was worried about the ankle.
I should have just pivoted to tons. Nobody uses tong
just for feed my starving children. That's okay, now.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
I don't think you should. Juan Johnson was high on
the list.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
Forty six hundred dollars for feed my starving children?
Speaker 2 (40:18):
All right, all right? Ten thousand foot view.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Hold on twenty three hundred. Then we got the Thousand
Hills match. Ten thousand foot view.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
Though, thank you, thank you, Matt and everybody at Thousand Hills.
Harrison Smith. You heard those highlights there, a sack and
a pick. He can't be done. In the Christmas Day game,
and I'm not even gonna you know, is he done?
Speaker 2 (40:37):
Is he not? Whatever?
Speaker 3 (40:37):
You even kind of alluded to that he talks about
living in the moment. I remember a similar conversation a
year ago at this time, by the way, or towards
the end of the season, I should say, as the
team played in the playoffs last year. But at any rate,
that brings him to twenty one and a half career sacks.
You were able to believe, officially cross off that little
(40:58):
stat that you had on the game call depth chart,
which was probably the highlight of your day one to
meet you, as you spoke of on Kirs Day for
over a year. It was off there, seeing your kids
and just everything that went into the day, and getting
to cross that stat off made for the perfect Christmas.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
He also recorded his thirty ninth career interception. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:18):
The reason I bring this up hallowed ground, hallowed territory.
He is potentially entering here if he picks off Malik
Willis or Clayton Tune on Sunday in the Border Battle,
that is good for nothing in terms of seeding, as
the Packers have locked themselves into the seventh seed for
the third consecutive year. He would enter what is referred
to as the forty twenty club. Now, of all clubs,
(41:41):
there are probably a few that are maybe even more
exclusive than this. There are only two players in NFL
history to enter the forty twenty club, which is forty
or more interceptions and twenty or more sacks. That would
be Rendez Barber and then Charles Woodson. Ho F, I
know we're tell you, I don't know what the yard.
I don't have it in front of me except I
(42:02):
do he is. Yeah, Operation fifty three would be justin
Jefferson getting fifty three yards and eclipsing one thousand. But
even more important than that, can we get a pick?
Can we do Operation forty on Sunday in the Border
Battle boom and noon and get Harrison Smith into the
I mean as exclusive as you can ask for forty
(42:25):
twenty club historically in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Bring on Clayton too, Let's go. Let's padd some stats
in a week eighteen, no one's gonna remember come off.
Will green Bay give him a chance? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (42:37):
I mean green Bay, the Bears. What I think the
Bears are going to do? The Lions this weekend should
be felonious and forty eight states. I mean they might
try to score seventy, all right now, Dan Campbell put
up fifty two on Ben Johnson week two before Ben
had that thing going in Chicago. You know, with a
(42:59):
win or a loss gets the two seed. Emphasis on
the with a win, which means they get that home
game against green Bay. So I'm counting on Chicago to win.
Green Bay has nothing for which to play. It could
be Emmanuel Wilson here, Yeah, third running back there, so
don't I don't think they're going to give Harrison Smith
(43:21):
much of a chance to get that, but maybe he
doesn't need much of a chance.
Speaker 3 (43:24):
My goodness, Vikes bits, one more mini bte for you,
and then we'll pivot to the analyst. The analyst Pete Bursich,
as soon as he responds to my text and tells
me whether he's at the.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Facility, Guy I in the sky.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
Though, at Pete Bursch's five to six via YouTube level
of thought, you have given to the thrill of winning
four in a row four KO, potentially five in a
row four KO to end this season, nine and a
record that would be versus the idea of playing a
(43:56):
third or fourth place schedule in twenty twenty six to
this end, Passing the Lions in the standings and staying
there would mean that the Vikings play the Colts instead
of the Titans. It would mean they play the Commanders
instead of the Giants. I don't see a huge difference
there at this stage, but all the same, you'd play
(44:17):
the Rams, Niners or Seahawks instead of the Cardinals. Level
of thought. You've given the third place schedule or the.
Speaker 2 (44:28):
Fourth place schedule.
Speaker 1 (44:29):
Well, when I thought for sure we were going to
finish in last I hadn't given any thought to the
third place schedule. And then we get the third place schedule.
But it's Christmas, yeah, and no feast on Friday, chill
weekend back on Monday.
Speaker 5 (44:45):
That I don't think it's that precipitous. But nevertheless, it's
just bad for business. Finishing last Yeah, it's just bad
for business.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Man. So I want them to win five in a row.
Speaker 1 (44:57):
Four KO five in a row, four KO five in
a row, four be flow five in a row or
B flow?
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Can we do five years?
Speaker 11 (45:05):
Though?
Speaker 2 (45:05):
For B Flow day it's not time. I'm out of bits,
you know, JJ McCarthy. We're on that watch.
Speaker 3 (45:11):
We'll find out maybe more tomorrow in your conversation with
Kevin O'Connell us, what the prospect is of having the
kid QB jump in for the finale Fingergate twenty twenty
five and whether it's with person you maybe final Hour.
I do want to dig into just as steamy as
it's gotten. We're loving this defense, We're loving Hitman Operation
forty maybe in play in the Border Battle all that.
(45:34):
Brian Flores now a name not just locally but nationally
being bandied about as a hot commodity into the offseason
because we just can't wait until the super Bowl. We
have to start talking about this now.
Speaker 2 (45:46):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (45:47):
And Flores is certainly a talker that Bears mentioned in
later nine to Noon
Speaker 1 (45:50):
Dig It ten oh two, analyst Pete Bursitch around the
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