KOC Presser! Common Man Hour 2

Common Man Hour 2

--KOC Presser
--5 Questions
--Wild/Wolves Wins

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Speaker 3 (00:42):
Couple thirteen fourteen past common Man program head coach soon
to be Big Game World champion Minnesota Vikings Kevin O'Connor
should be speaking shortly to the assembled media at the
New Winter part.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
This text message came in and said comment.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
At one point earlier in the game, Fox showed a
third down comparison graphic that said the Vikings were three
for four They finished three or fourteen and zero for
ten their last third downs. I'm sure if that's accurate.
I'll take the text messagers word for it.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Sure seem like that.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
This one said the difference and cousins, his cousins and
Darnold had already been in the league for years. McCarthy
has literally played four games. He needs experience. He still
looks like this in year or two, and we can
all have a real conversation. I think I just said that,
didn't we just say that we're not. No one's throwing
the towel in on him. What I'm just saying is

(01:32):
there's no guarantee. What Craig wrote was it's gonna be
a bumpy ride for a while. Well how long is
a while?

Speaker 2 (01:38):
But I'm saying there's no guarantee.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
He could end up being the greatest quarterback in the
history of the National Football Yes, we all hope he does,
but we don't know that. And the early returns just
aren't very good. I mean, Jayden Daniels was brilliant in
his work. He here, he didn't have any problems. Yeah,

(02:00):
all the players, all the quarterbacks that were drafted the
same draft he wasn't been pretty good.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Now, they all played last year for the most part.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Maybe what one didn't right, the Panics kid didn't for
didn't play play for most the year.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, you play for most year the.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Other guy, so then they and again he has only
played four games. I get that he has four games capitalized.
I know how many games he's played. I've watched all
four games. Don't be so defensive for the kid. He's
the one that came up with. My alter ego is not.
But once the game starts, I'm a different person, a

(02:36):
superhero all right. Well, as Gordon Life would once sings
saying some heroes often fail. That was from If You
Could Read My Mind. He also did a song called
the Record of the Edmon FitzGeralds fifty years ago. Today,
the Edmond FitzGeralds sank on its way to Cleveland.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Here's Kosy, guys looking at the you know, looking at
the tape. Obviously, what continues to jump out, you know
is a lot of the self inflicted. You you play
a good team like that, lose the turnover battle and
have the kind of penalty issues that we have that
we had, ultimately never really give ourselves a chance to

(03:18):
win the game. Despite there were some uh, there were
some good things on the tape as well, you know,
execution wise, when we were able to not stop ourselves.
Baltimore made some plays. But we've got to get right
to work on the tape. That's what we're doing now
with the players, and make sure we as I told them,

(03:40):
you know, the frustration of yesterday needs to be fueled
by the conviction and the and the determination for tomorrow
and having a really good week of prep and making
sure we solve some of the things both with real
communication and dialogue of what happened.

Speaker 5 (03:54):
Specifically in regards to the cadence.

Speaker 4 (03:57):
When you look at it, you know, five of those
false starts coming on first and ten in many cases,
you know, with some continued you know, runs called and
chances to stack some positive plays in the run game.
And then you're first and fifteen against the team that
plays some unique things and challenges on third down kind
of tilts you know what you want to do as

(04:19):
an offense and how we wanted to play the game
and away from us. And then the remaining three came
on said weighty downs, third downs and fourth downs so
critical critical.

Speaker 6 (04:30):
You know, we had a couple.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
Defensive penalties of pass interference and then the rough in
the passer I thought was an unbelievable you know rush
by Dallas. Great, you know, great game there working with
you know, one of the inside guys and gets there
with you know a ton of forces. Got to make
sure we don't you know, fully, you know, the body
weight rule is what it is, and that was that
was the exact reason for that rule. So just some

(04:56):
you know, real real momentum changing plays. I thought our
defense did a lot of really good things against a
very talented offense. And then obviously the special teams turnover
at that point in time in the game was was
very much a you know, an incredibly shifting play to
kind of change how the duration of the game played out.
But I've got to do a better job coaching this team,

(05:18):
clearly when you have you know, pre snap issues like
that both in game, you know, not only not you know,
not just relying on position coaches and and and wes
to get things fixed and flip over to the defensive side.
I got to be directly, you know, involved with some
of those things and watch them all on the TV
copy listen.

Speaker 6 (05:36):
To them all.

Speaker 4 (05:37):
We have the benefit of kind of going through each
one as its own thing. And you know, don't know
if there's a necessarily the smoking gun that you know,
maybe you know, I thought yesterday it's you know, it's
a variety of a couple of things.

Speaker 6 (05:51):
But we've got to.

Speaker 5 (05:53):
Make sure we fix it and we will looking ahead.

Speaker 4 (05:56):
I did want to update you guys. Got some good
news on JG. Jonathan Gernard. See how he does throughout
the week. He saw today, But you know, we'll see
if he can get a get some time in this
week on the practice field and potentially be available for
this Sunday. But I do think we avoided a long
term injury with him. THEO Jackson cleared the concussion protocol

(06:18):
this morning, so he should be a full participant and
be back this week. Josh Oliver should return to the
practice field and work his way up to hopefully giving
us some snaps on Sunday, and then Ryan Kelly. We're
still figuring out exactly when it takes place, but barring

(06:38):
anything changing here, anticipate maybe opening his window at some
point in time soon here. You also may see some
guys limited or get a day here and there. But
it's that time of year as we kind of shift
into November into December where we want to have a
fresh team as much as possible for the game. But

(07:00):
NFC North game at home, we're two and zero in
the division. Bears are playing really well. Ben's doing a
great job. You know, DA's doing a great job with
that defense, forcing a lot of turnovers.

Speaker 6 (07:09):
That's been a problem for us.

Speaker 4 (07:10):
So we need to make sure we put together a
plan that limits their ability to do that. And then
we've got to get the execution out of all eleven
to make sure that we're not doing anything from a
self inflicted standpoint to limit you know, yesterday having over
six yards of play and sustaining some a good start
again and just not able to sustain it with the
kind of consistency that we need. And to me that

(07:33):
you know falls directly on.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
Me when all those conversations are like with him about coming.

Speaker 4 (07:40):
Back, Yeah, we you know, when we put him on
IR you know, the phrase I use for him was
I wanted him banging down my office door to get
back on the field.

Speaker 5 (07:50):
And you know he's he's doing really well.

Speaker 4 (07:53):
He got some really good work in on the side
field last week, really no issues whatsoever. And that was
kind of the hope, knowing that the anticipation was, you know,
we would hopefully open his window at some point and
get him back practicing and then see you know how
he responds to that, you know, actually getting on the
practice field, getting in the huddle a little bit, but
but he's doing really well. You know, he wanted to

(08:15):
go through a full weekend, stayed at the hotel and
everything on Saturday, kind of getting back into what that
rhythm kind of looks like. So very encouraged with where
Ryan's at, and I know.

Speaker 6 (08:24):
He is too.

Speaker 7 (08:26):
As you go through the playboll in sequence, when you
have those both starts in verse and fifteen, how much
does that change the likelihood of running the spot knowing
gut of distance.

Speaker 4 (08:36):
Being well, I think the thing you run into Ben
is like you're you're going into a first and fifteen,
so you're really kind of limiting, you know, the under
center stuff. You know, you're the defense can then take
a little bit more risk, whether it's pressures into runs
or forcing you to have to maybe get to a
secondary run because of some of those looks. So a
lot of times what you do is you activate some

(08:58):
of your gun runs. But then you know, once again,
those those plays can be determined a lot by you know,
some some triggers of whether we're going to have a
post snap response and maybe throw the ball anyway on
a bubble or some sort of variation to kind of
have a solution for a run problem. So a lot
of times you're just trying to get back on track

(09:18):
to like in a couple in many of the cases,
we were able to get to a second and eight,
you know, after being first and fifteen or immediately like
you know, we completed a ball to Jordan Addison for
twenty plus on a you know, and called the same
play that we had called on the on the first
down sequence. But with the disappointing ones are the ones

(09:38):
where you've stacked a couple good runs and in some
cases explosive runs ten plus, and then you're just trying
to continue to see if you can keep.

Speaker 6 (09:49):
That early down.

Speaker 4 (09:49):
Not only efficiency, but you're stealing chunks of yards with
those plays. And now you know, you get into first
and fifteen and you have to There's a lot a
lot more variables come up up from a standpoint of
you know, solving problems that could either create more negatives
or you know, a limit limit your ability to use tempo,
you know, things that then help you kind of tip

(10:11):
tilt the scales back to even even though you got
to get fifteen instead of ten. But yeah, I you know,
looking at the you know, looking at the stat line
and all those things. Would have loved to, you know,
have a sequence of the end of game where we
could stay true normal football and be able to keep
running it because I thought the guys did.

Speaker 6 (10:30):
A good job.

Speaker 4 (10:31):
We got off to a slow start in the run game,
but we're able to offset it with going through for
four on third down early on in the game, put
the ball in the end zone. Thought we had a
chance on you know, that third and long play where
we threw the ball back to JJ kind of got
the whole defense flowing and we just had to make
one block and didn't make it, and that could have
been four or four to start the day on third down.

(10:51):
Then you get the run game going. But like I said,
those are all what ifs and should I could have
would us and.

Speaker 6 (10:58):
We did not.

Speaker 8 (11:00):
Most about Jill and Nail or he's really in some unbelievable.

Speaker 4 (11:04):
Yeah, he's I mean, I've I've tried to make any
opportunity and you guys have done a good job noticing
him before yesterday and asking me about him throughout the year.
You know, what does he mean to our offense and
the role he's playing? Uh, Jalen basically had the same
game he's had, you know, throughout the season. He just
you know, got some big targets and some big moments

(11:25):
and continues to just impress me with his physicality on
early downs in the run game, his ability to I mean,
he had some really good blocks on Kyle Hamilton fitting
in there in the in the box in the run game.
And then just you know, you saw the speed on
the first you know, the third down long ball, the
run after catch, you know, turning that into a sixty

(11:45):
plus yard game, the touchdown on the fourth down. You know,
really where we kind of got an unscouted look. I
think they've run that coverage one time all season compared
to some of the other things they were running.

Speaker 6 (11:56):
And that's what happens when you're in a fourth and.

Speaker 4 (11:58):
Five and put yourself in a long sequence and go
backwards self inflicted wise, you could get something like that.
And I thought JJ made an incredible throw and heck
of a catch by by Jalen Naylor. Still, you know,
would have loved to get more out of the target
share to some of our other players, trying to get
you know, those guys going. But but yeah, I thought
Speedy was huge for us, really taking advantage of his opportunities.

Speaker 9 (12:22):
Kevin with twenty two incompletions, I was wondering, like, where
are some of those easier completions to TJ than too
don't really see a lot of anymore.

Speaker 4 (12:32):
Yeah, I thought, you know, I thought we had a
chance at the one, you know, the third down conversion
of Naylor over the middle. TJ was really the primary
out on the red line, kind of simulating a screen
that we had run early in the game to Aaron
Jones against the Lions. Got the defense to bite. JJ
was playing fast and just got off of it, but
there could have he ended up converting to Naylor over

(12:55):
the middle. But there, you know, I think that the
biggest thing is is TJ is a major part of
what we do, and and uh, you know, a couple
of the false start penalties, you know, he you know,
he's the primary and those you know, kind of more
manageable d n D s And then you start thinking
about ten plus and protection and trying to convert on
some of those starts.

Speaker 6 (13:15):
But it's no excuse.

Speaker 5 (13:16):
We got to get TJ involved in the game more.

Speaker 4 (13:18):
We got to find them because you're you're absolutely right,
You're right, we need those We need those plays. They've
been a huge part of our offense since we acquired them,
for sure. And then when you're looking at some of
the block shots, I think we had four.

Speaker 6 (13:31):
All four of those were.

Speaker 4 (13:33):
You know, looking at uh, you know, backside and cut
to Jordan. Addison's going to be an explosive. Jordan probably
in the red zone on the last one is going
to be a touchdown if not getting back to TJ,
you know, on the backside of that progression, and just
some of just some of those things where you know
when you're not totally synced up and you're kind of
reaching a little bit at times. It felt like we're

(13:55):
pressing once we got down especially, and then you know
when you consider we had no none of those pre
snap penalties in the first quarter, but then they go
to too and four the rest of the way, just
kind of putting ourselves in a in a in a
tough spot that gets you out of those d n
D s where TJ's always been pretty significant for us.

Speaker 6 (14:17):
As you went to the table, what did you think
of JJ's.

Speaker 4 (14:21):
Yeah, I thought, like what happens to many quarterbacks as
games goes went on, you know, there was some there
were some inconsistencies there, but still there was some playmaking
and some competes that I think.

Speaker 5 (14:33):
Are are are are pretty unique.

Speaker 6 (14:36):
To to JJ.

Speaker 4 (14:37):
So if we can just get I thought, you know,
throughout the early part of the game, the deep ball
to Naylor, the reset back where we might have had TJ.
But he's you know, compacted in the pocket, a little
push there.

Speaker 5 (14:49):
I thought he had some good pocket movement.

Speaker 4 (14:51):
It's just you know, like like with a lot of
young quarterbacks in this phase of where he's at right now,
where we're you know, getting a lot of these snaps
on the fly. It's not just that subtle climb back
to that safe spot. Because I did think we had
some good pockets for him. It's the it's the subtle
climb and then you know, come into balance instead of
two or three climbs, and then all of a sudden

(15:12):
that push or the block shot comes into play. So
I just think it's all it's all normal in my opinion,
part of part of kind of where he's at and
his development, which is something that's very encouraging, you know.

Speaker 6 (15:26):
The the great part.

Speaker 4 (15:28):
Is seeing the competes and the will to win and
his ability to play that style of game that we
had to play, especially late. But that's not the game
we want to play right now. And I got to
do a better job keeping us in that game. And
whether it's you know, I'd spent a lot a lot
of time thinking about that third and one call, you know,

(15:48):
late into the evening to try to you know, zero
coverage justin Jefferson on you know, in a one on
one situation, and there's a lot of one hundred times
you call that play. You don't think you know, that
one out of ninety nine where he gets tripped up
and ends up being an interception going back the other way,
not getting to run the run the ball, and four downs.
You know, as the head coach, you get to make decisions,

(16:08):
and you know I made the decision we were being
four down even before that third and one at that
point in time in the field and came back to
bite us for sure in a huge, huge way. So
we wanted to, you know, take some shots in the game.
You know, JJ throws the deep ball very well, and
and uh, you know, we didn't really get the value
received from it in the football game outside of you know, the.

Speaker 5 (16:30):
Third down throw to Jalen early in the game.

Speaker 10 (16:33):
After thinking through that, do you are you still would
you still do it again?

Speaker 4 (16:36):
Or a best receiver in football with in a one
on one with with with a run call you know
you feel good about on fourth and one, I would
not change that call.

Speaker 10 (16:44):
And no, Justin, you talk a lot about this year,
especially about him being you're sort of energy guy leadership.
I'm just curious how you kind of saw his body
language on a few of those plays, especially after the interceptions.

Speaker 4 (16:55):
Yeah, I think there was some frustration and maybe with
the you know, not having a couple of calls go
his way from a from a you know, a referee standpoint,
but that's all part of the game.

Speaker 5 (17:06):
And got frustrated there a little bit.

Speaker 4 (17:08):
He's so competitive he wants to make those plays, especially
when he is you know, I'm not I think he
had twelve targets in the game and wants to make
the impact. You know, we've we've got competitors, and sometimes
that thing can present itself differently when you're talking about
this guy to the next guy. But I have no

(17:29):
concerns with just and if anything, you know, this time
of year, I am always thinking about he plays a
lot of snaps and just where can we you know,
where can we find you know, those times, maybe even
throughout the week to make sure that you know, we're
taking care of him so he can be at his
best on Sundays as we roll into kind of the
second half of the season here. But no, I you know,

(17:52):
whether it's the the chances to get him the ball
in his hands. I thought JJ made a great throw
on another one where it was a bang bay play
at the goal line, and you know, we just didn't
connect and it was kind of like that in some
critical moments of the game. But we'll get back to
work and nobody will leave the charge more than.

Speaker 2 (18:11):
Justin with JJ's development.

Speaker 11 (18:14):
How much are you finding yourself kind of minding him,
like throughout games or the week to not press or
to kind of stay He brings so much intensity.

Speaker 6 (18:24):
Yeah, a lot.

Speaker 4 (18:26):
I think it's a I think it's a factor, I
really do, you know, because he's so competitive and and
he's a very you know, he's a high football IQ
guy and wants to make the play and as many
young quarterbacks have to learn over time. Sometimes I thought
he had some great checkdowns, you know, one to Jordan
out in the flat on a tempo play one to

(18:49):
Aaron Jones on a play action play, you know, the
out of the twenty one grouping where he just kind
of gets to the top of his drop, feels the
defense lifting a little bit, and we end up with
twelve thirteen yards on a very simple play. And it's
just production moving the ball forward where it should not be,
a you know, a worldly lift of moving heaven and earth.
The defense plays what they play. Sometimes there's some throws

(19:13):
there down the field. Sometimes there's great opportunities to put
the ball in play check down wise that are either
right in front of you, or you've got to work
through a progression you know, when protected. And you know,
there were some really good examples of that too. It's
just when you're in you know, you get seventeen of
these things and you're in an NFL game, that how
the circumstances of the game play out, many of which

(19:34):
we directly let ourselves into. You know, you got to
play that game to try to win. And that doesn't
always puzzle piece fit hind in hand with where you
would like the game to be for for the ascension
of his development. But I still think with all experience
being good experience for him right now. You'd love to

(19:55):
make them all after wins, but we got to do
we got to do the thing is required as a team.
And then you know, JJ is gonna make a lot
of those plays for us. And like I said, the competes,
you know, the his his willing willingness to lay it,
lay it on the line and try to make the
plays are very much things we knew about him. But
now it's just about continuing to carve this thing and

(20:17):
shape it in a way where we're helping him become
the best version of of of himself, both short term
and long term.

Speaker 7 (20:24):
Sure you're thinking questions, guys, fran alp him imagine is
there anything play you have to think about their creating
from the tea?

Speaker 5 (20:37):
Yeah? Yeah, we you know, every game, you.

Speaker 4 (20:40):
Know, we we we try to have those in whether
they're getting Aaron Jones touches and those get considered rushes
like they did against Detroit, or you know, some some
run plays that are called and you know, we get
a chance to throw justin a ball for eleven yards
just you know, it's like a free throw shoot. It's
like a three point shoot through get into the free

(21:01):
throw line, if you know, if they've missed a couple.
A lot of times you see Steph Curry get to
the free throw line and all of a sudden he
doesn't miss again for a quarter Like quarterback is such
a rhythmic thing. Seeing the ball go through the net
can help, but at the same time, it's it's also
you know, the difference being you know, the the defense
plays a lot into the things that are gonna take away.

(21:23):
Maybe those layup throws have to be backsiding cuts or
underneath routs to Adam feelin or to just kind of
progress and put the ball in play. And you know,
obviously with some of the unique things we see coverage wise,
with Justin it can't always be you know, it can't
always be just a simple proposition. Sometimes it's going to

(21:45):
require saying no to something which hopefully by design we've
put eligibles in his vision or checkdowns in place so
he can, you know, see the ball go through the net.
But I think to Mark's question earlier, you know that's
where TJ comes into play. The running backs on some
of those checkdowns can be great options to kind of
steal the rhythm in a lot of ways. If it's

(22:05):
been lost for a sequence of place, Thank.

Speaker 2 (22:08):
You day, and there it is.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
That's the head coach as soon to be Big Game
World Champion Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O'Connell.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
There were a lot of false start penalties, a lot.

Speaker 3 (22:26):
Maybe I think I saw the stat it was the
most false start penalty at home since like two thousand
and two or something.

Speaker 2 (22:33):
There was a long time ago whenever it was.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
And you don't you expect that on the road for
the visiting team, right, And the coach alluded to with
something about the.

Speaker 2 (22:45):
Cadence and so.

Speaker 3 (22:48):
Not only is a quarterback learning how to play the position,
he's already also needs to learn how to go omaha
omaha a proper way, which seems like a elementary. But
I guess he was throwing going off. And then I
think there was some I saw on a story one
of the Vikings said, well, they were the Ravens were

(23:08):
trying to throw us off with but that happens all
the time in games, I think it said too.

Speaker 2 (23:12):
So I don't know, but yeah.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
That's after like four then you kind of get together
and let's try to fix this whole false start thing
we have been.

Speaker 2 (23:21):
We're at home here, and we we let's figure out
the kid.

Speaker 3 (23:23):
It was, and it was costly and on vacasions. As
a coach just said, of course there were one, and
they were happening on first and ten, and now suddenly
it's first and fifteen.

Speaker 2 (23:33):
I have my speaker with yeah you do, okay, we're back.

Speaker 3 (23:42):
Yeah, a lot of more on first and fifteen's and
that's that's uh on first and tens and that that
that gets you to a first and fifteen and then
then you're you're making it more difficult on yourself than
you already are. Yeah, you know, it's funny the the

(24:04):
the text messages, and again it's it's unscientific.

Speaker 2 (24:08):
Not everybody uses the brade on Biden kpagn text line,
and that's not the only place you go.

Speaker 3 (24:15):
Well, that's that's how, that's how the you know, that's
the prevailing wisdom or the opinion of all the fans.
But it seems like either they're already really annoyed with
with Jefferson or with with a McCarthy, or they're saying
he's young, give them time, and there's only twenty two.
Didn't play a lot of college ball. And I think
it can be both. I think you could. I I

(24:36):
don't see why. It's it's it's wrong to be both.
You couldn't be a short term. I still think he
has long Yes.

Speaker 2 (24:43):
That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (24:43):
It's like it's I mean, we kind of did go
into the season. I think when you're I'm sorry, when
you come off a were were twelve and fourth or
what was our record last thirteen four last when you're
thirteen and four, we're playing for the number one season
in the NFC and then last game of the season,
and then you bring back the vast majority of those
players and you add to it with players hand pick

(25:06):
and your weaknesses. Yeah, but you kind of all right,
I'm kind of pumped up here, and you know, you're
you're kind of expecting a little more.

Speaker 2 (25:14):
And it's not all the quarterbacks fault.

Speaker 3 (25:15):
You can say that maybe the head coach and the
staff we're putting too much on him. And that goes
back to that quarterback whisperer stuff, which the coach did
say on the nationally televised game against I think it
was before the Chargers game. I don't recall if it was.
I think it was before the Chargers game where he said, looky,
did we play Philadelphia already. Yes, maybe it was before

(25:37):
the Philly game where he said he didn't like that
quarter whisperer thing, but he did say he takes a
lot of pride in how this organization. He's talking about
himself a lot too, because he's he's the guy that's
really working hand in hand with the quarterback he played
the position. They take pride in coaching guys up and
get him off to a fast start, right. That's what
I'm anticipating, is they see enough and he him and

(26:00):
they can move him along at a little quicker pace
than we've seen, sort of like Jayden and Daniels, and
I brought up Jayden Daniels. Someone set back text Han, well,
he hasn't been that good this year. Well all right,
but he was really good last year in his rookie year.
So my point exactly, and it's but my point is

(26:20):
being a rookie and in your first year doesn't preclude
you from being really good because it happen.

Speaker 2 (26:28):
Yes, it happens.

Speaker 3 (26:30):
And that's not to say to give up on him,
but I don't. I don't see why you can't be disappointed. Like, man,
I really thought we were gonna have a coming off
of last year and add to the offensive and defensive lines. Man,
I really thought, well, you know, and I thought McCarthy
was going to be you know, the coach.

Speaker 2 (26:45):
You know, the organization trusts him.

Speaker 3 (26:46):
Their vault in it. We had a guy named Sam
Darnold who was as good as any quarterback in the
league last year except for one game, and he was bad.

Speaker 2 (26:55):
Right now, is as good as anyone of the lady exactly,
So it's like he.

Speaker 3 (26:59):
Could very well. So it's okay to question, I think
and go. Man, I'm a little disappointed with the waste
played so far. He's shown signs he's got an alter ego,
which is important. They could make a bush go to
that one a little bit more.

Speaker 6 (27:12):
I do too.

Speaker 3 (27:12):
They could make a Marvel comic character out of them,
or maybe d C comics. I was always a DC guy.
Were you a comic book kid?

Speaker 6 (27:19):
I was?

Speaker 2 (27:20):
And I like d C better than Marvel.

Speaker 3 (27:22):
I mean, I like Spider Man, Common Man, No Show Prep,
no Solid Plant, I did, but I always like Batman
was my favorite, especially Batman Detective comics where they were
dark and brooding. The artwork was that way. Bob Kane
was the guy who came up with the Batman.

Speaker 1 (27:36):
But anyway, by the way, one of the best kids
movies I've seen is Lego Batman.

Speaker 2 (27:39):
Is it really really good?

Speaker 3 (27:40):
Yeah, I'm miscoing to kids.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
Boys, Oh, it's all good. You should watch it even
as an adult. You'd like it.

Speaker 3 (27:47):
I've told you the story I saw. Here's a who
nine weekends in a.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Row in a row, your choice of your kids.

Speaker 3 (27:54):
The kids wanted to keep going back, and I'm okay
with it because I like I like it lost.

Speaker 2 (27:58):
You wan't know why they want to go. They get
candy there, I like, Well.

Speaker 3 (28:00):
They liked the movie too, Yeah, but I think I've
told you that that's not the way candy worked. I
parceled it out to them during that I never just said, here,
here's your box a Reese's Pieces Knock Yourself box. I
looked at the kids and said, they'll be gone before
the previews are over.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
So my boys would sit there quietly.

Speaker 3 (28:17):
Not they could eat the popcorn, but when it came
to the candy, they'd go, can I have some?

Speaker 2 (28:20):
And I would give them five or six. They would
have to.

Speaker 3 (28:24):
They would have to be very It's what I'm looking for, deciduous,
No deciduous is a tree. They would they would have
to they'd have to carefully pick.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
Their spots of one.

Speaker 3 (28:40):
They wanted to eat their candy if they ate all
five Reese's pieces right away, They didn't get any for
another ten or fifteen minutes.

Speaker 2 (28:46):
But yes, I loved, I loved going to the movies.

Speaker 3 (28:49):
Will we'll take a break, We'll come back ten whichul
we do a little five?

Speaker 2 (28:54):
Three four? Sure we can? Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2 (29:37):
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Speaker 3 (29:58):
Sorry about that major during the studio, You know, I
asked you last week, I think you like olives and
you said no, And I love olives, I love all
loves and it is a healthy fat. I had him
in a tupperware container. I had some of the olive

(30:18):
oil in it, and the tupperware container, I guess the
top was there's olive oil everywhere. And I don't know
if you ever had. Oh, it's just awful. I've been
dealing with it for about the past half hour.

Speaker 2 (30:33):
You've got to be kidding me. It's a mess, just
like the Vikings.

Speaker 6 (30:38):
Right now.

Speaker 2 (30:39):
I keep getting these text from people. He's really young,
and it's that's meaningless to me. We're not giving up
on him long term.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
Yeah, and that's to me, that's meaningless. It doesn't matter
if he's Sean. Then blame that on the coach for
over a team. That's yeah, it's like, that's what you
should have done, because I do think it's I think
there's part there's some ego I play here with the coach,
bring me anybody else, I bring him here. I'll coach

(31:08):
him up. I'll coach him right up. We'll have this
kid on the fast track. He's got a lot of talent,
and I'll bring the most out of me. I will
take him to that next level and we'll do it quickly.
And they still could. It could still happen this year. Hell,
it could happen next week. I mean, let's face it.
He was brilliant in the fourth well I guess, maybe
just strong, but he was really good in that fourth
quart against the Bears game.

Speaker 2 (31:29):
In the I guess the Bears and the Bears game.

Speaker 3 (31:31):
Man, he had his struggles against the Falcons, and since
then he's been hot and cold.

Speaker 2 (31:35):
He's had some moments he makes.

Speaker 3 (31:37):
He's he can throw a little bit, but he should
be able to if you're the tenth pick. Overall, it's
not like he never played the position before. I just
think when you went when when you you, you made
the teammate their bed. They got to sleep in it,
and all of us have to as well. You just
have to deal with the growing pains of the kid.
And I look at a lot of text messagers wanted

(31:57):
to do exactly that. That's what they said. They said,
stop playing once Macarthy's ready playing, because we got to
see what we've gotten. We're seeing what we've gotten. It's
I just hope it doesn't take too terribly long.

Speaker 2 (32:08):
Should we do five?

Speaker 3 (32:09):
Three, four?

Speaker 6 (32:10):
Sure?

Speaker 2 (32:10):
Already want to do it at the bottom of the hour?

Speaker 1 (32:13):
Uh, probably when filled the tear a bottom of the hour.
But yeah, at this point we got like four minutes.

Speaker 2 (32:16):
Well, we got like four minutes and then why don't
we Well, here's what I wanted to talk about a
little bit with you, yesper.

Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah, that's what it was gonna bring up. Well, it's
just firs, let's do the first question. Let's do the
first question.

Speaker 2 (32:28):
Time now for.

Speaker 8 (32:32):
Five questions? Well, actually three, but five sounds like more
than four. Question number one.

Speaker 12 (32:41):
Time now for an in depth look at the state
of the state of hockey.

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Yesper Vall said, had a thirty six save shutout as
a w blank the Flames to nothing last night at
Grand Casino Arena. Vall said, also backstop the Wild to
a five to two win over the New York Islanders
on Friday night, so we got back to back starts.
He's three zero to two for a two point five
to one goals against average and an nine say percentage,
while Philip Gustavson, the starter, is four to seven and

(33:17):
one of the three point one nine goals against average
in eight ninety six, say percentage common. Do we have
a goaltender controversy on our hands in Saint Paul.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
Well, I think we do. And didn't you bring us
up last week?

Speaker 6 (33:27):
I did?

Speaker 3 (33:29):
You were.

Speaker 2 (33:31):
Didn't know why they weren't going to this earlier? You
were a frontal Yeah.

Speaker 5 (33:34):
You were. You were.

Speaker 3 (33:35):
You were basically almost you were calling out the coach
on one hundred thousand watt radio saying what are you
waiting for? And they go with the backup kid and
he was he was really, really good.

Speaker 2 (33:44):
So now you ride the hot hand, right, you don't, right.

Speaker 1 (33:47):
I mean, you're still gonna play both, but instead of
a one and a two, maybe it now becomes a
one A one B. I think yesper is earning more
ice time and Gustuson definitely hasn't done anything to keep
a spot, so to me, yeah, I mean, it doesn't
mean the Baalsa is just gonna be starting every game
here for the next two weeks, but he should be.

(34:09):
I'm glad they went back to him because up until
this weekend, it was always well, maybe we'll get yes,
you know, yes for a start on a back to
back or kind of situation. But Gustosen's our guy and
We're gonna let him work through it. They're not in
a situation this early in the year given where they
were where they can just try to worth work through things.
They need to get some ws and fortunately got to

(34:32):
this weekend at least put them back into relevance here.
But yeah, you play the goalie that's giving you the
best chance to win. And I know Gustison just got
the new contract, but Valson was always thought to be.

Speaker 2 (34:48):
Goaltender of the future.

Speaker 1 (34:49):
It was just a matter of when that development would
come right because he's just like JJ McCarthy, he's very young.
He hasn't been he didn't have a good year last
year in Iowa. I think a lot of that was
the team in front of him as well. But if
he's shown you can he can play, his ceiling is
higher than Philip Gustifson's ceiling, at least in terms of
where they're projected as prospects. Yeah, he was at one

(35:11):
point considered the best prospect goaltender in the world, and
he played great last night. He was in control of
the entire time. So for a team that's needing to
win some games and gain some confidence and that hasn't
had good goaltending. If you start getting a little bit
of go, you got to ride with it a little bit.
We've talked. I'm glad they went back to him last
night after the win. Friday night.

Speaker 3 (35:32):
Cliches are cliches generally speaking, because they're true, and they'll
say Tennebee and it was.

Speaker 2 (35:36):
If you'll remember, it was a.

Speaker 3 (35:37):
Former intern of ours, notorious Diig, that taught us this,
what's the most important individual position in sports?

Speaker 2 (35:44):
The quarterback position, which I didn't know until he probably.

Speaker 3 (35:46):
Not either I would say one A or one B
would be goaltender in hockey because we've talked about it
in terms of impact on the game. Yes, we've talked
about it hundreds hundreds hundreds of times. A hot goaltender
can take you a long way. He can save games
for you if you keep the puck out of it,
if the other team doesn't score, it's impossible to lose.

Speaker 1 (36:09):
It also allows the players in front of you to
play with confidence. Then when they know that you got
a guy like if you make a mistake, he's going
to have your back, they just psychologically it has an
impact on the team.

Speaker 3 (36:20):
He had two terrific games. He's hot, keep playing them.

Speaker 2 (36:24):
Keep playing.

Speaker 3 (36:25):
You're right, you have to, you know, you have to
give him a break. Brick wall, He's a brick wall
is Walstead.

Speaker 1 (36:32):
It's it's pronounce just like the yesper is a j,
but it's pronounced with the y yes Yes, I'd say
yes to Yesper.

Speaker 3 (36:42):
How do you think rose and pronounces it? He probably
does both ways. He probably calls him Jesper Wallstead in
Yesper Ballstead. Just to bet what kind of I get
his podcast today? He's really struggling to find yes. He
texted me over the weekend, Hey, you want.

Speaker 2 (37:00):
To do Larry Mondela guy hasn't made an appearance on
his podcast.

Speaker 3 (37:03):
Ye, okay, So anyway I want to respond to some more.

Speaker 1 (37:09):
Because that's what I was thinking. I was like, where
can I get more of common and Rose? And now
there's another outlet for that to happen. So that's good
to know.

Speaker 3 (37:15):
And you know what he calls it Rose and sports Monday.

Speaker 2 (37:20):
I see what he did there.

Speaker 3 (37:21):
It's sort of like vikings on sensor that Joe sensors.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
Let's continue with five three four. The first time we've
ever we've ever had two carryover carryover five three four.
We'll do that.

Speaker 3 (37:34):
Got plenty of text messages to get you other sports
stories NFL round Up. We can do plenty to get
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Speaker 3 (38:05):
A couple of thirteen fourteen past, I'm common he's tena B.
We're'd be so much fun with five, three, four, We
thought we'd continue on the other side of the break.

Speaker 2 (38:15):
It's funny. Hockey community guy leads.

Speaker 3 (38:17):
With with hockey, why if there's anything in there about
those Well you brought it up first.

Speaker 2 (38:22):
Oh, I guess you got me there. I was going
to lead with, well, of course you were.

Speaker 3 (38:27):
When if there's anything about the basketball community in five?

Speaker 8 (38:30):
Well, let's see time now for five questions? Well, actually three,
but five sounds like more than four. Question number two.

Speaker 12 (38:45):
Yeah, the hockey guys, it's now time to take an
in depth look at the welfare of the Wolves side.

Speaker 1 (39:00):
Wolves won for the fourth time in five games, beating
the Kings one thirty three, one seventeen. Last night in Sacramento,
Anthony Edwards tali twenty six points, four rebounds, five assists,
and two steals. Seven Wolves players had double figures in scoring,
including Jade McDaniels, who had a twenty one and Rudy Gobert,
he had nineteen points, twelve boards, and a season high
five blocks. This comes after the Wolves smashed the Jazz

(39:23):
by forty points on Friday night. That's who they got tonight,
by the way, common your thoughts on the wolves dominating weekend, Well,
a couple of things.

Speaker 3 (39:31):
Speaking of bottom feeders, I mean, the teams they played
aren't very good, and that's okay. Those are the teams
we've had trouble winning those games. Yeah, past we take
them lightly and put forth very little, much like Josh
Allen and the Buffalo Bills. We don't outwork the other team,
we don't put forth a lot of effort. And also

(39:51):
there's the I guess that Commissioner's Cup is important to them,
because I did see a quote not after the last
of the game before who did we beat?

Speaker 2 (39:58):
Just before that?

Speaker 3 (40:00):
Yeah, Utah, there was a quote from from Finch that said,
you know, we I'm paraphrasing, but something that we're aware
that point differential is big in this tournament. So that says,
run up the score otherwise, you know, and that's okay,
I mean running up the score the other did you
tell the other teams stop me? But I mean that's
why they that's part of the reason why the wins

(40:22):
look so impressive. It's the whole idea of why they tried. Yeah,
because they try, because it's the whole reason they put
the Commissioner's Cup. Everybody, this is how sad it is.
Don't people realize this? Do you not see this? The
reason they did the Commissioner's Cup started it last year
in the first place was the league said, our guys
don't try very hard at the beginning of the season.
They kind of just go through the motions, play three quarters,

(40:44):
kind of just like pick up basketball. All teams seemed
it's almost like there's it's like a secret handshake.

Speaker 2 (40:49):
It's like an.

Speaker 3 (40:49):
Unwritten rule, secret agree that we just hey, we you know,
we all just we're just gonna kind of go three
quarters until the last two minutes of the game.

Speaker 2 (40:55):
And if the if the game's in doubt, then will
break us. We and play.

Speaker 3 (40:58):
And that's okay if if you're a fan of that
and you accept that and you're in on it, if
you're in on the bit, go ahead and go for it.
So in order to try to stop that, they said,
let's have an Is there another league that doesn't in
I think maybe they do it in soccer? Maybe is
there another league that doesn't ind season tournament. It's the
most preposterous thing I've ever heard in my entire life.

(41:20):
But they did it for a reason, and the reason
is to try to get the players to play one
hundred percent or close to it every single game from
start to finish. And then they throw in some nice money.
I think each player gets like a million dollars for
the biggest stars, it's walking around money. For other guys
making the NBA minimum, it's a nice paycheck. So they're
all for it, right, And so that's why they that's

(41:43):
why they did the whole thing to begin with. And
so it's sort of like when you tell your kids,
if you get an A on your report card, I'll
give you some candy.

Speaker 6 (41:50):
You know it.

Speaker 3 (41:51):
That's what it is. And so but yeah, I mean
that's how they obviously are capable of playing. The crazy
thing is it seems like there are a handful of
teams in the league that do that without the incentive.
They like to do that. They want to play hard,
they and maybe part of it is the Wolves aren't
as good.

Speaker 2 (42:07):
As I thought they were, or as told they were.

Speaker 3 (42:10):
I had one person on the air staff tell me
on these very airways he thought they were going to
be the second seed.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
They very well still could be. What two games out
of the two seeds. Yeah, they're the sixth seed right now.
Nice to win, that's it.

Speaker 3 (42:22):
Keep doing it, pound them, play defense, score points. Isn't
it fun? I should thank your lucky stars are in
the NBA.

Speaker 6 (42:30):
Man.

Speaker 1 (42:32):
Now the hockey community is about to go back to basketball.

Speaker 2 (42:34):
What do you think of that? What do you guys
think now?

Speaker 3 (42:38):
Question number three?

Speaker 12 (42:43):
It's now time to take an in depth look at
the welfare of the Wolves.

Speaker 1 (42:55):
According to John Krasinski of The Athletic, the Wolves have
checked in on Jahn Morant common would you have any
interest in a trade for Jahn Morant?

Speaker 2 (43:08):
Well, I think the talent's undeniable. He does have those
off the court issues.

Speaker 3 (43:18):
You know, you just never know what what he's gonna
do next, but he is, he's got talent.

Speaker 2 (43:26):
I I don't know.

Speaker 3 (43:29):
I steet Rob Dillingham wasn't the answer at point guard.
I I don't know. I I don't think I would.
I think I'd stay away because it wasn't just once,
it was twice. But there wasn't wasn't even gun issue
guy taken place. We had that multiple times. Yeah, it's like, Okay.

Speaker 1 (43:48):
There's a reason a guy that talented is kind of
being floated out of the trade Reker right now.

Speaker 2 (43:52):
That's that's another.

Speaker 1 (43:53):
Reason it is though it is tough because let's say
you acquired jam Morant, which is not only the weakness
positional wise on your team right now, but he's his
top ten talent in the league, is he not? And
if you had Anton John Morant, is there anyone in
the league that would have a top two as talented

(44:13):
as those two?

Speaker 2 (44:14):
I don't know if there is.

Speaker 6 (44:15):
Yeah, but.

Speaker 1 (44:18):
You also have a shot at going like that for
the next decade as long as Anthony Edwards is here,
Like they have a shot to go to the to
win an NBA championship on any given year. And you
do worry about someone like him coming in. I don't
know if And is mature enough yet to have a
guy like that who's immature on the team with him.

(44:40):
It's not like he's some grizzled betteran that can handle
an immature player. And I don't want to have Ant
go the wrong way. So it is an interesting conundrum because,
like I said, from a pure talent standpoint, I don't
think there would be anyone more talented than the Wolves
at their top two. And if you want to win
NBA championships, what do you mean with your top two?

Speaker 3 (45:00):
You had the two of those on what your team?
You had Jaw and Ant Giant, would you trade them
both for Webenyama?

Speaker 2 (45:11):
I think I would. I think he's that good, that good.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
Well, you know what's really funny is when off air,
now Parker Fox isn't the final word, but we talked
about start talking to NBA, and I said, you know,
Rosen says he wouldn't trade Ant for we Fox, that
I do it today. And basically, you know, I think everybody,
I think ninety out of one hundred people would yeah,

(45:36):
and that would be you know, not just hand pretty
much anybody. The only guy don chicch. I think his
feelings were hurt. I think I think you poked. Was
they waking up a sleeping giant or poking the sleeping bear?
Whatever the hyperend need bear, Because ever ever since, I've
already went when when they Dallas GM said when we
traded him because he's pudgy and he doesn't play defense,

(45:59):
and ever since said he's not pudging anymore, and he
seems to play defense and his offense is off the charts.

Speaker 2 (46:05):
He's as good as anyone offense.

Speaker 3 (46:06):
Yeah, so I think I think you you woke up
a sleepy giant or whatever that cliche is.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
But just guess what if he's getting better defensively, you
can't cover both Aunt and Joss.

Speaker 2 (46:16):
No, you can't.

Speaker 3 (46:17):
Oh you mama can't stop him, Your daddy can't stop him,
The police can't stop him.

Speaker 2 (46:21):
Nobody can stop So.

Speaker 8 (46:24):
Question number three, NFL no huddle.

Speaker 2 (46:32):
You mentioned it earlier.

Speaker 1 (46:33):
Lions head coach Dan Campbell took over the offensive play
calling and they responded with a forty four to twenty
two win at Washington Common. Do you have faith in
Dan Campbell calling plays moving forward?

Speaker 3 (46:45):
Did you know that was one forty four to.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
Twenty two score Agami.

Speaker 3 (46:51):
It only happened two other times in the National Football
They could happened twice yesterday Duce Tour. Oh really, forty
four to twenty two was another fun How is that possible?
Game in the entire history of the NFL that scored
only happened two other times. Forty four to twenty two
twice yesterday.

Speaker 2 (47:07):
I just thought i'd throw that in there. I'm sorry
about that.

Speaker 1 (47:10):
I did not know that. What was your question about, Uh,
do you have confidence in Dan? Or do you have faith?
And Dan Campbell calling plays? Moving forward?

Speaker 3 (47:16):
They were playing Washington right, Washington's struggling. They have no
offense whatsoever.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
How about the fact that b flows so good he
altered well Detroit's plans for the season.

Speaker 2 (47:30):
Well, that's it. That's what you know.

Speaker 3 (47:33):
That Vikings defense did to Detroit what pretty much no
other teams have been able to do.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Now, Kansas City messed.

Speaker 6 (47:41):
With them a little bit.

Speaker 2 (47:42):
And who was Green Bay in the opening? Green Bay
messed with him too.

Speaker 3 (47:45):
And I think a lot of people said, I you know,
it's the first game under new coordinator, because the next
two weeks they went back up to like fifty points.
So I don't know how much of it was Danny
Campbell calling. I listened to his news conference, and he
was He tried to be very kind in his praise

(48:06):
of John Morton, who is the offensive coordinator record, but
because he said, oh no, John, still I'm leaning on him.
We're still talking and doing this and that. But I
just he goes, I have some He goes, it's hard
to get in this head of mine, what's rattling around
in there, what he wants to see. In other words,
I think he's going, I don't think I'm conveying to
you how I want the offense run, So I'm going
to run it myself. And at least it worked for

(48:27):
yesterday because they I mean they scored on nearly every possession.
I think the first five or six times they had
the football they either got a tuddy or a figure.
So yeah, they rebounded nicely. They've not lost two games
in a row, I think since twenty twenty two.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
They find a.

Speaker 3 (48:43):
Way to bounce back and win. So good win for them.
Bears are six and three. I'm beginning to like this
Bears club. And then the Packers tonight take on Philly.
Is that at Curly or at that's at Curly, so
we'll see. I mean, by the time the dust settles
to night the frozen tundra, the Lions could be all
alone in the first place.

Speaker 1 (49:04):
Actually, I think their game in a half, aren't they
What if the Green.

Speaker 2 (49:07):
Bay is five to two and one Detroit six and three, else,
they've got it.

Speaker 3 (49:11):
Yes, yeah, but I think the same record as the Lions,
so they'd be time for first.

Speaker 2 (49:15):
The Lions have the tiebreaker on Chicago. Yes, they beat them.

Speaker 1 (49:21):
The Buffalo Bills dropped to six and three after losing
thirty to thirteen yesterday at Miami Common.

Speaker 2 (49:27):
Will Buffalo make the playoffs? I would think they would.
What's their record now? Six and three? Yeah, I would
think I would think they would. That's where.

Speaker 1 (49:42):
I think one team, either Buffalo or Kansas City, is
not making it. You think really, I think Buffalo beat
Kansas City, so they currently have the tiebreaker.

Speaker 3 (49:49):
I heard I think it was on the Fox pregame show.
They were talking about playoff possibilities and they said before
yesterday's action, if the playoffs would have started this weekend,
Kansas City wouldn't have made it. Yet, the odds makers
still have them a favorite to win the big game.

(50:10):
That's how confident they are in their homes.

Speaker 2 (50:12):
And the chiefs.

Speaker 3 (50:13):
I think they can. You might be right, but I
think they'll both make the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (50:17):
And it does. But it's just like New England in
the East. Yeah, their record.

Speaker 1 (50:22):
Indianapolis is going to make it in their division, and
then either Pittsburgh or Baltimore, which at this stage I
think I'm gonna go Baltimore over Pittsburgh.

Speaker 12 (50:30):
Right.

Speaker 1 (50:30):
Yeah, So there's three of your teams, and then in
the AFC West, you've got Denver in LA, both ahead
of Kansas City. Kansas City is gonna have to beat
those teams. They're gonna have to beat the teams in
their division during the stretch run here. But then you
throw in Buffalo, like one of those teams doesn't make it.

Speaker 2 (50:48):
Yeah, I guess you're right.

Speaker 3 (50:50):
You're saying it's gonna be the Kansas City or Buffalo. Yeah,
could very well be. I don't have this guy, and
you know what, you know, I was gonna say, I
don't have the schedules in front of me. I don't
and I don't care about this anwhere because they don't matter, right,
they really don't. It doesn't matter who you're playing. Who
would have thought Buffalo would lose to the Miami Dolphins.
They see you just don't see that coming, right. So

(51:11):
many games you see teams like, well, we'll get.

Speaker 2 (51:13):
To it a little bit later. There's some Bears doubters out.

Speaker 1 (51:17):
There, and well that's where we're talking about next. Oh, okay,
well we're not very.

Speaker 3 (51:21):
Good NFL noddle.

Speaker 2 (51:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (51:29):
Caleb Williams rush for a touchdown late in the twenty
four to twenty win over the New York Giants. By
the way, the Giants fired their head coach today. Common
are you a Bears believer?

Speaker 3 (51:39):
Well, I've had several people send text messages saying, well,
they haven't beat anybody, They're beating bottom feeders.

Speaker 2 (51:45):
And then my response was, who who are the Vikings?

Speaker 4 (51:48):
Beat?

Speaker 3 (51:48):
Vikings beat Detroit. That's a nice win, right, that's a
really nice one. Else have they beat Browns Bengals in Chicago?
In Chicago? You're you're you're gonna you're gonna be to
my You're gonna talk about the week schedule the Bears
have played. Come on, folks, A lot of it is

(52:10):
not who you play, it's when you play them, and
it is Timmy This will be the third or fourth
time I've said it today because it's one of my
favorite cliches.

Speaker 2 (52:20):
It's a cliche I made up. Cliches are cliches.

Speaker 3 (52:24):
Generally speaking because they're true and on any given Sunday
or Monday night, Thursday night, Sunday night, Tuesday night, regardless
of what.

Speaker 2 (52:34):
Night it is, any team can beat any team. So
I'm sorry, I I.

Speaker 3 (52:39):
The Bears have played better, and they've had to come
back against a couple of bottom feed or teams that
they won. Sorry, what's wrong with winning now? They might
not be very good? They might they matter of fact,
the Vikings haven't at home right this week?

Speaker 2 (52:55):
That at home? It's at the Bank, right, Yes, we're
at home.

Speaker 12 (52:57):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (52:57):
I think the Vikings will win the game.

Speaker 3 (53:00):
As long as we don't have eight fall starts, I
think we can win.

Speaker 2 (53:04):
But if we have eight fall starts, I think we
lose it.

Speaker 1 (53:10):
The Packers host the Eagles tonight at lambeau Field Common.

Speaker 2 (53:14):
Who wins tonight and why? Again? Hard to handicap any
of these games.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
I mean, Philadelphia defending Big Game World champs. Barkley Saquan
is certainly not out of the year that he had
last year. Didn't Jalen have a perfect quarterback rating against
US a few weeks ago?

Speaker 2 (53:37):
That's pretty good.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
Yeah, and I think defensively they're still solid, right, I
mean every team can't be fifteen and two every year,
fourteen and three? Green Bay, you talk, Green Bay's had
some disturbing losses, right. They've lost to the Browns in Carolina?
In Carolina? Did they lose to this? Do they lose

(54:00):
to the Steelers or didn't they?

Speaker 2 (54:04):
Okay, but yeah, but they have not.

Speaker 3 (54:10):
They've they've lost some games where you really you roll
your eyes, rug your shoulders, shake your head, scratch.

Speaker 5 (54:14):
Your head, you know.

Speaker 3 (54:15):
So I when Love's on that he's good man.

Speaker 2 (54:20):
But they lost craft for the year, right. I think
Golden's out tonight too. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (54:28):
This isn't hatred towards the Packers and want him to lose,
but I think Philadelphia.

Speaker 8 (54:35):
And that's it for today's edition of five questions, Well
actually three questions, but five sounds like more than four.

Speaker 3 (54:43):
So let's do this. Let's let's take a break. One
more hour to go.

Speaker 2 (54:51):
Here on a purple Monday tomorrow, head coach PJ. Fleck
noon to one. We're in at one o'clock dery Mark
Rosen joins us.

Speaker 3 (55:01):
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