October 17, 2025 • 29 mins
Hour 3 of the Friday Football Feast begins with some trivia from the 2025 Vikings to this point in the season. Then the Feast gives there final thoughts on the Vikings game against the Eagles.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And stop.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
All right.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Welcome back to the Friday football Feast at Buffalo Wild
Wings Manticello. We welcome Adam from Lichfield to the equation
around of applause, ladies and gentlemen. Vikings twenty twenty five
Trivia Adam versus yours truly and Nordo will unfurl five
questions here. But first and foremost, let's meet Adam. When
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you chat, get close to that microphone please, and we
know you're from Lichfield.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
How long you've been a Vikings fan? And what brings
you to the feast.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I've been a Vikings fan all my life. And Adam
took a Friday off.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Two weeks ago, never been to one of these, wanted
to do it, Like Monacello is the closest one to Lichfield.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
Let's do it, buddy, my brother. How close is Lichfield
to mana Cello.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
It's about a four five minutes two hour drive.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
When's the who's your favorite player on the Minnesota Vikings?
Because as I put these as I put these stats
in these questions together, I got to make sure I
don't tilt it too heavily in your direction. Well, you
gotta go with JJ McCarthy number one, JJ McCarthy number nine.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I dig that we we're gonna have to change that
love his Yeah, we love the gink, the gink.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
The gink is on fight.
Speaker 6 (02:29):
Come on, you were bet neck help you were born
a Vikings fan, You're you're hot.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It happened.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah, Well, I remember getting out of church when I
was little.
Speaker 7 (02:36):
Like say, I remember getting out of the getting out
of church when I was little and running out to
mom and Dad's vehicle at noon and putting the Vikings
game on.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
That's awesome.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
What's your what's your level of confidence in general Vikings trivia?
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Well, I was a mad dash from the stats your
last segment. Okay, and uh all the answers that I
thought would obviously our question with answers, we're like Tathan,
so like I have zero confidence right now?
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Right, well now you do get you do get an entire.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Monaicello crowd behind you, though, Did you do you feel
like you have confidence from this Manaicello Vikings loving crowd.
I do if they want to see Adam and Lichfield
beat the host to nine to.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Doone and come away with a swag bucket.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I got my buddy Troy behind me. He's a Viking girl.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Oh, there we go.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
If he can help me, we'll do it.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Some whispering in your that's interesting. He can he can
feed you answers. So why is everybody rooting against me?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Let's go here.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
There's balloons all over the place. I mean, this is
just this mana Celo has turned into Mayo.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Monicelo is the bomb.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
It's the best.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
So here's what we're gonna do. Is we kick off.
We heard the triviavid last segment. P A uh just
absolutely houset you, Alec. You really did not stand a chance.
I'm concerned with your effort level.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
In fact, as we move, I've been talking about this
rouser tailgate all.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I'm ready to get there right now.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
So I have I do have five questions, and thankfully
for the odd number, we won't need a sixth, but
it will be name is your buzzer, Adam?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
So can you just practice like you know the answer? Adam?
Can you do that, Adam? I hope he forgets his
name's never heard it. I've never heard it done better.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
And then you just give us the correct answer in
the winner, we'll get this swag bucket here.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
A courtesy of the great people. It includes a twenty
five dollars gift card.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
We got sauce, we got seasoning, seasoning for now, as
we've been obsessed over to heen.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
It's fifteen minutes to heen. It is all right.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
So here is question number one. Goody, Adam, are you ready?
Good luck brother, good luck to you.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
All right?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So you remember the London game.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
The London game?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Okay, Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
This player took one snap in the Cleveland game.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Paul, Yes, what's your name? Buddy?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I don't know, Michael.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Give us a guest, any player's name, get say Christian, darisaw.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Darisa, damn it. Let me finish the question. He took
one snap in the Cleveland game, registering a loss of
one rushing yard via Neil at the end of the
first half.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Max brozmar ding Ding ding ding ding d.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Well done, Adam, Great job, Adam, in whichfield takes what
might be a commanding one nothing lead Question number two.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
Some are disappointed that this well known Viking Paul, Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
What's your name? Where are you from?
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Ali?
Speaker 7 (05:39):
Mano solo I?
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Ali?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Say the name of any current Minnesota Viking player.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
JJ McCarthy, Dingdy oh.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Man yes or no, no, damn it, thank you, Ali.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
We're gonna let him get up to It's like Kobe
Bryant when he played at Lower Mary in high school.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Just let him get a lead. We're actually just.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Like Kobe Bryant that Lower marriag Yeah, because we're gonna
let the other team get the lead into the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Then we're gonna run him down from behind.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
A chance, a chance to go up to nothing. Here
here's the question.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Some are disappointed that this well known Viking only has
four catches through five games.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Adam feeling ding ding ding.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
To zero, Adam to zero. Well done, so, Pa now
has he just has four? He has to run the
table all for first down?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Many how many edge rusher crackback blocks? Does he have?
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Sixteens?
Speaker 2 (06:35):
At least? Ian Hockinson lead the league?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
All right?
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Question number three, Adam, you have an unbelievable lead. You
need one correct answer and you are a winner. Swag
bucket in your hands. He question number three. It's shocking
it didn't result in a touchdown, But the longest reception
of this eas in for the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Yes, Jordan Addison ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
ding ding ding And here comes per.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Did you know that one you didn't feels the longest
reception of the season. Oh, Jordan Addison in Dublin.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He had an eighty one yard lower Marion High School
jelly Bean Brian, and then he got caught by that
fast linebacker.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
That pas it was a Peyton Wilson.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yes, And I'm like, Pete, I told you fast, I
told you to break gamey fast.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
That's what I think I said. All right, here we go.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Yeah, this player, Adam MPa, is two to one in
favor of the guest, is second on the team in
rushing yards with fifty. It may not be who you'd expect, Paul, Yes,
Carson wentz.
Speaker 7 (07:59):
This.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
This player is second on the team in rushing yards.
He has fifty yards.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
JJ McCarthy, you.
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Just want to swag bucket Lake, Nice job, brother, good
bot for everybody.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Great job.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I had the right idea of the wrong quarterback because
I knew it wasn't Aaron Jones. Last job, brother, Congratulations,
great job Buffalo Wild Wings. Thank you very much for
the swag bucket, which includes a twenty five dollars gift
card to Buffalo Wild Wings and all these sauces and
everything and some coozies and stuff like that. God bless you, brother,
Thank you very much. All right, well done, sir.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
It can be real easy getting my man out from there.
Do we have a long break here?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I mean, let's pause. We'll figure it out from here
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for Adam from Litchfield for playing the game. Michael ally,
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Now I'm seeing that Donovan Jackson is a full participant
in practice. I'm gonna lean towards if Donovan Jackson was
a full participant today, alec that Donovan Jackson will be
playing on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I don't think I'm taking a leap there. Here's the deal.
Speaker 5 (10:53):
Michael Jurgens is also a full participant in practice. We've
just spent not just earlier this morning, but multiple days
lauding what Blake Brandell was able to do starting in
that spot at center for the first time in his
career at any level.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Ooh, Nordo, looking to get controversial.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
If everybody's healthy, I think Blake Brandell is your starting
center this weekend.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Do you agree or disagree? And why, mister Lewis, Yeah,
that would be my expectation.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
It would go Darrisol, Donovan Jackson, Blake Brandell will fries
justin school. That would be my expectation for Sunday against
the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So the kind of the and Brian O'Neil, I mean
he's out there, he is.
Speaker 6 (11:35):
Yeah, Brian, Brian's back at practice. He's been limited both
days this week. It just it feels like and it
looks like he's still just working his way.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Now.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Will he be ready next week? That'd be the more
interesting one for me. And then really into Detroit. I
think like Detroit feels like the one for me where
you hope to be really I mean back revved up
with a lot of guys.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Doesn't that feel like the JJ spot two that.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
I mean that feels like this, which I mean if
JJ's not playing in that game, that would be very interesting.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Yeah, because I'm thinking short week against the Chargers, and
you know, the just the continuing the way that the
head coaches put it together. He needs his cat with
a full practice week, he needs full reps.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Ankle needs to feel good the whole thing.
Speaker 6 (12:17):
The one that would be or like that, the situation
that would be fascinating would be let's say Carson and
the non throwing shoulder gets dinged up in the game.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Rosberg.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I'm just saying, like I go down this path then
Broseburer's the backup he's in. Like what happens next after that?
I don't know, but like that would be the only
situation for me where I think there would be uncertainty.
I'd expect Carson Wentz to play Sunday and to play.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Next Thursday night.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
All Right, so Eden Prairie's finest former Gopher and the
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman has been a full participant.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
They opened the practice window and he jumped through it.
Speaker 5 (12:52):
He's on the field and he will be on the
field Sunday against the Eagles.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Who comes off? Would it be Eric Wilson or would.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
It be even pace if if it's there's only two
in the mix on the field at one time.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Trying to get controversial before the KO presser today. You know,
as old Spearfish is listening.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
You know I could edge you. Uh No, it's good.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
I I it's an interesting question. My expectation would be
that they it's you know, you'd see you still see
some Eric Wilson, and you'd see some Ivan Paced in
some different situations and circumstances like later downs, past coverage. Uh,
you probably have a little more Eric Wilson early downs.
If you're blitzing i've in pace from the second level.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
That probably makes more sense.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
But I i'd say with the way Eric Wilson has performed,
h to see him play a little bit more. Uh,
it wouldn't surprise me. And I've in pace has missed
ten tackles according to PFF, our favorite website, that's tied
for the most among all linebackers in the NFL this year.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
Let's shoot the client, Mike Spotts, I'm losing my voice
here minus Yeah, that was a rough My bad.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Sorry about that.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
The gerbil shifted and I'm pre pebesting again to Andrew
Van Ginkel.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Not expecting him this weekend. No, what kind of plan?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
What? What are the things that we need to see
to check boxes? To see Gank back.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
On the field. Yeah, I mean him being full at
practice would be telling.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
He's still been limited with the neck injury. It'll be
it'll be interesting to see where he's at next week.
I mean again, short week. It'd be nice to have
a little more extra rest for him as he's working
his way back.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
From the neck.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
And that's again like the Lions game, you'd hope to
really be fully loaded with a lot of your guys
like Aaron Jones is still working his way back from
the hamstring hasn't been activated from the twenty one day
window or to as his twenty one window hasn't been activated,
but like that would be a spot for him.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
As well that I kind of look at. So in
London we saw CJ. Ham speaking of open windows, he
returns to the team in plays and in terms of
protecting Carson in that game, you know, we saw Kevin
O'Connell do a ton of pre snap motions and shifts
he was bringing He'd bring Josh Oliver and CJ. Ham
almost out from various respective slot spots. He'd pre motion
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them in effectively as max protect additional blockers to help
Carson out. Is this a game where you might see
similar things to keep Carson up right despite maybe some returning.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Healthy bodies to the olone. Yeah, it's interesting.
Speaker 6 (15:26):
I felt like that Brown's game plan offensively in London
was one of the best of Kevin O'Connell's time as
the Minnesota Vikings head coach with what they were navigating
with some of the designs.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
And maybe the most exhausting there.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Yeah, I mean no question there might be a temptation,
Like I've thought about this in a couple of ways.
There might be a temptation of you get down him
and Jackson back. You feel a little comfortable confidence in
Blake Brandell. Darisol's gonna have a full snap kind of count.
That's the expectation. So there might be a temptation to,
you know, we can air it out a little more,
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a little bit like like less quick game. But I
hope to see a lot of just the the way
that they kind of approach it against the Browns, where
it's moved the pocket, it's get the ball out quick again,
just to reiterate, when Carson Wentz has had a side
of the field that he's eyeing and he just got
a space to look at with a clean ish pocket,
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he's been effected. But when he's had to scan the
whole field move off of the initial spot, it gets
real dicey, and I think you want to prevent that
as much as possible. We haven't talked about morow Ojomo.
It's the interior Eagles defensive lineman who's not jailing Carter.
He can recap it like if you've got to be
very mindful of this guy on the interior.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Just want to point that out too.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
He has two sacks third year from Texas and this
this is he plays in June chart deep dive. What
Howie Roseman, general manager for the Eagles, has just done
so well over the years, Like Zach Bond if you
look at his four years with New Orleans, I mean,
you talk about a piece of disrespect here. It was like,
we think you have absolutely mismanaged this young man's career.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Ran Flora thought the same thing.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Wanted him here and did so with Isaiah Rodgers, and
they got him here on that Monday before a free
agency technically opened up. But this this so Jomo, he
was a seventh round pick in twenty twenty three and
he's a bad a.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You're right.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
I heard something interesting this week too.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
The Eagles apparently really wanted Van Gekoor in that free
agency period.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Yeah, they get it me, they did really Yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Okay, So the steam whether it was I don't remember
who tweeted it or whether there was a story, but
you know it's it's when Nordo and I were looking
at free agency twenty twenty five that you know you
had you had you had a Milton Williams, and you
had all these big names and these big hundreds of
millions of dollars in deals, and then the Viking slide
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in the back door early Monday. Oh, Isaiah Rodgers with
a nice deal, but it ain't that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
It wasn't that big.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I think people were actually irritated by that.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Pa And I'm like, holy cal they must love this
guy if they if they identified him, then closed on
ing that early because they don't want to deal with
any rigamarole. And then a story popped somewhere this week
that like the Eagles were caught off guard and they
actually wanted to match or give Isaiah Rodgers more, but
Isaiah and his representation. Isaiah Rodgers is a former Eagle,
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but his representation was kind of like, nah, you had
your chance, He's going there.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, I I you know, I saw that report.
Speaker 6 (18:35):
The Eagles wanted him back, but I'm not sure they
could offer the role that the Vikings were prepared to
offer him in terms of every down Snap.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, will they settled?
Speaker 5 (18:47):
You say, well, quin Yon Dejene, I mean you think
about the role. Isaiah Rodgers is your A plus outside
corner and they've put a ton of cash and draft
equity into that same spot.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Now, I mean this is Dori Jackson.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
I mean, they definitely should have just tried to find
a way to pay Isaiah.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
It hasn't been good.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
It's one of the Howie Roseman, like Hay Roseman, gets
a ton of credit. It's a reminder that even the
best at that position in the NFL like, there are misses,
there are miscalculations, and it happens even.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
For one of the best doing it. Well, you watch
more Vikings defensive film than I do. So you've watched
number two. I don't know if you've watched all of
his snaps, you know, but I either brought it up
with O'Connell x's and o's this Tuesday or the one
in London. But it's like Rogers must be having a
lights out year. Oh he's been great. Well, you got
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Murphy Junior with zero interceptions at six last year. They're
going at him a little more than we saw last year.
Okuda doesn't get thrown at as much as I thought,
but they also use him on the short side of
the field. You know, basically there's less room to go
at you, and he's you know, he's compensated to bust
you up at the line of scrimmage and that's actually
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what he's really really good at. So Rogers is getting
the matchups and and the strong side of the field,
and he's never on the wrong side of owls.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Yeah, And I mean the Vikings don't just man up,
so it's not like this man de man matchup all
the time.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
There's a lot of zone coverage.
Speaker 6 (20:16):
But the thing that Isaiah Rodgers has is the ball
skills and the instincts to be able to savvily play
in those zones.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I mean he's been, he's been just a Yeah, that hit.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
That's a big Brian Flores Personnel department, massive hit.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
And I wrote this earlier this week.
Speaker 6 (20:31):
But with the way they've drafted, you have to be
hitting with these free agents or else they're like, it's.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Just not gonna work. Now that's the situation right now.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Think about the Eagles.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
I mean, if they have Quinnyon, Mitchell, Cooper de Jene
and Isaiah Rodgers, I mean, Ringo's there four and and
a bad four. He's not a great two, but he
ain't a bad four. I mean, that's that's a heck
of a little trio right there.
Speaker 6 (20:55):
Would have been great and their safety rooms interesting like
Reid blank and Ship is pretty.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Zen and out.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Yeah, he's kind of a hothead, he is.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
And then they drafted this dude, Andrew Mukouba, who I
really I actually really liked going into the draft and
thought he kind of it was a sensible fit with
Bryan Flores, but.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
He's kind of wild.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
When I was watching the Eagles two days ago to
memorize numbers and.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Body types, and I'm like, who is this guy?
Speaker 6 (21:21):
He flies down from the roof like just with reckless
abandoned right, It's yeah, why are you laughing?
Speaker 5 (21:27):
Bikes bites, bikes bites, Thank you Thousand Hills. I'm laughing
because he loves numbers and he loves body type. And
he didn't get to talk for three minutes. An important
part I was, well, I got to check in on
LFL and I'm still getting snipe.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
So here we are back at it.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
You mentioned earlier just that Grenard and this this hamstring,
how how important it is and the you know, no
Van Ginkle and you're thinking about what's behind him.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
You know, you mentioned not hitting in the draft.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
That's to a depth conversation as it pertains to developing
those maybe on the back end.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Of a roster, but specifically with Grenard.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
This is a guy that I would have gotten to
this question actually with Adam and Litchfield, and he would
have gotten this one correct. That this gentleman had twelve
sacks a year ago and in terms of splash activity,
he has just won in twenty twenty five. So in
terms of raising eyebrows and changing games, it's not necessarily
coming between in terms of the obvious stat sheet markers.
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What are you loving about Grenard and why is this
absolutely vital that he plays on Sunday?
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Yeah, I mean he's just affects the quarterback and he is.
He is a guy who opposing offensive coordinators as they
plan their week out, they have to allocate multiple blockers
and attention to this guy. He requires the opposing staff
to be attentive to him and he there have been
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a lot of times where he's around the quarterback he's
probably not finishing the way even he would like to.
And then just setting the edge in the run game
and playing the run from the backside. He makes so
many tackles tracking guys from the backside.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
He has a he's relentless.
Speaker 6 (23:05):
That is like when I go to Kevin o'connell' press
conference a couple hours. I want to know who the
backup is, whether JJ is the emergency and where is
Jonathan Garnard? Like those are the that That's where my
mind is as I'll be making the commute.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
And and that press conference two o'clock kf a N
with Kevin O'Connell when we return for the final segment,
what's the best way for the Vikings to play the
game offensively and defensively from the controversial YA doc will
also offer up some predictions on the Vikings and the
Eagles when the feast returns to Buffalo Wild Wings Monticello
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I believe you have the day off that day, at
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Speaker 5 (24:24):
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Speaker 3 (24:41):
Also, thanks again to Buffalo Wild Wings Management and everybody
here for not only hosting us, but we did a
little baby trivia game out of nowhere. My man comes
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gift cards and stuff for the winner in a Buffalo
Wild Wing swag bucket. So thank you very much. Round
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make sure.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
To in in.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Gratuitous and large fashion, if you're so inclined, make sure
to tip your servers and bartenders before you leave. Okay,
when we do these feasts, they are packed houses everywhere
we go. The servers, managers and bartenders get here early,
very early, and it's a good profitable day for them.
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But let's make account even that much more because they've
been negotiating this territory in second to non fashion to
serve you. Yep, So make sure you make sure you
tip them voluminously if you are so inclined, and do
to sew for the servers and the bartenders. Now Vikings
Eagles Sunday, noon. That's the boom from the Alec doc.
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What's the best way for the Vikings offense to play
the Eagles defense?
Speaker 6 (26:00):
Yeah, Drake Lindsay needs to get the ball to Darius
Wrong game. Yep, the Vikings and the Eagles. I really
stopping the run is the game. Stopping the run and
stopping Philadelphia's run game is going to be integral. Kevin
O'Connell talked all this week about limiting turnovers, limiting penalties,
generating in early lead so that they can play aggressive
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in all three phases the way they kind of designed
this team too, and really going back to that twenty
twenty three Vikings Eagles game and watching the film, Brian
Flores was mixing it the heck up on Jalen.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Hurts, who looked very out of place.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
He did have that one big bomb to Devonte Smith,
but otherwise he was all out of sorts. So if
you can make him a drop back passer, make them
one dimensional. You feel pretty good about about the Vikings
on Sunday against the Eater.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Yeah, okay, well what about the Vikings. Conversely, let's go
to the other side of the equation.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Sure thing that would be the Vikings offense.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
I think it's gonna be you know, quick passing game
on early downs, remain out of third and long.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
The vikings on third and long this.
Speaker 6 (27:06):
Year, believe are like four of thirty, so it's and
they can be run on. I mean, Jordan Davis has
had a good year in the interior for them.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I mentioned Moro Jomo.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
They're gonna have Jalen Carter back, but their run defense
is bottom third in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Jordan Mason has been great.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
He really when he's not fumbling the football, he has
been very good creating yards. So if you can remain
out of third and long, be good on quick passing
game on early downs, should be able to move the
football as well.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Nordo, who wins and why?
Speaker 8 (27:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (27:37):
If those things happen for me, it's going to be
quick passing. I want to see some of the things
we saw developed in with Cleveland. I potentially some screen opportunities.
I'd like to see a couple of slants getting justin
Jefferson in space Addison as well. I am this is
tough man. I think that defensively, our ability to stop
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the run is going to come through. It's too obvious
that we have struggled in losses against the run, and
I believe if that we will make the Eagles one dimensional.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I believe Saquan's gonna have a tough day. Our favorite
football team will.
Speaker 5 (28:12):
Find their way to a spot where there's no wire,
and Will Reicherd will.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Get one at the wire.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Because I like, you're going to be.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Five and two now Thursday at Buffalo Wild Wings Savage
nine Am. We have that beast and then two weeks
from today's the next time you'll see Alec and I
with Nordo at a feast. And when that's the case,
it'll be in front of the Detroit Lions game. Your
Minnesota Vikings will be five and two into that game Philadelphia,
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and they're gonna beat the LA Chargers as they get
helping for Alex and Nordo.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
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Speaker 2 (28:51):
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Speaker 2 (01:16):
All right.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Welcome back to the Friday football Feast at Buffalo Wild
Wings Manticello. We welcome Adam from Lichfield to the equation
around of applause, ladies and gentlemen. Vikings twenty twenty five
Trivia Adam versus yours truly and Nordo will unfurl five
questions here. But first and foremost, let's meet Adam. When
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you chat, get close to that microphone please, and we
know you're from Lichfield.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
How long you've been a Vikings fan? And what brings
you to the feast.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I've been a Vikings fan all my life. And Adam
took a Friday off.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Two weeks ago, never been to one of these, wanted
to do it, Like Monacello is the closest one to Lichfield.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
Let's do it, buddy, my brother. How close is Lichfield
to mana Cello.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
It's about a four five minutes two hour drive.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
When's the who's your favorite player on the Minnesota Vikings?
Because as I put these as I put these stats
in these questions together, I got to make sure I
don't tilt it too heavily in your direction. Well, you
gotta go with JJ McCarthy number one, JJ McCarthy number nine.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I dig that we we're gonna have to change that
love his Yeah, we love the gink, the gink.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
The gink is on fight.
Speaker 6 (02:29):
Come on, you were bet neck help you were born
a Vikings fan, You're you're hot.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It happened.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Yeah, Well, I remember getting out of church when I
was little.
Speaker 7 (02:36):
Like say, I remember getting out of the getting out
of church when I was little and running out to
mom and Dad's vehicle at noon and putting the Vikings
game on.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
That's awesome.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
What's your what's your level of confidence in general Vikings trivia?
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Well, I was a mad dash from the stats your
last segment. Okay, and uh all the answers that I
thought would obviously our question with answers, we're like Tathan,
so like I have zero confidence right now?
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Right, well now you do get you do get an entire.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Monaicello crowd behind you, though, Did you do you feel
like you have confidence from this Manaicello Vikings loving crowd.
I do if they want to see Adam and Lichfield
beat the host to nine to.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Doone and come away with a swag bucket.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I got my buddy Troy behind me. He's a Viking girl.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Oh, there we go.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
If he can help me, we'll do it.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Some whispering in your that's interesting. He can he can
feed you answers. So why is everybody rooting against me?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Let's go here.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
There's balloons all over the place. I mean, this is
just this mana Celo has turned into Mayo.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Monicelo is the bomb.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
It's the best.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
So here's what we're gonna do. Is we kick off.
We heard the triviavid last segment. P A uh just
absolutely houset you, Alec. You really did not stand a chance.
I'm concerned with your effort level.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
In fact, as we move, I've been talking about this
rouser tailgate all.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I'm ready to get there right now.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
So I have I do have five questions, and thankfully
for the odd number, we won't need a sixth, but
it will be name is your buzzer, Adam?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
So can you just practice like you know the answer? Adam?
Can you do that, Adam? I hope he forgets his
name's never heard it. I've never heard it done better.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
And then you just give us the correct answer in
the winner, we'll get this swag bucket here.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
A courtesy of the great people. It includes a twenty
five dollars gift card.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
We got sauce, we got seasoning, seasoning for now, as
we've been obsessed over to heen.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
It's fifteen minutes to heen. It is all right.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
So here is question number one. Goody, Adam, are you ready?
Good luck brother, good luck to you.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
All right?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So you remember the London game.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
The London game?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Okay, Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
This player took one snap in the Cleveland game.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Paul, Yes, what's your name? Buddy?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I don't know, Michael.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Give us a guest, any player's name, get say Christian, darisaw.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Darisa, damn it. Let me finish the question. He took
one snap in the Cleveland game, registering a loss of
one rushing yard via Neil at the end of the
first half.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Max brozmar ding Ding ding ding ding d.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Well done, Adam, Great job, Adam, in whichfield takes what
might be a commanding one nothing lead Question number two.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
Some are disappointed that this well known Viking Paul, Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
What's your name? Where are you from?
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Ali?
Speaker 7 (05:39):
Mano solo I?
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Ali?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Say the name of any current Minnesota Viking player.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
JJ McCarthy, Dingdy oh.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Man yes or no, no, damn it, thank you, Ali.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
We're gonna let him get up to It's like Kobe
Bryant when he played at Lower Mary in high school.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Just let him get a lead. We're actually just.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Like Kobe Bryant that Lower marriag Yeah, because we're gonna
let the other team get the lead into the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Then we're gonna run him down from behind.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
A chance, a chance to go up to nothing. Here
here's the question.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Some are disappointed that this well known Viking only has
four catches through five games.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Adam feeling ding ding ding.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
To zero, Adam to zero. Well done, so, Pa now
has he just has four? He has to run the
table all for first down?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Many how many edge rusher crackback blocks? Does he have?
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Sixteens?
Speaker 2 (06:35):
At least? Ian Hockinson lead the league?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
All right?
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Question number three, Adam, you have an unbelievable lead. You
need one correct answer and you are a winner. Swag
bucket in your hands. He question number three. It's shocking
it didn't result in a touchdown, But the longest reception
of this eas in for the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Yes, Jordan Addison ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
ding ding ding And here comes per.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Did you know that one you didn't feels the longest
reception of the season. Oh, Jordan Addison in Dublin.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He had an eighty one yard lower Marion High School
jelly Bean Brian, and then he got caught by that
fast linebacker.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
That pas it was a Peyton Wilson.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yes, And I'm like, Pete, I told you fast, I
told you to break gamey fast.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
That's what I think I said. All right, here we go.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Yeah, this player, Adam MPa, is two to one in
favor of the guest, is second on the team in
rushing yards with fifty. It may not be who you'd expect, Paul, Yes,
Carson wentz.
Speaker 7 (07:59):
This.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
This player is second on the team in rushing yards.
He has fifty yards.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
JJ McCarthy, you.
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Just want to swag bucket Lake, Nice job, brother, good
bot for everybody.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Great job.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I had the right idea of the wrong quarterback because
I knew it wasn't Aaron Jones. Last job, brother, Congratulations,
great job Buffalo Wild Wings. Thank you very much for
the swag bucket, which includes a twenty five dollars gift
card to Buffalo Wild Wings and all these sauces and
everything and some coozies and stuff like that. God bless you, brother,
Thank you very much. All right, well done, sir.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
It can be real easy getting my man out from there.
Do we have a long break here?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I mean, let's pause. We'll figure it out from here
with bikes, bikes and the rest. Another round of applause
for Adam from Litchfield for playing the game. Michael ally,
thank you very much for the help. You're listening to
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Now I'm seeing that Donovan Jackson is a full participant
in practice. I'm gonna lean towards if Donovan Jackson was
a full participant today, alec that Donovan Jackson will be
playing on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I don't think I'm taking a leap there. Here's the deal.
Speaker 5 (10:53):
Michael Jurgens is also a full participant in practice. We've
just spent not just earlier this morning, but multiple days
lauding what Blake Brandell was able to do starting in
that spot at center for the first time in his
career at any level.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Ooh, Nordo, looking to get controversial.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
If everybody's healthy, I think Blake Brandell is your starting
center this weekend.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Do you agree or disagree? And why, mister Lewis, Yeah,
that would be my expectation.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
It would go Darrisol, Donovan Jackson, Blake Brandell will fries
justin school. That would be my expectation for Sunday against
the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So the kind of the and Brian O'Neil, I mean
he's out there, he is.
Speaker 6 (11:35):
Yeah, Brian, Brian's back at practice. He's been limited both
days this week. It just it feels like and it
looks like he's still just working his way.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Now.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
Will he be ready next week? That'd be the more
interesting one for me. And then really into Detroit. I
think like Detroit feels like the one for me where
you hope to be really I mean back revved up
with a lot of guys.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Doesn't that feel like the JJ spot two that.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
I mean that feels like this, which I mean if
JJ's not playing in that game, that would be very interesting.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Yeah, because I'm thinking short week against the Chargers, and
you know, the just the continuing the way that the
head coaches put it together. He needs his cat with
a full practice week, he needs full reps.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Ankle needs to feel good the whole thing.
Speaker 6 (12:17):
The one that would be or like that, the situation
that would be fascinating would be let's say Carson and
the non throwing shoulder gets dinged up in the game.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Rosberg.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I'm just saying, like I go down this path then
Broseburer's the backup he's in. Like what happens next after that?
I don't know, but like that would be the only
situation for me where I think there would be uncertainty.
I'd expect Carson Wentz to play Sunday and to play.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Next Thursday night.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
All Right, so Eden Prairie's finest former Gopher and the
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman has been a full participant.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
They opened the practice window and he jumped through it.
Speaker 5 (12:52):
He's on the field and he will be on the
field Sunday against the Eagles.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Who comes off? Would it be Eric Wilson or would.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
It be even pace if if it's there's only two
in the mix on the field at one time.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Trying to get controversial before the KO presser today. You know,
as old Spearfish is listening.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
You know I could edge you. Uh No, it's good.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
I I it's an interesting question. My expectation would be
that they it's you know, you'd see you still see
some Eric Wilson, and you'd see some Ivan Paced in
some different situations and circumstances like later downs, past coverage. Uh,
you probably have a little more Eric Wilson early downs.
If you're blitzing i've in pace from the second level.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
That probably makes more sense.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
But I i'd say with the way Eric Wilson has performed,
h to see him play a little bit more. Uh,
it wouldn't surprise me. And I've in pace has missed
ten tackles according to PFF, our favorite website, that's tied
for the most among all linebackers in the NFL this year.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
Let's shoot the client, Mike Spotts, I'm losing my voice
here minus Yeah, that was a rough My bad.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Sorry about that.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
The gerbil shifted and I'm pre pebesting again to Andrew
Van Ginkel.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Not expecting him this weekend. No, what kind of plan?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
What? What are the things that we need to see
to check boxes? To see Gank back.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
On the field. Yeah, I mean him being full at
practice would be telling.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
He's still been limited with the neck injury. It'll be
it'll be interesting to see where he's at next week.
I mean again, short week. It'd be nice to have
a little more extra rest for him as he's working
his way back.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
From the neck.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
And that's again like the Lions game, you'd hope to
really be fully loaded with a lot of your guys
like Aaron Jones is still working his way back from
the hamstring hasn't been activated from the twenty one day
window or to as his twenty one window hasn't been activated,
but like that would be a spot for him.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
As well that I kind of look at. So in
London we saw CJ. Ham speaking of open windows, he
returns to the team in plays and in terms of
protecting Carson in that game, you know, we saw Kevin
O'Connell do a ton of pre snap motions and shifts
he was bringing He'd bring Josh Oliver and CJ. Ham
almost out from various respective slot spots. He'd pre motion
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them in effectively as max protect additional blockers to help
Carson out. Is this a game where you might see
similar things to keep Carson up right despite maybe some returning.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Healthy bodies to the olone. Yeah, it's interesting.
Speaker 6 (15:26):
I felt like that Brown's game plan offensively in London
was one of the best of Kevin O'Connell's time as
the Minnesota Vikings head coach with what they were navigating
with some of the designs.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
And maybe the most exhausting there.
Speaker 6 (15:41):
Yeah, I mean no question there might be a temptation,
Like I've thought about this in a couple of ways.
There might be a temptation of you get down him
and Jackson back. You feel a little comfortable confidence in
Blake Brandell. Darisol's gonna have a full snap kind of count.
That's the expectation. So there might be a temptation to,
you know, we can air it out a little more,
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a little bit like like less quick game. But I
hope to see a lot of just the the way
that they kind of approach it against the Browns, where
it's moved the pocket, it's get the ball out quick again,
just to reiterate, when Carson Wentz has had a side
of the field that he's eyeing and he just got
a space to look at with a clean ish pocket,
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he's been effected. But when he's had to scan the
whole field move off of the initial spot, it gets
real dicey, and I think you want to prevent that
as much as possible. We haven't talked about morow Ojomo.
It's the interior Eagles defensive lineman who's not jailing Carter.
He can recap it like if you've got to be
very mindful of this guy on the interior.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Just want to point that out too.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
He has two sacks third year from Texas and this
this is he plays in June chart deep dive. What
Howie Roseman, general manager for the Eagles, has just done
so well over the years, Like Zach Bond if you
look at his four years with New Orleans, I mean,
you talk about a piece of disrespect here. It was like,
we think you have absolutely mismanaged this young man's career.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Ran Flora thought the same thing.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Wanted him here and did so with Isaiah Rodgers, and
they got him here on that Monday before a free
agency technically opened up. But this this so Jomo, he
was a seventh round pick in twenty twenty three and
he's a bad a.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You're right.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
I heard something interesting this week too.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
The Eagles apparently really wanted Van Gekoor in that free
agency period.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Yeah, they get it me, they did really Yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Okay, So the steam whether it was I don't remember
who tweeted it or whether there was a story, but
you know it's it's when Nordo and I were looking
at free agency twenty twenty five that you know you
had you had you had a Milton Williams, and you
had all these big names and these big hundreds of
millions of dollars in deals, and then the Viking slide
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in the back door early Monday. Oh, Isaiah Rodgers with
a nice deal, but it ain't that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
It wasn't that big.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I think people were actually irritated by that.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Pa And I'm like, holy cal they must love this
guy if they if they identified him, then closed on
ing that early because they don't want to deal with
any rigamarole. And then a story popped somewhere this week
that like the Eagles were caught off guard and they
actually wanted to match or give Isaiah Rodgers more, but
Isaiah and his representation. Isaiah Rodgers is a former Eagle,
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but his representation was kind of like, nah, you had
your chance, He's going there.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, I I you know, I saw that report.
Speaker 6 (18:35):
The Eagles wanted him back, but I'm not sure they
could offer the role that the Vikings were prepared to
offer him in terms of every down Snap.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, will they settled?
Speaker 5 (18:47):
You say, well, quin Yon Dejene, I mean you think
about the role. Isaiah Rodgers is your A plus outside
corner and they've put a ton of cash and draft
equity into that same spot.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Now, I mean this is Dori Jackson.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
I mean, they definitely should have just tried to find
a way to pay Isaiah.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
It hasn't been good.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
It's one of the Howie Roseman, like Hay Roseman, gets
a ton of credit. It's a reminder that even the
best at that position in the NFL like, there are misses,
there are miscalculations, and it happens even.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
For one of the best doing it. Well, you watch
more Vikings defensive film than I do. So you've watched
number two. I don't know if you've watched all of
his snaps, you know, but I either brought it up
with O'Connell x's and o's this Tuesday or the one
in London. But it's like Rogers must be having a
lights out year. Oh he's been great. Well, you got
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Murphy Junior with zero interceptions at six last year. They're
going at him a little more than we saw last year.
Okuda doesn't get thrown at as much as I thought,
but they also use him on the short side of
the field. You know, basically there's less room to go
at you, and he's you know, he's compensated to bust
you up at the line of scrimmage and that's actually
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what he's really really good at. So Rogers is getting
the matchups and and the strong side of the field,
and he's never on the wrong side of owls.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Yeah, And I mean the Vikings don't just man up,
so it's not like this man de man matchup all
the time.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
There's a lot of zone coverage.
Speaker 6 (20:16):
But the thing that Isaiah Rodgers has is the ball
skills and the instincts to be able to savvily play
in those zones.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
I mean he's been, he's been just a Yeah, that hit.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
That's a big Brian Flores Personnel department, massive hit.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
And I wrote this earlier this week.
Speaker 6 (20:31):
But with the way they've drafted, you have to be
hitting with these free agents or else they're like, it's.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Just not gonna work. Now that's the situation right now.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Think about the Eagles.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
I mean, if they have Quinnyon, Mitchell, Cooper de Jene
and Isaiah Rodgers, I mean, Ringo's there four and and
a bad four. He's not a great two, but he
ain't a bad four. I mean, that's that's a heck
of a little trio right there.
Speaker 6 (20:55):
Would have been great and their safety rooms interesting like
Reid blank and Ship is pretty.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Zen and out.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Yeah, he's kind of a hothead, he is.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
And then they drafted this dude, Andrew Mukouba, who I
really I actually really liked going into the draft and
thought he kind of it was a sensible fit with
Bryan Flores, but.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
He's kind of wild.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
When I was watching the Eagles two days ago to
memorize numbers and.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Body types, and I'm like, who is this guy?
Speaker 6 (21:21):
He flies down from the roof like just with reckless
abandoned right, It's yeah, why are you laughing?
Speaker 5 (21:27):
Bikes bites, bikes bites, Thank you Thousand Hills. I'm laughing
because he loves numbers and he loves body type. And
he didn't get to talk for three minutes. An important
part I was, well, I got to check in on
LFL and I'm still getting snipe.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
So here we are back at it.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
You mentioned earlier just that Grenard and this this hamstring,
how how important it is and the you know, no
Van Ginkle and you're thinking about what's behind him.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
You know, you mentioned not hitting in the draft.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
That's to a depth conversation as it pertains to developing
those maybe on the back end.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Of a roster, but specifically with Grenard.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
This is a guy that I would have gotten to
this question actually with Adam and Litchfield, and he would
have gotten this one correct. That this gentleman had twelve
sacks a year ago and in terms of splash activity,
he has just won in twenty twenty five. So in
terms of raising eyebrows and changing games, it's not necessarily
coming between in terms of the obvious stat sheet markers.
(22:22):
What are you loving about Grenard and why is this
absolutely vital that he plays on Sunday?
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Yeah, I mean he's just affects the quarterback and he is.
He is a guy who opposing offensive coordinators as they
plan their week out, they have to allocate multiple blockers
and attention to this guy. He requires the opposing staff
to be attentive to him and he there have been
(22:50):
a lot of times where he's around the quarterback he's
probably not finishing the way even he would like to.
And then just setting the edge in the run game
and playing the run from the backside. He makes so
many tackles tracking guys from the backside.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
He has a he's relentless.
Speaker 6 (23:05):
That is like when I go to Kevin o'connell' press
conference a couple hours. I want to know who the
backup is, whether JJ is the emergency and where is
Jonathan Garnard? Like those are the that That's where my
mind is as I'll be making the commute.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
And and that press conference two o'clock kf a N
with Kevin O'Connell when we return for the final segment,
what's the best way for the Vikings to play the
game offensively and defensively from the controversial YA doc will
also offer up some predictions on the Vikings and the
Eagles when the feast returns to Buffalo Wild Wings Monticello
after this song k F a N. A Thursday Football
(24:10):
Feast at Buffalo Wild Wings Savage takes place in six
days and the Vikings are at the LA Chargers. Yours
truly and Alex Lewis will be in so Cow Nordo.
I believe you have the day off that day, at
least the way you're laying it out with fanline in
the evening.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Fan line and then we'll host an in studio feast
I believe on Friday, yep and muss Well, Mike Mussman
K one two, he'll be taking you through the Buffalo
Wild Wings Savage Feast on Thursday, So say hello to
Muss at nine am this Thursday.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Also, thanks again to Buffalo Wild Wings Management and everybody
here for not only hosting us, but we did a
little baby trivia game out of nowhere. My man comes
over with like one hundred dollars worth of gifts and
gift cards and stuff for the winner in a Buffalo
Wild Wing swag bucket. So thank you very much. Round
of applause for everybody here. Hey, make sure before you leave,
(25:05):
make sure.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
To in in.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Gratuitous and large fashion, if you're so inclined, make sure
to tip your servers and bartenders before you leave. Okay,
when we do these feasts, they are packed houses everywhere
we go. The servers, managers and bartenders get here early,
very early, and it's a good profitable day for them.
(25:31):
But let's make account even that much more because they've
been negotiating this territory in second to non fashion to
serve you. Yep, So make sure you make sure you
tip them voluminously if you are so inclined, and do
to sew for the servers and the bartenders. Now Vikings
Eagles Sunday, noon. That's the boom from the Alec doc.
(25:56):
What's the best way for the Vikings offense to play
the Eagles defense?
Speaker 6 (26:00):
Yeah, Drake Lindsay needs to get the ball to Darius
Wrong game. Yep, the Vikings and the Eagles. I really
stopping the run is the game. Stopping the run and
stopping Philadelphia's run game is going to be integral. Kevin
O'Connell talked all this week about limiting turnovers, limiting penalties,
generating in early lead so that they can play aggressive
(26:22):
in all three phases the way they kind of designed
this team too, and really going back to that twenty
twenty three Vikings Eagles game and watching the film, Brian
Flores was mixing it the heck up on Jalen.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Hurts, who looked very out of place.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
He did have that one big bomb to Devonte Smith,
but otherwise he was all out of sorts. So if
you can make him a drop back passer, make them
one dimensional. You feel pretty good about about the Vikings
on Sunday against the Eater.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Yeah, okay, well what about the Vikings. Conversely, let's go
to the other side of the equation.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Sure thing that would be the Vikings offense.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
I think it's gonna be you know, quick passing game
on early downs, remain out of third and long.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
The vikings on third and long this.
Speaker 6 (27:06):
Year, believe are like four of thirty, so it's and
they can be run on. I mean, Jordan Davis has
had a good year in the interior for them.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I mentioned Moro Jomo.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
They're gonna have Jalen Carter back, but their run defense
is bottom third in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Jordan Mason has been great.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
He really when he's not fumbling the football, he has
been very good creating yards. So if you can remain
out of third and long, be good on quick passing
game on early downs, should be able to move the
football as well.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Nordo, who wins and why?
Speaker 8 (27:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (27:37):
If those things happen for me, it's going to be
quick passing. I want to see some of the things
we saw developed in with Cleveland. I potentially some screen opportunities.
I'd like to see a couple of slants getting justin
Jefferson in space Addison as well. I am this is
tough man. I think that defensively, our ability to stop
(27:58):
the run is going to come through. It's too obvious
that we have struggled in losses against the run, and
I believe if that we will make the Eagles one dimensional.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I believe Saquan's gonna have a tough day. Our favorite
football team will.
Speaker 5 (28:12):
Find their way to a spot where there's no wire,
and Will Reicherd will.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Get one at the wire.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Because I like, you're going to be.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Five and two now Thursday at Buffalo Wild Wings Savage
nine Am. We have that beast and then two weeks
from today's the next time you'll see Alec and I
with Nordo at a feast. And when that's the case,
it'll be in front of the Detroit Lions game. Your
Minnesota Vikings will be five and two into that game Philadelphia,
(28:40):
and they're gonna beat the LA Chargers as they get
helping for Alex and Nordo.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
I'm Paul Allen.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
We thank Jay Dubb the Street Team and Devin Ward
back at KFA in and Monticello Manta Sella.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
We thank you God bless all of you. You're fantastic.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Enjoy the game and be there for the boom as
Today's Paul Allen Show, or listen back to previous show
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