December 29, 2025 • 31 mins
Some Brian Flores fodder to start the hour, with his name already buzzing around the eventual NFL coaching carousel, replay airing of the post-Lions W drive-by chats and a wrap on the show!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Human.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
All right, surety here I said it earlier. What do
you think of this?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Given nobody of significance is shooting down the fact that
Brian Flores defensive coordinator Vikings contract is up at the
end of the season. I think it's fair to lay
it out like this for me. And this is with
absolutely no steam, no tapping on shoulders, no background. This
is just playing the discernment card. I don't know what
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Floras makes, and I don't care what Flores makes. I
do not envision him becoming a head coach this next
cycle coming at us, and I'm not even sure he
wants to be a head coach. Quite honestly, I think
I just think that's a little overrated after the last cycle.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I think this part's key.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Brian and his wife have kids in Minnesota sports programs,
and he and his wife love Minnesota, they love where
they live, and they love these programs their kids are in. Now,
it would be the first time somebody would take a
bleep load of money and go somewhere else to coordinate
and become an associate head coach and uproot kids and
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move them. No, but it just I'd be shocked if
Brian is not here on some new swanky deal. It
feels like it has some blank checked terrorism to it.
I can't see the family saying no, the family being
the wolfs. And I mean this is regurgitated a little bit,
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but just just for reminders, look what he has orchestrated
or been part of this year. And I'm gonna start
with Fabian Moreau. All right, people are like twenty three
who cares really well, You don't care until somebody's bad
and they keep getting beat by double moves and you've
got nobody behind them. Fabe Moreau never ever, ever is
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on the wrong side of catastrophic things. And that doesn't
bear repeating, but I think it's significant given as much
as he plays. Harrison Smith is a renaissance man. The
offense all season has failed to consistently sustain drives. You
were plus six on the Lions, who had eight gives
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all year. I mean, that's pay Rays bump Worthy right there.
Didn't give up a passing touchdown to Dak Love Caleb
Darnold and almost put golf on a fat zero. Eric
Wilson is the most tackles for loss of all NFL linebackers.
Cashman is identifiable in that you notice him all over
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the place, mixes in like fourteen to sixteen tackles a game.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
I think you set the franchise record on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Super reliable. We call that blank check terrorism. Because my
discernment leads me to what I said earlier. My bets
would be Brian Flores doesn't want to leave, and they
won't let it become an issue.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Why do you think I think for the I think
for the most part, you're right. I think I personally
think as family piece matters. I think the family piece matters.
I think that this is a person that has growing
leverage and control over his unit, potentially personnel in such
people that he wants to bring in to mold this defense.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Does the change if Clayton tune goes for three sixty
four and zero.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
I don't think it changes because I don't think that'll happen.
I was he one to four with a pick or
whatever he was when he had to go.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
In the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Though.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
The one thing for me is I've always looked at
the Steelers and this could be dumb. Ever since he
went there after things went south in Miami. He went
there as an assistant to Tomlin. My first instinct was
that's a that's a baton handoff. Now that didn't happen.
They re upped Tomlin, and then of course Flora comes
here as the DC.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I argde you go with this on fan line, and
I loved it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
All the weirdness that exists around the legal situation between
Flores and the league, forget all that drama just for
a moment. I think that if he is going to
sink his teeth into a second opportunity, it has to
be the A plus of a class, the almost a
nookie blanky true understanding of what he's entering into with
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that organization. And so I think the only job that
he would ultimately leave for to elevate into a head
coaching job this offseason would be the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I don't think is going to be open.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
And if people truly want Harrison Smith to return, you
want Flores. I'm positive on Harrison Smith's returning. I mean,
at the end of the season last year, let's go
all the cart year by year, there were just some
things that were taking place on the back end of
the defense, granted against a red hot Lions offense with
Ben where I'm kind of like, yeah, okay, so he
went there and we'll figure it out stuff like that.
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This this is not hyperbole that Harrison's Harrison Smith is
playing as well right now as almost at any point
of his career that I can remember.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
And I think I think they're using him differently too
over the last couple of months where they're putting him
at the line and he's not running forty yards back
pre snap. He is coming right and and he's finding
his way to the QB. I just you're you've seen
the mental side of his game, I think really shine
over the last so many weeks. Take Don and and yeah,
I mean if he's able to come back, there's part
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of this not just that I love to too Operation
forty twenty club, but also what Harrison Smith, what that
what that that hole would look like without him, and
what that means moving forward because Flora is from anyone
since he got here. We want to take some snaps
off the old time, or we want to keep some
tread on those tires for twenty two. But he can't, right,
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he can't, and all respect him at Tellus and and
THEO Jackson's trying to make his way. You can't have
two to two off the field as it currently is.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
So yeah, let's go year by year with them.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
When the when the Vikings beat the Lions on Christmas Day,
yours truly brought the contraption to the Vikings locker room,
uh for for several reasons, but mainly to celebrate that
game Harrison Smith had that day. That's a common thread
in our drive by conversations.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We're gonna play him back now, all right, welcome back
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to nine to noon.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
First day at Christmas, Vikings gave to me a final
game against green Bay. Second day at Christmas, Vikings gave
to me two interceptions.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
For what PARTN eight from the twenty eight big Blitz.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Van Gigkle smacks Goff, who gets it off.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Henny crows an interception Byron Murphy Junior.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Yes, Sir, Henny runs on the bounds at the forty
eight yard line. Minnesota Vikings up turned over the Detroit
Lions three.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Times Byron, drive by Byron. You win eighteen without an interception.
Now you've got interceptions in consecutive games. Man, it's like
you're showing off.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Definitely.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
Obviously, me and you we talked about this coming up
short throughout the whole season not having any Just you know,
once I got my first one, I gotta keep stacking him,
obviously making place for a defense.
Speaker 7 (08:07):
But today was a great day and it was just amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Finily, that's phenomenal. The guy who are left, You're right
my left, Harrison Smith. I mean, I'm gonna wait for
the media to leave and I'm gonna walk up to
him with the drive by, say, bro, you just can't stop.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Honestly, you can't.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I know it's fourteen years, might be tired and stuff
like that, but holy cow, is he playing good man?
Speaker 8 (08:25):
Probably? Like I said, he's a goat.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
He's a Hall of Femer for a reason, one of
the best, and obviously still playing at a high level.
And like you said, I don't want him to go nowhere.
That's the leader of our room. But yeah, definitely been
playing at a high level and I just love I
love being around it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Love Eyboddy.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Merry Christmas, and thanks for always being so kind, Sarah,
Merry Christmas. Ira Murphy Junior one of my very favorite
cheer man drive bys after a twenty three to ten
victory Redford, Michigan native Real Quick.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Eric Wilson.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Eric Wilson I want to begin with Harrison Smith, but
I mean, he just can't be done, honestly. I mean,
I know it's fourteen years and everything, but I mean,
picking an interception today, three passes, defense, block shots, as
Kevin O'Connell calls them. He joined Ronde Barber as the
only two players in the history of the NFL with
at least thirty eight picks and twenty one and.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
A half sacks. So he might be done, but he
just can't be done. Man. He's playing so good. He's
playing great.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Man.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
He's a leader out there. Man, recount on him. He's
the heart of this defense. So it's awesome to see
him go out there and make plays on a big day,
Christmas Day, tight game division.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
It's huge.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Man.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Hey, Eric helped me with this.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
The Lions came into the game with only eight gibbs,
fewest in the NFL. Wasn't even close. You guys went
out there and took it six times from them. I mean,
b flowed. The whole defense is just on fire right
now with the unpredictability at the line.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
What do you think about all that?
Speaker 9 (09:45):
I think it's a testament playing together.
Speaker 10 (09:47):
Man.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Everybody's got to be on the same page with the
type of stuff that we do.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
You know, we rely on one another.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
We got to trust one another, and it's awesome for
it to be on display.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Well you buddy, Mary Christmas, Mary Christmas. Well Eric Wilson.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Eric Wilson leads all linebackers in the NFL with tackles
for a lost And we'll come over here real quick.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Jay Ward. It's you had one of those games today, man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Where if you like look at the box score and stuff,
you'd be like, all right, we got this and we
got that. You're playing with your hair on fire right now, man,
I mean you are playing so good, jay Ward. We're
gonna get to that momentarily, because you've been a safety
in a corner this year. The guy over to our
right you're left, Harrison Smith. The common thread is he
just can't be done. I mean seriously, the way he's
playing right now, wouldn't you agree?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
He need to go and come back one, will you?
Which is uh. I just talked to Eric Wilson about this.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
But Lions came into the game, man, they only gave
it away eight times the whole year. You guys took
it six times from them today or some.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Of the keys did doing your job. You're one and eleven.
The players go come to you, stot, don't chase them.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Oh, by the way, something we've talked about for about
a month and a half, you never having a sack
in your life. You actually had one in a preseason game.
I think it might've been against Houston or Arizona a
few years remember.
Speaker 10 (11:00):
That my rookie year against a Z But that don't
count those though.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
All right, well, you got one more game to get
ones to go out there a THEO. Theo Jackson got
the first sack of his career today. You got to
be next, right.
Speaker 11 (11:11):
It felt like I had got it when I seen
Theo get it.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
But I'm doing a cluelessen. You're playing so good right now.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Man, God bless you and congratulations Mary Christ, Thank you,
Mary Christ. It's Jay Ward safety slash corner for the
Minnesota Vikings. Some drive bys after a rather convincing victory
over the Detroit Lions. Here here's Andrew van Ginkel that
that fumble recovery when they tried to quick snap and
get all sneaky and everything early kind of turned the
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whole thing around.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Aaron Jones got into the end zone took the lead.
But you know, kind of the.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Common thread with this, Andrew has been Lions came into
the game with eight giveaways the entire season through fifteen games,
eight by far number one in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
You guys took it six times from them today. How
about that?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (11:56):
Yeah, it's you know, something that we struggle with at
times this season, and we knew when they came they
were gonna come in bunches.
Speaker 8 (12:01):
So we're a resilient bunch. We keep fighting, we keep pushing.
Speaker 12 (12:05):
Obviously, the season hasn't gone the way we wanted it to,
but you know, we we keep getting after it and
we play every game hard. We play physical, and we
play to the best of our ability, and when you
do that, good things happen.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
What what's the season been like for you? I mean,
you missed some time and maybe coming back from that
it took a little while to get going, but it
seems like you're completely full throttle right now.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (12:26):
Obviously, you know it was tough being out those games.
You know, you sit there and you watch and you
know it's hard, you know, because you want to be
out there helping the team win. You want to be
doing everything you can to, you know, help the guys
in this locker room. You know, that's what it's all about.
And when you can't be out there, it can it
can cause some you know, stress on you.
Speaker 8 (12:44):
But I'm happy with Yeah, you're right, you know.
Speaker 12 (12:47):
It kind of took my footing to get going again,
but I feel like myself again. I feel confident, comfortable
and just trying to make.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Place all right.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
The last lay the guy to your right my left.
Harrison Smith, fourteenth year from Notre Dame. Today was this
two hundred and second start, third most in the history
of Vikings football. I think it was this two hundred
and six game overall. After the game, he told Ben Lieber,
in all of the games he's played here, all two six,
today was one of the if not the best defensive
performances he's ever been a part of. I mean, I'm
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gonna go over and chat with Harrison momentarian. He just
can't be done, Canny. I mean, maybe he's tired and everything.
Old people get tired. Just asked me, I'm gonna be
sixty in two weeks. But still he's playing so good.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
He played you.
Speaker 12 (13:28):
Know, he's so smart, he's he's knowledgeable of the game.
He you know, he might not have the step that
he used to have, but he's you know, he plays
with instincts. He plays smart. He knows exactly where to be,
which allows him to play fast. And you know, he's
the leader of our team. He deserves to be in
the Hall of Fame. He has, He's had a great
career and who knows what he did does at the
end of this year.
Speaker 8 (13:48):
But you know, I'm proud to be able to be.
Speaker 12 (13:50):
His teammate, to be able to play with him and
see what he's all about, because you know, I can
use that my career going forward.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And just take us inside the weeds as quickly as
much as you can without oversharing obviously, But I mean
the role of this defense is on right now with
with the deception and the play calls, and you know,
I mean Golf super smart and Dak Prescott's super smart,
and man, you guys have just fooled the heck out
of them.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Yeah, you know, it starts with flow.
Speaker 12 (14:13):
What he you know, he comes with the game plan
every week and you know, Harrison Smith, he does does
a good job of putting us in the right place.
You know, he has the lead right to make these
changes at the line to you know, try to be
one step ahead of them.
Speaker 8 (14:25):
When they check, we try to check.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
You know.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
It's it's a cat and mouse.
Speaker 12 (14:28):
Game that we're playing with them, and you know, we
try to have the upper hand to put pressure on them.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Enjoy the downtime a little bit. You get here before
the last game against Green Bay. Love you, buddy. Merry
Christmas to you and your family. And you're one of
my favorite You haven't been here that long, You're one
of my favorites in the twenty four years I've done it.
So I appreciate your friendship, and I appreciate the way
you play.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
God bless you.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
It means a lot to me. Merry Christmas to you
as well.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Andrew Van Ginkel.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
After the Vikings beat the Detroit Lions approved eight and eight,
Harrison Smith still being interviewed by members of the media.
We'll go ahead and put the drive by Mike right
by Harrison. See what saying right now before we get him.
Speaker 10 (15:02):
And that kind of like, I don't know if that
just kind of excites your nervous system or.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
What it is, but it's a lot of fun. Earlier
as emotional as you've ever been after.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 10 (15:14):
I'm pretty like honestly, I've been emotional since I was.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Like since I was a kid playing football.
Speaker 10 (15:20):
I used to my dad told Manny to like find
a way to get it under control. So I know
that's not my reputation because I'm pretty quiet. But the
game of football is it's emotional. So it just it
just happens sometimes.
Speaker 13 (15:40):
I feel like that just getting later in your career,
that that comes to be a bigger part of it.
Just understanding the context of I only have so many
of these days left, whether it's this year, next year, whatever.
Speaker 10 (15:51):
Yeah, there's definitely a you know, a maturity then you
realize your own football mortality. It's when you're young, you're
just there's there's no end in sight, and you know,
the past couple of years, it's I know it's there.
It's like it's not a it's not a motion out
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of sadness. It's just because it's it's it's more heightened,
I would say, so you just feel a little more.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah, I'm just gonna sneak in a quick drive by here.
I'm never gonna forget today. And you had a lot
to do with that, and you know you and I've
been around for a long time, man, And after the game,
you told Ben Leeber today was your two hundred and
second start, third most in the history of the Vikings,
passing hof Carleler. I think you've played two six or
two oh seven. You told Ben this is one of
the greatest defensive performances you've ever been part of. That
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is such a big statement to make, and you're absolutely right.
But like what was going through your mind when you
said that, what led to like one of the best
over the last fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I mean, I think.
Speaker 10 (16:54):
It's the It's probably the reality to start with, but
just like the amount of plays getting made by everybody,
the way that we decided to play, I think, I
think is what I was speaking to the most, and
I was on I've been on a lot of defenses
that did have that style and I will never forget
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those ones either, and those from some phenomenal defenses. You know,
It's just it's just how it went today, and we
were feeding off each other.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I'm gonna let you go here. Man.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
You've had a lot of media stuff and it's been
a tree watching you and waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
My common thread here has been that the Lions.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Came into the game with a Gibbs Okay, absolutely best
in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
You guys took it from them six.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Times today, So as the team goes, it's the most
underrated story in the NFL because of the record. I mean,
you got the Bears doing what they're doing, Denver finally loses,
but I mean this defense is absolutely one of the
best in the NFL. I think people will start talking
about it now. Not that you care about that, but
this defense man. When O'Connell says the cat and mouse
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like you have with smart quarterbacks like Dak and Jerref,
how do you get ready for that?
Speaker 9 (18:02):
Like?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
What are some keys? Realistically?
Speaker 10 (18:05):
It's just it starts with just the amount of experience
I have in the game, Like and I was fortunate
to play previously for you know, Mike Zimmer, who was
very aggressive as a play caller as well, so I
had I had some experience. And then when Flow got here,
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you know, it's it's it's not the same, it's it's different.
It's his own thing, but he's he's kind of expanded
some things we can do and given a little bit
of I think I've said this before, like a little
bit of autonomic autonomy to the players because he builds
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the system and has trust that we can execute all
the things within it. And I think it's you know,
we started out three years ago doing it and it
was it was okay, and built last year and I
think you're kind of and it gets to a pretty
high level right now.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
He's diabolical. That's the only way to put it. I
know you're not going to commit. You can't be done,
Are you kidding me? I mean, honestly, I've called all
your games, man, and you know, all the way back
to twenty fifteen, to the College Stadium when you picked
off Eli Manning for your fourth interception touchdown me, we
go all the way back, man. It's you're not conclusively
done right fourteen into it.
Speaker 10 (19:23):
I'm I'm not thinking about it right now. And I've
said that like the last three or four years, so
you're probably sick of that answer.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
But that's great.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
It's I'm having fun right now and I don't want
to take anything away.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
From Love you very much, buddy. You're fantastic at what
you do. Merry Christmas and congratulations on the win. Merry Christmas,
Pa Harrison Smith. He's the bomb. Holy cow.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
I mean, what a what a memorable memorable day.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Guided by Harrison Smith as we do some post game
drive bys, walk.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Over here, Jail and Redmond, Jail and Redman all over
the field again the the.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Lions came into the game, man, with eight giveaways the
whole year. All right, Now, I understand it's the giving season,
but I don't think they thought to come in here
and give it away six times. You took it from
them six times and they only had eight into the game.
What do you think some of the keys were?
Speaker 11 (20:15):
Yeah, man, that's I have to get out to the
to the defense and back again, getting that pressure up
on them real quick, and you know, just trying to
get get the ball out quick. And the guys in
the back end did what they were supposed to do.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
How do you define like what you do as a
defensive tackle defensive lineman. I mean, you got really good wiggle,
You're you're defined as the defensive tackle. But like with
Grenard or Van Ginkle were down at one point, you
were standing up on the edge and stuff like that
for a little bit. But like, what are some keys
to playing as well as you've played this year?
Speaker 11 (20:44):
Jailing man, just just to practice, just doing it. Honestly,
there's really no just no real formula to you know.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Let me rephrase it. I mean you're a year and
change removed from being in Arlington or Dallas running game. Okay,
and I know you had a blood cloud issue earlier
in your life, you know, and clearly you've worked your
way through that. So like, like, what what do you
think people missed? You know when you came out of Oklahoma?
You know, because clearly with all these tackles for loss
and these sacks and everything, you belonged as a starter
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in the NFL.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Yeah, Man, I say this all the time. I wouldn't
change everything that happened in my past for anything. Yeah,
it happened when it was supposed to happen. I probably wouldn't,
you know, I probably couldn't handle what I'm doing right
now at that age coming out. So I say that
all the time. Man, it happened when it was supposed to.
It was a horrorad, but we got through. Congratulations, have
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a very merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to YouTube, Thank you him, God,
bless you, Mam. Jael and Redmond part of the Vikings
defensive line. That had a really really good time today against.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
A makeshift Lions offensive line.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
But you know what, the Minnesota Vikings had a makeshift
moving company too. They came into it with Justin's school
making his eighth start at left tackle, Michael Jurgens making
a second start at center replacing Ryan Kelly, and Brian
O'Neill tried to give it a go, but it.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Was a late scratch.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
So therefore Blake brandle I had to step in and
start at right tackle, and they all played.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Part of it.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
As Max Brosmer walks to his press conference, we're going
to drive by a walk with him.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Congre thank you, congratulations on the victory. Thank you so much.
PA like that watch? Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Do what can I watch that?
Speaker 3 (22:27):
That's a bright wing from Continental Diamond. And since we
just gave him that nice little pope, we can save
some money on it. You've got a press conference to do.
I want to congratulate you on the victory. Oh, you
got that victory like you did last week filling in
for McCarthy, and you got one to go against the
Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Man.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
It just Harrison Smith and just the defense today and everything,
the running game Addison on the jet.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
What a fun Christmas, right, Oh my lord, best Christmas
I think that I've had before.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
You're awesome when good things happened to you. I'm super happy.
God bless you. Merry Christmas. Congratulations, Thanks Pa, Max Brosmer,
thank you Spirit for Sammy for the the old drive
by out of nowhere, and the Minnesota Vikings have beaten
the Detroit Lions to improved a eight and eight. Oh
I since one more drive by before we leave those
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traps to the other side of the locker room. Can't
leave Christmas without brief Aaron Jones conversation. I mean you're tough, man,
You're tough. Merry Christmas, God bless you. You're a veteran.
You played against Haarris and Smith. I just got done
chat with him. Man, I'm like, you just.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I mean, you can't be done. Are you kidding me?
It's I've called all of his games. He's playing as
well right now as he's ever played.
Speaker 14 (23:33):
Yeah, And after the game he came in here and
he's like, I don't know if I've ever had as
much fun. He was like talking addressing the team, and
then I shouted out, oh, so that means you got
to come back next year if you're having this much fun.
So just honored to be able to play with him
now after playing against him, and I've got to have
conversations with him and tell him how he's made me
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a better player and kind of gave me the confidence
that I've arrived playing against him as well, So he's
done a lot for my confidence. And then just being
able to pick his brain as a veteran, Hey, what
is the safety see on this? Are they looking at
the backsize? If you have a if you have the
back and man, what are you thinking? And I know
all dv's played different because they rely on their their
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technique or their skill what makes them them, but you
can get a good gauge of what guys are thinking.
Speaker 7 (24:22):
And he's he's a true leader.
Speaker 14 (24:24):
And you see the I don't know if he was
in here after the game, but you see the true
reception that he got. And I hope he comes back
next year. I'm gonna stand his ear. His lockers are
right next to him one at TCO, so I'm gonna
stand his ear and C J.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Ham So all right, And when I say, I mean,
there's so many things I appreciate you about Aaron. When
you played for Green Bay, Man, I just heard a
bunch of things from Packers, packer media and stuff on
how much they loved you there and the fans loved you.
And now we're living it and seeing it here. You
got your first touchdown in a month and a half.
That was great to start festivities. But when you left
that giant scam early, man, you know why, Gee you
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on the sideline, work your way to get back in
the game. For yourself, sure, but for your team too,
because Jordan got hurt too, and you knew they needed you.
But you also know this is a non playoff here.
Yet you still bust your butt to get out there
and be with your teammates. Not everybody's like that, Man,
I've seen a lot like you. Not everybody's like that.
Why is it so important for you to play through
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these injuries to help your brothers?
Speaker 7 (25:25):
So's football character one. We're building.
Speaker 14 (25:28):
We're building and we're forging for next year, and I
want to I want them to.
Speaker 7 (25:33):
See, especially the young guys.
Speaker 14 (25:35):
Hey, if it's not broke, if it is, if I'm
not out for the season, I can get out there.
I can tape it up and I can find a way.
And like you said, I know my teammates are depending
on me and relying on me, and I feel like,
truly I can't let them down.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
So that's just on my herd.
Speaker 14 (25:50):
And then also if I'm sitting on the sideline and
wondering if I can play and don't, it's gonna bother
me more. And just even when I am, like against
Detroit the first time we played him in I got
hurt and didn't couldn't come back in the game, and
it hurt me more to be on the sideline watching
than to be out there with those guys.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Lastly, I want to give some love to one of
your running back room brothers.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I'm a huge Ty Chandler guy.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Man, he's one of the sweetest people, and he's fast
and he's good and it's bug to bleep out of
him all year that he had to battle that injury,
got himself back, was an active when active today with
Mason down, ended up being your backup.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Ty gave you a little pop. I mean, that's so
great for Ty Chandler.
Speaker 14 (26:31):
He gave us a huge, a huge pick me up.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
When he came in the game.
Speaker 14 (26:37):
I told him was probably today's Thursday, so I probably
told him Wednesday, no Tuesday walking out of the facility.
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Hey, I'm proud of you. I know at the.
Speaker 14 (26:46):
Beginning of the year, or even before that, vern OTAs
when you're back at home and all season on your
own and your training, you're putting in that work. You
never envisited your season going like this, and you didn't
come playing about it one time.
Speaker 7 (27:01):
You kept your head down. You showed up to work
every day.
Speaker 14 (27:04):
You was still a joy to be around at light,
giving your feedback on what you see and helping everybody.
And he showed up. Like I said, he showed up
every day. He could have been feeling bad, sad for
himself or bad.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
He never did that.
Speaker 14 (27:16):
And I told him it always works out the way
as opposed to and I'm happy he's getting his opportunity.
And then when it was his time to go in
the game, I told him, Hey, make the most of
every opportunity you get.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
My ma'am, Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Please tell your mom thank you for loving, respecting and
following the Gospel of Jesus Christ as closely as she does.
And likewise for you, God bless you. Merry Christmas. You
are the consummate teammate, one of the toughest guys I've
ever seen.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Thank you very much, thank.
Speaker 14 (27:44):
You, and like you said, all glory to God. Without him,
none of this is possible in today's especially his day.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
That's Aaron Jones, last one of many as part of
the patented post victory locker room drive bys by PA.
This time it was on Christmas Day, following of battering,
the beating, the throttling, that the lot that the Vikings defense,
in particular one side of affair put on the Lions
Christmas Day at us Bank Stadium.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Final segment nine to noon is I kill wait, gill
wait until the Morrow.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Alright after the Minnesota Wild beat Winnipeg again this weekend, UH,
they tried to stay hot against the teams that have
foiled them over the years, the likes of the Las
Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars eventually the Avs eventually, but
Las Vegas Golden Knights. Tonight nine o'clock k f a
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N the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
They're on the Uh. They're on the Timberwolves.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
iHeart Audio channel UH and that one's at seven o'clock
from the second city the Bulls have beaten the Timberwolves
five of the last eight times and off some of that,
you know, potential trade related conversation involving the Timberwolves, the
trading deadline and potentially looking for point guards. Well, you
can watch a couple tonight who could be tradable. The
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name Kobe White popped up due to Legion Hoops or
something a couple of weeks ago. Kobe White's going great
guns for the Bulls and somebody I'd be interested in
because his minutes are cut right now. He's a Minnesotan too,
so people may dig that. But Trey Jones plays about
twenty twenty five minutes a game. It's kind of lost
in the shuffle. With the likes of Kobe White and
(29:33):
Josh Giddy, Trey Jones, he might be attainable and he's
a true point guard. So that's tonight seven o'clock. iHeart Timberwolves.
Channel Tomorrow nine to noon has our final x's and
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be a twin Citi's Orthopedics Performance Center. Talk to you then,
thanks for listening today. I'm Paul Allen. Here comes Big
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Daddy Cohn to put a rap on the shelf.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Good boys, the game is over.
Speaker 7 (30:03):
Just lessen jiff Lesson. Time for two more.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Happy Monday.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Approaching the new year and it's almost time to pack
away the Vikes gear. But there's one more ride, so
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Speaker 2 (30:25):
Man.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
It's funny, but to be clear, we aren't stealing billions
of your tax money.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Speaking of fraud, I was wrong about the Bears.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Caleb has been brilliant avoiding all the snares and the
packer won and done. Philly's looking weird, but those NFC
Weston's man all should be feared. And then whatever with
the Panthers and Bucks. No goal line touches for Bucky Irving.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
That sucks.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
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Speaker 1 (30:57):
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Human.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
All right, surety here I said it earlier. What do
you think of this?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Given nobody of significance is shooting down the fact that
Brian Flores defensive coordinator Vikings contract is up at the
end of the season. I think it's fair to lay
it out like this for me. And this is with
absolutely no steam, no tapping on shoulders, no background. This
is just playing the discernment card. I don't know what
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Floras makes, and I don't care what Flores makes. I
do not envision him becoming a head coach this next
cycle coming at us, and I'm not even sure he
wants to be a head coach. Quite honestly, I think
I just think that's a little overrated after the last cycle.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I think this part's key.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Brian and his wife have kids in Minnesota sports programs,
and he and his wife love Minnesota, they love where
they live, and they love these programs their kids are in. Now,
it would be the first time somebody would take a
bleep load of money and go somewhere else to coordinate
and become an associate head coach and uproot kids and
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move them. No, but it just I'd be shocked if
Brian is not here on some new swanky deal. It
feels like it has some blank checked terrorism to it.
I can't see the family saying no, the family being
the wolfs. And I mean this is regurgitated a little bit,
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but just just for reminders, look what he has orchestrated
or been part of this year. And I'm gonna start
with Fabian Moreau. All right, people are like twenty three
who cares really well, You don't care until somebody's bad
and they keep getting beat by double moves and you've
got nobody behind them. Fabe Moreau never ever, ever is
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on the wrong side of catastrophic things. And that doesn't
bear repeating, but I think it's significant given as much
as he plays. Harrison Smith is a renaissance man. The
offense all season has failed to consistently sustain drives. You
were plus six on the Lions, who had eight gives
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all year. I mean, that's pay Rays bump Worthy right there.
Didn't give up a passing touchdown to Dak Love Caleb
Darnold and almost put golf on a fat zero. Eric
Wilson is the most tackles for loss of all NFL linebackers.
Cashman is identifiable in that you notice him all over
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the place, mixes in like fourteen to sixteen tackles a game.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
I think you set the franchise record on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Super reliable. We call that blank check terrorism. Because my
discernment leads me to what I said earlier. My bets
would be Brian Flores doesn't want to leave, and they
won't let it become an issue.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Why do you think I think for the I think
for the most part, you're right. I think I personally
think as family piece matters. I think the family piece matters.
I think that this is a person that has growing
leverage and control over his unit, potentially personnel in such
people that he wants to bring in to mold this defense.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Does the change if Clayton tune goes for three sixty
four and zero.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
I don't think it changes because I don't think that'll happen.
I was he one to four with a pick or
whatever he was when he had to go.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
In the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Though.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
The one thing for me is I've always looked at
the Steelers and this could be dumb. Ever since he
went there after things went south in Miami. He went
there as an assistant to Tomlin. My first instinct was
that's a that's a baton handoff. Now that didn't happen.
They re upped Tomlin, and then of course Flora comes
here as the DC.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
I argde you go with this on fan line, and
I loved it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
All the weirdness that exists around the legal situation between
Flores and the league, forget all that drama just for
a moment. I think that if he is going to
sink his teeth into a second opportunity, it has to
be the A plus of a class, the almost a
nookie blanky true understanding of what he's entering into with
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that organization. And so I think the only job that
he would ultimately leave for to elevate into a head
coaching job this offseason would be the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I don't think is going to be open.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
And if people truly want Harrison Smith to return, you
want Flores. I'm positive on Harrison Smith's returning. I mean,
at the end of the season last year, let's go
all the cart year by year, there were just some
things that were taking place on the back end of
the defense, granted against a red hot Lions offense with
Ben where I'm kind of like, yeah, okay, so he
went there and we'll figure it out stuff like that.
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This this is not hyperbole that Harrison's Harrison Smith is
playing as well right now as almost at any point
of his career that I can remember.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
And I think I think they're using him differently too
over the last couple of months where they're putting him
at the line and he's not running forty yards back
pre snap. He is coming right and and he's finding
his way to the QB. I just you're you've seen
the mental side of his game, I think really shine
over the last so many weeks. Take Don and and yeah,
I mean if he's able to come back, there's part
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of this not just that I love to too Operation
forty twenty club, but also what Harrison Smith, what that
what that that hole would look like without him, and
what that means moving forward because Flora is from anyone
since he got here. We want to take some snaps
off the old time, or we want to keep some
tread on those tires for twenty two. But he can't, right,
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he can't, and all respect him at Tellus and and
THEO Jackson's trying to make his way. You can't have
two to two off the field as it currently is.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
So yeah, let's go year by year with them.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
When the when the Vikings beat the Lions on Christmas Day,
yours truly brought the contraption to the Vikings locker room,
uh for for several reasons, but mainly to celebrate that
game Harrison Smith had that day. That's a common thread
in our drive by conversations.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
We're gonna play him back now, all right, welcome back
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to nine to noon.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
First day at Christmas, Vikings gave to me a final
game against green Bay. Second day at Christmas, Vikings gave
to me two interceptions.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
For what PARTN eight from the twenty eight big Blitz.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Van Gigkle smacks Goff, who gets it off.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Henny crows an interception Byron Murphy Junior.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Yes, Sir, Henny runs on the bounds at the forty
eight yard line. Minnesota Vikings up turned over the Detroit
Lions three.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Times Byron, drive by Byron. You win eighteen without an interception.
Now you've got interceptions in consecutive games. Man, it's like
you're showing off.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Definitely.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
Obviously, me and you we talked about this coming up
short throughout the whole season not having any Just you know,
once I got my first one, I gotta keep stacking him,
obviously making place for a defense.
Speaker 7 (08:07):
But today was a great day and it was just amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Finily, that's phenomenal. The guy who are left, You're right
my left, Harrison Smith. I mean, I'm gonna wait for
the media to leave and I'm gonna walk up to
him with the drive by, say, bro, you just can't stop.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Honestly, you can't.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I know it's fourteen years, might be tired and stuff
like that, but holy cow, is he playing good man?
Speaker 8 (08:25):
Probably? Like I said, he's a goat.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
He's a Hall of Femer for a reason, one of
the best, and obviously still playing at a high level.
And like you said, I don't want him to go nowhere.
That's the leader of our room. But yeah, definitely been
playing at a high level and I just love I
love being around it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Love Eyboddy.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Merry Christmas, and thanks for always being so kind, Sarah,
Merry Christmas. Ira Murphy Junior one of my very favorite
cheer man drive bys after a twenty three to ten
victory Redford, Michigan native Real Quick.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Eric Wilson.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Eric Wilson I want to begin with Harrison Smith, but
I mean, he just can't be done, honestly. I mean,
I know it's fourteen years and everything, but I mean,
picking an interception today, three passes, defense, block shots, as
Kevin O'Connell calls them. He joined Ronde Barber as the
only two players in the history of the NFL with
at least thirty eight picks and twenty one and.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
A half sacks. So he might be done, but he
just can't be done. Man. He's playing so good. He's
playing great.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Man.
Speaker 9 (09:16):
He's a leader out there. Man, recount on him. He's
the heart of this defense. So it's awesome to see
him go out there and make plays on a big day,
Christmas Day, tight game division.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
It's huge.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Man.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Hey, Eric helped me with this.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
The Lions came into the game with only eight gibbs,
fewest in the NFL. Wasn't even close. You guys went
out there and took it six times from them. I mean,
b flowed. The whole defense is just on fire right
now with the unpredictability at the line.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
What do you think about all that?
Speaker 9 (09:45):
I think it's a testament playing together.
Speaker 10 (09:47):
Man.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Everybody's got to be on the same page with the
type of stuff that we do.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
You know, we rely on one another.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
We got to trust one another, and it's awesome for
it to be on display.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Well you buddy, Mary Christmas, Mary Christmas. Well Eric Wilson.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Eric Wilson leads all linebackers in the NFL with tackles
for a lost And we'll come over here real quick.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Jay Ward. It's you had one of those games today, man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Where if you like look at the box score and stuff,
you'd be like, all right, we got this and we
got that. You're playing with your hair on fire right now, man,
I mean you are playing so good, jay Ward. We're
gonna get to that momentarily, because you've been a safety
in a corner this year. The guy over to our
right you're left, Harrison Smith. The common thread is he
just can't be done. I mean seriously, the way he's
playing right now, wouldn't you agree?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
He need to go and come back one, will you?
Which is uh. I just talked to Eric Wilson about this.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
But Lions came into the game, man, they only gave
it away eight times the whole year. You guys took
it six times from them today or some.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Of the keys did doing your job. You're one and eleven.
The players go come to you, stot, don't chase them.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Oh, by the way, something we've talked about for about
a month and a half, you never having a sack
in your life. You actually had one in a preseason game.
I think it might've been against Houston or Arizona a
few years remember.
Speaker 10 (11:00):
That my rookie year against a Z But that don't
count those though.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
All right, well, you got one more game to get
ones to go out there a THEO. Theo Jackson got
the first sack of his career today. You got to
be next, right.
Speaker 11 (11:11):
It felt like I had got it when I seen
Theo get it.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
But I'm doing a cluelessen. You're playing so good right now.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Man, God bless you and congratulations Mary Christ, Thank you,
Mary Christ. It's Jay Ward safety slash corner for the
Minnesota Vikings. Some drive bys after a rather convincing victory
over the Detroit Lions. Here here's Andrew van Ginkel that
that fumble recovery when they tried to quick snap and
get all sneaky and everything early kind of turned the
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whole thing around.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Aaron Jones got into the end zone took the lead.
But you know, kind of the.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Common thread with this, Andrew has been Lions came into
the game with eight giveaways the entire season through fifteen games,
eight by far number one in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
You guys took it six times from them today. How
about that?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Uh?
Speaker 12 (11:56):
Yeah, it's you know, something that we struggle with at
times this season, and we knew when they came they
were gonna come in bunches.
Speaker 8 (12:01):
So we're a resilient bunch. We keep fighting, we keep pushing.
Speaker 12 (12:05):
Obviously, the season hasn't gone the way we wanted it to,
but you know, we we keep getting after it and
we play every game hard. We play physical, and we
play to the best of our ability, and when you
do that, good things happen.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
What what's the season been like for you? I mean,
you missed some time and maybe coming back from that
it took a little while to get going, but it
seems like you're completely full throttle right now.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (12:26):
Obviously, you know it was tough being out those games.
You know, you sit there and you watch and you
know it's hard, you know, because you want to be
out there helping the team win. You want to be
doing everything you can to, you know, help the guys
in this locker room. You know, that's what it's all about.
And when you can't be out there, it can it
can cause some you know, stress on you.
Speaker 8 (12:44):
But I'm happy with Yeah, you're right, you know.
Speaker 12 (12:47):
It kind of took my footing to get going again,
but I feel like myself again. I feel confident, comfortable
and just trying to make.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Place all right.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
The last lay the guy to your right my left.
Harrison Smith, fourteenth year from Notre Dame. Today was this
two hundred and second start, third most in the history
of Vikings football. I think it was this two hundred
and six game overall. After the game, he told Ben Lieber,
in all of the games he's played here, all two six,
today was one of the if not the best defensive
performances he's ever been a part of. I mean, I'm
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gonna go over and chat with Harrison momentarian. He just
can't be done, Canny. I mean, maybe he's tired and everything.
Old people get tired. Just asked me, I'm gonna be
sixty in two weeks. But still he's playing so good.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
He played you.
Speaker 12 (13:28):
Know, he's so smart, he's he's knowledgeable of the game.
He you know, he might not have the step that
he used to have, but he's you know, he plays
with instincts. He plays smart. He knows exactly where to be,
which allows him to play fast. And you know, he's
the leader of our team. He deserves to be in
the Hall of Fame. He has, He's had a great
career and who knows what he did does at the
end of this year.
Speaker 8 (13:48):
But you know, I'm proud to be able to be.
Speaker 12 (13:50):
His teammate, to be able to play with him and
see what he's all about, because you know, I can
use that my career going forward.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And just take us inside the weeds as quickly as
much as you can without oversharing obviously, But I mean
the role of this defense is on right now with
with the deception and the play calls, and you know,
I mean Golf super smart and Dak Prescott's super smart,
and man, you guys have just fooled the heck out
of them.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Yeah, you know, it starts with flow.
Speaker 12 (14:13):
What he you know, he comes with the game plan
every week and you know, Harrison Smith, he does does
a good job of putting us in the right place.
You know, he has the lead right to make these
changes at the line to you know, try to be
one step ahead of them.
Speaker 8 (14:25):
When they check, we try to check.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
You know.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
It's it's a cat and mouse.
Speaker 12 (14:28):
Game that we're playing with them, and you know, we
try to have the upper hand to put pressure on them.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Enjoy the downtime a little bit. You get here before
the last game against Green Bay. Love you, buddy. Merry
Christmas to you and your family. And you're one of
my favorite You haven't been here that long, You're one
of my favorites in the twenty four years I've done it.
So I appreciate your friendship, and I appreciate the way
you play.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
God bless you.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
It means a lot to me. Merry Christmas to you
as well.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Andrew Van Ginkel.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
After the Vikings beat the Detroit Lions approved eight and eight,
Harrison Smith still being interviewed by members of the media.
We'll go ahead and put the drive by Mike right
by Harrison. See what saying right now before we get him.
Speaker 10 (15:02):
And that kind of like, I don't know if that
just kind of excites your nervous system or.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
What it is, but it's a lot of fun. Earlier
as emotional as you've ever been after.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 10 (15:14):
I'm pretty like honestly, I've been emotional since I was.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Like since I was a kid playing football.
Speaker 10 (15:20):
I used to my dad told Manny to like find
a way to get it under control. So I know
that's not my reputation because I'm pretty quiet. But the
game of football is it's emotional. So it just it
just happens sometimes.
Speaker 13 (15:40):
I feel like that just getting later in your career,
that that comes to be a bigger part of it.
Just understanding the context of I only have so many
of these days left, whether it's this year, next year, whatever.
Speaker 10 (15:51):
Yeah, there's definitely a you know, a maturity then you
realize your own football mortality. It's when you're young, you're
just there's there's no end in sight, and you know,
the past couple of years, it's I know it's there.
It's like it's not a it's not a motion out
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of sadness. It's just because it's it's it's more heightened,
I would say, so you just feel a little more.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah, I'm just gonna sneak in a quick drive by here.
I'm never gonna forget today. And you had a lot
to do with that, and you know you and I've
been around for a long time, man, And after the game,
you told Ben Leeber today was your two hundred and
second start, third most in the history of the Vikings,
passing hof Carleler. I think you've played two six or
two oh seven. You told Ben this is one of
the greatest defensive performances you've ever been part of. That
(16:43):
is such a big statement to make, and you're absolutely right.
But like what was going through your mind when you
said that, what led to like one of the best
over the last fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I mean, I think.
Speaker 10 (16:54):
It's the It's probably the reality to start with, but
just like the amount of plays getting made by everybody,
the way that we decided to play, I think, I
think is what I was speaking to the most, and
I was on I've been on a lot of defenses
that did have that style and I will never forget
(17:14):
those ones either, and those from some phenomenal defenses. You know,
It's just it's just how it went today, and we
were feeding off each other.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I'm gonna let you go here. Man.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
You've had a lot of media stuff and it's been
a tree watching you and waiting for you.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
My common thread here has been that the Lions.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Came into the game with a Gibbs Okay, absolutely best
in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
You guys took it from them six.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Times today, So as the team goes, it's the most
underrated story in the NFL because of the record. I mean,
you got the Bears doing what they're doing, Denver finally loses,
but I mean this defense is absolutely one of the
best in the NFL. I think people will start talking
about it now. Not that you care about that, but
this defense man. When O'Connell says the cat and mouse
(17:58):
like you have with smart quarterbacks like Dak and Jerref,
how do you get ready for that?
Speaker 9 (18:02):
Like?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
What are some keys? Realistically?
Speaker 10 (18:05):
It's just it starts with just the amount of experience
I have in the game, Like and I was fortunate
to play previously for you know, Mike Zimmer, who was
very aggressive as a play caller as well, so I
had I had some experience. And then when Flow got here,
(18:25):
you know, it's it's it's not the same, it's it's different.
It's his own thing, but he's he's kind of expanded
some things we can do and given a little bit
of I think I've said this before, like a little
bit of autonomic autonomy to the players because he builds
(18:45):
the system and has trust that we can execute all
the things within it. And I think it's you know,
we started out three years ago doing it and it
was it was okay, and built last year and I
think you're kind of and it gets to a pretty
high level right now.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
He's diabolical. That's the only way to put it. I
know you're not going to commit. You can't be done,
Are you kidding me? I mean, honestly, I've called all
your games, man, and you know, all the way back
to twenty fifteen, to the College Stadium when you picked
off Eli Manning for your fourth interception touchdown me, we
go all the way back, man. It's you're not conclusively
done right fourteen into it.
Speaker 10 (19:23):
I'm I'm not thinking about it right now. And I've
said that like the last three or four years, so
you're probably sick of that answer.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
But that's great.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
It's I'm having fun right now and I don't want
to take anything away.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
From Love you very much, buddy. You're fantastic at what
you do. Merry Christmas and congratulations on the win. Merry Christmas,
Pa Harrison Smith. He's the bomb. Holy cow.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
I mean, what a what a memorable memorable day.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Guided by Harrison Smith as we do some post game
drive bys, walk.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Over here, Jail and Redmond, Jail and Redman all over
the field again the the.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
Lions came into the game, man, with eight giveaways the
whole year. All right, Now, I understand it's the giving season,
but I don't think they thought to come in here
and give it away six times. You took it from
them six times and they only had eight into the game.
What do you think some of the keys were?
Speaker 11 (20:15):
Yeah, man, that's I have to get out to the
to the defense and back again, getting that pressure up
on them real quick, and you know, just trying to
get get the ball out quick. And the guys in
the back end did what they were supposed to do.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
How do you define like what you do as a
defensive tackle defensive lineman. I mean, you got really good wiggle,
You're you're defined as the defensive tackle. But like with
Grenard or Van Ginkle were down at one point, you
were standing up on the edge and stuff like that
for a little bit. But like, what are some keys
to playing as well as you've played this year?
Speaker 11 (20:44):
Jailing man, just just to practice, just doing it. Honestly,
there's really no just no real formula to you know.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Let me rephrase it. I mean you're a year and
change removed from being in Arlington or Dallas running game. Okay,
and I know you had a blood cloud issue earlier
in your life, you know, and clearly you've worked your
way through that. So like, like, what what do you
think people missed? You know when you came out of Oklahoma?
You know, because clearly with all these tackles for loss
and these sacks and everything, you belonged as a starter
(21:15):
in the NFL.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Yeah, Man, I say this all the time. I wouldn't
change everything that happened in my past for anything. Yeah,
it happened when it was supposed to happen. I probably wouldn't,
you know, I probably couldn't handle what I'm doing right
now at that age coming out. So I say that
all the time. Man, it happened when it was supposed to.
It was a horrorad, but we got through. Congratulations, have
(21:38):
a very merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to YouTube, Thank you him, God,
bless you, Mam. Jael and Redmond part of the Vikings
defensive line. That had a really really good time today against.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
A makeshift Lions offensive line.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
But you know what, the Minnesota Vikings had a makeshift
moving company too. They came into it with Justin's school
making his eighth start at left tackle, Michael Jurgens making
a second start at center replacing Ryan Kelly, and Brian
O'Neill tried to give it a go, but it.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Was a late scratch.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
So therefore Blake brandle I had to step in and
start at right tackle, and they all played.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Part of it.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
As Max Brosmer walks to his press conference, we're going
to drive by a walk with him.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Congre thank you, congratulations on the victory. Thank you so much.
PA like that watch? Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Do what can I watch that?
Speaker 3 (22:27):
That's a bright wing from Continental Diamond. And since we
just gave him that nice little pope, we can save
some money on it. You've got a press conference to do.
I want to congratulate you on the victory. Oh, you
got that victory like you did last week filling in
for McCarthy, and you got one to go against the
Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Man.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
It just Harrison Smith and just the defense today and everything,
the running game Addison on the jet.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
What a fun Christmas, right, Oh my lord, best Christmas
I think that I've had before.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
You're awesome when good things happened to you. I'm super happy.
God bless you. Merry Christmas. Congratulations, Thanks Pa, Max Brosmer,
thank you Spirit for Sammy for the the old drive
by out of nowhere, and the Minnesota Vikings have beaten
the Detroit Lions to improved a eight and eight. Oh
I since one more drive by before we leave those
(23:12):
traps to the other side of the locker room. Can't
leave Christmas without brief Aaron Jones conversation. I mean you're tough, man,
You're tough. Merry Christmas, God bless you. You're a veteran.
You played against Haarris and Smith. I just got done
chat with him. Man, I'm like, you just.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I mean, you can't be done. Are you kidding me?
It's I've called all of his games. He's playing as
well right now as he's ever played.
Speaker 14 (23:33):
Yeah, And after the game he came in here and
he's like, I don't know if I've ever had as
much fun. He was like talking addressing the team, and
then I shouted out, oh, so that means you got
to come back next year if you're having this much fun.
So just honored to be able to play with him
now after playing against him, and I've got to have
conversations with him and tell him how he's made me
(23:54):
a better player and kind of gave me the confidence
that I've arrived playing against him as well, So he's
done a lot for my confidence. And then just being
able to pick his brain as a veteran, Hey, what
is the safety see on this? Are they looking at
the backsize? If you have a if you have the
back and man, what are you thinking? And I know
all dv's played different because they rely on their their
(24:16):
technique or their skill what makes them them, but you
can get a good gauge of what guys are thinking.
Speaker 7 (24:22):
And he's he's a true leader.
Speaker 14 (24:24):
And you see the I don't know if he was
in here after the game, but you see the true
reception that he got. And I hope he comes back
next year. I'm gonna stand his ear. His lockers are
right next to him one at TCO, so I'm gonna
stand his ear and C J.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Ham So all right, And when I say, I mean,
there's so many things I appreciate you about Aaron. When
you played for Green Bay, Man, I just heard a
bunch of things from Packers, packer media and stuff on
how much they loved you there and the fans loved you.
And now we're living it and seeing it here. You
got your first touchdown in a month and a half.
That was great to start festivities. But when you left
that giant scam early, man, you know why, Gee you
(25:00):
on the sideline, work your way to get back in
the game. For yourself, sure, but for your team too,
because Jordan got hurt too, and you knew they needed you.
But you also know this is a non playoff here.
Yet you still bust your butt to get out there
and be with your teammates. Not everybody's like that, Man,
I've seen a lot like you. Not everybody's like that.
Why is it so important for you to play through
(25:22):
these injuries to help your brothers?
Speaker 7 (25:25):
So's football character one. We're building.
Speaker 14 (25:28):
We're building and we're forging for next year, and I
want to I want them to.
Speaker 7 (25:33):
See, especially the young guys.
Speaker 14 (25:35):
Hey, if it's not broke, if it is, if I'm
not out for the season, I can get out there.
I can tape it up and I can find a way.
And like you said, I know my teammates are depending
on me and relying on me, and I feel like,
truly I can't let them down.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
So that's just on my herd.
Speaker 14 (25:50):
And then also if I'm sitting on the sideline and
wondering if I can play and don't, it's gonna bother
me more. And just even when I am, like against
Detroit the first time we played him in I got
hurt and didn't couldn't come back in the game, and
it hurt me more to be on the sideline watching
than to be out there with those guys.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Lastly, I want to give some love to one of
your running back room brothers.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I'm a huge Ty Chandler guy.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Man, he's one of the sweetest people, and he's fast
and he's good and it's bug to bleep out of
him all year that he had to battle that injury,
got himself back, was an active when active today with
Mason down, ended up being your backup.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Ty gave you a little pop. I mean, that's so
great for Ty Chandler.
Speaker 14 (26:31):
He gave us a huge, a huge pick me up.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
When he came in the game.
Speaker 14 (26:37):
I told him was probably today's Thursday, so I probably
told him Wednesday, no Tuesday walking out of the facility.
Speaker 7 (26:44):
Hey, I'm proud of you. I know at the.
Speaker 14 (26:46):
Beginning of the year, or even before that, vern OTAs
when you're back at home and all season on your
own and your training, you're putting in that work. You
never envisited your season going like this, and you didn't
come playing about it one time.
Speaker 7 (27:01):
You kept your head down. You showed up to work
every day.
Speaker 14 (27:04):
You was still a joy to be around at light,
giving your feedback on what you see and helping everybody.
And he showed up. Like I said, he showed up
every day. He could have been feeling bad, sad for
himself or bad.
Speaker 7 (27:15):
He never did that.
Speaker 14 (27:16):
And I told him it always works out the way
as opposed to and I'm happy he's getting his opportunity.
And then when it was his time to go in
the game, I told him, Hey, make the most of
every opportunity you get.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
My ma'am, Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Please tell your mom thank you for loving, respecting and
following the Gospel of Jesus Christ as closely as she does.
And likewise for you, God bless you. Merry Christmas. You
are the consummate teammate, one of the toughest guys I've
ever seen.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Thank you very much, thank.
Speaker 14 (27:44):
You, and like you said, all glory to God. Without him,
none of this is possible in today's especially his day.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
That's Aaron Jones, last one of many as part of
the patented post victory locker room drive bys by PA.
This time it was on Christmas Day, following of battering,
the beating, the throttling, that the lot that the Vikings defense,
in particular one side of affair put on the Lions
Christmas Day at us Bank Stadium.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Final segment nine to noon is I kill wait, gill
wait until the Morrow.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Alright after the Minnesota Wild beat Winnipeg again this weekend, UH,
they tried to stay hot against the teams that have
foiled them over the years, the likes of the Las
Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars eventually the Avs eventually, but
Las Vegas Golden Knights. Tonight nine o'clock k f a
(28:41):
N the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
They're on the Uh. They're on the Timberwolves.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
iHeart Audio channel UH and that one's at seven o'clock
from the second city the Bulls have beaten the Timberwolves
five of the last eight times and off some of that,
you know, potential trade related conversation involving the Timberwolves, the
trading deadline and potentially looking for point guards. Well, you
can watch a couple tonight who could be tradable. The
(29:11):
name Kobe White popped up due to Legion Hoops or
something a couple of weeks ago. Kobe White's going great
guns for the Bulls and somebody I'd be interested in
because his minutes are cut right now. He's a Minnesotan too,
so people may dig that. But Trey Jones plays about
twenty twenty five minutes a game. It's kind of lost
in the shuffle. With the likes of Kobe White and
(29:33):
Josh Giddy, Trey Jones, he might be attainable and he's
a true point guard. So that's tonight seven o'clock. iHeart Timberwolves.
Channel Tomorrow nine to noon has our final x's and
o's interview with Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell will
be a twin Citi's Orthopedics Performance Center. Talk to you then,
thanks for listening today. I'm Paul Allen. Here comes Big
(29:55):
Daddy Cohn to put a rap on the shelf.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Good boys, the game is over.
Speaker 7 (30:03):
Just lessen jiff Lesson. Time for two more.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Happy Monday.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Approaching the new year and it's almost time to pack
away the Vikes gear. But there's one more ride, so
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Sunday's Border Battle. We have fun here at the fan
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Speaker 2 (30:25):
Man.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
It's funny, but to be clear, we aren't stealing billions
of your tax money.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Speaking of fraud, I was wrong about the Bears.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Caleb has been brilliant avoiding all the snares and the
packer won and done. Philly's looking weird, but those NFC
Weston's man all should be feared. And then whatever with
the Panthers and Bucks. No goal line touches for Bucky Irving.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
That sucks.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Random note tonight, while you're huffing the hookah, I need
big games from Bijon and pooka Ikat podcast Today's Paul
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