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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Dual flavor by the way six five one carpets Studios
here in Saint Louis Park, but also just this beautiful,
peaceful it's like training camp. There's tranquility, there's serenity, there's
Joe Huber, there's all sorts of things going out at
the countryside Manor in London, in the London area, outside
of London, I believe, which is where Pa is.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And you know Pa went.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I went to break listening to to Jets a little
bit during his presser and then just kind of going
to pause. I'm just thinking, you know, with with the
way things are like depth chart deep dives, and I
know you have a lot of extra time on your
hands of this particular moment, or at least you know
you're not not time on your hands, but maybe you're
just more captive given the fact that you're in the
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lap of luxury at the countryside Manor with no air conditioning.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
There is Yeah, it's you've said it before. Our time
slot nine to noon Central, Yeah, it's it's the best
you can have in radio. It is three to six.
I mean, you know it's not like a done full
shows the last couple of days, but still you know, committed,
committed to committed to the fan and being here and
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doing radio. You know, three to six ain't the greatest
in the world if you want to if you're thinking
about four hours in roalm trip round trip, elish traffic
to get to London proper. So now we're good. No,
that's but interesting around.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But but that means that the voluminous depth chart has
to be absolutely incredible right now, like you know more.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I mean, and and you mentioned it.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I mean some of these fact cats that they're bringing
on Sunday, whether it's Shelby Harris, it's MALIEK. Collins, like
it's it's big in size for days you went down.
You're hitting me with some undrafted cat Aiden Huntington. But
but what what what is you know, kind of captivating
your interest in terms of you know, this specific defensive
group you know outside of you know, Delpit and you
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kind of hit me with this. By the way, I
wasn't aware, I mean, I know who Grant Delpit is,
I wasn't aware that he's kind of established himself as
maybe one of the pillars of that that Browns defense.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So I got to school myself up a little bit.
But just from like.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
A depth chart, deep dive, whether you're it's like, wow,
you wouldn't believe what Ronnie Hickman's doing, Like, what's what's
stretching your imagination in terms of Stefanski's group defensively into Sunday?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
All right, Two things here, I get long winded. The
fan has learned. So what's mandatory break time here for
Murphy's Zay Scott than operations?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Guy, we got we got ten minutes twenty four?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay. Secondly, I leave, and every single day you play
real music out into into segments, I mean, what is
is it? Because it's Blake more responsible for pulling it
out because well that's part of it. I mean, it's
unbelievable everything. It's like Michael Jackson Doobie Brothers yesterday.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Dude, I am honestly just going to freaking lose it
if I have to continue listening to rights free and
bless these people who make a living making this music
by the way that it's available to us. But my goodness,
I need some freaking soul back in the I need
some loose booty. I need some earth wind and fire.
I need some curzy. I need some loose booty.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
All right, what do we need to know here?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh just yeah, deep chart dep dive, just feeling.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Miles Garrett first overall pick in twenty seventeen, four sacks
this year, six time All Pro. That's cool, not the
Pro Bowl bit, the one that matters. All Pro. Four
time first team All Pro. Denzel Ward has four defensive
touchdowns in his career, two pick sixes, couple of fumble recoveries,
their nickel, their third corner. Miles Harden, second year South
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Dakota go Crazy yoats his last interception August of twenty
twenty three in college at Missouri. Now Cleveland in playing.
Now this is a home game for Cleveland, but I
think when people listen to it on the Audio Leader
in KFAM a thirty am Sunday, it's going to be
a Vikings home game, they're going to be dramatically more
Vikings fans than Browns games. So technically this is I mean,
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it's a game away from the dog Pound. Cleveland this year,
in two games away from the dog Pound have a
points differential of minus forty eight in their two at
the dog Pound at home their plus two with a victory.
So there's that when it comes to their defense, Mason
Graham has a half sack and he's like two and
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a half tackles a game, so he doesn't play every play.
But I just for some reason, like when I asked
people about him, including O'Connell with x's and o's, what
was that two days ago? You know, like he didn't
go down the road deep on Mason Graham. I just,
you know, wonder how well Mason Graham is playing Malie Collins.
He's a Beefeater, unrestricted free agent from the Niners, only
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a sack and a half. Tenth year from Nebraska. He
and Shelby Harris are problems now. Shelby's in his eleventh
year from Illinois State. And we remember a game when
the Broncos were in town where they were leading by
like three touchdowns at halftime. Then Rudy caught that one
from Chains and the place was as loud as you're
going to hear it. Well, Shelby Harrison that game for
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the Broncos just absolutely mauled man. Now that's several years ago,
but he's still going very very strong. Jerome Baker eighth
hear from Ohio State, unrestricted from Tennessee. He has to
pick sixes. Aiden Huntington was undrafted from Tulane only a
half sack, but ninety eight plays a lot. Why because
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he's one of those big, fast, strong bits that nobody's
heard of, and he plays a lot and he fits
the role that they want to do quite well. Carson Schwsinger,
the second round rookie from UCLA, plays every play. He's
part of their nickel linebacker group, very very fast. I
just think Peyton Wilson forty one for the Steelers from
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last game. They kind of played the same way and
they play a lot of single high safety, So you're
going to see thirty three Ronnie Hickman as like the
angel on the shoulder bit above it all. I'm not
sure they're going to do that in this game. Maybe
they will because that's how they play and that's how
they play best. But in doing so, Delpit gets down
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by the line. So nine Grant delpits down by the
line of scrimmage a ton and and he's in essence
and extra linebacker. He plays a lot like mattellis. Are
they going to really do that against Jefferson and Addison
and Naylor and Howkinson. We'll see, We'll see. It's a
pick your poison bit here. If they're going to single
eighteen and three, then if Jordan Addison has a one
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hundred yard game or more, it would be the first
time in his career he's gone back to back with
one hundred yard games, and he's one hundred yards from
two thousand in his career. And Jordan at practice the
last I mean Jordan Addison from the Patriots joints, through
the Steelers game and the practice up to it, Through
the two practices I've seen, he's never looked better. He
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looks so good and engaged right now. So that's that's
the Browns defense. Want anything on the offense.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, yeah, I guess as I'm looking at this, Cam
Robinson's gonna play, isn't he. I know Conklin on the
right side has been limited with that elbow a bit,
but they're really gonna, you know, ship this guy over
in a cargo container and flop him out on the
field at Tottenham. Cam Robinson's gonna play left tackle.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
May yeah, I'll be surprised if he starts. Remember left
handed quarterback, So the right tackle is a bit okay,
the right tackle is the key here, Jack Conklin. I
didn't see practice report today, but I think they're going
to get him up for the game and Conklin's good,
so he would play right tackle. Cornelius Lucas would play
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left tackle. Dylan Gabriel has played this year three or
four nineteen yards, touchdown, no picks. The touchdown he threw
was the fellow rookie Dylan Samson. A Samson is a
fourth round rookie from Tennessee backs up Judkins. And this
will be the starting debut for Gabriel. Five to eleven
South Paul from Honolulu, And you know, in the mop
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up duty against Detroit and Baltimore, he didn't really play
that much, but they let him throw four times for
nineteen yards. He's never been sacked, never thrown in an interception.
He's yet to run the ball. And let me ask
you this. Don't you think he has one hundred and
fifty five passing touchdowns in college? Yea most in FBS history.
All right, I mean he played six years at Central Florida,
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Oklahoma and Oregon. He also ran thirty three touchdowns in
during college. But I think there should be an asterisk
on this one fifty five because my man played six years.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, no, it's still it boggles.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
It's the I mean, it's so boring with the nil
bit and just you think going back to that COVID
year when even the Gophers they had guys that were
like on their seventh season because extra eligibility in all
of this and now your ability to transfer, and I mean,
they're just pulling rabbits out of hats with these extra
seasons these kids get. There should be an asterisk there
and maybe the Honolu Lulu native will get laid.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Out by this. Mike.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Yeah, it was just so dumb, but looking forward to
seeing how sadly without Alex, I just pulled a bursat
here Andrew Van Ginkle Van Ginkell, do I have two
more minutes? You do have two more minutes? Anything else
on the cutting even floor.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Cool battle of the Kevins O'Connell and Stefanski. It is
O'Connell twenty twenty four Coach of the Year, Stefanski two
time Coach of the Year. O'Connell was with Cleveland in
twenty fifteen as the quarterbacks coach. Johnny Manzel, though it
was his first coaching job. Mike Patton, who's also on
the Viking staff now, was the head coach of the Browns.
Then he gave Kevin his first opportunity. Stefanski spent fourteen
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years with the Vikings offensive coordinator twenty eighteen or half
of it, and twenty nineteen. From a Vikings defensive standpoint,
I think this is really cool. The Vikings have allowed
seven plays this year through four of twenty yards or more.
Just seven. That's tied for first with Blakemore's team, the
Green Bay Packers. Seven through four is a pretty good
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number when you you get to third and six or longer.
Third and six are longer against flores defense. And Birah
Murphy and I are going to chat about this next segment.
The opponents are of two of twenty six, so two
first downs twenty four non first downs. That's tops in
the NFL. Pittsburgh went one for five when third or
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six and longer. You think I've had a lot of
time on my hands. It's only Thursday. Are you freaking
kidding me?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (10:27):
And that's what I love when I watch you starting
to put those things together on a weekly basis.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Man, those are delicious.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
And that two of twenty six put the put that
kid back there on third and six or longer and
left Flora's feast last a little bit for you. Anything
impress you. I mean we know about in Ndjoku and
Harold fan in the way they use him. Anything cool
about Isaiah Bond or Jamari Thrash, like.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
It just feels other than Judy.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm familiar with him, just you know, really on the
grind Stefanski is with with young playmakers and then maybe
some guys that they're they're trying just to muster anything
positive out of well.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Isaiah Bond, undrafted from Texas rookie. He got Joe Flacco benched,
all right. I mean it's either Flaco threw it to
a lion or Bond run the wrong route. I'm willing
to roll the dice the Bond round the wrong route.
So nevertheless, he's number sixteen and he's never scored in
an NFL touchdown. Then you get Jerry Judy. He hasn't
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run the ball in three years. He has zero touchdowns
this year. Jamari Thrash, second year from Louisville, fifth rounder
in twenty twenty four, zero touchdowns. In Djoku zero touchdowns,
Harold fannin junior zero touchdowns, third running back who plays
Jerome Ford zero touchdowns. You get the bit here. They
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don't score a lot of touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
No, they certainly do not. That's awesome, man, thanks for
doing a little depth chart deep dive with me. I'm
gonna say we're gonna hear from Zay Scott and Bira
Murphy Junior around the corner. I'll check back in with
you for a final segment.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
All right, yep, thanks Bud, goodwar, thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That's Pa back in London and around the corner.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
You're going to get to hear PA chatting not just
with running back Xavier Scott, but also Viking's corner Byron
Murphy Junior some sneaky post practice chats that he recorded
earlier this morning. That's next, not a neon in the fan,
Welcome back, It's Nordo here. It's nine to noon.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
A couple segments to go.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
This segment, we have a couple of chats that Pa
was able to catch up on, some coveny ketchup's London
town style and first you'll hear from Byron Murphy Junior momentarily.
But first running back Xavier Scott, who sadly due to injury,
has gotten a lot more reps and made some plays
and kind of working his way into the mix with
the Minnesota Vikings. Xavier Scott chatting with Pa earlier this morning.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Let's listen.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, I didn't get to see you much after the game,
so congratulations on your first touchdown. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
I appreciation following.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Yeah, for sure. And when you watch it back, because
I didn't see a replay at it, I mean, and
pardon the question, were you one hundred percent in one percent?
Speaker 5 (13:01):
Yeah, looking back at the time, I'm like, I feel
like I'm in. I just I think I'm in, And
then were looking back, yeah, hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Well the reason I ask is because supposedly, you know,
they they have play clocks in both end zones, which
was a problem in this game, but they they review
all touchdowns and I thought that was super close, and
they just went bang banging. I guess it wasn't that close.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Right, Yeah, and now they found a perfect angle, honestly,
and you can still see the ship of the yellow.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
So it was reviewed and yeah, it was sure enough.
It was a touchdown.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
So this Brown's defense AFC North don't get a chance
to watch them much. Miles, Garrett delp It, Denzel Ward,
you know, we know some of the names. So just
when I say Brown's defense, boom, what comes to mind?
Speaker 4 (13:40):
Miles Garrett for sure.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
I mean those guys they all play hard, they're they
have a good defense, and uh, you know we already
know they're gonna they're gonna bring their game and uh
and we know we'll bring ours too. So when I
when I think about their defenses, is definitely that that
they're they're they're tough, they're they're coming to play football.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Have it now? Knowing that that you were a receiver
before running back, I still just marvel when I look
at you because you're big and just receivers. They are
big receivers Megadron, DK Metcalf guys like that. But I mean,
have you always like been this big and a receiver
and fast?
Speaker 5 (14:14):
I was always in that like middle ground wild playing
receiver running back, and coaches were kind of like not
sure which one.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
I'd be at more.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
But yeah, I've definitely grown into my into my body
a little bit more throughout college. Started college, I won
ninety ended up my last few years being about two
fifteen to two.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Twenty to where I'm at. Yeah, I was chatting with
O'Connell a couple of days ago and we were talking
about you, and I'm like, you know, and this may
seem so remedial and like basic or whatever, but you
know what somebody does in a preseason or in practice
or in training camp, well, the regular season is different
and the pressure is different everything. And I'm like, wow,
it's just cool to see Zay make guys miss slide
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after he catches it is are like even the most
basic things are they just do you feel like they're
starting to come together when you get opportunity.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
I feel like I had a good foundation before, you know,
the right before this time really came. That once it came,
it just feels normal, feels natural, like uh, And there's
things always to improve on within that foundation to make
sure there's no cracks, uh. But I think that the
hands with the right way before and the foundation set.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
What what do you genuinely enjoy about being in Minnesota
Viking and your current role or say Aaron's back and
it's Aaron and Aaron and Jordan, you know, and say
you're inactive or you're active, What do you genuinely enjoy
about the whole thing?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
I enjoy it is just the camaraderie the team, this
the team in general. Man, I think it's a special group,
special special atmosphere, and no matter what role you play,
it's out.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
They're all valued.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
And whether it be a practice swag guy like I
like I was last year, it's valued. Or if it's
an active guy, inactive guy, whatever it is, there's value there.
And that's something that I really appreciate about this organization.
And I value everybody top to bottom in this organization.
And there's just some some amazing people, great hearts throughout it,
throughout the organization.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
When when you're when you're on the practice squad and
you're running scout team, So in essence, like say this week,
if it was last year, you could be Judkins or
you could be Samson. What's key about a role for
practice squad guys doing that?
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Actually I last year for me, at least, I would
look at the guys that you know we're going against,
whether that be.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
The Montgomery's, the.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
James Connor like those different guys throughout the league, and
try to mimic their game to the best of my
ability that week for the defense to give them a
realistic looking from all the way to their stances, Like
some guys are a little higher in their stances, some
guys are super low.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
In their stances.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Some guys are more speedback, some guys are more cutbacks,
some guys are just different types of game that each each.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
Guy plays with.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
So I tried to be intentional with that as a
practice squad guy left.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
So so you'll watch them and try to emulate almost
exactly what they do.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Yeah, that's the to the best of my ability, because
that's that's how you get the team ready. And I
feel I took part.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
In, you know, the when we would win, when we
would lose, I would feel like I could have did
better being on practice squad. You know, I could have
gave them a better look throughout the week to prepare
for that. And I think that's the mindset you have
to go into it with, regardless of your role.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
All right, Jay, So so like last year, so you
got to emulate Jimi or Gabbs. Does that mean you
have to stand straight up?
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Like we can find film they're all standing straight up?
Speaker 5 (17:23):
You could, And then when I would have when they
would tell me I'm Montgomery, I would get in the
different stands one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
We can go back and find film one hundred percent
did that?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, last one. You and I last year and then
now more this year have become closer via our Christian faith?
Why why? Why is that so important to you?
Speaker 5 (17:40):
And this last game was a huge testament to that.
If I'm being honest, the team took really good care
of us physical, with the physical aspect of things last week.
And there's some things I was I was dealing with
going into the game, and uh, and I was just
praying God. I was like, not by my not by
power or by power, by your spirit.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
It's the only wealth able to do that.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Have this game, play this game, and man, and by
the grace of God, I was able to play and
play well and not have to when I was out
in the field, I wasn't feeling any of the things
I was feeling outside of the time. So that's little
things like that is why it means so much to me.
And I know that's the first time you've heard it,
but that was that's.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
A huge testimony.
Speaker 6 (18:18):
Man.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
I just I can't think God enough of my prayer
was that I'd have the chance to share that.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Yeah, And it just further personifies that as the Gospel
would teach. Sure, we love God, but it's how much
He loves us more so than any way we can
think we can possibly love him. Right.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and you see it day in day out. I
mean we see his mercies of new every morning the
sun rises. There's amazing people are all around us, like
regardless of our what, we what, we believe, it's beautiful hearts,
beautiful souls within every person.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
And God did that for a reason.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
That's running back Zay Scott with PA earlier this morning,
and and following his chat with the running back, he
caught up with cornerback Byron Murphy Jr.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So, So, have you ever picked off a left handed quarterback?
Speaker 2 (19:03):
I believe so.
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Wow, I believe I have, and obviously I gotta do
it again. But yeah, if I could take it back
to memories, I gotta really think about that.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Wow, I actually don't know all that. That's gonna be unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
I think lefty quarterback.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You helped me out. No, I can't, but because I
didn't look through all your interceptions to see if there
are any lefties, then we can go back to college
and stuff like that. But does the ball It's a
weird question, man, with the left handed quarterback does does
the ball come out different? Like do you got the
spin and everything?
Speaker 6 (19:37):
I think I want to say it's too much of
a difference, but obviously I feel like left handed quarterbacks
do have a little bit more like speed, I would say,
velocity on the ball. I'm obviously watching his film, Dylan,
He's definitely can make throws from you know, from the
from the boundary to the field outrouts and all that.
So he definitely has a strength. He has a big arm,
So I think left to just you know, have more
velocity on the ball.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
So in what's known as a cop we had a
league when when you see Rogers bam bam bam, quick,
bam bam bam quick, do do do teams generally like
think they can pick up on something and try to
emulate that the next game.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Yeah, I definitely feel like, you know, each team comes
with a different game plan against our defense. They always
come in with a different game plan. The obviously we
kind of see on film, but as we know, obviously
playing a couple of games now, teams are definitely trying
to you know, quick game, get the ball out fast.
I think the time coach Hatt told us is like
one second or something like that.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
So we know they're trying to get the ball out.
Obviously a rookie quarterback.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
Coming in, they're probably trying to keep the game playing simple,
get the ball out quick and obviously you know pick
off what happened last.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Week now now rush and coverage meshing obviously is ten
to ten important. But you guys, this year, third and
six and longer all right? As the defense, I think
two first downs against twenty four times not first downs?
What do you think the keys are to that third
and six are longer? You guys are number one in
the league. I just think those are the downs we
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were locked in. Third downs is something we always you know,
we practice, we always all the dbs, you know, we
take that our hands and to go out there and
do what we have to do on third down and
good you know obviously to get offense to ball, but
third down something we just always lock in on for sure.
So with with Dylan Gabriel, when you only have a
handful of snaps to look at, you know, I know,
like talking to coaches, they'll say, scheme first, player second.
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I get that, but how do you handle that when
somebody is barely played.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I think obviously trying to get the ball and you know,
his playmaker's hands. Obviously they got guys on the outside, Judy.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Those guys good good running.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Back, other receivers as well, So I just feel like
it's obviously that's the scheme.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Obviously you got to go with the scheme.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
But it's obviously getting your best players at all, and
obviously as a rookie quarterback, you're trying to you know,
I'm not saying force anything to your best player, but
you're gonna definitely give them more targets than usual.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
All Right, so we're four into it. How do you
think your season's going so far? Great?
Speaker 6 (21:42):
Obviously we got some you know stuff that you know,
make up. We're not where we want to be as
a defense, as a team, but obviously you got to
take a game by game and this week we're just
focused on being one another and going from there.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Bier Murphy's our guest couple of quickis to close here Judkins,
they're running back again, not much experience, but it looks
like he has a chance to be decent.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Definitely, I watched a fielm great running back, runs runs hard,
so you gotta definitely go out there and tackle him,
make sure we stop that yards as well, stop the
run and get everything else going.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
And then you being a bona fide team leader, you know,
and human nature gets to win, okay, if you let
it win. That's what I'm getting at here. You know,
by the time they play this game, you're gonna have
been in Europe a week and a half. You got
the buye after that, so you're a team leader. You know.
What I'm saying here is like human nature cannot creep
in at this stage.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Right, definitely can. Obviously we can't focus on the bye week.
We got to take care. We came here for a
next business so and obviously we already have the mindset
we're not leaving here without a win. So that's what's
gonna have to be. So we have no choice about
their show up. Obviously we'll get the win. And obviously
going to the bye we that's gonna come. That's when
we get time to rest.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Let's go.
Speaker 6 (22:44):
You know, I'll play our hard, so I'm go put
it all on the line.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
You're fantastic, Thank you, so.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Byron Murphy Junior with PA out London Way and we're
gonna check back in with the host. Final segment nine
to noon is next final segment nine to noon, and
we're gonna jump right on back out to London. Here
Pa on site on scene, Final segment nine to noon,
I believe with a special guest.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
What up, Pa?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Indeed, thank you Nords. It's Paully Walling. It's Paul Martin,
director of Team Operations. If we travel internationally, it's mandatory
to have Paul or a part of the staff. Chad
Lundein is the vice president of Operations, and Chuck Peterson,
Senior manager of Team Operations malam Burgess team Operations manager,
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and and and Paul has been a friend of mine
for more than a couple of decades. And you know,
this is an unprecedented journey. So let's begin here. How's
the heart.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
I'm hanging in there. I think most of the time
when I sit down with you, I've got a few
espressos in front of me, and I haven't slept in thirty
six hours. But this is definitely a little bit different.
I feel a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Good. Yeah, well, we're in the second half now, so
you know, being director of Team Operations, and again, you know,
Chad vice president Operations and Facility. These Chad Chuck and
Milan plus so many others do so much work to
make the engine go. And it's not just for home
games or road games, but this is the first multi
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country back to back scenario for a National Football League team,
And you know, whether it's working with equipment or that,
there are just so many more entities that make this go.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Like who yeah, I mean that's you know, certainly. Something
I wanted to point out is there's a lot of
talented people that are behind the scenes here, from our
equipment staff, our medical staff, our video it, you know,
nutrition things like that. You know, all of us have
to work in conjunction to make sure that, you know,
these trips go as smoothly as possible. Players feel like,
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you know, there's not major disruptions. We can prepare for
a game like we would anywhere else.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
So so having been at this manner multiple times now
and then playing at Tottenham Hotspur for a third time,
I mean that's an advantage, right, I mean, it's knowing
kind of what's coming at you is major here, right yeah.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
I mean certainly more of my attention was focused on Dublin,
you know, being the first time, not only for US,
but for any NFL team. You know, the history and
the experience we have with the staff here, with the
grounds here, you know, having a practice field on site,
all of those things are you know a nice you know,
feathering the cap as you're working through months of planning.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
So with two countries, what are unique challenges like that?
Go well, first and foremost Dublin. It's the first time
for anybody, so start there, But like, what are some
unique challenges compared to a road trip where you land
in Appleton?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
Yeah, I mean starting with Dublin. The number one thing is,
you know, any sports teams or programs that they have
come through there, they are not coming through at the
size and you know the numbers that we had, you know,
pushing two hundred people m over there. They're used to
you know, their soccer groups and things like that that
are forty fIF sixty people.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
So you know, just to.
Speaker 7 (26:02):
Sheer numbers was number one. And then just you know,
we have a different program. You know, the meetings that
we have, the meals and the size of the menus,
and you know the ins and outs of traveling to
practice and you know, to walk throughout the stadium and
things like that they just don't see with some of
the other groups. And then you know, kind of the
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biggest thing that was on my mind for you know,
basically since day one, was the transition from Dublin to London.
You know, not only flying our people here, but you know,
we've got suitcases full of eleven days where the clothes
and thirty seven thousand pounds of equipment that was needed
for you know, all the practices and the games and
things like that. So you know, to make it here
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Monday evening and to be thirty minutes ahead of schedule, yeah,
I couldn't been happy.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Well, I'm just laughing because I mean, whether it's texting
talking to you, it's to see you relaxed is fantastic
because I you know, I don't know exactly what goes
into this, but I know that that has been a
lot for not only weeks, but months up to it.
And the double im portion of the equation went perfectly.
So I mean, you know, to get in there, have
things go well. Sadly, the team didn't win, but then
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to get to London, like you said, I mean that
ain't easy, but it seemed to go well. Now I
mentioned the name Chuck Peterson, Senior manager of team Operations.
See between you, Chad and Milan. I think Chuck has
an enviable role. And here's why, because he gets to
be out of practice and like catch passes and throw
passes and snap and do a bunch and like play
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catch and so like like why does he get to
do that? You think Milan can run routes.
Speaker 7 (27:37):
Yeah, she's up there too. Honestly, I kind of mentioned
it earlier. But practice is like my peaceful time to
you know, be back in the officer, back in the
hotel and just kind of regroup and you know, figure
out the rest of the day and once ahead of us.
So you know, I know they enjoy it. I'm happy
to let them do it. Yeah, I am just fine
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with the role that I have.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Where I'm You're Minnesota, Like, where'd you go to high school?
Where'd you go to college?
Speaker 7 (28:04):
Little Falls is my hometown? And University of Minnesota Morris
right on?
Speaker 3 (28:08):
At University of Minnesota, Morris, did you want to get
into pro sports operations? And you know, was there ever
a time where you thought you'd be putting together a
Dublin to London trip?
Speaker 7 (28:20):
No, definitely did not have that on my list of
to dos when I was twenty years old. But yeah,
actually that's kind of where it started. We didn't have
the sports management program when I arrived, and my class
kind of helped build it, I guess you could say.
And we were the first graduating class with a sports
managing degree there. So that's kind of where it started.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
With the with the team meals, you know, breakfast, snack, launch, dinner,
the whole thing. I mean, it's A plus service and accommodations.
Does the team have a say in the food or
is it what they offer here at Hanbury Manor or
previously at the Shelbourne Shellburn Shelbourne.
Speaker 7 (28:59):
Yeah, it's one hundred percent of the team's choice, it is.
And you know, we do like to go with a
little bit of the local fair, whether it's abroad or
even in the States. If we're in Louisiana, we're gonna,
you know, go that direction. So we definitely have a
lot to say.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Well, you guys have done fantastic work. Thank you for
the A plus accommodations, Thank you for joining the radio show.
Anything else you want to add, No, it's great to
be here and it's great to see you smile. Thank you, Paulie.
That's Paul Martin, director of team operations for the Minnesota Vikings.
Thank you very much, Nordo, and we'll chat with you
tomorrow for the Friday Football Feast. Likewise, for our producer
(29:35):
Brett Blake Moore and from the Minnesota Vikings team hotel
outside of London Proper, I'm Paul Allen. That's nine to
noon at f one hundred point three KFAM Bye Bye.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Podcast, Today's Paul Allen Show. We're listening back to previo
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Dual flavor by the way six five one carpets Studios
here in Saint Louis Park, but also just this beautiful,
peaceful it's like training camp. There's tranquility, there's serenity, there's
Joe Huber, there's all sorts of things going out at
the countryside Manor in London, in the London area, outside
of London, I believe, which is where Pa is.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And you know Pa went.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I went to break listening to to Jets a little
bit during his presser and then just kind of going
to pause. I'm just thinking, you know, with with the
way things are like depth chart deep dives, and I
know you have a lot of extra time on your
hands of this particular moment, or at least you know
you're not not time on your hands, but maybe you're
just more captive given the fact that you're in the
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lap of luxury at the countryside Manor with no air conditioning.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
There is Yeah, it's you've said it before. Our time
slot nine to noon Central, Yeah, it's it's the best
you can have in radio. It is three to six.
I mean, you know it's not like a done full
shows the last couple of days, but still you know, committed,
committed to committed to the fan and being here and
(01:07):
doing radio. You know, three to six ain't the greatest
in the world if you want to if you're thinking
about four hours in roalm trip round trip, elish traffic
to get to London proper. So now we're good. No,
that's but interesting around.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But but that means that the voluminous depth chart has
to be absolutely incredible right now, like you know more.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I mean, and and you mentioned it.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I mean some of these fact cats that they're bringing
on Sunday, whether it's Shelby Harris, it's MALIEK. Collins, like
it's it's big in size for days you went down.
You're hitting me with some undrafted cat Aiden Huntington. But
but what what what is you know, kind of captivating
your interest in terms of you know, this specific defensive
group you know outside of you know, Delpit and you
(01:52):
kind of hit me with this. By the way, I
wasn't aware, I mean, I know who Grant Delpit is,
I wasn't aware that he's kind of established himself as
maybe one of the pillars of that that Browns defense.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So I got to school myself up a little bit.
But just from like.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
A depth chart, deep dive, whether you're it's like, wow,
you wouldn't believe what Ronnie Hickman's doing, Like, what's what's
stretching your imagination in terms of Stefanski's group defensively into Sunday?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
All right, Two things here, I get long winded. The
fan has learned. So what's mandatory break time here for
Murphy's Zay Scott than operations?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Guy, we got we got ten minutes twenty four?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay. Secondly, I leave, and every single day you play
real music out into into segments, I mean, what is
is it? Because it's Blake more responsible for pulling it
out because well that's part of it. I mean, it's
unbelievable everything. It's like Michael Jackson Doobie Brothers yesterday.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Dude, I am honestly just going to freaking lose it
if I have to continue listening to rights free and
bless these people who make a living making this music
by the way that it's available to us. But my goodness,
I need some freaking soul back in the I need
some loose booty. I need some earth wind and fire.
I need some curzy. I need some loose booty.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
All right, what do we need to know here?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh just yeah, deep chart dep dive, just feeling.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Miles Garrett first overall pick in twenty seventeen, four sacks
this year, six time All Pro. That's cool, not the
Pro Bowl bit, the one that matters. All Pro. Four
time first team All Pro. Denzel Ward has four defensive
touchdowns in his career, two pick sixes, couple of fumble recoveries,
their nickel, their third corner. Miles Harden, second year South
(03:33):
Dakota go Crazy yoats his last interception August of twenty
twenty three in college at Missouri. Now Cleveland in playing.
Now this is a home game for Cleveland, but I
think when people listen to it on the Audio Leader
in KFAM a thirty am Sunday, it's going to be
a Vikings home game, they're going to be dramatically more
Vikings fans than Browns games. So technically this is I mean,
(03:57):
it's a game away from the dog Pound. Cleveland this year,
in two games away from the dog Pound have a
points differential of minus forty eight in their two at
the dog Pound at home their plus two with a victory.
So there's that when it comes to their defense, Mason
Graham has a half sack and he's like two and
(04:19):
a half tackles a game, so he doesn't play every play.
But I just for some reason, like when I asked
people about him, including O'Connell with x's and o's, what
was that two days ago? You know, like he didn't
go down the road deep on Mason Graham. I just,
you know, wonder how well Mason Graham is playing Malie Collins.
He's a Beefeater, unrestricted free agent from the Niners, only
(04:44):
a sack and a half. Tenth year from Nebraska. He
and Shelby Harris are problems now. Shelby's in his eleventh
year from Illinois State. And we remember a game when
the Broncos were in town where they were leading by
like three touchdowns at halftime. Then Rudy caught that one
from Chains and the place was as loud as you're
going to hear it. Well, Shelby Harrison that game for
(05:04):
the Broncos just absolutely mauled man. Now that's several years ago,
but he's still going very very strong. Jerome Baker eighth
hear from Ohio State, unrestricted from Tennessee. He has to
pick sixes. Aiden Huntington was undrafted from Tulane only a
half sack, but ninety eight plays a lot. Why because
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he's one of those big, fast, strong bits that nobody's
heard of, and he plays a lot and he fits
the role that they want to do quite well. Carson Schwsinger,
the second round rookie from UCLA, plays every play. He's
part of their nickel linebacker group, very very fast. I
just think Peyton Wilson forty one for the Steelers from
(05:45):
last game. They kind of played the same way and
they play a lot of single high safety, So you're
going to see thirty three Ronnie Hickman as like the
angel on the shoulder bit above it all. I'm not
sure they're going to do that in this game. Maybe
they will because that's how they play and that's how
they play best. But in doing so, Delpit gets down
(06:07):
by the line. So nine Grant delpits down by the
line of scrimmage a ton and and he's in essence
and extra linebacker. He plays a lot like mattellis. Are
they going to really do that against Jefferson and Addison
and Naylor and Howkinson. We'll see, We'll see. It's a
pick your poison bit here. If they're going to single
eighteen and three, then if Jordan Addison has a one
(06:28):
hundred yard game or more, it would be the first
time in his career he's gone back to back with
one hundred yard games, and he's one hundred yards from
two thousand in his career. And Jordan at practice the
last I mean Jordan Addison from the Patriots joints, through
the Steelers game and the practice up to it, Through
the two practices I've seen, he's never looked better. He
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looks so good and engaged right now. So that's that's
the Browns defense. Want anything on the offense.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, yeah, I guess as I'm looking at this, Cam
Robinson's gonna play, isn't he. I know Conklin on the
right side has been limited with that elbow a bit,
but they're really gonna, you know, ship this guy over
in a cargo container and flop him out on the
field at Tottenham. Cam Robinson's gonna play left tackle.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
May yeah, I'll be surprised if he starts. Remember left
handed quarterback, So the right tackle is a bit okay,
the right tackle is the key here, Jack Conklin. I
didn't see practice report today, but I think they're going
to get him up for the game and Conklin's good,
so he would play right tackle. Cornelius Lucas would play
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left tackle. Dylan Gabriel has played this year three or
four nineteen yards, touchdown, no picks. The touchdown he threw
was the fellow rookie Dylan Samson. A Samson is a
fourth round rookie from Tennessee backs up Judkins. And this
will be the starting debut for Gabriel. Five to eleven
South Paul from Honolulu, And you know, in the mop
(07:55):
up duty against Detroit and Baltimore, he didn't really play
that much, but they let him throw four times for
nineteen yards. He's never been sacked, never thrown in an interception.
He's yet to run the ball. And let me ask
you this. Don't you think he has one hundred and
fifty five passing touchdowns in college? Yea most in FBS history.
All right, I mean he played six years at Central Florida,
(08:18):
Oklahoma and Oregon. He also ran thirty three touchdowns in
during college. But I think there should be an asterisk
on this one fifty five because my man played six years.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, no, it's still it boggles.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
It's the I mean, it's so boring with the nil
bit and just you think going back to that COVID
year when even the Gophers they had guys that were
like on their seventh season because extra eligibility in all
of this and now your ability to transfer, and I mean,
they're just pulling rabbits out of hats with these extra
seasons these kids get. There should be an asterisk there
and maybe the Honolu Lulu native will get laid.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Out by this. Mike.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Yeah, it was just so dumb, but looking forward to
seeing how sadly without Alex, I just pulled a bursat
here Andrew Van Ginkle Van Ginkell, do I have two
more minutes? You do have two more minutes? Anything else
on the cutting even floor.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Cool battle of the Kevins O'Connell and Stefanski. It is
O'Connell twenty twenty four Coach of the Year, Stefanski two
time Coach of the Year. O'Connell was with Cleveland in
twenty fifteen as the quarterbacks coach. Johnny Manzel, though it
was his first coaching job. Mike Patton, who's also on
the Viking staff now, was the head coach of the Browns.
Then he gave Kevin his first opportunity. Stefanski spent fourteen
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years with the Vikings offensive coordinator twenty eighteen or half
of it, and twenty nineteen. From a Vikings defensive standpoint,
I think this is really cool. The Vikings have allowed
seven plays this year through four of twenty yards or more.
Just seven. That's tied for first with Blakemore's team, the
Green Bay Packers. Seven through four is a pretty good
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number when you you get to third and six or longer.
Third and six are longer against flores defense. And Birah
Murphy and I are going to chat about this next segment.
The opponents are of two of twenty six, so two
first downs twenty four non first downs. That's tops in
the NFL. Pittsburgh went one for five when third or
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six and longer. You think I've had a lot of
time on my hands. It's only Thursday. Are you freaking
kidding me?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (10:27):
And that's what I love when I watch you starting
to put those things together on a weekly basis.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Man, those are delicious.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
And that two of twenty six put the put that
kid back there on third and six or longer and
left Flora's feast last a little bit for you. Anything
impress you. I mean we know about in Ndjoku and
Harold fan in the way they use him. Anything cool
about Isaiah Bond or Jamari Thrash, like.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
It just feels other than Judy.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm familiar with him, just you know, really on the
grind Stefanski is with with young playmakers and then maybe
some guys that they're they're trying just to muster anything
positive out of well.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Isaiah Bond, undrafted from Texas rookie. He got Joe Flacco benched,
all right. I mean it's either Flaco threw it to
a lion or Bond run the wrong route. I'm willing
to roll the dice the Bond round the wrong route.
So nevertheless, he's number sixteen and he's never scored in
an NFL touchdown. Then you get Jerry Judy. He hasn't
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run the ball in three years. He has zero touchdowns
this year. Jamari Thrash, second year from Louisville, fifth rounder
in twenty twenty four, zero touchdowns. In Djoku zero touchdowns,
Harold fannin junior zero touchdowns, third running back who plays
Jerome Ford zero touchdowns. You get the bit here. They
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don't score a lot of touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
No, they certainly do not. That's awesome, man, thanks for
doing a little depth chart deep dive with me. I'm
gonna say we're gonna hear from Zay Scott and Bira
Murphy Junior around the corner. I'll check back in with
you for a final segment.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
All right, yep, thanks Bud, goodwar, thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That's Pa back in London and around the corner.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
You're going to get to hear PA chatting not just
with running back Xavier Scott, but also Viking's corner Byron
Murphy Junior some sneaky post practice chats that he recorded
earlier this morning. That's next, not a neon in the fan,
Welcome back, It's Nordo here. It's nine to noon.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
A couple segments to go.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
This segment, we have a couple of chats that Pa
was able to catch up on, some coveny ketchup's London
town style and first you'll hear from Byron Murphy Junior momentarily.
But first running back Xavier Scott, who sadly due to injury,
has gotten a lot more reps and made some plays
and kind of working his way into the mix with
the Minnesota Vikings. Xavier Scott chatting with Pa earlier this morning.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Let's listen.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, I didn't get to see you much after the game,
so congratulations on your first touchdown. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
I appreciation following.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Yeah, for sure. And when you watch it back, because
I didn't see a replay at it, I mean, and
pardon the question, were you one hundred percent in one percent?
Speaker 5 (13:01):
Yeah, looking back at the time, I'm like, I feel
like I'm in. I just I think I'm in, And
then were looking back, yeah, hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Well the reason I ask is because supposedly, you know,
they they have play clocks in both end zones, which
was a problem in this game, but they they review
all touchdowns and I thought that was super close, and
they just went bang banging. I guess it wasn't that close.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Right, Yeah, and now they found a perfect angle, honestly,
and you can still see the ship of the yellow.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
So it was reviewed and yeah, it was sure enough.
It was a touchdown.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
So this Brown's defense AFC North don't get a chance
to watch them much. Miles, Garrett delp It, Denzel Ward,
you know, we know some of the names. So just
when I say Brown's defense, boom, what comes to mind?
Speaker 4 (13:40):
Miles Garrett for sure.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
I mean those guys they all play hard, they're they
have a good defense, and uh, you know we already
know they're gonna they're gonna bring their game and uh
and we know we'll bring ours too. So when I
when I think about their defenses, is definitely that that
they're they're they're tough, they're they're coming to play football.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Have it now? Knowing that that you were a receiver
before running back, I still just marvel when I look
at you because you're big and just receivers. They are
big receivers Megadron, DK Metcalf guys like that. But I mean,
have you always like been this big and a receiver
and fast?
Speaker 5 (14:14):
I was always in that like middle ground wild playing
receiver running back, and coaches were kind of like not
sure which one.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
I'd be at more.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
But yeah, I've definitely grown into my into my body
a little bit more throughout college. Started college, I won
ninety ended up my last few years being about two
fifteen to two.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Twenty to where I'm at. Yeah, I was chatting with
O'Connell a couple of days ago and we were talking
about you, and I'm like, you know, and this may
seem so remedial and like basic or whatever, but you
know what somebody does in a preseason or in practice
or in training camp, well, the regular season is different
and the pressure is different everything. And I'm like, wow,
it's just cool to see Zay make guys miss slide
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after he catches it is are like even the most
basic things are they just do you feel like they're
starting to come together when you get opportunity.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
I feel like I had a good foundation before, you know,
the right before this time really came. That once it came,
it just feels normal, feels natural, like uh, And there's
things always to improve on within that foundation to make
sure there's no cracks, uh. But I think that the
hands with the right way before and the foundation set.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
What what do you genuinely enjoy about being in Minnesota
Viking and your current role or say Aaron's back and
it's Aaron and Aaron and Jordan, you know, and say
you're inactive or you're active, What do you genuinely enjoy
about the whole thing?
Speaker 5 (15:41):
I enjoy it is just the camaraderie the team, this
the team in general. Man, I think it's a special group,
special special atmosphere, and no matter what role you play,
it's out.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
They're all valued.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
And whether it be a practice swag guy like I
like I was last year, it's valued. Or if it's
an active guy, inactive guy, whatever it is, there's value there.
And that's something that I really appreciate about this organization.
And I value everybody top to bottom in this organization.
And there's just some some amazing people, great hearts throughout it,
throughout the organization.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
When when you're when you're on the practice squad and
you're running scout team, So in essence, like say this week,
if it was last year, you could be Judkins or
you could be Samson. What's key about a role for
practice squad guys doing that?
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Actually I last year for me, at least, I would
look at the guys that you know we're going against,
whether that be.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
The Montgomery's, the.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
James Connor like those different guys throughout the league, and
try to mimic their game to the best of my
ability that week for the defense to give them a
realistic looking from all the way to their stances, Like
some guys are a little higher in their stances, some
guys are super low.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
In their stances.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Some guys are more speedback, some guys are more cutbacks,
some guys are just different types of game that each each.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
Guy plays with.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
So I tried to be intentional with that as a
practice squad guy left.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
So so you'll watch them and try to emulate almost
exactly what they do.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Yeah, that's the to the best of my ability, because
that's that's how you get the team ready. And I
feel I took part.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
In, you know, the when we would win, when we
would lose, I would feel like I could have did
better being on practice squad. You know, I could have
gave them a better look throughout the week to prepare
for that. And I think that's the mindset you have
to go into it with, regardless of your role.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
All right, Jay, So so like last year, so you
got to emulate Jimi or Gabbs. Does that mean you
have to stand straight up?
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Like we can find film they're all standing straight up?
Speaker 5 (17:23):
You could, And then when I would have when they
would tell me I'm Montgomery, I would get in the
different stands one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
We can go back and find film one hundred percent
did that?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, last one. You and I last year and then
now more this year have become closer via our Christian faith?
Why why? Why is that so important to you?
Speaker 5 (17:40):
And this last game was a huge testament to that.
If I'm being honest, the team took really good care
of us physical, with the physical aspect of things last week.
And there's some things I was I was dealing with
going into the game, and uh, and I was just
praying God. I was like, not by my not by
power or by power, by your spirit.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
It's the only wealth able to do that.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Have this game, play this game, and man, and by
the grace of God, I was able to play and
play well and not have to when I was out
in the field, I wasn't feeling any of the things
I was feeling outside of the time. So that's little
things like that is why it means so much to me.
And I know that's the first time you've heard it,
but that was that's.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
A huge testimony.
Speaker 6 (18:18):
Man.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
I just I can't think God enough of my prayer
was that I'd have the chance to share that.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Yeah, And it just further personifies that as the Gospel
would teach. Sure, we love God, but it's how much
He loves us more so than any way we can
think we can possibly love him. Right.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and you see it day in day out. I
mean we see his mercies of new every morning the
sun rises. There's amazing people are all around us, like
regardless of our what, we what, we believe, it's beautiful hearts,
beautiful souls within every person.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
And God did that for a reason.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
That's running back Zay Scott with PA earlier this morning,
and and following his chat with the running back, he
caught up with cornerback Byron Murphy Jr.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So, So, have you ever picked off a left handed quarterback?
Speaker 2 (19:03):
I believe so.
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Wow, I believe I have, and obviously I gotta do
it again. But yeah, if I could take it back
to memories, I gotta really think about that.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Wow, I actually don't know all that. That's gonna be unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
I think lefty quarterback.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You helped me out. No, I can't, but because I
didn't look through all your interceptions to see if there
are any lefties, then we can go back to college
and stuff like that. But does the ball It's a
weird question, man, with the left handed quarterback does does
the ball come out different? Like do you got the
spin and everything?
Speaker 6 (19:37):
I think I want to say it's too much of
a difference, but obviously I feel like left handed quarterbacks
do have a little bit more like speed, I would say,
velocity on the ball. I'm obviously watching his film, Dylan,
He's definitely can make throws from you know, from the
from the boundary to the field outrouts and all that.
So he definitely has a strength. He has a big arm,
So I think left to just you know, have more
velocity on the ball.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
So in what's known as a cop we had a
league when when you see Rogers bam bam bam, quick,
bam bam bam quick, do do do teams generally like
think they can pick up on something and try to
emulate that the next game.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Yeah, I definitely feel like, you know, each team comes
with a different game plan against our defense. They always
come in with a different game plan. The obviously we
kind of see on film, but as we know, obviously
playing a couple of games now, teams are definitely trying
to you know, quick game, get the ball out fast.
I think the time coach Hatt told us is like
one second or something like that.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
So we know they're trying to get the ball out.
Obviously a rookie quarterback.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
Coming in, they're probably trying to keep the game playing simple,
get the ball out quick and obviously you know pick
off what happened last.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Week now now rush and coverage meshing obviously is ten
to ten important. But you guys, this year, third and
six and longer all right? As the defense, I think
two first downs against twenty four times not first downs?
What do you think the keys are to that third
and six are longer? You guys are number one in
the league. I just think those are the downs we
(20:54):
were locked in. Third downs is something we always you know,
we practice, we always all the dbs, you know, we
take that our hands and to go out there and
do what we have to do on third down and
good you know obviously to get offense to ball, but
third down something we just always lock in on for sure.
So with with Dylan Gabriel, when you only have a
handful of snaps to look at, you know, I know,
like talking to coaches, they'll say, scheme first, player second.
(21:15):
I get that, but how do you handle that when
somebody is barely played.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I think obviously trying to get the ball and you know,
his playmaker's hands. Obviously they got guys on the outside, Judy.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Those guys good good running.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Back, other receivers as well, So I just feel like
it's obviously that's the scheme.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Obviously you got to go with the scheme.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
But it's obviously getting your best players at all, and
obviously as a rookie quarterback, you're trying to you know,
I'm not saying force anything to your best player, but
you're gonna definitely give them more targets than usual.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
All Right, so we're four into it. How do you
think your season's going so far? Great?
Speaker 6 (21:42):
Obviously we got some you know stuff that you know,
make up. We're not where we want to be as
a defense, as a team, but obviously you got to
take a game by game and this week we're just
focused on being one another and going from there.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Bier Murphy's our guest couple of quickis to close here Judkins,
they're running back again, not much experience, but it looks
like he has a chance to be decent.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Definitely, I watched a fielm great running back, runs runs hard,
so you gotta definitely go out there and tackle him,
make sure we stop that yards as well, stop the
run and get everything else going.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
And then you being a bona fide team leader, you know,
and human nature gets to win, okay, if you let
it win. That's what I'm getting at here. You know,
by the time they play this game, you're gonna have
been in Europe a week and a half. You got
the buye after that, so you're a team leader. You know.
What I'm saying here is like human nature cannot creep
in at this stage.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Right, definitely can. Obviously we can't focus on the bye week.
We got to take care. We came here for a
next business so and obviously we already have the mindset
we're not leaving here without a win. So that's what's
gonna have to be. So we have no choice about
their show up. Obviously we'll get the win. And obviously
going to the bye we that's gonna come. That's when
we get time to rest.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Let's go.
Speaker 6 (22:44):
You know, I'll play our hard, so I'm go put
it all on the line.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
You're fantastic, Thank you, so.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Byron Murphy Junior with PA out London Way and we're
gonna check back in with the host. Final segment nine
to noon is next final segment nine to noon, and
we're gonna jump right on back out to London. Here
Pa on site on scene, Final segment nine to noon,
I believe with a special guest.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
What up, Pa?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Indeed, thank you Nords. It's Paully Walling. It's Paul Martin,
director of Team Operations. If we travel internationally, it's mandatory
to have Paul or a part of the staff. Chad
Lundein is the vice president of Operations, and Chuck Peterson,
Senior manager of Team Operations malam Burgess team Operations manager,
(23:31):
and and and Paul has been a friend of mine
for more than a couple of decades. And you know,
this is an unprecedented journey. So let's begin here. How's
the heart.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
I'm hanging in there. I think most of the time
when I sit down with you, I've got a few
espressos in front of me, and I haven't slept in thirty
six hours. But this is definitely a little bit different.
I feel a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Good. Yeah, well, we're in the second half now, so
you know, being director of Team Operations, and again, you know,
Chad vice president Operations and Facility. These Chad Chuck and
Milan plus so many others do so much work to
make the engine go. And it's not just for home
games or road games, but this is the first multi
(24:12):
country back to back scenario for a National Football League team,
And you know, whether it's working with equipment or that,
there are just so many more entities that make this go.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Like who yeah, I mean that's you know, certainly. Something
I wanted to point out is there's a lot of
talented people that are behind the scenes here, from our
equipment staff, our medical staff, our video it, you know,
nutrition things like that. You know, all of us have
to work in conjunction to make sure that, you know,
these trips go as smoothly as possible. Players feel like,
(24:44):
you know, there's not major disruptions. We can prepare for
a game like we would anywhere else.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
So so having been at this manner multiple times now
and then playing at Tottenham Hotspur for a third time,
I mean that's an advantage, right, I mean, it's knowing
kind of what's coming at you is major here, right yeah.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
I mean certainly more of my attention was focused on Dublin,
you know, being the first time, not only for US,
but for any NFL team. You know, the history and
the experience we have with the staff here, with the
grounds here, you know, having a practice field on site,
all of those things are you know a nice you know,
feathering the cap as you're working through months of planning.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
So with two countries, what are unique challenges like that?
Go well, first and foremost Dublin. It's the first time
for anybody, so start there, But like, what are some
unique challenges compared to a road trip where you land
in Appleton?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
Yeah, I mean starting with Dublin. The number one thing is,
you know, any sports teams or programs that they have
come through there, they are not coming through at the
size and you know the numbers that we had, you know,
pushing two hundred people m over there. They're used to
you know, their soccer groups and things like that that
are forty fIF sixty people.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
So you know, just to.
Speaker 7 (26:02):
Sheer numbers was number one. And then just you know,
we have a different program. You know, the meetings that
we have, the meals and the size of the menus,
and you know the ins and outs of traveling to
practice and you know, to walk throughout the stadium and
things like that they just don't see with some of
the other groups. And then you know, kind of the
(26:23):
biggest thing that was on my mind for you know,
basically since day one, was the transition from Dublin to London.
You know, not only flying our people here, but you know,
we've got suitcases full of eleven days where the clothes
and thirty seven thousand pounds of equipment that was needed
for you know, all the practices and the games and
things like that. So you know, to make it here
(26:46):
Monday evening and to be thirty minutes ahead of schedule, yeah,
I couldn't been happy.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Well, I'm just laughing because I mean, whether it's texting
talking to you, it's to see you relaxed is fantastic
because I you know, I don't know exactly what goes
into this, but I know that that has been a
lot for not only weeks, but months up to it.
And the double im portion of the equation went perfectly.
So I mean, you know, to get in there, have
things go well. Sadly, the team didn't win, but then
(27:10):
to get to London, like you said, I mean that
ain't easy, but it seemed to go well. Now I
mentioned the name Chuck Peterson, Senior manager of team Operations.
See between you, Chad and Milan. I think Chuck has
an enviable role. And here's why, because he gets to
be out of practice and like catch passes and throw
passes and snap and do a bunch and like play
(27:32):
catch and so like like why does he get to
do that? You think Milan can run routes.
Speaker 7 (27:37):
Yeah, she's up there too. Honestly, I kind of mentioned
it earlier. But practice is like my peaceful time to
you know, be back in the officer, back in the
hotel and just kind of regroup and you know, figure
out the rest of the day and once ahead of us.
So you know, I know they enjoy it. I'm happy
to let them do it. Yeah, I am just fine
(27:58):
with the role that I have.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Where I'm You're Minnesota, Like, where'd you go to high school?
Where'd you go to college?
Speaker 7 (28:04):
Little Falls is my hometown? And University of Minnesota Morris
right on?
Speaker 3 (28:08):
At University of Minnesota, Morris, did you want to get
into pro sports operations? And you know, was there ever
a time where you thought you'd be putting together a
Dublin to London trip?
Speaker 7 (28:20):
No, definitely did not have that on my list of
to dos when I was twenty years old. But yeah,
actually that's kind of where it started. We didn't have
the sports management program when I arrived, and my class
kind of helped build it, I guess you could say.
And we were the first graduating class with a sports
managing degree there. So that's kind of where it started.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
With the with the team meals, you know, breakfast, snack, launch, dinner,
the whole thing. I mean, it's A plus service and accommodations.
Does the team have a say in the food or
is it what they offer here at Hanbury Manor or
previously at the Shelbourne Shellburn Shelbourne.
Speaker 7 (28:59):
Yeah, it's one hundred percent of the team's choice, it is.
And you know, we do like to go with a
little bit of the local fair, whether it's abroad or
even in the States. If we're in Louisiana, we're gonna,
you know, go that direction. So we definitely have a
lot to say.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Well, you guys have done fantastic work. Thank you for
the A plus accommodations, Thank you for joining the radio show.
Anything else you want to add, No, it's great to
be here and it's great to see you smile. Thank you, Paulie.
That's Paul Martin, director of team operations for the Minnesota Vikings.
Thank you very much, Nordo, and we'll chat with you
tomorrow for the Friday Football Feast. Likewise, for our producer
(29:35):
Brett Blake Moore and from the Minnesota Vikings team hotel
outside of London Proper, I'm Paul Allen. That's nine to
noon at f one hundred point three KFAM Bye Bye.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Podcast, Today's Paul Allen Show. We're listening back to previo
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