KOC Presser! Common Man Hour 2

Common Man Hour 2 --KOC Presser --5 Questions --Wild/Wolves Wins

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Speaker 2 (00:42):
Couple thirteen fourteen past common Man program head coach soon
to be Big Game World champion Minnesota Vikings Kevin O'Connor
should be speaking shortly to the assembled media at the
New Winter Party.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
This text message came in and said comment.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
At one point earlier in the game, Fox showed a
third down comparison graphic that said the Vikings were for
four they finished three or fourteen and zero for ten
their last third downs. I'm sure if that's accurate. I'll
take the text messagers word for to sure. Seem like
that this one sees the difference in cousins, his cousins
and Darnold had already been in the league for years.

(01:16):
McCarthy has literally played four games. He needs experience. He
still looks like this in year or two, and we
can all have a real conversation. I think I just
said that, didn't we just say that we're not. No
one's throwing the towel in on him. What I'm just
saying is there's no guarantee. What Craig wrote was it's
gonna be a bumpy ride for a while. Well, how

(01:37):
long is a while? Is what I'm saying. There's no
guarantee he could end up being the greatest quarterback in
the history of the National Football Yes, we all hope
he does, but we don't know that. And the early
returns just aren't very good. I mean, Jayden Daniels was
brilliant in his work. Hee heere, he didn't have any problems. Yeah,

(02:00):
all the players, all the quarterbacks that were drafted the
same draft he wasn't been pretty good. Now, they all
played last year for the most part. Maybe what one
didn't right, the Panics kid didn't for didn't.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Play past year. Yeah, you played for most year. The
other guy so and then they and again he has only.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Played four games. I get that he has four games capitalized.
I know how many games he's played. I've watched all
four games. Don't be so defensive for the kid. He's
the one that came up with My alter ego is not.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Well on.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Once the game starts, I'm a different person.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Idn't superhero that one all right?

Speaker 5 (02:38):
Well?

Speaker 2 (02:41):
As Gordon Lighte woot once sings saying some heroes often fail.
That was from If You Could Read My Mind. He
also did a song called the record the Edmond FitzGeralds
fifty years ago. Today the Edmund FitzGeralds sank on its
way to Cleveland.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Here's Kose.

Speaker 6 (02:59):
Guys looking at the you know, looking at the tape. Obviously,
what continues to jump out, you know, is is a
lot of the self inflicted. You you play a good
team like that, lose a turnover battle and have the
kind of penalty issues that we have that we had,
ultimately never really give ourselves a chance to win the game.
Despite there were some uh, there were some good things

(03:22):
on the tape as well, you know, execution wise, when
we were able to not stop ourselves. Baltimore made some plays.
But we've got to get right to work on the tape.
That's what we're doing now with the players and make
sure we as I told them, you know, the frustration
of yesterday, it needs to be fueled by the conviction

(03:44):
and the and the determination for tomorrow and having a
really good week of prep and making sure we solve
some of the things, both with real communication and dialogue
of what happened. Specifically in regards to the cadence, when
you look at it, you know, five of those false
art's coming on first and ten in many cases, you know,
with some continued you know, runs called and chances to

(04:07):
stack some positive plays in the run game. And then
you're first and fifteen against the team that plays some
unique things and challenges on third down kind of tilts
you know, what you want to do as an offense
and how we wanted to play the game and away
from us. And then the remaining three came on said
weighty downs, third downs and fourth downs so critical critical,

(04:30):
you know, we had a couple defensive penalties of pass
interference and then the rough in the passer I thought
was an unbelievable you know rush by Dallas. Great, you know,
great game there working with you know, one of the
inside guys and gets there with you.

Speaker 5 (04:45):
Know, a ton of force.

Speaker 6 (04:46):
Just got to make sure we don't you know, fully
you know, the body weight rule is what it is,
and that was that was the exact reason for that rule.
So just some you know, real real momentum changing plays.
I thought our defense did a lot of really good
things against a very talented offense. And then obviously the
special teams turnover at that point in time in the

(05:06):
game was was very.

Speaker 5 (05:08):
Much a you know, an.

Speaker 6 (05:11):
Incredibly shifting play to kind of change how the duration
of the game played out. But I've got to do
a better job coaching this team, clearly when you have
you know, pre snap issues like that both in game,
you know, not only not you know, not just relying
on position coaches and and and wes to get things
fixed and flip.

Speaker 5 (05:29):
Over to the defensive side.

Speaker 6 (05:30):
I got to be directly, you know, involved with some
of those things and watch them all on the TV copy.

Speaker 5 (05:36):
Listen to them all.

Speaker 6 (05:37):
We have the benefit of kind of going through each
one as its own thing. And you know, don't know
if there's a necessarily the smoking gun that you know,
maybe you know, I thought yesterday it's you know, it's
a variety of a couple of things, but we've got
to make sure we fix it and we will looking ahead,
I did want to update you guys. Got some good

(05:58):
news on JG. Jonathan Gernard. See how he does throughout
the week. He saw today, But you know, we'll see
if he can get a get some time in this
week on the practice field and potentially be available for
this Sunday. But I do think we avoided a long
term injury with him. THEO Jackson cleared the concussion protocol

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

(06:38):
anything changing here, anticipate maybe opening his window at some
point in time soon.

Speaker 5 (06:45):
Here.

Speaker 6 (06:47):
You also may see some guys limited or get a
day here and there. But it's that time of year
as we kind of shift into November into December where
we want to have a fresh team as much as
possible for the game. But NFC North game at home,
we're two and zero in the division. Bears are playing
really well. Ben's doing a great job. You know, DA's
doing a great job with that defense, forcing a lot

(07:08):
of turnovers.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
That's been a problem for us.

Speaker 6 (07:10):
So we need to make sure we put together a
plan that limits their ability to do that. And then
we've got to get the execution out of all eleven
to make sure that we're not doing anything from a
self inflicted standpoint to limit you know, yesterday having over
six yards of play and sustaining some a good start
again and just not able to sustain it with the
kind of consistency that we need. And to me that

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

Speaker 3 (07:36):
Is Wang when he's on.

Speaker 1 (07:38):
All those conversations are like with him about coming back.

Speaker 5 (07:41):
Yeah, we you know, when we put him on IR.

Speaker 6 (07:44):
You know, the phrase I use for him was I
wanted him banging down my office door to get back
on the field. And you know he's he's doing really well.
He got some really good work in on the side
field last week, really no issues whatsoever. And that was
kind of the whole knowing that the anticipation was, you know,
we would hopefully open his window at some point and

(08:04):
get him back practicing and then see, you know how
he responds to that, you know, actually getting on the
practice field, getting in the huddle a little bit. But
but he's doing really well. You know, he wanted to
go through a full weekend, stayed at the hotel and
everything on Saturday, kind of getting back into what that
rhythm kind of looks like. So very encouraged with where
Ryan's at, and I know he is too.

Speaker 5 (08:26):
Better.

Speaker 7 (08:26):
As you go through the playfall in sequence, when you
have those both starts in verson fifteen, how much does
that change the likelihood of running the spot knowing kind
of distance being very.

Speaker 6 (08:36):
Well, I think the thing you run into Ben is
like you're you're going into a first and fifteen, so
you're really kind of limiting, you know, the under center stuff.
You know, you're the defense can then take a little
bit more risk, whether it's pressures into runs or forcing
you to have to maybe get to a secondary run
because of some of those looks. So a lot of
times what you do is you activate some of your

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

(09:19):
like in a couple in many of the cases, we
were able to get to a second and eight, you know,
after being first and fifteen or immediately, like, you know,
we completed a ball to Jordan Edison for twenty plus
on a you know, and called the same play that
we had called on the on the first down sequence.
But with the disappointing ones are the ones where you've

(09:39):
stacked a couple good runs and in some cases explosive
runs ten plus, and then you're just trying to continue
to see if you can keep that early down not
only efficiency, but you're stealing chunks of yards with those plays,
and now you know, you get into first and fifteen
and you have to There's a lot a lot more
variables come up from a standpoint of, you know, solving

(10:03):
problems that could either create more negatives or you know,
a limit limit your ability to use tempo, you know,
things that then help you kind of tilt the scales
back to even even though you got to get fifteen
instead of ten. But yeah, I you know, looking at
the you know, looking at the stat line and all
those things. Would have loved to, you know, have a

(10:24):
sequence of the end of game where we could stay
true normal football and be able to keep running it
because I thought the guys did a good job. We
got off to a slow start in the run game,
but we're able to offset it with going through for
four on third down early on in the game, put
the ball in the end zone. Thought we had a
chance on you know, that third and long play where
we threw the ball back to JJ kind of got

(10:46):
the whole defense flowing and we just had to make
one block and didn't make it, and that could have
been four or four to start the day on third down.

Speaker 5 (10:52):
Then you get the run game going.

Speaker 6 (10:54):
But like I said, those are all what ifs and
should I could have would us and.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
We did not like most about Joe and nail Or
he's really and some unbelievable.

Speaker 6 (11:04):
Yeah, he's I mean, I've I've tried to make any
opportunity and you guys have done a good job noticing
him before yesterday and asking me about him throughout the year.
You know, what does he mean to our offense and
the role he's playing. Uh, Jalen basically had the same
game he's had, you know, throughout the season. He just
you know, got some big targets and some big moments

(11:25):
and continues to just impress me with his physicality on
early downs in the run game, his ability to I mean,
he had some really good blocks on Kyle Hamilton fitting
in there in the in the box in the run game.

Speaker 5 (11:38):
And then just you know, you saw the speed on.

Speaker 6 (11:40):
The first you know, the third down long ball, the
run after catch, you know, turning that into a sixty
plus yard game, the touchdown on the fourth down. You know,
really where we kind of got an unscouted look. I
think they've run that coverage one time all season compared
to some of the other things they were running.

Speaker 5 (11:57):
And that's what happens when you're in a fourth and.

Speaker 6 (11:58):
Five and put yourself in a long sequence and go
backwards self inflicted.

Speaker 5 (12:02):
Wise, you could get something like that.

Speaker 6 (12:04):
And I thought JJ made an incredible throw and heck
of a catch by by Jalen Naylor.

Speaker 5 (12:09):
Still, you know, would have.

Speaker 6 (12:11):
Loved to get more out of the target share to
some of our other players, trying to get you know,
those guys going. But but yeah, I thought Speedy was
huge for us, really taking advantage of his opportunities.

Speaker 8 (12:22):
Kevin with twenty two incompletions, I was wondering, like, where
are some of those easier completions to TJ than too
don't really see a lot of anymore.

Speaker 6 (12:33):
Yeah, I thought, you know, I thought we had a
chance at the one, you know, the third down conversion
of Naylor over the middle.

Speaker 5 (12:39):
TJ was really the primary out on the red.

Speaker 6 (12:43):
Line, kind of simulating a screen that we had run
early in the game to Aaron Jones against the Lions.
Got the defense to bite. JJ was playing fast and
just got off of it, but there could have he
ended up converting to Naylor over the middle. But there,
you know, I think that the biggest thing is is
TJ's a major part of what we do, and and uh,
you know.

Speaker 5 (13:03):
A couple of the false start.

Speaker 6 (13:04):
Penalties, you know, he you know, he's the primary and
those you know, kind of more manageable d n d
s and then you start thinking about ten plus and
protection and trying to convert on some of those startles.
But it's no excuse. We got to get TJ involved
in the game more. We got to find them because
you're you're absolutely right, You're right.

Speaker 5 (13:22):
We need those We need those plays.

Speaker 6 (13:24):
They've been a huge part of our offense since we
acquired them, for sure. And then when you're looking at
some of the block shots, I think we had four.

Speaker 5 (13:31):
All four of those were.

Speaker 6 (13:33):
You know, looking at uh, you know, backside and cut
to Jordan.

Speaker 5 (13:37):
Addison's going to be an explosive.

Speaker 6 (13:38):
Jordan probably in the red zone on the last one
is going to be a touchdown if not getting back
to TJ, you know, on the backside of that progression,
and just some of just some of those things where
you know when you're not totally synced up and you're
kind of reaching a little bit at times, it felt
like we're pressing once we got down especially, and then

(13:59):
you know when you consider we had no none of
those pre snap penalties in the first quarter, but then
they go to to and four the rest of the way,
just kind of putting ourselves in a in a in
a tough spot that gets you out of those d
and ds where TJ has always been pretty significant for us.

Speaker 9 (14:17):
As you went back to the table, what did you
think of JJ's second half.

Speaker 5 (14:21):
Yeah, I thought, like what happens to many quarterbacks.

Speaker 6 (14:24):
As games goes went on, you know, there was some
there were some inconsistencies there, but still there was some
playmaking and some competes that I think are are are
are pretty unique to to JJ. So if we can
just get I thought, you know, throughout the early part
of the game, the deep ball to Naylor, the reset

(14:44):
back where we might have had TJ. But he's you know,
compacted in the pocket, a little push there. I thought
he had some good pocket movement. It's just you know,
like like with a lot of young quarterbacks in this
phase of where he's at right now, where we're you know,
getting a lot of these snaps on the fly. It's
not just that subtle climb back to that safe spot
because I did think we had some good pockets for him.

(15:06):
It's the it's the subtle climb and then you know,
come into balance instead of two or three climbs, and
then all of a sudden that push or the block
shot comes into play.

Speaker 5 (15:15):
So I just think it's all it's all.

Speaker 6 (15:17):
Normal in my opinion, part of part of kind of
where he's at and his development, which is something that's
very encouraging.

Speaker 5 (15:26):
You know.

Speaker 6 (15:26):
The the great part is seeing the competes and the
will to win and his ability to play that style
of game that we had to play, especially late.

Speaker 5 (15:35):
But that's not the game we want to play right now.

Speaker 6 (15:38):
And I got to do a better job keeping us
in that game. And whether it's you know, I'd spent
a lot of time thinking about that third and one call,
you know, late into the evening to try to you know,
zero coverage justin Jefferson on you know, in a one
on one situation, and there's a lot of one hundred
times you call that play. You don't think you know,

(15:58):
that one out of ninety nine where he gets tripped
up and ends up being an interception going back the
other way, not getting to run the run the ball
and four downs.

Speaker 5 (16:07):
You know, as the head coach.

Speaker 6 (16:07):
You get to make decisions, and you know, I made
the decision we were being four down even before that
third and one at that point in time in the
field and came back to bite us for sure in
a huge, huge way. So we wanted to, you know,
take some shots in the game. You know, JJ throws
the deep ball very well, and and uh, you know,
we didn't really get the value received from it in

(16:28):
the football game outside of you know.

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

Speaker 9 (16:33):
After thinking through that, do you are you still would
you still do it again?

Speaker 6 (16:36):
Or is it best receiver in football with in a
one on one with with with a run call you
know you feel good about on fourth and one, I
would not change that call.

Speaker 9 (16:44):
And no, Justin, you talk a lot about this year,
especially about him being your sort of energy guy leadership.
I'm just curious how you kind of saw his body
language on a few of those plays, especially after the interceptions.

Speaker 6 (16:55):
Yeah, I think there was some frustration and maybe with
the you know, having a couple of calls go his
way from a from a you know, a referee standpoint.
But that's all part of the game, and he got
frustrated there a little bit. He's so competitive, he wants
to make those plays, especially when he is you know,
I'm not I think he had twelve targets in the

(17:15):
game and wants to make the impact. You know, we've
we've got competitors, and sometimes that thing can present itself
differently when you're talking about this guy to the next guy.
But I have no concerns with Justin. If anything, you know,
this time of year, I am always thinking about he
plays a lot of snaps and just where can we

(17:38):
you know, where can we find you know, those times,
maybe even throughout the week to make sure that you know,
we're taking care of him so he can be at
his best on Sundays as we roll into kind of
the second.

Speaker 5 (17:49):
Half of the season here. But no, I you know, whether.

Speaker 6 (17:53):
It's the the chances to get him the ball in
his hands. I thought JJ made a great throw on
another one where it was a bang bang play at
the goal line, and you know, we just didn't connect
and it was kind.

Speaker 5 (18:04):
Of like that in some critical moments of the game.

Speaker 6 (18:08):
But we'll get back to work and nobody will leave
the charge more than justin.

Speaker 1 (18:12):
With JJ's development.

Speaker 10 (18:14):
How much are you finding yourself kind of minding him,
like throughout games or the week to not press or
to kind of stay he brings so much intensity.

Speaker 5 (18:25):
Yeah, a lot.

Speaker 6 (18:26):
I think it's a I think it's a factor, I
really do, you know, because he's so competitive and and
he's a very you know, he's a high football IQ
guy and wants to make the play and as many
young quarterbacks have to learn over time, sometimes I thought
he had some great checkdowns, you know, one to Jordan
out in the flat on a tempo play. One to

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

(19:12):
Sometimes there's some throws there down the field. Sometimes there's
great opportunities to put the ball in play check down
wise that are either right in front of you, or
you've got to work through a progression, you know, when protected.
And you know there were some really good examples of
that too. It's just when you're in you know, you
get seventeen of these things and you're in an NFL game,
that how the circumstances of the game play out, many

(19:33):
of which we directly let ourselves into. You know, you
got to play that game to try to win, and
that doesn't always puzzle piece fit hint in hand with
where you would like the game to be. For for
the ascension of his development, but I still think with
all experience being good experience for him right now. You'd

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

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

Speaker 1 (20:25):
You're thinking questions, guys.

Speaker 7 (20:28):
Frank help him. Is there anything you have to think
about there?

Speaker 5 (20:34):
Creating from the team button? Yeah?

Speaker 6 (20:38):
Yeah, we you know, every game, you know, we we
we try to have those in whether they're getting Aaron
Jones touches and those get considered rushes like they did
against Detroit, or you know, some some run plays that
are called and you know, we get a chance to
throw justin a ball for eleven yards just you know,
it's like a free throw shoot, It's like a three

(20:59):
point get into the free throw line. If you know,
if they've missed a couple a lot of times you
see Steph Curry get to the free throw line and
all of a sudden he doesn't miss again.

Speaker 5 (21:08):
For a quarter Like quarterback is such a rhythmic thing.

Speaker 6 (21:12):
Seeing the ball go through the net can help, but
at the same time, it's it's also you know, the
difference being you know, the the defense plays a lot
into the things that are going to take away. Maybe
those layup throws have to be backsiding cuts or underneath
routes to Adam feelin or to just kind of progress
and put the ball in play. And you know, obviously

(21:34):
with some of the unique things we see coverage wise,
with Justin it can't always be you know, it can't
always be just a simple proposition. Sometimes it's going to
require saying no to something which hopefully by design we've
put eligibles in his vision or checkdowns in place so
he can, you know, see the ball go through the net.
But I think to Mark's question earlier, you know that's

(21:56):
where TJ comes into play. The running backs on some
of those checkdowns can be great options to kind of
steal the rhythm in a lot of ways. If it's
been lost for a sequence of place.

Speaker 1 (22:08):
Thank you day, and there it is.

Speaker 2 (22:10):
That's the head coach the soon to be Big Game
World champion Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O'Connell.

Speaker 1 (22:23):
There were a lot of false start penalties, a lot.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Maybe I think I saw the stat it was the
most false start penalty at home since like two thousand
and two or something.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
There was a long time ago whenever it was.

Speaker 2 (22:37):
And you don't you expect that on the road for
the visiting team, right, And the coach alluded to or
something about the cadence.

Speaker 5 (22:46):
And so.

Speaker 2 (22:48):
Not only is a quarterback learning how to play the position,
he's already also needs to learn how to go omaha
omaha a proper way, which seems like a elementary But
I guess he was throwing off.

Speaker 3 (23:00):
And then I think there was some I saw on
a story one of.

Speaker 2 (23:04):
The Vikings said, well, they were the Ravens were trying
to throw us off with but that happens all the
time in games, I think it said too.

Speaker 1 (23:13):
So I don't know, but yeah, that's after like four
then you kind of get together and let's try to
fix this whole false start thing we have been were
at home here and we we let's figure.

Speaker 3 (23:23):
Out the kid it was, and it was costly and
on vacasions.

Speaker 2 (23:26):
As a coach just said, of course there were one,
and they were happening on first and ten, and now
suddenly it's first and fifteen.

Speaker 1 (23:33):
Have my speaker with yeah, you do, okay, we're back.

Speaker 2 (23:43):
Yeah, a lot of more on on first and fifteen's
and that's that's uh on first and tens and that
that that gets you to a first and fifteen and
then then you're you're making it more difficult on yourself
than you already are. Yeah, you know, it's funny the

(24:03):
the the text messages, and again it's it's unscientific.

Speaker 1 (24:08):
Not everybody uses the branch on Briden kpign text line,
and that's not the only place you go.

Speaker 2 (24:15):
Well, that's that's how, that's how the you know, that's
the prevailing wisdom or the opinion of all the fans.
But it seems like Eire they're already really annoyed with
with Jefferson or with with a McCarthy, or they're saying
he's young. Give them time, and there's only twenty two.
Didn't play a lot of college ball, And I think
it can be both.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
I think you could.

Speaker 2 (24:36):
I I don't see why. It's it's it's wrong to
be both. You couldn't be in short term. I still
think he has long potential. Yes, that's what I'm saying.
It's like it's I mean, we kind of did go
into the season. I think when you're I'm sorry, when
you come off a where were twelve and four thirty?

Speaker 1 (24:54):
What was our record last? Thirteen four?

Speaker 5 (24:55):
Last?

Speaker 1 (24:55):
When you're thirteen and four, we're playing for the number
one season in the NFC, the last of the season.

Speaker 2 (25:01):
And then you bring back the vast majority of those players,
and you add to it with players hand pitch, and
youknes yeah, but you kind of all, I am kind
of pumped up here. You know, you're you're kind of
expecting a little more. And it's not all the quarterbacks fault.
You can say that maybe the head coach and the
staff we're putting too much on him. And that goes

(25:22):
back to that quarterback whisperer stuff, which the coach did
say on the nationally televised game against I think it
was before the Chargers game.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
I don't recall if it was. I think it was
before the Chargers game.

Speaker 2 (25:32):
Where he said looky, did we play Philadelphia already? Yes,
maybe it was before the Philly game where he said
he didn't like that quarterback whisperer thing, but he did
say he takes a lot of pride in how this organization.

Speaker 3 (25:45):
He's talking about himself a lot too.

Speaker 2 (25:47):
Because he's he's the guy that's really working hand in
hand with the quarterback he played the position. They take
pride in coaching guys up and get him off to
a fast start, right, That's what I'm anticipating, is they
see enough in him and they can move him along
at a little quicker pace than we've seen, sort of
like Jayden and Daniels. You know, I brought up Jayden Daniels.
Someone set back text Ham. Well he hasn't been.

Speaker 1 (26:10):
That good this year.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well, all right, but he was really good last year
in his rookie year. So my point exactly, and it's
but my point is being a rookie and in your
first year doesn't preclude you from being really good because
it happen.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
Yes, it happens.

Speaker 2 (26:30):
And that's not to say to give up on him,
but I don't. I don't see why you can't be disappointed.
Like man, I really thought we were gonna have a
coming off of last year and add to the offensive
and defensive lines. Man, I really thought, well, you know,
and I thought McCarthy was going to be you know,
the coach.

Speaker 3 (26:45):
You know, the organization trusts him.

Speaker 1 (26:47):
Their vault in that.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
We had a guy named Sam Darnold who was as
good as any quarterback in the league last year except
for one game.

Speaker 1 (26:53):
And he was bad. Right now, is as good as
anyone of the lady exactly.

Speaker 3 (26:57):
So it's like, very well, so it's okay to question.

Speaker 2 (27:02):
I think and go. Man, I'm a little disappointed with
waste played so far. He's shown signs he's got an
alter ego, which is important.

Speaker 3 (27:10):
They could make a mos go to that one a
little bit more.

Speaker 5 (27:12):
I do too.

Speaker 1 (27:13):
They could make a Marvel comic character out of them,
or maybe d C comics.

Speaker 3 (27:16):
I was always a DC guy. Were you a comic
book kid?

Speaker 5 (27:19):
I was?

Speaker 1 (27:20):
And I like d C better than Marvel.

Speaker 2 (27:22):
I mean, I like Spider Man, Common Man, No Show Prep,
no Solid Plant, I did, but I always like Batman
was my favorite, especially Batman Detective comics where they were
dark and brooding. The artwork was that way. Bob Kane
was the guy who came up with Batman?

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

Speaker 4 (27:41):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (27:43):
I missgoing to kids.

Speaker 5 (27:44):
Boys.

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

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

Speaker 1 (27:51):
In a row in a row, your choice, your kids.

Speaker 2 (27:54):
The kids wanted to keep going back, and I'm okay
with it because I like, I like get lost.

Speaker 1 (27:58):
You want to know why they want to go. They
get candy there. That's why I like. Well, they liked
the movie too.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
Yeah, but I think I've told you that that's not.

Speaker 1 (28:04):
The way candy worked.

Speaker 2 (28:05):
I parceled it out to them during that I never
just said, here here's your box a Reese's pieces, knock
yourself oox. I looked at the kids and said, they'll
be gone before the previews are over.

Speaker 3 (28:15):
So my boys would sit there quietly.

Speaker 2 (28:17):
Not they could eat the popcorn, but when it came
to the candy, they'd go, can I have some? And
I would give them five or six. They would have
to They would have to be very It's what I'm
looking for. Deciduous, No, deciduous is a tree. They would
they would have to they'd have to carefully pick.

Speaker 1 (28:39):
Their spots of one.

Speaker 2 (28:40):
They wanted to eat their candy if they ate all
five Reese's pieces right away, they didn't get any for
another ten or fifteen minutes. But yes, I loved, I
loved going to the movies. Will we'll take a break,
We'll come back ten. Whiould we do a little five
to three four?

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Speaker 3 (29:58):
Sorry about that major astor in the studio.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
You know, I asked you last week, I think you
like olives and you said no, And I love olives,
I love all loves. And who is a healthy fat?
I had him in a tupperware container. I had some
of the olive oil in it, and the tupperware container,

(30:21):
I guess the top was.

Speaker 8 (30:24):
No.

Speaker 2 (30:24):
There's olive oil everywhere. And I don't know if you
ever had. Oh, it's just awful. I've been dealing with
it for about the past half hour.

Speaker 1 (30:33):
You've got to be kidding me.

Speaker 2 (30:37):
It's a mess, just like the Vikings right now. I
keep getting these text from people. He's really young, he's
you know, and it's that's meaningless to me.

Speaker 1 (30:46):
We're not getting up on him long term. Yeah, and
that's to.

Speaker 2 (30:49):
Me, that's meaningless. It doesn't matter if he's young. Then
blame that on the coach for over a team. That's yeah,
it's like, that's what you should have done, because I
do think it's I think there's part there's some ego
I play here with the coach, bring me anybody else,
I bring him here. I'll coach him up. I'll coach

(31:10):
him right up. We'll have this kid on the fast track.
He's got a lot of talent and I'll bring the
most out of me. I will take him to that
next level and we'll do it quickly. And they still could.
It could still happen this year. Hell, it could happen
next week. I mean, let's face it. He was brilliant
in the fourth well, I guess maybe just strong, but
he was really good in that fourth quarter against the
Bears game.

Speaker 1 (31:29):
In the against the Bears and the Bears game.

Speaker 2 (31:32):
Man, he had his struggles against the Falcons, and since
then he's been hot and cold. He's had some moments
he makes. He's he can throw a little bit, but
he should be able to if you're the tenth pick. Overall,
it's not only he never played the position before. I
just think when you went when when you you you
made the teammate their bed. They got to sleep in it,

(31:52):
and all of us have to do as well. You
just have to deal with the growing pains of the kid.
And I look at a lot of text messagers wanted
to do exactly that.

Speaker 1 (31:59):
That's what they say.

Speaker 2 (32:01):
They said, stop playing once Karthy's ready playing, because we
got to see what we've gotten. We're seeing what we've gotten.
It's I just hope it doesn't take too terribly long.
Should we do five, three, four?

Speaker 1 (32:10):
Sure? Or do you want to do it at the
bottom of the hour?

Speaker 2 (32:13):
Uh?

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

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

Speaker 1 (32:23):
Sper, Yeah, that's what I was gonna bring up. A Well,
let's just first, let's do the first question. Let's do
the first question.

Speaker 4 (32:28):
Time now for.

Speaker 11 (32:32):
Five questions? Well, actually three, but five sounds like more
than four. Question number one.

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

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

(33:17):
of the three point one nine goals against average in
eight ninety six, say percentage common? Do we have a
goaltender controversy on our hands in Saint Paul? Well, I
think we do. And didn't you bring us up last week?

Speaker 5 (33:28):
I did? You were.

Speaker 1 (33:31):
Didn't know why they weren't going to this earlier? You
were a frontal Yeah.

Speaker 5 (33:34):
You were.

Speaker 1 (33:34):
You were.

Speaker 2 (33:35):
You were basically almost you were calling out the coach
on one hundred thousand watt radio saying what are you
waiting for?

Speaker 3 (33:41):
And they go with the backup kid and he was.

Speaker 1 (33:43):
He was really really good.

Speaker 3 (33:44):
So now you ride the hot hand, right, you don't, right?

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

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

(34:32):
this weekend at least put them back into relevance here.
But yeah, you play the goalie that's giving you the
best chance to win. And I know Gustison just got
the new contract, but Volston was always thought to be
goaltender of the future. It was just a matter of
when that development would come right because he's just like

(34:53):
JJ McCarthy, he's very young. He hasn't been he didn't
have a good year last year in Iowa. I think
a lot of that was the team in front of
him as well. But if he's shown you can he
can play, his ceiling is higher than Philip Gustison's ceiling,
at least in terms of where they're projected as prospects. Yeah,
he was at one point considered the best prospect goaltender

(35:14):
in the world, and he played great last night. He
was in control of the entire time. So for a
team that's needing to win some games and gain some confidence,
and that hasn't had good goaltending if you start getting
a little bit of go because you got to ride
with it a little bit.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
We've talked.

Speaker 1 (35:29):
I'm glad they went back to him last night after
the win Friday night.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
Cliches are cliches generally speaking, because they're true. And they'll
say Tennebee and it was if you'll remember, it was
a former intern of ours, notorious dig that taught us this,
what's the most important individual position in sports?

Speaker 1 (35:44):
The quarterback position, which I didn't know until he probably.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
Not either I would say one A or one B
would be goaltender in hockey because we've talked about it
in terms of impact on the game. Yes, we've talked
about it hundreds hundreds hundreds of times. A hot goaltender
can take you a long way. He can save games
for you if you keep the puck out of it.
If the other team doesn't score, it's impossible to lose.

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

Speaker 2 (36:20):
He had two terrific games. He's hot, Keep playing them,
keep playing. You're right, you have to, you know, you
have to give him a break. Brick Wall, He's a
brick wall Walstead.

Speaker 1 (36:32):
It's speed like wall, but it's pronoun just like the
Yesper is a j but it's pronounced with the Y yes. Yes,
I'd say yes to Yesper. How do you think rose
and pronounces it? He probably does both ways.

Speaker 2 (36:46):
He probably calls him Jesper Wallstead in Yesper Ballstead. Just
to beat what kind of I get his podcast today?
He's really struggling to find yes. He texted me over
the weekend, Hey.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
Would you want to do Larry Mondelaga has a mad
an appearance on this podcast.

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

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

Speaker 2 (37:16):
You know what he calls it Rose and sports Monday.

Speaker 1 (37:20):
I see what he did there. It's sort of like
Vikings on Sensor that show Sensors. Let's continue with five
three four.

Speaker 2 (37:28):
The first time we've ever we've ever had two carryover
carryover five three four.

Speaker 1 (37:33):
We'll do that.

Speaker 2 (37:34):
Got plenty of text messages to get you other sports stories,
NFL round up, we can do plenty to get to
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Speaker 2 (38:05):
A couple of thirteen fourteen past, I'm common he's tenna b.
We're having so much fun with five three four, we
thought we'd continue on the other side of the break.

Speaker 1 (38:15):
It's funny.

Speaker 2 (38:16):
Hockey community guy leads with with hockey, why if there's
anything in.

Speaker 3 (38:20):
There about those Well you brought it up first.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
Oh, I guess you got me there.

Speaker 3 (38:25):
I was going to leave with, well, of course you were.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
When if there's anything about the basketball community in five?

Speaker 1 (38:30):
Well, let's see time now.

Speaker 11 (38:33):
For five questions? Well, actually three, but five sounds like
more than four. Question number two.

Speaker 2 (38:45):
Yeah, the hockey guys.

Speaker 12 (38:48):
It's now time to take an in depth look at
the welfare of the Wolves side.

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

(39:21):
Wolves smashed the Jazz by forty points on Friday night.
That's when they got tonight, by the way, common your
thoughts on the wolves dominating weekend, Well, a couple of things.

Speaker 2 (39:31):
Speaking of bottom feeders, I mean, the teams they played
aren't very good, and that's okay. Those are the teams
we've had trouble winning those games. Yeah past, we take
them lightly and put forth very little, much like Josh
Allen and the Buffalo Bills. We don't outwork the other team,
we don't put forth a lot of effort. And also

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

Speaker 1 (40:00):
Yeah, Utah. There was a quote from from Finch.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
That said, you know, we I'm paraphrasing for something that
we're aware that point differential is big in this tournament.
So that says, run up the score otherwise, you know,
and that's okay, I mean running up the score. Do
you tell the other teams stop me? But I mean
that's why they that's part of the reason why the
wins look so impressive. It's the whole idea of why

(40:25):
they Yeah, because they try.

Speaker 3 (40:27):
Because it's the whole reason they put the Commissioner's Cup.

Speaker 2 (40:30):
Everybody, this is how sad it is. Don't people realize this?
Do you not see this? The reason they did the
Commissioner's Cup started it last year in the first place
was the league said, our guys don't try very hard
at the beginning of the season. They kind of just
go through the motions, play three quarters, kind of just
like pick up basketball. All team seems it's almost like
there's it's like a secret handshake. It's like an unwritten rule,
secret agree that we just hey, we you know, we

(40:52):
all just we're just going to kind of go three
quarters until the last two minutes of the game. And
if the if the game's in doubt, then we'll break
us we and play. And that's okay if if you're
a fan of that, and you accept that and you're
in on it, if you're in on the bit, go
ahead and go for it. So in order to try
to stop that, they said, let's have an Is there
another league that doesn't in I think maybe they do
it in soccer? Maybe is there another league that doesn't

(41:15):
ind season tournament. It's the most preposterous thing I've ever
heard of in my entire life. But they did it for
a reason, and the reason is to try to get
the players to play one hundred percent or close to
it every single game from start to finish. And then
they throw in some nice money. I think each player
gets like a million dollars for the biggest stars, it's
walking around money. For other guys making the NBA minimum,

(41:37):
it's a nice paycheck. So they're all for it, right,
and so that's why they that's why they did the
whole thing to begin with. And so it's sort of
like when you tell your kids, if you get an
A on your report card, I'll give you some candy.

Speaker 5 (41:50):
You know it.

Speaker 1 (41:51):
That's what it is.

Speaker 2 (41:52):
And so but yeah, I mean that's how they obviously
are capable of playing. The crazy thing is it seems
like there are a handful of teams in the league
that do that without the incentive.

Speaker 1 (42:02):
They like to do that.

Speaker 2 (42:04):
They want to play hard, they and maybe part of
it is the Wolves aren't as.

Speaker 3 (42:07):
Good as I thought they were, or as told they were.

Speaker 2 (42:10):
I had one person on the air staff tell me
on these very airways he thought they were going to
be the second seed.

Speaker 1 (42:15):
They very well still could be. But two games out
of the two seeds, Yeah, the sixth seed right now.

Speaker 2 (42:20):
Nice to win, that's it. Keep doing it, pound them,
play defense, score points.

Speaker 1 (42:26):
Isn't it fun? I should thank your lucky stars are
in the NBA. Man. Now the hockey community is about
to go back to basketball. What do you think of that?
What do you guys think now?

Speaker 4 (42:38):
Question number three?

Speaker 12 (42:44):
It's now time to take an in depth look at
the welfare of the Wolves.

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

Speaker 2 (43:08):
Well, I think the talent's undeniable. He does have those
off the court issues. You know, you just never know
what what he's going to do next. But he is,
he's got talent. I I don't know, I steet Rob

(43:33):
Dillingham wasn't the answer at point guard. I I don't know.
I I don't think I would. I think I'd stay
away because it wasn't just once, it was twice, but
there was it wasn't even gun issue guy taking place.

Speaker 1 (43:44):
We had that multiple times. Yeah, it's like, okay, there's
a reason a guy that talented is kind of being
floated out of the trade record right now. That's that's
another reason it is though it is tough because let's
say you acquire Jam Morant, which is not only the
weakness positional wise on your team right now, but he's

(44:05):
his top ten talent in the league, is he not?
And if you had Anton John Morant, is there anyone
in the league that would have a top two as
talented as those two? I don't know if there is.

Speaker 5 (44:15):
Yeah, but.

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

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

Speaker 2 (45:00):
If you had the two of those on what your team,
you had Jaw and Ant Giant, would you trade them
both for Wembenyama?

Speaker 1 (45:11):
I think I would. I think he's that good, that good.

Speaker 2 (45:14):
Well, you know what's really funny is when off air
now Parker Fox isn't the final word, but we talked
about start talking to NBA, and I said, you know,
Rosen says he wouldn't trade Ant for Fox, that I
do it today And basically, you know, I think everybody,
I think ninety out of one hundred people would Yeah,

(45:36):
and that would be you know, not just hand pretty
much anybody. The only guy don chicch. I think his
feelings were hurt. I think I think you know you
poke they waking up a sleeping giant or poking the
sleeping bear, whatever the hyperend need bear.

Speaker 1 (45:50):
Because ever ever since I already.

Speaker 2 (45:51):
Went when when they Dallas GM said when we traded
him because he's pudgy and he doesn't play defense. It
ever In said, he's not pudging anymore and he seems
to play defense and his offense is off the.

Speaker 1 (46:04):
Charts as good as anyone offense.

Speaker 2 (46:07):
Yeah, so I think I think you you woke up
a sleepy giant or whatever that cliche is.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
But just guess what if he's getting better defensively, you
can't cover both Aunt and Josh. No you can't.

Speaker 2 (46:18):
Oh you mama can't stop him, Your daddy can't stop him,
The police can't stop him.

Speaker 1 (46:21):
Nobody can stop So.

Speaker 4 (46:24):
Question number three, NFL no huddle.

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

Speaker 2 (46:45):
Did you know that was one forty four to.

Speaker 1 (46:49):
Twenty two score Agami.

Speaker 2 (46:51):
It only happened two other times in the National Football
They gueld happened twice yesterday due tour. Oh really, forty
four to twenty two was another How is that possible?

Speaker 1 (47:00):
The Seattle game.

Speaker 2 (47:00):
In the entire history of the NFL that scored only
happened two other times. Forty four to twenty two twice yesterday.

Speaker 3 (47:08):
I just thought i'd throw that in there. I'm sorry
about that.

Speaker 1 (47:10):
I did not know that. What was your question about it?
Do you have confidence in Dan or do you have
faith and Dan Campbell calling plays? Moving forward?

Speaker 2 (47:17):
They were playing Washington right, Washington's struggling. They have no
offense whatsoever.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
How about the fact that b flows so good he
altered well Detroit's plans for the season. Well, that's it.
That's what you know.

Speaker 2 (47:33):
That Vikings defense did to Detroit what pretty much no
other teams have been able to do. Now, Kansas City
messed with them a little bit, and who was in
the opening, Green.

Speaker 1 (47:44):
Bay messed with him too. And I think a lot
of people said, I.

Speaker 2 (47:48):
You know, it's the first game under new coordinator, because
the next two weeks they went back up to like
fifty points. So I don't know how much of it
was Danny Campbell calling. I listened to his news conference,
and he was He tried to be very kind in
his praise of John Morton, who is the offensive coordinator record,

(48:10):
but because he said, oh no, John, still I'm leaning
on him. We're still talking and doing.

Speaker 1 (48:14):
This and that.

Speaker 2 (48:14):
But I just he goes, I have some He goes,
it's hard to get in this head of mine, what's
rattling around in there, what he wants to see. In
other words, I think he's going, I don't think I'm
conveying to you how I want the offense run, So
I'm going to run it myself. And at least it
worked for yesterday because they I mean they scored on
nearly every possession.

Speaker 1 (48:32):
I think the first five or six times they had
the football they either got a tuddy or a figure.

Speaker 2 (48:36):
So yeah, they rebounded nicely. They've not lost two games
in a row, I think since twenty twenty two. They
find a way to bounce back and win. So good
win for them. Bears are six and three. I'm beginning
to like this Bears club. And then the Packers tonight
take on Philly. Is that at Curly or at that's
at curly, so we'll see. I mean, by the time

(48:59):
the dust settle tonight the frozen tundra, the Lions could
be all alone in the first place.

Speaker 1 (49:04):
Actually, I think they're game and a half, aren't they.

Speaker 3 (49:06):
What if the greenay is five two and one Detroit
six and.

Speaker 1 (49:09):
Three, Oh, they've got it.

Speaker 2 (49:12):
Yes, yeah, but I think the same record as the line,
so they'd be time for first.

Speaker 1 (49:16):
The Lions have the tiebreaker on Chicago. Yes, they beat them.
The Buffalo Bills dropped to six and three after losing
thirty to thirteen yesterday at Miami Common. Will Buffalo make
the playoffs?

Speaker 3 (49:30):
I would think they would. What's their record now?

Speaker 1 (49:35):
Six and three?

Speaker 3 (49:37):
Yeah, I would think I would think they would.

Speaker 1 (49:39):
That's where I think one team, either Buffalo or Kansas City,
is not making it. You think really, I think Buffalo
beat Kansasity, so they currently have the tiebreaker.

Speaker 2 (49:49):
I heard I think it was on the Fox pregame show.
They were talking about playoff possibilities and they say before
yesterday's action, if the playoffs would have started this weekend,
Kansas City wouldn't have made it. Yet, the odds makers
still have them a favorite to win the big game.

(50:10):
That's how confident they are in their homes and the chiefs.
I think they can. You might be right, but I
think they'll both make the playoffs and it just it does.

Speaker 1 (50:18):
But it's just like New England in the East. Yeah,
their record. Indianapolis is going to make it in their division,
and then either Pittsburgh or Baltimore, which at this stage
I think I'm gonna go Baltimore over Pittsburgh.

Speaker 5 (50:30):
Right.

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

(50:51):
Kansas City or Buffalo. Yeah, could very well be.

Speaker 2 (50:55):
I don't have this guy, and you know what, you know,
I was gonnay.

Speaker 1 (50:57):
I don't have the schedules in front of me. I
don't sure, And I don't.

Speaker 2 (50:59):
Care about schedules anywherecause they don't matter, right, they really don't.

Speaker 3 (51:03):
It doesn't matter who you're playing.

Speaker 2 (51:04):
Who would have thought Buffalo would lose to the Miami Dolphins.
They see you just don't see that coming, right. So
many games you see teams like, well, we'll.

Speaker 1 (51:13):
Get to it a little bit later.

Speaker 2 (51:14):
There's some Bears doubters out there, and well that's why
we're talking about next.

Speaker 1 (51:19):
Oh okay, well we're.

Speaker 4 (51:21):
Good NFL no huddle.

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

Speaker 2 (51:39):
Well, I've had several people send text messages saying, well,
they haven't beat anybody, there'd being bottom feeders. And then
my response was, who who are the Vikings? Beat the
Vikings beat Detroit. That's a nice win, right, that's a
really nice one. Who else have they beaten? Brown's Bengals
in Chicago? In Chicago? And you're you're gonna, you're gonna,

(52:02):
you're gonna minimi, You're gonna talk about the week schedule
the Bears have played. Come on, folks, A lot of
it is not who you play, it's when you play them,
and it is Timmy. This will be the third or
fourth time I've said it today because it's one of
my favorite cliches. It's a cliche I made up. Cliches

(52:22):
are cliches generally speaking, because they're true and on any
given Sunday or Monday night, Thursday night, Sunday night, Tuesday night,
regardless of what night it is, any team can beat
any team.

Speaker 3 (52:36):
So I'm sorry, I I.

Speaker 2 (52:40):
The Bears have played better, and they've had to come
back against a couple of bottom feed or teams.

Speaker 1 (52:43):
That they won.

Speaker 3 (52:45):
Sorry, what's wrong with winning now? They might not be
very good?

Speaker 2 (52:50):
They might they matter of fact, the Vikings haven't at
home right this week?

Speaker 1 (52:55):
Is that at home? It's at the Bank right, Yes,
we're at home.

Speaker 4 (52:57):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (52:57):
I think the Vikings will win the game.

Speaker 2 (53:00):
As long as we don't have eight fall starts, I
think we can win.

Speaker 1 (53:04):
But if we have eight fall starts, I think we lose.
The Packers host the Eagles tonight at lambeau Field Common.
Who wins tonight and why?

Speaker 2 (53:17):
Again, hard to handicap any of these games. I mean,
Philadelphia defending Big Game World champs. Barkley Saquan is certainly
not out of the year that he had last year.
Didn't Jalen e have a perfect quarterback rating against.

Speaker 1 (53:37):
US a few weeks ago? That's pretty good.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
Yeah, And I think defensively they're still solid, right, I
mean every team can't be fifteen and two every year,
fourteen to three. Green Bay, you talk, Green Bay's had
some disturbing losses, right.

Speaker 1 (53:55):
They've lost to the Browns in Carolina? In Carolina? Did
they lose to this?

Speaker 3 (54:00):
Do they lose to the Steelers or didn't they know that?

Speaker 1 (54:04):
Okay? But yeah, but they have.

Speaker 2 (54:08):
Not They've they've lost some games where you really you
roll your eyes, shrug your shoulder, shake your head, scratch
your head, you know. So I when Love's on that,
he's good man.

Speaker 1 (54:20):
But they lost craft for the year, right as I
think Golden's out tonight too. Yeah, I receiver.

Speaker 2 (54:28):
This isn't hatred towards the Packers and want him to lose,
but I think Philadelphia.

Speaker 11 (54:35):
And that's it for today's edition of five questions, Well,
actually three questions, but five sounds like more than four.

Speaker 1 (54:43):
So let's do this.

Speaker 2 (54:45):
Let's let's take a break, one more hour to go
here on a purple Monday.

Speaker 3 (54:54):
Tomorrow, Head coach PJ.

Speaker 1 (54:57):
Fleck noon to one.

Speaker 2 (54:58):
We're in at one o'clock legendary Mark Rose and joins
us at two bells.

Speaker 1 (55:02):
Will take a break, come back.

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