December 6, 2024 • 12 mins
This week the Minnesota Vikings taking the Falcons and we welcome back Kirk Cousins to Minnesota. Will we see the fans boo him or cheer him? The Vikings defense has been doing very well as of late and Sam Darnold has been looking like a player that might be in Minnesota for a long time. Justin will give his take on this weeks PP.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Purple People leader justin extrom is bringing us purple
positivity brought to you by Seventh Avenue Pizza before pizza
became trendy. That's right, everybody, justin extra purple Positivity doing
this on the goal because we had some technical issues.
(00:24):
But thank you to Seventh Avenue Pizza, Matt, Jeffrey, Beer,
Belly Sports and whatnot. Here we go Purple Positivity on
the Purple Purveyor of positivity. Because right now the vikings
are ten and two, ladies and gentlemen, ten and to
raise your hand. If everyone predicted, like anyone that predicted
they were ten and two, they were gonna be ten
(00:45):
and two at this juncture, raise your hand now, put
it down, because this is a podcast that's not I
can't see you. I can't fucking see you. Put your
hand down, Jeff, put your hand down, Jeff, do it.
Get your hand down, Jeff. Okay, thank you, Jeff. Now
ten and two, like right now, you just gotta ride
the wave. I'm not gonna tell you how to feel.
(01:06):
I'm not gonna tell you how to cheer. I'm not
gonna tell you what should be happening right now inside
of you. But I'm hoping most of you are just
nice and happy and ready to just see how this
plays out. Does it feel a lot like a couple
of years ago where everyone was calling the Vikings frauds
(01:29):
and whatnot. Yes, However, I have a little more faith
in the defense, just a little. They tend to go
away at the weirdest times of games. And also, who
thought that we went and got Kevin O'Connell because it's
(01:51):
an offensive mind and he's gonna be one of those
guys that keeps his foot on the gas, That's what
I thought. I don't I don't know if I was
told that. It seems like that was kind of what
everyone was telling us, like he was going to never
stop scoring, Like that's just what he planned on doing.
(02:12):
The problem is, if that's indeed what he was hired
to do. The problem is you can't do that if
you can't run the football. Like if you're up, say
you're up ten, you know we're going after past experiences
here you're up ten and there's like four minutes left
in the game, and you can't run the football. That
(02:35):
is a very easy thing for the other coach to
coach around. You take the timeouts, they go three and
out and then you get the ball back, you're only
down ten, and then if the Vikings defense does what
they do when they're up ten, I don't know, man,
it just seems weird. But Kevin O'Connell's winning. He's one
(02:55):
of the highest percentage. He's got that like the third
highest winning percentage in this amount of games in the
NFL history, and he's already like fourth on Vikings coach list.
You know, I mean, it's kind of kind of daunting
going after some of those, but I mean, you know,
we've had a bunch of years of mediocrity and whatnot,
(03:18):
so it's easy to surpass them. But he's doing it
with a bunch of misfits on defense that first couple
of years. Now you actually have flows defense that he wants.
You have the guys that he's chosen bring in here.
Got three of the best pickups ever in Grenard van Ginkel,
(03:40):
and it always escapes me the other guy's name. But
with those guys doing what they're doing, it's fantastic. And
I'm telling you right now, if van Ego can keep
it up, he should actually have three more sacks because
he comes in there unblocked three times in the last
couple of weeks and just misses the tackle, Like, I
(04:01):
don't know if they're going to send somebody else on
the naked blitz, on the cover zero type of blitz
because he can't, you know, corral Kyler Murray or he
can't corral Caleb Williams. Like that's those are things that
you're sent off on a cover zero because they think
(04:23):
they're going to tackle, you're going to tackle them. So
let's hope that's behind him. Let's hope the Vikings atrocious
tackling is behind them, because it's time ten and two.
You want, you want to be that high wildcard. After
the Lions took care of business on Thursday night against
the Green Bay Packers, it was a much closer game
(04:45):
than what I A lot of people were thinking. I
was hoping it was a zero zero tie, and both
teams got explosive diarrhea and couldn't get off the plane
because they were, you know, shitting themselves into oblivion. But
if you want to cheer for the Packers, you just
sold your soul to the devil and then you didn't
get what you sold your soul to the devil for
I'm those games right there. I don't cheer for either way.
(05:09):
You just hope it works out in the end. Maybe
it'll work out in the end where the Lions will
be overconfident, there'll be the number one seed, Vikings go
in there and beat their ass. Let's just hope that.
But right now we're living on free rain, free rain.
The over under in Vegas those guys barely make mistakes
was seven and a half, ten and two bitches, ten
(05:31):
and two scoldiers. That is about as positive as you
can possibly get. Now we go into the Kirk Cousins Bowl.
Come on, baby, kirk Cousins comes back into US Bank Stadium.
People are on the internets, the interwebs are saying we
should cheer, we should boo. Whatever, whatever you want to do,
(05:52):
go ahead and do. I'm choosing not to boo with
a guy that showed us some fun, showed us some
good times. One playoff win. But I mean, hey, that's
the Kirk Cousins thing. Now we have to use that.
The Vikings defense should shred shred, I'm telling you, shred
(06:14):
apart the Atlanta Falcons offensive line. They should get at
least three sacks. I'm going on and saying they are
going to get five sacks. I think they turned Kirk
Cousins over minimum minimum two times. Did you guys see
his turnovers last week? Tell me you missed that, because
(06:35):
I didn't miss that red zone that so his pick
six was one of the worst interceptions I have ever
witnessed in my entire life. And then he threw a
red zone and to the end zone like it was
a lame duck. It's like somebody kicked it and it
(06:58):
just went up in the middle of the air. And
I don't know who that was too. Viking's gotta take
advantage of that. Isn't gonna be a little tougher because
Kirk Cousins knows Ryan Flores defense. Yeah, I think so
it's gonna be a little tougher. But you know, you
could make him feel uncomfortable. You hit him a couple
of times. He gets he makes stupid decisions. We need him,
(07:21):
We need Kirk Cousins to turn into my cousin. Kirk.
I love you, Kirk, I honestly do, but you make
questionable decisions. And I don't know if he even listens
to his brother listens to this, But I love you
a lot Kirk, but you make weird decisions. So that's
why we want Kirk cousins to turn into cousin Kirk,
turn him in a cousin Kirk. Do I think this
(07:43):
is gonna be another close game? Yeah? Do I think
it should be a close game. No, the Vikings should
win thirty to ten. They should win thirty to ten
in this game. You look at it, it is a
mismatch of healthy portions. Like, by healthy portions, I mean
my portion of spaghetti I add on Thanksgiving Day, then
(08:04):
my portion of turkey and ham I had when I
hosted Thanksgiving on Saturday. The most heaping spoonful is what
they should win by. However, I predict it to be
kind of a lot like the Thursday night game. I
think there's gonna be where it's gonna be an offensive shootout,
(08:26):
so to speak. And let's just hope the Vikings are
up to the task. I don't know what the injury
report is on Friday. Who we all have back? I
would love to have Oliver back for red zone, to
have that dual threat where he can block and come
catch some passes out of the backfield or not out
(08:46):
of the backfield, catch some passes, move him around a
little bit, get him to the strong side, you know,
max protect if you need to, and then have him
leak out and get a touchdown kind of like kind
of like Aaron Jones did last week, where it's just
here you go wide open. I'm hoping that kind of
thing is happening, and obviously every single week I he
(09:09):
haw around what I think is gonna happen. I am
one hundred percent positive the Vikings should win this game.
Am I one hundred percent positive that they're gonna to
win this game? You damn right, I am. They're gonna
win this game. They're gonna win this game. I think
it's gonna be a little more of a shootout than
what I was originally thinking. After watching that Thursday game,
(09:30):
I think we might be in store for something like
that where the defense is just absent. So I'm gonna
go thirty to twenty four. Vikings are gonna win by
six at home. They're gonna be up thirty to fourteen
something like that, and it's gonna get close. Be ready,
ladies and gentlemen, be ready, both of you listening to this, Jeff.
(09:53):
As long as your hands down, it's gonna get a
little tight. We're gonna get that lump in our throat,
the kirk Cousins lump. That sometimes happens. But here's the predictions.
Vikings five sacks, turn kirk Cousins over twice, at least twice.
I think he's gonna get a fumble and he's gonna
have an interception, and we're gonna be like, yes, sweet.
(10:14):
Some people are gonna boo that's another prediction that's not bold.
I think some people are gonna boo him because it's
just that's what fans do. But just think, dude, do
you need to boo him? No, just give it, show
him a little bit of love, be like, hey, welcome back.
Now throw him in the dirt. Hopefully if I can
just throw him straight in the dirt. I think JJ.
I think Justin Jefferson has a huge game this game.
(10:39):
I think Kevin O'Connell is going to unleash the beast offensively.
Instead of scheming to get other guys open, they're gonna
scheme to get him open. I want to see one
of those where it's like a fifteen yard hitch and
he takes it to the house. I want to see
a ten to fifteen yard slant where he just takes
(11:00):
it to the house. I want to see a little
screen three or four yard screen where he just all
of a sudden, Randy Moss is them and outruns the defense,
because I think that's what you can do. This defense
is susceptible to the big play. The Falcons defense, they
can give up the big play. I think JJ doesn't
(11:22):
just score one touchdown. I think he scores two touchdowns.
And I think the Vikings offense has some fun for
a while and then things get tight. So there you
have it. That's what I think. I think it's going
to be a six point victory thirty or twenty four,
a lot higher scoring than what you would think. But
these two defenses are susceptible to being boneheads from time
(11:44):
to time. As always, thanks to Seventh Avenue Pizza. Love
you guys, I love Matt, Jeffrey, love Beer, Belly Sports, Bruce.
I'm telling you, man, you are fucking funny dude. I
love Bruce Bruce, love you man, and you know, as always,
school bitches. M h m hm
The Purple People leader justin extrom is bringing us purple
positivity brought to you by Seventh Avenue Pizza before pizza
became trendy. That's right, everybody, justin extra purple Positivity doing
this on the goal because we had some technical issues.
(00:24):
But thank you to Seventh Avenue Pizza, Matt, Jeffrey, Beer,
Belly Sports and whatnot. Here we go Purple Positivity on
the Purple Purveyor of positivity. Because right now the vikings
are ten and two, ladies and gentlemen, ten and to
raise your hand. If everyone predicted, like anyone that predicted
they were ten and two, they were gonna be ten
(00:45):
and two at this juncture, raise your hand now, put
it down, because this is a podcast that's not I
can't see you. I can't fucking see you. Put your
hand down, Jeff, put your hand down, Jeff, do it.
Get your hand down, Jeff. Okay, thank you, Jeff. Now
ten and two, like right now, you just gotta ride
the wave. I'm not gonna tell you how to feel.
(01:06):
I'm not gonna tell you how to cheer. I'm not
gonna tell you what should be happening right now inside
of you. But I'm hoping most of you are just
nice and happy and ready to just see how this
plays out. Does it feel a lot like a couple
of years ago where everyone was calling the Vikings frauds
(01:29):
and whatnot. Yes, However, I have a little more faith
in the defense, just a little. They tend to go
away at the weirdest times of games. And also, who
thought that we went and got Kevin O'Connell because it's
(01:51):
an offensive mind and he's gonna be one of those
guys that keeps his foot on the gas, That's what
I thought. I don't I don't know if I was
told that. It seems like that was kind of what
everyone was telling us, like he was going to never
stop scoring, Like that's just what he planned on doing.
(02:12):
The problem is, if that's indeed what he was hired
to do. The problem is you can't do that if
you can't run the football. Like if you're up, say
you're up ten, you know we're going after past experiences
here you're up ten and there's like four minutes left
in the game, and you can't run the football. That
(02:35):
is a very easy thing for the other coach to
coach around. You take the timeouts, they go three and
out and then you get the ball back, you're only
down ten, and then if the Vikings defense does what
they do when they're up ten, I don't know, man,
it just seems weird. But Kevin O'Connell's winning. He's one
(02:55):
of the highest percentage. He's got that like the third
highest winning percentage in this amount of games in the
NFL history, and he's already like fourth on Vikings coach list.
You know, I mean, it's kind of kind of daunting
going after some of those, but I mean, you know,
we've had a bunch of years of mediocrity and whatnot,
(03:18):
so it's easy to surpass them. But he's doing it
with a bunch of misfits on defense that first couple
of years. Now you actually have flows defense that he wants.
You have the guys that he's chosen bring in here.
Got three of the best pickups ever in Grenard van Ginkel,
(03:40):
and it always escapes me the other guy's name. But
with those guys doing what they're doing, it's fantastic. And
I'm telling you right now, if van Ego can keep
it up, he should actually have three more sacks because
he comes in there unblocked three times in the last
couple of weeks and just misses the tackle, Like, I
(04:01):
don't know if they're going to send somebody else on
the naked blitz, on the cover zero type of blitz
because he can't, you know, corral Kyler Murray or he
can't corral Caleb Williams. Like that's those are things that
you're sent off on a cover zero because they think
(04:23):
they're going to tackle, you're going to tackle them. So
let's hope that's behind him. Let's hope the Vikings atrocious
tackling is behind them, because it's time ten and two.
You want, you want to be that high wildcard. After
the Lions took care of business on Thursday night against
the Green Bay Packers, it was a much closer game
(04:45):
than what I A lot of people were thinking. I
was hoping it was a zero zero tie, and both
teams got explosive diarrhea and couldn't get off the plane
because they were, you know, shitting themselves into oblivion. But
if you want to cheer for the Packers, you just
sold your soul to the devil and then you didn't
get what you sold your soul to the devil for
I'm those games right there. I don't cheer for either way.
(05:09):
You just hope it works out in the end. Maybe
it'll work out in the end where the Lions will
be overconfident, there'll be the number one seed, Vikings go
in there and beat their ass. Let's just hope that.
But right now we're living on free rain, free rain.
The over under in Vegas those guys barely make mistakes
was seven and a half, ten and two bitches, ten
(05:31):
and two scoldiers. That is about as positive as you
can possibly get. Now we go into the Kirk Cousins Bowl.
Come on, baby, kirk Cousins comes back into US Bank Stadium.
People are on the internets, the interwebs are saying we
should cheer, we should boo. Whatever, whatever you want to do,
(05:52):
go ahead and do. I'm choosing not to boo with
a guy that showed us some fun, showed us some
good times. One playoff win. But I mean, hey, that's
the Kirk Cousins thing. Now we have to use that.
The Vikings defense should shred shred, I'm telling you, shred
(06:14):
apart the Atlanta Falcons offensive line. They should get at
least three sacks. I'm going on and saying they are
going to get five sacks. I think they turned Kirk
Cousins over minimum minimum two times. Did you guys see
his turnovers last week? Tell me you missed that, because
(06:35):
I didn't miss that red zone that so his pick
six was one of the worst interceptions I have ever
witnessed in my entire life. And then he threw a
red zone and to the end zone like it was
a lame duck. It's like somebody kicked it and it
(06:58):
just went up in the middle of the air. And
I don't know who that was too. Viking's gotta take
advantage of that. Isn't gonna be a little tougher because
Kirk Cousins knows Ryan Flores defense. Yeah, I think so
it's gonna be a little tougher. But you know, you
could make him feel uncomfortable. You hit him a couple
of times. He gets he makes stupid decisions. We need him,
(07:21):
We need Kirk Cousins to turn into my cousin. Kirk.
I love you, Kirk, I honestly do, but you make
questionable decisions. And I don't know if he even listens
to his brother listens to this, But I love you
a lot Kirk, but you make weird decisions. So that's
why we want Kirk cousins to turn into cousin Kirk,
turn him in a cousin Kirk. Do I think this
(07:43):
is gonna be another close game? Yeah? Do I think
it should be a close game. No, the Vikings should
win thirty to ten. They should win thirty to ten
in this game. You look at it, it is a
mismatch of healthy portions. Like, by healthy portions, I mean
my portion of spaghetti I add on Thanksgiving Day, then
(08:04):
my portion of turkey and ham I had when I
hosted Thanksgiving on Saturday. The most heaping spoonful is what
they should win by. However, I predict it to be
kind of a lot like the Thursday night game. I
think there's gonna be where it's gonna be an offensive shootout,
(08:26):
so to speak. And let's just hope the Vikings are
up to the task. I don't know what the injury
report is on Friday. Who we all have back? I
would love to have Oliver back for red zone, to
have that dual threat where he can block and come
catch some passes out of the backfield or not out
(08:46):
of the backfield, catch some passes, move him around a
little bit, get him to the strong side, you know,
max protect if you need to, and then have him
leak out and get a touchdown kind of like kind
of like Aaron Jones did last week, where it's just
here you go wide open. I'm hoping that kind of
thing is happening, and obviously every single week I he
(09:09):
haw around what I think is gonna happen. I am
one hundred percent positive the Vikings should win this game.
Am I one hundred percent positive that they're gonna to
win this game? You damn right, I am. They're gonna
win this game. They're gonna win this game. I think
it's gonna be a little more of a shootout than
what I was originally thinking. After watching that Thursday game,
(09:30):
I think we might be in store for something like
that where the defense is just absent. So I'm gonna
go thirty to twenty four. Vikings are gonna win by
six at home. They're gonna be up thirty to fourteen
something like that, and it's gonna get close. Be ready,
ladies and gentlemen, be ready, both of you listening to this, Jeff.
(09:53):
As long as your hands down, it's gonna get a
little tight. We're gonna get that lump in our throat,
the kirk Cousins lump. That sometimes happens. But here's the predictions.
Vikings five sacks, turn kirk Cousins over twice, at least twice.
I think he's gonna get a fumble and he's gonna
have an interception, and we're gonna be like, yes, sweet.
(10:14):
Some people are gonna boo that's another prediction that's not bold.
I think some people are gonna boo him because it's
just that's what fans do. But just think, dude, do
you need to boo him? No, just give it, show
him a little bit of love, be like, hey, welcome back.
Now throw him in the dirt. Hopefully if I can
just throw him straight in the dirt. I think JJ.
I think Justin Jefferson has a huge game this game.
(10:39):
I think Kevin O'Connell is going to unleash the beast offensively.
Instead of scheming to get other guys open, they're gonna
scheme to get him open. I want to see one
of those where it's like a fifteen yard hitch and
he takes it to the house. I want to see
a ten to fifteen yard slant where he just takes
(11:00):
it to the house. I want to see a little
screen three or four yard screen where he just all
of a sudden, Randy Moss is them and outruns the defense,
because I think that's what you can do. This defense
is susceptible to the big play. The Falcons defense, they
can give up the big play. I think JJ doesn't
(11:22):
just score one touchdown. I think he scores two touchdowns.
And I think the Vikings offense has some fun for
a while and then things get tight. So there you
have it. That's what I think. I think it's going
to be a six point victory thirty or twenty four,
a lot higher scoring than what you would think. But
these two defenses are susceptible to being boneheads from time
(11:44):
to time. As always, thanks to Seventh Avenue Pizza. Love
you guys, I love Matt, Jeffrey, love Beer, Belly Sports, Bruce.
I'm telling you, man, you are fucking funny dude. I
love Bruce Bruce, love you man, and you know, as always,
school bitches. M h m hm
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