VikingsTerritory Breakdown - A Minnesota Vikings Radio Show
Welcome to the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast, where co-hosts Joe Oberle and Mark Craig offer their unique insider’s opinion and analysis on the latest Purple news and happenings emanating from TCO Performance Center, U.S. Bank Stadium and beyond. The Minnesota Vikings are a constant source of exciting, enervating and, oftentimes, confounding news, and Craig and Oberle illuminate and explain it all from a perspective of experience and hard-earned insight.
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September 15, 2026 • 63 mins
In the 132-game history of the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers rivalry, there have been some doozies. And the game played on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium ranks right up there with the most remarkable ones. The Vikings beat the Packers 39-22 at home in the opening game of the season, outscoring the visitors 29-3 in the second half of a game that looked all but over in the third quarter. The game turned on head coach Matt LeFl...
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September 1, 2026 • 60 mins
They kept the rookie punter Brett Thorson over the veteran Johnny Hekker, cut running back Zavier Scott, traded backup tackle Walter Rouse and picked up a guard and center off waivers. The roster work leading up to the first game of the season is never done.
Nor is the speculation work ever finished for the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com,...
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August 26, 2026 • 63 mins
While it is just a meaningless preseason game, the team’s performance instills little confidence in the QB position as the opening weekend for the 2026 season fast approaches. Murray did see some action in the joint practices with the Ravens at TCO Performance Center and didn’t fall on his face (nor did he ball out). And since no one lined up behind him to wrest the mantle of starter from him and instead muddied up the ...
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August 19, 2026 • 56 mins
Stop the presses: The Vikings beat the New York Giants in the preseason opener last Saturday. On second thought, keep those presses rolling. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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August 13, 2026 • 60 mins
The number one question going into the 2026 Minnesota Vikings Training Camp has been answered: the Vikings have named their starting quarterback. On Tuesday, head coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed reports that Kyler Murray beat out J.J. McCarthy in their quarterback competition and will start under center (barring any unforeseen circumstances) in the season opener at home against the Green Bay Packers.
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August 6, 2026 • 54 mins
Indeed, there are many more players to discuss when the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com, and Mark Craig, NFL and Vikings writer for the Star Tribune and startribune.com—get together this week. Tune in and check it out. Skol! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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July 30, 2026 • 56 mins
There are plenty of other questions to be answered as the team begins camp, and the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com, and Mark Craig, NFL and Vikings writer for the Star Tribune and startribune.com—are on hand to talk about them. Tune in and check it out. Skol! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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July 21, 2026 • 61 mins
Will Dallas Turner and Jacoby Thomas make up for the loss of Jonathan Greenard? Is Ivan Pace on the bubble and in danger of being cut? What will the secondary look like on opening day (and what will happen with Harrison Smith)? What do we expect the running back rotation to be with the aging Aaron Jones, backup Jordan Mason and the rookie speedster Demond Claiborne? Is the offensive line healthy and ready to take a step forward? An...
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July 6, 2026 • 36 mins
So, that’s why, five years after we lost the original Purple J.J.—the dreamer, creator and hardest-working podcaster I ever knew—we wanted to bring back that voice from the archives. We are in the doldrums of the NFL offseason, and scheduling conflicts occasionally conspire against our “big shot” talking heads, so we decided to fill in with an inspiring blast from the past.
All the old pods can still...
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June 22, 2026 • 61 mins
Do you want to go camping? The Vikings have been—they broke mini-camp last week at TCO Performance Center in Eagan and are now preparing for Training Camp to be held in August at the same place. There were several story lines coming out of mini-camp and others going into training camp—including the quarterback saga, which never seems to abate for this franchise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm....
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June 4, 2026 • 49 mins
The Minnesota Vikings’ OTAs (Organized Team Activities) continued this week and, as per usual, plenty of news has come out of TCO Performance Center. The announcement that the Vikings hired former Seattle Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley as their new general manager grabbed the headlines, while the continuing quarterback strife percolated online and on the field. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://...
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May 29, 2026 • 55 mins
Now, while this quote does not exactly smack of the West Side Story’s Jets and Sharks-type rivalry, it doesn’t sound like all is kumbaya either. As it shouldn’t. If anything came out of the first days of OTA’s, it’s that the quarterbacks got the message that there will be a true competition—which was not the case for McCarthy, the erstwhile “anointed one,” last season. So, until these...
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May 20, 2026 • 66 mins
But as the big-time draft event slips into memory, the NFL tantalizes us with the schedule to get us speculating on the coming season even more. So, the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com, and Mark Craig, NFL and Vikings writer for the Star Tribune and startribune.com—plan to do. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm...
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May 15, 2026 • 60 mins
Let the footballs fly. The Vikings began working out their newly acquired rookies last week at TCO Performance Center, and for the Vikings, that was a lot of them. They reportedly signed eight of their nine draft choices (with the exception of linebacker Jake Golday—whose “gold day” has been delayed). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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May 6, 2026 • 63 mins
With the 2026 NFL Draft in the rearview mirror (and the mock drafts for 2027 already coming out), it is time for the teams to finish their post-draft work and start preparing for their OTAs (Organized Team Activities). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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April 28, 2026 • 63 mins
The Vikings had nine picks in the 2026 NFL Draft. They made three trades, took five defensive players and four offensive players—including four linemen, two running backs, two in the secondary and no wide receivers (although grabbed four undrafted wideouts). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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April 22, 2026 • 61 mins
The 2026 NFL Draft starts on Thursday, April 23, but so does the future of the Minnesota Vikings. It could be argued that this is the most consequential draft for the team in the past decade or two, but then they are all fairly consequential, particularly if you miss on your picks. The Vikings come into this draft having done their share of pick-missing during the Kwesi Adofo-Mensah era, so the pressure is on hit on all nine of the...
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April 16, 2026 • 57 mins
Will they trade up or back in the draft (as former GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah did in the past); will they stand pat and take the BPA (best player available); will they surprise fans and take a QB (very doubtful, but you never know); or will they strengthen the offensive and defensive lines, which will rank low on the “wow” meter? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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April 9, 2026 • 61 mins
The NFL draft nears like some ominous apparition quietly flapping its ratty black wings through a rising mist toward a stalled Vikings ship in still and murky waters. Too much? Maybe not. It should be an exciting time, but for Vikings fans, dread always attends the draft until that first trade of their top pick for a later-round selection or it’s retained and a player such as Troy Williamson is selected. And then the handwrin...
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April 3, 2026 • 59 mins
The NFL owners and coaches met in Arizona this past week for the annual league meetings, and that means media access to some of the teams’ top personnel. Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell spoke and intimated his plans for the Purple’s 2026 quarterbacks Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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