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This is the Purple for the Win ORG podcast. Great cash, homie. With the seventh selection in the 2005 NFL graph, the Minnesota Vikings, select Troy Williamson PERSON.

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Now second, through his hands, and the left's going to go to the Super Bowl EVENT. Bond's got five to choose from, got him, got thrown down, and is shaking up.

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It's fun as he shoots the moon to the fans here in Green Bay.

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That is a disgusting act by Randy Bond PERSON.

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Gary Anderson has missed a field goal for the first time in two years.

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Unbelievable.

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It's going on to Rome GPE.

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So we've been neglecting some of the Q&A.

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So we're going to get to a couple of them today. Five good, amazing questions. Thank you very much for everyone who submits questions. So on the community tab, we'll intermittently put out a call for questions. We'll do a couple of videos and it would be good times, just like the wolves. What's up, Sylvie PERSON?Everyone's tired today, but it's okay. Worth it. First up, Anhell Dutz PERSON, Duditz, Sr., the first. Andy, percentage chance that JJ starts week one as quarterback. Well, percentage chance that Justin Jefferson PERSON starts the quarterback, he can throw it. 0.1%. Anyways. But with McCarthy, I don't know. I think right now it's probably 60-40,Darnold and McCarthy PERSON. And of course, McCarthy hasn't gotten on the practice field yet. Rookie minicamp is going to be coming up this weekend, as well as rolling in through OTAs, and the kid is going to have a chance to impress yes. But what I do know is O'Connell PERSON has a plan. And the thing I love is that there isn't going to have a chance to impress, yes. But what I do know is O'Connell has a plan. And the thing I love is that there isn't going to be any internal pressure. There isn't going to be any internal politics to get this kid out on the field before he's ready. And Kevin O'Connell knows that quarterbacks can be ruined by a bad stretch of games,especially when you're a rookie. Bad habits can be ingrained. You can start seeing ghosts. Confidence level can go down the effing drain, right? And I love that Kevin Connoll has a step-by-step day-by-day plan for McCarthy where you can't take the reins until you can pull an oar.Or you can't take the helmet until you can pull an oar. Or you can't take the helmet until you can pull an oar. But what I do know is that if he starts week one, it means that he's earned the job and it means that he's ready to rock and roll. And it won't be a second before he's ready, which is something that I like. Doormaster PERSON. A prediction how many Sacks Dallas Turner ORG is going to have as a rookie.So I've, I don't know if I said it. I think I've said it. But I'm ready to put it on the table. Dallas Turner is going to win defensive rookie of the year this season. And putting some jelly beans on it for entertainment purposes only, of course. And Turner, he has a skill set to be a three-down player in the NFL ORG eventually.I think that at the beginning, it wouldn't shock me if he's a platoon situational pass rusher, but he still gets 60% of the snaps per game. And I think that he's going to rack up and stack up sacks. Like I could see him having, you know, 60 and a half tackles for loss. I could see him having, you know, 10 and a half or 11 sacks. I could see him having a stunning 18% pressure rate.I think that's what he's going to do. I think Dallas Turner ORG is going to be extremely good out of the gate. I think this defense is set up perfectly for him to, well, it's a lot like McCarthy PERSON. So Turner PERSON has great edge rushers with him. Jonathan Granard PERSON is going to be a great mentor and also rush opposite of him in most spots. AVG is great asset as well.Plus, you got big bodies in front of you that can absorb offensive linemen. I think that Dallas Turner coming, rushing a wide nine spot, is going to have plenty of opportunities to put up stats, man. And it's only going to help this team and this defense. It's going to be great. R-free. And I know.People will piss them out. It's like, oh, we still talk about Kurt Cousins. Well, number one, it's still funny to me. It's still very interesting to me. If you don't like, it, start your own channel. R-free, with Atlanta ORG, finally giving Kurt some legitimate competition, do you think he uses it as motivation and kills it, or will itdestroy his confidence? So, Kurt PERSON's been interesting throughout his career. So he took Urgy 3's gerb back in Washington GPE, didn't really have a quarterback on the roster after he became the starter that could take his job. And with the Vikings, like you've seen the gong show of the Trevor Simions, of the Sean Mannions PERSON of the world. And I mean, Kurt's even gone to bat for Sean Mannion PERSON. That's why he hung around for so long because it's under the guys of, well, you know, he's a high football IQ guy. Now, Kirchis PERSON wants toadies around him that have no threat of taking his job because I, because the usurper always is on the lookout for usurpers.And since cousins took over Washington from RG3 ORG in a palace coup, he's very aware that it could easily happen to him. So I think that's why I think that's why he was threatened by Kyle Sluder, the People's Champ from preseason. I think that's why the Vikings, you know, spending a fifth round pick on Jaron Hall PERSON. I think he was quasi-threatened by that too. Hell. And also, you know, asBert Breer reported yesterday, the reason why, one of the many reasons why he chose to leave Minnesota is because the Vikings ORG were very upfront with him is like, hey, we're probably going to draft a replacement. So he is like, deuce is going to take my guarantee money in Atlanta ORG. And Atlanta ORG's like, oh, wait, buddy. I guess he didn't do the math right. We had a better draft pick than the Vikings ORG. We took the quarterback at 8.Now, will he rise up? I don't know. Pun intended, because that's their team mantra. But Pennix PERSON is going to be tough, man. So Pennix isn't a guy like Drake May PERSON. Penix isn't a guy like, well, Boenix is a bad example because Boenix is 5,000 years old.Like, Pennix PERSON is ready to go now, right? There's a lot of quarterbacks that would benefit from sitting for a couple years, but the fact that Pennix has been through the wars in Indiana and Washington GPE, and this is where maturity is a plus, and also the offense, he ran in Washington GPE with a plum. Like, he's ready to go now. So I think that even though Kurt has 100 million guaranteed,I think that Pennix PERSON could easily win over, well, even though Fontenow signed Cousins, he drafted Pennix PERSON. I could easily see the coaching staff being like, hey, this Pennix PERSON guy gives us a better chance. Hey, Kurt PERSON's Achilles, especially since it's off his plant foot, I mean, maybe he doesn't have that velocity on his deep ball that he had in previous years.And that could be a major issue. Plus, I mean, the fans with Falcons, you could see them buying in with Pennix PERSON early and often. And I think that this could end up being a divided locker room. And I don't know if Kurt PERSON's ready for that. But I guess we'll see. Either way, he's got his money, so who cares?Next, Bob, Minnesota GPE sports cards. But think about getting back into collecting cards, because I used to love collecting cards back in the day. Any concern about the Vikings not driving defensive tackle until a seventh round. So the Vikings ORG interior defensive line depth. Now, there was rumor in Scuttlebutt at the Vikings not drive to defensive tackle until a seventh round. So the Vikings interior defensive line depth. Now, there was rumor in scuttlebutt at the Vikings were in on Christian Wilkins PERSON.The Vikings ORG were in on looking to add a defensive tackle in free agency. And it would lead you to believe that the Vikings ORG would probably do the same in the draft. And if you know, love me some Dallas Turner, if the Vikings would have sticked and picked and picked and took Johnny Newton at 23, I don't think anyone would have bad an eye. And frankly, I would have loved the pick. But the fact that the Vikings passed on defensive interior until the seventh round, Levi, Drake Rodriguez, Senior Sack from Texas A&M Commerce ORG. I think it says a couple things.Number one, I think they really like LDR, which is great. And also, I think that they see that Jaquail and Roy PERSON could have a little something going from this here. Now, you know, the Vikings with that three-man front, the main job of the guys up front is to absorb bodies so that edge rushers and linebackers can scrape free and go do their jobs, yes. But also, I mean, the Vikings play on fronts quite often. And Flores PERSON likes changing up. So there is room for, you know, that B-Gap Destroyer PRODUCT type player.And Jaqualen, I mean, Jaqueline PERSON has quickness. He's got strength. I think that he has a chance to get more integrated into the defense. I think that he can play some three-tech. I think that he could play some pass-rushing nose. So I think that's really big for him where maybe it wasn't designed that way, but maybeit's part and parcel where the Vikings ORG, you know, they didn't find top end value at defensive tackle throughout the draft until picking up LDR in the 7th. And also they believe in Jaquail and Roy PERSON. Both things could be true at once. Lastly, user, what UDFAs are going to make the team? Nice avatar.So, I mean, everything is just like throwing darts. So I've highlighted six guys that really strike my fancy. So Ty James, the receiver from Mercer ORG. He's not a height, weight, speed specimen, but he's a clean route runner. He's got great hands, put up monster stats, two-time FCS ORG, All-American. I think that he's a guy to watch, especially since the receiver competition behind, JeffersonAddison is pretty wide open, pun intended. Doug Nester from West Virginia GPE, just like his grit, and also he played at Virginia Tech ORG. Former teammates with Christian Derrissau PERSON. I think that he does have a good pedigree as well, like his size, like that he's got guard tackle flexibility. I think that if there's going to be someone that comes out of the UDFA's for offensive line, I would put my money on Doug Nester PERSON.Although Jeremy Flacks PERSON, I mean, you can't coach size. Jeremy Flacks PERSON is a monster, man. Come on. Ed rushers, so Gabe Murphy or Bo Richter PERSON as well. Dallas Gant, formerly of Ohio State, came to Toledo GPE tackling machine. I think that his floor will be a stud special teamer and then adding some depth that linebacker.I think that would be huge. And also McLaughern PERSON. McLaughern and Gabe Murphy, I mean, both of them could have been like late, fourth, early fifth round picks. And I don't think anyone would have been surprised. So the fact that the Vikings landed both them as UDFAs ORG, I think that's huge. I think it's pretty big.

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It's going on to Rome GPE.

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So Minnesota Fighting Vikings ORG OTAs are right around the corner.

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And this weekend is rookie minicamp.

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So that means that guys are going to have to have some digits on their chest and numerology podcasts here, baby. That's right. So we've gone over how I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to jersey numbers. Just love getting into the nitty gritty why this player chose this number. Does it have any meaning or have they just been wearing it since college and high school and peewee and all that stuff? Right.But we're going to go through. The Vikings ORG have reportedly assigned numbers to rookies, UDFAs, as well as some of the free agents coming on in, as well as a couple of Vikings ORG on the rooster have changed numbers. And we'll get into why. So the draft class, James McCarthy, 9, feeling fine. That's right.So McCarthy wore 9 to Michigan GPE. He's good to go. Dallas Turner 15. He also wore the 1-5 at Alabama. Oh, if you got a Josh Dobbs jersey, you just get a Turner PERSON nameplate, just put it on there. Or if you had a Greg Jennings PERSON jersey?Or I was going to say Greg Camerio PERSON, except that's not correct. He was 85. Ooh, Isaac Frickty, Pride of Caledonia, 1-5, there I go. Kyrie Jackson's picking 31. Now, Kyrie PERSON's already taken to Twitter saying, ew. So, you know, on the 90-man rooster, don't really get what you want all the time, right?Especially on a team that has a myriad of retired numbers as well. So pretty safe to say if you want a Kyrie Jackson PERSON jersey, maybe just wait. Maybe just wait until 53-man cut downs or maybe even next year. We'll see. Walter Rouse PERSON, we're in the 7-8, just like you did in college. Will Reichard. Will, we'll rack her a rocking 46. What's interesting is that John Parker Romo is wearing 96.He's the first specialist to wear a 90 series number, which is kind of awesome. Michael Juergens, making it all smooth 65. And could he be the second coming of John Sullivan PERSON? We'd love to see it. Also, Levi, Drake Rodriguez, we're in the 50-0. So 50-cent piece. I kind of like it because Hercules Mata Alpha wore 50 as well as 51 here with the Vikings ORG,just another heart and hustle defensive tackle. And Levi-Drake Rodriguez wore 50 at Texas A&M Commerce ORG. I'm going to get after it. I kind of like it because it's weird. It's an anomaly along the defensive line to see in 5-0. That's going to be good.UDFAs. So three wide receivers, Devin Harper were in 35, Ty James, 85, and Deshaun Jones 82. And it's almost like lame to be a receiver. We're 80 series number now since they opened basically everything, you know, single digits in the teens. I want to get back to where receivers wore 20 series numbers.Also, I will say that the best quarterback number is 20. That's all. That's all, man. Trey Knox, tight end wearing 41. I feel like 40 series numbers are underrated for tight ends. Matt Sindrick, Center coming in from Cal, 73.Jeremy Flex PERSON. Wearing 6-3, which is about how much he weighs, 363. He is huge, monstrous. Doug Nestor from Virginia Tech slash West Virginia GPE, Mountain Mama, 72, Spencer Rowland PERSON, the Apple Valley, Eden Prayer GPE, the local guy.I don't remember where he's from. Burnsville GPE, yeah. But Havid as well as Block 4, Drake May PERSON, wearing 74. Hopefully he does better than, I don't know, Charlie Johnson PERSON, Bryant McKinney PERSON.Bryant McKinney PERSON would have been so good if he wanted to be good. That's what the shame is, man. Takitamani, the nose tackle coming in from Oregon and Washington GPE, wearing the 9-4, previously worn by Diesel Dalvin Thompson PERSON, previously worn by Williams PERSON. Bring the Williams PERSON wall back, man.I miss Pat Williams. Tyler Minowa PERSON, we're in the 9-5. Kairis Tonga, always remember you, man. Gabe Murphy, we're in 59 9-5. Kairus Tonga PERSON, always remember you, man. Gabe Murphy, wearing 59, feeling fine. Heath Farwell PERSON. Owen Porter, wearing 57.I feel like Gabe Murphy PERSON, I mean, once he establishes himself, maybe he'll reduce down to, like, I don't know, one of the single digits or one of the 11 numbers. So, War 11 at UCLA ORG. Hey, Bo Richter PERSON. So Bo Richter, War number, Number 8 at Air Force.I don't think they're ready to give him a single digit number, but Rock PERSON of the 9-8, DJ Wanam PERSON style all up in there. KJ. Coy, Dallas, Gant, two linebackers, 45 and 48, respectively. Now, Gant, I have high hopes for Gant, but 48 is not it for a linebacker. You know, Donovan Manuel, we're in 40. I feel like 40 is fine.Even though 40 is fine. It didn't suit Ivan Pace, who's rocket number zero CARDINAL, which we'll get to. But, no. And Dwight McLaughlin were in 47. I know that it looks good as Joey Browner, but not on a corner. Not out of corner, man. Come on.So veterans, so free agents come to board. So we have their Vikings ORG number, as well as their number on the previous team, also a handful of Vikings ORG. I mean, we'd probably missed one, but also I don't care. Their current number and the number that they changed from. So Sling and Sam Darnold wearing 14. Oh, we already missed one. Ryan Wright PERSON. So Ryan Wright is now wearing 17 and everything is all right in the world. He was wearing 14 last year. Sam Darnel PERSON,who wore 14 at Carolina, with the Niners, with the Jets, as well as at USC ORG. He's good to go. Aaron Jones wearing 33. So Brian Osama, who had worn number 33 since coming in as a third round pick out of Oklahoma ORG, taking over the mantle for Dalvin Cook, who switched the four. So Osama switched to two.So all Osama does is take up former Vikings running back one numbers. So that's what he does, man. So Aaron Jones wearing his normal 33 that he wore for many years with the stupid Packers ORG. The Trent Sherfield coming in from Buffalo, he wore 16 with the bills, wearing number 11 with the Vikings ORG. 11 came free because Najee Thompson PERSON.All right, so Najee Thompson came in wearing 36 in preseason training camp. Then he switched to 11 last year after Mackay Blackman, who was 11, switched to 5. And now Najee Thompson's back at 36. So I don't know. I don't know, man. Dan Feeney PERSON, Feeney, Feeney, Feeney, Feeney with a mullet and the hockey hair,we're in 69. It's hilarious. I love it, man. Perfect fit. Jerry Tillery, taking upy, Feeney, Feeney. So Dan Feeney with a mullet and the hockey here, we're in 69. It's hilarious. I love it, man. Perfect fit. Jerry Tilleri, taking up the DeNeil Hunter digits where I feel like Tilly being like a five tech is fine. It would have been more pressure, say, like, Gabriel Murphy had picked up 99.It's too much pressure, man. Jahad Ward, Rockin 52, Chad Greenway, wore 55 during his, a lot of his NFL ORG stints. Jonah Williams, 92, also wore 92 with the Rams ORG. A, B, G. Andrew Van Ginkle, stupid badger, but he wore 43 of the Dolphins, 43 of the Vikings ORG. Getting like 40 series numbers for linebackers, I'm good with, except for it didn't fit with pace. Jonathan Gernard, wearing 5-8, previously wore 52 with the Texans ORG.Blake Cashman PERSON outside, how about that, wearing 51.8. I previously wore 52 with the Texans. Uh, Blake Cashman outside. How about that? Uh, he's worn 51. He's worn 53, uh, with this time with the Texans and the Jets ORG. Uh, Kamu Groujee Hill PERSON. 5, 4.5.4. And it's right. The Kendrick PERSON's number. It just, just looks good, man. Shaq Griffin PERSON. So previously he was the first player in Texans history to wear zero.And now he's rocking the numeral uno. Hmm. It's rocking Kyle Sloader's digits. Uh, rocking, uh, the first player in Texans' history to wear zero, and now he's rocking the numeral Uno. It's rocking Kyle Sloters' digits, rocking the Gary Anderson PRODUCT, ooh, maybe not so much. And also, AJ Green PERSON, AJ Green the cornerback. We're in 2-8, which has been distributed a couple times because, like I said, there's a number crunch when you have the 90-man rooster going. But also some other number changes.So Trishon Jackson, the wide receiver from Syracuse, Michigan State ORG. Previously, we're number nine. Gave that up to JJ McCarthy. Now he's wearing eight. Previously worn by Kurt Cousins. Awesome ones wearing two, like we said.Ivan Pace Jr. had already been covered switching to age and zero. Again, so that's why if you like a young player who wasn't a first round pick. It's going on, Jerome PERSON's. So obviously, super pumped and super fired up about the future franchise quarterback, JJ McCarthy, the talisman on the edge, Dallas Turner, as well as Jackson, Rouse PERSON,Ryka, Rakherd, Juergens making it silky smooth like lotion, as well as Levi, Drake Rodriguez PERSON, Senior Sac. So it's a phenomenal draft class. Juergens making it silky smooth like lotion as well as Levi Drake Rodriguez PERSON, Senior SAC. So it's a phenomenal draft class. But of course, we are the franchise of UDFA's Jumping John Randall, Adam Jerome, Ezekielan, Cheryl's Ham, Nadja Thompson PERSON, Ivan Pace Jr. You know everyone. You know everyone.So, of course, we turn our eyes to the guy's not selected. The guy's coming into the league with a massive chip on the shoulder, ready to prove all the haters and the losers wrong. And the Vikings ORG got themselves some good ones. I love me some Gabe Murphy PERSON. I love me some Dallas Gant PERSON. Dwight McLaughern PERSON is going to be in the mix as well.Long story longer. Thor Nystrom, our guy over at Fantasy Pros ORG. So I would say Thor Nystrom and Emery Hunt PERSON, they honestly put the most work in for college football. And Thor probably watches more FBS football than anyone on this planet. Emory ORG specializes in the small schools.And it's good. I mean, respect the hell out of both of their work. So Thor did up a UDFA rookie signings and class rankings, all 32 NFL ORG teams. So you were thinking that, okay, the Vikings ORG do pretty good. That did pretty good last year in the rankings as well with Pace, Andre Carter II, as well as Nigel Thompson PERSON. So Chiefs are one.So the Chiefs ORG, interesting. So Thor noted that he's been doing those rankers for five years, only once were the Chiefs outside of the top 10. So Brett Veach PERSON and Company, they go deep, and they're trying to find as much value as possible. And when you have a lot of overhead, and it's some major contracts, you have to do that. You have to be able to supplement the roster since you're not going to have a ton of cap space generally, as well as usually you're going to be drafting at the back end of each round, probably 32-ish.So scouting does matter at the end of the day. Also, I also always love Thor's ORG cops, right? Because you read names that you haven't heard in so long. Like, CJ Vadorwich PERSON, come on, man, come on. That's good. Boston Scott PERSON, of course.Jerome Baker PERSON, I love. Let's go. Ryan PERSON, right. But the Vikings, you know, the Jets clock in a two. So they got turned out for Watts PERSON, LT3. Kind of surprising that LT3 went undrafted, but it sort of is what it is in that spot.You know, McGregor PERSON, sure. Yeah, it's interesting that McGregor PERSON went undrafted. Anyways, but the Vikings clock in at Numero Trace ORG. So the draft class headlighted by Gaye Murphy PERSON. So he's got his rankings from his top 500 as well. So Murphy, McLaughern, and Richter and Gant PERSON were all within the range of being drafted.You know, Trey Knox PERSON borderline as well. So overall, I'm pretty fired up, though, the way that this thing went. This is what Thor PERSON wrote. The Vikings showed an increased emphasis on the UDFA process last year, and it paid off in a huge way within a meet starter. Ivin Pace Jr., special teams ace, Nadia Thompson PERSON,an intriguing developmental pass rusher in Andre Codda, the second. Minnesota 20203 UDFA draft hall is a worthy follow-up to that class. 2024, blah, blah. The Vikings signed two of my top 10 overall UDFA. Edge Rusher gave Murphy out of UCLA and quarterback Dwight McLaughern PERSON from Arkansas amongst a group that included four prospects with draftable grades on my board.In some Minnesota, add 10 members of the Thor 500 via UDFA. Edge Murphy is a skilled pass rusher who the NFL bypassed for seven rounds because of arm length. It would be stunning if he doesn't make the team. The last three seasons, Murphy posted PFF pass rushing grades of 90.487 and 87.6 respectively over a combined 921 pass rushing snaps with 18 sacks. He's a one-trick pony. UCLA only dropped him into coverage on 29 snaps the past two years, but that trick is pretty neat.And one that is valued in defense court of Brian Flores PERSON hyper-aggressive scheme. And McLaughern was having a breakout season last year before his campaign was derailed by turf toe. McLaughern lacks athleticism, but he started four years in the SEC ORG. He started two years at LSU as well as two years in Arkansas ORG, and is blessed in both length and legitimate ball skills, a career interceptions. The Vikings ORG attacked the defensive side of the ball in the UDFA.They pulled out two other defenders I drafted up grades on linebackers Bo Richter from Air Force, as well as linebacker Dallas Gant from Toledo GPE, unless you count disappointing. Recent round two, round three pick, Brian Osama PERSON. The Vikings ORG have no depth at linebacker. I believe that either Richter or Grant, whoever performs better in camp, will make the week one rooster. So, I mean, of course, everything on paper, everything after the draft, whether there's draft grades, whether it's UDFA class grades.I mean, does it mean anything at the end of the day? Not really, but also I do love that the Vikings were able to get valid because the consensus seems to be that Murphy PERSON probably should have been drafted. You know, probably should have been a fifth round pick somewhere in there. But, of course, NFL sometimes there are measurement snobs and, you know, Murphy PERSON's lack of length in his arms was going to be held against him. Also, the fact that they put up a 9.28 RAS, despite the short arms and lack of size,pretty damn impressive. And also, I do think that McLaughern PERSON, just given his ball skills, could find a way into the mix. Richter PERSON, I mean, plays like his hair is on fire. It's fantastic. Dallas Gant, formerly at the Ohio State and now working his way in Toledo GPE, back-to-back. It was like 130 tackle seasons.Either way, leading the rockets. Yeah, because they're the Akron Zips ORG, nailed it. And overall, I think that the Vikings ORG definitely picked up a couple of dudes who could have been drafted, had very draftable grades, and also will be super competitive, getting into the mix on the Vikings ORG roster. And this is going to be important, too, because as the Vikings ORG, as of right meow, are potentially bereft of picks, maybe even heading into the draft with five or six,hitting on a couple of UDFAs is going to be paramount. And like we alluded to with the Chiefs ORG, once you have success and once you're paying premium contracts to your premium positional players, there's not a ton of case to go around and you have to hit on a lot of your draft picks. And even your draft picks are going to be towards the back end of the respective rounds. So you really got to hit and squeeze value out of UDFAs ORG. Now, are you going to hit starters every single year?No. Like Ivan Pace Jr. PERSON was such an anomaly that we shouldn't even be comparing like Murphy or Richter to Ivan Pace Jr. was such an anomaly that we shouldn't even be comparing, like, you know, Murphy or Richter PERSON to Ivan Pace Jr. Like, Ivan Pace Jr. PERSON is already in the stratosphere, right? But finding guys that can complement the rooster. Najee Thompson PERSON is extremely valuable.And if a couple of these guys come in and supplement either as special teamers or depth backups or maybe even a little bit more, that's a huge win. That's absolutely a huge win. And like I said, the motivation of them coming in, you didn't want me. F you. That chip on the shoulder really does mean a lot, man.So I'm glad that the Vikings ORG getting some respect around the leak from people who know.

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Beautiful Wednesday, happy hump day to those who celebrate, and it's time for another Vikings ORG news dump. He sees you when you're pooping. Now, I understand we've been really going hard on the paint, talking about wolves and stuff. It's fantastic, but we try to keep it separated.But, I mean, it's exciting. And I know that a lot of subscribers of this channel are Vikings ORG fans who don't live in the great state of Minnesota, and maybe they don't give two hoots about basketball. I don't really either, but this team is super fun. And again, I'm just glad. I'm a fully admitted fair weather bandwagon fan.I'm just happy that Wolf ORG's fans are very non-gatekeeping, which they would have every right to be, especially sitting through some very bad basketball for many years. But the memes and the jokes are there. Anthony Edwards is basically Michael Jordan PERSON. And also, I do think that Jaqualen Roy Kent, is ready for a breakout year two. Maybe that's why the Vikings ORG, they didn't go hard in the paint, paying through the nose and free agency,or drafting a defensive tackle high because Jaqualen is going to bust out your two. But this is all tangentially involved with the Vikings ORG. So we know that the national media Jerroney haircuts hate on Minnesota GPE sports whenever they can, right? But now, I mean, you got Stephen A PERSON saying that the wolves are going to win the Larry O'Brien trophy, win the World Championship EVENT, and that's a big time step. I actually don't think that Stephen A or any of the national media gibboni haircuts or blowhards have ever given the wolves or Minnesota GPE sports in general the time of day.So maybe this is a thawing of relations between Minnesota GPE sports and the national media. Right. So if and when the wolves, you know, rip off this championship, like maybe it's like, oh, maybe Minnesota is a state of winners, landed 10,000 championships. And maybe the Vikings hoists that Jerome Barthi a dozen times the next 10 years. Maybe we should start giving them respect.Hmm, something to look for it. If the Vikings want to win some Jerome Barthies, they need next 10 years, maybe we should start giving them respect. Something to look for. If the Vikings want to win some Jerome Barthies PERSON, they need to shore up that cornerback room. Now, the cornerback room is interesting. So Murph PERSON, holding down in the slot, yes. You got Shaq Griffin, the Freedon PERSON signing, who apparently may have not cost him a compick,but we'll talk about that in a separate video. Mackay Blackman, last year's third round pick. I've obviously got some nice run last year. I think he's got a bright future. Caleb Evans PERSON, got to see it. Same thing with Andrew Booth Jr.Kyrie Jackson, the fourth round pick. You can't coach size on the outside. And he has a ton of potential despite being advanced age. Dwight McLaughrim PERSON, I think that he does have some ball hawking abilities as the UDFA. So basically, I mean, the Vikings ORG quarterback room, there's question marks, except there's talent there. The question is, how do all of the pieces fit, just like tool, lateralis?Per persuasion to put this together, per Ben Gessling over on K-fan, cornerback Spider-Murphy Jr. PERSON and Shaq. Griffin PERSON are in the driver's seat as starters. He continues on saying cornerbacks Akaleb Evans and Mackay Blackman PERSON are going to have to fight for their fight for their jerbs in training camp preseason.He also guesses that Evans wins the three spot, but mention that newly drafted Kyrie Jackson PERSON could easily be in the mix of start. Quote, as for the number three, four, five spots. This is interesting because I don't think Caleb Evans PERSON and Mackay Blackman are sitting in incumbent roles that can't cannot be touched. I think things we saw at the end of last season would suggest that those jobs are going to be fought for and won in training camp and probably the preseason as well.I guess at this point I would keep Evans in that three spot. Now, I disagree with Gessling PERSON. I think Blackman is going to be in that three spot where Evans, so Evan just started last year sort of of inertia. Like he got the time of day as a rookie in 2022 before he had the three concussions and was put on injured reserve. But the fact that Flores benched him seven times, I don't know, man.And I want Evans PERSON to work out, but I just don't see it. And I will give, so, you know, saying that Murphy and Griffin PERSON will be starting, I mean, how often do you only have two corners on the field anymore? Although, you couldn't make an exception with the Vikings since they do play three safeties in their base package quite a bit. So whatever.But I do think that, you know, Flores has talked about wanting Murphy PERSON in the slot nearly exclusively. Shaq Griffin PERSON is an exclusively, nearly exclusively a left cornerback. And a guy who got a ton of work on the right side last year is Mackay Blackman PERSON. Also, I think that you do have to give a little bit of an inside edge to Mackay Blackman PERSON, third round pick last year, and Kyrie Jackson, fourth round pick this year, as they're the only two drafted cornerbacks while Flores PERSON has been in the building.And Flores PERSON obviously has a major voice in personnel on the defensive side of the ball. So I think that they'll give them a slight edge. But that's a great thing about competition. It's going to bring out the best in everyone. I mean, Boot Jr. has the highest draft pedigree on the Vikings ORG in this room. Like, will he get things going, a former number 42 overall pick out of Clemson ORG?We'll see. Speaking of getting his stuff together. So, Rishie Rice PERSON, going to be suspended for the racing thing, which caused a pile-up, also has pending legal issues as well as civil, all that stuff. And he just can't stay out of his way. So Ari Mareem PERSON.Chiefs wide receiver, Rishie Rice is under investigation for allegedly hitting a photographer at a club in Dallas on Monday night. There's a lot of questions here. So you would think that if you're, oh, so first off, Rishie Rice PERSON is really, I default have to like Rice as an Asian but the NFL Rice PERSON is I mean they make it really hard right so Jerry Riceoverrated system wide receiver Rishi Rice PERSON having all these issues Ray Rice PERSON hmm the only good rice is are Sydney Rice PERSON and Simeon Rice that's it that That's it.But, I mean, so if you're Rishi Rice PERSON, say you're the team, say you're his agent, say you're his lawyers. Don't you think that priority one, stay out of trouble? As you have these racing charges pending, these racing suspension pending, stay at home. Stay out of trouble. Maybe smoke a little pain management, play some video games. I don't know. Either way, for one, why are you at a club?Number two, why are you at a club on a Monday? Three, why? Just why? And Rashid PERSON put up some really good numbers as a rookie. You can make a good case that he was, you know, the number three or four rookie receiver last year. I mean, Puka, Addison, Zay, Rishi PERSON.Certainly could make that case. But now, I mean, it seems like this kid is doing everything he can possibly do to throw away his NFL ORG career. Like, I don't know. It's just unfortunate, man. Get your stuff together. Speaking, I get your stuff together.So the rumor and scuttlebut had been that the NFL schedule release is going to go down on Thursday night. But now, reportedly, it's going to be pushed to next Wednesday. Ben Fisher, Sports Business Journal ORG, news. The full NFL schedule is currently slated to be released at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on May 15th per memo to teams this afternoon from Exxed Hans Schroeder PERSON. Now, I can never take Hans Schroeder seriously because he's a minor character from the show Boardwalk Empire WORK_OF_ART. He was Margaret Schroeder's husband before Nucky Yeaded PERSON him.Teams had been expecting this week Thursday. Reason for delay, not mentioned in the memo. Probably because they want to stretch out the attention span a little bit longer. Like everyone's still in the afterglow of the draft, and they're like, ah, you know, we could stretch this thing out a little bit longer before we get into OTAs and all that stuff.So the Vikings, they have nine home games this year, except one game is going to be flexed out to Tottenham ORG. I've already said my bet would be either the Cardinals or the Colts ORG game. But the Vikings ORG, beyond their normal divisional schedule, at home, they got the Cardinals, they got the Falcons ORG, Kurt Cousins coming back.Texans, Deniel, the real-deal hunter, Stefan Diggs PERSON, coming back into U.S. Bank Stadium FAC, as well as a bunch of former Texans are on the Vikings ORG defense now. The Jets and A.A. Round Rogers coming back into the House of Pain, the Niners ORG, Redux, let's go. And also got the Colts ORG. And then away at MetLife against the Giants on that garbage turf at the Rams ORG, which is going to be a fun game.Oh, Kevin O'Connell Shaw McVeigh PERSON. Jaguars ORG. Oh, so this is going to be a fun game. Kevin O'Connell, Shaw McVeigh, Jaguars. Oh, so this is the Dallas Turner ORG BTJ trade. And I'm not sold on Trevor Lawrence PERSON. I think there's some major question marks there. Tennessee Titans, as well as the Seattle Seahawks, which Vikings ORG always play out there. But I don't know.I guess we'll see what order it will be next week. All I see is 17 and no. 16 to know in America, as well as 1 in 0 over in Jolly Old England LOC. Speaking of Titans, so Jeremy Fowler, ESPN ORG, Tyler Boyd is signing with the Titans per Source on a one-year deal worth up to 4.5 million, reunion of Brian Callahan PERSON.Now, they haven't speculated that the Vikings may have had some interest in Tyler Boyd PERSON, who slot receiver from Cincinnati, eight-year veteran, the pride of Pitt ORG, and he's done good things. I think former teammate with Brian Anil, way back in the day, sure. But don't work out, it is what it is. But also, hey, with Boyd's signing with the Titans ORG, I mean, what's the availability of Traylon Burks? I mean, could we get him for, well, I guess we don't have any seventh-roundpicks like ever. How about a conditional 2028 seventh round pick? So, there you go. Speaking of Vikings ORG' corners earlier, so numerology podcast is also out as a fistful of Vikings numbers and number changes came through the wire yesterday. But Kyrie Jackson, we're in number 31. I don't know. I like 31 on tall, lanky corners because it reminds me of Antonio Carmardi PERSON.So I think this actually works with Kyri PERSON. But Kyri PERSON is like, ew, no. L-O-L. Now, this time of year, if you're not a first-round pick, you're generally not going to get your choice in numbers. 90-man roster with a, yeah, like, what, six numbers retired? So numbers are kind of scarce, so you take what you can get.And the NFL ORG, since they relax their number policy, I mean, it's basically like a high school or college team. The single-digit numbers are highly coveted. Veterans have first dibs and Kyrie PERSON. He's just a fourth round pick. And I think this is a good sign that says, hey, if you really like Kyrie Jackson PERSON, maybe we should wait to buy one of his jerseys because he could change his number afterrosters get reduced from 90 to 53 or maybe even rock 31 for a season. And depending on player turnover, pick a different digit next year. But we'll see. But yeah, yeah. Speaking of you.So, Austin Rivers PERSON. So first off, Austin Rivers PERSON. Yes, I know that his last team was at Timberwolves ORG,but we don't claim them. So Denver Nuggets legend Austin Rivers PERSON, a.k.a. Doc PERSON's kid, a.k.a. Andrew Tate PERSON lookalike, sure.But he sort of went viral when he was on the McAfee PERSON show, and he said, you can take 30 players right now in the NBA and throw them in the NFL ORG. You cannot take 30 NFL players and put them in the NBA ORG. Now, I was thinking about this, and he's probably correct to a degree, where I feel like you could take any like 6, 7, 270 pound, 260, 270 pound power forward in the league right now. You know, pack on 30 pounds of weight and make them into an offensive tackle, turn them into a tight end.Like we've seen that basketball player, the tight end pipeline many times before, or a basketball player to tackle pipeline as well. But I think that's about it. Like, I know that LeBron PERSON was an all-state receiver early in his high school career back at St. Vincent, St. Mary's in Ohio GPE. And Ohio GPE is like a good football state.Weird. But so they had a rule when LeBron was on the football team, I believe his sophomore season, where he was a receiver, but he couldn't go over the middle. Like his coach didn't want to jeopardize his basketball career, but LeBron PERSON wanted to play with his guys. So, I mean, you could say that, sure, LeBron PERSON could be the ultimate move tied end at 6'8 with that speed, even at 8.40. But the first time that he comes overthe middle and Harrison Smith PERSON puts his he comes over in the middle, and Harrison Smith puts his shoulder pad square in the chest of LeBron PERSON. Oh, by the way, when you're 6'8-you have a large strike zone. You don't have to go all dirty Kirby Joseph PERSON, just go for the knee or go for the head. So I feel like those 30 NBA players can play in the NFL for one play. It's about it, man.And, I mean, NFL players, I mean, just on the Vikings ORG. I mean, we know that Jefferson PERSON can ball. We know that Brian O'Neill PERSON can ball as well. You know, look around Lee Keon-Colman, T. Higgins PERSON. So you're telling me that some of the elite elite football players couldn't be the 15th man on the Pistons ORG. Come on, man.Or like Randy Moss, if he had focused on basketball with his high school teammate Jason Williams PERSON, like, do you think he could have made the league? Probably. At least made the G League ORG if that was around. Sure. But it's a funny thing with Rivers PERSON.So Philip Dorset II, who grew up in Fort Lauderdale in the Florida GPE area, and I believe Austin PERSON did as well, you know, when Doc PERSON was coaching with the magic. I watched him, Philip Dorso talking about Austin Rivers PERSON. I watched him say he quit football after one daybecause it was too hot and the coach is yelling at him. And think about it too. So Philip Dorset, from Miami GPE, that's the U being the U. I mean, football players in South Florida LOC are tough as hell, man. Like they're super alpha.They're super competitive. They super get after it. And it is not for the weak. And Austin Rivers PERSON was apparently very weak. That's all, man. Speaking of tough athletes.So, RG3 ORG, you know, put a question out there. All sports fans, this is a safe space. Who are the better athletes, football players, or basketball players? Now, I have a different answer. Now, I'm not a hockey fan, but I'm generally aware of the great state of hockey. And I respect hockey athletes for a couple reasons.Number one, they have to have the physical toughness of football players. They have to have the speed and agility of basketball players and the eye hand coordination of baseball players all while skating. That's what it comes down to. Do you know how to skate? I don't. You know who else doesn't know how to skate?My kids. Because I swear on everything that's holy. The last thing that I would ever want to do is be a hockey parent on the weekend. Oh, we're driving all around the metro. All right. So we're driving from the south metro to Osseo to Elk River over to Champlain for ice time over the weekend.Because little Johnny hockey stick has a game at 6.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and then 8.15 p.m. Never. And I know that there's going to be pressure from, like, my kid's friends, like, oh, hey, let's play hockey. But if my kid literally can't skate, I got him. I got him. So I'm really glad that, so my son Rocco PERSON is into soccer. He's into swimming and he's into running. So the track and field. It's like all the cheap sports. We'll give him a pair of cleats. We give him a pair of boots. We give him a pair of goggles.We're good. That's it, man. That's all. Speaking of rando sports. So, Corey PERSON and Corey, mixed doubles, world champions, fantastic curlers out there. Some NFL ORG action going down. So Jared Allen PERSON, I mean, Jared Allen's been going hard on the paint with curling. And there's some talk about how he may even get into the Olympics EVENT, which would be great. But our guy, T.J. Hawkinson PERSON. So, I mean, the doctor said iced the knee.

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So part of the drama of the first round of the 2024 NFL draft was the Vikings making a move for Jay, J. McCarthy. All he does is win. What up, Sylvia PERSON? The Vikings traded up from 11 to 10 with the New York Jets ORG, securing their guy and potentially getting ahead of the Denver Broncos, who ultimately took Bo Nix at 12, maybe even the Las Vegas Raiders ORG who could have been in on a quarterback as well.So either way, hey, could the Vikings have been leakfrogged at 11? Certainly. Did the Vikings ORG pay a little bit of a cost to move up? Sure. But at the end of the day, get your guy. Go get your guy.But of course, the drama had to be enhanced because stupid-ass Sean Peyton PERSON just decided to, like, inject himself into these conversations. But we know. Dush. Dush. Dush.

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Dooch. Dooch. Dooch. Dooch. So after the Vikings traded up, stupid-ass Sean Peyton PERSON was trying to take credit for, ooh, I was actively involved in trying to pretend we were moving forward. So basically, he was saying that he baited the Vikings into trading up from 11 to 10, which on its face does make any sense. We'll get into why. But first off, take a long gander of a picture of stupid-ass Sean Peyton with his best friend Greg Williams PERSON. I wonder what they're talking about.Probably Braziers for men. Who knows? But, of course, stupid-ass Sean Peyton PERSON. All of the talk had been the connection between the Broncos and Sean Peyton PERSON and J.J. McCarthy. Now, yes, it is smokescreen season, but that actually seemed absolutely legit.You know, J.J. McCarthy could operate stupid as Sean Peyton's PERSON offense with a plum. But I understand. After it's all said and done, he has to say that Bo Nix PERSON is the guy. Bo Nix PERSON is the guy, even though he might not have been. But also, long story longer. So ESPN put out a notebook of draft tidbits on Tuesday, and this one was good.So stupid-ass Sean Peyton misspelled his name, told reporters on day two of the draft that he bluffed trade talks with Denver's number 12 of raw pick. I was actively involved in trying to pretend we were moving forward as a moving up, said Peyton, seemingly a nod to baiting Minnesota into moving up from number 11, which the Vikings did, taking over the Jets number 10 slot, which is very stupid, and we'll get into why here in a second. But it turns out Peyton PERSON was indeed calling around. The Bears heard from Denver and one other team while on deck at number nine. It wasn't clear at the time which player Denver ORG was targeting in any potential trade-up or even if they had a target, blah, blah, blah, blah.But the Broncos ORG made it clear that they were all in on bow-necks, our guy the whole way. That's what everyone has to say when the smoke clears. But, yeah, yeah. The whole, we were trying to get the Vikings ORG move up. Determined that was a lie. So there's a couple reasons why stupid as Sean Peyton PERSON is lying.Basically, he's just trying to interject himself into every single conversation, just like, oh yeah, I'm a big deal. Look at me. Our guy, George Peyton PERSON, is a GM only in name only.But reasons why Sean Champagne PERSON is lying. Number one, why bait the Vikings to trade draft capital to a team in the AFC, the Jets ORG, who you would think, like, if you have playoff aspirations, I mean, the Jets ORG could be in there too. So why enrich a conference rival? It doesn't make any sense. And what does it benefit you to get the Vikings ORG to go from 11 to 10 if the Vikings were going to be a non-quarterback anyway if you had no intention of leapfrogging the Vikings?That doesn't make any sense at all. Number two, if Bo Nix PERSON was always the guy, why not move up? Why not move up to seven? Why not move up to nine, which reportedly stupid Ashon Payton was calling the Bears ORG about. Why not move up to 10 yourself with the Jets and secure Bo Nix PERSON? Why not do that?Number three, you know, where the Broncos moving up for Bo Nix PERSON? I mean, if you would have ultimately pulled off a trade, and if Bo Nix PERSON and J.J. McCarthy were both on the board, were you really going to take Bo Nix? Were you really? Also, how would calling the Bears bait the Vikings into moving up to 10? So say that Peyton PERSON's call wasn't legit and it was all part of an elaborate bluff, which I don't believe because honestly, I feel like this guy can't even fog up a mirror. So that's all.So how would you training up to nine, if that information trickled down to the Vikings ORG, how would that get them to move up from 11 to 10? Because if you were able to get up to 9, which the Vikings ORG probably weren't going to be able to do business in division with the Bears and stupid Ryan Poles PERSON, and the bears are also probably completely honed in on Roma Dunzee PERSON.I mean, how does that, how does you getting up to nine make the Vikings go to 10 when you would have leapfrog them already at 9? Doesn't make sense. But of course, none of this makes sense. Number five, why are you such a stupid ass? Also, why did your, why did your movie suck? Kevin James PERSON?Really? Or where, right. But verdict, the Broncos Juan and McCarthy PERSON. They tried to trade up to nine and they failed. And now, of course, stupid, or Rere. But verdict, the Broncos, Wanda McCarthy. They tried to trade up to nine, and they failed. And now, of course, stupid ass Sean Payton PERSON is just trying to, you know, C-YA, cover your stupid ass. Why no?C-Y-S-A. Cover your stupid ass. That's what he's doing, because ultimately, just piecing together and reading the tea leaves, the Broncos, they had to settle for Bonix at 12. They probably didn't think that five quarterbacks were going to go in the top 10, and they panicked and they took this year's Christian Ponder PERSON.They took whoever was left, and then there was another quarterback into the fifth round. That's right. So that's hilarious. But like I said, why, if you had no attention of training up and leapfrogging the Vikings, why bluff them to go from 11 to 10 just to give draft picks to a team that's in your conference? So it doesn't make sense. Again, ultimately, I do think that the Broncos really wanted J.J. McCarthy PERSON.I think that Bo Nix PERSON was a fallback plan. And they tried to trade up to nine, but the bears weren't interested in moving down and potentially moving out, missing out on the dunes. I think the Jets ORG would have snatched him up very quickly. So that's it. I mean, they're trying to get up to nine for McCarthy PERSON. But then, you know, Peyton PERSON was just trying to talk big and he's just trying to be like, oh, you know,

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And I love that ESPN ORG confirms it now. It's good times, man. It's going on to Rome GPE. So last year in the first round, number 23 overall, the Vikings did not go with the quarterback Will Levis PERSON, but they went with Jordan, freaking Addison PERSON,the Pride of USC ORG, nah-na-na-na-na-superstar Blitnikov PERSON winner, formerly at Pitt ORG. And also, so Addison single-handedly won Caleb Williams, the Heisman Trophy in 2022. By the way, so Caleb Williams, the largest draft bust in NFL ORG history pictured here with superstar Jordan Addison PERSON.So Caleb Williams, when he had Jordan Addison, Caleb Williams otherwise. Not saying, I'm just saying. And also, like we said, Addison tricked the world and thinking Kenny Pickett was a first-round pick. It's hilarious, man. But the Vikings drafted Addison to be the Batman to Justin Jefferson's PERSON Batman because you know it's better than Batman PERSON and Robin, two Batman's.And his introduction was, I want to go fast. Certainly did. And overall, like he had a very good rookie season, although he was certainly overshadowed by Pooka Nakuwa PERSON, just completely going off. But 70 for 911 yards receiving plus leading all rookies with 10 touchdowns. Overall, pretty damn good season. Now, yes, you need to draw a line of demarcation between, you know, what happened with Kurt PERSON and what happened with the other quarterbacks.But Addison PERSON, yeah, he had some rookie fits and starts. He had some bust out game, seven for a buck 23 and two in the huge win on Monday night over the San Francisco 49ers ORG, as well as six for a buck 11 and two against the Bengals ORG, which I don't know, should have won. But also having seven touchdowns in his first eight games was on a blistering pace. And of course, like we said, there does need to be a pretty stark split between what he did with Kurt Cousins as well as the other quarterbacks.And I mean, even though Nick Mullins was able to put up some numbers and Addison PERSON adapted fine, like you can tell like the catch rate wasn't there. The placement wasn't quite the same. Yards per catch went down, yards went down, blah, blah, blah, everything. So you do have to give props to Addison PERSON, whereas some of these other rookie wide receivers, they had a little bit more continuity.But long story longer, Marcus PERSON Mosher over at the 33 team, who, I mean, Marcus, we didn't talk about this, but Marcus Mosher put together maybe the worst seven-round mock draft in Vikings ORG franchise history. He drafted like five corners, even though you can never have about this, but Marcus Mosher put together maybe the worst step around mock draft in Vikings' franchise history. He drafted like five corners, even though you can never have enough corners, but come on, come on, man. But predicting the NFL's biggest sophomore slumps of 2024, and of course, the Vikings ORG get punched down upon, because that's what the media does. Jordan Addison, number one, so four NFL players who could suffer sophomore stops, not even number four, not even three, not even two, just one.Pooka Nakuwa, Rashid Rice, and Zayflowers PERSON all got a lot of national attention for their strong rookie season. It certainly didn't hurt that all their teams made the playoffs. Thanks. But that is beside the point. Jordan Addison had an incredible first season racking up 911 receiving yards on 70 receptions. Addison led all rookies and touchdown receptions 10,an average whopping 8.4 yards per target. He was incredible for the Minnesota Vikings and was everything the team could have hoped for when selected him at pick number 23. However, it feels pretty likely that he won't reach the same numbers in 2024. Oh, Rerey PERSON, all right.The most obvious reason is that Kurt Cousins left the Vikings for the line of Falcons ORG. In the eight games, Addison PERSON, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's also worth knowing that the most of Addison's production came with Justin Jefferson PERSON out of the lineup because of a hamstring injury. Once Jefferson returned, Addison PERSON saw a major dip in his production. While we can assume Addison will be a better player in 2024, it's easy to see how his receiving numbers might not increase. Now, I disagree.I highly disagree. Now, Addison PERSON had himself a phenomenal rookie season by all metrics, even though Pooka and Nakua PERSON just completely blew him out of water. It happens. But, I mean, he was up there with Rishi Rice and Zay Flowers PERSON in terms of rookie numbers. So here's Sapuka, Stafford, Rishie Rice, Mahomes PERSON, for now, until it gets cut.And Zayflowers Lamar PERSON, who's developing as a pastor. And I don't get it. I don't understand. So, yes, Addison had Kurt Cousins for half of the year, and yes, his numbers took a dip once he went down. But the fact that Addison was able to cobble together this pretty damn good rookie season with the Pashnot PERSON, with the Mormon Missile, with Nick Mullins at quarterback, as opposed to Mahomes, the goat, Stafford Super Bowl winner because of Kevin McConnell PERSON,as well as MVP Lamar Jackson PERSON, I feel like there's a little bit of a difference all up in there. Plus, there's a couple reasons why Addison will thrive in 2024 and continue being a beast. Second year in the NFL ORG slash offense, so the institution knowledge is going to be big for him. And also, this is the first time in three years where he's been in the same offense. Kevin O'Connell wants to throw. That's what it comes down to, even though with the addition of A. Ron Jones, no matter who's a quarterback, Kevin O'Connell is going to scheme up throws. Also, Justin Jefferson PERSON back is notnecessarily a bad thing because, yes, Addison thrived when JJ PERSON was out with that hamstring injury. But also, I mean, a lot of the times Addison was facing cornerback one coverage and attention, and he was being a scheme to be taken out of the game plan. And now, with Jefferson PERSON back, drawing double teams, triple teams, cornerback ones, Addison PERSON's going to be left all by his onesies, and with more institutional knowledge of this offense, and also adding more size, also refined his technique, he's going to be there.Also, Hawkinson PERSON could be limited early, so some over-the-middle work could be available as well. And Donald and McCarthy PERSON, I mean, Darnold, yes, is the infamous draft bus from 2018, whatever. But he's in a great situation now. James McCarthy PERSON is a rookie, yes, but he has shown that placement-wise accuracy, distributing the football to his playmakers,he can certainly do. So even if it was Donald PERSON or a rookie quarterback, Kevin O'Connell wants to throw, and Kevin O'Connell will throw. And quarterback continuity is going to be huge, where, yes, Kurt PERSON and then everyone else. But this year, whether it's Darnold, whether it's McCarthy PERSON, I don't think that there's goingto be musical chairs as a quarterback, and that's certainly going to help Addison PERSON. And also, no defined wide receiver three, because Brandon Powell is fine as, like, a tertiary option and as a gadgety player. But there isn't a receiver that's threatening to take Addison PERSON snaps. So I think that he is going to work hand in glove with Justin Frick and Jefferson PERSON. And I think Jordan Addison is primed to have a monster second season.I think he's going to be a 1,000 yard receiver. I think that he's going to perhaps seem to flirt with 100 catches too. And I think that he is going to get a ton of work because it's not a negative that Justin Jefferson PERSON is back. Yes, target share and volume could reduce, but the quality and caliber of the volume he's going to get as he's facing single coverage, as he's facing cornerback twos and threes, it's going to be huge. So I'm not buying that Jordan Addison PERSON is going to have a sophomore slump. No, get out here, man.Go on, Jerome PERSON. So last week, last Tuesday, April 30th, the Minnesota Fighting Vikings ORG signed an additional punter, Seth Vernon PERSON. But the Vikings had already signed 17 UDFAs and were at their 90-man limit. So for a week plus, the Vikings had 91 players on the 90-man roster. And, of course, Smokie GPE, this is not nom.There are 90-man, this is 90-man rosters. There are rules here. But the whole thing about it is, like, hey, it's a balance between, hey, draft picks haven't officially signed yet as well as there's nothing even going on now. And also, the Vikings ORG didn't have rookie camp. They didn't have any organized team activities.So I don't know. I think it's just a shrug, you know, whatever situation. But with a rookie camp coming up this weekend and the Vikings ORG having to be in rooster compliance, the Vikings did make a move, waving wide receiver, dylon, dylon, dylan, dylan, dylan, now Baldwin is a university Michigan GPE alum, so he was probably like, hey, isn't it awesome that we get to catch passes from J.J.M. McCarthy PERSON?And then everyone else in the receiver room was like, we? We? But Baldwin was the 22 UDFA. Spent some time on the Browns ORG practice squad, signed on the Vikings practice squad last November, and also a futures contract this offseason.But with the Vikings bringing in an influx of UDFA receivers, notably Ty James PERSON, Devin Harper from Mercer as well as Deshaun Jones. I mean, at a certain point, like 14 receivers kind of seems like a lot. So the Vikings right now on the 90-man rooster are at 13 wideouts. And as I said, I mean, the competition beyond Jefferson, Addison, especially, maybe Powell PERSON to a degree, I think maybe he could pencil him in as wide receiver three, given that Kevin O'Connellabsolutely loves and adores him. I mean, it really is wide open. And it could be a spot too that, yes, the Vikings need to be in rooster compliance, but maybe Baldwin PERSON and his agent saw the writing on the wall and thought, okay, I'm going to go to another team, potentially have a better chance of sticking on a roster of practice squad. That certainly could be part and parcel as well. And I believe in Jalen Naylor PERSON, if you can stay healthy, man. Nikiel Harry, the former first-round pick, a big, JJ PERSON needs a tall receiver. Trent Shurfield, the free agent coming in from Buffalo ORG,could be a bit of a wild card. Tristan Jackson, Trishon Jackson PERSON, XFL superstar, Malik Knowles PERSON, is a unknown because he was injured last year, but he was a special team superstar. At Kansas State, UDFA last year,Thayer Thomas PERSON, NC State's number two receiver of all time, I believe behind Tori Holt PERSON, as well as a dynamo returning punts. Ty James, two-time FCS ORG, All-American back-to-back,1100-yard seasons, Devin Harper PERSON, return specialist, and Sean Jones PERSON. We need to tell Deshaun Jones that there's only room for two JJs on this rooster. So he might have to go by his middle name or something.So I don't know. But either way, like the receiver room, so beyond Jefferson, Addison PERSON, it really is undefined, but I do love the depth and I do love the potential there. So maybe that's what Baldwin PERSON potentially saw. But the rooster is back in compliance. They're back at 90 and the Vikings ORG, young players, as well as some rookie tryouts,as well as rookie draft picks and UDFAs will be at TCO Performance Center Bar and Grow this weekend for you rookie camp. It's going on to Rome GPE. So, I mean, the offseason is coming up and we've already started, we've already started doing, like, some life videos, some, I don't know, like, philosophical Fridays. Could we start that up? I don't know. And I understand, like, people be like, oh, this is a Vikings ORG channel.I get it. I understand it. I commiserate. You don't have to watch these videos. It's fine. It's fine, man.But, so, had an interesting comment. So, you know, intermittently, we love calling out,'s up, Jerome's, like how we feel in the day. And, you know, give a little scoop of what's going on with me and had a really heartfelt response. And, yeah, just what. So cleared this with the individual. And so we're good to go, make a video of this because I feel like a lot of a lot of what's going on with him is universal and I feel like a lot of people could benefitfrom him including myself so uh the soggy bisquick bisquit busy I'm guess that's like a play on last name or something like that no risk of no biscuit handy currently going through a rough breakup with my now ex-girlfriend of nearly 10 months. It was my longest relationship by far, and it wasn't my decision, so it kind of came out of nowhere. I'm also about to start a brand new job, and everything has me feeling pretty laust and alone. I've always loved to listen to your Vikings ORG podcast, but now it helps me laugh when I'm feeling down and is a nice distraction from my problems in life.So thank you for taking your time to do this for the Vikings ORG family. Hey, thank you, man. I know I'm just a 22-year-old kid from Michigan GPE that you don't even know, but you've made a positive impact on my life, and I'm glad to be a part of the Jerome PERSON's skull production value. So first off, thanks for the kind words.And it's, it really is crazy and also humbling at the same time because I don't know just literally sitting in my basement office watching reruns of hard knocks and just literally just talking ishall day and it's a lot of fun and I know that you know people get some entertainment out of it I know that people get a sense of community out of it. I know that people have connection of it because I thought back too,it's like I've had down moments in my life just like everyone has. And sometimes just being able to tune out what's going on in your life for a little bit. It just helps mentally so much because no one can be on 100% of the time. And I think of, you know, the podcasts and, you know, the YouTube ORG channels and, like, the TV shows that I've watched when I've had, you know, tough moments. And, again, I'm very thankful. We're able to do that and, you know, do some good instead of just like talking ish about Lewasine PERSON.Anyways, but the, so the rough breakup, breakups can be hard because everyone lives in their three-foot world. I know that's John Cena, but everyone always has blinders on. And it doesn't matter if you're 22, it doesn't matter if you're 42, doesn't matter if you're 82. Like everyone is always so caught up in their ish that they can't really see the forest through the trees. And especially when you're young, like when you're in middle school, high school, college, getting out into your professional life.Like, everything is the alamo. Like, everything is the end of the world because you don't really have life experience yet. And, yeah, breakup suck. Whether you're the one leaving or the one, you're the one being left. It's hard in, you know, many different, many different ways. But also, I mean, you're 22.I mean, you barely scratch the surface on living. And no, oh, it's like the Simpsons WORK_OF_ART one. This is the worst breakup ever. It's the worst breakup ever so far, which, oh, there's a great one too where, I think it's a meme. But it's a kid saying to a mom, this is the worst day of my life. And then the mom says, I hope that it is where it sounds like callous and cold, but the mom is literally just hoping that, hey, this is the worst day of my life DATE. And then the mom says, I hope that it is. Where it sounds like callous and cold, but the mom is literally just hoping that, hey, this is the high watermark of pain and strife in your life.Right. And I know right now everything feels horrible, but there's a lot more to life, man. There really is. And also, you know, all breakups suck, especially, you know, when you've grown attached to the person for a myriad of reasons. You may have even loved the person, right? And we've all gone through things like that. But also, I feel like it'snot healthy to have your identity wrapped up in being with someone else. And, you know, the saying is, no one can truly love you unless you love yourself. And I feel like if you're not content being alone, then I don't think you're going to be content being in a relationship either. And that's something I'm very cognizant about instilling in my daughter, about being independent, not being codependent, because I feel like that can lead to a lot of really bad toxic relationships down the line, especially for females. But, I mean, I had a really bad breakup in college right before I met my wife, my wife, right?And the girl that I broke up with, it was, I actually did the dumping, which was weird, right? But it was difficult because she was the first person that I was with that I actually saw myself potentially marrying. Now, she's a wonderful person. But knowing where she is in life now, like we would have had polar opposite views on life. And it would have been difficult, right? So that's the thing because sometimes people aren't compatible, but they stay togetherfor, I know, reasons. But as you get further down the line, like, that gap just grows and shows, and it's not good. And sometimes people stay in bad relationships just because they don't want to be alone or just because that's all they've known. They become institutionalized for lack of a better term. But, I don't know, it's like, also funny story about this. So the ex actually worked at like a wedding dress store.I forget which one it was. But so my now wife came in to try on dresses and the ex was the one who was attending to her. And of course she brought out like these. So my wife has always been, you know, like a very small, skinny person. But the ex is bringing out like these four X-Ls, like these carnival tent-sized dresses, just like, oh, maybe you can slip into this one. I don't know.It's funny. Like, I kind of respect the pettiness. Not going to lie, man. Not a lot. But the whole thing about it is, like, I feel like, yeah, these are like stereotypes and cliches, but they're cliches for a reason. Like, either win or you learn. And, you know, even though it sucks right now, like, there's plenty of good lessons and good feedback that you can take away from this. Like, even if you don't get closure with the X, I mean, just self-scouting, self-internalizing, like taking ownership, some reflection. It's like, hey, maybe, well, self-reflection of, hey, maybe I could have done better and this, that, or the other thing, or maybe this is a good thing or whatever.But also, reflect, take ownership of this situation, but also don't beat yourself up. It's like, oh, she left me because of X, Y, Z, because of this, because of that, or the other thing, right? But also, I mean, this is a great opportunity.

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Like, you're starting a new job. You're freaking young.

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Like, so I'm 38. You know how much money I would pay to be 22 again, but also have like all the knowledge and stuff. So don't have youth be wasted on the young. That's for sure. And also working on yourself, I mean, you know, work out, eat right, get sleep, hydrate. And so I should not be one to talk about sleep because I'm very bad at that, especially during the season and especially during draft season.But I find like when I consciously make myself sleep and get on a good sleep schedule, life is just so much better. Right.

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Although, I mean, the wolves whooping the Nuggets ass at like three in the morning, which is tough.

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But it doesn't matter. But the whole thing about it is to be ready so you don't have to get ready. And that's a mantra that I try to live my life by of be prepared and be revved up ready to go. Because think about it, like if you're down in the dumps and if this is affecting you, months, maybe even like years down the line.And again, there's no shame in that. I mean, a lot of people are still hung up on exes and for whatever reason for months and years. But say you cross paths with the person that you're supposed to be with, but you're still a mess. You're a wreck.You're sloppy. You haven't worked on yourself. You're not sleeping. Got some bad habits. And she's just like, ugh, ick. Nah.Whereas if you had worked on yourself, if you had loved yourself, if you had taken pride in yourself, I mean, that connection could have been there, right? And you think about all the time, because, I mean, there's 8 billion people on this planet, right? And I know that there's a mentality, especially when you get dumped by someone that you've been, you know, together for a long time. It's like, that person isthe one. That person was my person. That was the person I was supposed to be with. Yeah, it's magical. So I grew up in a small town of like 2,500 people. There's probably about a dozen of my high school classmates who got married to people from our small town. Like, you know, they never left town, never dated outside of the valley and all that stuff. And, I mean, they're happy. Don't get me wrong. But it's like, it's amazing that out of 8 billion people on the planet, well, it used to be like 7 billion.But out of 8 billion people on the planet, they found their soulmate in the small-ass town of 2,500 people. What are the odds? What a quinkie-dink. I think that I do believe in true love. I do believe in finding the one, but also I believe that there's lots of ones out there.Does that make sense? Where I know the romantic notion of finding the person that you can't live without and, you know, finding your best friend. And I'm very lucky that I do have that. But I without and, you know, finding your best friend. And I'm very lucky that I do have that. But I feel like, you know, the old cliche, there's a lot of fish in the sea. I think that there are.I think that there are, again, 8 billion people on the planet. Could you say conservatively? Like, there's 100,000 people on this planet that you could end up with and you could live a very, very happy life with and be content growing old with, raise a family if that's in your guys' plans and just live a good life. Yes, I think there is. Conservatively, 100,000 people out of 8 billion. Yes.Could easily see that. And also, like, so you see people who stay together, you're just to stay together. And we talk about Quasi PERSON, I can bring it back to football, talk about Quasi picking up these high draft pedigree guys who bust or medical guys. And the whole mama, I can change them. I don't know if you want to do that with your relationships because people are who they are. And yes, I mean, people do change over time.But will they change in the way that you want them to? Like, can you mold them? Can you force a square peg in a round hole? That was not a euphemism. That was not code for anything. But, I mean, at the end of the day, like, yes, it sucks that she dumped you, but would you rather she's coerced into staying and having someone be who they aren't where I feel like that's justit's just never going to work where so I got a buddy who's got a job in the media and growing and showing doing great things right and he's got these big time dreams about getting to a major market getting to New York getting to London and doing that all thing, just expand and grow and shown. And not throwing him under the bus, but he's with a girl who's fantastic. She's really, really great. But you can tell, like, they're completely polar opposites as people, right?And, yeah, opposites attract. But when things don't align like career ambitions, things like family, things like yeah, it's just notgood. But so this guy doesn't want kids, big time career ambitions, wants to grow and show and all that stuff. And the woman he's with is very simple, not in a bad way. Simple life is fine. Like, I want a simple life, man.But simple country as hell is, would ideally be buried and live her whole life right next to the patch of ground where she was born. And you can have a very fulfilled life that way. Once they have kids, wants to have a house, wants to have grandkids, wants to have great grandkids, live that simple life. It's never going to work.And I hope he doesn't watch this. Because as friends, like, you can't tell them as much as it sucks because they have to make mistakes on their own. I don't know what it is. So basically he's saying it's like, so I've tried to subtly bring this up, but he's like, no, no, she says she wants to go to New York GPE. She says she wants to go to London and Madrid and Paris GPE and all this stuff. Bologna ORG. No in both this stuff. And Bologna.Knowing both of the principles, Bologna. But actions speak louder than words. And all of her actions align with her not wanting this life. But the guy is so gung-ho about it. And he's saying, hey, I can jam her into my life. Mama, I can change her. And everyone's going to be happy.Bologna ORG. No, no, no, no. And the longer these things go along, the more resentment builds, the wider that gap is. And the more ill-fitting the parts become. And then eventually down the line, you're in a very unhappy relationship or marriage, you know, 10, 15, 20, 30 years down the road.And you don't even remember why. All right. So I feel like every, like I said, breakups are suck. Take some time. Pick yourself up. But pick yourself up. Like I said, breakups are suck. Take some time. Pick yourself up. But pick yourself up.Like I said, work on yourself. And there's always another at bat. On to the next one. And it's like, I can bring it back to football. Coaches and players, they don't dwell on losses. They get ready for the next week and the next week.And the one after that. All right. So, yeah, I don't know what we accomplished, but hopefully it makes it feel better, the soggy biscuit. But you win or you learn and do some learning. Work on yourself and be ready so you don't have to get ready. And people are who they are.That's it. That's all. Anyways, Dr. Turrell PERSON life advice. It's a stupid car round. But you guys are the best. You know what you do.Skull, production value. The music for the Purple for the Win podcast was created and produced by Deeb PERSON.

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To hear more of his tracks, check out soundcloud.com forward slash deep.

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We needed to get this right. Woo-hoo!